Yosemite Falls

Advance Professional Roles and Values Project Falls Keri Cochran October 20, 2014 Western Governor’s University The problem and explanation: The hospital I am employed at is currently having an issues with patient falls. The hospital is a “no restraint facility” and strongly discourages the use of any form of restraint including leather, soft, posey vests, or chemical. Currently the line of defense is using staff sitters, moving the patient to a visible room when available and or family

Schmidt October 07, 2012 Research Critique, Part 2 The purpose of this paper is to critique an article on the circumstances and characteristics of why patients fall in the hospital setting. The article being critiqued defines a fall as an unexpected drop from a sitting, standing, and lying position, which include an assisted fall (where someone helps guide them to the floor), slipping from a chair to the floor, and when a patient is found on the floor (Hitcho et al., 2008). This critique will

the efforts to prevent falls, falls still occur frequently and some repeatedly. According to Currie (2008), approximately 700000 to 1000000 individuals fall in the United States hospitals each year. A fall in a health care organization is considered a never-event by Medicare and Medicaid services(CMS) (Cox et al., 2015). As the result, health care facilities are not reimbursed for hospitalized falls which increase the economic burden of hospitals. Background of study Falls can be categorized into

Risk Factors for Falls Among Geriatric Population Living in Nursing Facilities Sharon Lando Mailyn Philavong Submitted to Dr. Logan in partial fulfillment of course NURS 409 Psychiatric of Nursing Morgan State University November 1, 2016  Risk Factors for Falls Among Geriatric Population Living in Nursing Facilities          Falls are a major problem in elderly population in the United States living in nursing facilities. Statistics from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) show that

Mobility/Trauma and Injury/Fractures Mobility/Trauma and Injury/Fractures Jo Ann Swain El Centro College AND Program 10-1-16   MOBILITY Mobility refers to all the body movements that we make including the movements that are required for our bodies to function adequately as when we are able to make purposeful gross and fine movements. These are necessary to carry out activities of daily living. The musculoskeletal system

Lawrence Halprin was a landscape architect and land planner whose concept of including the elements of a natural environment in his many projects and the internal design thought process that had him focus on how individuals interact within a public space were the two major aspects that contributed to his success. He designed his spaces to allow the visitors to not just pass though, but to exist in the space, and feel as they have a choice in which way they go. Most of his projects were not an attempt

Hetch Hetchy Dam The Hetch Hetchy valley is the subject of one of the greatest and longest debates between conservationists and preservationists. In short, preservationists look to safe the great Hetch Hetchy valley from being dammed and flooded, and by doing that they prevent San Francisco people from getting what is rightfully theirs, the clean water and natural resources of the Hatch Hatchy valley and the Tuolumne River. Conservationists are on the other hand, they try to use the most of the

Yosemite National Park is truly one of America’s greatest gems. Its beauty and majesty have been formed over hundreds of millions of years through numerous geological events and processes. Yosemite has long been a popular topic for research for geologists, as the geological processes that formed it are of great interest. Yosemite has an interesting geological history, as many different processes are responsible for its features today. About 500 million years ago, the Pacific plate started to subduct

themselves in nature. First and foremost a researcher of the environment, Muir believed that by spending time in nature, he could more deeply understand the earth and all of the knowledge it has to offer. During one of his numerous expeditions in the Yosemite Valley in 1869, Muir remarks that “…these lawless wanderings will be valuable as suggestive beginnings… if I should return to the awkward rules & laws of civilization & be buried as a strand into the thick of society.” He knows that if he returns

their first trip to Yosemite National Park. His mother hated Photography. After she died Ansel got into a fight with her bodies caretaker about the casket she was to be put in. Ansel’s family had good contact with the Best family, who owned a gift store in Yosemite called Best’s Studio. He married the Best’s daughter Virginia, they had two kids Michael and Anne. Later he inherited the studio now known as Adams Gallery.("Ansel