Essays on Brushing

The critical care units of hospitals treat frequently treat patients by administering oxygen via the insertion of tubes into tracheostomies, the nose, or the mouth; nosocomial infections may result, leading to ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP (CDC.gov, 2015). The infection is not generally associated with non-sterile techniques during insertion, but rather from tube contamination. The nosocomial infection is most often diagnosed in intensive care departments and research has been directed toward identifying methods of oral care as a means of prevention. Comparisons of the effectiveness of sodium bicarbonate swabs with that of chlorhexidine swabs have been made and the hospital ...

The personal care product that I rely on and that perhaps holds special meaning for me is Colgate brand of toothpaste. The reason for picking this brand is that I have used this product since my parents who had used the toothpaste for a long time introduced me to this brand and I have used it for all my life. In fact, prior to this assignment, I had not considered my brand loyalty to the Colgate toothpaste and even their toothbrushes. Considering that I brush my teeth daily, it is a fair assessment that I purchase the product regularly ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Abstract The intensive care unit in most hospitals plays the role of providing care to patients dealing with life-threatening conditions. The technological and other set ups in these hospital units are vital in ensuring that these patients continue to receive the best regarding care while with the intentions of having them emerge with desirable outcomes. There are however challenges relating to the care that these patients receive since, in most cases, they are usually under mechanical ventilation. A patient under this condition faces the risk of developing ventilator-associated pneumonia if the ventilators are not handled with the required care. ...

Orange was one of the fruits found at the market. They are produced in Florida and California. Apart from the conventional oranges, there were organic oranges. The prices were different. The organic type was more expensive, simply because they were chemical free. They are grown using organic manures. Pests and diseases were controlled using purely biological means. Organic oranges have green and white USDA organic sticker to distinguish them from conventional oranges (Laroche, Bergeron, & Barbaro-Forleo, 2001). Purex is one of the commonly used laundry detergents in United States of America. This is an inorganic detergent characterized by its pretty ...

The primary objectives of my field experience include enhancing of practical knowledge and awareness in the field of private pediatric dental care in Jeddah, to aid the parents in interpretation of dental care knowledge and to offer dental services for low income individuals. I noticed while working in the private clinic that there was a great need for education in the area. Despite the fact that parents had a lot of questions about oral health; the dentist did not have enough time to educate the patients and answer all of the questions. Furthermore, some patients might have the knowledge, ...

Option 1: Living a Day of Nonconformity

One of the essential aspects of humans is that we are societal beings. However, in order to fit in and belong to a society, there are certain rules that one must handle in one way or another, mainly obeying. Nevertheless, an interesting practice invites people to shed these masks for twenty-four hours in order to let their true, authentic self come out. After going through with this exercise, I saw that it was interesting, yet it did not leave any grand, significant life lessons, as I thought it would. Basically, I did many things that I usually do not ...

Abstract

When a person gets a cut on the external parts of the body, there is a cause for concern and yet when persons see that their gums are bleeding not much attention is giving to the bleeding. In fact a number of persons believe that gum bleeding is normal because they have been flossing or brushing the teeth too hard. But, the welling of the gum and the bleeding of the gum is a sign that there are hidden problem in one’s mouth. In recent years, the issue of periodontal disease has become a common problem among many ...

Several microbiological methods have been used in identifying and characterizing microorganisms that take residence in the oral cavity of humans. Oral microorganisms have the ability to cause periodontal diseases, halitosis, and dental caries, which are the most prevalent human infectious diseases. In the United States, for example, 92% of those 65 years old and above possess dental caries within their permanent teeth while 50.3% of the US population who are 30 years or more possess gingivitis, a further 26% possess destructive periodontitis (Emling p. 93-122). Surprisingly, emerging evidence suggests that oral inflammation resulting from bacteria residing in the dental ...

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg is based on scientific studies and findings that clarify why habits exist and how they can be changed. The author mentions some rules/techniques about changing habits such as the three-step loop, which are cue, routine, and reward. The author elaborates more regarding those methods by performing some experiments and receiving exceedingly effective results. In this essay, based on chapters one and two, I will argue in favor of the author’s discussion on the rules/techniques and experiments, and I will support my ...

CAPSTONE REPORT

Dental carries were a health problem first identified in 1930’s by Beltrani and also termed as the black teeth of very young. It also assigned various terms like “nursing bottle mouth, nursing bottle syndrome, night bottle mouth, and baby bottle tooth decay . The common meaning among all these various terms is suggestive of the negative impact of baby bottle in the pathology and etiology of carious lesions . Oral health condition is a critical component of preschool children’s health and overall well-being. Early childhood caries has been associated with many factors such as prolonged/ recurrent nocturnal bottle feeding, ...

Kathyann

Abstract Dental care substances with stannous fluoride as an active ingredient may be helpful in allowing re-hardening or in increasing the resistance of teeth surfaces to further acidic or mechanical impacts. However, stannous fluorides are applied together with brushing and depending on how and when tooth-brushing occurs. This research focuses on the potential harmful and helpful effects associated with the use of stannous concerning erosive wear. Active ingredients like fluorides or agents that have unique anti-erosive properties were shown to offer protection against erosion and combined erosion and abrasion to some extent. The abrasive effects of dentifrices may ...

Critical Thinking

#2. That new e-company just made its stocks available to the public. If you do not buy them now, you will not be able to make much profit, should you buy them later.

1. The argument in this context is established on the premises that the stocks have been made available and the public can make purchases. 2. Failure to buy at the appropriate time will lead to making losses if one buys later.

Conclusion

The case concludes by intimating that members of the public who do not buy at that particular time are not likely to make profits ...

This paper discusses brushing our teeth, its health benefits and how it may affect our daily lives in both simple and complex ways. Teeth brushing is a simple hygienic process that is routinely done, mostly after waking up in the morning or after every meal. It involves using a tooth brush and tooth paste to clean teeth. The concept behind it is simply for hygiene purposes. People are encouraged to brush their teeth after every meal. Due to the nature of daily activities in school and places of work, it is difficult to brush teeth after every meal. However, that should ...

Ventilator Assisted Pneumonia

Ventilator Assisted Pneumonia

Implementation Plan

The Policy and Procedure Committee of St. Mary’s Hospital was presented with a literature review and presentation suggesting a policy change; the change regarded care of ventilated patients in the Intensive Care Unit. The change promoted addressed incorporating oral hygiene measures in an effort to reduce ventilator assisted pneumonia (VAP) in the patients. The use of manual cleaning with chlorhexidine swabs or brush in conjunction with suctioning enhances the removal of bacteria from the buccal cavity. The presence of the bacteria encourages development of VAP. The Committee requested an implementation plan for further evaluation of the proposal.

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Ventilator Assisted Pneumonia

Ventilator Assisted Pneumonia

- O'Keefe-McCarthy, S., Santiago, C., & Lau, G. (2008). Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Bundled Strategies: An Evidence-Based Practice. Worldviews On Evidence-Based Nursing, 5(4), 193-204. doi:10.1111/j.1741-6787.2008.00140.xSummary of Article: In an effort to create care practices and a ventilator bundle to reduce ventilator-induced pneumonia, the study started with a compliance audit by quality control to determine baseline information. - Research Elements: The design included education of staff, placement of reminder signage, and collecting data from the period of October 2008 to December 2009. The quality department conducted compliance audits. Specific objectives were determined, striving for 100% compliance and reduction of VAP ...

SWOT ANALYSIS:

Strengths: - An old and successful brand name - Experience of working in emerging markets - Knowledge of developing or growing economies - Good financial backing - Diversified company - The company is experience high growth in sales, net income, and earnings per share - 38% Market Share in the oral care industry - Full variety of oral care product – In 2009 alone, Cottle-Taylor was able to sell 46% of all tooth brush sold in India

Weakness:

- Margin of the company falls on low-end products - Weak distribution network in ...

Introduction

The proposed Do-It-Yourself Dog wash facility will be located within the Central Business District and residential areas of the Kansas City. The city has been chosen as the most appropriate location of the business after conducting a thorough market feasibility study. The facility focuses on providing dog and pets wash and grooming services (Enilich, 2008). The targeted market includes employed adults who would like day-care services for their dogs while at work and college students who own pet dogs. Through the market analysis I have identified that the nearest dog wash facility is 150 Miles away. It is not ...

Studies show that stroke survivors with poor oral hygiene have a poor quality of life (Armstrong and Mosher 2011). (Lam et al. 2014) have explored the effect of clinical oral health and socio-demographic factors on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in patients following stroke. Oral health-related quality of life results were received before and after provision or oral health promotion interventions. Eighty-one patients faced a stroke rehabilitation ward. OHRQoL have also determined the outcomes after in-hospital oral health intervention programme. They observed a significant association between the absence of regular daily brushing and majority of measurement scale items (6 out of ...

Introduction

Toothbrush companies have used both money and time to come up with a toothbrush and oral health products that encourage their customers to brush recurrently, placidly and properly. The effort by major toothbrush manufacturers the USA has led to the creation of creation of 2.9 billion industry of oral care product only. The results are that people have changed their brushing habit from a compulsory behavior to a trendy lifestyle habit. Recent increased concern in oral health by consumers has triggered toothbrush manufacturers to invest on satisfying their customers by providing categories of toothbrush that can offer optimal dental health to all ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Procedure Warm up (5 to 10 minutes) The teacher will ask the students how many have been to the doctor or dentist. Then the teacher will ask how many students go to the doctor or dentist regularly. A few students will be asked to briefly describe their experiences when they went to the doctor or dentist for students who may not have had much experience. Unusual experiences may be dwelled on if they present an opportunity for learning vocabulary or situational awareness. If no students visit the doctor or dentist regularly, or feel comfortable sharing stories, the ...

- Introduction I plan to teach students of grade three about ways and methods they can use to take care of their teeth. Teeth are a vital organ of the body. Healthy teeth are prerequisite for a healthy body. Defective teeth result in malnutrition of the body. Shiny and perfect denture reflects healthy soul residing in a healthy body. The students will be taught the correct method of brushing and flossing of the teeth. The students will be enabled to understand the importance of having healthy dentures. Reason of choosing grade 3- Grade 3 child belongs to age group of ...

Personal Water Use Inventory

I understand the need for water conservation around the world. This personal water use inventory shows the amount of water I use per day and how much it costs me per year. Table 1 below shows my personal water inventory. The results depict that I am an average user of water. Further, Figure 1 below is a pie chart showing my personal water usage as a percentage. It is clear that machine washing takes up most of the water used. Finally, the last table, Table2 shows my water footprint results. From Figure 1, machine washing takes up 70 percent of all ...

Chapter 3: Introduction to the Atmosphere

This chapter is a basic introduction to the several properties of the atmosphere. Air is the main composition of the atmosphere and contains the majority of Nitrogen gas for 78% and Oxygen gas for 21%. The rest comprises of other gases. Although the atmospheric mixture also constitutes particulates such as dust, smoke, pollens, ash and other industrial emission. The atmosphere can be divided into homosphere and heterosphere. Different gases are scattered uniformly throughout this layer, unlike the composition in the heterosphere where each gas is separated in each layer. Located on the topmost part of the atmosphere is where the ...

Introduction:

Gum diseases are one of the common diseases in oral cavity and periodontitis is one of them. But In order to understand the meaning of periodontitis we need to know, what the periodontal tissue is.

Periodontium is “the alveolar bone, periodontal ligament, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth”.

What is periodontitis? The inflammation of any of the mentioned tissues around the tooth is called periodontitis. So what can cause periodontitis? Basically any inflammation is caused by bacterial infections, but what are the specific etiological factors of periodontitis? In general periodontitis almost refers to bad hygiene of oral cavity or to say more exact, the accumulation of plaque around the teeth which ...

An investigation was conducted at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to assess the dental students' oral hygiene measures, their oral health status, and the effect of knowledge gained in preventive aspects on their personal health attitudes (Yildiz and Dogan 259). A sample of ninety-three students was taken, after their voluntary response, for study under the approval of the University’s Research Ethics Board. The students were provided with questionnaires consisting of twenty polar responses (agree/disagree) and additional two questions on brushing and flossing the frequency (Cortes et al. 1208). The result of the study ...

Of principal concern is the prevention and control of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) by medical practitioners in intensive care units (ICUs). VAP is one of the most frequently reported infections acquired by patients under mechanical ventilation healthcare. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) persists to be a frequent and potentially deadly complication of ventilator care (Chulay, 2005), often occurring within environments characteristic of the intensive care unit (ICU) that are high-tech and high touch. Patients who are ventilated and intubated present the unique challenge for critical care registered nurses (RNs) to incorporate evidence-informed practices concerning the delivery of high-quality care (Crunden, 2005). Ventilator-Associated ...

Abstract

The acute respiratory distress syndrome is a form of injury to the lungs that impedes the supply and uptake of oxygen from the alveoli resulting in a state of severe hypoxemia, dyspnea, anxiety, and tachypnea. This review has established that genetics may be playing a role in increasing one’s susceptibility to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS. Moreover, biomarkers would also play a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. However, it still remains unclear on the type of genes and biomarkers that play a role in causing ARDS. It has also been established that young children (less than 2 years ...

The moon rises high in the sky, its silvery light creating an eerier aura, as the screams of a woman echoes through the landscape. The creature turns its head attracted by the sounds of pain and fear as it rips through the veil between the living and dead. “The night of Samhain,” it thinks, “the perfect night for escape.” As the time when the veil between the living and dead is the thinnest, Samhain is the time signally the end of lightness and the beginning of darkness. Exhausted creature slides down to the Earth, the first time it had been ...

Raising a child is definitely rewarding; however, it could be more challenging than one might have imagined, as there are a lot to think about, in order to raise a balanced and happy individual. Parenting literature suggests that children-and families alike- need to have established routines. That way, children can find it easier to cope with everyday transitions (Bell, 2001 p. 175). Established routines in the classroom are fundamental principles been taught to educators (Butterfield, 2002 p.29-32), who in turns counsel parents on the significance of having a schedule and established routines at home. In general, routine creates a sense of safety in a ...

Since time immemorial, dogs played various roles in man's life, including being hunting dogs, guard dogs, pastoral dogs, sled dogs, and working dogs. Another role that dogs perform is that of a companion dog, which is very much different from the previously mentioned dog categories. Companion dogs do nothing except provide pleasure to the dog owner as a toy dog and escort. They don't work and are most often small. A Shih Tzu is an example of companion dogs that is a wonderful family pet that gets along well with other dogs and animals. Shih Tzu are said to have originated ...

Caner care and the complications of chemotherapy have always created concerns in the nursing profession. Arguments have been that these complications are preventable since evidence based research has discovered strategies to limit burns and other adverse effects of the treatment. The following pages of this document present a case study of a patient suffering from chemotherapy complication. A synthesis of evidence based research interventions that have been recommended as prophylactic measures will be advanced as an appropriate nursing care is designed for this patient.

Mr. John was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and agreed to surgery. Adjuvant Chemotherapy was prescribed after surgery ...

SECTION ONE: ASSESSMENT OF CHILD’S HEALTH: RAW DATA PRESENTATION

The child’s name is Heidi; she is female, aged 10 years and 5 months. The assessment session was administered at the child’s home. She is 144cm tall, has a weight of 37.6kgs, and her BMI value is 17.3. The child’s temperature is 36.60C, her respiration rate was 16, and her pulse was 77bpm.

The questions asked during the Child’s Health Assessment: Health of Infants, Children and Young People.

ORAL HEALTH AND ORAL HEALTH BEHAVIORS Do you brush your teeth? Answer, yes. How many times a do you brush in a day and at what time? Answer: Once a day in the morning. Assessor’s comment: the child has a broken front tooth; the ...

Introduction

Autism refers to an intricate developmental disability (Bryna, 2008, pp 24). It is known to appear in children within their first three years of life. This developmental disability is normally caused by a neurological disarray which affects usual brain function. It thus affects the development of a child’s social and communication skills. Children who suffer from autism experience challenges with non-spoken communication, various social interactions as well as other activities which involve elements of play (Bryna, 2008, pp 27). Children are social creatures who require interaction with other people in order to flourish and grow. Socializing enables children to laugh, ...

The six stories that we have read as a part of this unit are rich in terms of expression of theme and characterization. All of the authors weave images together to create powerful rhetorical arguments that entice the reader. From battlefield scenes to questions of the meaning of life, each story has a vivid collection of images that serve to bolster the ideas that the authors want to express. The actual battlefield in which “The Field” takes place sets the tone and mood for the entire story. The three characters must hide in an underground crate to avoid the continuous ...

‘Obsessions’ is a piece of physical theatre, largely encompassing the medium of dance (Tempah, 2011). The overall theme, as its name suggests, concerns obsession and how people can be affected by it in their day to day lives. The piece incorporates many dance and dramatic techniques. There are several sequences and motifs which are repeated, and a variety of obsessions are depicted. Influences for the piece include Martha Graham and Jerzy Grotowski. ‘Obsessions’ encompasses both ensemble and individual elements. The piece is shaped around a day, starting with waking up and ending in the same fashion. The dance begins with ...