LINDA PATRON GRACE DODGE VOC. H.S.
SUBJECT: HEALTH CAREERS - NURSE ASSIST PROGRAM
NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION DISEASE CONTROL
INTRODUCTION:
Each day hundreds of patients in hospitals all over the
country contract infections which occur only in the hospital setting. The name
given to these infections is NOSOCOMIAL.
As a future health care provider you are mandated to promote health and reduce pain and suffering of your client/patient. Your role will be to developed methods of reducing these types of infection. You are the infection control person for the Center for Disease Control. Your recommendations will affect the health care delivery system of the nation. You must identify the social problem related to this condition and evaluate the public policies as well as suggest improvements that will benefit your clients and people all over the country.
TASK:
You will need to use the public Policy Analyst to evaluate
the social problem of the spread Nosocomial infections in the hospitals of
- You will submit a paper of a minimum of 750 words or three type-written pages.
- You will also be prepared to give an oral presentation. (about five minutes) corresponding to the written report. You will present the social problem, give evidence of the problem using visuals that discuss public policies relating to the problem and suggest solutions. .
- You are to use the Internet to research your problem from the resources below and you should use printed materials as well.
PROCESS:
1: You will be divided into groups of FOUR. Each student in the group will have defined responsibilities to complete the “task.”
2: Students will be expected to follow accepted guidelines for English usage, including grammar, spelling, punctuation and public speaking.
3: Students will use the PPA website guidelines and complete all worksheets from each section. Students will use this information to formulate data necessary to complete their task. Students will use the PPA website
WWW.MAXWELL.SYR.EDU/PLEGAL/TIPS.HTML
STEP #1: IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM-Complete worksheet #1
www.maxwell.syr.edu/p legal/ tips.html
STEP #2: GATHER THE EVIDENCE FOR THE PROBLEM
Complete worksheet # 2
www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips.html
STEP #3: IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM
Complete worksheet #3
www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips.html
STEP #4: EVALUATE EXISTING PUBLIC POLICY ON NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS. Complete worksheet #4
www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips.html
STEP #5: DEVELOP NEW PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS
Complete worksheet #5
www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips.html
STEP #6: SELECT THE BEST PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS
Complete worksheet # 6
www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips.html
Students will use the Internet sites in “RESOURCES” to complete the “Task”.
RESOURCES:
4: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eidVol4no.3/weinstein.html
5: www.inhibitex.com/nosocomial.htm
6: www.aegis.com/pubs/books/1996/BK960522.html
7: www.complab.nymc.edu/Curriculum/ComPrevMed/NosocomialInfections.htm
8: www.nursingceu.com/NCEU/courses/nosocomial/
9: www.critical-care-nurse.org/AACN/jrnlccn.nsf/
10; www.GetArticle/CoverTitle181?OpenDocument
EVALUATION: RUBRIC FOR GRADING THE TASK
EVALUATION:
Your written work will be graded in the
following manner;
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Grade |
65%-69% |
70%-79% |
80-95% |
100% |
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Too limited
content and too few facts to support PPA criteria |
Adequate content
but few are supporting the PPA criteria |
Good content and
good support of PPA criteria |
Excellent use of
facts and content and excellent support of PPA criteria |
Presentation Rubric – Evaluating Student Presentations
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2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Organization |
Audience cannot understand presentation because there is no sequence of information. |
Audience has difficulty following presentation because student jumps around.. |
Student presents information in logical sequence which audience can follow. |
Student presents information in logical, interesting sequence which audience can follow. |
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Subject Knowledge |
Student does not have grasp of information; student cannot answer questions about subject. |
Student is uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only rudimentary questions. |
Student is at ease, with expected answers to all questions, but fails to elaborate. |
Student demonstrates full knowledge (more than required) by answering all questions with explanations and elaboration. |
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Graphics |
Student uses poor or no graphics. |
Student occasionally uses graphics that rarely support text and presentation. |
Student’s graphics relate to text and presentation. |
Student’s graphics explain and reinforce screen text and presentation. |
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Mechanics |
Students’ presentation has four or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors. |
Presentation has three misspellings and/or grammatical errors. |
Presentation has no more than two misspellings and/or grammatical errors. |
Presentation has no misspellings and/or grammatical errors. |
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Eye Contact |
Student reads all of report with no eye contact. |
Student occasionally uses eye contact, but still reads most of report. |
Student maintains eye contact most of the time but frequently returns to notes. |
Student maintains eye contact with audience, seldom returning to notes. |
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Elocution |
Student mumbles, incorrectly pronounces terms, and speaks too quietly for student in the back of class to hear. |
Students voice is low. Student incorrectly pronounces terms. Audience members have difficulty hearing presentation. |
Student’s voice is clear. Student pronounces most words correctly. Most audience members can hear presentation. |
Student uses a clear voice and correct precise pronunciation of terms so that all audience can hear presentation. |
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Total Points |
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CONCLUSION:
You should have learned, from this web quest, that Nosocomial infections, in American hospitals is a major social problem. It affects the lives of thousands of people each year and may be fatal. New public policy is required to address this problem, however public policy is difficult to invent and implement. You have identified the problem, gathered the evidence and came up with suggestions for new public policy.
Our next web quest will be to investigate other
in-hospital diseases and evaluate public policies related to them.
Health, Physical Education, and
Family and Consumer Sciences
Standard 1: Personal Health and Fitness
Students will have the necessary
knowledge and skills to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in
physical activity, and maintain personal health.
Standard 2: A Safe and Healthy Environment
Students will acquire the
knowledge and ability necessary to create and maintain a safe and healthy
environment.
Standard 3: Resource Management Students will understand and be able to manage their personal and community resources.
English Language Arts Standard
Standard 2: Language for Literary Response and Expression
Students will read and listen to oral, written, and electronically produced texts and performances from American and world literature; relate texts and performances to their own lives; and develop an understanding of the diverse social, historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and performances represent. As speakers and writers, students will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language for self-expression and artistic creation.
Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for critical analysis and evaluation. As listeners and readers, students will analyze experiences, ideas, information, and issues presented by others using a variety of established criteria. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language to present, from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas, information and issues.
Standard 4: Language for Social Interaction
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for social interaction. Students will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language for effective social communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their views.