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Introduction The US is a country where healthcare spending is several times higher than in other countries with comparable income levels. In particular, costs in the healthcare industry have been increasing at a much faster rate than the rate of inflation in general. Equally important, the role of the federal...
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) restrictions mandate that health workers are obliged to determine the name of the medical practice or service that accurately specifies the assistance accomplished. In the absence of a complete and appropriate description, clinicians may use a procedure or service code that is not listed (“Unlisted...
Summary of the Disease There are some medical conditions that can be felt by most people, even on a daily basis, due to a number of causes. Typically, there is no reason to worry because eliminating the cause is easy, and after that, the symptoms disappear as well. However, in...
The article outlines a comprehensive guideline of ethical and legal matters to direct clinicians when using AANH on pediatric and adult patients. It also emphasizes the need to ensure that all AANH healthcare services are provided according to the ethical principles of autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. It also involves...
Introduction Psychopaths, as per prevalent ideas, are defective in their interpretation of social cues related to fear and anxiety. As a result, psychopathic individuals ignore indications that would normally prompt them to refrain from an offensive stance. The examination of the mental disease may incorporate a variety of characteristics, including...
The reviewed article is a mixed-methods study, which utilizes both qualitative and quantitative data in its approach. This approach is self-evident from the methodology section of the study, which describes the survey as the primary method of data collection. Surveys can be used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data....
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most prominent neurodegenerative complications, primarily affecting the individual’s motor system. There are five primary stages of disease progression, each associated with a specific variety of symptoms (“Stages of Parkinson’s,” n.d.). Stage one generally implies mild consequences, such as slight tremors in one side...
Introduction COVID-19 has been widely researched throughout and in the final stages of the first pandemic cases. The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of St. John’s University conducted a meta-analysis of the virus’ investigated characteristics and vaccine efficiency. Moreover, the viral structure was studied, along with the main mechanisms of infection...
The Trinity health center is a 150-bed, non-commercial facility situated in the heart of town that offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, and health issue mitigation services to the surrounding area’s residents. Here is a link to a recent community health needs assessment completed by the hospital only a...
The findings revealed significant information about the general understanding of the mental issues linkage with physical health among the people who do not have any professional education in the field. It was established that people are aware of such a connection, which was expected earlier. More importantly, they perceive the...
Problems that arise when the diseases become sphere cause alterations in the spinal code, causing stroke and status epilepticus. (Bohmwald et al., 2018). The paper aims to discuss some neurological alterations in detail by considering how they can be managed, aspects of nurse interventions, cultural considerations, and the patients’ teaching...
Background In the event of an epidemic, different individuals suffer differently. The prevalence and mortality rates between races have proved that some factors other than access to healthcare are involved. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the huge disparity in the African American community. While everyone is prone to the disease, medical...
About 180,000 Moldovans, encompassing over 9,000 children and around 900 expectant mothers, have been diagnosed with the coronavirus disease since the commencement of the pandemic, and over 5,000 people have died because of COVID-19. On March 7, 2020, a Moldovan female passenger returning from the Italian Republic was confirmed positive...
Traditionally, it was thought that the neurology of normal aging was characterized by significant cell loss and dendrite information is protected degradation. However, when stereological concepts were applied to flow cytometry methodologies, it was shown that considerable cell loss does not happen throughout normal aging and that alterations in dendritic...
Introduction American health care is the most expensive worldwide, and it is a widely known sad reality. The U.S.’s health expenditure is twice as high as that of any other developed country (Yanushevsky, 2021). Although the U.S. has the most expensive medical care, patient outcomes are worse than in European...
Leadership qualities are essential for all spheres of work, and the nursing sector is not an exception. Learning to be an entrepreneur can help enhance personal qualities that might be useful with work duties management. The nursing practice involves a variety of functions uniting different chains of health policies. Medical...
There may be several reasons why the cost of a meal in a hospital may have an issue with the account—starting from simple errors, including errors in amounts, price calculations, errors in the prices themselves, and ending with more severe shortcomings. These may include missed deliveries, lack of purchases, data...
Introduction Globally, tourism is one of the most affected sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the different niches in the sector, festival tourism is the most adversely affected by the pandemic, especially the measures put in place by different governments to curb the spread of the virus. Particularly in Kamloops,...
Indigenous people’s conventional foods represent a potentially new source of healthy dietary options in the contemporary world. The wild Amaranth plant resembles the soybeans in the early stages of growth. However, as the crop grows, it become taller, with purple-colored seeds producing amaranth grains, which can then be harvested (Kindscher...
In the United States, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston is one of the renowned and old healthcare facilities that have offered different services to patients for over a century. The organization is well known following its extensive involvement in medical research activities aimed at improving the quality of healthcare...
Mental health has developed into a common concept within the scientific community. Previous studies have shown that when considerations are made on public mental health, attention is given to resilience construct and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis (Kleber 1). As such, developing an understanding of the relationship between mental health...
The term “neurocognitive disorders” refers to a set of conditions in which the predominant deficiency is cognitive functioning. The American Psychiatric Association (2013) depicts those neurocognitive disorders emanate from Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s. The typical symptom for all the orders in this category is the victims’ impairment in cognitive functioning...
Introduction The coronavirus pandemic has presented two significant challenges for American society: public health and economic crises. The two are closely connected as the challenges, which the healthcare sphere has experienced, have significantly reduced the capacity of communities for economic activity and general spending. Furthermore, COVID-19 has had broader distributional...
Uti Kulintjaku is a British project that aims to work with improving Anangu’s mental health. This project is innovative and allows understanding mental disorders in the health of aborigines (Togni, 2016). Since the Torres Strait Islanders have virtually no access to medical services, unlike those who are not part of...
CUNY has attracted mixed reactions after becoming one of the latest institutions to lift its mask mandate on March 7 in a premature decision that will likely put students at risk of getting infected. In an email dated March 4, the institution’s Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez gave the directive following...
Summary District of Columbia is ranked amongst the regions with a high number of teenage pregnancies. Girls between the age of 14 and 19 are highly likely to get pregnant and later drop out of school. Although poverty is the major contributor to these pregnancies, other factors, including broken families,...
The debates about the healthcare system that would embrace all communities not depending on people’s income have raged in the USA over decades. Today, with the pandemic on the march and healthcare bills steeply increasing, the debate is as bitter as ever. Many people believe that it would be better...
Advanced practicing nurses (APNs) play a significant role in medical care in all hospital units. Indeed, they participate in treating patients with a wide range of conditions, including traumas, falls, and advanced-degree pressure ulcers. Falls and concussions are among the most common causes of visiting emergency departments (ED) among the...
Introduction The PICO is a process, a mnemonic, or technique used by nurses in evidence-based practice to address, answer or frame health care or related clinical questions. Researchers use the framework of PICO to develop and formulate literature search strategies like solution-based reviews. The acronyms used in this word have...
Commentary and Analysis Since aging is a highly complex process that occurs under the influence of many factors, it is essential to explore multiple dimensions to understand its subtleties. Bengston and Settersten (2016), in part VI of their Handbook of Theories of Aging, highlight the importance of advancing aging theories...
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...
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a viral infection passed from one person to the other through contact with the skin. More than 100 varieties of HPV exist, with about 40 being transmitted through sexual contact. HPV passed through sexual intercourse can affect the mouth, throat, and genitals (Chaturvedi et al. 265)....
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 Nurses play a critical role in improving societal health outcomes. They possess the knowledge and skills to deal with illnesses and eradicate factors leading to poor health outcomes. Nurses can also empower individuals and societies with knowledge and skills to preserve their health and well-being, reduce disease burden, and...
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...
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 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...
The article provides an in-depth discussion of nutrition and its significance in older adults. According to the article authors, nutrition is a crucial health module in older people and tends to distress the aging process (Ahmed & Haboubi, 2010). In this population, the malnutrition prevalence gradually increases and is mainly...
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...
Martha Zaraska wrote an online article for the BBC in which the author shares the results of ongoing research on the health effects of kindness. The woman is a science journalist whose work has been published in numerous journals, including the Atlantic, Discover, and others. The article was published a...
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 healthcare setting of the 21st century can be characterized by the intensifying dialogue between clinical experts and the population. More specifically, the professional community increasingly recognizes the bilateral nature of medical relations. In this regard, people must be taught the key principles of personal and public health through effective...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On the basis of the root cause analysis or RCA, which is “a systematic process for identifying “root causes” of problems or events and an approach for responding to them. RCA is based on the basic idea that effective management requires more than merely “putting out fires” for problems that...
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...
Executive Summary The data-driven decision-making process is an important process in healthcare-related management. Since data collection and integration have evolved over the past years, a comparative analysis is significant for the purposes of ensuring consistency. The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) to patient ratio provides management data subsets for workforce planning....
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...
Introduction Many patients neglect the prevention of hypertension and do not lead a healthy lifestyle. Their diagnosis remains undetected, although a visit to a doctor could have improved their condition. Moreover, millions of patients diagnosed with hypertension do not receive adequate treatment. An unbalanced diet is a cause that can...
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....
Introduction Stroke is one of the leading causes of mortality and disability among people globally. Those who survive the disease oftentimes suffer from many functional impairments and depend on individualized treatments for years (Deutschbein et al., 2020). Therefore ultimate care requires a combination of approaches, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech...
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...
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...
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...
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...
