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breast milk before it is administered to the patient allows the nurse to determine if this is the right patient for that medication, for effective administration, this step should be done immediately before giving it to the patient to decrease the incidence of errors. Having this extra step in place is another safety check to ensure the patient is receiving the correct dose. In the quality improvement project to decrease human milk errors in the NICU, the system was set up to catch 66 different…

A decision of President Truman of America in 1945 to drop a bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki causes many arguments for people. Some people say he should do it, some people say he should do it, and some people are neutral. I disagree with his decision to drop bombs in 2 cities of Japan. According to many government records from discussion of class, lectures and websites, this argument will be made. According to article Arguments Supporting The Bomb by Michael Barnes, he supports with Truman’s…

Americans to receive proper care and education on the subject of hypertension. Regardless of the cause of the disparity, hypertension is associated with shortened life spans, increased incidence of Coronary artery disease, cerebral vascular accidents, diabetes mellitus and other cardiovascular complications. Incidence in the US Overall, 6% more African Americans have hypertension than whites. This disparity reaches even greater ranges in inner cities, where almost 15% more blacks are diagnosed…

My narrow topic is prevention of breast cancer. Breast cancer is a public health problem in our community. It is responsible for the mortality of women with its incidence still on the increase. Breast cancer prevention are strategies used to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. Some of these strategies include the use of chemotherapy, exercise, modification of dietary intake and the education of the community about breast cancer, its risk and prevention. The health and life expectancy…

because of a number of sociological factors (Gilbert, Selikow, & Walker, 2010). We can view it as being affected by environmental, social and psychological factors (Gilbert, Selikow, & Walker, 2010). We can analyse the influence of society on the incidences of obesity if we focus on some factors such as; the technological advancement, the effect that poverty has on people and on societies and the effect of child abuse. Obesity…

Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the prevalence of PTSD has been estimated at 17%, Vietnam veterans had an incidence of 20-30% incident of combat-related PTSD. There was a reference about older World War II and Koreans veterans with 12% PTSD, 45 years after combat. Many studies have been done prior to this article discussing the higher incidence of PTSD and health care issues in young and middle aged veterans. However, not much research had been done concerning the risk of…

the infection today. Prevention often consisted of wound-debridement, which was a cleansing process that removed all dead tissue and foreign particles from the wound before it was closed. Wound debridement has been credited in largely reducing the incidence of Gas Gangrene after war wounds (Howard, 1955, p. 205). VACCINE: Although a lot of research has been done, there is no standardized vaccine for Gas Gangrene CHANGES IN KNOWLEDGE: Gas Gangrene seems to be very well-understand and has become…

Interviews with children who have witnessed traumatic incidences can be very difficult to conduct because the objectives of identifying an accurate incidence without false accusation are hard to control. Upon looking at the interview conducted by Kathleen MacFarlane, a few issues stand out. One issue in this interview is that Macfarlane, begins the interview with the following statement, “Mr. Monkey is a little bit chicken, and he can't remember any of the naked games, but we think that you can…

uncomfortable, often unnecessary, and easily forgotten urinary catheter (Meddings et al., 2013). Although prior research has highlighted several evidence based practices for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, an increased incidence of these infections remain. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Complications of CA-UTIs are associated with the prolonged use of indwelling urinary catheters, as well as inappropriate indications for catheter placement…

1. Healthcare Condition/Problem Described by the Healthcare Professional During my interview with my cousin, Macy Taylor, I learned that she frequently comes across patients with liver cirrhosis. My cousin is a registered nurse at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. She works on floor six, South Medsurg Renal, which means the floor she works on specializes in renal, but she said not all of her patients have kidney issues. Their floor deals with a wide variety of complications and she provided me with…