Healthcare Marketing and Strategy in Prenatal Care Practice

Introduction The public healthcare sphere is one of the most important branches of human activity, within which measures are taken to maintain and improve the quality of life of the population. The primary task of the system is to preserve the health status of individuals, which in the long run,...

Human Reproduction: Reproductive Development Process

Introduction The ability to reproduce, that is, the formation of new generations of individuals of the same species, is one of the main features of living organisms. Species transfer the genetic material from one generation to the next in the process of reproduction. This process ensures the survival of this...

Theory of Control in the Healthcare

Introduction The control process is applicable in various disciplines like manufacturing, healthcare, financial consulting, processing among others. In hospitals, control theory is useful in managing cases and monitoring the healing process of patients. One such application of control theory is performance appraisal in the hospital to achieve dependable, reliable, and...

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Description

Introduction As time goes by, people are more likely to encounter memory problems. This can be both a natural sign of aging or illness. In most cases, cognitive changes that are connected with growing older do not cause serious problems in daily life. However, if lapses in memories begin to...

Principles for Delegation in Nursing Practice

Delegation is a process of responsibilities and duties dispensation among the workers of a particular organization or a company. Nursing practice requires some extra attention to this part of the occupation. Delegation is an essential quality that leaders should obtain in order to organize a productive working process, which is...

Teamwork Importance in Health Care Industry

Introduction The health care industry is a complex phenomenon that includes numerous professionals. Each of them should perform their duties responsibly and adequately to make the whole system work efficiently for patients. The given requirement also refers to separate medical departments, and various radiology teams are among them. These units...

Psychopathology: Mary White’s Factitious Disorder

Advanced Psychopathology Case Study Abstract Mary White suffers from 300.19 (F68.10) Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self. There is evidence to support the idea that Mary is inclined to cause harm to herself and seek the attention of the medical staff. Nevertheless, Mary does not follow the doctors’ recommendations and seems...

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management: Operational Plan

Introduction One of the most crucial decisions which any enterprise is supposed to make is a choice of a supply chain. Due to the peculiarity of the activity, a healthcare organization requires a supplier of medical treatment products. Hence, it is necessary to select such a contractor, to work out...

Nursing Course Reflection and Future Plans

The knowledge acquired in the advanced nursing course is essential and valuable for every student to develop their professional philosophy in the future. The participants of the class were taught to differentiate between direct and indirect care providers. However, the following paper is intended to explain the right perception and...

Diabetes in Children: The Prevalence and Prevention

Outline Diabetes is a very common disease among children in Canada. Several studies have shown that genetic factor and inactive lifestyle plays an important role in the prevalence of the disease among Canadian children. Several programs have been initiated at the community level that has proved successful in preventing the...

Healthcare: New Treatment Methods

At the beginning of the 21st century, the healthcare system in the USA has changed dramatically because of new technologies and new treatment methods available for millions of patients. The USA should not have a healthcare reform when citizens are working because it will be a great burden for the...

Universal Health Care: Arguments For and Against

Introduction The constant debates around the health care system in the United States, recently heated by the president’s health care reforms proposal, is a direct indication that the issue of health care in the United States is a painful subject. On the one hand, there is a support for the...

Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infection

The rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in developing and underdeveloped countries is high and it is a serious threat to the human resource of these countries. It is the most common form of contagious disease. For example, in Africa, milliares of infection are reported from year to year. But...

The Procedure of Diagnosis and Treatment

Introduction Medical practice often encounters cases in that one disease is supplemented by another, which complicates the diagnosis and the choice of the right treatment. In addition, curing measures should cover both the primary diagnosis and its accompanying symptoms to achieve results. The purpose of this paper is to show,...

The Health Care System in the United States

Abstract Health care provision in the United States is carried out by numerous and independent legal organizations with the authorization of the Federal government. The country has identified the importance of personal health and that is why it spends a lot of resources on personal health care schemes than any...

The Role of the Nurse in a Palliative Care Setting.

Introduction Nurses play a crucial role in Palliative Care Setting providing communication and patients’ support for diverse patients groups. Palliative care has grown rapidly during the last two decades. Stimulated by the development of life-saving and monitoring techniques requiring specialized personnel and equipment, palliative care units developed in a relatively...

Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services

The sixth edition of ethical and religious directives for Catholic healthcare services was created under the patronage of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and sought to guide Catholic doctors and nurses in their work. The document provides insights about social and spiritual responsibility, professional-patient relationships, issues in care...

Comfort vs. Wounded Healer Nursing Care Models

There are multiple approaches to providing nursing care, and different practitioners and theorists can offer a vast array of models that organize knowledge and practices into systematic understandings of what nurses do and how they should do it. To better understand the role of nursing models and theories in nursing...

Sleep Disorders Analysis: Reasons and Effects

Introduction Poor sleep is a health issue that affects children, adolescents, and adults, with insufficient rest contributing to various physical and emotional health issues. Due to this, increasing public knowledge of how sleep improvement can improve health, wellness, productivity, and life quality is among the Healthy People 2020 goals. Sleep...

Fall Prevention Issues: Strategies and Key Concepts

Falls, especially in older adults, is a significant problem, the solutions to which are still being researched. In this paper, a synthesis of the literature that is relevant to education-based fall prevention is presented (see Appendices A and B). Since recent articles that consider fall education in isolation is not...

Budgeting in Health Care: Education of Doctors of Nursing Practice

The significant part of every DNP’s mission is to bring positive changes into the healthcare system both on the local and state levels. That is why doctors of nursing practice (DNPs) need to get a complex education on various aspects of public health. Waxman (2018) believes that economic literacy is...

Organizational Culture in Healthcare

Introduction In recent years, organizational culture has been receiving increased attention from the business research community. According to Valmohammadi and Roshanzamir (2015), healthy organizational cultures contribute to increased innovation, responsibility, quality, and performance in personnel. At the same time, an organizational culture enables individuals to succeed on a personal level....

Asthma in Children: Evidence-Based Practice

This paper presents a discussion on asthma and its aspects to provide a background for the project that discusses the role of nurses’ education in the reduction of asthma exacerbations in children. In the report, the disease is defined, and its epidemiology, clinical presentation, complications, and diagnostic methods are outlined....

Child Care as an Evidence-Based Practice Issue

Practice Issue The topic Care for children who are five years old or younger. The nursing practice issue related to the topic In children under the age of 5 years old will providing coordination of patient care activities through technology compared to not using technology improve care coordination and result...

Reproductive Rights: “No Mas Bebes” Documentary

Introduction The documentary “No Mas Bebes” tells a frightening story of Latin American women being sterilized at Los Angeles County hospital without their consent after they gave birth to children. When the illegal actions of doctors were revealed, the mothers who were the victims together with a brave young Chicana...

Obesity Prevention in Community: Strategic Plan

Obesity at different ages is a community health issue that bothers millions of people around the whole world. In the United States, obesity prevention is one of the main goals established by local hospitals, healthcare facilities, and social organizations. Nowadays, the American government spends approximately $145 billion each year to...

Healthcare Disparities and Potential Solutions

Introduction Healthcare disparities present a significant problem surrounding the delivery of medical services. Inter-group differences related to access to care or the quality of treatment run counter to the principle of equality. Considering this problem’s significance and impact, the purpose of the paper is to expand on disparities, contributing factors,...

Medicare Health Policy Analysis

Health care is an essential element of the social sphere and has as its goal the preservation and strengthening of the health of the population through preventive, curative, and other types of activities of medical institutions. Medicare is a highly effective method to ensure that older adults can access sufficient...

Professional Nursing Accountability and Ownership

Introduction The issue of accountability remains critical in the field of nursing since it supports the provision of exemplary patient services. Practitioners who own their decisions and actions find it easier to empower more individuals and join care delivery teams. This paper gives a detailed summary and analysis of the...

Childhood Obesity Prevention: The Role of Nursing Education

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...

Jackson Health System: Description and Analysis of the Medical System

Introduction Jackson Health System (JHS) is a medical system, which is regulated and managed by Public Health Trust. It is a non-profits organization that aims to provide high-quality medical service to all people, including those who cannot afford such services. JHS is comprised of a number of hospitals and care...

Non-Pharmacological Pain Management Interventions

Clinical Nursing Practice Problem Clinical nursing practice problem: non-pharmacological interventions for pain management. Pain is defined as the perceived and hurtful response to actual or potential damage. Pain is a broad concept with many subcategories, including character (chronic, acute), severity (mild, moderate, severe), and location (body part). The term acute...

Motivational Strategies for Nurses

Motivation in the workplace can be understood as a process that impacts employees’ behaviors and attitudes towards their responsibilities. In the nursing area, motivation morale is significant since the actions of nurses largely determine patients’ health outcomes and their overall well-being. The failure to achieve the standards set leads to...

Roy’s Adaptation Model vs. Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory

Introduction As valuable and useful guidelines used in nursing practice, special theories and models are utilized, which are designed to address specific cases and promote the necessary principles of work. The evaluation of individual concepts can reveal their significance in relation to a specific care environment, thereby helping to choose...

Community Nursing Roles in Occupational Health Settings

In the modern healthcare environment, nurses are critically important actors who guarantee the delivery of care to patients and their recovery. For instance, in the occupational health setting, these specialists also play a cruical role in achieving positive outcomes. The given environment can be determined as a field of nursing...

The Evolution of the Nursing Practice Role

Presentation The role of nursing has shifted significantly in the last decades, enabling nurses to become critical and leading professionals in the community and healthcare systems. There is an increasing need for highly trained and well-educated nurses with critical thinking skills. They must be able to manage complex health issues...

The Impact of Work-life Balance on Nurses

Introduction Topic Work-life balance is a critical factor that has an impact on employees’ motivation, job satisfaction, and performance. However, for nurses working in hospitals, achieving work-life balance can be challenging. This problem causes nurses to experience other job-related issues, such as burnout, stress, deterioration of personal relationships, and exhaustion,...

Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory

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...

The Relationship Between Understaffing of Nurses and Patient Safety

Introduction As it is stated on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) website, “nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient care” (“Patient safety and quality,” 2008, para. 1). It is also of high importance to notice that the role, which is played...

Issues and Trends in Nursing

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...

Nurse Practice Act Changes in Florida

Introduction Regarding the important changes in the Nurse Practice Act of the Florida state, it possible to mention that the most recent event is the change in the advanced practice licensure. The post with this news was published on the Florida Board of Nursing website on October 4, 2018. It...

Childhood Obesity: Methods and Data Collection

Extraneous Variables There are four main extraneous variables in the proposed study. First of all, parent’s health literacy might affect the success of education on lifestyle changes. Secondly, differences in medications used to manage childhood obesity could also influence the outcomes of the intervention. Lastly, the children’s lifestyle, such as...

Collaborative Care Model in Nursing Practice

Choosing a nursing model that fits a specific team and facility is likely to improve the quality of care delivered to patients. The organization of care delivery is usually predetermined by such factors as leadership styles, staff retention and recruitment rates, and relevant economic conditions in healthcare facilities. This assignment...

Smoking Cessation and Patient Teaching Plan

Introduction Risk factors Genetic eyesight problems High blood pressure family history Current low blood pressure Smoking (uses one pack of tobacco per day) Several surgeries, head trauma Increased risk for developing a preventable disease Myopia, cataract, and glaucoma Hypertension Hypotension Lung cancer, diseases of heart and blood vessels Depression, continuous...

Children’s Weight Estimation in Intensive Care Units

According to the study narrative and Figure 1 in the Flannigan et al. (2014) study, does the APLS UK formulae under- or overestimate the weight of children younger than 1 year of age? According to the narrative and Figure 1 in the Flannigan et al. (2014) study, the APLS UK...

Team Nursing Care Delivery Model’s Pros and Cons

The model that perfectly fits the objectives is team nursing. Within the framework of this model, healthcare professionals are divided into groups so as to provide care on a number of different levels at the same time (for example, acute care, nurse practitioners, inpatient setting professionals, and many others). Even...

Impaired Skin Integrity: Nursing Diagnostics

History of Present Illness Mary, 35 years old, is an electrical engineer. She showed up at the nurse’s office because she has a rash on her face and across the bridge of her nose for one week. Mary noticed it after returning from a hiking and camping trip to the...

“How Do We Heal Medicine?” by Atul Gawande

According to Gawande, modern health systems are becoming more and more complex as technology and specializations develop. People are seeking out the best treatments and specialists, but that does not always result in the best overall healthcare (TED, 2012). High-reliability organizations (HROs) are becoming a central concept in healthcare as...

Patients With Lower Back Pain

I agree with all red flags discussed by Aimee and would like to add that any history of trauma could help determine whether the patient has a strain or a sprain or a more severe condition. Urinary incontinence can be present relatively often in patients with lower back pain, especially...

Conducting a Meta-Analysis in Nursing

Introduction Meta-analyses have become common in nursing and medical fields because they make it easier for scholars to combine and analyze results from different studies. The statistical analysis of various results is capable of delivering integrated findings. Since different studies might be unable to offer a conclusive concept or treatment,...

Systems Theory in Nursing Department

The present paper is devoted to the investigation of the Nursing Department of the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn (NDS) from the perspective of the systems theory. The understanding of systems is essential for healthcare professionals because the analysis of varied events, phenomena, and institutions...

Nursing: Cultural Theories and Conceptual Frameworks

Encouraging a customer-oriented approach in nursing typically implies creating a sustainable framework for meeting diverse patients’ needs. The described characteristic of contemporary nursing goals is linked to the process of globalization and the increasing rates of diversity within communities all over the world (Ray, 2016). Promoting cultural awareness has become...

The Internet of Things (IoT) and Healthcare

Introduction The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term that defines the way objects (things) can be connected to the Internet, which provides them with the capability to transmit information (data) (Federal Trade Commission [FTC], 2015). FTC (2015) reports that by 2020, around 50 billion things are expected to become...

Nursing Definition and Personal Philosophy

The Definition of Nursing On a bigger scale, nursing is a concept that includes the protection of human life and the promotion of healthy lifestyles. Nurses serve as a mediator of healing facilitation and are keen on preventing injuries and illnesses (Potter, Perry, & Stockert, 2015). The key objective of...

Muslim Faith and Healthcare Relationship

Cultural backgrounds have a significant effect on person’s beliefs and attitudes toward health care. The Islamic religion is practiced by a large part of the world’s population, which is why it is critical to consider health beliefs and practices of this population. You have included a comprehensive analysis of the...

Cardiac Patient’s Nursing Care Plan

What additional history would you obtain from this patient? In the case under discussion, the patient has no significant cardiac, hypertension, and dyslipidemia history. After the placement of a drug-eluting stent (DES), slight lipid elevation and high blood pressure are observed. Therefore, it is required to pay attention to additional...

Sleep Apnea and Nursing Management

Introduction The article discusses obstructive sleep apnea, a chronic disorder characterized by the obstruction of the upper airways resulting in sleep disruption that could lead to fatigue during the day and the required management. This paper will seek to review the article and evaluate its application to professional nursing practice....

Patient with Constipation: Diagnostic Study

History Identifying Data Female, 23 years old. Chief Complaint (CC) Patient reports being constipated and having hard and lumpy stools, which are less frequent than before – 2-3 times a week. There is no blood visible, but the patient complains about having to strain during defecation. History of Present Illness...

Professional Organizations and Ethics in Nursing

Professional organizations in nursing The given article dwells upon the role of professional organizations in nursing, reviewing their activities from the historical perspective. The author sums up the key features of the profession, provides a list of organizations formed since 1873, and classifies them according to their activities (Matthews, 2012)....

Mental Health Needs of Patients with Comorbidities

Patients with Medical Comorbidities The observation of the mental health needs of patients with comorbidities has shown the necessity of proper attention that needs to be paid to this population’s care. A lot of research has been conducted to investigate the relations between physical health issues and mental conditions (Alamri,...

Betty Neuman’s System Model for Patients’ Stresses

Prevention of Stress Protection of the normal line of defense Strengthening the flexible line of defense Preventing internal resistance lines from strengthening Reducing the reaction to various stress factors Increasing stress resistance qualities of the patient Note: Betty Neuman was a professional nurse that specialized in stress reduction and management....

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Treatment and Management

Introduction Insulin-dependent diabetes (also called type 1 diabetes mellitus) has remained a major health challenge affecting many people in every corner of the world (Handelsman et al. 13). The chronic disease is defined as a condition whereby the pancreas produces very little (or no) insulin. Atkinson defines “insulin” is a...

Epidemiological Studies and Public Health

Introduction The wellbeing of humans is a state of health that is subject to various determinants of health and diseases. Often, most epidemiological studies present risk factors as individual non-independent elements due to complex interactions and synergistic associations in practice (Fletcher & Fletcher, 2012). These health-associated conditions naturally fall into...

The Nursing Practice: Art and Science

Introduction In this paper, I will discuss the art and science nature of the nursing practice. Because it is impossible to have only one approach to the nursing practice, it can be said that nursing combines both science and art in its everyday tasks and goals. Nursing as Science It...

Electronic Health Records’ Life Cycle

It is not a secret that IT became an integral part of the modern world. Computer technology has entered into all spheres of human activity and became an instrument that can be used to aid in dealing with the intricacy and productivity which is often mandatory in various areas of...

Nursing Care for the Elderly

Nowadays, nursing science is a rapidly developing area, and its achievements touch upon numerous aspects from specific medical issues to everyday life. As the term implies, nursing science is the type of science that integrates theory, actual nursing practice, and research. Just like any field, it is characterized by a...

Leininger’s Transcultural Nursing Theory

Introduction Nurse practitioners use their philosophies to maximize their clients’ health outcomes. Such philosophies are usually informed by a wide range of nursing concepts, assumptions, and theories. Culturally competent nurses apply specific transcultural theories to achieve their career goals. Personally, the theory I identify with is Madeleine Leininger’s transcultural nursing...

Frailty: Geriatric Syndromes and Chronic Illnesses

Geriatric Syndromes The elderly are generally known to be a population that is rather vulnerable in the framework if its health. One of the reasons why such an issue is observed is the presence of geriatric syndromes. Unfortunately, professionals are not yet able to state if geriatric syndromes underlie chronic...

Ethic-of-Care and Ethic-of-Justice in Nursing Leadership

The key leadership capability of advanced nursing practice dynamics is the provision of patient-centered care. The advanced practice nurses (APRNs) are expected to have sophisticated knowledge regarding their field and strong decision-making skills. The practice shows that many leaders encounter ethical dilemmas while advocating for their patients’ needs, which can...

Learning Styles Analysis in Nursing

Introduction Arguably, the efficacy of teaching and learning in nursing considerably depends on learning methods and learning styles (Boström & Hallin, 2013; Peyman, et al., 2014; Tsingos, Bosnic-Anticevich, & Smith, 2015). As such, different learners adopt different learning styles depending on how effective the learning styles are in meeting learning...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Learners: Description Educational lessons targeted at teaching how to overcome the burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) will include three types of learners, such as patients, family members, and the healthcare staff. The three-fold approach towards addressing this issue will result in more cohesive efforts for tackling the complications...

Urinary Tract Infection Management: Action Flowchart

Introduction Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a very common adverse event in long-term care (LTC) facilities (Genao & Buhr, 2012). It is also often overdiagnosed and overtreated, especially in the elderly population, which is not beneficial for the patients because of unnecessary antibiotics exposure (Grigoryan, Trautner, & Gupta, 2014; Lim,...

Adaptation Model-Based Patient Education

Introduction A theoretical framework is vital for every profession because it describes relevant concepts and ensures an understanding of the most critical topics, providing a background for practice. A nursing theory, in this way, discusses those concepts and assumptions that explain phenomena and interrelationships between different aims. It also consists...

Sudden Vision Loss and Nursing Care Plan

Assessment Optic neuritis (H46) is an eye disorder that is usually characterized by inflammation of the optic nerve (ICD10Data, 2016). It is one of the most common optic neuropathy that may affect young adults, develop suddenly, and touch one or both eyes at the same time (Toosy, Mason, & Miller,...

Older Adults Needs and Nursing Care: Learning Plan

Introduction To provide patients with care that would meet the most important needs that they have, a specialist in nursing is supposed to consider a range of factors that may have an impact on patients’ expectations. During the work, any specialist working in a community faces problems that occur due...

Self-Care Deficit Theory in Patients’ Recovery

At the moment, nursing is one of the central aspects of the healthcare sector. Being responsible for the cooperation with patients and delivery of needed care, nurses should possess and outstanding competence in different spheres. Additionally, the tendency towards the further increase in complexity and enhanced sophistication of challenges health...

Mental Health: Strategic Action Plan

People affected by mental illness are underserved, face stigma, and often lack advocacy (Hernandez, 2011). The case of mental health is complicated because even the international health community has constantly ignored mental health conditions, specifically persons who display symptoms associated with psychosis, such as social withdrawal, delusions, incoherence, hallucinations, and/or...

Self-Management Skills in Chronic Disease Management

Problem Statement If a patient does not know how to manage his or her condition and engage in effective self-care, negative health outcomes can be expected, including the worsening of present conditions or the development of complications. Healy, Black, Harris, Lorenz, and Dungan (2013) found that inpatient education (provided to...

The Total MD Family Medicine & Urgent Care Management

Introduction Management implies the governance of the socio-economic performance of the company in the market economy. It is an area of knowledge and professional activity aimed at creating and ensuring organizational goals through the rational use of available resources. One of the main tasks of management is to manage human...

Cryptosporidium in “Outbreak at Watersedge” Game

Introduction The process of epidemiologic investigation can be used as a basis for an interactive game to teach students how the public health sector operates in the situation of an outbreak. The game “Outbreak at Watersedge” leads a player through a series of events in order to find the source...

Family Health History Genogram Assessment

Introduction The analysis of family history by health care professionals is discussed as an appropriate way to determine diseases and conditions which are typical of this family. The focus on three generations in one family is appropriate for such an analysis. In order to prepare a genogram diagram and a...

Nursing: Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track

Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track (MAP-IT) The framework of MAP-IT proposed by Healthy People 2020 is a powerful tool to create a comprehensive care plan for the aggregate of Jewish population living in Miami. It seems appropriate to consider each of the elements in detail. Mobilize. To improve the contemporary...

Family Health Assessment and Care Plan

Family Composition The targeted family for the assessment is nuclear. The nuclear family consists of a father, a mother, and a child. The child is a small girl aged two. The father is 34 and the wife 29 years old. The individuals belong to the African American community. More often...

Curriculum Development and Evaluation in Nursing

What Are Some of the Reasons for Using an Educational Framework and/or Philosophy to Guide Your Approach to Developing Curriculum? Philosophy is one of the components of the curriculum. It means that it is impossible to develop one without using philosophy. That said, there are several reasons for deploying it...

Telenursing: Pros & Cons for Patients and Nurses

Abstract Telenursing is a contemporary method of providing care services to patients in remote locations using information and communication technologies (ICT). The main advantage of telenursing is that it reduces the cost of accessing nursing services by reducing hospitalization rates. It also improves health outcomes by equipping patients with the...

Nurses Role in Conflicts

Nursing has always been one of the main occupations that contributed to societys further rise and development. Having appeared at the dawn of civilization as the first attempt to help people in need, this kind of activity moved along with humanity and passed through numerous stages of its evolution. At...

Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Strategies

Introduction The policy issue under analysis is heart disease and stroke prevention. It analyzes various strategies and methods to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with different heart diseases. The purpose of this analysis is to identify the most efficacious policy strategies that can help prevent heart diseases and strokes, thereby...

Ethical Issues and Strategies in Nursing Practice

Introduction The nursing profession presents nurses with ethically complex situations on a daily basis. The need to resolve these situations places an additional emotional strain on employees and can lead to flawed decisions. The following paper is a review of a study by Park (2009) that identifies the most common...

Motivational Axiom, Health Behavior and Promotion

Discussion Healthcare professionals influence patients’ behaviors if they apply certain motivational axioms and health behavior models. Being able to explain patients’ behaviors and motivation with reference to these axioms and theories, educators can choose the most appropriate strategies to stimulate patients’ learning and behavioral change. The purpose of this paper...

Scope of Practice for Nurse Practitioners

Introduction In nursing, the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner is rather diverse and multifaceted. Their list of duties, responsibilities, and tasks to accomplish on a daily basis is long and may vary from one day to another. Nursing is one of the most flexible and fast-developing career fields...

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and Leadership

Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing The sphere of healthcare is rather complex, and professionals who are employed in it are required to perform various roles to make their services productive and benefit patients. As the number of the medical staff reduced while a significant rise in patients was observed, an...

Nursing Theory Comparison: Needs Theory and Transcultural Nursing Theory

Nursing is a field that is crucial in the livelihoods of individuals. The role played by registered nurses in medical facilities is one that the society cannot downplay. While the nursing fraternity has a code of conduct that promotes the quality of care that patients should receive, there are theories...

Reflection on Nurse Manager Skill Inventory

Nurse Manager Skill Inventory is a tool used to evaluate the skills and expertise of a nurse manager in three primary areas: managing the business, leading the people, and creating the leader in yourself. Each skill is marked out of four points where one is novice level of experience, whereas...

Cervical Cancer Screening Methodology

Introduction Today, medical institutions have a well-developed set of guidelines designed by the governmental authorities (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2017). Following these aspects helps improve the quality of the provided services and contribute to the sufficient screening of various illnesses such as cancer. Nowadays, apart from the continuous...

Work-Life Balance in Nursing

One of the biggest challenges faced by nurses in the public and private health care sectors is the development of work-life balance. The main challenge in this process is that the nursing profession is a caregiving field that operates under ethical guidelines that compel the nurses to embrace the needs...

Time and Conflict Management in Nursing

The manifestation of leadership qualities is a feature that management often encourages at any team. Nursing, in this case, is not an exception. However, to ensure that these properties do not contradict some ethical norms, an employee should take into account several factors. For example, the ability to manage the...

Conflict Management in Nursing Practice

Introduction Nursing practice is associated with a high level of collaboration among professionals working closely together to provide safe and efficient health care services. Interdependent work roles of nurses significantly contribute to the development of a conflict. A conflict is a dynamic process that occurs because of differences between peoples’...

Dorothea Orem and the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory

Orem’s Background: How the Philosophy Appeared Merely providing the patient with nursing services is often not enough. Although offering regular assistance is part and parcel of a nurse’s job, offering round-the-clock assistance does not seem a possibility. Therefore, it is crucial to make sure that the patient is encouraged to...

Nancy Jackson in Nurse Educator’s Interview

Interviewee’s Target Audience Nancy Jackson, the person that was interviewed, is a nurse educator (NE) and a nurse practitioner (NP). She has been working in a local nursing facility to assist individuals in training the skills that would help them manage their needs more efficiently and develop independence in self-care...

Primary Nursing Care vs. Relationship-Based Care

Introduction There is ample evidence pointing to the fact that different ways of organizing and providing health care vary in their impact on patient outcomes across a wide range of measures. Even though these outcomes depend on provider groups, they are, nonetheless, sensitive to nursing interventions (Finkelman, 2012). Numerous case-control...

Watson’s Theory for Oncology Intervention Project

Applicable Nursing Theory Utilized For current project, Jean Watson’s theory of human caring seems suitable. The theory’s principles incorporate such values as spiritual care, equality, and kindness (Watson, 2013). Therefore, the theory is closely associated with the suggested interventions since relieving pain and eliminating adverse outcomes of treatment is one...

Randomized Control Trial in Nursing Research

Randomized control trial (RCT) is considered “the gold standard” in the assessment of healthcare situations (Block, 2006, p. 102). RCTs have several major advantages such as attention to the probable sources of mistakes, decreased bias, and decline of confounding (Block, 2006; Loiselle, 2007). However, even with their abundant benefits, RCTs...

Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Symptoms and Cure

Abstract Schizotypal Personality Disorder is a disorder that most people are unaware of. This disorder affects individuals’ thought patterns and it causes delusional images and discomfort. Most people who suffer from Schizotypal Personality Disorder do not realize it. This is because it affects people in different ways and its severity...

Nursing Care Delivery Model

Introduction This paper discusses the nursing care delivery model, including advantages and disadvantages. In all aspects of nursing professional practices, there is a need to link good theory and best practices. Theories of nursing practices, which guide nursing care delivery models, offer explanatory frameworks to understand nursing practices within the...

Interpersonal Relations Theory in Nursing

Introduction As a profession, nursing has long ago extended in meaning from simple caring about patients. Nowadays, it is also about providing advanced help and creating a partnership with a patient. This approach correlates with the Theory of Interpersonal Relations and Essential IX, which is a crucial part of a...

Nursing Theories in Adolescents Issues Treatment

Approaching the Subject of Alcohol Use with Adolescent Patients The question of alcohol consumption among adolescents is quite acute and pressing and, therefore, requires an appropriate and rational approach. Having an adolescent patient using alcohol, it is crucial to identify the core of the problem. As a rule, they try...

Medication Prescription in Nursing Practice

Professional Practice Issue A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is authorized to diagnose patients and prescribe medications. As prescribers, NPs are expected to provide the prescription of medication in close collaboration with physicians. The role of nurses, in this case, is to control the appropriateness of the prescribed treatment measure and continuously...

Blended Family History and Nursing Diagnoses

Family History and Brief Health Characteristics The interviewed family is a blended family, where the parents are married not for the first time, and their children come from previous marriages. The mother and father are 35 and 42 respectively, and the children are 8 and 10 (a boy and a...

Understanding Ethics and How We Approach Ethical Decisions

Chapter I of the book Health Care Ethics is entitled “Understanding Ethics and How We Approach Ethical Decisions.” It comprises of three sub-parts. The part that should be summarized is “How We Approach Ethical Decisions.” In the following chapter, the authors discuss aspects that influence the making of moral decisions....

Smoking Cessation and Depression

Abstract It was estimated that nicotine affects the human’s reward system. As a result, smoking cessation might lead to depression and other mental disorder. However, a meta-analysis of existed researches demonstrated that smoking quitting does not lead to depression. On the contrary, cigarette cessation can improve the mental health state...

Geriatric Nurses’ Role for Elderly Patients

The efforts of geriatric nurses are concentrated on the health of elderly patients. Understandably, this patient group faces an increased risk of various traumas and diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s). Therefore, the main objective of geriatric care is the development of effective preventive measures (Arai et al., 2011). On a larger scale,...

Hospitals’ Centralized Organizational Structure

Work Process Organizing Organizing the work process performs a vital role in any company. Since health institutions are responsible for people’s welfare, managing them needs to be effective to the greatest extent possible. There are two kinds of organizational structure: centralized and decentralized. The former one is more traditional. It...

The Role of Nursing on the Patient Health Improvement

The need to improve the health status of patients through the alteration of their health behavior calls for patient education. Healthcare providers and other health professionals have a responsibility of ensuring that patients are equipped with the necessary information that can help them in improving their health status (Bastable 67)....

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

The topics raised in the article by Shonkoff, Boyce and McEwen are very significant and important nowadays. The research of the work is focused on finding the roots of the development of common adult diseases and addressing these roots at the early stages. The researchers are examining the idea of...

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

According to the research study conducted by Mcgee et al. (2009), classroom behavior between children diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and those growing typically normal revealed a marked difference in the social communication profiles of the two groups. A total of 24 children clustered into 12 pairs took part...

The Nightingale Pledge History and Arguments

Introduction Nursing, as a modern profession, can trace its foundation to Florence Nightingale. This revolutionary figure started the first nurses’ training school at St. Thomas’s Hospital in London in the late nineteenth century. Due to her efforts, people who were interested in nursing could, for the first time in history,...

Technological Progress as the Cause of Obesity

Introduction The sight of an obese person has become a common phenomenon to a point where people are a no-longer concern because they perceive it as a normal scenario. Obesity is on the increase among both children and adults. When visiting the cities, one cannot help to notice that the...

Medical Malpractice Problem in the World

Introduction Nurses, doctors, clinicians must use appropriate strategies whenever supporting the health needs of their patients. These professionals should analyze the implications of various medical standards and practices. Failure to support the health expectations of different patients will result in medical malpractices. Such malpractices occur “when a medical professional fails...

Stem Cell Research Essay: Research Ethics, Pros and Cons, and Benefits

Stem Cell Research Essay: Introduction Stem cells are capable of regenerating any tissue and organs in the body. Why are stem cells useful? They are characteristically pluripotent, which allows them to replenish damaged body tissues. In an adult human, bone marrow cells have the ability to divide constantly to replenish...

Euthanasia – For Legalizing

There are many arguments for and against legalizing euthanasia. It has ethical benefits as well as downsides. Should euthanasia be legalized? Essay samples like this one will help you understand the issue. The legality issue of Euthanasia has been a subject of heated debate since long. On the global scene,...

Sterilization and Decontamination Practices

Sterilization and decontamination practices are essential for risk minimization and overall safety. In case the necessary measures are not applied, microbial contamination can occur. As a result, the process may lead to the transmission of certain diseases and infections, which would negatively impact the well-being of the general population. This...

Cultural-Based Substance Abuse Treatment in Guam

Abstract Substance misuse is becoming a significant problem in Guam, with methamphetamine usage contributing to increased theft and criminal activities. The One Sky Center Substance Abuse Cultural-Based Interventions Methodology, which acknowledges the importance of cultural traditions in supporting long-term rehabilitation, is the foundation of the study. The program used a...

Data Quality in the Healthcare Sector

Introduction One of the potential issues that emerge from poor data quality in healthcare is ineffective decision-making. In other words, policymakers might choose inappropriate strategies to meet the facility’s needs due to inaccurate information, privacy breaches, unreliable diagnoses, and other types of incorrect data. In turn, this approach leads to...

Public Health: Suicide and Its Prevention

Introduction Suicide is an act where people terminate their life at will. It is considered a mental health challenge and affects both families and communities in the discourse. More than 700,000 people commit suicide globally, making it the 11th largest cause of death worldwide (Knopov et al., 2019). Analyzing by...

Evaluation of the Intervention

Introduction The nurse must become more relevant to the population’s needs, namely her patients. She should become a well-educated professional, an equal partner, working independently with clients and contributing to the community’s health. The nurse currently plays an important role in providing medical and social help to the elderly and...

Mental Health Counseling: Collaborative Documentation

Collaborative documentation in mental health counseling is the practice of involving multiple parties in the documentation process. This practice is becoming increasingly common in today’s mental health counseling setting because it enhances the quality of care provided to clients and lowers administrative expenses. It entails involving the counselor, client, family...

Assessing School-Aged Children

Pediatric patients have different medical needs depending on their age and developmental stage. Nurses must be aware of the specific care these needs demand to conduct accurate evaluations and create effective care plans. This study will look at the needs of a school-aged child between five and twelve years, their...

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Non-Pharmacological Treatment

Delgado, J., Bowman, K., & Clare, L. (2020). Potentially inappropriate prescribing in dementia: A state-of-the-art review since 2007. BMJ Open, 10(1), 1-9. Web. The authors touch upon the problem of increased risk of inappropriate mediation and adverse drug effects emerging while treating dementia. The investigators aim at determining factors that...

The Role of Nursing Management in Addressing Health Disparities

The first step in addressing healthcare disparities in acute care and outpatient is to identify and assess the specific healthcare disparities within the healthcare system and community. The nursing leaders can also implement culturally and linguistically appropriate care and develop and enforce custom-made medical interventions to deal with the specific...

The Role of Nurses in Patient Safety

Introduction Risky medical practices are the root cause of avoidable exposure to patient risk in the global healthcare system. A large portion of these risks occurs during medication administration. Consider the case of Peter, a 75-year-old male with a history of arrhythmia. The doctor of Rythmol 150 mg gives Peter...

The Nursing Profession and Its Historical Roots

The nursing profession has come a long way of becoming, during which there were many difficulties and challenges for nurses of the past. However, overcoming these difficult periods of the formation of the profession led to what nurses do today. Nursing is one of the oldest professions, which means that...

Nursing Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Introduction In the article, “Nursing education challenges and solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa: an integrative review,” the authors sought to investigate the challenges of nursing education in sub-Saharan Africa and the solutions for improving nursing education. The authors note that the sub-Saharan region continuously reports an increased burden of communicable diseases...

The Nursing Carrier Concept Map

A concept map is one of the nurses’ most potent tools to help organize and visualize their careers. This map provides an easy-to-read diagram highlighting the relationship between various nursing elements. The concept can help students pre-plan their assessment and gain valuable clinical program insights. Finally, the tool promotes students’...

The Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Introduction Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) place a significant economic and healthcare burden. It has been determined that over 35 bacterial, viral, and parasite infections are sexually transmissible (Chesson et al. 203). Approximately 2.4 million instances of sexually transmitted diseases were reported in 2020, according to the CDC (Hopkins Tanne 1275)....

Compassionate Communication and Humanism in Nursing

Initially, I already understood that it was important for nurses to communicate with patients to create a more favorable environment for recovery. Moreover, this was confirmed by many articles I studied and my personal experience communicating with medical staff. All of them proved that communication is necessary for nurses to...

Good Leadership and Its Importance in Nursing

The field of nursing has undergone a tremendous evolution that poises it to adequately handle modern challenges. The theme of leadership resonates throughout nursing and seldom much is achievable without it at the personal and organizational level. The qualities that make good leaders are personality characteristics that poise them to...

Time Management in the Healthcare Sector

The work of any healthcare facility critically depends on the competencies of staff and managers and continuous organizational improvement. Under these conditions, time management acquires the top priority as one of the methods to increase work effectiveness, avoid time waste in non-priority activities, and guarantee better outcomes. Thus, the quality...

Leadership in Health Administration

People often asked whether leaders are born or made has been frequently asked. Research shows one out of three leaders is born a leader. Leadership is defined as the effective direction, leadership, or influence of an organization or a group of people (Rabiul et al., 2021). Effective leadership relies on...

Diet and Nutrition for Hepatitis Treatment

Diet is one of the critical aspects of any disease’s treatment. Consumption of correct products with specific qualities is critical. It will help the body to struggle and provide it with the necessary nutrients. At the same time, avoiding harmful products is vital for treatment. Thus, for hepatitis, a healthy...

Lewis Blackman Case: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses

After discovering that Lewis Blackman had pectus excavatum, his parents decided to have him undergo surgery at a university medical center. Lewis was prescribed painkillers and ketorolac to help ease the excruciating pain he was in the following surgery. On day three, Lewis started having severe stomach discomfort, which the...

Navigating Impostor Syndrome as a New Intern

Imposter syndrome, alternatively defined as imposter paradox or impostorism, is a mental event in which a person continuously fears being discovered as a liar and has hesitations regarding their abilities, qualifications, or achievements. Imposter syndrome is a behavioral pattern in which individuals, including those who have sufficient external proof of...

A Plan of Care for Obese Patients

A Chronically Ill Group and Rationale for Selecting This Illness and the Participants Obesity is the excessive accumulation of fats that may lead to severe health and medical conditions. According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2021), in 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight;...

Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Processes

The practitioner’s knowledge of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes plays an important role in medication treatment prescribing and contributes to overall patient health outcomes. The patient’s individual characteristics can significantly influence the medication’s absorption and distribution capacities. Furthermore, inefficient drug excretion can present a threat to the patient’s health depending on...

Using Smartphones in Healthcare: Ethical Issues

While using mobile phones to share information can be beneficial to nurses and other healthcare professionals, it has legal and ethical implications. There is a high risk of security breaches which can undermine or comprise the security of healthcare services and patient information. It can be difficult to ensure data...

Nursing: Aspects of Comfort Theory

Introduction Kolkaba’s comfort theory is that he considers the comfort of the patient as the main component. This helps people alleviate their psychological state during stressful situations associated with health problems. Many researchers have applied comfort theory to show how its aspects are implemented and how effective it is. Discussion...

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Introduction Social interactions among children are crucial for their cognitive development and personality improvement. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood (Conrad, 2007). Recent statistics show shocking data on the prevalence of ADHD among children in the U.S. The Centres for Disease Control...

Telemedicine Services in Saudi Arabia

Introduction The health sector is constantly changing to respond to new diseases and patients’ changing needs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has been overwhelmed with many patients and the need to protect uninfected individuals who visited the hospital. For this reason, many countries, including the Kingdom of Saudi...

Advocating for Workplace Health and Safety in Nursing

Introduction I am one of the registered nurses (RN) who has been certified by the American Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC). Additionally, I serve as a nurse administrator in my current hospital, which is another position that stems from the ABSNC accreditation. My role as an RN entails providing,...

The Hoarding Disorder: Fundamentals and Treatment

There are many different diagnoses that are difficult in terms of formulating and assessment. These include disorders of mental health, which are characterized by abnormal human behavior resulting in discomfort. Such behavior is considered a disease when it poses a threat to the patient’s life or surrounding people or when...

Factors of Decision-Making by Healthcare Managers

Healthcare managers occasionally encounter situations that require them to make critical decisions in healthcare facilities. Decision-making is considered a complicated affair that may involve clinical and non-clinical situations. Multiple factors such as financial resources, treatment options, ethics, quality, and legal aspects are some requirements that a health manager must consider...