Influenza pandemic

the flu vaccination makes your illness milder if you do become sick. In my personal opinion, if you work in the healthcare world, it’s the best thing to have. There are different types of flu vaccine. The nasal spray vaccine has live attenuated influenza…

Elderly patients’ immune systems tend to decline with age, especially those in long-term care facilities. They are in an enclosed environment, their bodies are frail and weak, and their immune system is not as strong as a younger person’s (“Influenza vaccines; high-dose flu vaccine superior for frail elderly living in long-term care facilities,” 2014). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) et al (2015), 80% and 90% of elderly adults have died from the flu. Fifty to…

Tara, Thanks for responding to my post. You brought up an interesting point, why are we as healthcare workers mandated by most hospitals to receive the flu vaccine or be punished by wearing the dreaded mask. As a RN, I receive the annual flu vaccine through my facility, but neglect to vaccinate my teenaged daughter. My husband too has not received the vaccine in several years. I have worked with several nurses that have opted out of flu vaccinations for health reasons (allergic reactions, poor…

Missed opportunities for influenza vaccination occur in acute-care visits when a clinician may not be thinking about vaccination or being aware a patient was under-vaccinated (Stockwell & Fiks, 2013). It is difficult for physicians to know if a patient has been vaccinated, and for certain high-risk population groups it is imperative to administer the influenza vaccine. A CDS system is comparable to hiring a new member of a clinical practice. The technology helps providers aggregate and…

promote the vaccine. The success rates need to be developed into to fully understand the different variables in comparison to the study’s rate. In another journal by the CDC, “[t]he overall vaccine effectiveness (VE) against laboratory confirmed influenza associated with medically attended ARI [Acute Respiratory Illness] was 23%” (Early Estimates). Even with the possibility of manipulated variables, the effective rating of flu vaccines remains low. The CDC, which recommends flu vaccines, wrote…

focused on what I felt my audience not only wanted but needed for information to keep their attention. In addition to using the power point presentation, I displayed a poster board and handed out a flyer/fact sheet, which was developed by the CDC on influenza vaccination. The nurse could in turn hand out this flyer to his/her patients as an educational resource to enforce information taught ("Adults 65," 2016). Finally, I brought along a copy of a Mercy discharge patient visit report so I…

Animal Experimentation The used of animal in scientific and medical experiments has been many years from the past and each year 17 to 22 million animals were utilized worldwide. (Source) Animal experimentation defined that animal testing was used to introduce biology lessons, medical training, cosmetics testing, to find new drugs, chemical, and food. The scientists have to do the experiment on animal to see those drugs, and foods are safe for the human or not. In the other hand, the majority of…

Animal Experimentation The used of animal in biomedical research has been around millennium years ago. At the present, 17 to 22 million animals were utilized worldwide each year. (Source) Animal experimentation defining that animal testing was to introduce biology lessons, medical training, cosmetics testing, to find new drugs, chemical, and food. The scientists required to performance the experiment on animals to determine those drugs, and foods are safe for the human or not. On the other hand,…

Are vaccines hurting our children? Did you know in the state of Ohio as long as a student presents a written note from their parent or guardian they do not have to be immunized before entering grade school. In fact, parents or guardians may deny immunization to their children for reasons of conscience, or religious convictions. Many students have went to school without vaccination just because their parent or guardian’s conscience told them not to protect their own children from deadly diseases…

The argument that Thomas generates in the passage is that humans are genetically crafted to make mistakes in their lives. These mistakes are not important, but what can be done after the mistakes have been found and how it can be improved is. He supports his argument with a scenario of how a corporation or government must work like a computer in order to function properly, but there is always a flaw in the system like “a wrong buffer” or “a decimal misplaced in reading counts”. These mistakes…