Schizophrenia: Diagnosis and Treatment

Introduction The provided case contains sufficient information to diagnose the patient with schizophrenia. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI, n.d.), the presence of signs such as hallucinations, delusions, cognitive issues, and negative symptoms is a marker of developing schizophrenia. Based on the information given in the summary,...

Vulnerable Population Assessment: First Nations

Introduction Vulnerable populations are those individuals faced with adverse conditions such as a lack of financial resources, being homeless, and being among ethnic and racial minorities. In this case, the clients are the Aboriginal populations of Canada and Australia. According to research, despite being among the First Nations, they comprise...

The Digital Divide Regarding Electronic Health Record

Introduction Hospitals in the US and around the world have come to face enormous pressures with the onset of the global pandemic. While bigger hospitals with more room and higher budgets might be able to accommodate the increased flow of patients, the smaller facilities are likely to run low on...

Analysis of Readmission Penalties

Readmission penalties have been regarded as harsh, disputable, but still necessary measures to facilitate the progress of the American healthcare system. In 2020, 2,545 healthcare facilities under Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) had to pay readmission penalties, which was over 83% of all hospitals taking part in the program (“Map:...

Tuberculosis: Diagnostics, Prevention, and Management

Tuberculosis General Information Tuberculosis remains a serious problem for modern society. In 2017, it was estimated by World Health Organization as a leading pathology causing death from one infectious agent (Abongo et al., 2020). The disease is indeed a major factor in mortality in low-income and middle-income countries. Tuberculosis is...

The Endocannabinoid System and Treatment Solutions

Introduction The Endocannabinoid System (ECS) attracts a substantial number of scientists trying to study its effects on human systems and organs and find possible treatment solutions. Modern medicine raises questions about using external cannabinoids for the purpose of pain release, cancer cure, inflammation reduction, and smoothening epilepsy symptoms (Zou &...

Reduction of Nurse Burnout Through Group Therapy

Summary High burnout rates are detrimental to the United States healthcare system, causing major losses in both finances and lives. The most suitable approach to their reduction can play a critical part in uplifting the quality of care to the desired standards, especially considering the current increase in pressure on...

Pregnancy and Reproductive Health in Public Views

Introduction Pregnancy changes a lot in family life, emotionally, physically, and behavior, especially for pregnant women themselves. Changes also include societal attitudes towards women but may differ depending on additional factors. For example, women may receive different care depending on their financial situation. Moreover, attitudes can be influenced by ethnicity,...

Controversial Issues of COVID-19

Many people still oppose the coronavirus vaccination; they use different arguments to support their opinions. The greatest doubt among those who do not want to be vaccinated is a lack of confidence in the vaccine’s safety. Some individuals believe that virtually everyone who is vaccinated is, in fact, a test...

Transforming Biomedical Informatics and Literacy

The Internet continues to change how patients and health care professionals interact today. The Internet provides health-related information, including generally understandable symptoms, treatment options, and expected outcomes. An example of a medical website that provides patient safety information is MedlinePlus, providing general education for health consumers or a broad audience....

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment

Introduction Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is comprised of two segments, which are compulsions and obsessions. Compulsions are monotonous activities that a person tends to repeat to reduce the overall level of anxiety that may be generated through the interface of obsessions. The latter represent unwanted thoughts and doubts that affect a...

Psychological Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Introduction PTSD is a mental illness that can occur as a result of extreme trauma, such as physical, psychological, or sexual experiences. Traumatized people are more likely to acquire (PTSD), a condition in which the victim’s consciousness is dominated by the recollection of the traumatic incident, affecting their lives, mental...

Allocating Finite Resources and Social Issues

Introduction The limit of non-renewable or finite resources causes a necessity to develop a strategy for their advantageous utilization. Therefore, the problem of their proper allocation has been discussed by scientists worldwide for a long time. In addition, with the emergence of COVID-19, which only strengthened this issue, the concern...

“The Toxic Baby” Talk: Substances’ Effects on Body

TED ‘The Toxic Baby’ Many existing chemicals disrupt the functionality of the endocrine system of human beings. The human body is mainly exposed to atrazine through drinking water, which disrupts hormones in the human body. Also, it interferes with the exchange of toxic substances through the human placenta. The frogs’...

Impact of COVID-19 on Physical Activity Behavior and Well-Being of Canadians

Introduction The pandemic has changed the landscape of the public and personal life to a tremendous extent, causing a significant shift toward the meticulous attention to health-related issues. Specifically, the issues of maintaining the proper rates of physical activity and controlling the exposure to health threats require closer attention due...

Pros and Cons of Health-Related Information on the Internet

Many people today, whether providers or consumers of healthcare, often turn to the internet for medical advice. This ease of obtaining information is a mixed blessing because while there is plenty of relevant and helpful health-related information on the internet, many things may also go wrong and negatively impact health...

Data-Based Changes: Big Data Analytics

The Healthcare sector is heavily relying on the use of data to make significant changes in recent years. Data-based changes help healthcare systems to predict risks, plan for prevention, and recovery strategies to minimize losses. The use of big data and data mining enables healthcare facilities to detect infectious outbreaks...

Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Child-Centered Play Therapy

Abstract This research paper aims to conduct a theoretical review of literature on child-centered therapy. School-aged children are experiencing an increase in mental health issues that require the interventions of experts in mental health. Managing and treating mental health issues in children requires the role of clinical mental health counselors...

Vaccination and Immunization Promotion

The plan of the session COVID-19 has overwhelmed our society and divided us into confronting groups that either support vaccination or not. The virus disrupts the health of the community and presents even more threats than it might seem. So, it is necessary to know about the medical suggestions for...

Successful Institutional Food Management & Delivery Systems

Food is an integral aspect of human life because it is necessary for our survival. The art of providing cost-effective and satisfactory food and drink to a large number of people is known as Institutional Food Management, and it plays a critical role in medical care as it improves patient...

Medical Humanities’ Impact on Gun Violence

Introduction Mass shootings may be regarded as a serious complex social issue that regularly affects a considerable number of people. However, in order to minimize its scope, it is essential to understand what causes gun violence. From the medical perspective, mental health disorders are regarded as major factors that lead...

Dementia, Bladder Infection and Other Nursing Issues

Dementia Dementia represents an incurable yet preventable and manageable mental health issue. In the case under analysis, the presence of dementia must be determined by performing several key tests. Specifically, the patient’s cognitive and analytical skills will have to be assessed to determine the extent of his dementia progression. In...

Responsible Citizenship in Healthcare Administration

To analyze the phenomenon of responsible citizenship, one needs to find a coherent academic definition of it. One can analyze research articles that use the concept of “responsible citizenship” as a theoretical ground for empirical analysis. According to Gwata-Charamba (2020), responsible citizenship is characterized by strong patriotism, love of people...

Aspects of Mental Health Services

Mental health illnesses affect a large proportion of the population, yet there are still contractions in the research findings and approaches to the provision of mental health services. According to Cubeiro (2018), 25% of the population is affected by some type of mental health disease. This is a large proportion...

AHS: Course of Actions for Strategic Planning

For a healthcare organization catering specifically to the needs of a specific and rather vulnerable demographic, remaining competitive in the health sector and ensuring that all stakeholders are listened to and recognized as important in the healthcare system. As the case of AHS shows, the need for sustainable innovation should...

Pollution and Children’s Health

Pollution can be found in the air, water, soil, and chemicals, among other places. Essentially, it exists in today’s world due to all the resources and fossil fuels that are emitted. Human exposure to air pollutants is a significant public health concern because it is a leading cause of illness...

Coding for Vaccines and Procedural Terminology

As the case describes the procedure of vaccine administration, one should provide two types of codes. The first code would specify the type of vaccine administered to the patient. For the case under review, the appropriate CPT vaccine code is 90713, which stands for “poliovirus vaccine, inactivated (IPV), for subcutaneous...

Acute Bronchitis in Evidence-Based Practice

The problem statement is centered around the efficacy and plausibility of antibiotics usage for acute bronchitis. The search for evidence yields a mix of results, which is why the literature review was critical in order to derive a properly assessed and analyzed conclusion and recommendations. The quality and reliability of...

Public Health: Global Health Major

My degree aim is a Public Health Bachelor’s Degree in Arts. The profession I want to get is Health administrator or health policy or health promotion. Since I grew up in a rural community and saw what individuals face there, my desire in the future is to be able to...

Developing Your Identity and Role in Adult Nursing

The main reason why this research was done was to facilitate and maintain effective communication between patients who have cancers with their nurses. Effective communication is essential as it helps in improving the health results as well as the satisfaction that comes with the treatment (Arbour et al., 2022). This...

Health Level Seven: Value Sets, Code Systems, and Data Types

Modern healthcare programs are used worldwide to facilitate the process of information storage and transmission. The majority of hospitals use such programs to ensure the fast exchange of information, especially in emergency cases. One such technology is Health Level Seven (HL7), a standard series of predefined logical formats for packaging...

Healthy Sleep and Its Importance

Introduction Napping is a human physiological need, just like hunger or thirst. If a person is deprived of sleep, he will probably die in the end. It is not without reason that in Greek mythology, the God of Sleep, Hypnos, and the God of Death, Thanatos, were twin brothers (Barnes...

Current Procedural Terminology Coding

From a position of a medical worker, it is crucial to accurately document Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for clarity and transparency of the provided healthcare services. A proper selection of a CPT code is vital for the patient’s insurance provider and signals the sum necessary to cover the costs...

Telehealth Innovations and Their Benefits

The high degree of development of information technologies provides more opportunities for their use in various areas of human activity, especially in providing various services. Nowadays, the possibility of providing qualified medical care globally has become a reality thanks to the development of telemedicine services. Telehealth is an applied area...

COVID-19 Immunization Promotion Plan

Health Concern The purpose of this paper is to create a health promotion plan for combating the spread of possible future variants of COVID-19. Given the tendency of the coronavirus to mutate into new iterations, it is reasonable to suggest that Omicron is not the last expression of this infection....

The Action Research in Healthcare

Action research is a methodology used to identify clinical practice problems and develop potential solutions to improve the quality of care. Hockley and Stacpoole (2014) define action research as “a critical, dynamic and collaborative process where the researcher engages in spirals of planning and action, observing and reflecting with those...

Types of Anesthesia and Medical Coding

There are three large categories of anesthesia used in surgical operations, and general anesthesia is one of the most common types aside from regional and local varieties. As the term implies, general anesthesia basically presents a coma induced with the help of anesthetic medications affecting the entire body. After such...

Researching the Disease Prevention

Along with the development of new technologies and methods of patient care, modern medicine is characterized by progress in the field of prevention. The interest in this problem is connected with the fact that there was an awareness of the individual’s health as one of society’s values. It plays a...

Cancer Screening Promotion for Middle-Aged Adults

Public health is a comprehensive notion that encompasses an array of serious points of concern that pose threats to modern society’s well-being. Among the many factors that affect public health, cancer-related conditions retain one of the leading positions in terms of damage and mortality. This group of diseases includes dozens...

Type 2 Diabetes: Study Purpose, Design and Results

Purpose Maintaining glucose levels in the blood has proven to help type two diabetic patients control their situational conditions. This investigation, which went for two weeks, was to test if patients who would exercise at moderate intensities ten hours a day could reduce hyperglycemia, which also proved to play a...

Substance Use Disorder in the Context of Mental Health

Almost every day medical professionals face obstacles and challenges in their job. They should take a responsible approach to the treatment of patients and competently solve any issues. The life and prospects of the client depend on them, so each step should be considered and acknowledged. It is especially difficult...

“Yoga for Depression” Article by The Minded Institute

One can say that depression is both biological and mental Black Death of modern humanity in terms of prevalence and negative impact on global health. Scientists say that “it is the predominant mental health problem, followed by anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – as well as being the 10th leading...

Advocacy in Mental Health Counseling

Introduction In many cases, mental health conditions may impede productive communication with others. It may be complicated to stand up for personal rights and express concerns. Individual advocacy for people with mental health issues may resolve the abovementioned problems. There is a wide variety of advocacy techniques with distinct implementations,...

Importance of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience

Neuron Communication Neurons refer to specific cells designed to transmit and receive electrical or chemical signals and are what constitute the nervous system. To perform these functions, the glia cells offer support to the neurons. Neuroscientists compare neurons to electrical wires since they have the same purpose of transferring signals...

Unpatented Pharmaceuticals for American Public

Introduction The pharmaceutical industry is greatly influenced by the registration of intellectual property rights for a product that has been manufactured. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office grants a patent for a drug after receiving a complete set of documents proving the ownership and exclusivity of the production, which has...

Followership and Leadership in Healthcare

Abstract This paper aims to identify patterns of the followership styles and their relation to the leadership styles with a particular emphasis on the healthcare sector. The analysis is based on a review of scholarly articles on the interaction between followership and leadership in healthcare. The results reveal that there...

Is Lying to Patients Against Medical Ethics?

The article by Shelly Schwartz provides a detailed examination of possible cases in which lying to patients is considered normal or accepted. The author focuses on instances where lying to the patient is a part of the support needed to soften the bad news or provide comfort in a stressful...

“First, Do No Harm”: Tread Carefully Where Oral History

In long-term crises like Covid-19, Jennifer Cramer (2020) asserts that changes in oral history fieldwork in inevitable. Therefore, before engaging in any activity that might result in more harm, Jennifer shows that following the law might be the one thing that prevents or minimizes the effects of an ongoing crisis....

Malaria: Epidemiology and Burden of a Microbe

Introduction The name of the disease (Malaria) may be simple but its implications are not, especially its economic burden. Children under the age of 5 are more vulnerable. The malaria causing parasite called plasmodium was first discovered by Alphonse Laveran in 1880 in Constantine, a military hospital in Algeria. Sir...

Telehealth in the Pandemic: Benefits & Limitations

Telehealth has revolutionized healthcare across the globe, with patients having the opportunity to interact with their providers online using technology. The COVID-19 pandemic further hastened the uptake of telehealth with the introduction of regulations requiring social distancing and isolation for all. As a result, more people began to opt for...

Global Women’s Health and Rights

Introduction It is essential to ensure a woman’s general and medical rights. That is, Global Women’s Health and Rights, along with women’s right to education, freedom of movement, and fair wages, also have rights concerning their health. For example, women have the right to make decisions about their bodies and...

Hunger and Satiety: Regulating Factors

Food ingestion and digestion are essential functions of the organism, and many factors regulate hunger and satiety. The associated processes result from the interplay between the human brain and the gastrointestinal tract, or GIT for short. Researchers believe that various gastrointestinal mechanisms, namely motilin release and gastric accommodation, are key...

Reproductive Health and Abortion Practices in Fiji

Introduction The legalization of abortion has always been a difficult and contentious topic of discussion, both in the academic field and politics. In a large number of countries, abortion is made legal and is paid for by the government or other associated agencies (Grossman et al., 2016). In Pacific Island...

Decision Making in Triage During Covid-19

Introduction Nowadays, our modern world is in an unstable situation when difficult and wise decisions must be made in a short period. Solutions considered by European, Asian, and the USA governments and Ministries of Health care are on the verge of the most important world concerns, affecting almost the globe’s...

Advantages of Computer Technology in Healthcare

Before the utilization of computer technology within healthcare, several issues were prevalent and directly impeded the quality of patient care. Records were organized in non-universal and non-permanent structures and were not always easily accessed. Similarly, individuals in remote locations had little access to medical consultation and treatment. Patients with ongoing...

Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations

The theory of interpersonal relations is a middle-range descriptive classification theory introduced by Hildegard Peplau in the middle of the 20th century. The essence of this theory is the creation of experiences between a nurse and a patient to avoid passively receiving treatment (Hagerty et al., 2017). There are four...

The Importance of In-Team Communication in Primary and Emergency Healthcare

Interprofessional cooperation and collaboration are some of the key instruments of providing high-quality medical services. It ensures the safety of both doctors and patients and facilitates the job of healthcare providers at all levels and settings (Reeves et al., 2107). The quality of the communication between the medical personnel, as...

Job Dissatisfaction and Burnout of Nurses

Qualitive Research Dall’Ora, C., Ball, J., Reinius, M., & Griffiths, P. (2020). Burnout in nursing: A theoretical review. Human resources for health, 18(1), pp. 1-17. Web. Primarily, this study is quantitative since it analyzes specialized literature and scientific research. The research question posed by the writers directly concerns the relationship...

Trauma-Addictions and Mental Health

Summary Trauma refers to a situation where an individual responds emotionally to a gruesome event such as a natural disaster, rape, and accident. According to Magruder et al. (2017), immediately after a traumatic incident, most individuals are usually in denial and shock. Studies demonstrate that there exists a strong connection...

Aging as an Important Biological Problem

Aging is an important biological problem for in-depth study, the stimulation of which is accompanied by the human desire to solve an eternal existential crisis. Aging, in general, is an integral part of any living system, but research into the mechanisms and algorithms that determine age and contribute to this...

Health Status of Hispanic Americans

The US is populated by numerous ethnic groups, including non-Hispanic whites, Alaskan Natives, Asian and African Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Hispanics. The present essay focuses on the health status of Hispanic Americans. Hispanics make up 18.7 percent of the American population, accounting for slightly more than 62 million people (Jensen...

Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

Introduction Hypertension is a serious condition because the patient may not feel the symptoms of this condition until it develops into a severe state. However, once the symptoms develop, they can affect other vital systems and organs. Hypertension is also referred to as high blood pressure, is a condition in...

How to Promote Social Justice in Nursing

Introduction Since hospitals are social institutions, nurses must be aware of social justice issues affecting their society and places of work. One specific topic of social justice that influences nursing is inequality in healthcare access. The American Nurses Association (ANA) has created a code of ethics to guide nurses into...

Researching of Health Communication

Health communication is the study and practice focused on spreading promotional health information to improve the population’s health by influencing personal health choices. The efficiency of health communication is one of the most important points for the healthcare system because it determines the overall state of the healthcare system and...

“Language of Deafness” by Duncan & O’Neill

Deafness is a common disability where the affected person cannot hear. In some cases, a deaf person might lack the ability to hear but still be able speak. However, some experience difficulty in both speaking and hearing and they are commonly referred to as deaf-mute people. In many cases, deaf...

Nursing Work Environment and Redundant Functions

Introduction In the contemporary world, situations when some workers are forced to fulfill functions, which are not their direct responsibilities, are a widespread issue. In the nursing work environment, there are tasks that many nurses have to do, despite the fact that other, less-paid employees should do them. This paper...

Social Justice and Barriers in Healthcare

Introduction One of the most important social justice topics that relates not only to nursing in particular but to healthcare in general, is affordable healthcare. Around half of the US adults report problems paying for dental care and out-of-pocket costs for medical care not covered by insurance (Kearney et al.,...

Analysis of Implicit Bias in Healthcare

Results of the Tests Young vs. Old People European Americans vs. Asian Americans Choice Explanation The two implicit bias tests that I chose to complete our the Asian IAT and Age IAT. I selected them because I have previously noticed that I have some thoughts towards Asian Americans and elderly...

Accreditation, Regulation, and Certification in the Healthcare Field

In medical practice, it is essential to follow numerous protocols and standards to warrant a perfect environment for patients’ sustainable recovery and remedy. The standard of care for healthcare workers is the degree of care expected of them. It’s a legal term that describes how much care a patient receives....

Healthcare Settings: Financial Challenges

Hospitals face a variety of financial challenges as the most utilized of health care settings. In recent years, exterior factors have caused hospitals to experience less frequent admission rates, length of stay, financial backing for the increased prices of certain procedures, and bad debt losses (Gapenski & Reiter, 2016). This...

Patient Consent in Healthcare Diagnostics

Case Jim is a 34-year-old man who is well-known to the community health centre that he and his family have attended for several years. He is married and has two young children. His wife is eight months pregnant. He is a computer salesman and spends much time away from home...

Poor Housing Conditions and Health of Maori Children

Introduction Overcrowding and poor housing among the Maori people in New Zealand have resulted in health complications. For instance, overcrowding enhances the swift spread of diseases when there is an outbreak. Tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases spread fast in crowded places than in-scattered places. The Maori people are the victims...

Nursing Homes: Identifying the Issues

Introduction Even if it only included expanding an existing well-structured and functional long-term care system, expanding the nation’s ability to meet the increases in long-term care demands would pose planning, management, and resource allocation difficulties. The theory-driven LOCK framework could arguably benefit in addressing the two largest issues with modern...

Traditional Public-Health Prevention Model

Summary Nowadays, the treatment of many common diseases is believed to be influenced by prevention. It is generally much easier to allocate resources toward the implementation of various properly functioning mechanisms that ensure that people do not get the disease in the first place. Therefore, new approaches have been developed...

Sports Medicine and Inherent Ethical Issues

Introduction The sphere of medicine is an essential part of the sports industry since, to a considerable extent, it influences the careers of athletes. The majority of sports activities are characterized by the high probability of receiving injuries and traumas. As a result, physicians and other doctors play a major...

Dental Care: Problems and Perspectives

Bridging the Gap in Affordability of Dental Services Nowadays, the gap between the poor, healthcare-deficient populace and the affluent, who can afford proper, regular dental care, has significantly increased. The growth of inflation has led to a rise in the costs of dental services, significantly reducing the number of people...

Mental Health Treatment Evolution Since the 1400s

Recent research has devoted much effort to exploring mental health treatment as it has been one of the thorniest issues throughout time. Still, the healing of mental problems and the attitude towards it has undergone fundamental changes from the 1400s until now. Even though it is hardly possible to remove...

Methods to Boost Metabolism

The topics of weight loss and boosting the organism’s metabolic processes involve multiple myths about questionable eating and physical activity patterns widely believed to increase metabolic rates in overweight or obese individuals. Apart from questionable practices, such as fasting or cutting one’s caloric consumption drastically, there are methods backed up...

Medication Administration: Failure Mode Effect Analysis

Medical procedures are sensitive processes bearing many unintended and avoidable errors. One such error is poor medication management which may lead to medication shortage for patients, further worsening their state. As a preventable error, medication shortage can be addressed following effective documentation of the acquisition, delivery, and availability of drugs...

Medical Management and Communication of Neurological Alterations

Introduction Close to 100 million people living in the United States are impacted by at least one out of the several existing neurological disorders (Han et al., 2020). This study focuses on describing and discussing the medical management, communication or teaching for patients and families, cultural considerations, and the relevant...

Schizophrenia: A Comprehensive Explanation

Schizophrenia is a major therapeutic issue nowadays because it is one of the most problematic mental illnesses known to modern psychiatry. Its most common symptoms include visual and audial hallucinations, delusions, inability to organize the thinking process and express emotional reactions adequately. Moreover, patients with schizophrenia often have social disfunction...

Analysis of a Clinical SOAP Note

Subjective The patient expresses persistent stressing or nervousness over various regions that are messed up regarding the effect of the occasions. He answers for all conceivable, most pessimistic scenario results. He perceives circumstances and experiences as undermining, in any event, when they are not. He has difficulty dealing with vulnerability...

Nursing Practice: The Main Components

Quality and Safety Within the field of nursing and nurse education, quality of care and patient safety are components that are essential to the practice. Within medical fields, quality can be assessed by relating it to standards of care that have been set prior. Essentially, the degree to which health...

Therapeutic Interventions for the Older Adult With Depression and Dementia

Introduction The current paper is dedicated to the research related to the case of Martin, an older adult who faces a variety of challenges in his life. Martin was diagnosed with a mild form of dementia which causes him to forget certain important events. Due to his condition, he was...

Scoliosis: Causes, Effects, Prevention and Treatment

Introduction In the context of present-day public health concerns, the issues of posture are often overlooked. However, while the shift in the focus of health management is understandable given the greater threat, addressing musculoskeletal concerns is also necessary. Due to the effects that abnormal spine curvature and the associated issues...

Telemedicine and Informatics in Nursing

Introduction Telehealth is using communication and digital technologies such as mobile devices and computers to access health care services. The technologies can be used from the office or at home, and it keeps an individual in constant touch with medical practitioners. Telemedicine is a mode in which medical care is...

Medicine Is Not a Genetic Supermarket

Together with the development of society, medicine also develops, but some people are not ready to accept everything that science creates. There is an opinion that any intervention in human life to improve it is considered genocide concerning any social group. There are some people disagreeing with this view, however,...

Obesity: Causes, Consequences, and Care

This week I have been working on a project that analyzes the relationship between obesity and other diseases. In this regard, Hauner (2016) maintains that nowadays, an increasing number of people suffer from having excess weight. The author argues that the main reason behind such a trend is the lifestyle...

The Role of Patient Education and Lifestyle Changes

Healthy Diet One of the main causes of obesity is the imbalance between energy consumption and energy expenditure (Webb et al., 2017). Therefore, diet, as the primary way of receiving energy is to be addressed first. One of the most effective interventions is a prescription of a personalized diet, as...

Counselor’s Professional and Ethical Responsibilities

Professional and Ethical Responsibilities are the responsibilities of the counselor to follow generally accepted ethical and behavioral standards of conduct and continuing professional development. In other words, these are guidelines and general criteria that determine the behavior of a person depending on his profession. It can also be defined as...

Quantitative and Qualitative Nursing Research

In nursing research, qualitative methods aim for understanding, interpreting, and describing various phenomena. Beliefs, opinions, feelings, emotions, and contexts compose the research focus, while data is collected as felt by the respondents or a researcher (Kalu, 2017). Compared to the qualitative methods, quantitative research seeks to build and explore causal...

The Population-Health Oriented Policies

High-quality medical care is an essential aspect of preserving the well-being and health of society. For the most effective flow of this process, companies must apply specific policies focused on the population. Their implementation can be a significant advantage with the correct and detailed planning of activities. Thus, the purpose...

Infant Understanding of the World

The first social manifestations of a newborn child are associated with physiological needs (food, drink, thermal comfort, movement, absence of pain, comfortable body position). The human brain begins to learn, explore and adapt to the world around it while still in the womb. With the help of modern technology, scientists...

Eating Disorders: “Out of Control?” by Claes et al.

Study summary A study was carried out to investigate variations between restrictive and bingeing/ purging eating disorders. Claes et al. (2012) assessed the two types of inhibition, executive and reactive inhibition, using personality and neuropsychological examinations. Executive adaptations are top-down approaches that help a person gain control of their eating...

Diagnosing Dissociative Identity Disorder

Introduction This research paper aims to investigate Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), focusing on its central concepts and the diagnosis stage. The trauma-induced condition includes personality dissociation, memory and consciousness issues, as well as behavior oriented against the root of the patient’s trauma. Management of the symptoms requires regular therapy sessions...

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Human Well-Being

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced and altered many people’s lives, and mine is no exception. During this period, people had to adjust to social isolation and learn to communicate with each other at a distance. However, those who were sick with COVID demonstrated positive health outcomes when they were engaged...

The US and the UK Health Systems

Introduction This research paper is aimed at a comprehensive and detailed study of two health systems – in the USA and the UK. Moreover, this work explores both the pros and cons of each of the systems. In addition, the paper provides concepts regarding the introduction of new and relevant...

Naturopathy: License, Regulation, and Usefulness

Introduction The principle of wholeness is a medical approach that treats the human being as an organism with interconnected parts, with all its problems requiring a holistic approach. Naturopathy is an example of such an approach that explores and uses the natural sources of human health: herbs, yoga, meditation, a...

Obesity Prevention Policy Making in Texas

Obesity Prevention Policy State healthcare policy in Texas consists of and is based on laws and regulations regarding the proper functioning of the state healthcare system. As part of an effective health care system, state citizens receive medical services to diagnose, treat, and prevent various diseases. The healthcare system may...

Doing Bedside Shift Reports in Nursing

Doing bedside shift reports (BSR) is beneficial for both patients and nurses. This practice not only improves the quality of nursing care at the intensive care unit (ICU), ensures patient safety, and prevents adverse effects but also increases nurses’ satisfaction and, as a result, their overall performance (Dorvil, 2018). According...

Healthcare Delivery Systems in Different Countries

Introduction The provision of qualified and timely medical care is one of the most important aspects of a person’s life. The American healthcare system is often subjected to criticism and proposals for reform. To do this, it is proposed to take into account the experience of foreign countries. This is...

Telehealth Adoption: Key Adoption Factors

Telehealth is widely considered to be a revolutionary approach to healthcare services provision. However, it is not as popular as it possibly could, considering its role in improving accessibility and responsiveness. At the same time, businesses have switched to virtual communication as soon as it became available to the public....

The Culture of an Open Attitude in Healthcare

Open attitude and cultural competence Apart from promoting the culture of learning and enhancing patient-nurse understanding, an open attitude plays a crucial role in the efficiency of care delivery. Being able to relate well with patients and colleagues of diverse backgrounds without being judgmental provides a respectful work environment with...

The History of Behavioral Health

Introduction The behavioral health of people has changed over the years under the influence of various events. It is determined by how everyday cognitive habits change people’s lifestyle, well-being, and biological processes (Matarazzo, 1980). The balance between physical and mental well-being is an indicator of good behavioral health. Bad habits,...

Schizophrenia. Abnormal Psychology

In the assigned video, Cecilia McGough, a mental health activist, shares her perspective on schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) and her own experiences with hallucinations. The presentation covers a number of critical topics, including stigmatization and learning to imitate normal behaviors. The paper’s purpose involves responding to the video by comparing...

Importance of Mental Health Policy

Mental health is a problem that affects a significant percentage of the global population. Various factors such as childhood abuse, poverty, stigma and discrimination, unemployment, and long-term stress contribute to mental health conditions. The government develops a mental health policy to address the issue by defining the vision, objectives, principles,...

The Effect of Mental Health Programs on Students Academic Performance

Introduction Mental health is an essential aspect of every individual as it affects how they behave, control their emotions, and think. It influences productivity, academics, and interpersonal relationships among people. In this historical time, the Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected the psychological health of many individuals globally, even the learners...

Incarceration and Mental Illness

Mental health problems and their relation to prisoners and incarceration slowly became more evident in the last two decades. In an article on incarceration being ineffective in prisoners’ cases that involve mental health problems, Wagner (2000) emphasized how prisons cost more to build for the government and are less effective...

Global Issues in Healthcare: Cultural Competence and Patient Safety

Introduction. Domestic Issues Domestic Issues’ Impact on U.S. HCM Within the framework of domestic issues’ impact on US HCM, the following supporting systems are affected to the greatest extent: Global Issues Global Issues’ Impact on U.S. HCM U.S. Biggest Issues Social Media Effects Social media impacts: Social media also impacts:...

Group Typology: Interdisciplinary Team

A treatment group or a task group can be used to provide patients with the required assistance. Regarding Paula Cortez, she has multiple health conditions that can adversely affect her pregnancy, meaning that numerous healthcare providers are involved in working with her (Walden University, n.d.). That is why a treatment...

Explaining Self-Care to Patient in Nursing Practice

Several actions can be taken for a client to understand the elements of self-care. These include clear verbal communication, ensuring the comprehension of the instructions, being creative by using illustrations, clarifying, and questioning the clients. Clear communication is always the first action taken, and it involves explaining the matters to...

Euthanasia in Nursing Practice

Introduction Nursing is inevitably related to ethical dilemmas, and thus the behavior and decision-making of medical personnel vary drastically in each patient’s case. Euthanasia is “is a practice in which a person who is suffering from a painful and incurable disease or debilitating physical disorder, is put to death after...

Being a Nurse in the 21st Century: Risks and Challenges

Depending on specialty and location, nursing staff turnover is one of the most serious problems of the profession. Nurses are changing careers due to the risks and problems they encounter at the workplace. This short paper aims to discuss specific challenges and risks that they experience in the work environments....

International Classification of Functioning in Healthcare

Introduction Disability is an omnipresent phenomenon in healthcare that embodies an array of conditions that limits one’s functioning. Due to the need of modern health care communities and societies to conceptualize disability in order to find methods of properly meeting the needs of people with disabilities, models of disability are...

Act Liability for Price-Fixing of Generic Drugs

The United States Department of Justice reported that Apotex Corporation, among other drug manufacturers, paid over $400 to settle violations of the False Claims Act, characterized by increasing and maintaining high prices for generic drugs (Office of Public Affairs, 2021). Apotex increased the price of its generic drug, pravastatin while...

U.S. Navy Injuries and Complications

Introduction The health status of military personnel is a priority of various branches. It is measured through a variety of tests, which determine suitability for service. The regularity of such assessments ensures employees’ proper conditions, and it is widely examined by scholars (Sargent, Gebruers, & O’Mahony, 2017). However, the situation...

The Impact of a Regular Sleep Schedule on Responsibility

A sense of responsibility can help people achieve their goals in any area of life. Compliance enables individuals to create their own values and take the reins of life into their own hands. At the same time, responsible persons are more trusted and, as a consequence, they are sooner to...

Ineffective COVID-19 Vaccination in Afro-Americans

Introduction The U.S. government and the healthcare department need to understand African Americans’ history with the U.S. healthcare sector to ploy better intervention strategies. Many Blacks lack trust in the U.S. medical unit due to its past encounters with the race, especially during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Tuskegee...

Global Pandemic of COVID-19 From an Epidemiological Perspective

In 2020, humanity faced one of the most dangerous threats as SARS-CoV-2 spread worldwide, causing the pandemic with victims, national lockdowns, and continuous uncertainty. In the United States alone, more than 33 million cases of COVID-19 led to 598 thousand of deaths (CDC, 2021a). The healthcare crisis forced the nation...

Analyzing Errors in Healthcare

I work at clinics and medical offices where we focus on diagnosing and treating outpatients. The primary goal of this facility is to offer preventative care and other essential diagnoses at the convenience of a patient. The quality metric that our clinics focus on and monitor is analyzing errors. As...

Patient-Centered Care Approach

Summary Over the decades, the evolution of human society rendered prominent ideologies regarding care among elders. One of the significant challenges posed involves the quality of attention by nurses in care homes in Canada. On the one hand, the institution provides a solution for the handling of senior citizens. On...

The Immune System Fighting Off COVID-19

Introduction In the article “How the body’s immune system tries to fight off COVID-19”, Healey (2022) discusses which processes happen in human bodies that naturally help them to fight against various threats, including coronavirus. In this regard, the author argues that each individual has three defense layers, namely skin, B...

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Application in Qatar

The study aimed at analyzing the public’s attitude towards EHTERAZ using a mixed-method approach. Mixed method research is a study that employs both qualitative and quantitative methods to answer the research questions (Anguera et al., 2018). Researchers utilize mixed-method approaches to validate qualitative findings using quantitative methods, explore quantitative results,...

Root Cause Analysis at Downtown Medical

The Root Cause Analysis (RCA) team consists of the nurse manager, the director of the pharmacy, and the facilitator. These experts can use their knowledge of administering medication procedures, electronic documentation, medicine ingredients, and the components of identifying the errors’ root causes. The effective collaboration between the nurse manager who...

Families’ Suffering When a Medical Error Occurs

Introduction The two movies, A Closer Look at A Medication Error and Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm, illustrate families’ suffering when a medical error occurs to a close family member. For several years, I have regarded hospitals as a safe places where people get their health restored....

Unwarranted Clinical Variations and Manifestations

Unwarranted clinical variations and their manifestations are an evolving area of research in the medical field of study. According to Sutherland and Levesque (2019), clinical variations are present across different health care settings, including “diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing practices” (p. 688). This discussion post will consider the framework proposed by...

Analysis of Limited Access to Healthcare

Introduction It is important to note that while the quality of healthcare service is critical, its accessibility is as relevant. Therefore, the emphasis of the paper will be put on addressing and assessing the problem of interest by analyzing its critical elements, considering and studying various solutions alongside their ethical...

Social Distribution of Illness in the United States

Introduction Health and illness sociology is a discipline that scrutinizes the interactions between society and health. The main objective that sociology seeks to achieve is to determine how people’s social life affects mortality rate and morbidity and vice versa. The difference between this sociology and medical sociology is that branches...

The Coronary Artery Disease: Nursing Intervention

Coronary artery disease, or coronary heart disease, is one of the most common and preventable diseases in the United States. Despite this, it remains as the cause of many deaths in recent years. The disease itself causes thickening and narrowing of the coronary arteries which then interferes with the movement...

Childhood Obesity: Quantitative Annotated Bibliography

Childhood obesity is a problem that stands especially acute today, in the era of consumerism. Children now have immense access to Internet where they are enraptured by bright and colorful advertising. The problem of obesity is hot topic for research, and there are many scientific articles that review various aspects...

Healthcare Programs in Wyandotte County

Health Inputs Highlighted in the Case The key inputs to health highlighted in this case study include the different programs that Wyandotte County has implemented to prevent or reduce untimely death. One of these projects is the County’s 20-20-20 challenge, aiming to lengthen sidewalks, bikeways, and trails by 20 miles...

Discussion of Cardiac Rehab Aspects

Coronary artery disease is a type of disease during which the plaque accumulates in the blood vessels, restricting blood flow to the heart. This is due to the combined impact of risk factors, as well as the consequences of age. Patients with CHD were more likely to engage in unhealthy...

The Concept of Social Justice in Nursing

The Impact of Social Justice on Health Care Social justice in nursing relates to human rights and equality in the nursing practice. It aims to address inequalities arising from race, gender, age, religion, and other aspects of social injustice. Therefore, social justice in health care results in delivering high-quality care...

Autism: Diagnostics and Treatment

Introduction Autism is, perhaps, one of the most broadly known mental health issues. However, unsurprisingly, it is often poorly represented due to the presence of multiple myths regarding autism. Moreover, the lack of awareness concerning the phenomenon of autism may lead to a failure to notice the presence of an...

Affordable Healthcare Approach and Best Strategies

Affordable healthcare is an essential theme for the United States, as healthcare prices are usually high. According to the study of Skinner and Chandra (2016), they can differ by a factor of 4 in the same city. For that reason, I suppose that the main problem for healthcare is a...

Nursing Informatics and the Nurse Informaticist

Summary Nursing informatics is the profession and science of using nursing knowledge, information, and communication technology to improve the health of communities, individuals, and families around the world. Within the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI), the nursing informatics community provides numerous opportunities for networking, conference presentations, leadership, recognition, and certification...

Nurses in Policy-Making

In addition to the immediate treatment and diagnostics assistance, nurses are rightfully admitted into the circle of policy-making. First, the 21st century demonstrates an increase in public health work as the dialogue between medical experts and communities grows in scope and scale. According to Wichaikhum et al. (2019), the development...

Obesity and How It Can Cause Chronic Diseases

Introduction Nowadays, obesity represents a considerable public health issue due to changes in people’s lifestyles. Numerous studies support the idea that obesity is associated with increased cardiovascular diseases and cancer risks. The measures to prevent weight gain qualified as unfavorable is considered a high priority by public policies. The modifications...

Disaster Recovery Plan for the Vila Health Community

Mobilizing Collaborative Partners To develop a disaster recovery plan, it is important to mobilize partners who will collaborate for the purpose of establishing the best scenario possible. After involving a multidisciplinary team, the training on disaster recovery best practices will be implemented, keeping everyone up-to-date during weekly meetings. Practitioners and...

An Overall Wellness Improvement Plan for Officers

Introduction A soldier’s job is demanding and stressful and is associated with higher mental and physical health risks than many other occupations. Multiple studies have demonstrated that when law enforcement officers’ health issues are neglected, their decision-making abilities, job performance, and general effectiveness are severely impaired. From this perspective, an...

Passive Smoking and Pancreatic Cancer in Women

Introduction Pancreatic cancer has been known to result from active smoking, but the role passive smoking plays in the development of pancreatic carcinogenesis is not clear. Cigarette smoking has been identified by many studies as the main risk factor for this disease. According to Bao et al. (2009), smokers have...

Computerized Medical Records: Pros and Cons

Globally, healthcare institutions have rapidly started to adopt electronic health records systems as a substitute for paper-based documentation. The computerization of data is not a novel concept, yet it still manages to gather much attention due to the controversies surrounding the process of digitizing information collection and storage. As with...

Impact of ADHD on Students

Introduction: Characteristics Associated with ADHD ADHD is an abbreviation for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. A person suffering from ADHD experiences challenges in managing high levels of energy, controlling impulses, and maintaining attention. An ADHD patient can rarely sit still even for a few minutes. He or she may become distracted...

The EMR Implementation in the Eye Clinic “Gloria”

Introduction The eye clinic “Gloria” has recently opened in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and wants to implement electronic medical records to facilitate the working processes. The clinic’s main activity refers to diagnosing and treating the diseases of the visual organs caused by age-related changes or pathology. Since there are not many eye...

Aging Process in the United States and Russia

Summary Currently, there is a trend around the world for a steady increase in life expectancy, as well as an aging population. These factors are especially relevant for developed industrial and post-industrial countries, including the United States and Russia. In these countries, an increase in life expectancy has been observed...

Telehealth: Goals and Advantages

Telehealth refers to the use of technology in delivering healthcare services at a distance. It entails the use of computers in carrying out medical visits and remotely monitoring the patient’s vital signs. Telehealth also offers training and education the medical professionals. The three examples of telehealth currently used in the...

Reasons for High and Low Levels of Aspartate Aminotransferase

One of the most important liver enzymes is the aspartate aminotransferase (AST); however, sometimes, its indexes exceed the normal state. Therefore, doctors need to understand possible reasons for it. The first and the most obvious reason for an elevated AST level is liver injury. This ferment provides the transamination reaction,...

Treatment After Surgery on Abdominal Organs

Effect of chewing gum on bowel motility in post operative patients following abdominal surgery: A clinical outcome based study One of the problems in the treatment of patients after surgery on the abdominal organs is the restoration of intestinal peristalsis. Violation of intestinal motility in the early postoperative period is...

Vulnerable Population: Safety Concerns

The vulnerable population refers to the disadvantaged subsegments in society that need specific healthcare consideration. In the healthcare industry, safety concerns for vulnerable people result in better healthcare services. Technology implementation works together with the safety concerns for a sustainable healthcare environment. Therefore, the essay will focus on the six-safety...

The Upper Respiratory Infections Treatment Methods

Each person has experienced upper respiratory disease (URI), which is a contagious infection of the upper respiratory tract. Common cold is the most well-known URI; however, there are some more critical requiring extra powerful medication. The following paper will include a comparison of several articles on the methods of upper...