Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

In relation to my Nursing 495learning plan, my identified goal was to increase my independence and enhance my critical thinking so that I will be able to make sound clinical judgments. This goal was developed before the start of the clinical and influenced my decision to complete a practicum on a medicine unit because I wanted to build a strong foundation for my nursing practice. This topic, therefore, influenced my transition from student to beginning graduate nurse by enhancing my ability to…

Mutziger replies to this question by stating, “Hand washing is the number one strategy for infection control risk management.” He then continues to state that screening takes place for infectious diseases when patients come in through Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) screening, vitals, and analysis, such as urinary tract infections (UTI) (Dr. John Mutziger, D.O., personal communication, November 4, 2015). On the other hand, Dr. Arnold says that the first step is to identify…

of doses of antibiotics by the food animal industry is responsible for the rise in drug-resistant bacteria that are being spread from farms to the general public, through the food that consumers are purchasing. Efforts are beginning to be made to end the use of low doses of antibiotics on farm animals because of public health risks. This should be a rising concern for many Americans because antibiotic resistant bacterial strains are rapidly developing. More than just public health concerns, the…

Lung transplantation is a complex surgical procedure that a diseased lung is removed and replaced with a donor lung through anastomosis. In context of transplantation, a patient will receive either a single or bilateral lung transplant from a deceased donor. The current concern for lung transplantation is the shortage of lungs donor. Fortunately, some cases could be relieved by receiving donation from living donors. This procedure involved the removal of one lower lobes of lungs each from two…

Older adults have a lower immune system in comparison to a child. With various types of patients, comes various types of diseases. Some diseases that are easily spread through nursing homes are tuberculosis, M.R.S.A. (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) , and pneumonia. Pneumonia and tuberculosis are spread through the air, but in opposition, M.R.S.A. is spread through contact. Tuberculosis is a dangerous disease that rapidly spreads. In an internet article titled, “Tuberculosis…

Is our society vulnerable? Recently, when Ebola virus has been raging in West Africa out of control, various countries in the world would inspect anyone from the affected area rigidly and afraid that Ebola virus course public scare. Is our modern society vulnerable? Does science and knowledge bring stronger social structure? Admittedly, with the development of science and technology, people could enjoy their lives without worry about most of plague, such as the Black Death estimated to result in…

It is ten o’clock in the morning when Michael Pollan takes the stage of Wheeler Auditorium at the University of California-Berkeley for his Global Sustainability class, where he scans the room to look into the eyes of 700 students, an impressive feat for any professor with an early lecture. The students are about what you would expect from a high-achieving university - eager and intelligent, all looking to make the food industry more sustainable. Upon Pollan’s invitation, Pam Ronald, a slight in…

2.0 INTRODUCTION Consumption of foods and beverages that do not have added preservative but able to have a longer shelf life has become very popular among the consumer. In order to improve the shelf life of a food product, adding natural food extracts that act as the antimicrobial are able to inhibit or supress the microbial growth (Martin et al 2009). Microbial growth, pH and the storage temperature are the important measure of the shelf life and quality of a food product (Fellers 1988;…

actually rather dangerous to the body. The CDC states that, “Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of these infections. Many more people die from other conditions that were complicated by an antibiotic-resistant infection.” The population of O’Fallon, Illinois in 2010 was just over 28,000 (United States Census Bureau); the amount of people who die each…

When we look at living individuals today, there are at least a million differences amongst them, and yet there are multiple similarities. No living individual is the same as they were a year ago. It is known that many significant individuals have looked for answers of possibly why this has occurred, and is still occurring. Despite the various approaches from multiple fields of study, there has always been a connection between the studies conducted; evolution. From physical attributes to one’s…