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Tertiary care hospital experience

Surgical site infection surveillance following total knee arthroplasty: Tertiary care hospital experience Irfan Ashraf,a Yasir Mohib,a Obada Hasan,a,∗ Amina Malik,b Khabir Ahmad,a and  Shahryar Noordina Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Introduction Surgical Site Infection (SSI) after knee arthroplasty is a major cause of morbidity and mortality that increases the […]

Developing a Culture

Discussion: Developing a Culture of Evidence-Based Practice   · Review the Resources and reflect on the various strategies presented throughout the course that may be helpful in disseminating effective and widely cited EBP. o This may include: unit-level or organizational-level presentations, poster presentations, and podium presentations at organizational, local, regional, state, and national levels, as […]

Unsystematic clinical observation

Chapter 25 Evidence-Based Practice Why Evidence-Based Practice? The most recent emphasis on evidence-based practice comes from a recognition that healthcare practitioners’ perceptions of the efficacy of their care may or may not be accurate 2 Why Evidence-Based Practice? The implementation of evidence-based practice is a means for reducing dependence on: Intuition Unsystematic clinical observation Ungrounded […]

patients within the healthcare environment

Class 521 week 5 APA Due 08/05/2020 References Complete your Week 5 required discussion prompts. Discussion Prompt #1 Specifically define the role of the registered nurse in patient advocacy. Describe situations in which nursing advocacy can assist patients within the healthcare environment. Defend why nurses are, or are not, adequately prepared, in prelicensure education, to […]

PEOPLE OF IRISH HERITAGE

Write an 700 words essay (APA format) contracting the two study heritages, answering the questions below: 1.  Discuss the organization and the family role in every one of the heritages mentioned about and how they affect (positively or negatively) the delivery of health care. 2.  Identify sociocultural variables within the Irish, Italian and Puerto Rican […]

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

BACKGROUND Mr. Akkad is a 76 year old Iranian male who is brought to your office by his eldest son for “strange behavior.” Mr. Akkad was seen by his family physician who ruled out any organic basis for Mr. Akkad’s behavior. All laboratory and diagnostic imaging tests (including CT-scan of the head) were normal. According […]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Week 14 Discussion Post After reading about the three nursing theorists in chapters 29, 30, and 31, reflect upon the events that are happening in health care today (Covid-19 Pandemic). 1. Which theorist would you select to construct a framework for care of your staff and patients? 2. Please explain why using two bulleted examples. […]

THEORY OF HUMAN CARING

Assignment Prompt Explore the influence of Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring on your future role as an APN. The student will explore the concepts and caritas processes from the Theory of Human Caring and present how these concepts may impact their future APN role. Directions: The student will create a PowerPoint and include speaker […]

Ethical   Dimensions of the Issue

The grading guidelines are as follow:   Ethics Final   Paper–Evaluation Rubric Possible Score Your Score   Introduction:    Summary of what is known about the ethical issue Well summarized (20)  Adequately   summarized (15), Superficially summarized (10)  Poorly summarized (5) 20   Ethical   Dimensions of the Issue Identified and Discussed (why is this an ethical   issue) Ethical […]

Epidemiology and antibiogram in healthcare

Epidemiology and antibiogram in healthcare due 8/8/2020 write a 5-page paper on antibiograms and their role in infectious disease epidemiology. 1. Include the following response in your paper. 2. What is an antibiogram? 3. How is the antibiogram created? 4. What is the implication of over prescribing antibiotics and how can antibiogram assist? 5. How […]