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Galen’s works present one of the most prominent contributions to the development of modern medicine. Following the path outlined by Plato and Aristotle, Galen significantly influenced the direction of medical science development. Even though Galen supported an ultimately false humoral theory about the four senses of humor in the human...
The current healthcare system is plagued by economic challenges highlighted by increased spending. The economic challenges facing healthcare include a lack of price transparency, and adequate payment model, and monopoly power imposing substantial price hikes on medical products and services. As patients assume more significant financial responsibility for their healthcare...
The principles of healthy eating are the aspects discussed not only in the narrow professional environment of nutritionists but also among ordinary people since this topic affects everyone. Particular attention is paid to the nuances of child nutrition because the problems of obesity and related chronic problems at an early...
This work reflects on the earlier written projects on the topic of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV was once such a devastating illness that it was deemed a worldwide endemic. The works cover the issues of the impact of HIV on society, the fight against it, as well as statistical data...
Various socio-economic, health-related, biological, and behavioral factors may cause childhood obesity. They include unhealthy diet, insufficient physical activity and sleep, genetic predisposition, family lifestyle and eating habits, the use of certain medications, and the presence of certain diseases (for instance, Cushing disease) (Mayo Clinic, 2020). Moreover, a child’s psychological and...
Introduction HIV infection is a slowly progressive infectious disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. This disease is characterized by damage to the immune and nervous systems, with the subsequent development of concurrent infections and neoplasms leading an HIV-infected person to death (Saag, 2021). The rapid spread of HIV among...
The patient has issues with remaining at the dining table during meals. Leaving means that Mr. Smith is communicating that he is not comfortable with the food due to heartburn which is often associated with people who have dysphagia. His stomach acid may be remaining in his throat, making him...
Term Abbreviation Meaning Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act HIPAA A set of regulations for the health industry, particularly emphasizing privacy of patient information and data sharing In-network INN A provider is contracted with the specific insurance provider used by the patient Out of network OON The provider does not...
The healthcare sector faces continuous reforms to deliver effective, safe, and high-quality care. Driving these changes calls for effective leadership at all levels of the health system to actualize the objectives of the reforms. Leadership in the health care system creates peculiar challenges since it is spread across clinical and...
Introduction Field study of global health is involved in health promotion and ensuring equality in providing medical care to all. Global health involves prevention measures of illnesses, determinants of health, and transitional health issues. The field has many career opportunities, and I am mostly interested in the physician career; the...
Advance directives give much-needed assurance and peace of mind by allowing individuals to make decisions about their healthcare in advance. They also offer some security to healthcare practitioners who may face family members with opposing viewpoints on what is best for their relatives. The most morally troubling situations are directives...
The discovery of mitochondrial DNA supports the endosymbiotic theory, which explains that an endosymbiont is a single organism that lives inside another organism. The chloroplast and the mitochondrion both represent organelles that used to be free-living cells, which ended up in host cells. Through rigorous study, scientists found that both...
Research question: How did war trauma evolve in clinical and scientific perspectives during World War I? Primary Sources “Letters from the First World War, 1915.” Trenches. This source is a collection of letters soldiers wrote in the First World War to their family members and friends. It is a primary...
Losing a child is likely the most painful thing that any parent can experience. In a Good Morning America (2020) feature, Kara Keough Bosworth opens up about losing a newborn son due to his shoulder dystocia. With this pregnancy, Kara had decided to have labor at home, which determined the...
Introduction Medicare and Medicaid are state-sponsored initiatives that assist American citizens with healthcare expenditures. These two schemes, founded in 1965 and paid for by the public, have common-sounding names, which can cause misunderstandings regarding their operation and the media attention they offer (Fabius et al., 2021). Medicare covers healthcare benefits...
Introduction Nursing informatics is presently the discipline that combines computer science, nursing, and data systems to transmit information, knowledge, as well as intelligence in the nursing profession. Nursing informatics empowers health care institutions to convert data into information which allows healthcare workers, such as doctors and nurses, to provide the...
Introduction Alzheimer’s disease affects all aspects of the ill person’s life and those connected to the individual. This article provides a clear picture of the potential impact of the illness on family and personal relationships. It describes the extent to which the interrelationships between family members, friends, and partners may...
This video talked about the use of modern logistics technologies in the supply of equipment, consumables and medicines to hospitals. Based on this role, people can see how the digitalization of the field of logistics simplifies and improves the efficiency of the hospital (Tecsys, 2019). For the manager of nursing...
The way people eat and the lifestyle they lead is essential for their overall health and well-being. Thus, incorrect dietary patterns can lead to the emergence of such a severe disease as type II diabetes mellitus. To combat the symptoms of this disease and its consequences, it is necessary to...
As a dynamically developing industry, the healthcare system experiences several prominent challenges associated with its constant growth. In the video, the speaker defined three primary challenges for the modern healthcare industry: the cost of care, the quality of care, and data security (KonicaMinoltaUS, 2019). Thus, I think that the challenges...
General Ethical Principles In terms of medical ethics, it is crucial for every healthcare practitioner to maintain general ethical principles throughout their professional practice. Ahmed et al. (2020) state that ethical principles are “intended to shape the moral values and professional conduct” of practitioners in order to “prioritize the well-being...
Commentary and Analysis The section Standing on the Shoulders of Giants in Gerontology includes a short preface by Richard A. Settersten, Jr. and four chapters explaining the theoretical development of gerontology by Hayflick, Schaie, Bengtson, Estes, and DiCarlo. The four articles are described as “personal perspectives” from the outset and...
Introduction Health and its pursuit are greatly tied to the social and economic fabric of every country in the world. Out of the importance of the wellbeing of humans, many organizations that deal with public health have developed. Healthcare institutions, by and large, contribute to the wellbeing of the general...
Introduction Chronic Disease Management (CDM) in the elderly has become a serious public health concern due to the fast aging of the world’s population. Older adults may be unable to receive CDM because of a lack of health resources and costs. It is possible for patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs)...
The influenza virus is one of the major threats to the health of the population all over the world. It is considered to be one of the infections with the highest potential for mutation as it constantly evolves and adapts to living in a human body. The virus is also...
Introduction Trinity Hospital is found in the southeast area of the United States and has up to 89 professional staff members. It offers all the basic life support services, as well as different medical solutions, which comprise general surgery, neurology, pharmacy, radiology, internal medicine, and gynecology, among others. In addition...
The article “Relationships among resilience, stress, and persistence in prenursing students during COVID-19″ provides information about the impact of the recent pandemic on the well-being of prenursing students. The primary finding of the research by Urban et al. (2022) is that the on-campus prenursing students who participated in the study...
Dynamic changes in the world have a massive impact on the healthcare sector. These changes bring the issues of digitalization, enrollment of patient information, the transfer of this information, and its clever use. Paper documentation in modern healthcare is a burden that complicates employees’ work and slows down the processes...
Introduction There is a myth about the use of antiperspirants, especially aluminum-containing ones, as a risk factor for breast cancer. Concerning the rationale for choice, the myth requires close attention due to its possible contributions to bullying related to hygiene issues and distracting the at-risk population from actual precautions. This...
Decision-making in the healthcare environment is often complicated, with it being tied with the results of such decisions — whether the patient will live or not, become disabled or not, and similar tough questions. In institutions such as the National Department of Health, each decision could lead to horrible long-term...
Introduction Drug misuse and abuse are increasingly widespread problems that lead to higher levels of morbidity and mortality in all groups of the population in the US. It is fascinating, how the same active ingredients contained in medicines that help treat severe illnesses can become dangerous if taken in the...
Introduction Work in the health care sector is inseparably connected with interaction with patients, which means that conflict situations increase significantly. Different worldviews, national-ethnic and cultural differences, and specific human behavior often become initiators of practical communication problems. This is especially true in the context of working as an emergency...
Introduction American health insurance has been a common topic for discussion during the last several decades because of various internal and external factors affecting care quality and access. In this paper, attention will be paid to the history of the U.S. health care system, current reimbursement methodologies, technological advancements, costs,...
A health information system is a software data files, retrieval, and analysis method. It is intended for use with a period, online central processing unit CPU for the quick and easy production, management, and evaluation of generic data files. It is widely characterized as a system that combines data collecting,...
The purpose of the research study was to analyze how professional health institutions have suggested reducing surgical site infections. The interventions told included both actions to be taken before the operation was conducted and after it had been conducted. The suggestions included pharmacological and non-pharmacological ways to help care workers...
In general, all objectives of the improvement of the access to health care provided at Healthy People 2030 are highly essential as they contribute to the well-being of every person in the United States. However, from a personal perspective, the objective called “Increase the proportion of people with a usual...
Summary A project is an endeavor that focuses on accomplishing planned objectives that can be grouped in terms of benefits or outputs. It is termed success if it has attained the goals within the budget ad set timescale. Project management utilizes the skills, knowledge, techniques, and tools that aid in...
It is hard to disagree with the need and use of the Wellness plan. As Nicola demonstrated, TWP in Detroit appeared from community needs to provide access to healthcare and improve medical care standards for people who cannot pay. It was shown in the discussion post that lack of this...
Introduction With increasing age, the chances of developing an irreversible neurological illness, like Alzheimer’s disease, increase dramatically. Statistics say that more than 55 million people worldwide have dementia nowadays, and the number is growing by around ten million every year. The illness detrimentally affects an individual’s cognitive functions, including memory,...
Identification of the Underlying Issue In July 2014, two American citizens named Dr. Paul Gingrey (a retired obstetrician and gynecologist and a former member of the congress in the United States) and Linda Poon (a staff writer at CityLab Bloomberg) have both illustrated their perspective on the healthcare policy in...
Heart attack is an acute pathology that can occur in people of all ages and genders. Women are usually in the minority in the company and having a specialized heart attack first aid team is helpful. In addition, recognizing the signs is also helpful, so a campaign should be created...
Introduction This study’s central focus was the current vaccination issue in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world. It is known that large numbers of patients worldwide refuse vaccines for religious, ethical, medical, or personal reasons. Among the most unexplained factors are often cited conspiracy aspects, whether the world...
Introduction Medicine has developed throughout the centuries, and the current level of medical science is dramatically different from the past decades. Treatment reflects the culture and the current status of the country’s development. It is connected both with technological progress and attitudes to personality, spirituality, and historical heritage. For instance,...
A crucial part is played a gig in cancer prevention and control via public health by detailing the distribution of cancer and finding cancer risk components. The three main epidemiologic procedures are ecological, analytical, and experimental. Hypotheses are possibly caused by risk elements and sources of illness by descriptive epidemiology....
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) occurs when the lungs have trouble loading blood with oxygen or removing carbon dioxide from it. Similarly, It is also defined as the inability of the body’s pulmonary system to meet its metabolic needs in blood oxygenation and co₂ removal (Choi et al., 2018, p....
Introduction Nursing is a broad field that consists of several specialties. One of the critical categories of nurses is the nursing practitioners. This group of nurses has evolved to become significant medical practitioners that many people rely on for their medical needs. On average, at least 1.6 billion Americans visit...
Introduction The occurrences of plagues and pandemics can be traced way back to medieval times. COVID-19 is a virus infection produced by SARS-CoV-2 that causes what physicians refer to as a respiratory infection and can impact an individual’s upper respiratory tract or the lower respiratory tract (Ciotti et al., 2020)....
Summary The field of health care ethics addresses the wide variety of moral decision-making situations that can arise in medical practice. The areas of moral concern can include the clinical relationship between medical professionals and the patient, human subject research, the harvesting and transplantation of human organs, euthanasia, and abortion...
The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI), introduced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is used to control inappropriate coding procedures. The NCCI is used to detect and eliminate coding that may lead to improper payments. The related policies are based on specific conventions, which are described in...
Problems such as chronic anxiety and depression are common among Hispanics because the region’s conditions are typically characterized by hard physical labor. The stigma and cultural conditions of the parts contribute to mental illnesses that often interfere with habitual activities. It is especially prevalent among the adult male population, who...
Rohypnol Rohypnol is a generic drug known as flunitrazepam which contains lorazepam, diazepam, and alprazolam. This type of drug is a strong muscle relaxer, approximately ten times Valium. It is mostly used for the treatment of insomnia, seizures, and anxiety (Oluwole et al., 2020). In addition, it is used before...
Introduction As opposed to the earlier perceptions that older people encounter massive challenges, Loe acknowledges that they practically navigate those living obstacles, making them stay independent and healthy. Old age is not a social problem, as the elders have experiences for improving their former versions, thus being connected and comfortable....
Introduction Many caregivers rely on various technological advances for wellness diagnoses and prevention, and medical technologies are rapidly becoming a core aspect of care propagation. Preventive care among many healthcare entities, such as community programs, is critical for improving medical outcomes. Obesity is a complicated condition characterized by an overabundance...
dos Santos Nunes, E.P., da Conceição Júnior, V.A., Giraldelli Santos, L.V., Pereira, M.F.L., de Faria Borges, L.C.L. (2017). Inclusive Toys for Rehabilitation of Children with Disability: A Systematic Review. Universal Access in Human–Computer Interaction. Design and Development Approaches and Methods. UAHCI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10277, 503-514. ...
When making medical decisions, three significant key components of evaluation and management services are considered: history, examination, and medical decision-making. History, the selected critical components highlighted, is critical in medical decision-making since treatment heavily relies on the patient’s records (Buhmann et al., 2018). Specific to chronic health problems, the information...
Introduction Medical sterilization refers to any birth control methods that intentionally make a person unable to reproduce. They can be surgical or non-surgical and can be performed on both males and females, and they are intended to be permanent. Sterilization can be done in various ways, but the common one...
Health specialists and nutritionists identify many types of vitamins. Those named after the first five letters of the English alphabet are the most important for the functioning of the human body. According to experts, “vitamin A helps form and maintain healthy teeth, bones, soft tissue, mucous membranes, and skin” (Vitamins,...
Introduction Deaths from cardiopulmonary arrest occurring outside of a healthcare setting are the primary cause of death in developed countries. Even after being revived by emergency medical personnel, many people die each year in Britain and the United States. It takes 8-9 minutes for emergency medical services to arrive at...
The knowledge-sharing process in nursing often has many barriers that the researcher should overcome. The research in the nursing sphere always includes the interactions with the patients, which involves the difficulties related to their safety and rights protections. Another problem can be associated with the reliability and validity of the...
Definition Definitions of the concept of depressive disorder have evolved over the centuries since ancient Greece, where melancholy descriptions were associated with excessive amounts of black fluid in the body. From that time to the 19th century, the basic concept of the symptoms of depression was formulated. As a result,...
Many factors have been proven to influence human health and well-being through research and experiments. These factors are mind-triggered, genetically inherited, or learned and believed to work. Although there is a controversy between spiritual life and its effects on health, there is no clear proof and concluded research that has...
Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduced the concept of accountability to increase the value of patients in the healthcare system. The most important goal is to reach their distinctive features, which enable value-based results driven by leveraging physicians and hospitals to work collaboratively to deliver quality patient care (Lewis...
Overview Someone can get infected through contact with an infected individual’s blood. Nowadays, majority of the people get it after sharing needles used to inject or prepare drugs. For some, the condition is short-term whereas for others, it is long-term to the extent it is referred to as chronic. At...
It is important to note that various nations and cultures care differently about their elderly members of society. Some, more individualistic and westernized ones, rely on nursing homes to provide the necessary elderly care for the older groups. Whereas others, more collectivist and conservative ones, consider it as a child’s...
African American children and adolescents are among the most marginalized groups of people in the United States of America, considering their age and race. These children are exposed to various life problems such as racism, poor households, and consistent violence, negatively affecting their mental health. Nonetheless, other subjects look into...
The United States must implement value-based care and public-private partnership strategies to attain universal health coverage. As indicated by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the World Health Organization’s global health coverage goals, most people support universal health coverage (UHC) (Galvani 16). Despite rising domestic healthcare spending and accumulating...
Many say that acknowledgment of an issue is the first step to its resolution. However, merely recognizing the issue is not sufficient for healthcare services to construct a suitable intervention. A concrete plan for a disorder treatment process is the key to its success, yet it is impossible to compose...
Gender-Related Factors Mental health characteristics differ among males and females from adolescence onwards. During development, gender dissimilarities have been discovered in various factors. Men are more likely than women to suffer from schizophrenia as they develop the illness at a younger age than women. Females appear to have stronger premorbid...
Statistics Related to Access to Health Care Entities in Rural America Paradoxical things and processes are taking place in the relationship between public health and the population in the United States (US). Quality in terms of technology and personnel is steadily increasing. However, access to essential and standard treatments and...
The performance criteria I wish to improve on is functioning within an ethical framework. Nurses are obligated to provide quality care while navigating complex relationships with patients, families, and colleagues, wherein ethical conflict commonly occurs. Existing frameworks help nurses maintain integrity in these morally complex situations, and a lack of...
Introduction Do life and death begin and end with an individual, God, or medical practitioners? The discussion on medically assisted suicide, MAS, has been taking unprecedented directions over the last few years, making it a controversial legal and ethical issue. According to the ProCon organization (2022), 66.3% of patients used...
Thank you for your insightful post. I can see you took your time to conduct ample research to find arguments for your discussion. You have focused on simulation training as the most effective method of developing and training healthcare staff. I concur that simulation training relies on learning from actual...
The United States is one of the countries with the strictest policies, rules, and regulations against the peddling and abuse of illicit drugs. Unfortunately, the classification of illicit drugs in the US is largely flawed and influenced by external factors that do not acknowledge individuals’ well-being or benefits. In the...
Introduction Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), mainly acquired through sexual contact, be it oral, anal, or vaginal sex, have immense impacts on the reproductive health of the affected if not addressed as early as possible. Some STIs cause significant damage if not treated, but others are not that harmful. STIs include...
The COVID-19 Vaccine Dilemma What are the characteristics of the coronavirus? COVID-19 is easily transmissible and can have rather grave complications, affecting several body systems and increasing the chances of mortality. The dilemma of whether to use a vaccine is especially agonizing for healthcare employees, who have professional obligations, personal...
Introduction In general, the medical field very often faces the problem of the confidentiality of its patients. One of the pillars of medical ethics has to do with the aspect of secrecy that must remain between doctor and patient. Revealing this secret under different circumstances can harm patients’ family life...
Topic Statement Pediatric obesity is often the result of unhealthy nutrition and the lack of control from parents but not of health issues or hormonal imbalance. Annotated Bibliography Chung, S. T., Onuzuruike, A. U. & Magge, S. N. (2018). Cardiometabolic risk in obese children. Annals of the New York Academy...
Vision is an extremely complex functional mechanism that people take for granted. It begins with the passage of a stream of light from objects through our eyes, with the conversion of the energy of light quanta into a nerve impulse carrying information to the brain. Our eyes are organs like...
Introduction and Consumer Website Description The internet provides essential health information for people across all demographics. It is, therefore, crucial that the quality of information available to the general public is of impeccable standards. By assuring the quality of health website information, consumers can make informed personal health decisions. This...
In the fall of 1811, Frances Burney went through a surgery to remove a growth that was identified by the doctors as a cancerous tumor. Prior to the operation, the woman had experienced pain in her right breast and was advised to perform it earlier. Unfortunately, she was rather reluctant...
Clinical distrust mirrors the historical unethical acts experienced by socially and financially underrepresented groups. The Guatemala tests have been viewed as a dark side of the U.S. clinical examination’s set of experiences. The U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues tracked down the Guatemalan trials ethically off-base, close...
Introduction Depression is a crucial discussion point in this research since it is a prevalent mental condition afflicting millions. According to Stringaris (2017), it is a mental disorder that may continue for a period of time. Moreover, depression has been dubbed the “common cold” of mental diseases, and it looks...
Introduction Nostalgia has become an emotional reaction that influences individuals to prefer longing for the past more than living in the present. It is indeed much more than a concept of the past but rather an altered view of the current circumstances. With most cognition in global capitalism, nostalgia has...
Executive Summary The coronavirus pandemic in India has awakened one of the country’s top health problems, namely Tuberculosis (TB). Public clinics sacrifice other services to address the COVID-19 issue, while private medical facilities charge prices beyond the reach of the most damaged social groups. The problem was analyzed, and two...
One of the coding spheres within the Medicine section in the CPT manual is ophthalmology. This subsection includes codes for general ophthalmological services, special ophthalmological services, contact lens services, and spectacle services (American Medical Association, 2020). There is also one code (92499) for any unlisted ophthalmological procedure or service (American...
The United States is facing an influx in the senior population, hence the need to acquire and use available resources to maximize value and efficiency. Notably, most people in their late adulthood have physical and mental conditions that make them need assistance in daily living. The clients may not have...
In what ways can an APRN distinguish their role from other nursing roles and medical counterparts and why is this important? The APRN is the highest trained nurses, both by education and usually by clinical experience and skill (upon graduation). APRNs require at least a Master of Science in Nursing,...
The first step is to conduct a competitive analysis as well as an evaluation of the facility’s capacity for offering service to the public. The second stage is to link the telemedicine program’s aims with the clinic’s objectives. The third step is to plan the adoption of a telehealth system...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a relatively common condition affecting individuals who have experienced severe trauma. According to researchers, PTSD correlates with the individual’s repeated recollection and reliving of traumatic events that have affected mental well-being (Carmassi et al., 2020). Thus, an individual has flashbacks, dreams, and thoughts correlating with...
Introduction Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is a psychological disorder that causes a person’s brain to be abnormally hyperactive than usual behaviour. Different scholars have tried to differentiate between ADHD and hyperkinetic disorder, arguing that the two terms are not synonymous. However, WHO uses the two terms interchangeably to refer...
The change in medical policies in Canada significantly contributed to the apt distribution to the populace. The Canadian authority focused on the incorporation of policies that enhanced the scope of practice, affordability, and accessibility. Over the decades, one of the significant challenges that affect the quality of care involves healthcare...
The challenging case of the conjoined twins presents a situation that no parent should ever find themselves in. However, this case also presents clear outcomes that the twins’ parents were familiarized with. While the case did require an intervention from the court, the parents had a chance to make this...
In 2009, there were many gaps in healthcare related to nursing LGBTQIA+ patients. The healthcare providers and their staff were not well-informed about the specific issues they should address when working with such patients, as there were certain disparities that were more spread in that group compared to other adults...
The high variability of the quality of care delivery affecting mainly the uninsured, rural populations, ethnic minorities, economically challenged rural populations, and the elderly is a critical issue in the U.S. healthcare system. Chronic illnesses are the most expensive conditions to manage with regard to direct and care costs. The...
Alcohol addiction, also known as alcohol use disorder, is a chronic disease attributed to relapse and remission. According to Wang et al. (2020), alcohol addiction is defined as a brain disorder which involves the brain reward circuit. It is among the leading factors for individual death and disability. Like other...
Leadership is defined as the ability to be influential to an individual, a group or even a society towards achieving their desired or intended goals, besides, becoming best of their capabilities. Leadership can therefore be termed as a process and not just a one-day activity. To be a successful leader...
Mental health of a person is a complex issue because of the numerous factors affecting it and many diseases that might impact this aspect. In such a way, much attention is given to analyzing the psyche of a person and determining the major causes for the emergence of undesired conditions....
The rationale for the chosen topic and why this is a public health issue Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia is the podcast’s topic. Where the objective is to inform the aged group, which is the target group, about the disease. The explanation is given to describe fully what dementia and...
Introduction Kids Count is an internet site that compares the performance of children in various areas against children in many other areas. Over 4 million metrics and statistics on children’s and households’ well-being are housed in the cloud service (Kiryanov et al., 2017). The knowledge for the children’s data collection...
Introduction Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurological condition that affects an individual’s mental health. Although symptoms start early in childhood, a practical diagnosis is made in adulthood. According to Posner et al. (2020), around 8% to 13% of all children around the world are affected by ADHD. This condition has...
Spontaneous Reporting Systems Polypharmacy refers to using multiple drugs by an individual for therapeutic reasons. Recently, the situation has been identified as a vital social problem because it induces adverse events (AEs) and increases the chances of AEs through drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions are two primary types...
Introduction HIV/AIDS is a global public health concern that originated in Africa in the early 20th century. The deadly disease originated in central Africa from a chimpanzee, and it was known as the simian immunodeficiency virus (Odugbesan et al. 573). When hunters came into contact with the infected chimpanzee, the...
For older adults, hypertension remains one of the main causes of many adverse cardiovascular outcomes such as stroke and death. The burden of this chronic disease is feared to escalate given the world’s aging population. Accordingly, the present study focuses on T, an elderly patient with arterial hypertension. T is...
Introduction Nurse practitioners (NPs) are an essential part of the healthcare system. They provide high-quality, patient-centered care and are a vital part of the healthcare team. NPs play a key role in providing care for patients, especially those with chronic illnesses. Moreover, NPs are involved in providing education and support...
Family and cultural background are one of the most significant parts of a person’s life, as their perception of the world forms out of certain biases that their origins give them. Therefore, certain medical conditions can be related to the cultural background, as in every place, a certain cultural background...
Life expectancy refers to the projected average period of living among people within a particular region. It is a multifaceted phenomenon that mainly depends on the ability to improve certain variables such as healthcare services and governance. Although a country’s life expectancy determines the growth index, it is a matter...
The Physician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) is a standardized diagnostic interview for post-traumatic stress disorder that is well-validated and frequently used. It was created at the National PTSD Center in the early 1990s using DSM-III PTSD criteria and has since been revised (Franklin et al., 2018). For example, behavioral anchors are...
The article by Jesus et al. (2021) focuses on examining disparities that people with disabilities had to experience during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic because of social distancing and lockdown policies. The authors defined that the pandemic disproportionally affected people with disabilities and negatively influenced their health due...
Introduction Healthcare provision is an essential service required by humanity for survival. Most democratic nations use healthcare as a campaign tool to ascend to power. Therefore, healthcare policy is an essential tool that streamlines the sector to ensure that patients, healthcare organizations, and governmental regulatory entities relate well to the...
Advocacy Drivers and Factors Bethany Hall-Long practices and improved her advocacy through participation in different campaigning and volunteering activities. It helped her pave the way for a career in politics and keep advocating for improving the nation’s health and contributing to international research. It was important for Hall-Long to stand...
The article “Mental Health Service Users’ Perceptions of Stigma, From the General Population and From Mental Health Professionals in Mexico: A Qualitative Study” provides the findings of an in-depth look into the stigmatization of mental health service users by healthcare providers and the general public. According to the article, mental...
It is important to note that for a person to be able, to tell the truth, they need to feel comfortable. This largely depends on who is performing the assessment. Thus, it seems to me that I would first let the person know that the conversation would be confidential and...
When people age and can no longer perform daily tasks on their own, they tend to rely on other people for support services. These services help them live as safely and independently as possible as they pay for medical and non-medical care. Long-term care, therefore, encompasses a wide range of...
Introduction Ebola virus, also called Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a fatal and rare disease caused by the Ebola virus. The virus affects humans and non-human primates such as gorillas, chimpanzees, and monkeys. Marburg disease is a hemorrhagic fever that is caused by the Marburg virus. This fever affects non-human primates...
Introduction People with existing conditions are always at risk of experiencing additional negative health outcomes, and one of them is anoxic brain injury. At the same time, such a brain injury can also affect healthy individuals, including children, as a result of accidents such as drowning. Moreover, the eventual health...
The scenario in which the doctor does not allow the patient to ask questions about the treatment or procedures performed on his body concerns autonomy and justice. The first principle of nurses’ ethics involves that all patients have rights to know about the possible risks and consequences of the procedure...
Introduction The healthcare sector differs from other economic sectors; while it is a market capitalist economy subject, it also has many similarities with non-profit organizations. As all people may become ill, medical care availability is an important question: if not all people obtain medical help, it diminishes their human rights....
Intervention Analysis In the medical discipline, Nurses play an essential role in providing professional health care to patients. This is because they have undergone special training, which has enabled them to acquire relevant knowledge and skills to handle the sick. Nurses attain set goals by focusing on specific public health...
Banner, D., Schiller, C. J., & Freeman, S. (2019). Medical assistance in dying: A political issue for nurses and nursing in Canada. Nursing Philosophy, 20(4), 1-7. Web. This article discusses the personal, political, and professional ramifications of the 2015 legalization of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada for nurses....
Aquatic therapy is one branch of recreational therapy where individuals are engaged in activities in a swimming pool. I am interested in this area of recreational therapy because I enjoy active sports, and I think that aquatic therapy, in particular, can be very helpful for many patients. One of the...
Introduction Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a disorder that belongs to a broader category of inherited sickle cell diseases (SCDs). Its primary characteristics include the irregular shape of blood cells and therefore affect oxygen distribution throughout the body. Normal red blood cells are round and flexible for effective movement through...
Professionals have to deal with multiple psychological and clinical issues of different degrees regularly. However, sometimes it can be tough for the specialist to diagnose a person if they have several problems simultaneously that might affect each other. For instance, psychological illnesses often are supplemented with addiction, and in some...
Introduction Aging is a gradual change process characterized by the human body’s declining functionality. The deteriorating biological, social, emotional, and cognitive functionalities make a person depend on others for survival. Although it is a natural process caused by changes in hormones and other cellular activities, it may be facilitated by...
Effect of Obesity on Quality of Care Patients suffering from obesity suffer immensely from stigma during the process of care due to avoidance. This stigma ultimately affects the quality of care they receive from the healthcare teams availed to them. Stigma is mainly due to the association of obesity with...
Schizophrenia is a human mental disorder that alters and affects peoples thinking capabilities, actions, and emotions. Moreover, the conditions also change people’s perception of reality and influence a person’s social behavior. In this sense, schizophrenia determines people’s relationships and circles. Although schizophrenia is rare compared to other mental disorders, the...
Introduction The article talks about NHS specialists facing potential sacking because they refuse to comply with vaccination. Under the new NHS policy, frontline staff has until April 1 to get fully vaccinated or risk being removed from frontline roles (Meierhans, 2022). Around 80,000 NHS staff have refused vaccination so far...
Introduction In his paper “How Junk Food Can End Obesity”, David H. Freeman puts doubt on foods marketed as ‘healthy and wholesome’. He argues that people who commonly eat junk food should not be enticed to leave them for the purportedly healthier, more readily available foods. Instead, he proposes that...
Major depression is a mood disorder that leads to an obstinate feeling of sadness and even loss of interest in anything for over two weeks. Major depressive disorder is referred to as one of the major causes of disabilities all over the world. It is also regarded as one of...
Introduction One form of family planning is strict adherence to birth control measures. There are two types of birth control: scientific birth control and natural birth control. The scientific method of birth control uses medically proven interventions to ensure reduced chances of getting pregnant. The natural birth control measures are...
The ability to communicate one’s thoughts to others clearly and concisely is a cornerstone of any people’s collective activity. For this reason, miscommunication leads to misunderstanding, which, in turn, negatively impacts the outcome of the work. Mistakes related to the exchange of information in the medical sphere, however, are additionally...
Introduction Diabetes damages the body’s organs and leads to a strenuous economic impact on the patients, their families, and the country. Moreover, the condition affects the emotional well-being of the family members and the patients. Consequently, diabetes has an economic and psychological impact on patients and their families. Diabetic patients...
Introduction A coordination process allows effort integration between health providers to improve the quality of care. The health program should be comprehensive to include clinical information exchange, patient safety, performance evaluation, and care competency to create patient-oriented operational systems. Depending on the illness and needs, patients often see more than...
Introduction One of the most important aspects when conducting the treatment of patients with kidney substitution therapy is the quality of their life. This problem remains the most acute because this group of patients feels constant dependence of their health and life on the factors they have little control of....
Introduction Ergogenic aids include any training strategy, mechanical device, dietary element or practice, or pharmaceutical procedure that enhances exercise performance or training adjustments. The ergogenic aids often employed are amino acids, caffeine, and steroids. Pharmacologic, physiological, and dietary ergogenic aids are available. Athletes are increasingly exploring nutritional supplements that can...
Introduction Diabetes is a condition whereby the body’s ability to produce or act to insulin is altered. This leads to high blood sugar levels due to abnormal metabolism. In the Hispanic population blood, sugar readings of more than 11.0 mml/L indicate diabetes. In the United States, the Hispanic population’s preference...
Caplan, S. (2019). Intersection of cultural and religious beliefs about mental health: Latinos in the faith-based setting. Hispanic Health Care International, 17(1) 4-10. In her article, Caplan (2019) addresses the impact of religion and culture on Hispanics/Latinos’ mental health care receiving and their attitude to mental health treatment. Regardless of...
It is important to note that every study needs to be properly evaluated in order to ensure that it is both reliable and valid. Without determining these properties, it is problematic to use them as a source of evidence to support a specific argument. It is stated that “reliability focuses...
Every philosophical current has brought to this world its own reflections on the nature of things. All the philosophers, despite the similarity of his statements with the speeches of other philosophical geniuses, had their own point of view and were able to defend it competently by proving the correctness of...
Introduction A psychiatric hospital is among the most necessary facilities in a city. Life challenges and different socio-economic conditions significantly alter people’s living conditions, exposing them to various psychiatric disorders. The proposed hospital will solve the considerably high need for a mental facility in Las Vegas. Design, staffing, and maintenance...
Healthcare insurance must be more affordable; in the modern US, low-income people, especially immigrants, are uninsured and cannot afford health insurance coverage. Another concern in the US is that even those well-insured often have to travel around the country to find a healthcare program that will suit that person individually...
The patient’s background The patient has a strained connection with her cocaine-addicted mother, who has been emotionally and physically abusive to her since she was three years old, along with her live-in partner. Moreover, the patient has had abandonment issues since she was an infant when her mother left her...
Introduction Nurses’ actions and attitudes play a significant role in the physical and mental state of their patients. It is hard to disagree that precisely nurses empower patients in the decision-making process and act as advocates for their rights. Consequently, it is essential for nurses to avoid medical errors and...
There are a lot of various objectives for older adults which are designated to improve the general health and well-being of this age group. Out of many important objectives, there are two of them which might seem to have the highest significance. One is about reducing the amount of inappropriate...
Voluntary euthanasia can be defined as a case when the person wants to die and requires assistance. Involuntary euthanasia, on the other hand, means that such a person would prefer to live but has a condition that would cause their death eventually, and the suffering from this condition cannot be...
Summary This memo aims to explain how the market and public policy changes, including healthcare reimbursement mechanisms, are driving changes in how the hospital engages in population health. This memo also explains the social determinants of health as well as why the hospital needs to work in partnership with other...
Interprofessional teams are best suited to dealing with complex dynamic and challenging medical issues. Through an interprofessional approach, expertise and perspectives may be exchanged by healthcare providers to achieve the common goal of improving one’s health and outcomes while effectively using resources (Wei et al., 2020). Interprofessional education (IPE) is...
Introduction Maternal health is a critical field in the wider medical system that is intended to meet the needs of women during childbirth, postnatal period, and pregnancy. The professionals in this field possess a wide range of competencies that empower them to provide high-quality and personalized support. When proper care...
Medicare is a government health insurance program available to anybody aged 65 and older. A group of disabled individuals in their 20s and 30s. End-of-life, renal illness patients submit Charges and Charges That Are Eligible: Submitted Charges refer to the amount that the provider typically charges for the service and...
Diverse perspectives ensue vivisection, bio, and genetic engineering activities, trying to deduce their significance in evolution, medicine, and society. Significance in society, medicine, economics, or evolution is not the sole concern for human-hybrid experimentations. Legal and ethical perspectives are equally essential and remain salient considerations that determine continuous activities in...
At the height of the pandemic, news were extremely erratic, with many journalists assuming a primarily pessimistic viewpoint. For instance, in his article “How Long Will a Vaccine Really Take?”, published on April 30, 2020, Stuart A. Thompson casted doubt on the statements by Trump’s Administration. Particularly, Trump’s experts believed...
