WZT 1 Task 2 WGU Sally Perez WZT 1 Task 2 Procedure Until recently it was not uncommon for patients admitted to an acute care facility to have an indwelling catheter anchored for unnecessary reasons. Patients that came in thru the emergency department typically were sent to the units with unnecessary indwelling catheters in place and it was not unusual for a surgery patient to have an indwelling catheter anchored before or during a procedure. Once a patient was admitted and was transported to the units nursing would also anchor indwelling catheters for multiple unnecessary reasons. These Catheters could be …show more content…
Urologic Nursing, 32 (1): 29-37. Carter, Nina M, Reitmeier, Laura, Goodloe, Lauren R. (2014). An Evidence-Based Approach To the Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection. Urologic Nursing, 34 (5): 238-45. Hooton, T., Bradley, S., Cardenas, D., Colgan, R., Geerlings, S., Rice, J., Nicolle, L. (2010). Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter-associated urinary track infection in adults: 2009 international clinical practice guidelinges from the infectious diseases society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 50(March): 625-663. Knoll, Bettina M.; Wright, Deborah; Ellingson, LeAnn; Kraemer, Linda; Patire, Ronald; Kuskowski, Michael A.; Johnson, James R. (2011). Reduction of Inappropriate Urinary Catheter Use at a Veterans Affairs Hospital Through a Multifaceted Quality Improvement Project. Clinical Infectious Diseases. Vol. 52 Issue 11, 1283-1290. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir188. Mori, C. (2014). A-Voiding Catastrophe: Implementing a Nurse-Driven Protocol. MedSurg Nursing. 23 (1), 15-28. Clinical Implications An implemented change that would reduce the rates of CAUTI’s in acute health care facilities would be evidence based nurse lead protocols. The protocols would not only benefit the hospitals but they would also contribute to patient satisfaction scores.
1. Describe two examples of important things that financial planning skills can help you do, and explain why these things are important to you personally. (4-6 sentences. 2.0 points)
Marcovitch, S. G., Gold, A., Washington, J., Wasson, C., Krekewich, K., & Handley-Derry, M. (1997).
Auditing I | ACG 4632.591S15 Assignment 1 Landon Graber Maya Pham Melanie Pratt Robin Michael Schneider LILTS BERGER & ASSOCIATES 4-1 Certified Public Accountants CW 11/23/2015 Ocean City, Florida 33140 October 30, 2015 Mr. Donald Phillips, President 36 Clearwater Lake Road Ocean City, Florida 33140 Dear Mr. Phillips: This letter is to confirm our understanding of the terms of our engagement as the auditors of Ocean view Marine Company for the year ended December 31, 2015. Services and Related Report As you have requested, we will audit the financial statements of Oceanview Marine Company, which comprise the balance sheet for December 31, 2015, and the related statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) passed in 1967. It was intended to protect the older half of the workforce from age discrimination in the workplace. Several of the major provisions of the ADEA include: protecting what a worker has earned in his/her tenure, allowing workers to oppose practices that are considered unlawful by the ADEA without consequence, and prevent employers and employment agencies from discriminating
| In order for employee to be eligible, company must have a minimum of 50 employees working within a 75 mile radius of the plant.
Type of pension plan would be a hybrid plan. Can you elaborate/provide some information about why you chose a hybrid plan for Plan A? What were the features of the employee group that led you to this plan type?
Melillo, K. D., Abdallah, L. M., Blanks, C., Campbell, I., & Herndon, L. (2012). Faculty
Read the following short essay, and then write a 3-5 page response (12-point font, double-spaced, normal margins, no cover page, no binders). Your response should do the following three things: (1) state what the main conclusion of the essay is; (2) state what the most important premises (including sub-conclusions) are—i.e., state which premises are most important if the argument is to rationally convince its audience; (3) evaluate the quality of the argument, giving detailed reasons to justify your evaluation. For purposes of evaluation, assume that the speaker is a contemporary Canadian philosopher and the audience is a group of students in Introduction to Philosophy.
The leadership team in my organization took a conventional approach in assisting the frontline nurse with CAUTI. Indeed, the infection control department and the educational committee collaborated; an effort to curtail CAUTI, had an audit done amongst the five Emory Healthcare Hospitals, to understand the main reason behind the upsurge CAUTI. The results indicated staffing shortage, increase agency staff usage, nursing misunderstanding related to essential reasons why patients have an indwelling urinary catheter, and nurses’ lack of knowledge related to the indwelling removal protocol. Because of all the aforementioned, the committee established a nurse-focused indwelling catheter removal protocol that is essentially based
1. Based on the readings from weeks one and two, discuss the images of America the European writers constructed to promote colonization and settlement. What kinds of unique natural resources and environmental factors did they extol in their accounts of the New World? Relate these images to natural resources and environmental factors today.
Brusch says, “Once a indwelling catheter is placed, the daily incidence of bacteriuria can be between 3-10%.” Another large problem that results CAUTI’s is that at times, catheters are left in a patient longer than necessary. Prolonged use of
Carnett, A.A., Raulston, T., Lang, R., Tostanoski, A., Lee, A., Sigafoos, J., & Machalicek, W. (2014)
Acarturk, C., Konuk, E., Cetinkaya, M., Senay, I., Sijbrandij, M., Gulen, B., & Cuijpers, P.
Approximately 75% of hospital-acquired UTIs are caused by a catheter which is drainage tube that is inserted into the urinary bladder through the urethra and connected to a closed collection system. Indwelling catheters are medical intervention to relieve urinary retention and urinary incontinence. Due to the frequent and unnecessary use of catheters during hospitalization, significant numbers of patients are placed at risk for complications associated with the use of catheters (Jacobsen et al, 2008). A catheter-associated
(2004), Addy et al. (2004), Sallis et al. (2009), Glanz & Sallis (2009), Titze et al. (2008), and Brownson et al. (2003).