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Subjective Biographical Data: Name: Mr. Smith. Age: 70yrs. Race: British Male. Marital Status: Married. General Appearance: Fair general condition. Source/Reliability: Retired from the local university where he was the supervisor of the Building & Grounds department. Chief Complaint (CC): Increased frequency in urination. Incomplete bladder emptying. Hard time starting a...
The health and longevity of a person depends on health care, genetics, ecology, the state of the environment, and style of life. Each of these areas brings together many extra factors and circumstances. The human body is such a complex multi-level and multi-factorial system that so far, no system of...
Statement of Need Chlamydia and other similar infections are common problems in the US, which are usually caused by unsafe sexual activities. According to Wiesenfeld (2017), the infection is spreading at a high rate every year, and in 2015 the number of new cases was about 1.5 million. A new...
Introduction Medical state structures and commercial organizations have daily access to any personal data, including date of birth, first and last name of patients and staff, and marital status. The issue of security is particularly acute in front of medical institutions, where data such as diagnoses, research results, and medical...
Last year I secured employment with Baptist Health Centre as a therapist. The focus of the organization was to facilitate effective service delivery to the patients and the community. To minimize the possible setbacks in the institution, the management team facilitated ethical conduct in the facility units. To ensure the...
A stakeholder is anyone with interest in an organization’s value. In developing strategic plans, it is important for organizations to set objectives that are anchored on the needs of all their stakeholders. In the healthcare industry, for instance, stakeholders include physicians, nurses, front-line staff, finance, governing board, and patients. Having...
Fetal growth retardation (FGR) might be considered a pressing issue in the modern medicine framework. A plethora of scholars and practitioners are dealing with this phenomenon to a great extent nowadays. Below, a thorough discussion on the essence of fetal growth retardation will be provided. The placenta is a provisional...
The use of x-ray technology is extremely prominent in different areas of medicine. Often used to access a person’s bone structure or find potential injuries, the process has long since become a staple of hospital procedures. However, its use in dentistry is not something people discuss often. There are potential...
Place your Research Topic below: African American Children Suffering from Anxiety and Depression Place your Thesis Statement below: Depression and anxiety are common among African-American children and adolescents, but they face significant barriers to receiving care and treatment due to their age and race. Place your Follow-Up Statement/s below (be...
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) is medical nomenclature that is vital for laboratory test requests and findings. It is one of a series of recognized standards for usage in United States Federal Government systems for the digital interchange of medical patient data. The Standards Development Organization designated LOINC...
Introduction Pressure ulcers (PUs) often become a research subject, yet they continue to harm many immobile patients. PUs are considered to be an indicator of the quality of care, as they require highly efficient nursing personnel (Ebi et al., 2019). There is a need to determine how to alleviate PUs’...
Health Care in the USA The system of health care in the United States of America (USA) is among the best in the world, offering good quality at an affordable cost and embracing global technological advancements. However, the healthcare situation raises many concerns, especially regarding long-term care, mental illnesses, a...
Thalidomide was first licensed in July 1956, intended as sedative, treats many conditions. Initially it was considered safe for pregnant women. Caused significant developmental issues in babies. 1961: withdrawn after a major scandal. Thalidomide was greatly affected drug testing and approval. Birth defects if taken during pregnancy Can also be...
Overall, there are several possible ways to treat chronic paresthesia. First, it is essential to determine this disease’s specific cause and understand what should be treated. In some cases, it may be enough just to eliminate precisely the cause or several causes of this disease, and after that, paresthesia will...
The diagnosis shows that JC is suffering from Fournier’s gangrene. This is based on the patient’s systemic symptoms and physical examination, which indicates a rapid heartbeat, high fever, and blood pressure, as well as intense pain and swelling in the genital regions (Joury et al., 2019). Conversely, the differential diagnosis...
Introduction Patients with renal failure need a life-saving supportive procedure known as dialysis, which allows filtering waste from their blood, the function that their kidneys can no longer perform. It is an expensive treatment covered by the Medicare end-stage renal disease (ESRD) program, implemented in 1973 (Anumudu & Eknoyan, 2020)....
Introduction Sidra Medicine is a world-class health facility in Qatar providing medical and research services focused on women and children. The facility introduced a career development plan to increase employee proficiency and productivity as part of a probe by the Qatari nation at large to increase and competency of workers....
The first recommendation presented by IOM is transforming nursing practice (Institute of Medicine, 2011). The reform of nursing in the state of Georgia has unfolded in several directions. First of all, it is conducting scientific research in nursing. It also includes the reform of practical activities and self-management and consolidation...
Introduction Abortion has remained a legally regulated health procedure in most countries over the years given the growing concern of deaths resulting from it. Despite efforts by countries to increase the liberal abortion policies, the growing dangers of unsafe abortion have prompted greater regulation some of which are based on...
Physical status modifiers codes represent the way a patient’s physical condition affects the procedure. In other words, physical status modifiers for anesthesia describe the level of risk of the procedure taken. Hence, by using modifiers from P1 to P6, an anesthesiologist is able to include it into a formula for...
Introduction Washington University School of Medicine is a medical institution founded in1891 in St. Louis, Missouri. Since its inception, the university has accommodated students seeking a degree in medicine without the need for a joint Doctor of Philosophy or even another postgraduate degree. It also provides doctoral degrees in biology...
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that has the potential of having serious impacts and primarily affects the lungs. According to research, approximately a quarter of the population of the world is infected by TB (Harding, 2020). In other words, there are those individuals with TB bacteria; however, they are...
Introduction Pressure ulcers are a result of constantly applied pressure on a certain region of skin continuously, which creates localized erosion, tear, and necrosis of the tissue. Pressure ulcers can be categorized as a major and significant burden in both the national and global healthcare field since their implications are...
Endoscopy procedures constitute an important part of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions related to the digestive system of patients. The administration of different types of endoscopy depends on the symptoms experienced by the patient and the particularities of the condition. In particular, several customary types of endoscopy exist, including endoscopic retrograde...
Advance directives are essential for patients of various ethnicities, beliefs, and religions. In the modern world, humans should be provided with the possibility to choose the way of treatment and the person responsible for their healthcare decisions on special occasions. Advance directives, including a living will, healthcare proxy, and durable...
Any healthcare or medical achievement is characterized by certain advantages and disadvantages, and the promotion of telehealth for the vulnerable population is not an exception. On the one hand, people like the idea of having access to professional care in person at a hospital or another specialized facility. There are...
Nowadays, the most famous sins in society, regardless of religion, are pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust. They gained wide recognition due to their mention in famous literary works, for example, in the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Meanwhile, these seven vices are not simply condemned by religion...
Introduction Mothers are often worried about their newborn babies after birth. They always want to know whether their newborns are eating well, having a sufficient sleep, and hitting all their precious milestones. It is natural for mothers to become more concerned about their newborns. However, the anxiety may be out...
The rapidly changing world requires special attention to the sphere of mental healthcare since now such problems are more relevant than ever. The attention raises numerous questions regarding the effectiveness of applied tools and practices, such as relying on diagnoses in treating individuals with mental problems. Some believe that “labeling”...
Introduction Infantile amnesia is one of the phenomena that have been extensively studied for decades. Explanations have been sought with multiple empirical studies focusing either on human or nonhuman subjects. The term infantile amnesia has been defined as the condition where adults are unable to remember their early-life experiences. Much...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD) are among the most commonly diagnosed behavioral health disorders prevalent in children. Children with the oppositional defiant disorder are at risk for eventually developing other problems besides conduct disorder, including anxiety and depressive disorders (Association, 2013). The symptoms of both these conditions...
Introduction After the FDA approved the use of opioid drugs in 1995, many companies have multiplied their revenues through sales. It led to citizens becoming more and more dependent on painkillers. The narcotic properties of opioid drugs have led to the onset of an opioid epidemic since 2000, including increased...
It is undeniable that the global pandemic affected businesses worldwide. With the need for new, stricter health regulations in the workplace for a safer internal environment in the office come limitations on the number of persons of staff present. Furthermore, there is an added cost of maintaining the areas clean...
LBD is a condition that leads to the development of dementia and which predominantly affects people over the age of 50 (Taylor et al., 2020). In the United States, over 1 million patients, with higher prevalence among men when compared to women (Sanford, 2018). The etiology of LBD is the...
It seems reasonable to advocate for the pharmaceutical industry due to the following. Pharmaceuticals is one of the most high-tech and knowledge-intensive industries in the global economy, which is determined by three groups of interrelated factors. First, it is the rapid development of human sciences and a number of important...
Asthma is a disorder that causes the nasal airways to constrict and swell, as well as generate excess mucus. This results in breathing complications, leading to patients having fits of cough, wheezing while exhaling and being short of breath. In less severe cases, asthma remains at a level of relatively...
Introduction The subject of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) has seen much controversy and debate on its legality, morality and ethics in recent past. Even the definition of the term euthanasia is itself subject to debate as it is a borrowed word. The term came into use after Francis Bacon...
When entering the stage of aging, people become increasingly prone to the development of health issues. The alterations in the functioning of affected organs lead to the deterioration not only of physical functions but also of mental ones (Kurasz et al., 2020). Therefore, dementia becomes a tangible threat to aging...
None of the possible meaning of the distinction explains why the distinction should directly determine whether treatment is morally obligatory or optional. For example, a treatment that is statistically generally accepted or involves the use of low technology might be beneficial to an individual patient in specific circumstances. However, it...
In many countries, gambling is legal and associated with some economic benefits, albeit to a small percentage of the population. Gambling has become problematic, mainly with the growth of the technology that made it accessible to almost anyone with Internet-enabled devices. This activity is evidenced in communities as many people...
Smith’s (2020) doctoral dissertation is the scholarly resource about non-physician health professionals (NPP) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) chosen for this assignment. Due to the rapid increase in the aging population, the demand for nurses has skyrocketed. Governments have been trying to use nursing practitioners to ameliorate the health...
Evolutionarily, human organisms developed well-controlled regulatory mechanisms that maintain fluid balance because water is an essential medium for all biochemical reactions in the body. Indeed, specific hormones and signaling molecules, like aldosterone, cortisol, and antidiuretic hormone, are known to regulate water-salt balance in the body by promoting or stopping diuresis...
Change Healthcare industry has undergone many changes in recent years, especially in the implementation of new technologies, which proved to enhance operational efficiency and improve patient safety and satisfaction. Still, from the healthcare workers’ perspective, it is a complicated process of constant learning and adaptation of these cutting-edge innovations, which...
Summary The guest speaker’s name is Jenifer Almodovar, and she works at the Palace Garden Assisted Living facility. Her job title is Director of Activities, and she mainly engages in work with older adults who have cognitive problems. Jenifer decided to work in an assisted living facility because she has...
Robotic or robot-assisted surgery is a new technology that allows surgeons to operate with better control, precision, and flexibility. Since its introduction, it has been used for a wide range of procedures by hospitals in Europe and the United States. However, complications can occur despite the reports of surgeries’ better...
Healthcare fraud is an intentional practice of misusing the healthcare system for unlawful gains, such as billing patients for services that were never provided or performing unnecessary medical procedures. The difference between fraud and abuse is that the latter is not done intentionally, despite the fact that both incur additional...
Introduction Nowadays, several prominent nonprofit organizations seek to contribute to people’s health and quality of life. Undoubtedly, the World Health Organization (WHO) can be considered the most influential among them. Found in 1948, this entity now serves as the uniting platform for 194 Member States (Cueto et al., 2019; WHO,...
Introduction Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is technological utilization in capturing and tracking medical information from patients. As a sub-category of homecare telehealth, RPM allows mobile medical devices to collect patient-generated health data (PGHD) and forward it to healthcare workers. The technique is frequently used to help clients needing post-discharge, chronic,...
Introduction Controlled substances are illicit or prescription pharmaceuticals that are governed by the Controlled Substances Act in the United States (CSA). In response to the potential for certain medications to be abused and become addictive, the CSA was enacted as part of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act...
The incident that happened to Jessica, unfortunately, is not as rare as many believe. Nowadays, medical errors are the most common medical care defect. A medical error is a defect in the provision of medical care associated with the improper actions of medical personnel, characterized by conscientious delusion in the...
Medical terminology is as a specific language utilized by healthcare personnel to describe the components of a body, illnesses, and medical interventions. The basis of medical terminology is the Latin language, and in some cases, these words have little or nothing in common with the modern English words. Nurses, physicians,...
The coronavirus epidemic has introduced new regulations to the usual way of life and changed the attitude towards many essential things. One of them is the maintenance of personal hygiene and cleanliness of the surrounding space. It is undoubtedly a vital aspect affecting all areas of life, and hardly anyone...
Introduction In the aspect of the VPCM, prisoners are at risk under the influence of three main parameters. The lack of highly qualified personnel, limited resources – all this belongs to the “resource availability” concept. Relative risks occur when prisoners are exposed to unfavorable conditions and are increasingly suffering from...
Regardless of the place of residence, every person is exposed to various illnesses. Stern et al. (2019) suggest that due to globalization, people now more easily exchange lifestyle and dietary practices and, therefore, numerous health conditions. For example, obesity has spread and become more common in the Americas (Stern et...
The world’s population is aging, and advances in modern health care have meant that people are living longer. However, at the same time, the number of people suffering from non-communicable diseases is increasing. One of the essential tasks of today’s health care system is to preserve the older generation’s health...
Introduction Society continuously undergoes changes that change the way people live, yet there are adverse effects from some of these changes. The rate of depression and anxiety among the population continues to increase annually, putting an immense strain on healthcare systems (Kvam et al. 68). There is a need to...
Caring for a person close to you is complex and challenging, especially when suffering from a terminal illness. As a caregiver, I have to give the best support professionally and as a person who could go through the same scenario. The family I am tasked with offering support to is...
The health care system development is one of the U.S. government priorities. Despite this, it has been in a state of crisis for a remarkably long period, and even for an elementary procedure, a patient can be billed several thousand dollars. The central issue is unequal access to medical services,...
Common cold is a broad designation of upper respiratory infections, caused by more than 200 different viruses. In fact, it is one of the most widespread illnesses that exist in the world. It affects the social, economic, and political spheres of people’s lives, forcing them to miss their work and...
The parity of esteem signifies the importance of placing equal value on mental and physical health. While the concept employs several purposes, its primary function is to promote equal access to healthcare services for individuals with complex mental health needs that reflect those that are provided for individuals with physical...
Nowadays, humanity has made significant progress in the medical area. However, some aspects remain challenging to study. One of these aspects is mental disorders, which include many different diseases and syndromes. The complexity of the research of mental illnesses is formulated by the specific symptoms and the intricacy of the...
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that presents a great danger to the life of a human being, and there is currently no cure for it. It has an array of symptoms and signs that help identify this ailment, and, in turn, ease its consequences through treatment. The specific causes...
Introduction Obesity in children above the age of two is defined as the presence of excessive fat in the body. While there are no exact means of knowing if a person has extra fat in their body, their BMI defines whether or not they are obese. The BMI is founded...
Introduction Issues of clinical relevance are often not narrowly focused but instead seek to explore a set of practical measures that can make the patient’s experience better. Including one such pressing issue is the prevention of bedsores for inpatients who cannot perform physical activity. It is widely known that bedsores...
Introduction Dissatisfaction with personal appearance is an issue oftentimes met throughout all generations. With the popularization of beauty and fashion industries, humans started paying special attention to their looks and body image. Sometimes, going to the gym daily leads to increased attention towards the personal figure and the bodies of...
A cancer trial is a tool that helps medical professionals examine and trace the illness to develop its background and establish treatment methods. People who experienced cancer recidivism often strive to undergo clinical trials to enable doctors to compose a more complex picture of the illness. The procedure of the...
The Challenge The identified challenge is concerned with the limited access to preventive care services. According to a survey, only 8% of respondents get preventative care for their conditions, lowering health outcomes (Lehman, 2018). Because of this, the healthcare sphere has an inadequate capacity to improve health management at early...
Summary All of the following information was taken from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th Edition (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) unless otherwise noted. Personality Disorders Overview A personality disorder refers to an enduring, pervasive pattern of thinking, behaving, and functioning that deviates remarkably from the expectations of a person’s culture...
The OpenEMR system has three different interfaces to suit the needs of different users. The first user interface is designed for patients or clients. The clients’ UI is simple to ensure a good customers experience while using the system. It has bright colors that blend into each other to enhance...
Introduction A nursing facility is rehabilitation and a provider of medical care services while employing skilled practitioners to attend to patients. Many facilities are in-patient based, depending on the patient’s needs. In a nursing facility, medical experts, licensed nurses, therapists, pathologists, and audiologists provide essential medical services. Patients admitted to...
Depression is a clinical disorder that affects mood and mental health, involving lack of interest in any activities and permanent sadness for a long time. Many people make mistakes when they call any negative, sad feelings depression, though it is a medically recorded disorder, not just a bad mood. Nowadays,...
Model Type HMO PPO POS EPO Detailed description One of the low-cost models to meet health care needs. The price is lowered by negotiating with specific hospitals and clinics and medical staff whose care is required. The patient is required to use only a limited list of providers, because otherwise...
A Nurse Manager’s effectiveness is defined by some core factors such as the effectiveness of interactions, coherence, cooperation, and the team’s motivation level. Additionally, predicting conflicts, finding solutions, and compromising relate to the functions of an effective Nurse Manager. Although the representatives of management in the Potomac Fall Health and...
Introduction This report proposes to investigate the best ideas that should be considered when taking insurance cover. Also, in this report, the data used for the analysis is from Post Assignment-Insurance Regression. The analysis tool used for data analysis is the R-programming package. The report will be based majorly on...
The impacts of Medicare on the activity of healthcare providers are multi-faceted since the program increases the complexity of professional standards. It poses the need for employees and facilities to correspond to the established criteria to render medical services (Marmor, 2017). In other words, licensing is performed concerning minimum requirements,...
Core Personal Values Aligning with Professional Nursing Standards Back in the nineteenth century, Florence Nightingale realized that nursing should not only rely on scientific knowledge and professionals’ skills but also on specific human values (Rassin, 2008). When comparing the personal nursing values to the professional nursing standards, there is overall...
This paper aims to study why poor people are often diagnosed with late-stage cancer. The researcher used secondary sources of data and discovered the reasons as thoroughly discussed in the paper. Unemployment was the first challenge facing late diagnosis in socioeconomically deprived communities. Inadequate education was the second as many...
Introduction Being an advanced healthcare organization., the UVMC has a wide variety of advantages. However, the expanded options for interprofessional collaboration that it provides for its staff members is, perhaps, the one that deserves the greatest praise. Specifically, the UVMC has a set of programs geared toward interprofessional education and...
Introduction The number of mental health conditions in prisons has continually exceeded those of the general population. For example, Mills and Kendall (2018) explain that three-quarters of female inmates and half of the male prisoners exhibit signs of mental disorders compared to nine percent of the general population. The United...
In order to describe the four processes of the pharmacokinetic phase, one is to primarily turn to the definition of the pharmacokinetics. According to Le (2020), pharmacokinetics is essentially the drug’s movement through the body, as well as in and out of it – or, in other words, the body’s...
When working with patients, especially those with severe diseases, it is essential for the medical staff not only to relieve the person’s symptoms but also not to worsen their condition due to negligent actions or errors. Therefore, it is possible to say that the guidelines for safe patient handling are...
Mustafaoğlu Rüstem et al. wrote the article “The Negative Effects of Digital Technology Usage on Children’s Development and Health.” The researchers have assessed how technology impacts children in terms of weight and an increase in body mass. Evidence shows that children started using technological devices multiple hours a day. Video...
If implemented by medical institutions, electronic health records can prove to be very beneficial to doctors, patients, and other healthcare professionals. However, fears regarding patient records’ security and privacy may drive a lot of health facilities to utilize EMRs at a slightly lower rate. One of the major issues of...
Executive Summary Ramsay Health Care is a healthcare provider through a global network of clinics, training, and research centers. The company’s global network covers ten countries, as well as institutions in 460 localities. Ramsay was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1997 with a market capitalization of AU $...
Read Codes READ Codes are an integral component in clinical research and practice history. READ Codes designing commenced in 1986 by Dr. James Read with colleague Dr. David Markwell (Benson & Grieve, 2016). The codes were known as Read Clinical Classifications but commonly referred to as READ Codes after Dr....
Implementing an appropriate intervention strategy during the Organization Development (OD) process is crucial for the OD consultant. The selection of a particular tactic should properly address the outlined complication and produce the expected results, making this decision integral for the overall success of the OD initiative (Bierema, 2020). Therefore, potential...
Nitroglycerin Transdermal Patch – is a patch that is applied to prevent angina in people suffering from a specific heart issue called coronary artery disease or CAD. How It Works The patch is put on the skin, which allows it to release medicines named nitrates. Nitrates are able to go...
The author of the article “Decolonizing feminism: From reproductive abuse to reproductive justice” examines reproductive violence against Indigenous women in Canada. In particular, Stote ( 2017) investigates such phenomena as “forced sterilization, abusive abortions, and the promotion of birth control for population control ends” (p. 111). The author uses the...
Occupational stress is one of the most widespread problems related to the issues the employees face at the workplace. There are numerous causes of occupational stress such as occupational burnout, toxic workplace, psychological stress, and unsafe occupational environment, which may include workplace violence. Therefore, the scholars emphasize the importance of...
Introduction There are multiple ethical issues relevant to medicine that trigger controversy in social, legal, and professional domains. One of the most frequently discussed and debated bioethical issues in medicine is abortion. Abortion is of such significant concern to medical ethics because this procedure is directly related to life termination....
When discussing nutrition in toddlers and certain behavioral patterns, one of the first standpoints to pay attention to is the humanistic perspective that was primarily investigated by Carl Rogers. It appeared as a response to psychoanalysis developed by Freud, with a much bigger emphasis on creativity and self-actualization (Lally &...
Introduction In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a COVID-19 pandemic. Estimates of the effectiveness of measures taken in different countries to counter the new disease are contradictory. However, most participants in the discourse agree that the consequences of the pandemic (and the fight against it) will be...
Abstract Severe mental illness is a topic which both historically and in modern day has been viewed by the public with great discomfort. Individuals affected by such mental health issues are left misunderstood, stigmatized, and more often than not, lacking the proper treatment or care to address their problems. This...
Introduction Newborns and children under twelve months old are one of the most vulnerable populations because they cannot satisfy their needs and are dependent on their parents. Infant morbidity and mortality rely on the environment, medical compliance, maternal health, and other factors. Mothers are aware of their children’s health because...
Introduction For human beings, knowing the objects’ location and the ability to navigate have always been crucial for survival and performing the majority of activities. The acquisition, storage, utilisation, organisation, and revision of individual knowledge about the environment are closely connected with spatial cognition, a complex and multidimensional process of...
Introduction Enteral Feeding Intolerance is a term that describes vomiting or huge gastric residual volumes connected with enteral feeding caused by late gastric emptying. Existing research reveals that enteral feeding intolerance mainly affects critically ill patients in intensive care units around the globe. However, the effect of enteral feeding intolerance...
Latest advancements in transplantations of aborted fetal tissue portend an increase in demand for embryos as a resource of donor cells. Aborted fetal tissue is already being transplanted into individuals to manage health problems like diabetes and other illnesses. Such tissue has the potential to be effective in the process...
Salmonellosis is a dangerous infectious disease of the mainly gastrointestinal tract, transmitted by the oral-facial way. The pathogen of the disease is several serotypes of the bacterium genus Salmonella from the family Enterobacteriaceae. Thus, the most frequent way of infection is associated with the consumption of poor-quality food or thermally...
Nurse Manager Abdulai Koroma is the Director of Nursing at Potomac Falls Health and Rehab. He received his first BSc Econs (Hons) education at Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone in the field of economics, and a second bachelor’s degree from Shenandoah University in the field of nursing....
Introduction Heart failure is a syndrome arising from the deterioration of the heart’s pumping function, resulting in its inability to provide a regular blood supply to the entire body. There are disturbances related to the circulation of nutrients and oxygen, which lead to blood stasis. Otherwise, heart failure is called...
Bipolar disorder is a type of mental illness marked by mood fluctuations that are out of the ordinary, as well as changes in energy and capacity to operate. Unlike typical mood swings, which everyone experiences, the symptoms of bipolar illness may be quite significant. In some situations, the first signs...
Introduction It is important to note that bipolar disorder or BD is a serious mental condition that affects one’s ability to retain mental stability and well-being in a negative way. The condition has two major types and less common types. Medical experts diagnose and treat it differentially, but both involve...
Introduction Pyromania, as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is an impulse control disorder that is characterized by an abnormal obsession with setting things on fire in order to relieve tension. People with this condition find it difficult to resist the impulse or the urge...
One of the potential triggers of asthma is animals, such as cats and dogs. They can cause an attack of bronchial asthma, namely their fur, saliva, and epidermis. Dust mites are enemies for a person with bronchial asthma; they thrive in mattresses, carpets, upholstered furniture, bedding, clothing, and soft toys...
Medical care is an integral part of human life. During a visit to a doctor, a person can be very stressed about his or her health condition. However, even more, stress can be caused by the complicated payment system patients face when paying for health care services. When learning in...
At present, the privacy of personal health records (PHRs) is one of the prioritized objectives of the American healthcare system. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) describes a PHR as “an electronic record of an individual’s health information by which the individual controls access to the information”...
Introduction Amlodipine belongs to a class of medications known as calcium channel blockers. The medicine works by relaxing and broadening the blood vessels (Hernández, 2022). In the case of chest pain, also known as angina, the medicine helps widen the arteries to allow more oxygen to get to the heart....
Introduction The United States participates in a range of international health programs, in particular, and contributes financially to several global organizations, including the Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Prevention, as well as timely detection of those exhausting and life-threatening diseases, remain among essential public health issues, which actually...
All sports involve great stress on the cardiovascular, respiratory, and skeletal systems. Athletes spend a lot of resources on maintaining body tone and developing their physiological capabilities to perform regular training and achievements. In athletic sports, the principal stresses are on the cardiovascular system because sprinting or running long distances...
People in the contemporary world are exposed to various health conditions that impact their overall wellness. As such, healthcare professionals have a responsibility to ensure that patients, and society as a whole, achieve optimum health status. Fundamentally, hematologists play a significant role in addressing blood disorders, some of which can...
There are different ways of engaging grassroots organizations depending on the partnership between the leader and community groups. Two of the basic cooperation strategies include volunteering and policy analysis. Volunteer activities are significant for struggling organizations that operate on shoestring budgets (Atchison, Butler, & Damiano, 2020). As a public health...
Summary The thyroid can become hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism (Sindhu et al., 2016). Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) produces fewer hormones. Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) produces more hormones. The two distinct conditions of the thyroid have diverse manifestations. The thyroid gland produces two hormones (T3 and T4) that impact health and affect an entire...
Most parts of the world had been safe, free from any form of restrictions, and every person was allowed to socialize freely with their friends, relatives, neighbors, and even colleagues. However, this changed in 2019 when the world was fronted with a pandemic claiming the lives of people across the...
Healthcare is one of the most important spheres of society’s life. Any such large and global industry requires regulatory processes, especially from the financial side. Hence, for this, there is a healthcare economy that deals with the problems of efficiency, value, and behavior in the field of medical care. This...
End-of-life care and its elements, specific euthanasia, are associated with many ethical issues because it is not always clear whether euthanasia is necessary and whether the patient wants it. An exemplary case is the story of Terri Schiavo, a woman who had irreversible post-coma unresponsiveness. The case took seven years...
Abnormal behaviors and mental disorders can be considered social factors of influence that can impact an individual’s living conditions. In defining abnormalities, it is important to consult a highly qualified specialist who will apply criteria assessment methodologies to determine potential issues. Even though society observes abnormal behavior as an issue,...
Information literacy is critical in nursing practice, especially for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). Working with information is a complex process as it involves many different aspects, such as seeking the information, criticizing it, and further applying it within the nursing practice to achieve better patient outcomes and work effectively....
Introduction Mental disorders are illnesses that cause emotional changes, the disruption of thoughts or behavior. Distress and challenges in participating in social events are common symptoms of mental diseases. Bipolar disorder (BPD), also known as manic depression, denotes a mental disorder characterized by significant mood fluctuations and can be life-threatening...
Introduction Healthcare has always been an essential part of national and international development. The healthcare industry is complicated and comprises different sectors that facilitate the treatment of patients globally. The sectors provide medical services, manufacture medical supplies such as equipment and drugs, provide health insurance services or ease the provision...
It is now common to use the terms “health equity” and “health disparities,” but they rarely have explicit definitions. Moreover, since these terms may be ambiguous, they can be used incorrectly, leading to improper use of resources. For people involved in public care, it is essential to understand these two...
Addressing the aspects of deaf culture requires an understanding of the basics. Congenital deafness is when a person is born deaf, whereas genetic deafness refers to deafness that is genetically transmitted, which is relatively rare (Author 299). Congenital deafness is not necessarily genetic – for instance, it can result from...
Introduction Diabetes is a serious health concern for people of all ages. There are distinct epidemiology, developmental considerations, pathophysiology, and therapy between pediatric-onset diabetes and adults. Nevo-Shenker et al. (2020) observed that the incidence rate of type 1 diabetes globally is rising at a rate of 2 to 5% annually....
Huntington Hospital (HH) faced management challenges that influenced its productivity. Based on employee comments, the previous management did not trust staff members, and with a poor communication channel in the hospital, there was no cohesive working relationship. The level of trust in the hospital was low, and it translated to...
Complementary and integrative medicine, briefly CIM, is a common term for healthcare treatments that have historically been excluded from conventional medicine. As proven efficacy and safety accumulate, complementary and alternative therapies are increasingly integrated with conventional treatments (Mayo Clinic, 2020). Consequently, by lowering exhaustion, pain, and anxiety, CIM can assist...
Each year, hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide suffer from strokes, and many may endure speech difficulties as a result. Some individuals believe that those who have problems speaking also have trouble thinking. However, following a stroke, a person’s capacity to understand and interact is influenced by the section or...
Nowadays, there are many different social issues throughout the world, some of which are difficult to solve. It is formulated by the fact that the solution of these issues often is not beneficial for a certain group of people, usually for authority bodies. The reason for this is the necessity...
Vaccination is created to prevent the spread of various diseases. Child vaccination is an example of positive consumption externalities, as it not only protects the vaccinated child but also reduces the chances of the spread of infections in society (“Externality,” n.d.). Vaccination has become one of the most influential scientific...
Introduction Health economics is a crucial aspect of the health care system, even though it is a branch of economics. Health economists often assess the quality of health by determining the effectiveness of the health policies that are put in place. Therefore, good health care should be effective and efficient,...
Foa and colleagues developed Prolonged Exposure, a standardized treatment, 90-minute, weekly therapy procedure for the management of PTSD. It enables a patient to encounter safe but anxiety-inducing events and stressors to solve their overwhelming stress and paranoia and process the terrifying event, which is crucial in treating Symptom severity. Prolonged...
The existing healthcare system has a considerable disadvantage of high costs of services, and Medicare for All is a viable solution to this problem. According to Bernie Sanders, Medicare for All implies covering primary care, hospital visits, lab services, medical devices, dental and maternity care, and prescription drugs (Kliff, 2019)....
The central concept of end-to-life care is safeguarding a dying patient from possible suffering during that period of life. In addition to pain, suffering includes many problems: the inability to take care of oneself and a feeling of helplessness, guilt, and fear associated with the expectation of impending death. Moreover,...
The patient provides information about chest pain, polyuria, and sweating. The patient also notes recurrent symptoms such as blurred vision and numbness of the limbs. The possible symptoms inherent to diabetes, which the patient also mentions, are unmotivated weakness, drowsiness, persistent thirst, and dry mouth. Pain in the limbs worsens...
Introduction As they say, a master of information is a master of the situation. That is why it is challenging to overestimate the role that data plays in various spheres of human life, and the healthcare industry is not an exception. It is not a surprise that the more knowledgeable...
VR in Medicine Thirty years have passed since researchers and experimenters began applying virtual reality to medicine. During this period, they have managed to prove that VR technology is not just a speculative futuristic concept, it is capable of solving real problems. And as a result, it will bring invaluable...
The 1968 H3N2 pandemic resulted from influenza A/Hong Kong/1968 virus. The H3N2 virus contained two genes derived from the six genes from the A(H2N2) virus, associated with the 1957 H2N2 pandemic, and the avian influenza A virus. In the United States, the experience with the epidemic was unlike in any...
Today, health promotion has become more relevant than ever in addressing challenges related to public health. The adverse effects of climate change, sedentary lifestyles, financial crises, security threats, and access to unhealthy foods contribute to public health challenges (FRAC, 2017). Therefore, implementing efforts to make healthier lifestyle choices can help...
The article authored by Kuhn (2007) analyzes the use of abbreviations and acronyms in healthcare and considers it a problem and a threat to patient safety. This problem implies abbreviations similar in sound and spelling, which lead to serious medical errors. In 2004, the Joint Commission created a list prohibiting...
Abstract The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union forced organizations with the international workforce to address the challenges in recruiting, training, and creating career development opportunities. National Health Services (NHS) is an example of a UK company that highly depends on non-residential employees, and Brexit’s outcomes disrupted its HR...
Introduction Emergency responders need massive amounts of information to guide their decision-making when a crisis threatens lives and livelihoods. The decision-makers take the information promptly and with sufficient precision to accurately appraise the situation. Visual pictures and other remotely sensed data are critical for response preparation because they provide a...
Introduction In the 21st century, the world’s healthcare systems have been undergoing major transformations that stem from a variety of factors. First of all, the very understanding of medical care providers as a one-way avenue has been rendered obsolete. Today, this process is a dialogue between clinical experts and patients,...
Objectives Bullying in nursing is defined by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as “repeated, unwelcome unpleasant activities meant to humiliate, distress and insult the target. “Categories of bullying in nursing; Hazing, Horizontal hostility, Workplace incivility, Workplace incivility, Lateral violence, and relational aggression. Common bullying behaviors include; yelling, public belittling, Condescending...
Introduction The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is a highly sought-after and effective organization dedicated to providing the highest quality of healthcare services to citizens. However, it is important to emphasize that a lot of controversies have arisen around the activities and policies of this organization. Therefore, I would...
When an animal is growling in severe pain and refusing to eat, most people would say that the moral thing to do would be to kill it mercifully. Even if the lives of human beings cannot be equated to those of animals, why can we not extend this same grace...
Introduction During the 20th century, women’s health was objectivized to an extreme extent, which led to the programs of compulsory sterilization. The reasons for doing it were formulated in different ways, but their main idea was rooted in the theory of Social Darwinism (Fordham University 1997). Two of the most...
Summary Alzheimer’s is a medical condition resulting from progressive neuronal relapse in the brain. The world experiences increased pressure to combat or develop a better understanding of Alzheimer’s because more and more people continue to suffer from it as they age past fifty years. Many elderly Americans exhibit depression, apathy,...
Substance abuse can be defined as a pattern of harmful use of any substance which alters the normal functioning of the body. These drugs are either sniffed, smoked, or injected in the bloodstream. The drug addicts develop some disorders which require specialized care by specific personnel. This paper shows the...
Health data are information generated by healthcare centers relating to the condition, diagnosis, the type of treatment administered, and other patients’ definitions. In the modern world, healthcare data plays a significant role in assisting healthcare services to the general public and the prospect of disease outbreaks. Moreover, health data helps...
Digital psychiatry is a healthcare field that has come a long way in the last few years. At this time, we witnessed a rapid growth of research and commercial interest, accompanied by high hopes. About ten years have passed, but the impact on the everyday clinical practice of digital methods...
The Global Surgical Package is a range of services provided by a surgeon before, during, and after surgery. A surgeon or a group of surgeons receives payment for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative services. Doctors working in the same group and having the same specializations receive equal pay regardless of their...
Currently, diabetes mellitus is one of the most common non-communicable diseases in the world. This factor threatens the entire population of the planet. Diabetes is characterized by a long duration and slow progression. This is a chronic disease that affects how the body converts food into energy. The main cause...
