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In the case under consideration, the patient’s complaints included sharp chest pain that worsened with inspiration and movement and a non-productive cough. In emergency departments, acute chest pain is a frequent clinical syndrome in about six million patients annually (Foy, Liu, Davidson, Sciamanna, & Leslie, 2015). Its causes vary from...
Introduction Interdisciplinary collaboration is an important part of nursing care in hospitals and primary care settings. Nurses communicate with a variety of health professionals, including physicians, surgeons, lab workers, and other staff. Therefore, it is important for nurse leaders to understand the possible consequences of interdisciplinary collaboration and to seek...
Scientists in various countries conduct different research projects to find out the types of behavior that affect people’s health. The Harvard Nurses’ Health Study is one of such projects. While it has some limitations due to the specific choice of the study group, the research can offer answers to some...
From the public health perspective, some groups of the population are more vulnerable than other ones, which means that there are more threats to their health. My area, The Hammocks, Miami-Dade County, Florida, is a quiet place with a generally healthy population, but even here I can identify vulnerable groups....
The teratogen is an umbrella term for substances that can have adverse effects on the physiological development of an embryo. The effects are usually caused by the toxic effects of the agents in question, and can result in abnormalities and birth defects, including malformation, growth and development retardation, functional disorders,...
Obesity is increasingly becoming one of the major health problems in the United States. A report by Dawes (2014) shows that 34.9% of adult Americans, which translates to about 78.6 million people, are obese. The study also indicated that 17% of children and teenagers aged 2-19 years are also suffering...
Introduction There is a variety of changes that transform a woman’s body during pregnancy. The nutritional pattern followed by the mother will affect both her and her baby’s health. Eating healthy is an essential requirement during pregnancy. It is also important to stick to a balanced diet so as to...
The priority diagnosis is Chlamydia trachomatis, a widespread disease that can hurt the reproductive health of the patient. The disease can go unnoticed but can cause severe damage to the reproductive system of a woman. Subjective Data Patient’s CC/HPI: symptoms similar to UTIs, started two days ago; severe lower abdominal...
Consider the idealized cycle of health information in evidence-based medicine where database systems offer information sharing service for doctors, medical researchers, medical institutions, and patients. In this scenario, doctors and researchers can easily query and analyze medical information with much greater speed, security, and ease. What would facilitate achieving this...
Little Havana is a neighborhood that has sufficient health facilities but lags in terms of health educational programs. The high poverty rate of the region further aggravates the issue, restricting the population from the health insurance and affordable medical services. Community Overview Little Havana is a central neighborhood of Miami-Dade...
How would you prioritize the competencies in Hunt’s (2012) article? In her article, Hunt (2012) discusses the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies. She emphasizes that those nurses who are taught these six competencies can improve care delivered to clients and improve their health outcomes in this way....
One of the behavior change theories that have been employed in advanced nursing practice is the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). SCT considers the complexities of human behavior, suggesting that multiple internal and external factors are at play when a person learns something new (Middleton, Hall, & Raeside, 2018; Spear, 2016)....
Introduction In medicine, as well as in general philosophy, there are different levels of philosophical thought. Without structure, understanding, and comprehension of various philosophical thoughts would be extremely limited. In this brief summary, we shall go over the four levels of philosophical thought, which are Metaparadigms, Conceptual Models, Theories, and...
Introduction It is a fact that nurses encounter many situations where their ethical codes are tested. Education plays a key role in understanding these matters, as well as the knowledge of legal concepts like licensing. While legislation is crucial in nurses’ practice, communication is vital for both providing a rewarding...
Introduction Emergency medical services include medical services offered to patients away from the hospitals as well as the transportation of patients to hospitals. Other names given to emergency medical services include life squad, ambulance services and first aid. Emergency medical services are entitled to patients requiring urgent medical attention; for...
Introduction Caring about one’s health is the most crucial and rewarding duty of every person. Prevention plays a significant role in the process of keeping oneself healthy. Knowing one’s family health history and being aware of possible health complications makes it easier for an individual to fight dangerous conditions and...
Abstract This paper discovers submission criteria for the International Journal of Nursing Studies and proposes the article The Effect of Leadership Mentoring on Motivation of Nurses: A Mixed Study Approach. It reviews its content according to the publication guidelines and finds that leadership mentoring has an immense impact on motivation....
Introduction: Universal Health Care as the Global, All-Embracing Concept Healthcare is one of the services that are vital for any member of the global population. However, at present, not all members of the U.S. society, let alone the global one, are capable of using the options provided by the corresponding...
Introduction The article “Interpersonal Care Processes, Falls, and Hospitalizations in Green House and Other Nursing Homes” forms part of Horn et al.’s (2016) work. The study investigates the problem of interpersonal care processes in various Green House homes and nursing facilities. The study claims the existence of a scholarly gap...
Introduction Bernie Sander defines the US as one of the major countries on Earth with one of the weakest health care systems and suggests making it more like those developed in European countries, such as the United Kingdom (Dolan, 2016). The comparison developed in this paper is the first step...
Job description Care/service provided by the healthcare professional A Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) is a health care professional who has received the requisite education and training to diagnose and treat various kinds of health problems. A CRNP lays stress on the prevention of diseases and promotes wellness among the...
Remedy Grid Remedy Description The symptoms like fatigue, irritability, and the loss of appetite are inputted into the remedy finder that is located at https://abchomeopathy.com. The results of the search can be found in Figure 1. These three symptoms can be used to diagnose possible depression in a patient. While...
The prevailing opinion of many researchers has always been connected with the fact that the primary process of brain development is in the first years of life (TED, 2012). However, the emergence of new technologies, in particular, MRI, has made a significant contribution to the study of neurophysiological features of...
City of Hialeah community is located in Miami-Dade, Fl. The population of the community is approximately twenty hundred thousand citizens or more; the community borders Miami. Various services (police, fire, water and sewer, etc.), as well as low-cost or free education programs, are available to citizens. The identified vulnerable population...
Public health informatics (PHI) is a field that can be defined as a junction between those of informatics and public health. Regmi, Bendel, and Gee (2016) state that there is no unified definition of the term, but they cautiously suggest characterizing it as a field that “requires the application of...
The first nursing value I believe to be rather important is empathy. Only by being empathic nurses can showcase the true value of compassionate healthcare services. By applying empathy, I am able to build a relationship with the patient and understand how the latter feels (Persily, 2014). As a nurse,...
The human heart is exposed to many health problems related to impairments in the cardiac conduction system. The heart contracts under the control of the electrical signals or impulses. The normal cardiac conduction system involves the sinoatrial (SA) node, the atrioventricular (AV) node, and the bundle of His (Brown, Brywczynski,...
Introduction Christian discourses have been applied world over by individuals when making vital life decisions. In particular, various issues that have a bearing on a person’s religious standing are better addressed in line with the biblical stance on the matter at hand. Nonetheless, some occurrences, for instance, health decisions, require...
Virginia Henderson, the architect of nursing, made a huge contribution to the theory, practice, education, and research in the field of nursing. This theorist provided one of the most accurate definitions of nursing profession and, most importantly, a scientifically grounded theory of nursing that is based on a holistic approach...
Introduction Conflicts are not uncommon among nursing personnel due to the challenging working conditions and the dynamic nature of the field (Kleinpell et al., 2014). However, their occurrence can be prevented or even turned into an advantage by applying proper leadership skills and techniques after the conflict is properly identified,...
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,...
Designing Interdisciplinary Team The concepts of HRM tend to revolutionize, and the development of the interdisciplinary teams is one of the consequences (Nancarrow et al., 2013). This HR practice is believed to have a positive impact on the organizational effectiveness as well as the quality of the provided care and...
Grand nursing theories are created to enhance the quality of nursing support and provide nurses with a structuralized view of health care practice. The self-care deficit nursing theory is a grand theory, developed by Dorothea Orem. This theory argues that patients want to care for themselves and can recover with...
Introduction The paper is aimed to contrast and compare the information and statistics related to health care systems in the United States (US) and Spain. The purpose of the discussion is the identification of differences and issues observed in the selected health systems. Health Statistics The following discussion provides information...
Introduction Banner Health is a nonprofit network of hospitals across the United States of America which was established in 1999. It is based in Phoenix, Arizona, and boasts of over 39,000 employees who work in twenty-eight acute care hospitals and healthcare centers in seven states. Also, it has a growing...
Introduction of Community The chosen community is a suburban area in Miami, Florida. The area is especially popular among families with children and older adults. The community is relatively healthy, with good access to medical care and health resources. The area is well-maintained, with parks and recreation zones popular among...
Recommendations for Skin Examination On the whole, it is stated that the balance of benefits and harms that skin examination of patients by medics brings is unknown; however, it is suggested that skin examination may help prevent highly adverse patient outcomes due to skin cancer such as death (Tsao &...
Introduction Betty Neuman is one of the prominent American nursing theorists. Neuman’s System Model (NSM) was first presented in 1972 (Alligood, 2014). It was created by Betty Neuman for education purposes, “to provide unity, or a focal point, for student learning” (as cited in Smith & Parker, 2015, p. 182)....
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...
People at Risk When it comes to contracting tuberculosis from Jose, Jill’s patient, it is essential to take into consideration that the employees working at the farm where he is employed are at a higher risk because they did not have knowledge about their co-worker’s illness and thus did not...
Comprehensive History Identifying Data: Ms. J. A.; 27 years old. Chief complaint: “Debilitating fatigue accompanied by shortness of breath, dizziness, and chest pain. Cannot spend too much time on my feet because I get lightheaded. Dizziness can get worse because of sudden physical activity such as standing up too quickly...
Introduction Haiti and Ireland were chosen for comparison because the two countries have curiously different histories of nursing education development. In Ireland, the development of nursing education was similar to that of the countries of Western Europe and North America: after decades of prevalence of the apprenticeship model, the necessity...
They reviewed video was attached to an article by Cattell, Chilukuri, & Levy (2013) dedicated to the issue of big data in pharmaceutical research and development. The presenter—Sam Marwaha, Director of McKinsey & Company—primarily stresses that modern technologies change the area of research and development in health care fundamentally because...
Abstract This paper concerns the issue of indwelling catheters being able to lead to urinary infections in acute care settings. This issue affects a great number of people and the pain caused by such reactions makes them a significant problem that requires research. The purpose of the study is to...
Introduction The nursing area presents plenty of professional opportunities. Nowadays nursing environment focuses on continuous development to ensure that a nurse possesses appropriate skills and knowledge related to his or her work. The participation in various programs and projects is likely to keep a nurse interested in and aware of...
Introduction Florence Nightingale, the great humanist and the sister of charity, is one of the most prominent figures of nursing theory and practice. After attending the Deaconess Institute at Kaiserswerth, Germany, Nightingale decided to become a sister of mercy while the Crimean War made her a national heroine. The soldiers...
Introduction Patients’ poor knowledge about their health conditions is a health care issue that should not be underestimated. Inpatient care and services provided by medical staff constitute only a portion (albeit a large portion) of treatment and recovery, and the rest is comprised of patients’ self-care, adherence to treatment plans...
Explain the process that was used to develop the Quality Program To develop the quality program, Simpson, Peterson, and O’Brien-Ladner (2007) utilized “Shewhart and Deming’s plan-do-study-act methodology” (p. 185) to create an initial checklist for screening. The study was given to different doctors and nurses to gain feedback. After the...
Introduction The nursing theory From Novice to Expert by Patricia Benner is among the easiest to comprehend. The author presents five levels of nursing experience. They are the novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert. These levels demonstrate the progress in gaining the experience. Benner suggests the idea that a...
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...
Introduction There is no doubt that healthcare remains one of the most important fields of activity as numerous practices applied by healthcare professionals allow to improve the average quality of life significantly. It is common knowledge that nurses and other specialists are supposed to be ready to take decisive actions...
PICOT Question In patients that are identified as high risk for developing a pressure ulcer (P), does the implementation of a pressure ulcer protocol initiated in the emergency department (I) as compared to patients who receive usual care (C), reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (O) on day 3...
Introduction Nursing is a profession that focuses on providing health care to individuals, families, and communities to restore, maintain, or enhance their wellbeing. It involves the application of knowledge gained through practice and nursing research in different fields (Powers & Knapp, 2010). Quality nursing is based on the development and...
Introduction Cancer is known to have existed for nearly 4000 years or perhaps longer. The oldest piece of evidence indicating the existence of cancer was found in Egyptian mummies dating back to 1600 BCE. Ever since different civilizations throughout history have attempted to cure the disease. According to Elliss-Brookes et...
Introduction The paper at hand is going to analyze a relevant Health IT topic in order to make it clear how the issue under discussion will affect nursing practice. The given introduction of the study is meant to provide a brief overview of the parts of the paper. The first...
Introduction The modern healthcare sector is focused on the provision of outstanding care to all patients and the improvement of the quality of their lives. It means that health workers should incorporate knowledge from different areas to attain enhanced results and assist individuals in their recovery. Under these conditions, nursing...
Introduction The work of caring for the sick is very delicate and professionals are easily prone to making errors. Medical errors refer to an action by a nurse attributable to factors such as bad judgment, ignorance, or inattention resulting in the failure of an intended action (Armitage, 2009). They mainly...
What essential elements should be included in a health teaching plan addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual challenges in adolescents? Today, adolescents face a number of health risks that could impact their further life. However, most of these health risks are preventable. Therefore, comprehensive health education could help to lower...
Introduction Despite significant progress in the development of new technologies, cancer remains one of the problems of modern medicine. Today, society increasingly draws attention to women’s breast cancer since this issue does not lose its relevance. Numerous developments of experienced doctors cannot help to get rid of this problem entirely....
Civil law presents one of the topics that are connected with all spheres of human activity because it helps to regulate the relationships between individuals. Among other things, the requirements of civil law have an impact on nursing practice. There are many types of inappropriate actions that may be evaluated...
Background Although the concept of responsibility might not seem like a difficult one to grasp, it often eludes members of healthcare (Düchting 11). The specified phenomenon can be attributed to the fact that following a set of rigid ethical standards in the environment that can be described as extremely challenging...
Patient Initials G. M. D. Subjective Data The patient is a 65-year-old female of Caucasian origin who was discharged from the hospital almost three months ago after she had been injured in a car crash. The patient complains of frequent cough, shortness of breath, and wheezing. She also claims that...
Introduction Over the recent years, there has been a significant increase of incidence rates for various diseases in the elderly population (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease: APC = 3.96%, 95% CI = 2.67, 5.26%; renal disease: APC = 8.56%, 95% CI = 7.62, 9.50%; melanoma: APC = 6.15%, 95% CI = 4.31,...
Introduction Abusive relationships have adverse physical, mental and emotional effects on the victims. The effects may manifest in all victims’ environments including workplaces. In most cases, living in an abusive relationship has negative impacts on the victims’ workplaces. Conversely, the implications of abusive relationships may sometimes be positive at workplaces,...
Abstract This work presents research on the connection between stress and burnout syndrome among nurses and patient safety. It provides a review of the relevant literature and an analysis of key findings. In many cases, this syndrome resulted in a decrease in the level of healthcare. However, the practical implementation...
Introduction This essay investigates and summarizes key issues of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) as an interest group. This interest group places a significant value on its members due to their contributions to the emergency nursing profession. Mission Established in 1970, the mission of ENA is to advocate for the...
Dorothea Orem Self Care Theory: Meaning Orem’s self-care deficit theory is grounded in the idea of a person’s propensity towards self-care needs, which can be universal, developmental, or health deviation requisites (Black, 2014). It is a composite theory that brings together three models: self-care, self-care deficit, and nursing systems. Self-care...
Four Metaparadigms of Nursing The personal nursing theory highlights those aspects of care that are most important for a nurse to visualize. In my nursing philosophy, there are four metaparadigms, including a patient as a person, health, nursing, and environment. This philosophy of nursing reflects the attitude of the nurse...
The article Pain management in patients with dementia by Achterberg et al. (2013) is a literature review that explored four main perspectives concerning pain management among patients with dementia in order to make recommendations for further research and practice. Researchers explored the biological, assessment, organizational and educational, and practice perspectives....
Introduction Today, it is not a secret that nursing can be considered as a science, an art, or even both. Some people find it normal to treat this profession as a science with a number of standards, rules, and requirements to be followed. There are also the groups of people...
Introduction Today, there are many nursing theories that can be applied to clinical practice to solve a nursing or healthcare problem, improve the current state of affairs, and address the needs of clients and employees. High-quality nursing care is the goal that has to be achieved, and if the application...
Introduction Florence Nightingale was deemed the initiator of learned and scientific nursing and is broadly identified as “The lady with the lamp” (Murray & O’Neil, 2016). Her efforts act as the foundation of nursing research and practice. She is recognized as the first nursing theorist with one of her theories...
Introduction It is a common practice in some hospitals to separate the infant from his or her mother right after birth. The mother can see her newborn after some time when the baby is already wrapped or dressed. However, many believe that an instant contact of the mother and her...
Introduction Teaching is an essential factor in nursing, thus training a nurse educator is a tremendous achievement for nurses. A nurse educator is a professional health caregiver who has a professional qualification and meets the nursing standards. The nurse educator skills are vital because the potential or lack of potential...
Family Composition The assessment of a family is important in identifying family health care needs for appropriate nursing interventions. This family health assessment will focus on a nuclear family that comprises Jim Smith, his wife of 15 years, Kelly, and their three children. The couple’s children include Jake, aged thirteen,...
Introduction Imogene King was a professional nurse who developed a popular theory of goal attainment. Its concepts might be helpful for people who want to be involved in the clinic sphere of nursing after they graduate from an educational institution. The following paper is intended to discuss how the theory...
Introduction In the past ten or more years, rapid technological advancements have been witnessed in almost every aspect of life. The field of medicine has not been spared by such developments. Electronic health records implementation is among the technologies that make integral contributions to the evolution of health care. However,...
Week 1 Assignments Assignment #1 In this paper, the article “Going digital: A survey on digitalization and large-scale data analytics in healthcare” by Tresp et al. (2016) is proposed for sharing. It contains a comprehensive overview of digitalization trends in healthcare, and it is most recent. Therefore, it might catch...
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...
Introduction I chose to watch the video about Virginia Henderson as she was one of the most influential nurses in history (Group E, 2010), and her theory of nursing is interesting to me. The video addressed the life and work of Virginia Henderson, as well as provided information regarding her...
Introduction Obesity is one of the issues that are often discussed by medical workers and researchers. This topic has been chosen for several reasons. First of all, this problem affects a great number of people. For example, one can mention that there are between approximately 112 000 deaths that can...
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...
Introduction An implementation plan is one of the most important aspects of medical intervention. It is necessary to determine and develop comprehensive and multifaceted strategies that address existing challenges. Such a plan is made up of several steps that describe the major aspects of a medical program. The main goal...
The nursing job requires a lot of different competencies depending on the work specifics. For instance, nurse administrators and nurse informaticists usually do not interfere with patients directly. However, all of them are required to be proficient in matters regarding the direct providing of health care. The paper analyses the...
Introduction The present paper will consider the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Nursing [BWHDN] (2016) and its individual nursing units from the perspective of the open systems theory as explained by Meyer and O’Brien-Pallas (2010). This approach can be employed for organizational analysis to describe a hospital unit as...
Abstract Culturally competent care is a new approach in the context of delivering healthcare services to members of minority groups. At its core, this concept espouses the need to acquire a certain level of cultural sensitivity that stems from the realization that there are certain factors and historical precedents that...
Introduction Quality in nursing and health care is one of the most fundamental concepts. Though it is frequently compared with safety and positive outcomes, it is wrong to search for similarities or contradictions of all these issues in order to grasp their essence. Quality is a complex and multidimensional aspect...
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...
Introduction Nursing practice is associated with various concepts that reflect and help practitioners understand the nature of nursing. Bousso, Poles, and Cruz (2014) note that concepts can be divided into abstract and more concrete. The former group can help nurses improve their practice as the discussion of abstract notions results...
Performance appraisal is a complicated process that involves both objective and a subjective evaluation of a person or the staff in general. Despite the time-consuming nature and difficulty associated with it, successful performance appraisal translates into improved job performance (Hamric, Hanson, Tracy, & O’Grady, 2014). As the conversation with a...
Nurses utilize their competencies and leadership dexterities in different healthcare settings. Nurse practitioners should also engage in lifelong learning to develop new concepts and improve their care delivery models. This paper begins by describing my leadership strengths and weaknesses. The discussion outlines the best approaches to promote change and improve...
Introduction Every day nurses face diverse tasks that should be accomplished to guarantee effective care delivery and improved patients states. The given variety results in the existence of numerous approaches used by specialists to meet different patients requirements and choose the most appropriate way to solve particular health problems. Moreover,...
International Council of Nursing indicates that the shortages of pediatric nurses are associated with issues related to work environment (Aiken et al., 2014). There will be increased number of nursing professionals if the environment under which nurses work is improved. The involvement of the current professionals in the development of...
Evaluation of the change plan To determine whether the change plan is effective or not, both intermediate and outcome assessments are required. In the course of the project realization, it is necessary to specify how well the initiative is implemented. It can be done through an assessment of stakeholder engagement...
Introduction The motivation of staff plays a big role in nursing management. Nurse leaders are responsible for securing the professional development of nurse practitioners, performing conflict and relationship management, and promoting service-oriented behavior and values. Service orientation includes identifying and meeting the needs of customers and motivation to improve health...
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’...
Summary of Case Study 8-year-old Heddy Ramiro presents to your clinic with her mother who is wondering if anything can be done about Heddy’s nasal congestion and cough. Symptom Analysis Questions In order to identify the possible causes of illness, the doctor has to ask the child and her caretaker...
Introduction The article prepared by Sand-Jecklin and Sherman (2014) is focused on the effects of blended bedside nursing shift reports. It discusses improvements obtained due to the implementation of the change. Mainly, professionals focus on patient safety and nurse accountability. Assessment of the effectiveness of nursing shift reports is required...
Summary of an Article Related to the Theory The research conducted by Ranheim, Kärner, and Berterö (2012) was aimed at bringing together the theory of nursing care created by Jean Watson, on the one hand, and the empirical discoveries made in three studies pertaining to the nurses’ caring intentions and...
Abstract The number of obesity cases continues to rise globally, owing to the rising number of people who have ventured into unhealthy eating while at the same time ignoring the impact of exercising on their health. As a result, countries such as the US have established mechanisms, which they deem...
The biological theory of aging combines two main approaches toward aging in the human body: programmed and damage (error) theories. Programmed theories are based on the assumption that the aging process is regulated by gene expression and changes that happen in those. Damage or error theories specify environmental assaults as...
Introduction Models of nursing care delivery characterize skills, leadership concepts, decision-making procedures, quality improvement methods, outcome measures, and initiatives used in a particular nursing care setting to address patients’ needs. This assignment will focus on reviewing the literature on existing nursing care models, analyzing observations of the nursing environment for...
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...
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...
Introduction Heart failure (HF) is a clinical symptom that occurs when impairment of ventricular filling prevents the heart from properly maintaining blood flow (ACCF/AHA, 2013). A recent report issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2016) reveals that almost 5.7 million American adults suffer from the disease. Moreover,...
Introduction The health care industry has many areas that may seem unrelated to the health care services’ provision. Nurse administrators, nurse informaticists, and many other positions are not related to the provision of the health care services, and they are called indirect care providers. Direct care providers are occupied in...
Clinical Question The clinical question in the current project proposal is “Is the patient education intervention for elderly patients with chronic diseases able to increase the patients’ health knowledge and improve their health statuses?” The Proposed Intervention The intervention will consist of three phases: pre-experimental, experimental, and post-experimental. The participants...
Introduction The United States’ health care system is comprised of many agencies, authorities, and facilities that help to ensure adequate access to care for the entire country’s population, as well as high quality of treatment. Due to the high complexity of the system, there are multiple forces that govern the...
Introduction The results obtained using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns framework reveal that Miami faces various health risks such as climate hazards, sedentary lifestyles, accidents, water and food contamination, drug abuse, and homelessness. This community assessment paper gives a detailed analysis of these health risks. The discussion also outlines the resources...
Comprehensive History Identifying Data A.L. Chief Complaint “I have recently fallen from my bike and hit my head. I was wearing a helmet, but I still have headaches and cannot fall asleep for a long time when going to bed.” History of Present Illness The patient has a complaint of...
Primary Diagnosis Based on the symptoms that the patient displays, one may assume that he suffers from heart failure (Ponikowski et al., 2016). By definition, heart failure implies that the patient’s heart cannot pump blood properly (Ponikowski et al., 2016). The specified condition may be caused by changes in the...
Family Composition The family consists of five members – Eric (husband, 35), Jennifer (wife, 32), Eric’s mother (Kate, 60), and Steven (8) and Josh (9) (Eric and Jennifer’s children). They live together for the last five years after Dan’s (Kate’s husband) death. They are all Caucasian. There are no certain...
The case under consideration describes a situation with a registered nurse at a large psychiatric unit. During one of her shifts, an incident happened and a nurse can have a problem with her license. Legal and Ethical Issues One of the legal issues that can be implied with this situation...
Introduction At the moment, migrant workers are one of the major concerns of the U.S. government. The fact is that people who come to the state to earn money are very often deprived of social protection and are not able to use health care services. The problem is complicated by...
Introduction The Chief Nursing Officer would like to inform all nurses that the hospital intends to make some changes in line with the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. Implementation of the Act has resulted in the introduction of novel specialties in the nursing field (Harrington et al., 2012). The...
Discussion Aging is an inevitable process that happens to all beings. It has enormous influences on an organism and its ability to operate appropriately. The majority of the representatives of general public consider that their quality of life will worsen with the course of time and develop negative attitudes towards...
In the modern society, healthcare information system plays a critical role in defining the quality of healthcare offered in healthcare centers. Eder (2000) defines healthcare information system as “any system that captures, stores, manages or transmits information related to the health of individuals or the activities of organizations that work...
Challenges Every person is entitled to quality health support and care. Unfortunately, many underdeveloped nations find it hard to deliver quality health care to their citizens. This problem affects many nations due to various factors such as corruption and brain drain (Mills, 2014). The first outstanding challenge that makes it...
The Conflict That Is Occurring at General Hospital Instances of conflict are said to occur when one party feels that another party has negatively or always negatively affected equipment or a service that the first party cares or is supposed to manage (Javitch, 2007). According to the views of many,...
An electronic health record (EHR) enables healthcare providers to record patient data electronically rather than using a large folder of paperwork (Mitchell, 2013). EHR also has the potential to perform several tasks that can help in healthcare delivery while observing standards of practice. The Health Information Technology for Economic and...
This proposal seeks to address the issue of diabetic neuropathy among patients aged between 30 and 60 years. All the targeted patients suffer from the problem of refractory leg pain. The proposal suggests PEMF (Pulse electromagnetic field therapy) as an intervention Plan for treatment of diabetic patients who have a...
The city under discussion in Miami, Florida. It can be easily found with the help of its zip code, which is 33193. There are a lot of websites that discuss the healthcare condition of this city from various perspectives. Both epidemiological and surveillance data are included in the majority of...
Abstract The purpose of the paper is the evaluation and appraisal of AACN’s Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing (EMEN). Every essential reflects specific skills and competencies nurses should develop to provide reliable care, improve public and individual health outcomes, and enhance health systems. Each essential is briefly described, and...
The concept of empowerment is prominent in many contemporary nursing theories. Nevertheless, without proper understanding, it is sometimes misinterpreted and misused, which undermines its credibility. The aim of the paper is thus to analyze the concept as presented in Peplau’s interpersonal theory. The concept is outlined and evaluated by reviewing...
Abstract Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common disease that is usually observed among patients in early infancy and childhood. Several methods of treatment can be offered. Antibiotic use is one of the most frequent options in such countries as the USA and Australia. Watchful waiting is an alternative that...
The federal policy that has a significant impact on the role of the advanced practice registered nurse is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The policy strengthens the privacy of the patients’ personal information by providing them with several sets of rights such as the right to obtain...
Under the Christian narrative and Christian vision, what sorts of issues are most pressing in this case study? The case study at hand contains several controversial issues that can be called pressing if regarded in the context of the Christian narrative and Christian vision. However, generalization is not applicable here...
An overview of social inequity in health The distribution of the wealth and poverty not to mention its level is of importance in any society whatsoever. About the various evidences produced by different scholars from dozens of countries, it is now clear that a population’s health is directly linked to...
Introduction In terms of ethics, healthcare and healthcare research issues seem to be among the most complicated ones to tackle. However, when it comes to choosing between the significance of a research and the importance of a human life, the priority should go to the last one. Although the Tuskegee...
Problem statement In the contemporary world that is typified by high levels of competition among various organizations, it is prudent for healthcare facilities to focus on how to improve their services. Patient satisfaction is important in healthcare facilities. Consumers have need to be treated with dignity and respect (Beach et...
Recent attempts to reorganize the delivery of health care services, along with cost reduction, has resulted in the deterioration of working conditions for staff nurses (Gormley, 2010). Not only do the negative changes in the working climate have a serious impact on the retention of both new and experienced employees,...
Introduction Background The essential aspect of developing and delivering healthcare to the patients is to improve the outcomes in terms of efficiency of the process, enhancing the rate of recovery, and improving the quality of life for the patient. Cultural competence is an important aspect of the patients within a...
Overview and Guiding Propositions It should be noted that the theoretical construct of the future research would be built around the principles of humanistic theory. Its main guiding proposition lies in the understanding that people are not a collection of body parts and functions but complex beings in whom all...
Overall Description of the “Meditech” Electronic Health Records The “Meditech EHR” is an electronic health record (EHR) that provides solutions for hospitals and health care institutions on recording, storing, processing and retrieving information about the patients’ health condition. Being a product of a major company, “Meditech” is used in a...
Telenursing is one of the emerging nursing practices that involve the use of information technology to provide nursing services to patients without necessarily interacting with them physically. According to Soar, Swindell, and Tsang (2011), telenursing is an interesting practice that allows the nurses to reach out to patients who are...
A psychotic person is one who is out of touch with what is happening in life. Such individuals have very weird behaviors. For example, Ursula, who is super-hyper, has symptoms of insomnia. She is always anxious and also experiences paranoia. These are symptoms of an illness called schizophrenia. Antipsychotic medications...
The Cost-effectiveness of the Project Many countries have greatly suffered as a result of HIV and AIDS. Many of them have tried their best to completely finish HIV/AIDS to no avail. However, Thailand has shown the rest of the world that all is not lost in this fight against this...
Holistic Nursing Holistic nursing (HN) is a type of nursing practice that focuses on curing the whole person rather than just treating the biomedical problems. HN pays much attention to the relationships with the patient, caring for their “interconnectedness of self,” as well as their ties to “others, nature, and...
Falls are the prominent cause of injuries among adults aged 65 and older. Because more than ten thousand American citizens turn 65 every day, the prevention of injuries connected with falls is an issue that should not be ignored. The promotion of health and well-being in elderly is provided by...
Abstract Evidence-based practice (EBP) has revolutionized healthcare, and as such, this essay explores how it relates to research and global health. In Part A of the essay, the benefits of EBP, which make it one of the crucial pillars that underpin contemporary healthcare are examined. These benefits include higher quality...
The decision to have a pet animal is traditionally far from being rushed; quite on the contrary, the potential owners of a house animal weigh all pros and cons carefully prior to having one. Moreover, a range of people have prejudice against pets, such as the fear of losing it...
Manual Therapy: Definition Manual therapy (MT) is the “application of accurately directed and selected set of ‘hands-on’ non-invasive physical therapy techniques with minimal equipment” (Ward, 2015, p. 158). It is a major component of physical therapy and can be employed by various practitioners including “orthopaedists, physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, manipulative therapists,...
Introduction: The Phenomenon of Compassion Fatigue Responsiveness and empathy are, perhaps, among the most important qualities of a professional nurse. However, because of stressful environment and the necessity to empathize with every single patient, whose needs the nurse is supposed to tend to, healthcare specialist often find themselves in a...
Abstract There has always been an air of controversy around organ and tissue donation. At some points, religion intruded the field of medicine, claiming that brain death and the Catholic definition of death did not quite coincide and, therefore, the person who is considered dead by medical experts might not...
Introduction The Cooper Green hospital (CGH) has been experiencing major issues with attracting new customers and recruiting new members. Despite the fact that the Community Care Plan (CCP) recently adopted in the organization was targeted at improving the existing services and enhancing communication between customers and the personnel, the organization...
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are bacterial conditions that normally occur in the gastrointestinal tract in the human body, causing irritation and abdominal pain. Normally, the inflammation of the bowel occurs as a result of the destruction of harmless digestive bacteria during the clean up of the immune system. This...
Group governance in the healthcare industry Governance comprises of a set of rules and structures established by an organization to help it achieve its vision by guiding it through its businesses. Group governance is characterized by certain responsibilities, which include; decision making, strategic planning, and oversight (Ransom et al., 2005)....
Although available scholarship shows that nursing advocacy is a relatively new concept (Kibble, 2012), it is evident that the role of the nurse as an advocate in healthcare settings is not necessary new considering that nurses have historically been involved in identifying patient needs and seeking ways to have these...
How communication skills are used in health and social care Health and social care communication involves interpersonal relationships with healthcare professionals on one hand and clients and patients on the other. This process largely depends on the healthcare professionals or workers as they are the privileged class, i.e. their background,...
Introduction Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been defined as a steady progressive central neuro-degenerative disorder. The disease affects the body movement and is typified by severe symptoms which include significant rigidity in muscle, tremors in hands and legs among other body parts, loss of facial expression as well as hypophonia, diminished...
