Abstract Environmental, societal and life-style factors have a huge impact on human health. Several factors in the environment contribute to ill health in humans. The issue of global warming has hugely contributed to ill health both directly and indirectly. Food supply in the modern environment has also had an impact...
Topic: Environment
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Pages: 7
Introduction The beach is one of the best places on the earth associated with relaxation and carefree moments. Thus, it is normal to meet people at the beach after a tiresome day in the workplace. Advertising that is aimed at drawing the attention of beach visitors often makes use of...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 3
Food additives such as salt, sugar and vinegar have been traditionally used for the preservation of foods. A majority of food additives that are used to preserve foods are believed to be safe but the possibility of carcinogenic and toxic qualities of food additives cannot be ruled out or ignored....
Topic: Food
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Pages: 6
Summary/Abstract We know the cancer of breast tissue as Breast cancer. It has reported too that breast cancer affects woman ageing of any age at least in the western world. Breast cancer is supposed to be the most fatal cancer for women only to be holding second place after lung...
Topic: Breast Cancer
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Pages: 14
Introduction Killing can be described as the act of taking a person’s life, and typically, people think about doing it without consent. Therefore, the concept of killing is connected with assassination, which is the most widespread thought that individuals have. However, not all examples of taking another person’s life are...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 6
Cephalic Phase: The Initial Response The digestive process for cheese, pepperoni, and onion pizzas involves breaking down different components at various stages. It starts when a person first sees, smells, or thinks of pizza during the cephalic phase. When the salivary glands generate saliva, the amylase enzyme breaks down carbohydrates...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Introduction In today’s world, public health systems have become a key element in ensuring well-being and improving the quality of life. Each country needs to develop and implement an effective health system appropriate to its population’s characteristics and needs. Two Asian countries, Mongolia and China, are examples of different approaches...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 10
Introduction Widespread technology adoption creates new opportunities in health care, and rapid health information exchange (HIE) is one of the critical benefits, significantly affecting the population’s health. Several key technologies underpin HIE, supporting efficient and secure data sharing between facilities. Key Technologies in Health Information Exchange (HIE) Depending on the...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 3
Introduction The population’s health is the most influential factor in the state’s social, cultural, and economic development, directly affecting all spheres of society. Public health protection is a significant state task, the major priority of activity, and one of the objects of social policy. At the same time, healthcare systems...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 5
Introduction The nursing profession must adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment. A theoretical framework that can direct nursing practice is essential for such adaptation. I have picked Roy’s Adaptation Model (RAM) to complete the task of rebuilding a nursing theory. Callista Roy designed RAM, a well-known nursing theory highlighting...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
The body’s severe response to an infection is sepsis – a potentially fatal condition that must be identified quickly and treated immediately. Research revealed that the global mortality rates of around 60% were lower than those for sepsis and septic shock (Myrstad et al., 2020). Moreover, its incidence and severity...
Topic: Sepsis
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Pages: 5
The field of nursing has undergone a tremendous evolution that poises it to adequately handle modern challenges. The theme of leadership resonates throughout nursing and seldom much is achievable without it at the personal and organizational level. The qualities that make good leaders are personality characteristics that poise them to...
Topic: Leadership
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Pages: 5
People often asked whether leaders are born or made has been frequently asked. Research shows one out of three leaders is born a leader. Leadership is defined as the effective direction, leadership, or influence of an organization or a group of people (Rabiul et al., 2021). Effective leadership relies on...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 5
Introduction Before completing the nurse practitioner program, nurse practitioner trainees should do a self-assessment. It will allow them to reflect on what they have learned throughout the program, assess their clinical competencies, and set the proper goals. They must understand their strengths, create a plan to build on them and...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 2
Introduction A leader in the healthcare industry must possess certain leadership traits and skills in order to promote healthy team values and implement organizational changes successfully. In particular, a leader has to demonstrate interpersonal connection through listening and showing respect, exhibit commitment to the goal, have decent emotional intelligence, and...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 2
The selected article, “Boldly go: Character drives leadership at Providence healthcare”, describes how the CEO and president of Providence Healthcare, Josie Walsh undertook to improve the institution’s performance. As the leader, Walsh “led Providence through massive change and turnaround, from potential crisis to financial health and innovation in four, short,...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 2
Introduction and Definition of the Recreational Therapy Facilitation Technique Recreational Therapy or Therapeutic Recreation Is When Trained Providers Use Recreational Activities to Improve or Maintain a Person’s Cognitive, Emotional, Social, or Physical Functioning. People Who Receive This Therapy-Sometimes, Called Patients-Are, Are Often Ill, Have Disabilities, or Are Elderly. The Therapist...
Topic: Therapy
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Pages: 3
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act designates a voluntary reporting system to expand the available data to evaluate and address patient safety and health care quality issues. This act authorizes the Department of Health to charge civil fines for patient information privacy violations. Furthermore, it provides federal privileges and...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 4
Introduction Individuals’ subjective understanding of their professional roles, crucial skill sets, and the opportunities for transferring other skills to a specialized task can permeate their professional identities. Thanks to focused self-reflection, nurses can build deeper connections to their intrinsic goals and beliefs. This essay presents my reflections on the profession’s...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 878
Pages: 3
Sleep has a major impact on people’s health and overall well-being. Certain people tend to ignore their sleeping needs, but eventually, the organism responds to the mistreatment with natural countermeasures such as tiredness, lack of focus, and sensitiveness. In order to avoid possible consequences for physical and mental health, it...
Topic: Sleep
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Pages: 3
Introduction Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition that impacts emotional control leading to intense anxiety, impulsiveness, mood swings, and personal isolation. BPD is a chronic condition common in both the general population and clinical settings. Intensive fear or distress during childhood and past emotional, physical, and sexual...
Topic: BPD
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Pages: 5
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...
Topic: Gender
Words: 2553
Pages: 11
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...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
While the nursing profession is one of the fastest-growing in the medical field, there is still a need to bridge the gap between theory and practice and encourage clinical nurses to participate in research activities. Nurses are responsible for promoting health, preventing disease, and helping patients deal with sickness. They...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 1413
Pages: 5
Introduction Individuals and communities do not have to accept disability as their fate. Positive decisions taken today can help avoid developmental disabilities, counteract their implications, and contribute to the creation of more appreciative social and physical environments for persons with disabilities. Disability is not a minority concern in the United...
Topic: Disability
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Pages: 6
In the present healthcare environment, the role of nurses as a crucial element of the system is increasingly recognized. As such registered nurses often rely on Advanced Practice degrees in pursuit of independent provision of care. According to Schober (2018) their ability to promote accessible and safer care is acknowledge...
Topic: Texas
Words: 302
Pages: 1
The responsibilities of medical workers are not limited only to providing the most effective and optimal care and treatment. According to Tomajan and Hatmaker (2019), advocacy and social activism are also aspects of the healthcare provider profession. Nurses and physicians can bring about the necessary changes in the healthcare institution...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 275
Pages: 1
The successful absorption of the drug depends on various aspects. One of them is the gastric and intestinal motility of the patients. An increase or decrease in the acidity of the contents of the stomach and intestines can lead to a change in the ionization of drug molecules and their...
Topic: Pharmacy
Words: 365
Pages: 1
Introduction and Background Nurses are and have always been an essential part of the health system; therefore, it is extremely important to provide them with continuous and high-quality education. Clinical Ladder Programs, or CLPs, are strategies that healthcare facilities use to enable working nurses to increase their professional roles, build...
Topic: Career
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Pages: 7
Vaccination of the population today remains the most acute and discussed problem in light of the events associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Large-scale immunization programs are one of the most successful public health interventions, especially in the United States, overall vaccination coverage is very high. Kindergarten students fulfill these requirements...
Topic: School
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Pages: 2
Introduction The U.S. healthcare system greatly differs from that of other advanced industrialized countries. This paper aims to compare the U.S. healthcare system to that of Canada. The essay will begin with a general comparison and description of the structure of healthcare systems in the two countries. The essay will...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 4
Introduction The profession of a head nurse occupies an important place in the modern world since the person in this position bears tremendous responsibility for organizing the treatment process. Patients and their relatives or friends trust the head nurse’s words and look forward to being active in the workplace. This...
Topic: Hospital
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Pages: 5
Introduction The scope of professional nursing has continued to evolve for the better, with the inception of modern clinical practice as well as the embrace of technology in healthcare provision for quality and safety. Nurses have remained the backbone of the healthcare system as the chief primary care providers whose...
Topic: Professional Development
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Pages: 3
Introduction EMR systems can make or break a healthcare facility’s quality. EMR systems are for everyone, from independent primary care physicians to specialists and major medical organizations. EMR systems were once considered a luxury in the medical community. However, they have now become a must for all types of medical...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 3
A significant role in maintaining and forming the principles of a healthy lifestyle and motivation to preserve health is played by medical workers, particularly nurses. It is possible to form skills for maintaining health and the need to strengthen it at the preclinical stage. A nurse should give the necessary...
Topic: Health
Words: 284
Pages: 1
Adolescence is a pivotal period of a person’s development, occurring between 10 and 24 years of age. During this period, adolescents experience many changes in their physical, cognitive, moral, spiritual, and emotional states. Given the significance of this developmental stage to the overall well-being of a person in adulthood, healthcare...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 1
Introduction Healthcare in the United States faces a range of challenges that affect the effective management of patients. The high workload of nurses due to their low number compared to the number of patients seeking care is one of those healthcare problems. Nurse leaders and policymakers have essential roles in...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 3
Narcissism is the admiration of one-self and the pursuit of appreciation. It is considered to be an adaptive personality trait by personality psychologists (Yakeley, 2018). However, narcissism can also be an abnormal or maladaptive condition, in which case it is called narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). People with this condition can...
Topic: Disorders
Words: 296
Pages: 1
Recruitment is the procedure of persuading individuals to apply for a job in the organization. The staffing process in healthcare includes three stages. All of them are equally important to human resources management and the benefit of the organization (Cable, 2013). These three stages are acquisition, retention, and separation. The...
Topic: Healthcare
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Pages: 2
The modern health care sector is characterized by the increased level of attention given to patients and the conditions of the delivery of care. The evolution of the humanistic approach preconditioned the reconsideration of principles according to which this sphere functions and introduced new values that should be respected. For...
Topic: Ethics
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Pages: 4
Introduction There are many contemporary trends that impact nursing in a variety of ways: new kinds of therapy, education, ethical diversity, etc. Still, nursing turnover remains to be one of the most burning and influential concepts nowadays. Though the reasons and outcomes vary considerably from those that have been identified...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 5
Introduction Nursing is one of the most respected professions in the world. The role of nurses in health and recovery of patients is obvious. In practice of nursing, nurses are guided by various concepts on nursing. The concepts have been developed over a period that nursing has been in use....
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 4
Introduction For many years, physicians and medical practitioners have relied on the biomedical model in the diagnosis of diseases. According to the biomedical model, health is freedom from pain, disease, or defect (De Vito 2000). This means that the normal human conditions should remain “healthy”. The biomedical model tends to...
Topic: Biomedicine
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Pages: 6
Introduction Health Belief Model is a theory that the health care practitioners use in health education and promotion. According to Carley (2009), the theory was developed in 1950s to explain why many people did not utilize the screening programs particularly for tuberculosis. The underlying principle of Health Belief Model is...
Topic: Disease
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Pages: 5
All people in the world come across with stressful experiences in life. It is a major problem that leads to many of the life disturbances such as emotional, physical and mental changes and in the long run precipitating factor to the development of various diseases. It is proven that the...
Topic: Psychology
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Pages: 8
Introduction In this paper, the organizational system of Baptist Health (BH) will be analyzed. Baptist Health is a community, faith-based hospital that serves the Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia community. The analysis of Baptist Hospital’s organizational system will be based on Collin’s framework for advanced organizational analysis. It will focus...
Topic: Hospital
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Pages: 6
In fact, every nurse has to look for elderly patients in their professional practice. However, only geriatric advanced practice nurses have the special preparation for elderly care; the other nursing specialists often lack it (Melillo & Houde, 2011, p. 31; Touhy & Jett, 2014, p. 11-13). Therefore, for a nurse...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 677
Pages: 2
Definition Antibiotics are drugs that are used in the treatment of infections (Lancini, Parenti & Gallo, 1995). The main causative agents of these infections are bacteria alongside other microorganisms. The ability of a microorganism to produce a substance that can hinder the growth of infection was initially used as an...
Topic: Antibiotic
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Pages: 4
Executive Summary The system of caring is undergoing several changes in modern society. But the need for leadership in this sector is well recognized for further growth and development. Nursing is one of the most essential professions in the healthcare industry. The paper outlines the essence of leadership and change...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 12
Introduction Family centered care is a practice incorporates the family of a patient to be part of intensive care. The family in this case is the patient’s relatives or people that the patient considers closest to him. Mitchell et al refer to Family Centered Care as [an innovative approach to...
Topic: Family
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Pages: 3
Introduction Developing a nursing course design requires an understanding of the fundamental concepts relevant to the changing nursing environment. It is clear from the analysis of the three assignments that the nursing environment has changed due to the changes brought about by technology. In order to develop an effective nursing...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 10
Introduction There has been a longstanding debated about whether online education is more effective than face-to-face learning. Technology has advanced to the point where students can take classes in the comfort of their own homes. The novel pandemic of COVID has led to the rise in online studying due to...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 5
Foreword This paper highlights the importance of partnership while working in a health and social care. Partnership working indicates a shift from an organisational competition culture of public organisation to a service user need-guided approach to service delivery. In other words, it indicates that the needs of the service user...
Topic: Health
Words: 3332
Pages: 12
Introduction The article by Ranse, Yates, and Coyer (2012) explores the perceptions and practices of Australian nurses caring for patients with terminal illnesses under critical care. The study aimed to examine the views and experiences of nurses providing end-of-life care to patients under intensive care1. The study involved RNs with...
Topic: Health & Medicine
Words: 1370
Pages: 5
The relevance of a healthy lifestyle today is caused, on the one hand, by an increase and change in the nature of loads on the human body due to the complication of social life, an increase in the risks of a technogenic, environmental, psychological, political and military nature. There is...
Topic: Disease
Words: 1386
Pages: 5
Nursing as a professional has continued to evolve overtime. In the process of evolution, nursing cannot do so without involving advancement in information technology. Information is the main and valuable resource in the field of health care. It is a concept that is changing the manner in which healthcare organization...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 2
Introduction Negligence is a serious concern especially in the medical field and it continues to gain greater importance in medical malpractice cases in several nations ranging from the Asia, the US, and Europe. There is a concern of patient-doctor interaction with two dominant models. The first deals with the doctrine...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 5
In this discussion post, the committee’s approach presented in the video will be evaluated according to the Iowa Model, and additional steps will be offered for the improvement of evidence-based policies. Evidence-based practice (EBP) committees are often established by healthcare agencies to ensure patient safety and promote quality care through...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 2
Introduction In the present day, patient safety remains a highly disturbing health care issue, and medication errors relate to the most typical causes of damage to life or health. According to Yousef and Yousef (2017), “6–7% of hospital admissions are due to medication errors” (p. 2). In the United States,...
Topic: Patient Safety
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Pages: 5
With the advancement of technologies, the opportunities to collect and share information improve, allowing users to achieve higher goals efficiently and productively. In the fast-evolving spheres like healthcare, informational technologies play a crucial role in the achievement of health-promotional, educational, strategic, and developmental goals. In particular, healthcare managers using PowerPoint...
Topic: Health
Words: 317
Pages: 1
Within the medical and clinical sciences, community health is a significant area of research focusing on the preservation, safety, and enhancement of demographic groups and communities’ health status. Primary healthcare services seek to decrease risk factors and strengthen the promotion of a healthy society. This essay explains how a nurse...
Topic: Health
Words: 390
Pages: 1
Introduction Both the Pyxis and Omnicell are products that are used to automate operations in a hospital. The handling of and management of medication has undergone a lot of transformations that are geared towards reducing costs and making medical services to be more effective and efficient. The use of automated...
Topic: Hospital
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Pages: 3
Managing activities in medical organizations is an expensive process that is dependent heavily on knowledge flows and communication among various stakeholders that generate external and internal knowledge. A rapidly changing environment that exists nowadays has influenced healthcare organizations and made executives look for knowledge management systems that would structure a...
Topic: Health
Words: 650
Pages: 2
The creation and membership in professional organizations is a common practice in various fields as they contribute to the development of the skills of participants and the system of their work in general. However, nursing associations are especially important and necessary because people’s life depends on constant communication and obtaining...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
The problems of ethical regulation of modern nursing practice are relevant today. The ethical dilemmas that a nurse may face are varied, and understanding the core concepts behind them will help the nurse find solutions to these issues (Butts & Rich, 2019). Rainer et al. (2018), in their integrative review...
Topic: Ethical Dilemma
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Pages: 1
Introduction Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication technology to provide medical services to people remotely, but sometimes can be used to provide medical information between doctors in different places. This type of technology can be as simple as two medical doctors discussing over the phone, or as complicated as the...
Topic: Health & Medicine
Words: 1381
Pages: 5
Nurses are expected to perform as decisive and experienced professionals, who can effectively address emergent and critical situations in healthcare facilities. In this context, professionalism in nursing means being confident, punctual, patient-oriented, and having developed theoretical knowledge and practical skills. Punctuality can be discussed as being of great importance for...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 274
Pages: 1
Efficient leadership in healthcare is a subject that, seemingly, attracts a lot of scholarly interest. It could be linked to several positive outcomes, such as elevated patients’ satisfaction with their visits or hospital stays and improved workplace relations between personnel. Nursing leadership and management is a complex domain that lately...
Topic: Christianity
Words: 2552
Pages: 9
Abstract Maternal mortality is among the most preventable deaths, which can act as a precise indicator of the quality of healthcare in the region. Although the global trend has been showing steady and gradual improvement throughout the years, there are still several regions where spikes can be observed. One can...
Topic: Health & Medicine
Words: 1143
Pages: 4
Introduction Type 1 diabetes is a major problem among young members of the population because they become infringed from their earliest years. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a large group of complex metabolic diseases characterized by chronic hyperglycemia caused by impaired insulin secretion or action, or a combination of these disorders....
Topic: Diabetes
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Pages: 5
Introduction Breastfeeding is the most effective way of nourishing a baby in infancy, in all mammals, breast milk is secreted from by the mammary glands. Health professionals recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months after birth. This is because breast milk has all nutrient and energy needed for child...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 2
The principle of double effect, sometimes referred to as “the rule of double effect” is a comprehensive guideline often applied in various fields in making ethically controversial decisions that are permissible to human beings and with the supreme purpose of achieving the most ethical ultimate good and equally withstanding the...
Topic: Ethics
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Pages: 3
Introduction Various cultural beliefs across the globe have emerged to have a significant impact on health service deliverance in the community. These cultural beliefs seem to contradict healthcare delivery from professionals, thereby posing serious harm to the health conditions of their followers. However, some beliefs also promote healthcare provision across...
Topic: Culture
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Pages: 2
Diabetes is a common disease that is found in all parts of the world. Its defining feature is the accumulation of excessive sugar {glucose} in the bloodstream. There are 2 kinds of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. At present, approximately 23 million people suffer from diabetes in the United...
Topic: Diabetes
Words: 699
Pages: 4
Globalization is a critical component in international public health. It is impacted by various patterns of migration, extensive trade, altering dietary practices, and ecological catastrophes; all of which affect the health of populations and contribute to the spreading of disease. Globalization has emerged concurrently with urbanization, which offers a variety...
Topic: Globalization
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Pages: 2
Introduction The comparison of two separate healthcare systems of different countries can provide an opportunity to find similar and distinctive features in the delivery of medical care to the population. As the objects of analysis, two countries will be considered – the USA and Switzerland, and integrated assessment will help...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 3
Introduction Cultural ancestry determines the behavior of its bearers in every sphere of life. People of different cultures demonstrate discrepancies in sharing thoughts and feelings, personal space, eye contact, gestures, and many other specific features. However, cultural ancestry becomes crucial in healthcare when the knowledge of the patient’s cultural background...
Topic: Communication
Words: 1384
Pages: 5
Community health nursing is an integral part of providing care to patients in different set-ups. This nursing discipline incorporates evidence-based research and other established scientific approaches to deliver quality and timely care to patients. The assigned community setting for this assignment is a home hospice. The primary role of a...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 3
Introduction Florence Nightingale is a renowned English theorist and the founder of contemporary nursing. She was born in the 1820s and died in 1910. Regarding accomplishments, Nightingale served as a social worker who played a huge role in attending to injured soldiers during the Crimean War. Her main task involved...
Topic: Environment
Words: 1498
Pages: 5
The use of different models of care can significantly change the way nurses interact with patients. Such aspects as the quality of care, the lack of attention to detail, and nurses’ fatigue and burnout may depend on the chosen model. As models of care employ different staff allocation and workload...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 1186
Pages: 4
The healthcare environment is witnessing a new set of ever emerging patient conditions. In light of this, nurses should be versatile with a wide array of healthcare tasks, including but not limited to drawing proper health policy, providing visionary leadership in the healthcare scenario, incorporating research to the planning process...
Topic: Goals
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Pages: 2
Introduction In order to operate efficiently and expand its operations Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield should have a strategy that reflects its vision for long-term development and responds to the difficulties that a company may encounter. The company’s mission, vision, and values statements offer an understanding of the strategic direction...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 5
Introduction Every patient might have several differential diagnoses due to the symptoms that may be common in each of the considered cases. Medical workers must be able to see the major differences between several possible illnesses to identify and prescribe appropriate medications and develop an efficient healing course. The following...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
Figure 1 demonstrates an example of a concept map for the socioeconomic determinants of health (SEDH), which is based on the information from the Healthy People 2020 project (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion [ODPHP], 2014). The map attempts to demonstrate the fact that there are complex interrelations between...
Topic: Health
Words: 635
Pages: 2
Summary This case study examines a 15-year-old female, who suffers from dyspnoea and non-productive nocturnal cough. The patient denies pains in her chest and other symptoms. Three differential diagnoses identified for the given patient are as follows: asthma, COPD, and pneumonia. Taking into account that COPD is more attributable to...
Topic: Health & Medicine
Words: 864
Pages: 3
Not many patients are able to cope with transitions associated with interventions and interactions. There are many ways to support and guide people, and the theory of transitions is one of the available options. This theory is the result of long and serious work that Afaf Ibrahim Meleis began in...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 550
Pages: 2
Introduction People’s quality of life heavily depends on the extent to which the essential needs of the human body are fulfilled. It is known that eating disorders present conditions that are associated with significant health risks as proper nutrition acts as a key to good health. Similarly to them, the...
Topic: Health
Words: 1151
Pages: 5
It is hard to imagine this world and health care, in particular, without nurses. Nurses aim at promoting health, preventing diseases, and assisting patients and their families in their intentions to cope with their health problems. Nursing had become one of the main research topics since the mid-1800s when Florence...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 562
Pages: 3
General Description of the Theory Introduction The nursing theory under analysis is Neuman systems model developed in 1970 by Betty Neuman, a counselor, professor, and community health nurse. This theory belongs to the middle-range nursing theories, as it includes enough variables to provide a solid abstract description of phenomena and,...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 9
Introduction Communication is an essential part of life. No institution can operate without communication between its staff, leaders, and customers. In nursing, leaders have to utilize effective communication strategies to ensure professionalism in the workplace. This paper will examine various aspects of effective communication and conflict resolution in nursing settings....
Topic: Communication
Words: 586
Pages: 3
Organizations rely on employees to perform duties and enable the organization to realize its objectives. Therefore, employee relationship policies in any organization are mandatory (Bailey, 2009). They facilitate the management of employees to ensure that all members of an organization contribute towards the same overall objective. There must be trust,...
Topic: National Health Service
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Pages: 13
Introduction Learning to control one’s body may help individuals to overcome certain conditions. To give patients more information about their body processes, medical professionals can use biofeedback. The research on biofeedback interventions produces different results due to the nature of this procedure. It is important to understand the relationship between...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
Introduction Nursing is the profession that changes many lives, improves the quality of a human life, and promotes the development of personal and professional skills. Nursing is also a discipline that should be organized in accordance with some principles and rules. Therefore, it is important to identify and understand nursing...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 13
Theory: Author’s Name and Background Registered Nurses (RNs) can use different mid-range and grand theories to design the best healthcare philosophies. Such theories present powerful ideas and concepts that can be used to improve the quality of patient care. The selected theory for this analysis is Dr. Katharine Kolcaba’s The...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 9
Introduction A case of a female patient with the symptoms of anemia will be discussed in this paper. There are many anemia types, including iron deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, aplastic, hemolytic, and chronic disease. It is expected to evaluate each symptom and laboratory test to understand what type of anemia...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 3
Introduction While conducting or analyzing an evidence-based practice (EBP) study, it is necessary to have the skills of differentiating between statistical significance and clinical significance. Significance is a statistical term that shows a low probability that any relationships or divergences in a study occurred by chance (Keele, 2011). In research...
Topic: Health & Medicine
Words: 619
Pages: 3
Nurses utilize their competencies and leadership dexterities in different healthcare settings. Nurse practitioners should also engage in lifelong learning to develop new concepts and improve their care delivery models. This paper begins by describing my leadership strengths and weaknesses. The discussion outlines the best approaches to promote change and improve...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Introduction Dorothea Elizabeth Orem (1914-2007) was a nursing theorist and the pioneer of the self-care nursing theory. She received a nursing diploma from Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, DC. Also, Orem earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education and a Master of Science in Nursing Education from...
Topic: Dorothea Orem’s Theory
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Pages: 5
Introduction People suffering from severe various mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, or even eating disorders may need to spend some time in psychiatric words so that their disorders can be addressed. When one is experiencing psychosis symptoms, it is advisable to visit a mental facility before the problem...
Topic: Health
Words: 1374
Pages: 5
Nursing theories provide very important principles to nursing practice. This paper presents a discussion of the environmental theory developed by Florence Nightingale. Environmental theory was the first in the modern nursing history (Masters, 2012). The theory states that unhygienic conditions affect the health of people living in that environment. This...
Topic: Environment
Words: 835
Pages: 4
Introduction The nursing profession has witnessed a number of emerging trends, which aim at improving service delivery in a contemporary work environment. One of the trends that have emerged in the nursing profession is cultural competency. Cultural competency refers to the ability of an individual to understand and relate well...
Topic: Cultural Competence
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Pages: 4
Introduction A number of nursing scholars significantly contributed to the growth of the nursing practice. They used their academic knowledge and professional experience to design incredible models, which are currently used for educational purposes. The theories have been adopted by several institutions, which include learning institutions, research centers and health...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 6
Introduction The simulation activity generated specific data about Mercy Medical Center’s performance. The presented dashboard metrics depict statistical information related to diabetes care, which allows for evaluating the quality of service at the given facility. Among the diagrams presented in Appendix, it is reasonable to draw attention to the Eye...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
Introduction Installing hidden cameras in nursing home rooms to protect residents is a contentious issue that has both fervent supporters and staunch critics. The effectiveness of such a measure depends on various factors, including the goals of the surveillance, the context in which it is implemented, and the safeguards in...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Advantages of the Circular Pod Design Over Traditional Hospital Layouts The new Arnold Palmer facility has a circular pod design that promotes efficiency and offers a patient-centered atmosphere. The design is built on a circular pod, which has various advantages over the standard hallway arrangement used in most hospitals. The...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Some illnesses are caused by how people live; hence, such infections are known as lifestyle diseases. For instance, cigarette smoking increases the risk of acquiring diabetes. The more a person smokes, the greater their risk of developing diabetes. Quitting smoking and taking the medication increases the chances of lowering diabetes....
Topic: Disease
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Culture plays a significant role in shaping individuals’ beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors toward health and healthcare. These aspects can affect the way people perceive and manage their health, as well as impact their interactions with healthcare providers. One way culture can affect health is through traditional healing practices. Many cultures...
Topic: Culture
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Finding helpful material on how to conduct research and the effects of substance misuse was made more accessible by using ProQuest, ERIC, and Google Scholar and comparing their functionalities. Considering its comprehensive record, Google Scholar is the best search tool available. Nonetheless, toggling between the three different search engines facilitated...
Topic: Abuse
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The objective of this study is to question a household and then create a genogram and ecomap to highlight their interfamilial links along with their environmental support networks and stresses. In addition, the essay will evaluate the ecomap and genogram by examining a family’s connections, support programs, and concerns during...
Topic: Family
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It is hard to disagree that healthcare is one of the most fundamental and intricate sectors playing a crucial role in people’s lives. Despite the importance of individuals receiving quality medical services, several factors negatively affect healthcare. For example, currently, health policymakers face the need to solve problems like the...
Topic: Health
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Respect of Autonomy The necessity to ensure that the patient actively participates in their care and prognosis makes autonomy crucial. Respecting patient autonomy entails recognizing that patients who are capable of making decisions about their own care have the right to do so, even if those choices run counter to...
Topic: Bioethics
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Introduction The client is in an unstable mood and requires medication to be “normal.” The mother reports that the adolescent needs to learn to control her emotions. The client does not take responsibility for her choices and actions and justifies her behavior. The client bases her opinion of herself on...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Introduction The task of nurse leaders is to provide visionary leadership in order to foster a constructive work environment where disagreements are dealt with more effectively to maintain high standards of patient care (Angelo, 2019). The purpose of this essay is to discuss a situational conflict and how to deal...
Topic: Conflict
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Nursing is an essential area of the healthcare system dealing with the prevention and prevention of diseases, assistance to doctors, and patient care. The work of nurses is one of the most responsible since it is nurses who take care of patients, their well-being, monitor treatment and the recovery process,...
Topic: Nursing
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Introduction A person’s health is an essential concern since it directly affects their ability to live a fulfilling life. The health of the organs is crucial for optimum functioning because the effectiveness of the body depends on each one. One of the most essential topics in healthcare training is anatomy...
Topic: Diabetes
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Diseases are one of the most significant contributors to human suffering and poor quality of life. The non-fiction novel Bed Number Ten, co-authored by Sue Baier and Mary Zimmeth Schomaker, is an emotive write-up that provides a first-person narrative of a patient with Guillain-Barr syndrome, which causes paralysis of the...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Explanation of the Concept The specific concept involves the insertion and maintenance of nasogastric tubes for patients with gastrointestinal diseases. A Nasogastric (NG) tube is a flexible, hollow tube passed from the nasopharynx into the stomach (Cooper & Gosnell, 2022). The tube removes toxic substances, fluids, and gas from the...
Topic: Nursing
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Introduction Daphne is a 13-year-old ninth-grader who was brought to the psychiatrist for assessment since she was struggling with her behavior and academics. Her challenges were linked to the difficulty encountered starting and completing her schoolwork and following instructions, which led to failing grades in math. Daphne has had challenges...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Introduction Homeostasis is essential for the human body’s health and survival. The term refers to the maintenance of the internal environment of the body and cells (Rizzo, 2015). For instance, homeostasis is associated with sufficient blood sugar levels, heart rate, and temperature (Rizzo, 2015). Discussion Homeostasis is supported by various...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is an acute or chronic infectious disease that has claimed many lives for centuries. It has been changing for years, making it difficult to have a single method of curing the disease. In recent years, tuberculosis has been associated with multiple deaths worldwide, with developing countries facing...
Topic: Disease
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The harm of smoking to the human body lies in its ability to stimulate the development of severe systemic diseases, which can be fatal. Today, smoking is the most widespread harmful habit that claims many lives and causes concern for both smokers and non-smokers in society. In this case, it...
Topic: Smoking
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Diagnostic ultrasound is an imaging technique that uses wide-ranging waves to produce structural images within the body. In most cases, the images are responsible for providing necessary information for guiding and analyzing several conditions and sicknesses. It assists in diagnosing the cause of pain, inflammation, and infection in internal tissues...
Topic: Ultrasound
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Introduction Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is among the world’s most common neurodevelopmental disorders. In this context, substantial growing trends in the frequency of ADHD diagnosis and treatment cases were registered across the globe. For its main reasons, the research includes a different approach to its diagnosis previously and nowadays,...
Topic: ADHD
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The DSM-5 classification is written and used in order to help psychiatric professionals within the industry more universally understand, diagnose and describe mental disorders. The classification contains many common and rare conditions, each of which are properly separated into types and categories. The book is extremely useful to any practicing...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Introduction Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a concerning chronic disorder of the digestive system with worldwide prevalence and a tendency to affect a growing population. Although GERD rates vary among different countries, it is currently one of the most common health conditions within the clinical practice (Diniz et al., 2014)....
Topic: Disease
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Introduction Bullying hurts the academic performance of the victims since it limits their participation in the school environment. Harassment affects the emotional and social well-being of victimized children. Students who are bullied find it hard to concentrate in the classroom and portray a decreased interest in attending classes. As a...
Topic: Bullying
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The biological model is a health and illness structure that intellectualizes disease in which prognosis, diagnosis, treatment, and cause are based on the physical and biological elements. In this framework, little or no attention is given to an illness’s environmental, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects. The biomedical model explains the...
Topic: Biomedicine
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Introduction Telehealth is one of the most heavily discussed topics in healthcare. This term is used to describe a wide variety of services linked with digital communication between patients and healthcare professionals to facilitate long-range treatment. Nowadays, this type of service is utilized by approximately 60% of healthcare facilities in...
Topic: Health
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Introduction Illustrating enormous biodiversity, life on the Earth has been a prominent area of natural science research for centuries. The panspermia hypothesis is among the controversial theoretical propositions touching upon the possible origins of life on the planet and the existence of extraterrestrial life. Panspermia supposes that life in the...
Topic: Evolution
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Introduction The performance appraisal process is a vital component in a healthcare organization in ensuring quality care. Employees can be evaluated based on established care standards. This process uses well-defined methods to enable employees to get information and determine if they meet the set-out expectations (Moradi et al., 2017). Aspects...
Topic: Health
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The article “An Assessment of Five (PANSS, SAPS, SANS, NSA-16, CGI-SCH) commonly used Symptoms Rating Scales in Schizophrenia and Comparison to Newer Scales (CAINS, BNSS)” by Suneeta Kumari and Mansoor Malik was published in the Journal of Addiction Research and Therapy on 11th May 2017. The authors are psychiatrists who...
Topic: Schizophrenia
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterized by neurological impairments in human behavior that begin in childhood. The disease often manifests itself at the age of seven years or with the start of regular schooling or preparatory group. ADHD is characterized by inattention and high distractibility of the child in...
Topic: ADHD
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Healthcare organizations have faced many challenges that remain unaddressed despite the promising innovations of changing healthcare service delivery. The challenges faced by healthcare workers include transitioning from volume-based healthcare to value-based healthcare, increasing costs and expenses, provider shortages (Alemian, 2016), and internet-connected medical device security. The highlighted four issues are...
Topic: Challenges
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Healthcare fraud comes from isolated instances of theft of medical equipment to the actions of entire criminal organizations engaged in stealing patient information. There are many companies that exist only on paper and bill insurance firms that provide fictitious services to patients. Many people working in health care deny the...
Topic: Health
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Introduction It is important to note that DNR orders are critical decisions made by patients and their relatives. There are many potential reasons why DNR orders are requested, which might involve an incurable condition or worsened quality of life post-resuscitation. The demonstrated case is unique because the cause of respiratory...
Topic: Ethics
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Wake County is one of the most highly rated living and working environments in the United States and North Carolina. Thankfully to great opportunities, Wake County keeps growing on big scales. The County has more than 1 million people, and it is the largest population in North Carolina (U.S. Census...
Topic: Health
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Leadership plays an integral role in the function of all fields and systems, and public health is no exception. The public health field is challenging to manage and navigate, but a collaborative and supportive team environment can help immensely. A person in the role of a leader can become the...
Topic: Leadership
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Sexual diversity is a term used to describe the diversity of sex characteristics, sexual orientation and gender identity. However, there is no need to indicate each of such statuses, roles or features, which shape this plurality (The United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2016). Diversity of cultures can...
Topic: Health
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Outline In this article, I use the phenomenon of Alzheimer’s neurodegenerative disease to study the syndrome of professional burnout in nurses who provide care to such patients. This is a comprehensive project that consists of two key sections, namely the study of Alzheimer’s disease and the study of nursing burnout...
Topic: Alzheimer’s Disease
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Eyewitness testimony occurs when an individual observes a crime or an accident; later, they reveal the details on the court’s stand to help investigate the case. Typically, it is a more complicated process than one might initially presume. Collecting testimony includes what happens during the crime scene, before, and after...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Introduction Teamwork is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon that is often studied from the perspective of team members’ relationships and their impact on outcomes. The more effectively teams work, the more their members can learn and live within the context of each other’s strengths, weaknesses, likes, and dislikes (Schmutz, Meier,...
Topic: Collaboration
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A healthcare manager is a person who facilitates, administrates, and influences the healthcare system as a manager is an indispensable part of the medical system, aimed at people’s well-being enhancement. To perform their duties well, a manager might possess and demonstrate a particular set of skills, such as the conceptual,...
Topic: Health
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Introduction The number of patients suffering from kidney problems is increasing at a high rate worldwide. Most patients with chronic kidney diseases do not seek any form of treatment, especially in developing countries (Bayliss et al., 2019). Thus, it is important to formulate programs that will help in addressing these...
Topic: Nursing
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The American Nurses Associations (ANA) is a health organization that is aimed to improve the quality of healthcare all across the country. Their main goals include protecting the nurses’ rights and raising the standards for the nursing practice. In their 2020-2023 strategic plan, the association describes its mission to achieve...
Topic: Organizational Structure
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Introduction Modern medical field requires new, high-quality ways of treating patients, considering the objective moral code. In everyday medical practice, the workers and the employees must know of and follow four fundamental principles of Health Care Ethics: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice. First, autonomy suggests that every medical professional should allow...
Topic: Ethics
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With just the mention of death, it is a real shock to the world. Then, it is surprising how one can comfortably walk into a medical center and demand to die. Michele’s case could not be the only one in the world but watching her die is flabbergasting (Bueller, 2012)....
Topic: Euthanasia
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Introduction Today’s population records infectious diseases as the utmost killer presenting the greatest challenge to the global community. Governments in collaboration with health-based organizations are investing numerous resources in mitigating the spread and re-emergence of contagious illnesses. This paper seeks to explore one of the re-emerging infectious diseases the world...
Topic: Tuberculosis
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Mary Ellen is a 38-year-old patient who lifts weights, and she has done so in the last ten years. On the 10th of October 2017, she presented with persistent pain on the posteromedial right knee. There were occasional effusions from the joint though the patient did not characterize the discharges....
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Imogene King Imogene King was born on January 30, 1923 and she was a pioneer of nursing theory development. After earning a diploma in nursing, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from St. Louis University. King later earned a Master of Science in nursing degree from...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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The staff needs to review information on patient satisfaction, quality, and likelihood to recommend because it will improve Krahe Health Care personnel’s understanding of how their work impacts the patient’s perceptions of this facility. For example, Thapa and Joshi (2019) report that patients recognize quality based on the nurses’ explanations...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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