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Influenza Virus: A Case Study

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Hi Nicole, as a nurse, I am responsible to protect my patients. One of the ways I protect my patients is by properly washing my hands, utilizing hand sanitizer when washing hands is not an option or available. Using gloves in addition to personal protective equipment and sterilizing equipment and surfaces will decrease the risk and spread of the influenza virus. It is so important as a nurse that I always educate my patients as well as their family members regarding health promotion, in order to reduce the spread of not only the influenza virus but bacterial infections as well. Majority of my patients are immunosuppressed therefore their risk of getting sick from the flu can progress into a deadly virus (Groeneveld, 2009). Many people believe
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1. Why did Marshall’s presentation lead Patricia to think he had influenza and not a cold? Why is it important to medically evaluate and diagnose a potential influenza infection? What test could be performed to diagnose influenza?

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“If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar” John Henry Cardinal Newman. Newman’s quote connects to the passage by stating that one will never break away and soar if they cannot understand failure. Originally this passage was based on the flu epidemic of 1918 hints the name of the title, The Great Influenza. Throughout the passage of The Great Influenza, John M. Barry establishes the message of embracing uncertainty and doubt.

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More pressure came from military generals and their decisions. One example is about limiting mobilization, in which case military decisions were weighed more than medical decisions. Acting Army Surgeon General Charles Richard advised Army Chief of Staff Peyton March not to send troops from infected camps to the battlefield in France until the Spanish Flu was over in that area. March accepted the advice, but at first, he only enforced it in a few training camps. Later as the epidemic worsened and spread, Richard became more worried.

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In a passage from The Great Influenza, author John M. Barry writes about what it is like to be a scientist. He describes scientists as pioneers and uses that to get across his idea. The author states that being a scientist is brave and uses metaphor, the motif of an explorer, and logos to prove his point. In the start of the passage, the author makes the point that to be a scientist is to be uncertain.

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This is an ethical and moral duty nurse, added that threatens the health, religion or life of patients who avoid vaccination, other than of philosophical reason, you can protect patients from cross-transmission. Recently Poland Jacobson as you did with other vaccines, e.g., measles, mumps, rubella and varicella is recommended enacting influenza vaccination of HCWs (Healthcare Worker). This view was supported by the mandatory vaccination argue that supporters can be justified in a given moral safety record of the influenza vaccine. In addition, failure, his own, to achieve the required number to despite the 70 percent vaccination rate for employees of the results from Johns Hopkins University Hospital (JHUH) of volunteer programs, senior epidemiologist

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The primary prevention is the best way to eliminate the potential for exposure. Since hand washing is the most effective mean of spread of infection, it would be my primary goal to increase the compliance of hand hygiene among healthcare workers, but also an extensive education of patients and family members on hand washing before and after touching the patient as well as afar any contact with any potentially contaminated materials (surface, body fluids or respiratory secretions). Mandatory education of patients, visitors and healthcare workers, across the system as well as cross department compliance practices are single best mean of preventing the spread of infection. For example, every patient and family member can be educated about hand hygiene, use of PPE-personal protective equipment (face mask, gowns and gloves). Although, the practices are already being utilized, I believe the compliance is poorly monitored.

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Soon, the epidemic arrived in Chicago. On August 28, 1918, reports of the increased death rate in Massachusetts were reported in Chicago newspapers, warning citizens of the potential risk of the epidemic reaching them. Nationwide, military camps suffered mass outbreaks throughout September, and yet, the Chicago Tribune printed reassuring news stories that suggested the flu was under control. On September 8, 1918, the virus took its first victims of the city: sailors at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.

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• Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water is not available. • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth whenever possible. • Avoid crowds when the flu is most rampant in your area. • Practice good healthy habits. Plenty of sleep, exercise, drink plenty of fluids, eat a healthy diet and manage stress.

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The brochure’s claim is a question, “What is the simplest way to protect yourself from colds?”, that then gets answered once the brochure is opened. It starts by presenting the reader with cold, hard facts, almost scaring the reader into washing their hands. Then it continues with more statistics on illnesses caused from improper hand washing, such as Hepatitis A, SARS, and the flu, and then proceeds to teach the reader on how to successfully wash ones

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Yearly influenza immunization among healthcare worker is the most effective plan for stopping influenza, specifically when providing as a section of a widespread influenza immunization program and influenza deterrence program. A broad influenza vaccination program should be complex, consider known obstacles to immunization, and offer important education and training on influenza concerning both the benefits and dangers of delivering influenza vaccination. The implementation of a influenza immunization program can improve healthcare workers immunization rates. The greatest practices for vaccinating healthcare workers are to incorporate influenza immunization programs into their current infection prevention. Healthcare workers will need to arrange

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On the other hand, Bihr gains an audience related advantage of safety values when she addresses the topic of protecting children from harm; Bihr explains that administering vaccines helps protect children from illnesses like the influenza virus or rotavirus. Researchers Ferdinands et al. (2014) found that the “…influenza vaccination was associated with about a three-quarters reduction in risk of influenza-related critical illness in children… Our results highlight the value of increasing the use of influenza vaccines among children” (Ferdinands et al., 2014, p. 681); while Dr. Cave’s (2014) piece, Adolescent refusal of MMR inoculation: F (mother) v F (father), adds that “A global vaccination campaign has led to a 71 per cent drop in measles-related deaths between 2000 and 2011, making a huge impact on the death rate which was estimated at 2.6 million deaths per year in the 1980s” (Cave, 2014, p. 631).

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The spread of Influenza in the early 20th century gave people a gloomy feel for that time. Some people thought that the Influenza infection was a sign from their gods so they let religion influence their choices while dealing with the infection. Other people were displeased by the fact that the government wasn’t taking the infection seriously and that people were receiving little to no care. Lastly there were doctors and volunteer nurses who were with people that had Influenza and didn’t get the infection. After looking at all of the documents, it’s obvious that their were some different views towards the spread of the Influenza infection.

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Influenza season is here again so it is time for everybody to add getting a flu shot to their “to-do” list. It is recommended for everyone to get flu shot from ages 6 months and older (McCarthy 1). It is the obligation of healthcare works and their employers to promote influenza vaccinations to patients and is an annual requirement for the workers as well (Lynkowski 1). Winter season is time for healthcare workers to get in line, roll up their sleeves and consent to treatment for a flu shot. For the hospital, their goal is to get all employees vaccinated, especially those who have direct contact with patients which brings up a number of ethical issues arising from the attempts to implement mandatory flu shots (Dubov 2530).

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Sicknesses that Shaped the World: Spanish Flu and COVID-19 In 1918, a sickness swept the horizon of Kansas that would eventually change people’s everyday life. The 1918 Flu, also known as the H1N1 virus, was an illness unlike the United States had ever seen (“History of the 1918 Flu Pandemic”). As anything that is unknown and scary would, the news about this influenza swept through the United States via newspapers.

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In spring of 1918, the soldiers of Fort Riley started report illness, feeling achy and feverish. This outbreak was first recorded in Haskell County, Kansas and quickly began to spread throughout military forts by transfer of soldiers and from their exploded into a world wide pandemic. This was just the beginning of one of the deadliest disasters in human history. Coming at the end of World War I (1914–1918), influenza shadowed wartime routes across oceans and continents, causing at least a quarter of the global population to fall ill and killing approximately fifty million people in about eighteen months. This number surpassed that of the twelve to sixteen million wartime fatalities.

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