Intensive In-Home Services for Aggression Management

Behavior U. V. is a patient that received 2 hours of intensive in-home services from a Mental Health Qualified Professional. The client’s presenting problem can be described as anger episodes that involve verbal and physical aggression. The behavior includes offending, punching, and hitting others, which are categorized as acts of...

Intensive In-Home Program for Depressive Disorder

Behaviour T. has a depression. It is evidenced by decreased inability of the mood state as well as poor ability to identify triggers and respond to them properly. T. claims to be “sad” and acting “not like me.” T. noted that she no longer engages in or performs activities that...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in an Old Lady

Introduction The patient, Tegan, a retired college professor of social studies, used to be an active and outgoing old lady before developing severe mental health issues after being involved in a train accident. This inciting event, like any crisis, happened unexpectedly and caused significant physical and emotional trauma to this...

Strategic Management Activities in Healthcare

In the system, the correct organization of the work of medical specialists is of particular importance. This is due to the fact that it can provide an increase in the quality of services provided and the level of patient satisfaction. Moreover, it significantly improves the activities of medical workers and...

Assessing the Efficacy of the CONNECT App for Cardiovascular Disease Management

The study involved patients suffering from cardiovascular disease and people at risk. Participants had access to an app with all the necessary information about the disease. Online health risk calculators, incentive emails, and monitoring of behavioral lifestyle targets were provided. The average follow-up period was about 12 months. The control...

Scotomas: Aspects of the Surgical Intervention

Introduction When a floating dark spot appears in the eye, the cause is usually vitreous destruction. Such a condition requires urgent consultation with a specialist. Dark spots, flies, or threads in front of the eyes may indicate clouding of the vitreous body, possible pathology of the nervous or cardiovascular system,...

Hillsboro County Home Health Agency’s Issue

Introduction Hillsboro County Home Health Agency’s (HCHHA) main issue that is affecting the operation of this healthcare facility is the lack of teamwork between the nurses and physicians. Hence, insufficient collaboration has contributed to poor quality of care and safety being provided to the patients. Need to Solve the Issue...

The Health Care Planning and Learning Action Coalition

Introduction Health coalitions play an essential role in overseeing the functions and capabilities of the system. In addition, their sphere of influence includes tracking the funding of Accountable Care Organizations. These activities are essential to the operation of the health care system in the United States and must be performed...

Substance Use Disorder During Pregnancy: Project Translation and Planning

Introduction Substance use disorder during pregnancy is a significant public health concern that puts mothers’ and infants’ lives and well-being at risk. According to Peltier et al. (2022), women with previous mental health issues are at a higher risk of experiencing substance use disorder. Therefore, healthcare professionals should implement evidence-based...

The Influence of Neuromodulators on the Human Brain

Introduction The YouTube blog “November 30 – Dopamine and Serotonin and Us” is dedicated to the topic of neurodiversity and the influence of neuromodulators on the human brain. One such neuromodulatory molecule released during a reward-giving action (for example, sex or food intake) is dopamine. Lauren Theresa McCarthy Debiak describes...

The Doctor of Nursing Practice Essentials

Introduction The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) basic qualifications include eight competencies. These basic competencies comprise a scientific basis for practice, systemic leadership, the use of analytics and information technology, health advocacy, prevention, and practice improvement (AACN, 2006). The current course is directly related to DNP essentials as it teaches...

Research Methods: Mixed-Methods Research in Health

Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative information is often considered to be the preferred approach because it allows for a more comprehensive understanding of a subject under study. Quantitative information provides numerical data and can be used to identify patterns and trends, while qualitative information offers insights into the...

Sweet Consumption and Diabetes

Introduction In today’s society, diabetes mellitus remains a severe public health problem, destructively affecting the patient’s metabolic activity as well as reducing the quality of life. However, it is not so much the phenomenology of diabetes as a developmental pathology of the body that is the focus of this essay,...

Psychiatric or Psychotropic Medications

Introduction The human body is designed to enjoy life and the actions performed. Our evolutionary biology ensures that everything necessary for survival makes people feel good. The balance of neurochemicals that have evolved over millennia has been disrupted by modern life, which has made people more prone to depression, anxiety,...

Benefits of Evidence-Based Practice

Evidenced Based Practice (EBP), as used in healthcare, refers to the approach employed by practitioners in health centers to determine the most current, better-quality research that can be used to inform their service delivery. Nurses make use of EBP guidelines when evaluating appropriate care choice for patients. When this happens,...

A Locally Implemented Best-Practice Advisory

Introduction The article by Chanas et al. examines the impact of a locally implemented best-practice advisory (BPA) on the speed of an antibiotic response in patients with the risk of septic shock. In general, this program evaluates four vital signs of patients in surgical intensive care units (ICU) – temperature,...

Quality in Healthcare: Healthcare Systems

The main goal of any healthcare system is to ensure the population’s health and ability to work through the availability and quality of medical care. Healthcare systems in the world differ significantly among themselves and contain many constituent elements. The quality of the health care system is a leading component...

Future of Nursing Report: Health Professions

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine led to the report “The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity” by collaborating to advise states on science and technology. The three fields work together to give objective, independent exploration and recommendations to the country and perform...

Core Values: Sexual Health and Wellbeing

The topic of human sexuality is gaining more and more recognition and awareness in modern society. As individuals grow older, they form their own views on this topic. Of particular importance in the formation of these beliefs are upbringing and the society with which they interacted. As part of the...

The Norovirus Outbreak Investigations

Introduction Notification Date and Time On the morning of March 11, the Texas Department of Health (TDH) in Austin received a telephone call from a student at a university in south-central Texas. The student reported that he and his roommate, a fraternity brother, were suffering from nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea....

Evidence-Based Practice: Spiritual Care in Nursing

There is growing evidence indicating the importance of evidence-based practice within the healthcare system. In this case health providers are required to make treatment decisions based on recent research findings while supplementing it with their clinical experience. Spiritual care seeks to ensure that a patient’s spiritual needs are adequately addressed...

Stance on Ethical Dilemma and Patent Waiver for COVID-19 Discussions

According to the speaker, even the most honest, truthful, and ethical person will find himself or herself in a full-blown ethical crisis at some time in their career; no one escapes it. This claim is not supported by any solid research yet it affirms this is bound to happen. One...

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) Regulation

Advanced practice registered nurses is usually outlined by the Nurse Act of practice and overseen by Nursing Board. However, other rules and guidelines might affect practice, and other boards might be engaged. For example, midwifery nurses may be subject to public health or a Board of Midwifery in various jurisdictions....

The Levels of Evidence in Healthcare

The levels of evidence (LOE) are a classification system for the quality of scientific evidence. It assesses the strength of the evidence supporting a hypothesis or theory. There are seven levels of evidence: observational studies, randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, correlational studies, experts’ opinions, clinical data, and case reports. Observational...

Patient Autonomy in Nursing Practice

The first people affected by the patient’s decisions are the family members. Even though the patient has a malignant intestinal tumor, it is complex to understand why the patient does not want to be resuscitated. They are stressed and pressuring the nurses to do everything to keep their loved one...

Nursing Spirituality and Self-Care

The evidence-based method that nursing staff is starting to embrace in several settings includes integrating research results into their choices and their engagements with patients. Within a clinical environment, it signifies that nurses are using research to guide their professional practices, improve the quality of care they provide, and better...

The Age-Related Changes in Middle Adulthood

Introduction The human body changes naturally as a person grows old. People must understand the lifestyle choices that are related to the changes and the best preventive measures to overcome the natural changes. Middle adulthood is defined as being between the ages of forty to sixty-five, during which physical changes...

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Penalties

Employers are held accountable by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to ensure that their facilities are safe from the most significant dangers and follow the Act’s rules and regulations. Companies must establish or revise operating processes and convey them so that personnel meets safety and health regulations. Powder Cote...

Non- and Pharmacological Care of Dementia Patients

The aging of the planetary population of human beings is a well-known fact for the public health institutions of most countries. Health professionals expect individuals with age-related diseases such as dementia to increase in the next few decades. Delgado et al. (2020) state that “dementia defines a group of conditions...

Nursing Practice: Scope and Standards

Introduction Individuals can figure out who, what, where, when, why, and how to do nursing by looking at the scope of nursing practice. These things must be discussed to understand professional health care. The “who” to do nursing is all the nurses worldwide who have finished their training, earned a...

Transforming Care at the Bedside

For many years nurses and doctors have been working with patients and need to improve the quality of care. Due to the high level of patient care, there was a need to improve the quality of respect for the patient and the staff to increase their satisfaction and ease of...

Mental Health Nurses’ Help to Young Self-Harming Inmates

Introduction This study aims to develop a support strategy for novice nurses working with young self-harming inmates. Working with self-harming young men affects the psychological stability of mental health nurses. No less importantly, self-harm is usually related to dual harm and increased potential of suicides in places of incarceration. The...

Hospital Readmission as Healthcare Challenge

Introduction Reducing the number of patients who are readmitted to the hospital after being discharged is a problem that affects healthcare systems all around the world. One in five Medicare recipients in the US gets readmitted within 30 days of discharge. Hospital readmission under thirty days has been an expensive...

Pediatric Care and Use of Traditional Medicine

Overview of Guatemala Guatemala has a population of 16.3 million which makes it the most populated in Central Africa. The country still holds to many traditional beliefs regarding health and wellness. The women also had more responsibilities in taking care of the children. The people had traditional healers and curers...

Banner Health: The US Non-Profit Organization

Introduction Banner Health is a non-profit organization that was started on September 1, 1999, by merging Lutheran and Samaritans Health Systems. They offer nursing care, hospital care, laboratory, surgical and rehabilitation services. Besides, the organization provides health-related educational and community-based social services programs. It owns and leases nursing homes, clinics,...

Physical and Cognitive Changes in Males and Females

It is evident that certain physical, hormonal, and other biological differences exist between males and females, most of which are present during the lifespan. Beginning with the first developmental stages, girls and boys may face various functional, cognitive, skeletal, hormonal, and metabolic changes. It also generally means that they do...

Healthcare Access: Financial Barriers

Access to medical services is central to the quality of life. Nevertheless, barriers to getting the necessary care and interventions are persistent on a global scale, posing a challenge to humanity’s well-being. The inability to afford health coverage is among such hindrances that result in delayed treatment and poor health...

Pathophysiology and Pathopharmacology in Nursing

Taking the Pathophysiology and Pathopharmacology course greatly contributed to my professional development because I improved my understanding of the basics of pathophysiology and pathopharmacology. Pathophysiology describes painful conditions in human physiology, while pathopharmacology is aimed at the treatment of illnesses. Hence, these two sciences direct the healthcare practitioner’s attention to...

The Autism-Gender Relationship Analysis

New and Interesting Information During my research on autism in this course, I was surprised to learn that autistic people often identify patterns that others may overlook or fail to identify. For instance, some children with autism have an innate ability to code software, understand complex systems and perform intricate...

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder in Children

Introduction Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) is a depressive condition affecting adolescents or children characterized by severe anger, irritability, and intense, frequent tantrums. Its symptoms surpass a child being moody as the children suffering from the condition experience extreme problems at school, home, and with peers, which warrants medical attention...

The History of Medicare in America

The Medicare program’s history goes back to 1912, when President Roosevelt suggested a health insurance platform for all Americans. Roosevelt’s idea was implemented 54 years later, when President Johnson signed legislation to launch the program. President Truman, and his wife became the first official Medicare beneficiaries due to his contribution...

Simulation in Healthcare Operational Decision-Making

Simulation refers to the representation of a system by another system to help organizations arrive at fundamental decisions at a reduced risk. Simulation is often applied to ensure a safe and controlled environment for healthcare staff to practice the required skills, attitude, and competence and gain confidence (Jeffries, 2022). During...

Medication Errors Impact on Human Life

Introduction During almost 50 years of its existence, pharmacovigilance has evolved from the traditional supervision of adverse reactions to medicinal products to the safety of patients. Therefore, identifying, studying, and preventing side effects and negative consequences due to irrational treatment and mistakes has become even more urgent. As emphasized by...

Virginia Mason Medical Center: Dr. Gary Kaplan

Dr. Gary Kaplan is recognized as a remarkable healthcare leader. Dr. Kaplan took over as the CEO of Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC), a facility in Seattle, Washington, in 2000 (Kelendar, 2020). At the time, the hospital was collapsing following its financial and workforce challenges. VMMC had been a top...

Mental Health Services: The Role of Spirituality

The Goal The study’s primary goal is to examine the attitudes of citizens receiving mental health services toward spirituality. In many respects, this circumstance is determined due to the tendency to develop clients’ interests in religion and spirituality in the context of treating mental illness (Oxhandler et al., 2021). The...

Dehydration: The Negative Implications

Introduction Dehydration happens when a person loses more water than they take in. When an individual’s natural water intake is lowered, their body’s nutrients, salts, and glucose are thrown out of balance, influencing their biological functions. Dehydration is typically caused by inadequate fluid intake to restore what has been lost....

Congestive Heart Failure Discussion

Background Chronic heart failure is a pathological condition in which the heart fails to supply the organs and tissues with the necessary amount of blood according to the metabolic needs of the tissues. This condition is critical and requires constant monitoring of patients by the hospital. With early diagnosis and...

Development of a Health Education Program

Introduction The development of a health education program is based on the particularities of the population selected as a target audience concerning the statistical indicators characterizing one of the health concerns this population encounters. According to Scarinci et al. (2012), developing a culturally sensitive intervention program should include intervention mapping...

The United States Healthcare System Analysis

The organizational structure of medical care in the United States is characterized by a decentralized healthcare management system with a division of powers between the federal center and the states. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is represented as the federal executive body which implements and controls...

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’...

Mental Models: Formation, Function, and Application

Dharani, B., & April, K. (2022). Understanding and reformulating mental models. In Innovative Leadership in Times of Compelling Changes (pp. 155-169). Springer, Cham. The book chapter aims to explore the ability of a human to form, understand and reformulate mental models throughout life. The method used in the chapter is...

Osteoporosis: Symptoms and Treatment

Osteoporosis is a medical condition that makes bones weak, culminating to their brittleness. Osteomalacia also called “soft bone,” is a medical condition where bones become brittle; it is mostly associated with a deficiency of Vitamin D and is common in kids and pregnant women alike. (Bullock et al., 2018). Rheumatoid...

The National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is a governmental organization that protects the rights of people with adverse social determinants of health. This institution prepares annual reports where various aspects of disparities in providing healthcare for different types of populations are described. This information is important as it allows...

Factors Facilitating Quality Improvement in Healthcare

Introduction Many healthcare organizations understand and advocate for enhancing quality improvement (QI) practices for front-line healthcare professionals. Maphumulo and Bhengu (2019) argue that QI remains a practice carried out by specialists and trendsetters, often without their peers. This raises the question of capacity building, its determining factors, and its overall...

The San Francisco Department of Public Health

Background The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), formerly known as the San Francisco Health Department, comprises several sections that serve the city of San Francisco. The mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health is to safeguard and improve the health of all San Franciscans. The San...

An Optimistic Attitude as a Remedy to Boost Immunity

Introduction Optimism is regarded as one of the best treatments for illnesses and life difficulties. People with this characteristic feel happier and can overcome stressful situations efficiently. In addition, optimism positively impacts people’s mental and physical health and can reduce the number of diseases a person might face or the...

Effects of Quality Care in Nursing Homes on Older Adult

Introduction Nursing homes have been one of the most critical places the older generation tends to spend the rest of their lives. During this developmental stage, care is given to people who need a certain level of medical attention that cannot be fulfilled through home care settings. In the US,...

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Human Response

Introduction The current Covid-19 response has been a slow, painful process, and the lack of information from officials only makes it worse. The spread of COVID-19 has affected all facets of life for people, whether they are in their homes or crowded shelters. The universal character of the problem and...

Urgent Care in Low-Income Communities in New York

Urgent Care centers have been around in the United States since the 1970s when they were first introduced as a more cost-effective alternative to traditional emergency rooms. In recent years, urgent care centers have become increasingly popular due to their convenient hours and wide range of services. These centers offer...

The American Diet Influenced by Fast Food Ads

McDonald’s is the largest provider of food services worldwide. It is one of the well-known and reputable companies in the world, with a multi-level marketing campaign, a global infrastructure, and competence in restaurants, among many other fields. McDonald’s has transformed the food sector over time, which has had an impact...

Primary vs. Secondary Sources in Medical Research

Introduction The conclusions in medical research should always be based on primary sources since they usually contain verified information on which clinical practice and, as a result, patients’ health depends. Discussion The broadest range of data is provided by reports from major international medical organizations, which contain a brief selection...

Suicide in Adolescence: Warning Signs and Causes

Introduction Adolescence is a life stage that precedes reaching psychological maturity and social independence. For that reason, it involves the risks of extreme reactions to negative experiences, including impulsive decisions to end one’s life. Adolescent suicide research sheds light on eight signs pointing to suicide risks, depression/relationship issues as the...

Health Implications of Multiple Sclerosis Condition

Introduction Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the human central nervous system. As a neurodegenerative disease, this condition is characterized by demyelination inflammation. A McGinley (2021) study shows that multiple sclerosis affects at least 900,000 Americans, mostly young adults. In addition, they found that the main complications of...

Policies Addressing LGBT (Queer) Healthcare Disparities

Introduction The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community is a diverse group that has continued to increase over the past years. Despite their continuous global growth, these members face a standard set of challenges within the healthcare system. LGBT persons are more likely to experience poor health than heterosexual...

Continuous Glucose Monitoring PICOT (Nursing) Project

Discovery The topic and the nursing practice issue related to the topic Modern technologies of continuous monitoring of glycemia: developing possibilities of control and management. The information obtained during long-term monitoring allows nurses to determine the outpatient glycemic profile, which reflects a complete picture of the patient’s diabetes status. The...

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...

A Health Coaching (Wellness) Program

Introduction A person’s health condition can impact various aspects of life. HRA (Health Risk Assessment) report provided by CoreInsights (2016) suggests that the examined employee population may benefit from a wellness program. In particular, 67.3% of the assessed individuals have weight troubles, 51.7% have insufficient nutrition, and 44.3% have 44.3%...

Nursing: Medication Errors and Patients’ Safety

Introduction Nursing involves a variety of responsibilities, that are crucial to help patients heal. While caring about the registrants, it is important to stay alert; thus, no mistake is overlooked. Prevention of possible medication errors or reporting already committed ones is an ethical duty of any nurse, since such inaccuracy...

The Indigenous Plant Diva Documentary Analysis

The Indigenous Plant Diva video is a brief documentary investigating the utilization of indigenous plants traditionally used in medical care. In this movie, Lisa Weasel Moccasin, a traditional plant diva who promotes using indigenous plants in alternative medical practices, is seen. She emphasizes the significance of combining traditional indigenous knowledge...

Becoming a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner

My interest in becoming a SANE has been present for many years, as I have always had a strong passion for helping those in need. Throughout my education and career, I have sought out opportunities to make a positive difference in the lives of those around me. I have always...

Public Health Efforts to Support Mothers During Pregnancy

Introduction Obesity, hypertension, bleeding, malnutrition, and mental health issues are some of the common problems a woman may face during and after pregnancy. Unfortunately, some women cannot carry their pregnancies to term and may experience miscarriage or fetal loss. Because giving birth is a matter of life and death for...

The Banner Health Organization’s Analysis

Introduction Comparatively speaking, the healthcare segment progresses and transforms at a more rapid rate than other sectors. To be competitive and successful for existence, organizations in the healthcare sector must prepare for the future. Organizations are well-prepared for whatever may arise along the way by making plans for the unanticipated....

Quality Healthcare Improvement for Pregnant Women in New York City

Care Access Inadequate prenatal care affects obstetric outcomes Poor obstetric outcomes are linked to inadequate prenatal care. Individuals with a lower socioeconomic level (SES) tend to obtain prenatal treatment less often and have a greater risk of obstetric problems. Low SES affects care access in pregnant women and increases the...

Epidemiologists’ Interventions Impacting Global Health

Humanity has repeatedly faced various epidemics and pandemics throughout its existence. Poor nutrition, unsanitary conditions and a low level of medicine led to the rapid spread of terrible diseases, such as smallpox, cholera, and typhus, which claimed more than one million lives. Today, thanks to the development of medicine and...

Nursing Challenges and Perspectives

Nursing is still considered one of the most in-demand fields in colleges and technical schools. The results of admission commissions to medical colleges show that competition in the key specialties: “Nursing” and “General Medicine” is only increasing. There are several reasons for this: the shortage of nurses in the regions...

Mental Health Issues in a College Student

Miss Okito Horo was referred to psychotherapy due to intermittent depressive and anxiety symptoms. Furthermore, she was found to be agoraphobic, preventing her from attending classes as well as from interacting with peers and other people. In fact, she had to convert to a remote mode of learning that made...

Prevalence of PTSD and PTG in Soldiers From Ethnic Minorities

Introduction One should recognize that PTSD and PTG are widespread diseases that often affect former soldiers from ethnic minorities. According to Fogle et al. (2020, p. 12), these combat veterans are more likely to have disabilities and positive screening results for PTSD. As practice shows, such severe mental illness affects...

The End-of-Life Decision Making and Ethical Issues

Introduction Medication used to manage critical care patients primarily focuses on extending life. Like in the case of Alan, the treatment was not of much importance, resulting in systemic failure. The decision to end a patient’s life is not easy and should not be made by the care provider. The...

Verbal De-Escalation in Mental Health Units

Using coercive and restrictive measures towards agitated mentally ill patients worsens the condition. The primary restrictive measures are forceful restriction and involuntary medication. The use of restrictive techniques in mental health settings is a common and deeply rooted culture in many mental health centers. The practices have proven problematic because...

Food Deserts’ Impact on Children

Introduction Food deserts are regions where there are no grocery stores within easy driving distance, restricting or eliminating residents’ access to affordable, healthful food options, particularly fresh fruits and vegetables. For instance, 2.3 million people live more than one mile distant from a supermarket and do not own a car,...

Dietary Analysis and Patient Education

Overview Demographic Information The patient is a female American aged 24 years. Among the significant diseases there is chronic gastritis, which rarely affects the patient’s well-being as she tries to stick to a diet. Relevant Health Information Among the dietary restrictions, there are those that the patient herself realized during...

The Effectiveness of the US in Response COVID-19 Pandemic

Introduction The source is a podcast from The American Public Health Association. The podcast’s title is “Katrina, Flint, COVID-19, the root changes public health needs.” The date of the podcast episode is October 2020, and the speakers were Joe Kanter, Bob Kim-Farley, Wendy Parmet, and Alfredo Morabia. The three issues...

Dementia: Dangers and Complications

Introduction As the world’s population grows, the number of people in late adulthood inevitably increases. Moreover, their percentage of the whole of humanity is increasing as the quality of life and medicine improves. However, several life-complicating illnesses prevent seniors from enjoying their retirement years at their actual value. One such...

Health Policy and Professional Nurse’s Role

Professional Nurse’s Role in Health Policy In an increasingly changing healthcare industry, nurses represent a major group of the workforce providing primary and specialized care to millions of people. In the performance of their duties, nurses are affected by among other things, the policies that have been adopted by local,...

Inuit Culture in Nurses’ Practice

The Canadian sociocultural environment is famously diverse, each community being represented by a range of sociocultural groups and ethnicities. Among these, Inuit constitute a small yet essential part, being representatives of a set of indigenous cultures bound by belonging to the same environment of Arctic and Subarctic regions (Smylie et...

Child and Elder Abuse and Helping Agencies

Child abuse is defined as any act or failure to act by a parent or caregiver that results in harm, the potential for harm to a child, and such abuses can take different forms. On the other hand, elder abuse is when a caregiver or another person abuses, neglects or...

Media Portrayal of Psychotic Disorders

The media is one of the most powerful tools in information dissemination. The different forms of media have played crucial roles in influencing public knowledge and perception regarding health information and literacy. Unfortunately, the media has negatively influenced the public’s perception of mental health. Movies and television shows portray psychotic...

Aspects of Congestive Heart Failure

Introduction Congestive heart failure (CHF), often called heart failure, is when the heart becomes weak and cannot maintain blood flow properly. As a result, the blood supply to the body’s tissues decreases, reducing strength and endurance. In addition, when blood circulation is poor, the kidneys cannot eliminate water, salts, and...

Implications of Current Treatment of Adolescents in Society

Adolescence is among several life stages, which is not childhood but not yet close to adulthood. It can be characterized as the transformational moment in an individual’s life, which involves changes in both physical and mental states. While many people might understand such a transition and be respectful to young...

Cutting Unnecessary Usage of Emergency Rooms

Introduction Most emergency rooms (ERs) in the US are in a quandary. They are witnessing a high number of patients which explains why issues of delays and diversions are more common. According to Moskop et al. (2019), most of the emergency rooms are overloaded beyond the required capacities. The authors...

Holistic Approach in Medicine: CIM Practitioner

Introduction The term holistic applies to many branches, referring to a whole set of phenomena and features. The holistic approach forms the basis of much scientific knowledge and practices, allowing the development of a broad perspective on problematic theories or phenomena. Within medicine, the term holistic refers to an approach...

Diagnosis of a G1PO Patient With Vomiting and Nausea Symptoms

Introduction This diagnosis is especially essential for women whom it is on their first time getting pregnant and have never delivered before (G1PO). In this population of patients, there are multiple genitourinary, gastrointestinal, metabolic, and neurologic factors to consider. When vomiting occurs, the first thing that comes into mind is...

Childbirth Mortality in Hospital vs. Home Birth

Optimizing maternal and infant health outcomes and the overall delivery experience while minimizing interference is a healthcare matter. The incidence rates and advantages of giving birth in various environments and the danger of medical interventions, have been the subject of intense discussion in recent decades as a result of this...

Negligence and Battery in Healthcare Units

Introduction During the treatment of a patient, sometimes the practitioners’ actions deviate from the required medical norms causing a significant injury to the sick individual. For instance, when performing a diagnosis, a physician may fail to correctly identify the patient’s condition leading to wrong disease management. In most cases, the...

An Individual Program for Elderly Patients After Surgical Treatment

Introduction The interest in gerontological problems in surgery is justified by socio-economic and demographic problems. As the population ages, the number of people in need of surgical care increases. The majority of elderly patients are admitted to the hospital as an emergency and their early and late postoperative periods have...

Risk Management, Quality and Safety in Healthcare

To reduce the risks of errors, clinics improve the quality and safety of medical activities and the efficiency of workers. They carry out internal quality control of medical care, management system audits, and financial audits. They analyze whether the clinic meets the requirements for activities, legislation, regulations, and requirements, standards,...

Nurse Resilience’s State and Influencing Factors

Purpose of the Study The work of nurses includes significant stressors, and the development of resilience helps them cope and effectively perform work duties. Leng et al. (2020) note that the issue of resilience development has attracted more attention in the United States than in China. Therefore, the study set...

Gender Differences in the Prevalence and Characteristics of Pain in Spain

Health and Sickness in Spanish Culture In the Spanish context, culture plays an important role in people’s approach to sickness and healthcare. Therefore, providing culturally appropriate medical services is pivotal to meeting Spanish patients’ needs and promoting their well-being. In this regard, religion, traditional health beliefs, and lifestyle habits are...

Big Data in the Healthcare Sector: Pros and Cons

Big data analytics has proved very useful in healthcare industries, offering high-quality and effective medical care in disease prevention, predicting treatment outcomes, reducing medical errors, and improving all aspects of healthcare. However, some shortcomings and challenges remain that prevent healthcare providers from applying big data technologies in their healthcare delivery...

The Salmonella Bacterium as a Food Borne Illness Pathogen

Food is one of the main sources of energy for the human body. However, bacteria that can be found in food can cause serious health problems. Acquiring knowledge of these threats to the body is critical. This information includes information on disease signs and symptoms, kitchen practices in a foodborne...

Urinary Calculi in a 45-Year-Old Male Patient

In the case under analysis, the patient is a 45-year-old male complaining of severe pain bouts in his left flank region and fresh blood in the urine. His diagnosis is urinary calculi, also known as nephrolithiasis or kidney stones. The main factors responsible for developing this condition include a bad...

Healthcare Affordability in the United States

Introduction Access to health care services should be every citizen’s right in the United States. Affordability promotes the timely prevention of treatable and mild infections, which can be fatal if left unaddressed. Health insurance is a common concept within the United States and other systems across the globe, which promotes...

Mental Health and Well-Being of Canadian Police Officers

Introduction The problem of the mental state of the police was relevant even before the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 70% of employees in this area reported symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety on each item due to the nature of the profession (Auditor General of Canada, 2017). Over time, the...

Healthcare Quality and Outcomes: Measurement and Management

Introduction Providing for patient safety should be the long-term goal of any healthcare organization. In order to provide high-quality treatment, patient safety is essential. It is necessary to provide high-quality services to avoid and minimize patient risks, errors, and damage. To ensure that patient safety precautions are successfully implemented, it...

Artificial Intelligence in Medical Field

The medical field constantly innovates and develops new technologies to improve patient care. Societies, in general, are significantly impacted by technological innovations (Giddens et al., 2021). One such recent innovation is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in various applications, such as medical diagnosis and treatment. AI is quicker than...

Controlled Substances: Letter to House Representative

I am writing this letter to you to bring your attention to the need to overturn the legislation and policies that govern the fight against full practice authority for Advanced Practice nurses within the state. This includes the problem of a shortage or overabundance of patients per nurse and the...

Using Testing as a Learning Tool: Pharmaceutical Education

The presentation about medication errors was introduced to new nurses and nursing students at the progressive care unit of the local hospital in Dallas. The information was delivered several days ago with several purposes – to share the main facts about the chosen topic, promote a discussion, and check the...

The Omnivore’s Dilemma Regarding Sources of Food

Michael Pollan takes on a journey to prepare food in which he collects the ingredients through hunting and gathering. By doing so, he looks if the methods he used in collecting ingredients are conceivable in the modern era while writing down his experience. This experimental work states that the omnivore’s...

Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes

A nurse must take into account all aspects of the recommended for the patient treatment. In the case of prescribing recommendations regarding drugs for weight loss, it is necessary, first of all, to use the evidence base for understanding the effectiveness of drugs. It is important to know the side...

Female Patient With Hypotension and Alzheimer’s Disease

Introduction The case study analysis a female patient with hypotension and Alzheimer’s disease who recently suffered a fall. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code 2018 and Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 require nurse-patient confidentiality. Therefore, in the analysis of this case, I will refer to the female patient as...

Neurobiology: Recent Exploration of Brain Functioning

Research in the field of neurophysiology has led to the conclusion that during learning, plastic changes occur in the neural network of the brain. More precisely, a unique property of the brain is neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change as a result of experience and to...

A Doctor of Nursing Practice-Prepared Nurse in the Work Area

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)-A prepared nurse plays an important role in ensuring patients receive high-quality and safe care. Similarly, DNP-prepared nurses are directly involved in improving the healthcare system – they provide a link between health policy and practice. Beeber et al. (2019) observe that hiring practicing DNPs is...

Human Vision: Physiological and Psychological Bases

Abstract This paper focuses on human vision and considers the various physiological and psychological bases of the system. It includes elements ranging from the structure of the human eye to an explanation of how each part of the organ performs a certain action. Ultimately, this analyzes how a person perceives...

Paraphilias and Paraphilic Disorders in Psychiatry

The realm of psychology is diverse and involves a number of disorders, their causes and consequences, along with a potential course of treatment. While many psychological disorders are quite well-known, such as narcissism, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder, other conditions might be heard of but are not necessarily analyzed by many;...

MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter App

Introduction Esther Nia, a 35-year-old woman, sought help to improve her health and prevent potential problems. The patient noticed that she was gaining weight and exceeded her optimal weight by 40 pounds. Moreover, Esther has a family history of obesity and is therefore concerned about her health. The woman tried...

The Role of a DNP-Prepared (Doctor Degree) Nurse

The DNP stands for Doctor of Nursing Practice and is the highest nursing degree obtainable and equips nurses for tasks outside of direct patient care that focuses on systems or clinical practice. After completing the required qualifications, nurses from DNP programs can work in clinical settings or leadership positions. This...

Drug Abuse During Pregnancy: Policy Options

Introduction The consequences of drug use on the well-being of pregnant women and their unborn babies is a social problem, as experts in this sector are committed to promoting maternal and newborn health. One method of giving pregnant women financial support so they may receive rehabilitation treatments that reduce the...

Palliative Care and Hospice Programs Misunderstanding

Introduction Lois, a patient in the last stages of breast cancer, was recently admitted into a hospice program. Once a patient enters hospice care, curative treatments are typically no longer given. He was glad to have a hospice nurse come into their home and help with the care of his...

Dying and Death From a Nursing Perspective: Annotated Bibliography

Radomska, M., Mehrabi, T., Lykke, N., Radomska, M., & Mehrabi, T. (2020). Queer death studies : Death , Dying and Mourning from a Queerfeminist Perspective Queer Death Studies : Death , Dying and Mourning from a Queerfeminist Perspective. Web. This article explains the special issue entitled Queer Death Studies examines a recently...

The Policy Standard in China’s Healthcare System

The focus of the Policy Standard in China’s Healthcare System China’s recent healthcare reforms have primarily benefited both rural and urban citizens. China offers government-funded basic health insurance, which has aided the nation’s almost complete inclusiveness. Urban workers must enroll in an employment program primarily funded by tax payments that...

PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) Practice Improvement Plan

PICO Question In hospitalized ICU patients (P), does the use of chlorhexidine caps (I) have a lower infection rate (O) compared to those that do not use chlorhexidine caps (C) on central lines ports? Plan I plan to test the efficacy of the chlorhexidine disinfectant cap in ICU patients I...

The Affordable Care Act Advances

Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA) had a tremendous effect on the U.S. healthcare system. There are several key changes to the principles on which one’s eligibility for Medicaid coverage is established. The focus shifted toward covering vulnerable portions of the U.S. population, allowing low-income adults without children to receive...

Quality Long-Term Care for Patients With Chronic Diseases

Introduction Health care often focuses on the treatment of patients with acute conditions, while little attention is paid to the management of chronic diseases. Patients with chronic conditions may experience inequities in quality of care without adequate long-term therapy. The gap in the quality of care affects patients with chronic...

Nurses Burnouts: Self-Compassion in Nursing

Introduction Burnout syndrome is a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion that develops as a result of chronic stress in the workplace; it is a psychological defense mechanism in the form of a complete or partial exclusion of emotions in response to selected psycho-traumatic effects. One of the first...

Aspects of Nursing Political Advocacy

Introduction Nurses play an important role when it comes to promoting public health. Initially, the focus of health promotion was exclusively on disease prevention and changing the behavior of individuals. However, their role is more complex and, as such, requires that they strive to serve as a nursing political advocate....

Lipids: Types, Structures, and Functions in the Body

Lipids are organic compounds that are present in most living organisms. Alcohols and bile acids represent simple lipids, and the molecule of complex lipids includes various compounds and atoms. Lipids are essential to humans. They are present in food, found in medicines, and are actively used in various industrial sectors....

The COVID-19 and Anxiety Disorders Infographic Analysis

Infographic Analysis I chose this organizational pattern to help people understand the concepts of anxiety and depression about COVID-19. The concepts of suffering from depression and anxiety is a global phenomenon that has increased due to COVID-19. According to Markel & Selber (2018) about 5% of adult populations worldwide experience...

Information Technology’s Positive Impact on Medicine

The rapid development of technology should first be introduced into the most critical areas of science and infrastructure. Introducing IT in the healthcare sector can improve quality and significantly speed up work. However, the benefits are not limited to stakeholders solely on the part of employees and patients interacting with...

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Causes and Risk Factors

Introduction Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is malignant that arises from the nasopharynx epithelium. The nasopharynx is situated near the eustachian tubes at the back of the nose. The symptoms of NPC include an enlarged lymph node in the neck, bleeding from the mouth or nose, hearing loss, and difficulty breathing through...

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...

Smoking and Its Negative Health Outcomes

Introduction/Background The current research paper focuses on the connection between smoking and assessing the negative impact of this activity on health. Smoking is a significant behavior that contributes to harmful outcomes. In the United States, over 480,000 people die because of smoking annually (New York Department of Health, 2022). In...

The Role Exercise Plays in Diabetes Prevention

Introduction Physical exercise significantly affects the management and prevention of diabetes, together with the overall health of individuals. Physical exercise includes activities that maintain the body’s general well-being and physical and mental state. Exercise significantly impacts glucose levels within the body, reducing risk factors such as cardiovascular and preventing and...

Kidney Stones Disease: Causes and Treatment

The occurrence of renal calculi, also known as kidney stones, is caused by an imbalance between the precipitation and solubility of the salts in the urinary bladder and the kidneys. There are numerous potential causes for the formation of renal calculi. Calculi form whenever there is an excessive number of...

The Family Health Promotion Program’s Objectives

Introduction The various family structures today need to be recognized and studied to understand better the strengths and weaknesses associated with each. That is the only way to help all families live healthy and productive lives. Studying the health risks of individual families allows solving the problems of different population...

Ankle Arthrodesis and Total Ankle Replacement

Post-traumatic arthritis is among the most often recorded kind of ankle arthritis. Inflammation, soreness, and a loss of movement and flexibility are all symptoms of the incapacitating illness known as ankle arthritis (Clough et al. 1353). An efficient option to reduce the discomfort of ankle arthrodesis and to obtain proper...

The Role of Stress Hormones: Physiology

Working as a volunteer dealing with infants asserts a certain degree of service to the setting that is inspirational. The well-being and growth of a toddler later in life are greatly influenced by their early years. The rapid rate of brain development, beginning before delivery and lasting throughout early childhood,...

Ethics of Vioxx Withdrawal From the Market

Introduction Merck launched Vioxx in 1999 as a substitute for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications to manage osteoarthritis pain. After research found an elevated risk of major cardiovascular events, including stroke and heart attack, five years later, Merck withdrew Vioxx, one of the best-selling painkillers internationally, from the market. Nevertheless, there had...

Natural vs. Artificial Sweeteners

Introduction In the current increasingly health-aware culture, sugar receives substantial criticism. However, contrary to popular belief, sugar consumption is not a negative as it is often presented. Refusal of sugar is usually justified by two reasons: excessive weight and weight loss or health problems. Regular consumption of sweet food leads...

How Can Nurses Provide Patient-Centered Care

The research article selected for this review can be found in the Google Scholar database. It was published in Applied Nursing Research, which is a US-based scholarly journal publishing peer-reviewed research for application in the nursing practice. The paper is related to patient-centered care, focusing on the communication preferences of...

Hypertension Management in the Elderly

Introduction In the nursing field, answering research questions and papers requires an evidence-based approach framework that is generated from an adequately structured PICO(T) question. A PICO(T) framework is a helpful approach stemming from the aspects of a clinical research study- Patient or population, intervention, comparison, and outcome. In some instances,...

Motivational Interviewing and Description Tool

Motivational Plan Design The national equity atlas is the first determinant of health assessment and analysis. The globe is defined by economic and social inequity that harms the health and livelihood of people. The outlook of the familial breadwinners rationalizes the community. When a family is mapped based on financial...

The Value of a Nurse Informaticist

Nursing Informatics Poor management of patient information has detrimental health consequences since it results in the prevalence of misdiagnosis, delayed treatment, and high medical costs. Nursing informatics is a subspecialty that incorporates many data management procedures into medical care (HIMSS, 2020). The discipline supporting this healthcare strategy involves identifying, processing,...

Understanding Self in Professional Practice Using Gibbs’ Cycle

Introduction Gibbs’s reflective cycle is an important element of nursing practice, as it allows them to improve their practice, find strong and weak sides, and fix them. Therefore, I will use it to reflect on my practice, describe and evaluate it, to understand how I can improve it. Lack of...

Organizational Analysis: Thrive Skilled Pediatric Care

This paper will analyze the organization called Thrived Skilled Pediatric Care. First, the organization will be introduced and explored in terms of its mission, philosophy, and administrative structure. Second, the strengths and limitations of the organization will be examined. Third, the paper will describe the organization’s nursing care delivery system....

Remote Patient Monitoring and Its Impacts

Introduction This annotated bibliography aims to assess how Promote Patient Monitoring can enhance safety and quality standards in nursing. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) refers to a system that applies sensors to track and record a patient’s vital signs and bodily functions. The system then alerts the nurses’ station if the...

Socioeconomic Status: Barriers to Health

Introduction This week we dedicated our time to the discussion of various barriers to health, including structural, systemic, and societal forces that may prevent people from accessing healthcare or achieving best health and well-being. All submitted posts examine these barriers in detail, with the majority focusing on societal and structural...

Aspects of Working With Pediatric Patients

Introduction Working with pediatric patients and their families is an incredibly challenging undertaking. Children and their parents may experience a variety of barriers to health, including, as you noted, structural and societal ones. This post discusses these barriers in detail and addresses how medical professionals caring for patients in a...

Healthcare Financial Elements

Introduction Healthcare institutions’ mandate is that of providing health services to patients. For this to be successful, it requires funds that normally come in reimbursement. Reimbursement mostly comes from third parties, insurance, and government medical cover such as Medicare. For reimbursement to be facilitated, billing needs to be done, tallying...

Ketones Diet and Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Introduction Individuals at risk for developing type 2 diabetes are provided with helpful dietary and lifestyle recommendations by nurses. The study of the health benefits of low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets has advanced in nutrition science today. However, limited data compares the effectiveness of ketogenic diets and insulin for weight management....

Effects of Acids on Teeth: the Effect of a Toothpaste Containing Oleanolic Acid

The intended topic of my future project explores the potential effects of various acids on teeth: in particular, I would like to determine whether they are generally positive or negative for dental enamel. In doing this project, I will need to ensure full compliance with the outcomes of the CHEM301...