Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

As a future adult/gerontology nurse practitioner (AGNP), my role will be focusing on helping patients to manage chronic illnesses, illness prevention, and health promotion. In addition, The AGNP collaborate with other health care providers such as physicians and specialist to better manage and treat patient illness. The problem I am really interested in researching is catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in hospitalized patients. Working as a registered nurse in a…

number increased to 300 million. Recently, the number of people affected with this disease has risen dramatically in low- and middle-income countries (World Health Organization, n.d.). Surprisingly, the islands of the Western Pacific have the highest obesity rates. The Eastern Mediterranean region places…

SARS as a disease that was spreading fast through the contact of the mucous membrane, the Public health of Ontario must had to face many challenges, because not had preparation and a plan to respond to the outbreak immediately, by the overcrowding of the health facility, inadequate controls to prevent transmission of the disease, the lack of laboratories to carry out an effective investigation about the disease and its causes to allowing avoid major risks. (Arnold, 2009) An emergency department…

Rice and Estes predicted in 1984 that the increase in the elderly population and the disease prevalence would result in an increase in hospital utilization and the number of beds need to provide the needed care. The hospital utilization however, has been declining over the last 20 years. Hospital discharges from 1992 through 2000 did not significantly increase (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004) The inpatient discharges for Medicare beneficiaries declined 6 percent from 2004 to…

suicide prevention by address the two common agencies involving bullying-suicide among children. Which are: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mission is to enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans. HHS works to promote, prevent, and wellness across it programs for all Americans (HHS.gov, 2017). My paper focus on promote, prevention,…

impaired. Since the initiation of Uber, many riders use it when intoxicated and some cities such as Atlanta have seen a reduction in DUI arrests (USA Today, 2016). Fundraising, requests for community support and grant writing would be done at the center in effort to raise funds that would cover the cost of treatment of those without funding, legal assistance, transportation and housing assistance, along with other social support needs. Treatment would be billed to contracted providers or…

hygiene can greatly affect one’s overall health. Our interventions include presenting this in a creative way to elementary students so that they are able to learn why hygiene is so important. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009), tooth decay and periodontal disease are two oral problems that people often encounter. Tooth decay, also known as a cavity, can affect children in many ways. Cavities can cause children pain, which in turn can cause them to miss school.…

known as sexual transmitted infections are any diseases characteristically transmitted sexually (Mayo clinic). An example of an STD is Herpes and gonorrhea. The diseases are commonly spread through unprotected sex. HIV or human immunodeficiency disorder is another STD with no cure. HIV is an disease that affects the T-cells in the body which can eventually cause aids, the immune system fails causing the body to shut down (Mayo clinic).This disease affects all groups from minorities to…

people. This disease is typically the very common among the foodborne illnesses. Campylobacteriosis is a foodborne illness that is easily contracted, which leads to big outbreaks, but it is often times easily preventable. Nationally Campylobacteriosis has strength in numbers. It is very prevalent because it affects many foods, however with the right precautions it . “Some simple food handling practices can help prevent Campylobacter infections,” (“Campylobacter” Centers for Disease Control and…

report Brazil had an estimated 440,000–1,300,000 alleged cases of Zika virus disease in 2015. The risk of the Zika virus has recently become a threat in the United States with 1,860 reported cases (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (June 22, 2016). This paper looks at a comparison of methods to prevent transmission of the Zika virus in both the United States and Brazil. PICO: What measures are being used to control the epidemic of the Zika virus in the United States as compared…