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Sample/Setting The study involves 110 12-14-year-old racially diverse children of both genders who are diagnosed with obesity, as well as their parents. The criteria for inclusion are the following: children should be diagnosed with obesity during the recent two years; they have not taken medication treatment for their obesity problem;...
Introduction Nurse staffing is one of the burning issues in the US healthcare system that needs effective solutions and proper legislation. The bill H.R.2581 entitled “Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2019” dwells upon the standards concerning nurse staffing in all American hospitals (Congress,...
Introduction Bullying has been an issue for many years, discussed both in media and on television. However, the primary focus is usually on high school students and bullying among schoolchildren, which is not the only domain where this problem exists. Despite the fact that nursing as a profession implies compassion...
General Points It should be noted that the primary purpose of the research was reached. The efficiency of the EHR system has been assessed by the two parties, which were healthcare specialists and patients. In the course of the study, all workforce members who use EHRs took part in the...
The prevention of hospital readmissions among patients with chronic or congestive heart failure (CHF) was chosen as the focus of the course project. According to the process thoroughly described in the third phase, the effectiveness of post-discharge patient visits and telephone support was measured. This essay is aimed at describing...
Introduction Initiating an intervention always requires a solid implementation plan in order to successfully achieve the goals and objective of the research. Chronic heart failure (CHF) is one of the major causes of death in the US and the rest of the world, thus deserving the attention and additional studying...
Strategic Position and Risk Assessment The strategic position of Generational Health and Fitness (GHF) is a low-cost fitness program offering cycling classes to residents of the local community. The long-term goal of the enterprise is to create an environment where community residents could learn to love exercise, improve their health,...
Why Do We Need Diversity? The globalization of the world economy and the appearance of numerous companies operating in different countries across the globe has caused a shift in the financial consulting market. While localized services are still invaluable, especially for companies planning to expand into new countries, most clients...
Introduction Family-centered care is a medical practice aimed at helping all the members of the same family, which is often the case when several problems manifest themselves. The spectrum of intervention may involve different procedures and imply engaging both adults and children in collaborative activities. In the family in question...
Statement of Purpose The issue of labeling plant-based dairy remains controversial within years that is largely associated with the increasing consumption of such products. On the one hand, people state that such should not be labeled as they look like traditional milk and may be used as its substitute. On...
The formation of a well-conceived and balanced nutrition routine is essential to one’s knowledgeable approach to life and health awareness. Developed eating habits are different and unique, as they are adapted to the individual’s work schedule and timing. In today’s world, our lifestyle and diet have dramatically changed due to...
Introduction In the modern world, there are two popular opinions concerning the appropriateness of abortions. Crudely speaking, some people are convinced that pregnancies should always be controlled by women, whereas others tend to equate abortions with crimes. However, apart from these extremities, there is a number of intermediate positions that...
The Advance Health Care Directive When investigating the topic of palliative care, I downloaded the Advance Health Care Directive (AD) for Florida from the official website where relevant documentation for all states was collected (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2017). The information presented is consistent with existing legislation and...
Introduction The US medical facilities are known for delivering patient-centered care. Ever since the adoption of the course for the patient agency, the recipients of healthcare services have been increasingly informed about their care, capable of making well-informed choices regarding their health and lives. According to the federal law and...
Dementia is a loss of cognitive functioning, and Alzheimer’s as one of its forms is diagnosed in the majority of cases. The prevalence of this disease among the elderly doubles every five years, while women are at a higher risk. In 2016, 5.2 million older adults (11 percent of this...
Over the last several decades, the healthcare system has taken social factors into consideration along with recommendations for regular medical treatment. Researchers and scientists have discovered that drugs usually guarantee a temporary effect in health improvement, while the continuous socioeconomic stability of a person is more influential. The case of...
Applicable Change or Nursing Theory Utilized Addressing the current problem of understaffing in the United States will need a policy change. As explained above, the issue is aggravated by high levels of dissatisfaction among nurses in the country. Poor scheduling, workload, and poor remuneration are some of the issues that...
Introduction The critical evaluation of scientific works is an integral part of the learning process due to the fact that it allows retrieving meaningful information as well as training one’s cognitive skills. Thus, the focus of this assignment is on the critical analysis of an article of a choice from...
Introduction Cloud-based systems are referred to as systems on which applications can be manipulated, configured and accessed online (Mahalkari, Tailor & Shukla, 2016). Cloud computing users can gain access to several database resources through the internet regardless of where they are located, and for as long as they need without...
Identification of the Issue Public health is an immensely broad field of study, which includes various problems related to health, care, equity, and infrastructure (“Topics & issues,” 2018). However, it is possible to state that one of the problems in the public health sector, which is often not paid enough...
Introduction Culture is mainly defined as the customs, beliefs, and behavior of a group of people. Indeed, cultures can be found in several countries. However, it is more common to find people of the same culture residing in the same areas and countries. One can argue that the essence of...
Introduction Buccaneers of the Caribbean: How Piracy Forged an Empire is an interesting historical book by Jon Latimer. The author chronicles historical events that occurred during the seventeenth century as buccaneers controlled the Caribbean. The buccaneers were confused with pirates, but they were privateers from France, England, and Holland, authorized...
Local, State, National, and Global Communicable Disease Group Trends While the treatment of HIV, gonorrhea, and syphilis is feasible only with therapy and antibiotics, measles, pertussis, and smallpox require a different approach, such as immunization. The broad implementation of vaccines has historically curbed the spread of communicable diseases if a...
Fabritex is a company that produces various types of textiles for different purposes. Its customers are other manufacturers who sell their products to retailers or in independent outlets. One of the key Fabritex’s customers in the segment of UK lingerie warp knit is Pearlwear, a large company operating in Europe...
Abstract Cyber surveillance is becoming increasingly important for Internet users. In this paper, the topic will be discussed from the perspectives of everyday surveillance, its justifications, privacy-enhancing technologies, and the need for balancing different and often conflicting interests. It will be shown that cyber surveillance is justified by cyberattacks, but...
This case study is a home visit with Ms. Sallie Mae who is an 82-year old widowed female patient, who lives alone and was recently discharged from the hospital for exacerbation of her congestive heart failure (CHF) with breathing difficulties, weight gain of 8-pounds, and pain in the chest. Ms....
Introduction The work of nurses in oncology departments is characterized by not only professional challenges but also other nuances. In particular, adherence to safety measures when using chemotherapeutic drugs is the essential aspect of the activity, which is not always respected. The article “Nurse Adherence to Safe-Handling Practices: Observation Versus...
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a widely spread disease both among the adult population and children. Since this type of diabetes demands regular insulin injections, it can negatively influence the quality of life, which is particularly undesirable for young patients. Moreover, children are less responsible and careless about their health,...
The incidence of hospital-acquired infections can be listed among the leading concerns of healthcare specialists all over the world since infectious diseases often nullify the results of effective treatment strategies. Without exaggeration, the development of strategies helping to reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections is among the tasks of national...
What is the purpose of this research? The purpose of the research is to measure balance and gait in patients with frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s diseases. What is the research question (or questions)? This may be implicit or explicit The research questions are: Are there differences in balance and gait...
Introduction Nurse leaders possess adequate skills and philosophies that guide them to mentor their followers. They can consider various issues in practice to transform existing situations and maximize the health outcomes of the targeted beneficiaries. This essay compares and contrasts how leaders and managers approach the concept of Magnet Designation....
With the growing number of cyberattacks on the government organizations that use third-party vendor vulnerability management to analyze their security, the need to introduce new solutions emerges. There is a concern that national technologies and tools can potentially be used for purposes incompatible with the tasks of ensuring international security...
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems play an important role in improving all business processes. For example, Company N can implement an appropriate ERP system to overcome certain issues and barriers preventing it from development. The first issue is the focus on paperwork and manual paper processes. ERP systems allow for...
Introduction Nowadays, many healthcare facilities and independent researchers admit the growth of childhood obesity as a global epidemic problem. The role of a medical worker is frequently discussed to underline a possibility to monitor a body mass index (BMI), evaluate co-morbidities, and give counseling (Dabas & Seth, 2018). Nursing knowledge...
Introduction Risk management is essential for any enterprise, but for healthcare organizations, it has even greater significance because, frequently, people’s lives are at stake. Risk is defined as “a probability or threat of damage, injury, liability loss that is caused by vulnerabilities and that may be avoided through pre-emptive actions”...
Introduction The Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” is an attempt to resolve a multitude of problems that have arisen in nursing practice. It discusses the range of essential functions performed by nurses in health care settings, as well as challenges that arise...
Occupational health nurses (OHN) form the single largest group of healthcare professionals providing primary care services in workplaces in the US. The assigned community setting selected for this assignment is a large electric power-generating plant. The roles of an OHN include providing clinical, especially emergency care to injured workers, counseling...
Introduction Health is a complex phenomenon, and many factors influence its state when it comes to different individuals. Many people tend to believe that clinical services are the only factor that can either improve or worsen a health status. However, since people are social beings, it is impossible to neglect...
Introduction Customer service, otherwise known as the patient satisfaction, has become a critical benchmark of modern healthcare. It is helpful from a business and reputation perspective while strongly contributing to positive patient outcomes. Management in the industry has shifted its focus towards patient satisfaction as a key measure of the...
Issue Identified One of the main healthcare policy issues that are currently in need of addressing is health equity (HE) (American Public Health Association [APHA], 2015). Alternatively, it can be identified as the presence of health and care disparities (Ubri & Artiga, 2016). In other words, HE is a challenge,...
Tobacco use is the leading cause of cardiovascular diseases and deaths in the United States. According to the survey from 2016, 37.8 million adults in the USA aged 18 and older currently smoke cigarettes (“Current cigarette smoking,” 2018). Scholars have discovered that 15 of every 100 country residents (15.5% of...
Communication Strategy So far, the Coca-Cola Company has been pretty efficient with its verbal and written communication. The communication analysis has shown its strong suits that should be capitalized upon and make part of subsequent strategies. Firstly, the Coca-Cola Company might want to develop the ideas of diversity further, demonstrating...
The Great Depression is one of the most critical periods of modern U.S. history. It began with the global economic crisis in 1929, which most affected the United States (Davidson, 2014). In 1933, when the crisis reached its peak, the Democratic Party candidate Roosevelt entered the post of President. He...
What is a Research Project? It is a particular type of academic assignment that requires studying an issue of interest to contribute to theoretical or practical knowledge. The paramount goal of the research project is to examine a topic in an in-depth manner, integrate the available evidence, and produce new...
Background Teresa is an 8-year-old female student who is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders (DSM-5)) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and assigned the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy. The patient’s family comes from Mexica and has problems with speaking English, which complicates the...
Introduction The heritage of a given group will dictate its cultural, religious, and healthcare practices. Medical professionals should be aware of the issues affecting or influencing their patients’ behaviors. This paper describes the heritage of the Mexican and Korean people and their respective healthcare beliefs. Discussions and Similarities The heritage...
The healthcare delivery system in the U.S. is complicated and more expensive than in neighboring Canada and other countries. Some people go into debt or file for bankruptcy because of their inability to pay medical bills (Banegas et al., 2016). To provide people with affordable health services, the government of...
The Bog Girl is a short story by Karen Russell that was published in The New Yorker in 2016. It describes a fictional scenario where Cillian, a teenager born to a single teenage mother, finds a well-preserved dead girl in a bog and falls in love with her. His environment...
People’s interactions with each other and the world are founded on their ability to think. Critical reasoning is another unique skill of living beings that allows them to form and present their opinions and converse with others to make decisions. Thus, it is vital to understand what factors contribute to...
Introduction with Thesis After World War II, the USA became the most powerful actor in the political arena. The country’s role was growing internationally, and it became known as the world’s “police.” There was hardly any serious event in which the USA would not participate. Frequently, the side taken by...
Introduction The epos of ancient works is rich in vivid images and characters that embody the ideas of heroism and convey the moral character of past eras. Nevertheless, the approaches of some authors with respect to the portraits of the main characters were different, which makes their work even more...
Introduction The slowly overheating planet may carry a wide variety of repercussions for humanity as one of the species living on its surface. From a drastic increase in the amounts of CO2 gas present in the atmosphere and dangerously rising sea levels to weather-related chain reactions, global warming affects humankind...
Introduction During the vast Roman Empire, which lasted for hundreds of years, artists created widespread forms of outstanding artworks that have continued to be popular even in modern times. Roman art excelled in different ways due to its diversity, availability to the masses, and embracing of trends from all over...
This study uses the article by Williams, Oke, and Zachary (2019) entitled “Public Health Delivery in the Information Age: The Role of Informatics and Technology”. The decision to choose it was informed by its rich content with respect to the effective means of obtaining, studying, and managing medical information, and...
Main body Patient-centered care is a frequently mentioned concept in modern health care. Its main idea is to consider patients’ needs and achieve desired health outcomes by inviting patient input into making specific decisions. This type of care promotes improved self-management, patient satisfaction, and adherence to medication (Elwyn et al.,...
Introduction Acute illnesses are especially dangerous for human health as they occur suddenly and have a substantial effect on the body. For this reason, patients who were hospitalized with this type of disease need a quick response, an accurate examination, and constant care. Bacterial pneumonia is an illness for which...
Introduction Community health nurses operate in a variety of environments ranging from patients’ homes to public clinics. The key goal of community nurses is helping patients access the highest-quality care not only through supervising their treatment but also through educating and advising them on the appropriate measures of health. Since...
Introduction The nursing practice involves a number of critical components that ensure that a nursing action is through interprofessional team support. The workplace setting is a geriatric unit, where a nurse plays an essential role in cooperation with the interprofessional team of medical specialists, nurses, and patient’s family members. In...
Introduction The chosen study studies patients’ experiences after a fall and their views on fall prevention strategies in hospitals. The research used a qualitative methodology, with patient interviews as the main source of data. The analysis of the interview results suggested some common themes and attitudes, such as self-blame, reluctance...
Community health nurses (CNHs) offer timely services to different people depending on their health demands. The selected community setting for this discussion is a hospice facility that provides medical support to patients with a wide range of terminal conditions. Every CNH in such a facility is expected to offer both...
Community health nursing is an integral part of providing care to patients in different set-ups. This nursing discipline incorporates evidence-based research and other established scientific approaches to deliver quality and timely care to patients. The assigned community setting for this assignment is a home hospice. The primary role of a...
The main figures in this case study are as follows: Jessica: A pregnant mother; Marco: The child’s father; Anna: Jessica’s aunt; Dr. Wilson: The treating physician. The case study begins by describing the situation in which Jessica arrives in the hospital on her 4th month of pregnancy to scan the...
Literature Review In the USA, chronic heart failure (CHF) is one of the most common causes of hospital readmission. Ziaeian and Fonarow (2016) report that medical therapies that are found to be beneficial for CHF outcomes and readmission rates are critically underutilized in patients. The authors highlight the following strategies...
Did you know that in Japan, couples often meet at the Hachiko monument – the one that is dedicated to the dog that waited seven long years for its owner? To me, this fact holds a symbolic meaning – people always look for loyalty and affection in relationships, and those...
Medical Indications: Beneficence and Nonmaleficence James, an eight-year-old boy, was accepted to a medical facility with kidney failure and elevated blood pressure. The condition was acute enough to suggest immediate dialysis as a temporary measure. The boy’s parents decided to forego the treatment, and the patient was let go. After...
“Close” by Martin Stranka The process of art creation is complicated due to the search for exciting ideas for a message an artist can convey. The present works of well-known photographers inspire other people to create pieces of art to show their perception of the original idea. Philosophical concepts are the...
Introduction Understanding the differences between various nursing roles performs a vital function in the arrangement of successful collaboration within healthcare settings. Advanced practice nurses are some of the most skilled healthcare specialists who perform many duties to reach the best patient outcomes. However, a more recent specialty, forensic nursing, has...
The Reconstruction was a period in the U.S. history at the end of, and immediately after, the Civil War. Although the North won the military conflict, political and ideological differences had to be resolved. President Abraham Lincoln put forward a long-term plan to reintegrate the South states as a first...
Introduction By definition, health is defined as the absence of illness or injury, but the World Health Organization and many medical professionals and theories suggest that health is a state of complete “physical, mental, and social well-being” (Huber et al., 2011). The modern health continuum has evolved to provide a...
Caring in Nursing When a child is sick, they turn to their mother To get medications and much-needed care. But when an adult is sick, they care for themselves, Get doctor’s prescriptions, cook, and work from home. Nurses are there when self-care is not enough, When people can no longer...
Medical practice is associated with multiple challenges occurring in a working environment. Over the past decade, nursing managers have developed several strategies to address and resolve the issues that fall under their jurisdiction. No matter what kind of approach a leader takes, the goal of any intervention is to ensure...
Nurses can and should be involved in the process of policymaking, which may need interaction with legislators. Therefore, nurses should be able to locate the policymaker who can help in developing bills and introducing new laws. The debate concerning the integration of mental health services into primary care is still...
Behaviors are shaped by a vast array of factors, yet influencing them to improve one’s leadership skills is possible. A survey that allows identifying the strengths of one’s behaviors and the weaknesses thereof is a crucial tool in shaping ones’ leadership qualities and improving the quality of healthcare. According to...
The article by Donaldson (1994) argues that since two theories, empirical, or descriptive, and normative, or prescriptive, are opposing in nature, they take completely opposite logic and, therefore, cannot be relevantly combined in a single integrative theory. However, Weaver and Trevino (1994) discuss three approaches to the combination of the...
From the perspective of agenda-setting processes defined by Kingdon, the introduction of any problem to the political agenda is comprised of many steps and contributions of various participants. Some essential health care issues that become addressed in the national political process pass the same pattern. They originate as specific conditions,...
Occupational Health Nurses (OHNs) are involved in ensuring workplace safety in different work environments, as the key primary care providers in such environments. In a bid to contextualize the roles of OHNs in the workplace, a car manufacturing company is selected as the community setting for this task. In the...
Nursing Theory for Obesity Prevention The issue of obesity prevention within the project will be guided by a nursing theory. One of the theories applicable in case of childhood overweight is a middle-range theory of weight management (Pickett, Peters, & Jarosz, 2014). The focus of this theory is on psychosocial,...
Selected Issue The increasing global population means that existing medical professionals should work hard to deliver high-quality and personalized health services. Unfortunately, the current number of nurses providing medical support and care in this country continues to decline. This is the case since the consumption or demand for such services...
Introduction Nursing understaffing is a prevalent issue in the U.S. healthcare system impacting the quality of care, the safety of patients, and the professional wellbeing of medical professionals. Nurses face increased workloads, long hours, and highly irregular work patterns which lead to chronic fatigue, stress, and sleep deprivation. To prevent...
The quality of nursing services is one of the pivotal issues in any healthcare organization especially in the context of skilled personnel shortages. To solve the problem of service delivery well, it is however not enough to analyze the hospital-level staffing indicators alone. The view on the healthcare organization as...
Interview Interviewer (I): Thank you for participating in the interview. You will be asked several questions concerning your recent experience of using nursing services and the nurse’s management of your spiritual needs. Participant (P): Sounds good. I: But first, tell me about yourself. P: I am an Asian American man,...
The Glass Menagerie is a play about a dysfunctional family, each caught in between their feelings and dreams. The conflicts experienced in the Wingfield’s family primarily lie deep within themselves, but also intertwine with each other. This essay will analyze the complicated relationship between Amanda–the mother and Laura—the daughter and...
The “Transforming the Texas plant” case presents several important problems that may be of everyday occurrence at the workplace. That includes abuse of power, organizational behavior issues, the establishment of leadership and a healthy corporate environment. With the example of this particular case, it is easier to come up with...
PICOT Question Will you have a comparison group or will subjects be their own controls? As the project focuses on the prevention of pressure ulcers and not on their treatment, it would not be possible to use subjects as their own controls. Based on the evidence collected, using historical data...
The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the views of Samuel Huntington and Edward Said on the sources of geopolitical conflicts in the modern world. In his article, Huntington claims that future geopolitical conflicts will be not ideological or political in nature, but cultural (Tuathail, 2006). Said,...
Introduction Nursing professionals provide high-quality care to patients that is not confined to the administration of medication and other clinical procedures. Nurses also provide psychological and emotional support to people who are often in pain or at a loss due to their health conditions. The provision of such comprehensive care...
Introduction The problem of understaffing in healthcare organizations can be addressed from multiple points of view. However, all clinics should analyze possible retention strategies to detect how they can reduce nurses’ turnout rates and increase job satisfaction (Hughes, Bobay, Jolly, & Suby, 2015). The current state of research shows that...
Introduction Varying healthcare systems between countries may create different work conditions for staff. The article examines the relationships between the demographic attributes and secondary traumatic stress, burnout, or satisfaction in a sample of American versus Canadian nurses in the oncology unit (Wu, Singh-Carlson, Odell, Reynolds, & Su, 2016). From the...
Introduction Although the needs of nurses are often overlooked in a hospital setting, staff members may face serious health issues due to an inadequate schedule, workplace pressure, and similar factors increasing stress. Thus, tools for handling the problem and reducing the pressure under which nurses are forced to work is...
Introduction Promoting shared decision-making in patient-centered care is a chance for nurses and patients to establish trustful relationships and exchange necessary information. Planning and implementation of change cannot be ignored by project developers. This paper will focus on goals for improvement, measuring change, needed resources, the timeframe of implementation, mechanisms...
Solving ethical issues is critical in medical practice, especially in Clinical Oncology. Cancer is the hardest psycho-emotional test, both for the patient and their relatives. In our society, the cancer patient is often perceived as a person marked with special signs. It is good if the patient is adjusted to...
Research Problem/Purpose The article “The Role of Job Satisfaction, Work Engagement, Self-Efficacy and Agentic Capacities on Nurses’ Turnover Intention and Patient Satisfaction” by De Simone, Planta, and Cicotto (2018) examines the impact of various elements such as work fulfillment, employees’ commitment, and self-efficacy on healthcare officials’ turnover plans and patients’...
Introduction The concept of leadership is becoming increasingly more significant in the environment of the global communication. Being a leader is no longer linked to managing specific processes. Instead, a leader is deemed as the source of inspiration and motivation within a team (Binder, 2016). Engaging others is especially important...
Advanced nursing practice roles are associated with a variety of tasks completed by nurses on a daily basis, involving their leadership skills. Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) are advanced practice nurses who are responsible for providing care for patients during their lifespan while using a holistic nursing approach. FNPs work with...
A family nurse practitioner (FNP) is an advanced practice nurse who is primarily focused on providing care for patients during their lifespan (Hoyt & Proehl, 2015). This includes working with patients and their families in a close manner. Usually, FNPs are responsible for treating chronic diseases, but sometimes they also...
Meaning For the purposes of this assignment, Dorothea Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory is chosen. It is based on several principal assumptions, which are the following: a “theory created for a practical science such as nursing encompasses not only the What and Why, but also the Who and How;” nurses...
Meaning The main idea behind Orem’s theory is that the vast majority of the patients desire to be able to care for oneself and the individual members of one’s family. Some of the major assumptions behind the theory are as follows (Alligood, 2017): Every patient is a distinct individual with...
Empowering People with SUD The class presentation has identified addiction and substance use disorder (SUD) as some of the health challenges many people in the global society face. The affected victims become stressed, change their behaviors, and find it hard to achieve their personal goals (Robinson & Adinoff, 2016). This...
Financial statements can provide substantial information regarding a hospital’s operations, including its revenue, assets, and cash flow, which display the ability of an organization to be profitable. The General Practice Affiliates intends to partner with the Titus Lake Hospital, which will provide the former with the ability to take advantage...
Introduction The word ‘transgender’ refers to a person whose gender expression or identity differs from that which was assigned at birth. Transgender individuals face widespread economic and social marginalization. Intriguingly, discrimination, harassment, and rejection ensue even from the healthcare sector, which ranges from routine check-ups, and emergency room visits to...
Introduction In numerous approaches, the world is progressively turning into a transgender-affable place with enhanced awareness and reception. Nevertheless, among the many problems that transgender patients experience is obtaining suitable medical care. Almost 30% of transgender patients report denial of healthcare services and approximately 50% experience delayed medical attention because...
Meaning Patient education and awareness are crucial to the successful delivery of healthcare services. As long as a target demographic is capable of identifying a health threat and managing available resources, the possibility of complications or a rise in mortality rates drops significantly (Pelicand, Fournier, Le Rhun, & Aujoulat, 2015)....
Introduction Caring for patients is a core element of practice in nursing. Not only can the lack of caring behaviors in a hospital lead to individuals’ dissatisfaction with rendered services and ways of treatment, but it also may threaten the healthcare quality in general. The Theory of Human Caring developed...
Introduction I myself have never partaken in the union organizing process. Yet, literature research has made me quite knowledgeable on the subject and recent trends and dynamics. It seems that there is a clear rationale behind unions. Through starting, joining, or choosing to be represented by one, workers and employees...
Discovery: topic and practice issue The topic and the nursing practice issue related to this topic The topic chosen for this task is promoting patient safety within hospital set-ups. Errors are common occurrences in nursing practice, and they come with adverse effects by affecting patient safety and health outcomes (Lawati,...
Public Health Policies and Interventions: Effects on People’s Daily Life Public health issues have become more numerous, with emergent threats posing new challenges. Therefore, timely public health policies have a crucial role in preventing an epidemic from happening in a community. Health policies and interventions aimed at addressing public health...
Introduction Transitional care is a process that seeks to establish the continuity of care by providing education to patients and their caregivers as well as by enhancing communication between providers (Czarnecki et al., 2019). The project will focus on the effectiveness of transitional care in improving patients’ long-term health outcomes....
Ethnicity is a complex and sensitive subject that requires greater attention in the sphere of healthcare when trying to achieve health equality for the entire population. Minority ethnic groups, in general, have poorer health outcomes compared to the general population, with reasons being many and debated. While the racial and...
A preliminary assessment as a part of the planning phase of Almond Limited’s audit has been completed. In the given memo, key account balances that are suspected of an increase in audit risk are identified, as well as factors that increase audit risk associated with these account balances. The key...
Introduction The process of treatment and care involves different professionals including nurses. Nursing itself is grounded on some principles and theories. Frequently, nurses develop their own philosophies during their work. These philosophies are usually a blend of already existing philosophies developed by nurse theorists and nurses’ personal experiences. Therefore, as...
The concept of business law is one of those control mechanisms that allow considering legal, ethical, and other issues arising in the work process within a single organization. This practice is common in the modern business environment, in particular, among big companies with a large number of employees. One of...
Introduction Being a nurse in a palliative care department can be challenging. The patients receiving healthcare services are often in pain and can be overwhelmed by emotional distress alongside serious health conditions. Communication is regarded as one of the key elements of care provided to such patients (Kelley & Morrison,...
Introduction Nursing philosophy is an ultimate expression of the nurse’s values, beliefs, and experience that can be applied to their work with patients. Many notable nurses conceptualized and promoted their own philosophies of nursing. However, developing a personal philosophy of nursing can help nurses to explore their understanding of the...
Introduction Although a number of widely accepted nursing theories and philosophies exist, it is common for each nurse to develop an individual one based on the knowledge, experience, and contexts acquired throughout their education. A personal philosophy is a statement of beliefs, values, and ethics in terms of nursing practice...
Introduction Many healthcare settings embrace the idea of interprofessional teams to meet the changing demands of their respective patients. The targeted work setting for this discussion is that of a pediatric ward in a small clinic with six beds. The unit provides timely services to children in need of immediate...
Introduction Due to the importance of improving the transitional care model through follow-up calls to reduce patient readmission rates, the nursing practice should be based on a special methodology involving a comprehensive assessment of the problem. Since the work is aimed at the direct interaction of medical personnel with patients,...
Introduction to the Problem The number of hospitalizations of patients with heart failure is an urgent problem in the modern healthcare sector. People with this disease make up a large percentage of the population, and for the outcomes of nursing interventions to be positive, the quality of transitional care is...
Introduction The work setting selected for this assignment is the field of oncology in one of the cancer clinics in the region. Interprofessional teams are present in the workplace as nutritionists, radiologists, nurses, and other support staff members are involved in the day-to-day running of the facility. One of the...
Introduction to the Problem Transitional nursing care emphasizes the need to pay attention to the process of discharging a patient from a hospital and their transfer to home care. These patients often have multiple comorbidities and have to be consulted by different specialists. Upon discharge, the patients can experience difficulties...
The metaparadigm of nursing covers the concepts fundamental to the profession. In particular, these are elements such as client, nursing, health, and the environment (Black, 2016). They are interconnected and penetrate each other, creating a holistic approach to patient care. My understanding that caring for clients should entail all these...
Early in the process of my nursing training, I came to a realization that learning the key aspects of the nursing profession suffices not. Given how strenuous the work in health care can be, a nurse needs to have his or her “why” figured out to guide them when the...
Introduction The role of nurses in the American healthcare system has changed dramatically since the first part of the 20th century. Nurse practitioners provide a wide range of healthcare services and perform a key role in the process of communication with patients. Registered nurses (RN) have a set of responsibilities...
Introduction As a relatively young discipline, nursing is in the process of constant change and improvement, both within the United States and worldwide. New disciplines and qualifications emerge, legislation changes and new knowledge alters the nature of care. Over time, different career paths for nurses have emerged that do not...
Introduction The gap between theory and practice in nursing may be quite tangible, yet the effects that a solid theoretical foundation has on the efficacy of interventions are undeniable. Therefore, for a nurse, it is an absolutely imperative step to create a system of values, beliefs, and ethical principles that...
Advanced nursing practice (APN) is relevant in the context of different aspects of care in various healthcare institutions and has particular expressions and influences. The peculiarities of these employees’ work may be assessed in terms of such aspects as the outcomes of interventions, medical aid quality, and cost-effectiveness. As a...
Introduction With the healthcare system and governments facing many challenges such as the shortage of professionals, rising costs, and difficult access to care, it has never been more essential to have the right staff that is educated and competent to deliver quality care. Nurses in advanced practice are adequately positioned...
Introduction Statistics are essential to all forms of healthcare, from elaborating individual treatment plans to executing regimens for preventing and detecting disease on a large scale. The complexity of the human body and psyche and their interactions with their environment requires ongoing collaboration between statisticians and nurse researchers. The main...
Nursing Theory The nursing theory that can be utilized as the basis of this intervention is Orlando’s Deliberative Nursing Process. According to this philosophy, introduced in the 1970s, the nurse-patient relationship lies at the center of all activities that a nurse performs (Smith & Parker, 2015). The nursing process is...
Introduction The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of EHR system as seen by patients and healthcare professionals. The project will involve all the hospital’s employees who use EHR. It has been acknowledged that adherence to information system providers’ recommendations improves the quality of healthcare services...
Introduction Education targeted at informing patients about the risks associated with congestive heart failure is expected to be multi-dimensional since different patients have various needs. The complexity of patients who are admitted to medical units continues increasing, which provides a challenge to nurses. The changes in patients’ profiles can be...
Introduction This paper will describe the advanced practice nursing role as offered by South University. The facility offers several different programs, with the Family Nurse Practitioner track being the most relevant to this essay. The role can significantly improve patient outcomes by ensuring that people get access to care and...
Nursing research has a tremendous impact on modern nursing practice. First and foremost, research helps nurses understand changes in the healthcare environment, patient populations, and legislation and provide a proper response. Knowing the basic principles of analysis allows a health practitioner to tell a biased study from a reliable one...
The role of nurses continues to evolve to meet the arising patient needs and deliver quality and timely care. Consequently, nursing research is required for nurses to acquire best care practices, improve patient outcomes, and respond to changes in practice. Additionally, nurses should understand the basic principles of research because...
Researching the problem of congestive heart failure in older adults is an essential topic in modern medicine. Since the number of people with this ailment is significant, the nursing role analysis in addressing this issue may be a relevant task. Utilizing academic studies and findings from there may be valuable...
Introduction MediSys Corporation was incorporated in 2002 in the United States and manufactured medical monitoring solutions and devices for the internal medicine and general practice markets. The company achieved significant success with the release of their first two monitoring systems and became very profitable, and at the same time was...
Transitional care involves actions by health care professionals to ensure coordination and continuity of care for their clients. Nurses play an essential role in ensuring the quality of medical care for chronically ill patients since they have information about the goals of treatment, patient preferences, and clinical status. Based on...
Introduction Understanding the role that a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) plays in the promotion of health allows maximizing the extent of a positive outcome achieved when working to address the health concerns of a particular family. Moreover, from the perspective of family members, developing an insight into the nature of...
Introduction The 1956 film adaptation of the famous novel Moby Dick, starring Gregory Peck, is considered one of the most iconic Hollywood movies of the era and the best novel-to-screen adaptation of this story to date. The film was one of the first theatrical releases that took on the huge...
Abstract The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) presents educational institutions with a list of critical knowledge and competencies that future nurses should develop and obtain. This includes an integration of different subjects, understanding of organizational functioning and leadership, improvement of quality. Additionally, AACN highlights the need for implementing...
The advantages of telenursing have been documented in recent research. The present project is dedicated to testing the effectiveness of telenursing in reducing readmission, depression, and anxiety, as well as improving general health outcomes. Specifically, the use of telephone calls for follow-ups is investigated. Here, the results of the study...
The problem of low staffing levels has been persistent in the U.S. nursing setting for a significant amount of time, causing drastic changes in the quality of care. The observed situation has affected the ICU environment to the greatest extent, inciting a range of negative alterations to the specified setting,...
Nursing practice, as well as the practice of medicine in general, has been evolving throughout the course of the history of humankind. The individuals dedicated solely to the practice of care for the sick, injured, and the afflicted were the first nurses, even if a dedicated word for the profession...
Introduction Healthcare professionals and nurse practitioners should collaborate to provide high-quality medical care to their respective patients. The selected work setting is an inpatient unit that offers medical services to individuals suffering from terminal illnesses, including diabetes, hypertension, stroke, and cardiovascular disease. The department promotes the use of interprofessional teams...
Introduction Each community is in need of well-trained nurses who may assist in promoting health, predicting diseases, and improving the quality of life. The role of a forensic nurse is crucial for different populations as it combines medicine and law (Drake, 2019). This community health nurse may work in hospitals...
Introduction A forensic nurse is a specialist who is aware of the leading principles of healthcare and has a profound knowledge of the legal system and the classification of crimes. Professionals in the field of forensic nursing are expected to help crime investigators to collect evidence in case of unlawful...
Introduction The research article selected for this critique discusses barriers to pain management in long-term care. As prolonged and unresolved pain can have both physical and psychological outcomes for the patient, it is vital to address it. The article discusses the nursing perspective of pain management and how the nursing...
Introduction Effective pain management is critical to increase patients’ health quality and keep their satisfaction levels high. Unfortunately, it may be difficult not only to manage pain but even to identify its severity in some cases. Nurses working in long-term care, especially with elderly patients, frequently admit the presence of...
Introduction Retention of qualified nurses has become a vital issue in modern healthcare as more than one in five young professionals leave the profession. The turnover rate is having an impactful effect on the state of healthcare systems and quality of care for patients as it is both costly and...
Introduction This paper is a critique of the research article by Egan and Cornally (2013) entitled: “Identifying Barriers to Pain Management in Long-Term Care”. The problem being studied is clearly expressed as it concerns the identification of hindrances to the management of pain in long-term care (LTC). The authors affirm...
Introduction The problem of pain management is a common topic in the modern healthcare setting. In their study, Egan and Cornally (2013) explore the obstacles to efficient management of pain in patients. The study is set in the context of long-term care and focuses on nursing interventions as the key...
