Quantitative Research In Nursing

Hand hygiene practices are important thing to infection prevention and control practice. As health provider especially ED staff or front liner, to follow hand washing protocols is necessary in any situation. According Practice Standard (2009) four major elements to preventing practice; hand washing, protective barriers, care of equipment and health practice of nurse. Cite from Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland, scientists has found around 45% of infections can be prevented by washing hands regularly. MOH (2010) increasing in hand-washing compliance by

Thoroughly washing your hands can be one of the best ways to prevent the spread of pathogens that cause illnesses. Our bodies have several lines of defense to fight infections. It is very important to do what we can do to avoid the pathogens from entering our system in the first place. Our hands pick up microscopic pathogens from objects that were touched by people who may not have washed their hands very well. When we forget to wash our hands or don’t wash them properly, we can spread pathogens from our hands to our internal systems by touching other parts of our body. During this lab activity, my partner and I will test the effectiveness of different hand-washing times, techniques, and

Dirty hands is the common source of spreading infection. It is very important to keep hands clean to avoid getting infected and spreading infection in the community. It is important to wash hands to keep hands clean. There are two ways to keep hand clean, one way is wash hands with soap and warm water while rubbing hands together for minimum 15 to 30 seconds. Indication of washing hands with soap and water is when hands are visibly dirty, before and after eating, feeding, using the toilet, after coughing or sneezing, after using gloves, taking care of patients. There is also second way to clean hands, but it is advisable to wash hands with soap and water all the time, but it can ignore when soap and water is not available so it is okay to use hand gel or foam in the form of sanitizer. This helps to clean hands or kill germs when hands are not visibly dirty.

This experiment illustrates the importance of handwashing and proves that hand washing is worth it. Since our hands are constantly coming into contact with ourselves and others, touching surfaces, grabbing objects, being sneezed into, etc., keeping our hands clean is one of the most effective, yet simple way we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Many diseases and conditions are spread by not washing hands with soap and clean, running warm water. “The human skin is a host to anywhere between 10,000-10,000,000 bacteria per square centimeter and since health care providers come into contact with pathogenic bacteria by being engaged in patient care, hand washing can reduce the risk of spreading diseases (page 3).” The objective of the experiment is to test the effectiveness of hand washing and demonstrate normal flora. This report presents the procedures and materials for the experiment, the experiment's results, and an analysis of those results.

Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) affect over 1.7 million patients each year, causing almost 100,000 deaths annually in the United States alone (Johnson, 2010). According to the World Health Organization, HAIs are the most frequent adverse event in the healthcare industry. Fortunately, most of these infections can be prevented with one single intervention, proper hand hygiene (“The Evidence,” n.d.). Four out of five pathogens that cause illness are spread by direct contact. Proper hand hygiene eliminates these pathogens and helps to prevent cross-contamination and HAIs (Linton, 2015; “Hand Hygiene,” n.d.). Reduction of cross-contamination and HAIs improves patient outcomes, increases employee wellness, and lowers health care costs. Adherence to proper hand hygiene is the single most important safety measure in the health care setting. However, for many years compliance to proper hand hygiene in the healthcare industry has been dismally low. New and inventive measures must be implemented to increase compliance to proper hand hygiene and lower the rate of hospital-acquired infections.

Hospital acquired infections are a big problem today, but the use of disinfectants by the medical staff can help to avoid or limit such exposures to pathogens. The authors’ main purpose of this research article was to educate and teach the importance of hand hygiene and test the reason why certain virucidal hand-rubs result in poor compliance due to the poor tolerability of the products. The overall goal with the study would to show the reason certain hand rubs are not being used and how to improve their formula to increase compliance. The article written by the author was very well written with a thorough abstract. The study was very easy to follow and read, due to the well thought out structure of the article. The authors introduction starts out by stating the approximate amount of hospital acquired infections in the European Union and why hand sanitizers play an important role to avoid such infections. The introductions statement showed the importance of the topic. Although some of the results were complicated and confusing, the discussion laid out the results in layman

In order for a healthcare system to run effectively, research is essential when patents are involved. According to Jones (2016), research involves a structured, planned and logical approach to discovering new information, while aiming to extend understanding on a topic or problem area within the healthcare profession. To achieve this, research is divided into two methodologies, qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research involves methods that are concerned with human perceptions and understanding of their social reality, adopted under complex research topics (Washer, Salloch, Ritter, Vollmann, Schildmann, 2017). These are usually adapted when the exploration topic involves patient experiences, perceptions, meanings, intentions and behaviours (Jones, 2016). Whereas quantitative approaches aim to produce and control social phenomena, through measurement, evaluation and generalisation of findings of a population and encouraging the reproduction of the results obtained. These studies are based around testing hypotheses utilising patients to achieve research goals in controlled environments (Park & Park, 2016). This paper will explore the features of qualitative and quantitative research through papers involving patients in order to highlight the differences in their features, via the aim, data collection methods and results obtained. The quantitative paper explores the effect of muscle energy technique and passive stretching on patients with functional disability with

Nursing research has been a part of nursing practice for many years, consisting of both qualitative and quantitative research; it is essential in guiding nursing practice. Many nurses have a baseline understanding of research in general, but it is important for the researcher to understand their own values and beliefs when determining the type of research they will be performing. By understanding the differences between epistemology, methodology, and methods, the researcher can confidently conduct a valid research project.

In this essay the focus will be on the significance of hand hygiene within the care of patients and problems relating to the compliance of this. The essay will explore legislations such as The NHS Constitutions YEAR, Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct YEAR and the 6Cs of nursing, focusing on the relevance of these in relation to hand hygiene practice.

This graduate project course has offered the opportunity to expand on the knowledge obtained in the previous nursing research course and to begin with a concept or idea and follow a process to develop a research project through the dissemination process. Research is defined as a systematic process for inquiring information and this process is applied to the development of evidence-based practice. Evidence-based practice is defined as the use of scientific evidence, patient preference and clinician expertise which is applied to implement practice changes to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes (Hain, 2017). With the graduate project the process began with the development of a topic of interest in which research could be applied

The title of the article is Hand Sanitizer Alert. It really grabs the attention of the reader and represents the article. The introduction clearly tells the reader the importance hand sanitizer and research with validated results that it reduces the spread of illnesses and decreases the missed days in schools related to illnesses. The article is very informative and contains research conducted. This in return helps support their handwashing study related to strength of hand sanitizers. Below I have incorporated a chart of the results to compare different strengths and methods of hand washing. This helps illustrate the statistical outcome of the community-based epidemiologic studies.

Handshaking is perhaps the most widely recognized of greetings worldwide. While the culture context of a handshake is warm and friendly gesture. The surface of a person hands harbor pathogens and act as vector for infection. This could lead to hospital-acquired infections, a “localized or systemic condition resulting from an adverse reaction to the presence of infectious agent(s) or its toxin(s)”, which can be potentially life-threatening problem (CDC, 2016). In attempt to prevent the spread of infection and hospital-acquired infections many recommendations and polices have been put in place on proper hand hygiene

The facility in which I work, is very strict about using the Braden Scale when we assess our patients. Its’ use is very important in the prevention of pressure sores. I will discuss how research led to the world wide use of the Braden scale.

Society has taught us to frequently wash our hands and rarely wonder why beyond the simple fact that it kills germs. According to author David Born, Dr. Ludwig Sammelweis discovered that transmission of germs was causing a high rate of illness and death due to the lack of use of antiseptics. When he tested handwashing, and realized that survival and health rates increased he could conclude that the bacteria and uncleanliness were the cause of illness. By simply using an antiseptic the bacteria were killed and reduced. Now handwashing is a well-known health precaution that is used by millions (Born, 2000). Today the focus is placed on what handwashing methods are most effective. This lab has a specific focus on whether bar soap or antibacterial

Our hands are the most common transmitters of germs and infection. Yet knowing this, only one fifth of people globally wash their hands properly during critical times ("The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing."). People argue that using hand sanitizers may be equally as effective in stopping the spread of germs, however, this is invalid. Hand sanitizers cost more than using soap, are not accessible to everyone, and only eliminate some types of germs. In opposition to this, organizations, programs and people have proven, soap is more cost efficient. It can be recycled, is more available, and beneficial in improving health among developing countries. Conversely, sanitizers can be detrimental to a person’s health, are not a primary way to clean your hands, and will never be as effective as washing your hands with soap and water. However, in order for either of these ways to be effective, a person must use them right.