Nursing home pneumonia has been identified as a Healthcare-Acquired Pneumonia (HCAP); the disease is caused by Streptococcus Pneumoniae (Evelyn, 2002). The research aimed at analyzing different characteristics of the disease; the main areas that the research focused on were causes of pneumonia and then treatment plan. The article in the web discussed the guidelines for treatment of the disease.
The disease is caused by Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Aureus, and Enteric Gram-Negative pathogens (Myolette, 2002). The disease affects a person whose body cannot resist these pathogens; the part of the body associated with the disease is the respiratory system that is made up of two lungs. The disease worsens conditions such as stroke in the body of the patient, and this leads to the weakening of the whole body.
The disease can be treated at the nursing home if is caused by Pneumoniae; the patient is treated with antibiotics such as Cephalosporins. Patients who are attacked by the disease more than others are treated at the hospital where they are given special attention; the old people in the nursing home are affected by the disease rigorously (Evelyn, 2002). People with seizure are not diagnosed with antibiotics because the medication raises the speed of seizure.
There are preventive measures that nurses can take to avoid acquiring pneumonia; for example, old people can be vaccinated because they acquire pneumonia at a higher rate than the young people (Myolette, 2002). People are vaccinated after five years because the vaccine gets weak as time passes. Nurses should observe oral cleanliness to avoid contracting the disease from people who suffer from the disease.
The research and the article argue that the disease is caused by Pneumoniae; the two also agree that pneumonia is treated at the hospital or the nursing home. The researches argue that the old people are likely to contract the disease more than the young people. The article explains about prevention more than the research.
References
Myolette, M.J. (2002). Nursing home-acquired pneumonia. Clinical infectious diseases. retrieved from http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/10/1205.long
Evelyne, H., Andrew, M. (2002). Evidence based guidelines for management of nursing home- acquired pneumonia. The Journal of Family Practice, 51(8): 709-712.
