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Therefore, these skills eventually become the deciding factor between the nurses either staying a nurse or leaving their career. Thus, many things are dependent on how well the nurses know their skills.
Coming back to the major reason why this prob Continue Reading...
A lack of good relationships with staff can also result in a high risk factor for abuse from caregivers at these facilities.
According to Woolf (1998), other factors that can contribute to the abuse of elderly persons, either in care facilities or Continue Reading...
Amtrak Case Study
The tragic incident at the Big Bayou Canot Bridge saw the deaths of nearly 50 people after a barge hit the bridge and caused the rail line to shift minutes before a speeding Amtrak train was set to cross. Heavy fog made the conditi Continue Reading...
Chain of Events
Improper storage of hazardous chemicals can cause possible fire and explosion through lightning, accidents, injuries produced by inhalation and ingestion, among other fatalities. The implementation of control measures during the earl Continue Reading...
Preventing Terrorist Attacks on the Water and Wastewater Systems Sector
Terrorism is nowadays an already established threat that is part of every security strategy of modern states. It is not only an un-conventional threat at the address of national Continue Reading...
Self-awareness is a major key to promoting ergonomics in the workplace, because only through self-awareness can an individual realize that he or she is sitting, standing, moving, or working according to ergonomic principles. Ergonomics applies also Continue Reading...
Promote Health, Safety, and Responsible Ownership
Big Boy Gunz recognizes that promoting the health, safety, and responsible ownership of firearms is crucial towards successful operations. Promoting health, safety, and responsible ownership is an im Continue Reading...
Not only does the MINER act impose fines for violations of safety provisions, it implements a lot of new ones. For example, there must be reporting of any dangerous conditions within mines that may lead to accidents within 15 minutes of discovering Continue Reading...
The workforce should be clear about the implementation of technologies for protecting natural resources, through formulating strategies.
Ratification of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 1984 Protocols
Domestic legislation on compensat Continue Reading...
Law Enforcement Patrols and Gangs
When the Police Are Called
A call for police response by citizens is a service call, in which the public has an implicit assumption for immediate solutions. The motivations for citizens to call upon police interven Continue Reading...
Initiative seven is for creation of research agenda that is on a national platform as well as data collection strategies that relate to the initiatives. Initiative eight utilizes technology that is available so as high levels of health and safety a Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice
Fusion Centers
State and major urban area fusion centers serve as central points inside the state and local environment for the reception, examination, gathering, and distribution of threat-related information between the federal g Continue Reading...
The results of the investigation provided information that allowed sweeping changes to be made regarding the methods by which power plants are run and monitored in the future.
Even given the fact that the investigation proved the maximum exposure t Continue Reading...
Disaster and Trauma
In detail please explain the disaster to the class.
September 11, 2001 is remembered for the unforgettable incident of suicide attacks against different targets in the United States carried out by 19 militants of Islamic extremi Continue Reading...
Nu Star Energy L.P. is a limited partnership that is publicly traded and headquartered in San Antonio. It has 9,063 miles of pipeline, eighty-six terminal facilities, four storage facilities for crude oil and two refineries for asphalt. It is the sec Continue Reading...
Businesses are always exposed to risks of several kinds, for which risk management becomes mandatory. To keep the corporation safe, an appropriate risk management program is obligatory even in times of uncertainty. Risk management helps in strengthen Continue Reading...
Nursing is a science and an art, combining evidence-based practice with a practice based on caring, compassion, kindness, and respect. Evidence-based practice legitimizes nursing as a profession, as it eliminates guesswork during the delivery of care Continue Reading...
In homes and buildings, the thermal mass of concrete plays a big role in energy efficiency. The high thermal mass of concrete offers this benefit: it stores and releases the energy required for heating or cooling and hence, reduces "temperature swin Continue Reading...
Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
Division of Emergency Medical Services -- King County, WA
The emergency medical services (EMS) team in King County serves nearly two million people in the local area and states that they provide lifesaving services o Continue Reading...
The accident occurred while the actress was taking a skiing lesson. She initial experienced no symptoms from her fall, but later complained of a headache and was taken to a local hospital. Reports indicate that her fall was not very spectacular and Continue Reading...
Legislation on liability and compensation is needed.
The United States should ratify the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 1984 Protocols.
Federal planning for oil spills must be improved.
Studies of the long-term environmental and healt Continue Reading...
Disasters and Their Management
Disaster Management
Regional Disaster Analysis
Both natural and human caused disasters have been an issue in the safety of human beings all over the world. Fortunately, there are international agencies that are creat Continue Reading...
The research thus concludes the essence of having quality and effective legislation addressing the aspects of overall oral health of the people.
Additionally, the Canadian Dental Association also relates several issues of the overall body health to Continue Reading...
Asthma is an obstructive airway disease that is reversible. It is characterized by hyper-responsiveness of the airways, resulting in chronic inflammation and bronchospasm. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are other examples of obstructive airway dise Continue Reading...
" While it is true that some plane crashes cannot be prevented, there are measures that can be taken to ensure that when a crash does occur, the proper help gets to the scene in time.
The first secondary measure for a plane crash is "Foster informed Continue Reading...
Trauma is considered as 'Mental Agony', distress due to problems internal or personal to the patient's/victim's, undergone by a person during a given period. Even physical or mental distress undergone can also be considered as Trauma.. Trauma means ' Continue Reading...
Sometimes, studies show that elderly patients are perceived not to be in pain because they do not complain about pain, or that the perceive it differently than younger people. In both receptive and non-receptive patients, one can observe facial tics Continue Reading...
They carry structural firefighting protective clothing because the FAA considers the fuselage of an airplane to be a structure."
Larry Williams is a training consultant for aircraft firefighting and he points out in the Jackson report (p. 8) that t Continue Reading...
Safety
Injury Prevention in the Home
Injury Prevention Workplace
Motor Vehicles and Natural Disasters
Safety is concerned with preventing or minimizing injuries and fatalities that result from a variety of circumstances. Injury prevention is a pr Continue Reading...
All patients who suffered from inhalation injuries must be given a compulsory bronchoscopic examination so as to reveal the extent of respiratory injury and also to help in planning of the most suitable treatment.
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Nursing and the ER
The Emergency Room is often one of the most visible parts of healthcare for political debate. It is also one of the most difficult environments for a modern nurse. It is interesting that one of the founders of modern Continue Reading...
Emotional reactions to the onset of injuries as well as a patient's attitude toward the injury itself and the proposed treatment have great impacts on the length of time it will take for the patient to recover (VAN RIJN 2007). Therefore, it is in th Continue Reading...
This would likely have resulted in a long delay in raising suitable support to those health care professionals already at the disaster site.
Duties of the DMAT
The initial duties of the DMAT were to assist the nursing team at Charlotte Regional Me Continue Reading...
Behavioral Emergencies
FOCUS/PDC Plan
Planning for Behavioral Emergencies on a Non-Psychiatric Unit
Possible Causes
Hospital staffs are trained to deal with minor behavioral problems because they often occur when someone has some type of traumat Continue Reading...
, 1992, Bogduk 2002), cervical traction (Olson 1997), acupuncture (Fattori et al., 1996), transcutaneous nervous stimulation (Foley-Nolan et al., 1990) and myofascial trigger point's treatment (Hong and Simmons 1993) have been proven to improve movem Continue Reading...
Terrorist Attack
On September 11, 2001, 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four United States commercial airliners travelling from the east coast to California. The hijackers forcibly took control of four planes. Two planes were purposefully crashed in Continue Reading...
Conceptualization and operationalization of variables
Poor communication between young athletes and coaches leads to longer recovery times and increased levels of frustration amongst athletes regarding their prognosis.
Independent Variable: Effect Continue Reading...
Disaster Plan
In the modern era, it is important that government from the federal to the local level have risk management plans in place for natural disasters, man-made issues and of course, terrorism. Generally speaking, risk management helps ident Continue Reading...
S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, ineffective fireproofing and a shortage of staircases are highlighted in a preliminary federal safety report into the attacks on the World Trade Center, issued by the U.S. National Institute of Stand Continue Reading...
This is particularly the case in sub-Saharan Africa where clinicians have often come to rely on signs and symptoms alone to make diagnoses." (Nicoll, Walraven, Kigadye, Klokke, 1995)
The laboratory environment is critical to administering testing t Continue Reading...