of Second-Hand Smoke Imagine yourself sitting down to dinner at a restaurant. You are sitting down trying to enjoy your dinner when all you can smell is smoke. Not only are you just breathing in the smoke‚ it is also damaging your body at the same time. Or imagine yourself at your work place‚ whether it be a restaurant or office‚ and you are forced to breathe in second-hand smoke the entire time you are there. In this paper you will be informed of the harmful effects of second-hand smoke‚ and
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The Detrimental Effects of Second Hand Smoke on Children Most of us have heard somewhere that second hand smoking is not very good for your health. But have we stopped to consider why it is bad‚ and specifically how it can affect children ’s health? They are a vulnerable population because of the potential tobacco smoke has to damage a child ’s developing organs‚ such as the lungs and brain ("www.etnet.org‚" 2010). The children of smoking parents cannot escape these harmful fumes. The exposure
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How to prevent the spread of infection as a health care provider I. Infection control in health care is a very important detail in health care provider’s duties. A. Two of the simplest ways to prevent infection control is to wear gloves and wash hands. B. There are correct and incorrect ways to wash your hands and remove gloves. II. Being prepared is the first step to correctly wash your hands. A. You will need to have soap available. B. Paper towels need to be within
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collegiality‚ morale‚ and support. The resulting detrimental effects are seen in poor staff performance‚ and in unsatisfactory patient care outcomes. In addition‚ the changing demographics within the acute care hospital setting‚ and the rapidly changing health care environment‚ demand that efforts be made to support and encourage new and senior nurses in order to retain competent nursing staff. Recent literature addressing this area of nursing supports the idea that mentoring is one important strategy that
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Second Hand Smoke Second Hand Smoke In the 1950’s and 60’s scientists gave the people a lot of evidence on the deadly effects of smoking where the tobacco companies on the other hand tried to put the doubt in people’s minds through the campaigns to show that it is not all true. By the time people actually decided to take care of their health and finally saw how life-threatening smoking could be by real life examples‚ the tobacco companies already got rich from its sales. Nowadays‚ nobody doubts
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------------------------------------------------- Effects of Second Hand Smoke by Len Johnson. Derived from Wikipedia article: "Tobacco Smoking" Passive smoking (also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)‚ involuntary smoking or second hand smoke) occurs when the exhaled and ambient smoke from one person’s cigarette is inhaled by other people. Non-smokers exposed to second hand smoke are at greater risk for many of the health problems associated with direct smoking. In 1992‚ the Journal of
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Patient Hand-Offs in the Health Care Setting Patient hand offs in the medical field involves the exchange of critical information. It is the transfer of information‚ knowledge and responsibility for patient care from one healthcare professional to another (Foster-Hunt‚ Parush‚ Ellis‚ Thomas‚ and Rashotte‚ 2015). Ineffective hand-offs can result in putting the patient’s safety at risk‚ wrong treatment‚ incorrect diagnoses‚ and other negative outcomes that can negatively affect the patient. The goal
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Race and the Invisible Hand Racism is a social dilemma that has been dealt a frequent occurrence in the history of mankind. People have experienced different forms of racism and depending on what part of the world you lived in‚ many wars have been fought different ethnic and racial group. The term racism has been over used so much so that it does no longer have a significant definition. The meaning varies depending on who is being asked what racism is. According to the book‚ "Institutional Racism in
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will die from second hand smoke related deaths than the average crowd at a Major League Baseball game. Secondhand‚ or passive smoke‚ is an insidious killer that is harming adults‚ and more critically‚ children around the country every day. My goal in speaking to you today is to enlist your support in a federal ban of all smoking from all public places without hesitation. But isn’t this America? Should you have the right to smoke? If I want to pollute my lungs and ruin my health why should that be any
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Description of the situation: Tom Marting as a specialist for the hand hygiene company is responsible for developing an appropriate strategy for sustainability and life cycle assessment of his company. On one hand‚ the company has faced with several challenges like "they are considered as a strong leader in north American markets but they have limited presence in the other arias"‚ "for becoming a sustainable organization by embedding sustainability in everything; depends on how well the company integrated
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