This problem could be addressed by teaching older adults to be aware of sudden changes in their body, signs and symptoms of pneumonia and when to seek medical care. Nurses should monitor vital signs for abnormal findings, assess for signs of acute change in mental status, decrease appetite, increasing weakness, and a sudden cough. Nurses should also encourage routine physical activity to improve blood circulation and reduce the risk of CAP occurrence. “Altered mental status, a sudden decline in functional capacity, and worsening of underlying diseases may be the only findings of CAP in elderly” (Simonetti et al., 2014, p. 5). The West Irving community is primarily middle-class and diverse. However, the Caucasian and Hispanic older adults population
Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are preventable and pose a threat to hospitals and patients; increasing the cost, nominally and physically, for both. Pneumonia makes up approximately 15% of all HAI and is the leading cause of nosocomial deaths. Pneumonia is most frequently caused by bacterial microorganisms reaching the lungs by way of aspiration, inhalation or the hematogenous spread of a primary infection. There are two categories of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP); Health-Care Associated Pneumonia (HCAP) and Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
While there has been a shift in the communities’ ethnicity, the neighborhood has remained a working class society. Mexicans have now become the majority race in the Pilsen area, but this wasn’t always the case. Because of labor shortages during World War One, allowed many immigrants into the neighborhood, most of Mexican decadence. (Pilsen.) When UIC began expanding this further pushe...
The referred population includes about 50 subgroups with reference to origins, diversity in culture, ethnicity, religious traditions, English proficiency, and geographical and immigration history
Today?s healthcare environment calls for continued cost containment while providing better, quality care. As a result of the advances of healthcare, life expectancies have increased resulting in a growing, aged population with more chronic conditions. Treatment options, outside the hospital, are the norm for most routine management of patient care, but when someone gets sick, and requires hospitalization, the combination of their age, chronicity of illness and increased comorbidity
The Yellowstone ecosystem has many different organisms living in it and some are affected by the changing weather in Yellowstone. The changing seasons were extreme cold and starvation in the Winter, melting ice which causes flooding rivers in the Spring, and dry plants in the Summer which causes great forest fires. The type of organisms interacting with one another in Yellowstone are bison, wolves, great gray owls, beavers, otters, bald eagles, squirrels, pikas, deer, bears.
Immense changes took place between the Paleolithic and Neolithic time eras. One major change was the evolution of art. During the paleolithic time period, “…humans began making the first consciously manufactured pictorial images” (Kleiner, 16). The art they began creating came in a large variety. “During the Paleolithic period, humankind went beyond the recognition of human and animal forms in the natural environment to the representation of humans and animals (Kleiner, 16). They created portable paintings, sculptures, and figurines. “Art historians are certain, however, that these sculpture were important to those who created them, because manufacturing an ivory figure, especially one a foot tall, was a complicated process (Kleiner, 17). As
Over the years, there has been an increase in diagnosis of immunosuppressive disease in the elderly in the community. Almost one third of hospital diagnosis in patients older than 6 years of age or older is community-acquired pneumonia and it is considered the sixth leading cause of death in developed countries according to Sousa, Justo, Dominguex, Manzur, Izquierdo, et al., 2012. In a prospective, observational study done in five public hospitals, where patients were diagnosed with CAP after seen in the emergency room three hundred and twenty cases were studied. Of those cases one hundred and fifteen occurred in immunocompromised patients. At all five hospitals, all patients had basic laboratory work completed such as basic metabolic panel, complete blood count, arterial blood gas, and a chest x-ray. However, after the initial laboratory tests, the administration of empirical antibiotics therapy based according to each hospital guidelines and poli...
Below will be looking into the progression of the disease and effects it will have on bill and his family, also will look into the pathophisology of COPD, nursing considerations, treatment management and the community services available to Bill so he can return home safely.
In 2013, the world went through a huge unusual climate change. With for example, the typhoon
Many of these causes could be prevented fairly easily. If people today would just follow some simple rules, none of these would be as big as they are now.
Thousands of species have become extinct over the last four decades as a result of changes in land use and as a result of global warming. Whether or not the millions of species can adapt and evolve to climate changes is debatable. As this brief overview will report, the human species is not adapting well to the changes. It must be remembered that increases in the levels of carbon dioxide are certainly responsible for the risk many species face, but so is the way land is used, e.g., rain forest destruction. There is a feedback loop wherein plant life and the climate are interdependent. Each affects the other. When forests are cut down, temperatures in that area will rise. Rising temperatures cause other plant life requiring cooler temperatures To die off.
The link between climate change and biodiversity loss has long been established. Although throughout Earth’s history the climate has always changed with ecosystems and species coming and going were able to adapt. Rapid climate change affects the ecosystems and species ability to adapt and so biodiversity loss increases. Climate change has many environmental impacts on biodiversity, projected future changes are likely to result in changes in the distribution of species and ecosystems, and overall biodiversity loss. There are many ways you can go about this situation to help reduce the impact the climate change has on the biodiversity, I have two approaches that I think would be very efficient. The affects climate change has on biodiversity loss is important to the world for many reasons. If climate change continues to affect biodiversity it can have an enormous impact on human society, it will have a major impact on the food chain which we greatly depend on, water sources may become scarce, and medicines and other sources that we obtain from plants may reduce or even disappear because of biodiversity loss.
There is a common saying like this: How humans treat nature is how nature treats humans. With the rapid growth of economies, the rampant growth of industrial parks and the increasing number of vehicles, the downside of development is increasingly challenging. Difficult to deal with the environment for all human beings on Earth. One of the most pressing issues is climate change.
Climate is the average weather conditions present in a particular area over a long period of time. Earth’s climate is an intricate system that is essential to our livelihoods. It is for this reason that scientists, such as paleoclimatologist, are hoping to better understand future climate conditions by studying the Earth’s past and present climate conditions.
The Disappearing Rainforests Conserving the rainforest is a global issue of great importance. Tropical rainforests provide a habitat for animals, a unique ecosystem for vegetation, and an abundance of resources for humans, yet they are being destroyed at an astonishing rate. Experts estimate that if these endangered territories continue to be consumed in this manner, no more will be standing in forty years (Rainforest). Examining the social, environmental, and economic costs of the continued destruction of the Earth's tropical rainforests will prove that deforestation for short-term profit is ultimately not viable.