Rhode Island College Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infection in Critically Ill Patients Essay Expository Essay & MEMO (Two different assignments but they

Rhode Island College Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infection in Critically Ill Patients Essay Expository Essay & MEMO (Two different assignments but they go together.)

ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS

Topic: Prevention of hospital acquired infection in critically ill patients.

Overview

Expository writing by definition is precisely what its name implies – writing that explains a topic, concept, or process. It is designed to inform the reader about a given topic. Expository writing uses evidence and information from credible sources to support a focused and logical explanation of the topic at hand. The informative writing style demands that you thoroughly educate the reader on the given topic without including your own opinions. FACTS NOT FEELINGS.

Assignment Description:

Write a four to five-page expository research essay (1000-1250 words) in which you explore, define, and explain an issue/concept related to the filed of healthcare communication.

use the outline below and references provided. feel free to search up more articles to include.

MEMO INSTRUCTION submit as (different document)

Memo Requirements

Each student will write brief memo of guidance with the work they would like me to review. The memo page requires writers to take thoughtful inventory of their work. It needs to have two parts: a context paragraph and a series of questions.

In the context paragraph, writers give a brief report about where they are with their draft — what they’ve done so far, what they haven’t done yet, what they’re unhappy with, etc. The questions are requests for specific kinds of feedback: Are my paragraphs too long? Do you think the third example is strong enough? Do I need to write a conclusion?

Getting useful feedback requires you to reflect upon your work and frame your request for guidance. This requires you to compose effective questions. For instance, rather than asking “Does my writing flow?” you should identify a specific area or issue in the paper that could use my attention: “I am struggling with the transition from my personal experience with patient/ provider miscommunication (paragraph 2) to research on the topic (paragraph 3). How could I make this connection better?” Thus, devising your questions is not like composing a laundry list. It involves thoughtfulness and critical thinking.

I will give feedback to the memo’s points and then address one or two additional areas. (Students should devise between three and four questions based on the above guidance. I will respond to specific questions only,)

Note: Memos are required to be thoughtfully written and free of grammatical and structural errors–proof read! Running head: HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infection in Critically Ill Patients
Lamlat Badaru
Health Communication.
Professor Lisa Leonard
May 27th, 2020
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HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION
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Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infection in Critically Ill Patients
An Outline
I.
Introduction
a. Current Issue: Critically ill patients are acquiring illnesses in hospitals where
they have gone to seek medication
b. Area of focus: Critically ill patients
c. Key words: Acquired illnesses, critically ill patients
i. Thesis statement: the problem of critically ill patients in hospitals
acquitting illnesses is associated with negligence among healthcare
providers and it will be necessary for the healthcare providers to address
negligence so as to fight the infections
II.
Background
a. Context of the problem; critically ill patients are vulnerable due weakened
immunity and as a result, they need to be cared for properly. Cases have been on
the rise where these patients acquire infections from the hospitals where they are
receiving healthcare
b. Impact of the problem: the primary impact of the problem is that it prevents or
delays the recovery of the patients. Besides, it may lead to death of the patients
c. What is currently being done to address the challenge? : while appreciating the
enormity of this threat to the life and safety of patients, it is notable that there is
little work that has been done to address the challenge
III.
Preventing hospital acquired infections in critically ill patients
a. Point 1: Hospitals need to maintain very high levels of hygiene
HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION
i. Many of the cases of acquired illnesses in hospitals arise from the failure
of the healthcare organizations to maintain high standards of hygiene
b. Point 2: Patients need to clean hands regularly
i. Regular cleaning of hand is one of the most effective ways of keeping
germs away
c. Nurses must improve hand-washing so that they may not touch patients with
germs
i. Nurses have frequent contacts with patients and as a result, they may
easily transmit the infections to the patients
d. Use of protective gear when dealing with the patients
IV.
Conclusion
a. Restate the thesis statement
i. the problem of critically ill patients in hospitals acquitting illnesses is
associated with negligence among healthcare providers and it will be
necessary for the healthcare providers to address negligence so as to fight
the infections
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References
Fox, C., Wavra, T., Drake, D. A., Mulligan, D., Bennett, Y. P., Nelson, C., … & Bader, M. K.
(2015). Use of a patient hand hygiene protocol to reduce hospital-acquired infections and
improve nurses’ hand washing. American Journal of Critical Care, 24(3), 216-224.
Haverstick, S., Goodrich, C., Freeman, R., James, S., Kullar, R., & Ahrens, M. (2017). Patients’
hand washing and reducing hospital-acquired infection. Critical care nurse, 37(3), e1-e8.
Lewis, S. R., Schofield‐Robinson, O. J., Rhodes, S., & Smith, A. F. (2019). Chlorhexidine
bathing of the critically ill for the prevention of hospital‐acquired infection. Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews, (8).
Mehta, Y., Gupta, A., Todi, S., Myatra, S. N., Samaddar, D. P., Patil, V., … & Ramasubban, S.
(2014). Guidelines for prevention of hospital acquired infections. Indian journal of
critical care medicine: peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical
Care Medicine, 18(3), 149.

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