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Effect of chewing gum on bowel motility in post operative patients following abdominal surgery: A clinical outcome based study One of the problems in the treatment of patients after surgery on the abdominal organs is the restoration of intestinal peristalsis. Violation of intestinal motility in the early postoperative period is...
The vulnerable population refers to the disadvantaged subsegments in society that need specific healthcare consideration. In the healthcare industry, safety concerns for vulnerable people result in better healthcare services. Technology implementation works together with the safety concerns for a sustainable healthcare environment. Therefore, the essay will focus on the six-safety...
Introduction Healthcare providers are facing challenges while delivering quality care following the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical staff and affiliated workers experience physical and psychological pressure in diagnosing, assessing, providing treatment, and tracing patients’ recovery processes. Therefore, the report provides a proposal and development of IoT-based devices to improve practices in...
Patient Clinical Assessment The patient is a 25-years old White male, homosexual, currently single. He has a medical history of having a severe case of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, as well as clinical depression. He is currently being treated for depression by a certified psychiatrist; however, he does not receive...
Each person has experienced upper respiratory disease (URI), which is a contagious infection of the upper respiratory tract. Common cold is the most well-known URI; however, there are some more critical requiring extra powerful medication. The following paper will include a comparison of several articles on the methods of upper...
Abstract Approved meanings of health disparities have been different and often extensive, which can have severe costs for setting aims, targets, resource distribution priorities, and evaluating development. While learning in class, most lectures familiarize members with the challenges of describing health differences in ways that attract the most important principles,...
Patient Initials JD. Subjective Data Chief Compliant: JD states that “she is having severe wheezing, shortness of breath, and coughing at least once daily.” History of Present Illness: The patient has been experiencing frequent asthma attacks for the past two months; she takes theophylline and albuterol to manage this condition....
Heart disease remains to be one of the most severe health concerns around the world. One of the leading causes of the condition is obesity. As most people spend most of their time at school or work, their sedentary lifestyles are often associated with poor diet and lack of exercise....
The COVID-19 pandemic has been described as an unexpected occurrence that has affected many social and economic systems globally. However, the impact of the pandemic has not been felt equally by different communities. According to Reyes (2020), African Americans have been more affected by COVID-19 than other communities in the...
Introduction Out-of-pocket healthcare refers to a mode of healthcare payment that entails using one’s own money to purchase health services; there is no support from insurance companies. US healthcare is costly and complicated and is paid for through premiums. The policy brief aims to bring to the government and the...
Introduction In 1981, in the United States, when collecting data on registered diseases, many rare diseases were discovered, the development of which was usually associated with a decrease in immunity. This unusual decrease in the body’s defenses has been called “acquired immune deficiency syndrome.” The cause of the decrease in...
Introduction COVID-19 is a global problem that medical professionals and government officials have been trying to control for the sake of the general population’s health and livelihood. The initial efforts were implementing the policies and requests for wearing masks and other protective gear that would minimize the risk of infection...
Telehealth is the provision of healthcare services through telecommunication technologies. An example of telehealth present in the healthcare system is people employing smartphones to manage health. Since most Americans own smartphones, they use them for health-related purposes, such as setting appointment reminders. They also install mHealth applications, such as smoking...
Mental health includes the emotional, psychological, and social condition of an individual. It influences people’s behavior, interpersonal connections, decision-making ability, and physical well-being. People’s traumatic life experience, lifestyle, and biological factors affect their mental health by causing stress, anxiety, and other disruptive conditions. Supporting mental health is crucial to preserve...
Introduction In recent years, much attention has been paid to gender relations. Indeed, interpersonal relationships of people largely determine their activities. Over the years of humanity’s existence, people have formed particular attitudes toward the roles and characteristics of men and women in society. For this reason, misunderstandings and even discrimination...
Every educational institution has a canteen that provides complete meals. In theory, everything is organized, and students should not feel any discomfort because they spend most of the day away from home, but things are quite different in practice. Statistically, about 60 percent of people suffer from stomach problems, which...
I believe that nurses can be involved in policy-making and policy evaluation because they spend the most time with patients. Therefore, they can be advocates with governments and regulatory agencies. Myers (2020) notes that “Nurses need to advocate for systematic change, inclusive of the many factors that interact to determine...
Aging is a complex and diverse process, and the complexity of the aging experience is rarely recognized. Gerontological research and practice often do not take into account key principles of interdisciplinary research and activity and the experience and involvement of actors such as the elderly. The traditional dualism of objectivity...
In one respect, the support of close family members actually can benefit chronically ill people by creating a friendly environment in which they have a chance to relax. On the contrary, Martire & Schulz (2007) mention that randomized controlled studies do not show any considerable effect of such psychosocial interventions....
In the selected scenario, there is a challenge concerned with nursing home patients being sent to an Emergency Department when there is no need for them to go. Such an issue complicates the work of a hospital team that has to deal with incoming patients whose health concerns could have...
Obesity is a condition caused by an abnormal or excessive buildup of fat that poses a health concern. It raises the risk of developing various diseases and health issues such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and many more (Upadhyay et al., 2018). For example, when one is obese, the heart...
Summary An ethically sensitive orientation in medical and nursing practice is the result of ethical norms established in the medical community. Medicine, as an institution that has developed over many centuries, must certainly evolve along with changing cultural norms. The link between culture and ethics is undeniable, and therefore therapies...
One of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the United States is chlamydia triggered by the bacterium called chlamydia trachomatis. Chlamydia infection is asymptomatic and can be easily cured with the help of antibiotics (Fig. 1). However, this infection might lead to long-term health consequences if it is not...
The central problem that this essay raises describes the characteristics of the U.S. health care system in the context of supporting patients with diabetes. More specifically, the essay examines the scientific necessity of patent law and the resulting lack of competition in the industry market as the leading causes of...
The research that is believed to be the largest epidemiological study of Covid-19 was conducted in two Indian states, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, and has revealed several important findings. Although it did involve a large number of confirmed Covid-19 cases, the study only examined cases and traced contacts in...
It should be noted that agoraphobia is a highly impactful and impairing form of anxiety disorder, which can imprison affected individuals both mentally and physically. The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders or DSM-5 code for agoraphobia is 300.22 (F40.00) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). It is listed under the...
Introduction Challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviours, and nonverbal communications are common among children in the United Kingdom. According to BMA, it is estimated that 700,000 people in the United Kingdom have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Out of every one hundred children, one is diagnosed with ASD (Mehlmann-Wick, 2020). Quality...
Diagnosis The medical terminology for the disease is centered around the term of endometriosis, but the emphasis is put on the differential symptoms. The examples include infertility, generalized pelvic pain, dyspareunia, and dysmenorrhea (Mounsey et al., 2006). In the case of the former, there are symptoms such as tubal disease...
The article under analysis is a scientific paper, “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on treatment-seeking veterans in the United Kingdom with preexisting mental health difficulties: a longitudinal study”, that describes a research conducted by Hendrikx et al. (2021, p. 1). The authors address the impact of the pandemic on...
The availability of vaccines and antiviral drugs to the general public depends on the reliability of supply chains. These top-down chains usually include several links — for example, in the United States, antiviral drugs make their way through manufacturers, distributors, and local healthcare facilities before reaching the customers (Koonin &...
These days internal interconnection plays a pivotal role in nursing. The pandemic situation forced people to communicate with the help of different channels, such as social media or internet-calling applications. Moreover, when trying to cope with an unstoppable stream of patients, nurses need help at some moments so that mutual...
The scenario in question considers the case of Mr. Cote, who has Alzheimer’s disease in its end stage. His severe condition is complicated by a recent stroke, and the health care team has faced a serious dilemma regarding future work. Mr. Cote is unable to swallow on his own, and...
Introduction Diet is a foundation of most weight loss initiatives, as it determines the energy and food composition consumed and demonstrates effectiveness in weight loss (Fock and Khoo, 2013). At the same time, physical activities play a support role in maintaining the diet-based weight loss achieved earlier. Therefore, these methods...
Introduction Emotional learning programs may improve the population’s mental health and increase the level of educated people. It is the reason why business plans concerning the introduction of emotional development training at schools and colleges should be elaborated. According to Orton et al. (2011), public health entrepreneurial business planning stands...
The term opioid describes natural, synthetic and semi-synthetic opiates, and new psychoactive substances, NPS that have similar health effects as opioids. These products are used in medical practices due to their ability to relieve agony. Opioids activate the release of feel-good neurotransmitters in the brain. These neurotransmitters are also referred...
Aaron Beck spent his entire life proving that psychotherapy works. By his example, the psychiatrist showed how from a poor, fearful and nervous boy from an emigrant family, he turned into one of the most influential psychotherapists in the country and even in the world. Beck is rightfully called “father...
Vaccination is the most effective way of protection against COVID-19: a highly contagious disease often followed by a set of serious complications. The effectiveness of this measure directly depends on the number of people vaccinated, since together, they generate a collective immunity for their sector of society. Health professionals around...
The leading causes of the development of schizophrenia include heredity, an unfavorable environment, and negative social conditions. Many scientists are of the opinion that schizophrenia develops as a result of the impaired metabolism of neurotransmitters, particularly dopamine, in the brain (McCutcheon et al., 2019). Neurotransmitters are biologically active substances that...
Bipolar and Related Disorders Overview Unless otherwise noted, all of the following information was taken from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th Edition (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In general, bipolar disorders are characterized by manic, depressive, and hypomanic episodes. Hypomanic and manic episodes can be characterized by inflated self-esteem, increased...
Introduction Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a series of experiments conducted on unaware African Americans with the goal of uncovering medical evidence of racial disparities. Not only were the researchers driven by racial prejudice, but they also manipulated their test subjects with lies and deceitful information. The experiment gained wide resonance...
Patients who suffered any kind of violence during childhood are more likely to have mental and physical disorders when they grow up. Sexual assaults are the most common type of violence; they are observed in numerous families and are often silenced. What petrifies society is that parents or close relatives...
Upon reading Chin and Sakuda’s (2012) article, various aspects of electronic health records (EHRs) critical in improving health care have become clear. The study elucidates current and potential interventions in EHRs that can help enhance Hawaii’s healthcare. The authors feel that meaningful use of data may take three forms: e-prescribing,...
The spread of coronavirus disease that originated in Wuhan, China, led to a global pandemic affecting people in different ways. COVID-19 causes pulmonary problems and impacts other systems of the human body, including cardiovascular/circulatory, digestive, immune, and sensory nervous. Various forms of ophthalmic manifestations of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2...
Introduction Unfortunately, vulnerable groups in the US may receive improper medical care because of the flaws of the health system. Therefore it is of paramount importance to reduce costs and improve the quality of health by founding new screening models to access services needed. Such a model already exists and...
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how fragile the global healthcare system is. During sustained waves, several patients were often in serious condition, per one nurse. In this context, it would be reasonable to introduce an adaptive system based on the work of the artificial intellect. The main task is to...
Abstract The essay discusses heart-related diseases and the obesity conditions in the human body. It shows the correlation between the different conditions and how they affect the functioning of other body organs. In addition, it looks into the action of peptides in various diseases and the response of the organs....
Introduction COVID-19 has set the world in a continuous state of crisis. It continues its stretch worldwide with new strains that revitalize the fight against the dangerous virus. Despite the tide slowly turning, the dangers and contagiousness of COVID-19 cannot be underestimated. Thus, one of the first universal and global...
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease with a pronounced genetic component. The disease significantly affects the physical and psychosocial state of the patient, as well as the quality of his life. Although psoriasis has traditionally been considered a dermatological pathology exclusively, to date, enough data has been accumulated indicating the...
Healthcare remains one of the vital industries, serving as a determinant of a well-developed, functioning society. All elements of this system are engaged in providing their respective communities with better standards of care. In a way, the system is a reflection of this society and the context, in which its...
Introduction Twenty-one years ago, the WHO declared the USA a measles-free country. However, since that time, numerous cases of measles have erupted in different states. There have been outbreaks in Washington and New York, Michigan and California, New Jersey, and American Samoa. Measles is a highly contagious disease, and vaccination...
Medication errors occasionally occur in the healthcare practice and cause safety issues for patients. Miscommunication leading to medical errors might occur in interactions between the practitioners or between a healthcare worker and a patient. In particular, medication errors most commonly occur in practitioner-patient communication due to mixed-up terminology or non-clarity...
Introduction Obesity has become one of the most pressing concerns in recent years. Most studies attribute the rising cases of obesity to economic development in both low and high income economies (Ameye and Swinnen, 2019). These studies show that obesity is more prevalent in high-income economies, and is more prevalent...
Both TED Talks by Peggy Orenstein and Philip Zimbardo, although exploring different gender perspectives and general topics, emphasize the barriers that young men and women encounter when attempting to formulate their own understandings of intimacy and sexual relations. By using data from their research involving actual participants, the two speakers...
Medical research is constantly developing due to modern technological advancements. Electronic health records (EHR), which include patients’ medical history, are used to store and share data to provide sufficient healthcare (Dash et al., 2019, para. 8). The application of EHR to daily hospital routines resulted in changes to their data...
Diseases of the lymphatic system are common among adults and children. There are many types of these pathologies that require different treatment approaches. The most common problem is lymphedema, which develops when the formation of lymph and its outflow through the capillaries and lymphatic vessels from the organs and tissues...
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a healthcare approach that applies the most current research available to improve the safety and health of patients while reducing overall costs and variation in health outcomes. It uses problem-solving approaches that combine best practices from the latest medical reviews with clinical experience and the patient’s...
At the moment, people have become more concerned about their health. They are searching for ways to improve control over their health, and find services that will help with this. There are many applications to help the patient monitor their condition. However, people are concerned that data may be leaked...
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that affects a person’s cognitive functions. People with this disorder suffer from psychosis, delusions, and apathy (Millard et al., 2021). This illness can manifest due to genetic predisposition; indeed, it is one of the factors that can provoke it. Various psychological traumas, stress, and...
Introduction One of the current trends in the American democratic society is to make sure that all citizens, regardless of their ethnicity, age, gender, race, and sexual orientation, are provided with equal opportunities and rights. Diversity is a key to improved understanding of other persons, and while a growing percentage...
Family nursing utilizes many concepts and is ingrained in numerous Nursing Theories. One of the most important concepts is the perspective of recognizing the strengths of the family, which are believed to be in the ability to cope with stress, time spent together, positive communication, spiritual well-being, appreciation and affection,...
Efficiency in a health care setting involves management skills and leadership abilities. Management and leadership have been developed in the business field, applying knowledge to the companies, aiming at financial profit. However, leadership in the medical field needs another perspective, which is different from the business one. Management in health...
Pregnant women refugees from Africa face many issues during migration. The mothers felt fear, loneliness and did not understand how the baby would be born because they had no previous contact with the Australian health system. At the same time, the situation was complicated because they did not know their...
Adolescent obesity poses serious health problems to Hispanic communities, health service provision, and nursing practice. Therefore, adolescents considered to be obese have surpassed being overweight and have increased risks of succumbing to chronic health conditions. Additionally, any health issues that begin in childhood and continue through adolescence can be serious...
Three scientific works that explore the relations between nutrition and public health were selected for the assignment. They are Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet and Survival in a Greek Population by Trichopoulou et al., Midlife Moderation-Quantified Healthy Diet and 40-Year Mortality Risk from CHD by Dai, Krasnow, and Reed, and...
Allied health is a department of health care that deals with the delivery of services that involves the identification, evaluation, and prevention of diseases and disorders, dietetics, rehabilitation, and health systems management. Two careers that are of interest within the allied health segment are dietetics and physical therapy. Dieticians are...
It is believed that a nurse should have strong leadership skills. This should manifest itself in all areas of work and relationships with different people. For example, in dealing with patients, a nurse is a strong and significant person since they help people, “lead” them to recovery as a leader....
The presentation by David Smith, Nicole Sowers, and Scott Randall on Champ Software and Nightingale notes is an outstanding demonstration of how a team can take on the challenging task of modernizing health information systems. The most interesting part was about Minnesota’s success story, which implemented the software for the...
Vernon, D., Brown, J. E., Griffiths, E., Nevill, A. M., & Pinkney, M. (2019). Reducing readmission rates through a discharge follow-up service. Future healthcare journal, 6(2), 114–117. Web. The primary purpose of this article is to examine how readmission rates influence hospital finances. Ninety-eight Washington hospitals were reviewed from 2012...
For the modern doctor, information technology is an opportunity to reach a new qualitative level both in diagnosing diseases and in their successful treatment. Mobile health technology is an essential part of technical support in health care. It implies the use of technology to control human health. Care sponsors and...
The American governmental system provides the legal regulation for interest groups which can influence the legislation passage. The interest groups have influenced the legislation many times throughout history. These groups were created thanks to the constitutional amendments and guarantees of freedoms for every citizen. Interest groups mainly aim to represent...
The belief that women experience negative emotional well-being result of early termination has been the reason for enactment trying to order different approaches to limit admittance to early termination. Biggs et al. (2017) hypothesize that the restrictions on abortion and the denial of abortion lead to adverse mental outcomes for...
Sexuality involves the ability and needs to experience mutual emotional closeness to another human being. Sexuality matters because it goes beyond more than sex, influencing people in their lives. Healthcare providers in the 21st century have experienced sexual issues pertaining relationship between sexual wellbeing and health (Fortenberry, 2016). Sexual well-being...
Case description Barbara is 40 years old and expecting her 4th child. Her doctors have advised her that, due to her age, she is at high risk for possible fetal death. Barbara conducts research on the internet. She finds statistics for fetal deaths from 2002-2011 based on age and race....
The job of the coder is currently one of the most demanded in the job market. Its immense popularity is explained by the computerization of most jobs that did not involve modern technologies before. However, being a coder is quite difficult, as the job presumes a wide range of knowledge...
In nursing practice, the scope of operation dictates the guiding principles a nurse practitioner (NP) is entitled to operate within. In Texas, the Registered Nurses (RNs) are under a restricted form of practice under physicians’ supervision. The Texas Board of Nursing regulates nursing activities within the state. The practice competencies...
At the moment, in my employment setting, the principles of active interaction among colleagues are being promoted as one of the key aspects of optimizing the workflow. Nursing communication is viewed by the management as a necessary element of productive activity, and the focus is on collaborative and team practices....
The effects of COVID-19 on the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems are widely documented. However, recent research shows that the virus also affects the brain. According to studies conducted in the United Kingdom and Germany, 20-70% of COVID-19 patients experience neuropsychiatric symptoms (Boldrini et al., 2021). Some of the symptoms recorded...
In Delaware, majority of the people are Latino, one out of three kids is Latino and one out of 31 adults is also Latino. However, most of the population this community is marginalized (Salud America, 2019). Latino face disparities in physical health, parental care and mental health where depression is...
Public opinion constitutes an essential attribute in determining the popularity of a particular issue. In essence, public members in many countries have played a substantial role in mitigating the spread of COVID-19. This is a disease caused by a coronavirus, which was first identified in Wuhan, China (Zhang et al.,...
In our time, society is diverse and multicultural, so new challenges in health care are emerging. That is, nurses are faced with the problem of providing quality care to sufferers of all religions, races, and cultures. Although this is a difficult task, considering that even English-speaking patients find it problematic...
Identify the group characteristics: name, meeting location and time, etc. For this observation, I chose a Partial Hospitalization group that meets five days a week for four hours. There is no particular name for this meeting, hence it is recorded as Partial Hospitalization Support. They meet Monday through Friday from...
Sometimes people opt for determining their diagnosis based on the symptoms, using the information they seek online in spite of arranging doctor’s appointments for proper health analysis. Unfortunately, society might be easily disinformed, considering that the quality of media data on web pages is not always assured. As a result,...
Giving birth at any age is normally a challenge to women, but it is a more difficult experience for teen mothers and more so for those girls in foster care. Research shows that in the developed world, the nation with the highest number of teen pregnancies is the US (Font...
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...
The health of the population is one of the most important factors in successful national safety, security, and social development. Additionally, it is an important resource for ensuring the stability of the state, and can be considered as a point of evaluation of the state policy in the social care...
TeamSTEPPS consists of five major principles: the team structure and four other skills. These include leadership, communication, mutual support, and situation monitoring (Zerwekh & Garneau, 2021). The above abilities inter-relate with each other to guarantee that teamwork is enhanced. Communication is one of the significant aspects of Team STEPPS that...
Periodically all medical companies face equipment replacement or have to find a supplier for new apparatuses. Finding and selecting a vendor who would be able to meet all specific demands of medical organizations and provide the necessary appliances for a reasonable price is no easy matter. To find the company...
Abstract It has been widely reported that the diet of a breastfeeding mother influences the nutritional composition of milk that she is producing. However, the variability in human milk when it comes to the content of different chemical compounds remains understudied. There is a necessity to collect as much information...
Introduction RCA is predicated on the premise that good management involves more than simply resolving existing problems; it demands identifying ways to avert them (Latino et al., 2019). RCA assists businesses in avoiding the inclination to focus exclusively on a particular component to get at the quickest remedy. Additionally, it...
The patient is an Asian male young adult in full physical and mental health, with no visible symptoms of diseases or infections. Although the patient regularly exercises, adheres to a healthy diet, and has stable social relationships, that are health issues that decrease the quality of his life. The systems...
An Australian director and actor, Damon Gameau, decides to test whether sugar is harmful to the body. His girlfriend is pregnant, and who, if not a future father, should think about healthy eating. Having gathered several doctors, Gameau calculates that for the purity of the experiment, he needs to eat...
The nurse influences five medical elements: providing patient-centered care, working in interdisciplinary teams, using evidence-based practice, improving quality, and informatics. Together, these enable an analysis of the nursing process and its effectiveness. A critical approach to nursing care involves evaluating actions and their results: which aspects of performance can be...
Introduction. Medicare Parts A (Hospital Insurance): Eligibility Part A premium-free covers People aged 65 years or older A patient paid Medicare taxes for a minimum of 10 years when working (Grabowski et al., 2017) Must be enrolled for part B However, one is eligible for the cover without paying premiums...
Background As a working nurse professional, ensuring the health and wellbeing of patients is the most vital aspect of everyday practice. Those involved in the healthcare sphere constantly need to improve their skills, both using the current evidence-based practices and improving their own work competencies. In this discussion, the field...
Physical exercise is an important aspect of human life. Several available pieces of evidence demonstrate how physical exercise correlates with brain plasticity, which impacts human cognition and wellbeing. According to Santrock (2018), physical exercise induces both structural and functional modifications of the brain, resulting in biological and mental benefits. In...
The rapid pace of modern life and the variety of complicated situations people should cope with provoke a high level of stress. Even though it is a natural reaction of the human body to adverse psychological and physical conditions, stress negatively influences health and causes dangerous illnesses and disorders. Even...
Introduction Budgets are used to help improve the financial stability of an institution, whether corporate or in healthcare. Preparing an effective budget can help identify areas for improvement, areas that are effective, and overall cost-efficacy within the institution. Within inpatient settings, nursing managers are responsible for monitoring budgets. In some...
Introduction Leadership, technology, and informatics are important components of effective nursing practice. To maintain excellent treatment and patient safety, nurses should instill practical leadership skills in their everyday activities. Nursing leadership is only effective if the entire team promotes outstanding patient care. Technology and informatics are vital in nursing because...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) refers to disorders of the nervous system. Neurological disorders are based on prerequisites of a neurological nature. Preconditions most often appear during childhood and are detrimental to personal, social, academic, or professional growth. They are usually associated with stopping ongoing responses after feedback on errors,...
Even though many people have “shopped” for vaccines, researching their differences and the potential impact on their health, the best vaccine is the one that is readily available (Lasca, 2021). Therefore, vaccinations present the only viable option for preventing the transmission of COVID-19 as well as reducing the risks of...
Montefiore Medical Facility is a teaching hospital in New York City that mainly serves low-income patients. They have built a strong patient-centered culture via their use of Montefiore Medical Center’s hospitals, healthcare locations, and school-based clinics. They are always on the lookout for new methods to improve the services to...
Many elements interact to influence the health status of individuals. The conditions and surroundings in which people live dictate whether or not they are healthy. A person’s social setting, heredity, education, income level, and state of mind all significantly affect health. However, more generally recognized variables like the availability and...
The problem is manifested in a disconnectedness of EHR integration of Williams Medical Services (WMS) from Leonard Williams Medical Center’s (LWMC) implementation of a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system, where the latter is supervised by the chief information officer (CIO) and IT department. The lack of cooperative measures between...
Introduction Today’s paradigm of democratic values demonstrates an increased degree of recognition of human rights. However, the complexity and controversy of the social landscape contribute to the emergence of heated debates. More specifically, the exact scope of rights to be protected remains subject to different interpretations as various worldviews collide....
CAN Community Health is a federal health agency in Florida, USA. Since 1991, the non-profit organization has continuously served the Florida community that lives with HIV. It has now extended its health services to the southern part of the country. The agency has always been dedicated to the continued wellness,...
How Phoebe Putney Healthcare system in Albany, GA, Can Refine Rural Healthcare Through Telemedicine with the Use of HoloLens by Microsoft Technology The Phoebe Putney Healthcare System is a non-profit group of physicians, nurses, medical professionals, and volunteers striving to provide high-quality care for Georgian residents (Phoebe Putney Health System,...
It is important to note that healthcare policies play a key role in determining the effectiveness of the healthcare system in general. Developing and adjusting such policies is a crucial task, which is affected by a wide range of factors. These influences can be categorized into three major groups, which...
Obesity A Major Wellness Concern The history of obesity in the U.S. can be traced back to the 1960s and 1970s, when a slight rise in the percentage of people with unhealthy dietary habits and increased weight were spotted. However, what would later on be called the epidemic of obesity...
Decreased insulin sensitivity in the muscle, tissue, and liver leads to increased insulin production by beta cells of the pancreas. When beta cells can no longer secrete enough insulin to maintain blood sugar levels, hyperglycemia occurs. Left untreated, hyperglycemia may lead to coma and death (Silva et al., 2018). Epidemiology...
Cloning is a method of reproducing by which a new organism, genetically identical to the one intended to be cloned, can be obtained asexually. The first attempts to clone animals appeared in the 1930s. A new stage was defined by the experiments of Scottish scientists, culminating in the birth of...
Introduction As the costs of healthcare services in the United States continue to soar, it became necessary to devise a solution that will save billions of dollars that are otherwise needed to treat everyone. It is known that the cost of medical assistance has become unbearable for many, and receiving...
The United States is the only developed country that does not provide universal health insurance to its citizens. The majority of the U.S. population receives private health insurance as part of employer-provided health insurance (EPHI), while others are covered through social programs; however, 15% of Americans remain uninsured (Tumialán, 2019)....
Introduction The development of the medical industry is one of the top priorities in many countries, and many innovative systems significantly improve this industry. The latest invention for medicine is called electronic health record (EHR), and many hospitals actively use it. However, professionals still research the usefulness of this innovation...
The healthcare quality issue I have found in my clinical setting is the shortage of nursing staff. It decreases the quality of patient care. The total number of nursing staff in the hospital does not meet healthcare quality requirements (Davies et al., 2019). The shortage of medical staff is noticeable...
FEMA is the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and it was implemented in its current form in 1979. The official website of the organization provides a considerable amount of knowledge that might be useful for public health nurses. It includes data about emergency management, assistance during disasters, and even educational programs....
New childbirths are recorded daily in almost every hospital and local clinic, both nationally and globally. Some also take place at home with the help of a nurse-midwife in a situation where the mother is unable to access the medical facility. Such births are known as home births. Pregnant women...
Introduction Depression is a mental that makes people sad and apathetic, and gets in the way of enjoying their lives. In the US, over 9.5% of all adults suffer from depression of some kind (Friedrich, 2017). Women are twice as more likely to suffer from it than men. There are...
Population Description Aging in the United States is increasingly becoming a healthcare challenge, especially with the health needs and treatment costs rising. The Alzheimer’s Association (2021) produced a report in March, 2021, highlighting the incidence of Alzheimer’s dementia among American elderly. The population comprises people aged 65 years and older...
Introduction The issue of sources’ credibility is of great importance in both educational and non-academic spheres. Particular attention of scholars is paid to the reliability of announcements in the area of medicine provided by various canals of information. An example of the mass controversy caused by the misuse of resources...
Introduction Instances of medical malpractice have become a topical issue in the healthcare professional community. Such cases cause major disputes, and the potential ways of their resolution have been an area of intense interest across industries. In the case of medical malpractice, namely allied health professionals, there is a growing...
Secondary Prevention of Diabetes Complications Diabetes is one of the most widespread diseases in the United States. A high number of risk factors and potential complications make this illness especially dangerous. Secondary prevention is the detection of the disease on an early stage and managing it to avoid complications. In...
Introduction The documentation of all processes and procedures in medicine plays an integral function. This is not only the coordination of all actions and plans but also an important aspect of quality control of services, reporting, and much more. In this regard, according to Documentation in Social Work: Evolving Ethical...
It is important to note that Canada’s healthcare system is private despite the key goal being the provision of universally accessible medical care because it is financed publicly and delivered privately. It is also decentralized and mainly administered by each province and territory separately, whereas the federal government only imposes...
Bid evaluation is the process of analyzing the bids submitted by a different organization by examining the validity of each bid and comparing them against each other to enable the responsible organization to choose the best offer to help the organization meet its goals. Bid evaluation is a crucial aspect...
Budget development is a critical step for any health care organization. A budget reflects the organization’s goals and objectives, contingency plan, and how outcomes of the proposed programs and initiatives are measures. The process of developing a budget requires management to choose between different initiatives and investments and “requires analysis...
Built environment such as homes, offices, buildings, open spaces, sidewalks, and transportation options has a direct impact on human health. Healthy built environments have services and resources that contribute to the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of the people who occupy it. An analysis of the existing built environments shows...
Weight is an essential parameter in ensuring the healthy functioning of the human body. Significant deviations from average weight can increase the risks of life-threatening illnesses. Usually, the weight index is estimated through the body mass index (BMI). BMI is a number that depicts people’s body fat considering the proportion...
Staffing Since one of the primary purposes of this Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) is to provide high-quality treatment for people with mental disorders, it is necessary to pay close attention to recruiting talented psychologists and psychiatrists. Several funders and the program’s developers finance this QAP; therefore, standards related to staffing...
Developing quality improvement nursing projects is likely to have a massively positive effect on patient outcomes and the overall level of care, which is why pursuing the specified goal is quite important. Specifically, the emphasis on innovation seems to be the most reasonable route to take when shaping the project...
Nowadays, many people related to anesthesia are concerned due to the recent executive order, which occurred in 2019. Because of the possibility of canceling the strict anesthesia requirements and inclusive implementation of a new medical unit in this market, some of the medical representatives noticed interesting possibilities for professional growth....
Windsor Westbrook Sherrill and Rachel M. Mayo’s article “Medical and nursing student communication skills: Preparing to treat Latino patients” focuses on communication in healthcare settings. The authors’ main objective was to evaluate the previous experience of nursing and medical students with Latino patients and the effectiveness of their communication skills...
Malaria is an alarming defect believed to have originated from early primates of Africa throughout the 21st century. It widely escalated and became a lethal communicable ailment to humans and infested continents such as Asia, Europe, and North America. The plasmodium vector conveyed by the female Anopheles mosquito found in...
Becoming more multinational, the population of many countries needs an adequate culture-based, patient-centered approach to medical care. Cultural competence in nursing is necessary nowadays, as it implies more than just sensitivity or knowledge of cultures. It is a whole practice of values and attitudes aimed at optimizing the medical care...
Khubchandani, J., Sharma, S., Price, J. H., Wiblishauser, M. J., Sharma, M., & Webb, F. J. (2021). COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in the United States: a rapid national assessment. Journal of Community Health, 46(2), 270-277. The study aimed to investigate the likelihood of getting a COVID-19 vaccine on an American adulthood...
Discovery The topic and the nursing practice issue related to this topic. Common Mistakes in the Field of Nursing Practice The rationale for the topic selection and the scope of the issue. Errors are prevalent in the nursing profession, and they can have serious consequences, including putting the health of...
According to the American Nursing Association, a nurse must promote health, prevent illness, alleviate suffering, and advocate for individuals in her care. There are ten principles of nursing competence: client-centered care, interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, leadership, informatics, safety, client education, professionalism, and priority setting. These principles constitute the...
Professional values and ethics determine competence among individuals working for profit-making entities. Medical practitioners, similarly, are expected to participate in activities and decision-making which enhance quality services to clients. Several ethical values and morals exist for healthcare expert working in different healthcare settings (Tilley et al., 2019). For instance, nurses...
There is a higher risk for an adolescent mother to have pregnancy complications including pallor, and hypertension. Gestational diabetes typically disappears after the mother conceives an offspring. If untreated, gestational diabetes can cause untimely birth, the child having breathing issues upon entering the world, jaundice, or low glucose. There are...
This comprehensive study by Dan Bader, Peter Worsley, and Amit Gefen (2019) presents a detailed review of the newest bioengineering tools, contributing to evaluating the damage to skin and tissues caused by medical devices. It also proves the need for collaboration between academics, clinicians, and industrialists to develop new effective...
Background Information: PICOT Question What is the impact of utilizing telemonitoring blood pressure (BP) (I) in African Americans with hypertension (P) relative to conventional treatment (C) on BP control? (O). In the United States, approximately 45% of adults have high blood pressure, and only around 54% can control it (CDC,...
One of the government’s roles is to better the lives of its citizens, and this is only possible if the leadership is intentional in achieving related goals. Regardless of the political party, the president has a role in pushing for policies that meet the needs of all Americans. Consequently, the...
Introduction There are many aboriginal peoples and communities in Canada, including the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis. Unfortunately, the health status of Aboriginal peoples is generally much worse than that of non-Aboriginal Canadians (NCCAH, 2013). This is a severe problem that requires attention and government aid. The article “An Overview...
Introduction The faulty physiology of the cell’s organelles can result in a multitude of serious diseases. The development of technology and a better understanding of the human body have allowed scientists and medical professionals to examine the smallest elements of the body, such as organelles, and define their dysfunctions that...
Infectious diseases pose a range of threats to public health, therefore, representing a major threat to be addressed. Thus, the measures aimed at curbing the rates of contracting infectious diseases and exposing vulnerable groups to them must be regarded as a crucial part of managing public health concerns. Presently, several...
Introduction The chosen strategy is to make Phoenix Hospital the preferred hospital in Hanover County by employees and consumers by reducing the workload for the nursing department. This strategy can solve several problems of the hospital at once, since the hospital’s costs have increased significantly recently, which affects the economic...
Introduction Patient safety is a medical discipline that has emerged in response to the growing complexity of providing health services, which is accompanied by an increase in the scale of harm caused to patients in medical institutions. The task of this discipline is to prevent and reduce the level of...
Introduction We have recently begun to study sleep as a biological process. We analyzed different stages of sleep and its complex study as a cycle. We also investigated various factors of influence and disturbance of the sleep process. Particular attention has been paid to specific sleep patterns, factors affecting them,...
Introduction The Pressure Ulcer Prevention Education Plan aims to address incompetency issues among nursing staff that is mainly contributed by lack of proper knowledge. Prevention and management of pressure ulcers (PUs) amongst patients in various nursing and rehabilitation centers have been on the downward trend, evidenced by the increase in...
Intervention Plan The intervention plan is based on the purpose of the project, which is the improvement of breastfeeding exclusivity of postpartum women from African American descent. The plan will consist of several steps, each of them aiming at fulfilling a specific goal of the project. Such elements as the...
Summary Suicide is a critical public health problem that affects individuals of all ages, sexes, races, and statuses. According to official sources, suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States (Barlow et al., 2018). Older adults (65 years and older) account for 12% of the population...
