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…
Shigella The most well-known sustenance that these microscopic organisms can sully include: servings of mixed greens (potato, chicken, fish, vegetable), crude vegetables, drain and other dairy items, and meat items particularly poultry. • Staphylococcus aureus. Can be found in custard or cream-filled heated merchandise, ham, poultry, eggs, potato serving of mixed greens, cream sauces, sandwich…
Biology Antibiotics Assignment Introduction Bacteria are microscopic prokaryotic cells, they are very common and are found in every habitat on earth (Introducing Microbes, n.d.). There are many harmless bacteria however bacteria are the cause of many diseases including salmonella, pneumonia and meningitis (Cynthia Haines,2013). To combat these diseases caused by bacteria in 1928 Alexander Discovered the first antibiotic, it was used to treat soldiers in ww2 with infections which could…
food (Martin et al. 2009). Polyphenol (or catechins) extracted from green tea extract have shown an excellent antimicrobial effect against Bacillus Subtilis, Escherichia Coli, Proteus Vulgaris, Pseudomonas Fluorescents, Salmonella sp. and Staphylococcus Aureus (Bancirova 2010). Among all the catechins, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and…
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 as an…
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…
Pathophysiology Q 1.1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the name applied to two related diseases, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is characterised by abnormal inflammatory obstruction of the airways, lung parenchyma, (respiratory bronchioles and alveoli) and pulmonary blood vessels (Brown, 2013). Research shows that COPD is being recognised as an inflammatory disorder of the large and small airways characterized by remodelling and emphysematous…
Burkhalter, E. (2014, January 25). FDA 's new policy on animal antibiotic use draws scrutiny from farmers, advocates and industry. Anniston Star, The (AL). [popular] This article is from an Alabama Newspaper and discusses the effects of regulating antibiotics in the poultry and cattle industry. I plan on using this article because it provides quotes from experts in the cattle and poultry production industry. Experts in the cattle and poultry industry worry “the changing of the way farmers…
putting the life of prison staff, visitors, and inmates at risk for diseases that have evolved to resist antibiotics, making them hard to treat. Prisons in the U.S. have become amplifiers to drug resistant diseases such as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, venereal infections, and tuberculosis. Antibiotic resistant…
Introduction: Antibiotic sensitivity testing is used in clinical laboratories to predict the effectiveness or failure of antibiotics in vivo by testing in vitro. The need for antibiotic sensitivity testing is urgent due to the surge of antimicrobial resistant pathogens in recent years. Antimicrobial resistance hinders the prevention and treatment of the infections caused by parasites, bacteria, fungi and viruses. Antimicrobial resistance is the resistance of a pathogen to an antimicrobial that…