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The nurse spends more time with the patient than other specialists and understands his needs better than many. Nurses and nursing assistants help the patient perform basic procedures that people cannot commit themselves to due to their physical condition. There are many nursing care sections, each aimed at specific work...
Conversations on public health and prevention strategies came to the fore during the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic. The pandemic was declared a public health emergency owing to the spread of disease across the globe. From a global perspective, the COVID 19 pandemic brought out the need for considering...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for hand sanitizers has grown substantially over the past couple of years. Moreover, most places of mass gathering of people have been equipped with these means of protection to create all possible conditions for improving the epidemiological situation. Hand sanitizing is aimed at combating...
The design of the healthcare model, as narrated by Dr. Mitchell Katz in a TED talk, is based on a middle-class model that ignores the needs of those individuals in low socioeconomic classes. Healthcare workers do not take time to understand the obstacles of their low-income patients before criticizing them....
Some of the lessons acquired from the video include that people who were infected with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) experienced stigmatization among the people who lived among them. People avoided their association which made them feel unwanted in society. The disease mostly spread through homosexuality and communities who shared...
The role of healthcare disparities as the determinants of patient health is not to be underestimated. In fact, this aspect of public health has become the subject of intense interest for researchers and professionals. Reshetnyak et al. (2020) examined the influence of social determinants of health and concluded that their...
It is important to note that NDNQI has been operating since 1998, making it one of the biggest and reliable databases to aid and improve nursing healthcare by providing relevant, research-based data on nursing care (Northwestern Medicine, n.d.). The research needs to be continued even after the patient’s departure. The...
Smoking has become common among many people universally, including young adults. For instance, many college students are using tobacco due to peer pressure and lack of information about its dangers. Moreover, smoking a cigarette has become a part of leisure, more so to the youth. Although many young people smoke...
Long-term care is a major site for people who have severe chronic conditions and are close to death. However, most people do not enter long-term care sites willing to receive end-of-life care, and many older persons stay at home to receive their long-term care (Sussman et al., 2019). According to...
Introduction The prevalence of infectious diseases is changing rapidly in the wake of environmental and societal changes. The Orlando, FL public health authorities can control the spread of infectious disease by issuing travel bans, instituting entry/exit screening of travelers, and quarantine travelers. The Orlando, FL public health officials have the...
Source credibility is one of the central aspects to focus on when dealing with health-related messages. The credibility of sources includes such domains as the author’s (and the source’s) credentials and expertise concerning the topic discussed (Real et al., 2018). For instance, monographs, peer-reviewed journals, official websites of health-related organizations...
Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the health problems affecting many people today. Past studies have tried to analyze the nature of this condition and present evidence-based approaches to help protect more lives. The article “Occupational Versus Leisure Time Physical Activity in Reducing Cardiovascular Risks and Mortality among Ethnic...
Health issues of emerging populations differ from those of White non-Hispanic Americans in a variety of ways. Moreover, prevalent health-related problems differ among emerging populations. Hispanic people in the US account for over 16% of the US population (Edelman et al., 2014). The major factors that affect the health of...
Introduction Functional ability and health disparity are some of the challenges experienced by many individuals in most developed countries. However, only a few studies have been conducted to examine the trends of these challenges. The main aim of those studies is to find out the strategies that can be implemented...
Case study A 21-year old female (A.M.) presents to the urgent care clinic with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and a fever for 3 days. She states that she has Type I diabetes and has not been managing her blood sugars since she’s been ill and unable to keep any...
The proposed policy requires incorporating chronic and complex migraines as essential health conditions to the Texas Compassionate-Use Act so that low-THC cannabis prescriptions could be offered to patients based on the respective diagnosis and condition. What Are the Costs and Benefits Associated with the Policy, from a Budgetary Perspective? Implementing...
Aspirin is one of the most used medications worldwide, with its history going all the way back to 1897. It is a plant-based drug made out of salicylic acid, which can be found in Willow, scientifically known as Salix. Aspirin was originally intended as an anti-inflammatory drug but is currently...
Her name is Sam, short for Samantha; you may not tell by looking at her, but she has a mental condition called obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD affects more than 2 million Americans; its symptoms include unwanted recurrent thoughts that compel the sufferer to do things repetitively. For example, some patients...
Introduction The United States differs from many developed countries in its health care financing system. Suppose in many states there are centralized organizations that provide health insurance for citizens. In that case, the United States is characterized by the absence of a unified, universal health insurance system, in which resources...
Pain management is a highly complex challenge, which affects a large portion of patients both chronically and acutely. Understanding the key underlying intricacies of managing the severity and frequency of pain can be a critical deciding factor, which determines a patient’s well-being, health, quality of life, and recovery. There is...
Population and Setting The implementation of research requires considerable attention to such domains as setting and sampling. It is critical to include all the meaningful details regarding the setting to ensure the reliability of the utilized methods (Fain, 2017). The setting for the proposed quantitative research is a local inpatient...
Summary Health workers integrate clinical experience with external evidence from systematic research. They also consider patients’ values and circumstances when deciding on the best wellness approaches. EBD takes into account the characteristics of the practice in which caregivers work. For instance, working in acute care nursing requires expertise because it...
Preparedness as a Universal Public Health Concept Regional, national, and global public health and emergency management institutions and systems are reorganizing around public health and emergency preparedness principles. These terms and concepts are defined in this paper emphasizing system-level and organizational difficulties (Belfroid et al., 2020). Public health providers have...
Recall When I was writing my first project, I tended to invent new technical ideas for the aspect that I was studying. In most cases, I thought I was very clever and had made some of the best decisions while handling the project. I was determined to finish the project...
Goal: To prevent and minimize health risks for primary school children with diabetes in the Playford Council Area. Objectives Strategies Process Indicators Data Collection Methods To promote the awareness of the target group about the risks of type 2 diabetes and their management when at school Advertise the program in...
CPT modifiers are systems of coded information that help healthcare workers label their practice decisions. Among the many modifiers provided under Medicare, there are at least two that I use in my practice. For example, I often use modifier 77, which is commonly used to denote a “repeat procedure by...
The idea of providing someone with high-quality care involves the concept of respect and acceptance of the patient’s wishes. The definition of nursing practice is illustrated through the provision of diagnostics and treatment procedures as a response to a potential health threat (New York State Education Department, n.d). However, a...
Data on this objective is vital because it shows other illnesses affecting patients with CKD; this is key in developing treatment measures for those with concurring diseases. These study objectives are formulated so that the findings will promote autonomy and social justice among the study population. Autonomy is the patients’...
Introduction Understanding the nature of the current problem with the provision of ionizing radiation testing to patients is vital for proper diagnosis. However, there are indications that a substantial number of healthcare providers do not have the required skills or tools. For this reason, a closer examination of the problem...
Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, a specific skeletal disorder associated with bone weakness and loss. In addition, it addresses African American seniors as a population group vulnerable to this disease. The significance of this paper...
The community surrounding my school of nursing is mostly represented by average middle-class people. In nursing, the environment can be defined as public places such as homes, schools, and workplaces, or the environment can be global considering air, water, soil, and food (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2016). The most common environmental...
Summary The application of standards in health care can differ significantly depending on the specific practice setting. For instance, conditions of coverage and participation in a typical hospital setting are quite distinctive from those in a rural health clinic. While staffing requirements and administrative structure of the standard urban hospital...
Only for excellent reasons should change be adopted. Even with the best intentions, however, many change efforts fail because the strategy utilized to make the change lacks clear structure, preparation, and timing. People with baccalaureate degrees will be regarded as leaders in their respective work settings and will be able...
Introduction Mental health refers to a good performance of necessary cognitive functions. Desirable cognitive function results in productivity alongside good interaction with the environment. The wellbeing of a person is an essential determinant of one’s daily interaction and ability to contribute to societal progress. Psychological illnesses are essentially known to...
A medical insurance policy covering a client as a subscriber, an employee, or a member is known as primary insurance. Therefore, when people obtain medical care, their primary insurance is billed first. For example, most people’s primary insurance is their employer-provided health insurance. Conversely, a healthcare insurance policy covering one...
The chapter focuses on explaining epidemiologic research designs and predictive correlational designs. It starts with the explanation of epidemiology as a discipline and subdisciplines such as Descriptive and analytic epidemiology. The first is focused on the description of the distributions of determinants and diseases (Drummond & Murphy-Reyes, 2018). The second...
Cari’s post is especially valuable for understanding the intricacies of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) implementation. The discussion clearly explains how HIPAA impacts the social workers’ use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR), outlining the concerns related to patient data accessibility. Indeed, when performing their work responsibilities and...
Introduction Identification of Incivility Incivility in healthcare settings is impolite and offensive behavior, which aims to humiliate or insult a person. It is a significant issue in modern clinics and healthcare centers because it influences different aspects of healthcare professionals’ work. In particular, this type of behavior influences the mental...
Interactions between personnel are among the key points that are necessary for the success of any organization. In a health care context, well-coordinated teamwork is even more critical, as the lives of others depend on it. Studies show that communication disruption between health workers accounts for more than 60 percent...
Introduction Mental health refers to the mental and psychological well-being of an individual. It can manifest in various ways and be caused by factors such as dissatisfaction and others. It is important that one can undergo treatment and make a full recovery. This field research has focused on themes of...
For many people undergoing physical, emotional, or mental pain, suicide seems like the most appropriate remedy for their agony. Patients abiding from terminal diseases and the elderly might lose hope and love for a living because of their daily challenges. They might opt to die rather than live and observe...
The need to improve patient care in hospitals has led to the development of new technologies that assist nurses in managing, monitoring, and controlling clients’ conditions within the facilities. Information management allows each patient’s data to be recorded, stored, and easily retrieved by health professionals when needed (Bhatt & Chakraborty,...
Coding compliance is essential in providing high-quality services and ensuring correlation with an organization’s laws. Specialists dealing with coding compliance must understand the standards and procedures established within the agency. In addition, these specialists must know the laws of their state and obey them to avoid issues with documentation and...
In recent decades, modern society has faced several problems and tasks that require analysis and solutions. One of the most famous and essential in changing the culture of human behavior is the recent pandemic of the COVID-19 virus. Despite all the destructive effects and consequences of the pandemic, many people...
Clinical judgment is an essential concept in healthcare and, more specifically, in nursing. It is a process that involves collecting client data, interpreting the data, making diagnoses, and identifying proper steps. Essential components of the process are critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving. Clinical judgment is required for somewhat ambiguous...
Introduction Performing tasks in the workplace can be challenging for nurses and nursing students without effective models they can rely on in the process. This condition is explicitly examined in the article “REST: Break through to resilience,” written by Rajamohan et al. (2020), who claim the significance of the developed...
Pembroke Pines is a beautiful suburban city close to Miami. Unfortunately, the town is infamous due to the high number of people suffering from substance abuse. Numerous individuals have developed addictions, such as alcohol, drug, and fentanyl. In 2016, Pembroke Pines saw an outbreak of fentanyl abuse, where more than...
Introduction Inexpensive, high-quality healthcare continues to be one of the most controversial, complicated, and critical concerns confronting US legislators, corporations, and the general public. Healthcare facilities are encountering several issues due to two primary factors: first, the growing complexity of fulfilling an incredibly aware and insisting customer. Second is the...
Summary The Emergence of a New Threat Few clinical problems could become so urgent and relevant to the global agenda that their emergence led to radical changes in all spheres of human life. One of the main threats to the international health system remains the problem of a new coronavirus...
Introduction The phenomenon of euthanasia and its application in the medical sphere is a vital debate topic addressed by numerous scholars worldwide. Currently, the positive aspects of euthanasia implementation have become the focus of multiple studies, questioning whether this method could be a prominent option for terminally ill patients with...
A nursing home is a place where the elderly and the disabled get support with nurses’ aid. A nursing home can also be referred to as a convalescent home. Three types of nurses can work in these convalescent homes. The nurses can either work full-time or part-time, depending on the...
The exploration of the effects that role-playing and scripting have on the efficacy of encouraging postpartum women to adopt exclusive breastfeeding is essential since it will allow the target audience to understand the importance of exclusive breastfeeding and the role that it plays in child’s development. Therefore, it is essential...
Introduction This presentation identifies and appraises healthcare equity and leadership with the consideration of the exemplars. It examines the impact of healthcare equity and leadership on the needs of nurses to make clinical decisions at a high level. It also includes an analysis of the emerging health initiatives surrounding healthcare...
Introduction Medication errors are issues that exist in everyday medical practices. The presentation makes it possible to show the impact medication errors have on the economy and the number of people at risk annually, and this phenomenon is considered a failure in practice. Several initiatives are put in place, and...
Health is one of the primordial dimensions of human life. The absence or presence of disease significantly impacts an individual’s quality of life. In the twenty-first century, there are three dominant perspectives on sources of illness: medical, socio-ecological, and cultural. Medicalists argue that health is a result of genetics, lifestyle,...
Schizophrenia is a mental illness in which the boundary between imagination and reality is blurred. Most schizophrenics suffer from hallucinations and persistent delusions. Although patients are distinguished by strange behavior, they are not aggressive and do not suffer from a split personality. This disorder affects millions of people worldwide, and...
Behavior that would make me label a patient as difficult is when a patient somatizes. This type of patient manifests all the psychological stress they have been going through physically. For example, a patient may decide to punch holes in walls and injure themselves when stressed. Other symptoms may be...
Obesity is a complex problem in the formation of which many physiological and psychological factors are involved. This condition is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, reinforcing the need for its study (Adult Obesity Causes & Consequences). The first group of factors leading to obesity...
Purpose Statement Having been invited asked to develop a task force for designing a medication assistance program, the purpose of this paper is to identify stakeholders who will contribute to the development of the initiative. The proposal seeks to directly serve patients by ensuring that they can afford medication. In...
Healthcare, is an inseparable part of the human experience, a system that ensures the comprehensive and continued well-being of individuals in society. The peculiarities of healthcare are different in each country, but specific aspects of it remain universal no matter where a person might be. One such constant is the...
Healthcare management is a multifaceted phenomenon that profoundly impacts the quality of living among individuals. In this case, it is crucial to determine the key factors that attribute to the disparity in the effectiveness of the treatments. Although there is a significant decrease in the rate of the asthma cases’...
Learner Objective The issue of HIV/AIDS remains one of the most acute problem of the global society nowadays. Multiple researches and studies have discussed different aspects of the consequences the HIV/AIDS problem brought into the world throughout the years. Thus, it is important to maintain comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge about...
The responsibility of the policy-making process is the prerogative of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which is regulated by a secretary who submits directly to the president. Governmental policy within healthcare has its benefits and challenges, such as various healthcare laws, regulations, acts and high...
Ethical Principles of Public Health and the Christian Worldview Ethical principles are essential points for consideration concerning public health. There are several crucial principles that medical workers are obliged to follow. For instance, all these principles strive to help people, to prevent and protect them from harm. The notion of...
Introduction The health care sector is in need of reducing patients’ prolonged stays in emergency departments. As a result, it is crucial to develop an efficient system for predicting the length of patients’ stay and, consequently, decreasing its duration. Overall, the productive solution should be an analysis of the conditions...
The 21st century Is characterized by some of the highest numbers of people suffering from mental health issues. According to CDC, 20% of all US citizens are experiencing or have experienced mental health issues during the past year (Guntuku et al., 2020). The mental health environment has been further made...
One of the most common types of cancer that women encounter worldwide is breast cancer. According to Sun et al. (2017), this disease was the cause of approximately 570,000 deaths in 2015. For this reason, individuals must be aware of the actions that would help prevent the appearance of breast...
Sustenance directing is a foundation of pre-birth care for all women during pregnancy. A woman’s wholesome status impacts her wellbeing, yet in addition, pregnancy results and the soundness of her baby child. Doctors and other medical services suppliers should be mindful of dietary necessities during pregnancy, as they vary altogether...
Introduction Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) is a considerable bother for the US and the world. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2018), the condition is associated with thousands of deaths and billions of dollars for the US healthcare system. Considering the high mortality rates from...
The article, “Outdoor Air Pollution and Uncontrolled Asthma in the San Joaquin Valley, California” by Meng et al. (2010) is on the epidemiology of asthma in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) with a focus on the effects of outdoor air pollution. The study’s purpose was to examine the relationship between...
The article “Emotional intelligence in professional nursing practice: A concept review using Rodgers’s evolutionary analysis approach” is written by the Canadian scientist Angelina E.Raghubir and published in the International Journal of Nursing Sciences in 2018. The work explores how emotional intelligence (EI) impacts the nursing professionals’ careers, their methods of...
Introduction Health workers face considerably high-stress levels due to work-related factors. Occupational stress refers to harmful reactions due to work demands or undue pressure. According to Bhui et al. (2016), approximately 9.9 million working days have been lost due to occupational stress. Studies further demonstrate several occupational stress effects, including...
It is obvious from the case that the year-long therapy has no significant positive effect on the patient’s mental health. Moreover, the addition of a previously unknown therapist and thus untreated eating disorder also poses an acute issue. As the patient’s case manager, I would advise them to consult with...
Summary The criteria used for the selection of the sources engulfs the determination of keywords, the targeted audience, credibility, currency, and objectivity. The process fostered the prominent determination of the analysis and investigation process. One of the approaches that increased the quality of treatment engulfs the introduction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
Telemedicine is the practice of providing healthcare services remotely with the provider and the patient not being present in the same physical space and the information being transferred via telecommunication systems. As such, telecommunication shows great promise for providing healthcare to the areas that are hard to reach physically. However,...
The current project will incorporate the Grounded Theory (GT) framework as the theoretical basis for conducting guided nursing research. GT is a prominent model used in the nursing sphere, especially in domains where significant knowledge gaps are present. Initially introduced by Glaser and Strauss, GT focuses on the systematic collection...
Healthcare Audit Fundamental Healthcare audits are divided into internal and external audits. These audits are designed to assess, evaluate, and improve the well-being and care of patients in a healthcare facility in a systematic manner. Internal audits are measured within a healthcare organization against benchmarks such as patient satisfaction and...
Changes are transforming the U.S. health care market to the insurance coverage system. Employers are increasingly seeking to shift responsibility for health care costs to employees, that is direct consumers. In turn, this is causing a shift in the industry balance as not all consumers are willing to increase medical...
The video discussed in this essay depicts a panel of various people who have had experiences with transgender-affirming therapies, whether applied to themselves or others close to them. A number of different speakers make speeches in order, including a mother of a gender-dysphoric child, an endocrinologist, an emergency medicine specialist,...
Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder. The leading cause of this disease is a mutation of the X chromosome, which disrupts blood coagulation processes. A thrombus does not form when the vessels are damaged, making it impossible to stop bleeding on time. Depending on which blood coagulation factors are impaired,...
Universal health care (UHC) refers to a national health system in which the government guarantees that a person will receive health care services regardless of whether he or she is able to pay for them. UHC is considered an ideal that every country should strive to achieve. Yet, upon reviewing...
Nurses and internet health-related information: Review on access and utility by Ahmad, M. M., Musallam, R., & Allah, A. H.: Training nurses to use information technology is essential for their continuous professional development. This article serves as an overview of the literature on nurses’ use of and access to health-related...
Introduction Vaccinations play a crucial role in the prevention of many diseases, and it is essential to do them early in life. However, some parents refuse to vaccinate their children based on various factors, such as religious beliefs, safety concerns, or specialists’ advice. Jenna and Chris Smith present a problematic...
Medical caretakers are a basic piece of medical care and make up the biggest segment of the wellbeing calling. As indicated by the World Health Statistics Report, there are around 29 million medical caretakers and birthing specialists universally, with 3.9 million of those people in the United States (World Health...
With the growing diversification of society, the concept of cultural competence and cultural proficiency attract more and more attention in almost all spheres of human activity. The healthcare system starts to focus on being culturally competent as well regardless of still existing multiple challenges that include the complexity of organizations,...
Kreiger’s ecosocial approach highlights racial and ethnic discrimination and social research’s importance. Nancy Krieger introduced the ecosocial framework, which investigates how various historical, ecological, and social factors influence public health, such as economic inequality. Briefly, the ecosocial framework identifies the incorporation of racial inequality and its effects on health inequalities....
Calcium is an essential mineral for people to build healthy bones and control blood clots. Calcium plays an important role in “skeletal muscle-regulation and maintenance, and contributes to the neuromuscular command and regulation of intracellular myosin fibers for skeletal muscle contraction and relaxation” (Harvey et al. 447). In other words,...
Issues of Increased Healthcare Demands for Vulnerable Populations Bhatt, J., & Bathija, P. (2018). Ensuring access to quality health care in vulnerable communities. Academic Medicine, 93(9), 1271-1275. Web. The authors explain that many Americans are living in vulnerable urban and rural communities. The hospitalization of these people is vital, and...
The disease of breast cancer was a disease of women, which began to be actively noticed from the beginning of the nineteenth century. John Adams’ daughter, Nabby Smith, was also at the mercy of the disease. Lack of knowledge forced the girl to wander around the doctors in search of...
Obesity is now a significant public health issue around the world. Fast frequency and associated comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes, cardiac conditions, stroke, and metabolism are the main factors. This is to mention only a few. Weight gain and decreased body fat, and changes in fat composition and distribution...
In a healthcare delivery, it is important for one to be aware of the cultural competence concept. Especially when it comes to patient care, that is, nursing. It implies the ability of medical personnel to take into account the patient’s racial characteristics, beliefs, cultural backgrounds, and principles. Such data may...
Mental illness and substance use disorder (SUD) have common symptoms and may appear alongside each other. These conditions result in what is commonly known as co-occurring disorder (COD). According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), COD is referred to as a condition in an individual manifesting two or...
There are a number of healthcare quality issues affecting the performance of various caregiving centers. The improvement in medical insurance coverage has enabled individuals to embrace and access primary care services in modern societies. Concurrently, patient experience is a paramount concern that often shapes the operational culture in many of...
The global COVID-9 pandemic disrupted normal life on the planet; nations worldwide had to close their borders while millions of citizens were forced to stay home and maintain social distancing. Today, the harshest measures are already in the past in the majority of countries, and now the main agenda is...
The Circulatory System Blood Blood is one of the most researched liquids of the body that circulates through the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries (that will be explained further in the text), performing various functions. Despite being 78% water, this red color pigmented substance contains four distinct components, which are...
This part of the assignment examines the credentials for both county and state health directors, according to Health Department (2021). Since it is rare for public service officers to display their contacts, the contact information given relates to the County and state health departments through which they are contacted, as...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an x-linked pathology of the muscular system that occurs predominantly in boys. This progressive degenerative condition that results in severe motor disability occurs in roughly 1 in 5,000 births. Caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, DMD results in the eventual loss of motor function,...
Eddie Bernice Johnson is a representative member of Texas’s 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. It is important to note that she is also a member of the Democratic Party. It is stated that she is the first registered nurse who was elected into Congress of...
I chose to describe one of the conclusions of the article “Nurses’ Active Empathetic Listening Behaviors from the Voice of the Patient” by Myers et al. The researchers state that good communication in nursing practice is instrumental in creating a positive relationship between a nurse and a patient (Myers et...
Introduction The world has been subjected to the new norm since the outbreak of a viral disease known as SARS coronavirus-2 or COVID-19. The disease is respiratory, and it affects the lungs causing breathing problems and leading to the death of those with existing breathing conditions. It has rendered the...
Multicultural Communication Multicultural communication refers to the interaction of people from different cultures (Zimmermann, 2017). Its origin can be traced back to the civilization era when people who were confined within particular regions started to explore other parts as they travel and conduct trade activities. Culture, Ethnicity, and Acculturation Culture...
Introduction The provision of high-quality healthcare services to the population is conditional upon the consideration of their characteristics as well as the conditions prevalent in them. From this perspective, the focus on these two factors is crucial for a positive outcome of the suggested treatment. One of the examples, which...
The successful implementation of a change proposal requires a number of initial steps that will cement the likelihood of success of the proposal. It is vital to collect relevant and accurate data concerning the issue, which is exacerbation in patients with CHF. It is important to communicate the importance of...
Managed care organizations (MCO) have become a significant part of the overall healthcare environment, aiming to address the system’s challenges. They adhere to strict standards, which are necessary to follow to ensure safety and affordability. Failing to comply with them may put patients at risk, so organizations should have appropriate...
This poster focuses on communicating the necessary rules children must follow to limit the spread of COVID-19 as much as possible. These guidelines are reasonably well-known; however, they need to be constantly reminded since they are quite different from children’s usual way of life. For example, children are usually relatively...
The Message of the Advertisement The advertisement promotes COVID-19 testing since it encourages people to go for screening. COVID-19 has killed millions of people, prompting multiple countries to take preventive measures to mitigate the pandemic (Yamin, 2020). The advertisement serves several purposes, with the most important being the safety of...
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic imposed a tremendous burden on healthcare institutions and medical workers. This research paper aims to determine what ethical values were violated by inefficient staffing and how cultural stereotypes impacted the emotional state of doctors and nurses. The lack of adequate management in hospitals resulted in breaching...
The increase in the consumption of opioid drugs in Canada has led to overdose prevention centers that offer peer-assisted drug injection and supervised drug injection. The author shows that different sites offer different services. For example, Mike’s site in Moss Park is a peer-assisted injection site where volunteers like Mike...
Contraceptive methods have increasingly gained popularity over the last decade. They are perceived as one of the most effective ways to prevent unplanned pregnancy, and for this reason, they have massively gained acceptability among women. This paper discusses the subdermal contraceptive implant, exemplifies how it works, and provides statistical evidence...
Nursing entails building a foundation that can examine the needs of patients and face the crisis emanating from the health sector with a common vision of stabilizing it. The skills and ethics of nursing are meant to promote change and empower the families that various patients are affiliated. The frontline...
Introduction The word “opioids” is often associated with illegal drugs. Heroin and fentanyl are, in fact, opioids, and these are considered the most harmful drugs. However, opioids are a class of drugs that includes pain relievers, which are often used in medicine. These are, of course, available by prescription, and...
Antipsychotic drugs have proved their efficiency in the treatment of psychosis and mood disorders. However, sometimes they can have considerable side effects, such as dizziness or tardive dyskinesia, especially in the case with severe symptoms and higher doses of medication (Antipsychotic). To understand why psychiatrists in the past seemed to...
The problem of registered nurses (RN) shortage is predicted to escalate in the near future due to the aging population. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2015), by 2024, the demand for new medical assistants would reach 1.09 million people due to sector growth and the need for...
Tumors manifesting in mammary glands are majorly benign, representing almost no threat to the patients. Although their cells are different from others, they lack the ability to transfer to other organs. Cancer is developed from mutations, namely from atypical changes in genes that regulate cell growth and keep them healthy....
Introduction Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterized by a pattern of inattention or hyperactivity in a person. A patient with ADHD has a hard time keeping their attention on one subject, often suffering from hyperactive bursts of energy and struggling with impulsive decision-making (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021). While...
Health is a state of being physically and mentally sound and free from infirmities. Many countries’ health and well-being have gradually improved in the last decade due to heavy investments in the health sector. Unlike before, they do not only address physical diseases but also campaign for mental health awareness....
Today, evidence-based nursing practice is a rapidly developing area of training that aims to improve the effectiveness and quality of health care professionals. Such a practice helps nurses operate with scientific information skillfully and independently, finding and evaluating up-to-date, relevant data and evaluating it critically and objectively (Mackey & Bassendowski,...
Introduction The increase in medical conditions has negatively affected the quality of life and wellbeing of the population due to their effects. This is because medical conditions reduce life expectancy and compel individuals to seek quality care to overcome them effectively. One of the fundamental topics related to medical conditions...
Introduction Patient safety is the priority of the healthcare system as a whole and any given medical facility in particular. Medicine reconciliation is a pivotal element of patient safety that ensures eliminating medication prescription errors and minimizes risks for harmful effects. The problem identified in the worksite is that the...
Healthcare has always been a critical area for humans, but its importance will only grow in the future. As a result of the development of this sphere, new professions appear on the labor market, which are becoming more popular and widespread every year. According to Healthcare careers in 2020: Medical...
The article by Watson (2010) is dedicated to never events, which are also called serious reportable events. These are the cases that should never occur during medical operations. The article also describes the actions of the National Quality Forum (NQF) aimed at preventing the never events. NQF has confirmed a...
Introduction Unfortunately, African Americans face health problems very often. From poverty to structural racism, many issues require government attention and immediate resolution as human life is at stake. This paper will focus on structural racism – its history, causes, consequences, and possible solutions to this problem. Finding structural racism and...
People nowadays can enjoy numerous benefits that were not available to their ancestors. That includes living in warm houses, constant access to high-quality food and clean water, new technologies, and better healthcare service, to name a few. Additionally, with the continuously growing quality of life, its duration also increases. However,...
Physical, psychological, emotional, and mental suffering is ordinary for people living with a deadly disease; such patients often fear long-term incessant suffering. Chronic illness can bring many uncomfortable situations to patients, including pain, difficulty breathing, and depression. Nurses accompany the patient all the way from the initial discussion of the...
As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare agencies, governments, and industry groups recommend the adoption of telemedicine as a remedy for a remote treatment plan. Telehealth is an important medical field that can help practitioners combat COVID-19 by deploying solutions and chronic medicines within patients’ home settings....
Smoking and drinking alcohol is definitely a wrong decision for a pregnant woman who wants to heighten the chances of light delivery and good health for her child. Alcohol and cigarettes are substances that affect a child’s development in various ways. From the 3 to the 8 weeks of pregnancy...
The post discusses such metabolic bone disease as osteoporosis. Generally, older adults are at high risk of suffering from osteoporosis. Nonetheless, in rare cases, young people might also have this disease. The occurrence of osteoporosis at a young age is mainly associated with chronic diseases and the prescribed medications (Choong,...
The research was conducted by 6 researchers from different medical specialties. The researchers were; Willmott, Nicholson, Busse, MacArthur, Brookes, and Campbell. All the researchers have a background in social and community medicine. Specifically, they are from the University of Bristol, School of Social and Community Medicine; thus indicating that they...
The disproportionate and rapid increase in insulin costs, also known as insulin inflation, is a well-known problem in the American medical community. The affordability of insulin is a source of great concern for patients with diabetes, their families, healthcare providers, insurers, and employers. The price for insulin has nearly tripled...
Introduction Patients and residents in nursing homes and other long-term care (LTC) facilities may face challenges due to their deteriorating health conditions, mainly caused by old age. As a result, appropriate communication forms an essential part of their daily routines to ensure that they can have a better quality of...
Introduction Obesity is a global health challenge that contributes not only to the emergence of comorbidities in individuals but also creates a low quality of life among those affected by it. Lifestyle changes represent first-line therapy prescribed to overweight or obese patients. The most effective interventions resulting in weight loss...
Despite the seemingly innocent practice of a business lunch, it has become one of the central means of influence that pharmaceutical representatives have over physicians. Before the early 2000s, the situation was much worse when doctors were offered expensive things, vacations, and experiences. It was not money, but it was...
The Killing Nurses of the Third Reich The documentary is about nurses during the Nazi period who participated in the Holocaust, violating their professional ethics. They also were involved in the murder of mentally ill and handicapped people. It is intended to show causes and consequences of ethical violations in...
Summary This paper provides a discussion of malpractice in the medical profession. The lawsuit in this study involved a surgeon, a patient and a state-owned medical center in two thousand and one. The appellant, Arturo Iturralde, succumbed to death two years posts the medical procedure by Dr. Robert Ricketson. The...
Introduction Incivility consists of all the behaviors that are rude, disrespectful, or insolent in a workplace. Incivility may lead to emotional pain, which might threaten the working conditions. Some workers decide to be impolite to fellow employees knowingly without considering their feelings, while others may be discourteous without their conscience....
Introduction Apart from the native American young, Latino youth record the highest suicide cases among minority groupings with more significant percentages of depressive symptoms following the rapidly growing number of young Latinos aged younger than 18. The stressors among Latino teenagers might result from immigration, cultural heritage, poverty, and marginalization....
Introduction The United States healthcare landscape has undergone various reforms ever since the nation’s adoption of federalism to advance the quality of care administered to its citizens. These reforms have, in turn, significantly impacted nursing practice and roles. This paper discusses the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a legislation that has...
The pandemic has revealed many weak points of the healthcare system. One of the pressing issues is the access to care resources the underserved communities. The three articles included in this paper analyze the effect of the hindered access on the health of the underserved populations. The authors offer policy...
The Population Health concern selected and the factors that contribute to it Foodborne illness affects at least one in every six Americans. Food safety issues claim over 3,000 deaths per year in the US (Doe, 2017). As per the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the approximate cost for foodborne diseases...
Introduction The work of healthcare specialists is complicated by various factors related to their efficiency in the workplace and the perception of them among patients and other workers. Therefore, medical facilities tend to develop policies addressing specific issues to improve their work as a whole. Their efforts have been proved...
Background Cancer is a menace that plagues our society, tragically leading to suffering. According to recent research published in the Cancer Journal for Clinicians, there were approximately 1,762,450 new cancer cases that resulted in 606,880 deaths in the United States in 2019 (American Cancer Society, 2019). When it comes to...
In order to most adequately prepare a child for school life in the era of raging strains of coronavirus, a parent needs to be aware of their position in current social processes. An understanding is required that the state, in turn, carries out the necessary procedures to minimize infection while...
The aim of the project is to answer the following question: “What is the effectiveness of increased patient education and participation with regular exercise-physical therapy versus current hospital fall prevention programs with limited exercise-physical therapy, in promoting balance and stability thus minimizing falls and fall-related injuries, in senior patients within...
Thankfully, I have not faced serious bullying or incivility, such as physical abuse or verbal slurs within my clinical setting. The worst instances I can remember are several cases of unfunny jokes or seemingly unjustified negative comments on my or my peers’ performance. However, the fact that I have witnessed...
Care coordination serves as an essential practice in patient-centered care, targeting patients’ needs, preferences, and values and ensuring access to care and holistic treatment. In this key, a care coordination plan (CCP) entails the proper arrangement of patient care activities and tight collaboration between respective stakeholders to promote efficient and...
Are WMDs the Future? It is difficult to argue that the future of health care is still far away. On the contrary, humanity is already facing incredible scientific and technological advances every day that is significantly changing the agendas of medical science. Although by now these products of progress are...
Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on the American economy. The healthcare system of the country has not coped well with the crisis, which indicates that it is inherently inefficient. Some observers believe that countries with socialized care have coped better, with key examples including New Zealand and...
TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) was developed in order to provide healthcare employees with the opportunities to advance patient safety, as well as to make work in teams smoother and more consistent. It should be emphasized that TeamSTEPPS is founded on the four core...
Introduction Good sleep is considered to be one of the keys to maintaining a healthy weight. Multiple studies prove that people who get too little sleep have a higher risk of weight gain and obesity. This is a particularly serious issue for children’s health because they are more vulnerable than...
Chronic pain can be potentially debilitating, reducing a patient’s functional status and quality of life. Available treatments for this condition include either multidisciplinary interventions or single-discipline approaches with varying levels of efficacy. Various studies have evaluated the effectiveness of opioid use, alternative medicine, cognitive-behavioral rehabilitation, and other therapies for pain...
