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Differences between CPAP and BiPAP CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) is a form of treatment used to deal with patients suffering from breathing problems when they are asleep (sleep apnea). CPAP machines take positive pressure and then apply it inside the patient’s throat so as to prevent them from developing...
Introduction The general agreement is that wellness programs have profound positive benefits to an individual. Through wellness initiatives, an individual has the opportunity to live happier, healthier, longer and more productive life. Being the most important assets to psychological health, emotional intelligence offers a dramatic shift from culture of treatment...
Review of the articles The article “Impact of individual-, environmental-, and policy-level factors on health care utilization among US farm workers” discusses the results of a study on the number of US farmworkers who can access US health care. The study considered this question on the levels of individual, environmental,...
The implemented HIT project and key persons (stakeholders and decision-makers) The healthcare organization implemented an electronic health records (EHR) system aimed to manage patients’ data. Health records were stored in the computers, and only specific personnel had passwords to access the patients’ information. Securing patients’ health records is crucial in...
Abstract Crisis and risk communication is an approach to effective communication that plays an ideal role in public health. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a major issue in the current world with the youths being the most affected. Young people are ignorant of STDs because society does not provide an...
Napa County has unmet health needs. About 13 percent lack medical insurance and pay cash. In addition, not all members of the community have Medicare or Medi-cal. Only 4% of the community is healthy while others are in low-income category. There are environmental risks from Lake Berryessa since more than...
Co morbidity refers to the coexistence of a psychiatric disorder with a substance abuse disorder often resulting from self-treatment by the patient for instance using drugs to offset the emotional distress that comes with the psychiatric disorder. It may also occur when in reaction to substance abuse; a patient develops...
Veterans form an important cultural group in the society. The saddening fact is that such veterans have always been a major challenge to healthcare givers. Although the rate of tobacco use among American veterans has been declining, those returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are smoking at an alarming rate (Bastian...
Introduction As countries continue improving on the quality of health services, the mortality rate is drastically decreasing. Lack of access and/or poor health services are some of the factors that contribute to high mortality rates across the globe. Despite the improvement in healthcare services, the majority of the developing countries...
Achieving course competencies is necessary for further progress in the nursing profession. The role and scope of practice of modern nursing have proved to be significant in this course. Advanced practices can be seen as the exercises of an occupation or profession that are ahead of contemporary thought at the...
Introduction In the present day, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be regarded as one of the most serious health issues all over the world. This infection attacks the person’s immune system and weakens it against severe chronic and even terminal diseases. The appropriate and time0sensitive treatment of HIV prevents its...
Nursing is a field in medicine that entails learning and practicing how to take good care of patients under treatment. Professionals trained in nursing can at times treat patients in the absence of doctors. Learning nursing takes three to four years depending on the level. It is during the study...
Introduction Influenza has been cited to cause considerable morbidity and mortality in the United States. The Center for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) launched a program intended to create awareness about the Flu and thus reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with it. Seasonal influenza is a program run by...
The efforts to advance the quality of modern healthcare have led to the development of relevant tools that are being continually improved (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2014; Stukenborg, 2011). For example, the Quality Indicators (QI) proposed by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (n.d.) include four groups of...
The rollercoaster associated with the Firearms Owners Privacy Act (FOPA) is unlikely to stop in the near future. There are two major opposing views on the matter. Republicans tend to see this regulation as a way to safeguard their right to own firearms, which seems critical to them. However, Democrats...
This photograph shows an ongoing housing project in a downtown neighborhood. The building project is a joint venture between private and public entities. This project is part of the public sector’s efforts to address the shortage of humanitarian shelters within the state and the country at large. This project is...
Personal Growth Reflection Reflecting upon sexual activity among adults, one has to understand what sexuality means. The author of the article about sexy seniors, Vicki Mabrey (2006) defined it as a long-life activity. The author underlined that having sex in any age is equal in significance to taking food. Besides,...
This article attempts to shed light on whether racial or ethnic groups receive differential mental health and treatment in the United States. It refers to various research findings of the existence of disparities in mental health and treatment. The author argues that in the United States, racial or ethnic differences...
Myths can be defined as false beliefs or misconceptions that stem from personal experience or misinformation and diverge from the established evidence base. There are several myths pertaining to clinical care, part of which are associated with misconceptions about cultural diversity and cultural competence in health care. One such myth...
Introduction Leadership in the healthcare setting is vital as it contributes to the development of efficient strategies and methods to provide high-quality services. It has been acknowledged that the development of the relationship between the leader and the group members affects the overall efficiency of the organization (Blake, Mouton, Barnes...
Approach to synthesizing the evidence Various search terms, including human papillomavirus, HPV and cancer, papillomavirus prevention and control, papillomavirus immunization, and the incidence of HPV were used to locate suitable evidence. Further, search terms such as papillomavirus infection, prostate cancer, and education on HPV immunization were also included to enhance...
Introduction It is impractical for any player in the health sector to imagine that a working and substantive health policy can only be drawn by technocrats in the health sector without the input of the political class as many health policies are political declarations made in public especially in developing...
Different types of data can be used in order to evaluate patients’ health outcomes locally in clinical settings, as well as at the national level. In a nurse’s working environment, data on patients’ health status, the best practices, medication prescription, medication adherence, health effects, and follow-up visits are regularly collected...
Abstract The following paper analyzes a scientific article devoted to the problem of nursing education and expertise in which the authors hypothesize on the dependence of the latter on the workplace environment. The authors use a secondary dataset analysis to determine whether there is a positive association between the workplace...
The article “Mitoprotective therapy preserves chondrocyte viability and prevents cartilage degeneration in an ex vivo model of posttraumatic osteoarthritis” presented information about cellular injury and its restoration in patients with osteoarthritis (Delco et al., 2018). Researchers have studied the assumption that mitochondria, the “battery pack” of the cell, are significant...
Compliance with the standards of the industry refers to the situation where the standards have been met by an organization. However, for an organization to be said to have shown exceeding standard expectations, there is much more that it must do. Standards are made to reflect or show the behavior...
Abstract The paper evaluates how a pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design was used to undertake a quantitative study and the various types of validity that are important in this design. From the evaluation and discussion, it is evident that quasi-experimental designs can be effectively used in situations where it is neither...
Introduction The Code of Ethics is one of the essential elements of the profession for any specialist in any field. This statement is especially relevant for nurses since the lives of many people depend on them. That is why understanding and following the Code of Ethics provisions are student nurses’...
Introduction It is apparent that heart diseases have been rampant and hence posing a challenge to the obese and overweight people in the United States of America (Franklin et al, 2001, p. 1245). However, epidemiological studies have already been employed to diminish health menace caused by cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in...
Introduction The rate of infertility among modern couples has increased significantly. This has caused most young families to turn to fertility–induced reproduction. Infertility refers to the inability to conceive for more than a year of unprotected intercourse. Induced or assisted reproduction refers to a treatment against infertility that involves clinical...
Introduction A health care system is an arrangement in which stakeholders come together to mobilize resources to improve health. It involves quality service delivery by an effective and sufficient workforce. This can only be realized through effective funding, planning, and fair distribution of health care resources (Basu, et al., 2012)....
Introduction Providing financial assistance to patients in need of urgent medical services is one of the aspects of the policy promoted by the Internal Revenue Service. With the introduction of Section 501(r) as a supplement to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) adopted in 2010, people have been able to count...
Introduction The article ‘mechanisms of thrombus formation are authored by Bruce Furie and Barbara C. Furie is a 2008 publication in the New England Journal of Medicine, volume 359 from page 938 to 949. In this article, Furie and Furie (p. 938) attempt to describe the various ways in which...
The current effects of global pandemic are disturbing since the number of people affected by the virus keeps increasing. However, after months of quarantine and social isolation, there is still no viable antiviral drug to treat Coronavirus. Apart from the dexamethasone trial conducted in Britain, the media’s attention has been...
Abstract Nowadays, people are affected by many health risks which deprive them of the possibility to lead a lifestyle free from apprehension and complications from the diseases. However, such risks can be eliminated with the help of thoroughly designed and successfully implemented health advocacy campaigns. There are various types of...
Introduction Medical misdiagnosis is a serious diagnostic error that healthcare practitioners encounter. It is one of the biggest patient safety challenges that the US health care system faces. Each year, approximately 12 million people suffer as a result of misdiagnosis conducted by healthcare practitioners in emergency rooms and outpatient clinics...
Neuman’s theory of “health as expanding consciousness” has been widely used by nurses and caregivers across the world. It is evident that Margaret Neuman is one of the greatest theorists who have contributed a lot to the field of nursing. Margaret developed the theory from the idea that “human health...
The United States is the richest and the most powerful nation, with the standard of living being the maximum. Medical and healthcare supplies to the citizens being the responsibility of the state should come from the budgetary allocations to meet the required needs. The public health system functions in a...
The American healthcare delivery system is a complex structure with hundreds of professionals, settings, and centers that provide services to the public. At the same time, this system is constantly changing and developing, and over the past decade has changed the way services are provided. Outpatient care has become more...
The modern age could be characterized by the growth of the level of attention given to tolerance and humanism. That is why, it is obvious that in terms of this process, the issue of the health of the nation and its main aspects are considered to be of great importance....
Introduction Anxiety is a major challenge affecting most children and families in the UK. It is a condition where an individual’s normal emotional wholesome changes at different stages or times in his/her life. It is closely related to fear. It is also connected with projected fear of something. Terms such...
Peritonitis is an acute peritoneum inflammation, which is a thin membrane covering the surface of the abdominal wall and the organs located in the abdominal cavity. A slit-like hole is formed between the peritoneum sheets, containing a small amount of fluid, which facilitates the sliding movements of the abdomen’s internal...
Introduction A theory refers to a provisional statement that addresses key issues in human life and plays a vital role in shaping their behaviour. Nursing theories are claims that explain the principles of this practice and originate from deductive or inductive interpretations. They enable nurses to predict and describe facts...
Introduction Throughout history, people have been using their reasoning to determine what is right or wrong in different circumstances and in justifying why it is so. This criterion is the basic foundation of normative ethics. In most cases, health care professionals encounter highly complex issues while dealing with their patients...
Introduction Water is an important and remarkable substance that makes all forms of life possible. Speculation about possible past or present life on other planets within our solar system, or any other extraterrestrial body somewhere within the universe, is conditioned on the evidence for or against the existence of past...
Introduction Pharmaceuticals are an industry that is doing well financially due to the patents and exclusive rights they enjoy due to their developments. They are a part of the economy that has grown technologically. Thus, joining up with other sectors ensures that their investment gets back to them. For example,...
A chronic disease may be defined as a sickness that is continual in nature and the path of the disease runs into a few months. The chronic diseases include diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, cancer, asthma, stroke, chronic respiratory diseases, etc. These diseases are distinctive of very slow development and patient suffering...
One of the undeniably positive impacts that ACA has had on the health care delivery is the increased access to healthcare for the people with preexisting conditions (Shi & Singh, 2014). However, the opponents of the Act continue to claim that it somehow limits their access to the medical help....
Research statement A healthy and safe working environment is very essential in successful running of a hospital and minimization of poor environment associated with infections (1, 2, 4, 7). Ensuring that health workers have proper and clean working environment forms the main recipe for their effectiveness in production and the...
Introduction As Tate points out, “senior nurses are likely to engage in a range of leadership activities in their daily routine and some may find the concept hard to understand” (34). Leadership in nursing is an art that involves quality delivery of care and facilitating positive nursing growth among other...
Introduction The article is a review of various literature presentations that explain different issues about the effects of social factors and how they affect the recovery from mental health difficulties in patients. This article has identified a gap in this field and explains why most physicians ignore social factors and...
The Purpose Statement A number of studies have noted that emergency departments of most hospitals around the world have poor patient satisfaction scores. According to Soremekun, Takayesu and Bohan, (2011, p. 668), satisfaction can be viewed as the difference between patients’ perceptions and their expectations”. Olrich, Kalman and Nigolian (2012)...
Introduction The study focuses on women who undergo a hysterectomy in Mississippi without consent law. While hysterectomy is one of the complicated procedures that may result in serious damages to the reproductive systems as well as fatalities, most states including Mississippi have not instituted a comprehensive informed consent law. The...
The real-life situation relating to faith and leadership Decision-making and different ethical thinking, problem-solving, human relations and values Nurses focus on the physiological, psychosocial, as well as spiritual aspects of persons during times of illness and in good health. Nurses fall in Grossman and Valiga’s (2009) definition of leaders for...
Defining a Project and Deciding to Do a Project This project deals with evaluating the effectiveness of the SimMan use in nursing education. SimMan is a human patient simulator developed by Laerdal Medical Corp. It consists of computer software and a mannequin which presents “a lifelike adult or pediatric body...
Disparities Childhood obesity is one of the reasons for the development of chronic diseases (Barker & DeNisco, 2012). In the USA, this problem is quite burning as the percentage of obese children increased significantly. The percentage of such children aged 6-11 was 18% in 2012 (compared to 7% in 1980)...
Abstract A meta-analysis targeting the studies that investigated the associations that exist between several dyads on self –report on pain ratings. The child and parent, parent and nurse and the relationship between the nurse and the child were among those investigated. Online databases were preferred in this study due to...
Natural and manmade disasters can cause substantial challenges in the context of health service delivery. Such events are often associated with particular spiritual considerations due to their strong relation to such concepts as suffering and death. As people reflect on the nature and purpose of their existence, community nurses, as...
To: Journal of Epidemiology Community Health Dear Editor, In my experience as a public health worker, I find that cholera is among the worst contagious diseases in many developing countries, based on the ease of its spread and its ability to kill thousands of people in a short time. The...
Purpose of the Study This study is intended for males and females over the age of 50 years who are likely to suffer from depression and severe emotional disturbance. The study will be conducted in Baltimore, Maryland. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the health of the elderly....
Introduction In every situation within the organization, the aspect of leadership is an essential element for the attainment of the organization goals (Alban-Metcalfe & Alimo-Metcalfe, 2000, p.159). One can best understand clinical leadership when its knowledge and insights are founded on the theoretical perspective or those paradigms that are particular...
Abstract The group case study involves analysis of preparedness plan and challenges of an influenza pandemic on a developing nation. The infectious disease has undergone extensive studies in collaboration with CDC leadership. The leadership in the management of influenza pandemic is vital for efficient mitigation. Leaders in the healthcare infrastructure...
Introduction Several infections that are naturally transmissible between vertebrate animal hosts and human beings exist. These infections result from being in direct contact with infected pets, or during daily activities. Ingesting foods or drinks that are contaminated with fecal matter can also lead to infections. Some gram-negative rods that are...
Introduction Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are an umbrella term for a wide range of conditions that result in reduced blood flow to the heart muscle, resulting in a medical emergency. These include heart attacks, with three primary forms of ACS encompassing ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST segment elevation myocardial...
Introduction Addison’s disease is a condition which develops in the human body most frequently as a result of autoimmune adrenalitis and damages adrenal tissue, which ultimately hinders the production of cortisol (Rumsby and Woodward 168). The adrenal cortex, which is unable to produce enough glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, may potentially cause...
Introduction The future of nursing has attracted several debates, and it is noted that nurses have broader opportunities, such as meeting healthcare needs for organizations and patients. This paper delves into the options available for an associate nursing degree qualification and professional certification and advanced degree goals to become a...
In order to focus on evidence-based practice in the sphere of nursing and providing healthcare services, it is necessary to be able to effectively evaluate articles representing the results of research studies. The article under assessment is titled “Predictors of Hand Hygiene Behavior Among Nurses: A Theoretical Cross-Sectional Study,” and...
Introduction The article written by Benjamin Dean and Christopher Little is aimed at discussing the fractures of phalanges and metacarpals. In particular, they focus on the selection of the most appropriate management plan. The authors provide a sound and convincing rational for examining this question. They argue that these orthopedic...
Introduction Orthokeratology is an innovative non-surgical, non-insidious, and adjustable treatment to tenderly reshape the cornea or remove refractive faults. It is also referred to as OK, ortho-k, or vision shaping treatment (CRT). The impressive high-tech improvements in nightwear contact lenses remove myopia, the necessity of reading glasses, as well as...
The present-day interpersonal preconceptions are to some extent come as a result of some psychological mechanisms that came up for the purposes of giving individuals protection from the danger of infectious disease. This system of behavioral immunity sufficiently promotes the avoidance of disease but also leads to an overgeneralized discrimination...
I am a Plastic and Reconstructive Nurse with the majority of my patients being Breast Cancer victims who have undergone mastectomy and are after Breast Reconstruction. Most of my patients have undergone the procedure successfully and have maintained healthier lives with them following the recommended practices expected of them as...
Most of operating rooms (OR) in hospitals have limited capacity and incur huge costs. Improving the turnaround time is one of the most effective strategies that can be adopted to enhance OR capacity and reduce associated costs (Meyer et al., 2004, p.3). Another problem that hospitals grapple with is the...
Introduction The present paper provides a summary and analysis of the article by Eneh et al (2012), titled “Nursing Leadership Practices as Perceived by Finish Nursing Staff: High Ethics, Less Feedback and Rewards”, in terms of scholarly writing demonstrated by the authors, bias, opinions, quality of evidence and suitability to...
Introduction Sit to Stand (STS) movement is believed to be one of the most demanding activities. The given activity can be described as the process of standing up from a chair or any other object to an upright posture. It is a movement with great clinical interest that helps in...
Anaesthesia is a Greek term whish refers to ‘minus feeling’ and analgesia refers to ‘without pain’. The modern anaesthesia is thought to date from 16th October 1846, when a Boston dentist called William Morton administered ether successfully to a young man whose operation for a tumor on his neck was...
Difference between performance measurement and quality improvement processes Performance measurement refers to the process through which a firm’s outputs are quantified to determine the implementation and effectiveness of the various organizational strategies. Performance measurement aids in determining whether a firm programs are efficient in addition to analyzing the deviation between...
Introduction Qualitative research methods are important in developing factual knowledge in nursing to provide research evidence on matters regarding human health which are then analyzed and documented. (Ekstedt & Fagerberg 2005) Analysis of the research The research methodology used on- Lived Experiences of the Time Preceding Burnout used a small...
The human brain consists of neurons, which are cells that transmit information throughout the body. Plasticity is the ability of an object to take any shape or form. Therefore, brain plasticity presupposes the quality of the brain to force its neurons to modify the strength of their transmissions (Mateos-Aparicio, &...
Physical Environment Although available data shows that the Kiryas Joel community has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), physical observations do not reveal any boundaries within the community apart from the fact that it is located close to the neighboring towns of Blooming Grove and Woodbury. There...
Abstract This paper outlines an explicit view on the following diverse faiths in regard to healthcare provision: Native American spirituality, Buddhism, and Sikhism. It also elaborates on the spiritual perspective on healing as presented by the three faiths. The various ways of healing are also elaborated. These include meditating, trusting...
Executive Summary Early diagnosis of glaucoma enables an ophthalmologist to provide more effective treatment and control the progression of the illness. Patients notice the symptoms when the damage is significant; therefore, much research has been conducted on the diagnostic methods. There are several systems which recognize glaucoma, and doctors usually...
In quantitative research, a variety of research designs are applied in order to provide nurses with important numerical information on relationships between phenomena, as well as on causes and effects of certain processes. Typical quantitative research designs that are actively used in nursing studies usually include non-experimental and experimental designs....
Mosquito bites are usually associated with common rash and itch, but also with the risk of mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, West Nile fever, and Zika virus. Philadelphia is one of the top cities in the U.S. with a persisting mosquito problem, according to the national pest control company Terminix...
Introduction Years of evolution have led to the fact that every minute is threatened by thousands of infectious agents to cause both small skin irritation and death. Three cohorts of microorganisms, viral, bacterial, and eukaryotic, can be identified as having pathogenic effects on individual health. It seems that the search...
Risk management is an indispensable part of management in the healthcare environment. It came to the fore in the 1970s. At that period, numerous healthcare facilities of the United States lost cases in the court. The decisions made established “corporate liability of the hospital for quality of care and holding...
The word vitamin was initially referred to elements that are soluble in water and essential in the nutrition of babies and they were separated from milk, yeasts, and wheat germ. The word vitamin was taken from the initial invention of the anti-beriberi factor in 1912 by a well-known scientist called...
Introduction Care coordination (CC) is an indispensable healthcare strategy providing the elaborated organization of patient care activities and information exchange among all stakeholders in inpatient treatment to deliver safe and productive care. Due to such plans, medical providers can ensure that the right people are familiar with the patient’s needs...
Abstract Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common nosocomial infection that occurs in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). It is associated with increased mortality of up to 70%. VAP is defined as pneumonia that occurs 48 hours after admission in those patients put on mechanical ventilation. We elaborate the...
Introduction Before one can understand and be able to solve Waterville’s health woes, one has to consider the geographical and resource-based restraints that apply to the area. Waterville is a remote regional center whose deteriorating health status can be linked to several factors including personal and social issues. Others issues...
Introduction Health care information technology and systems are now major topics for health care reform but were rarely mentioned in the early 1990s. Almost $20 billion was allocated in the economic stimulus package for these systems (Olin, 2010). Health information system quality Paper medical records still dominate most medical practices....
Introduction Heart failure is a serious condition affecting many people in today’s society. The condition arises when this organ becomes weak and fails to function properly. Under such circumstances, the output of the heart is very low. As a result, the body of the individual suffering from the condition becomes...
More than 11 percent of Mexicans living outside Mexico. This has made the country have the highest number of emigrants in the world. Moreover, the highest number of these emigrants, live in the United States. That is why between 50% and 90% of U.S. emigrants have a Hispanic origin (Bean,...
Introduction Asthma is an allergic respiratory disease where the airways to the lungs swell preventing inflow and outflow of oxygen. The disease has various symptoms including but not limited to coughing, shortness of breath and tightness in the chest. Asthma can be caused by allergies such as pollen and dust...
Introduction For a healthcare organization to officially back its ability to deliver its services, it must be accredited by respective agencies. Accreditation is a voluntary process of external evaluation based on dynamic standards to achieve optimum performance (Myers, 2011). Firstly, it is not obligatory as hospitals can choose not to...
Introduction Professionals in the dental field play a significant role in restoring the wellbeing of the patients with issues of the oral cavity (Owsiany, 2008). These experts ought to offer the most excellent treatment options and preventive alternatives for the best interest of the patient’s welfare. Besides, the experts should...
Nutrition is a critically important part of human lives as it guarantees that a person will acquire nutrients and elements such as vitamins and minerals. They are needed for the preservation of the desired level of health and high quality of lifestyles. Unfortunately, literacy in this sphere remains low, and...
Research in environmental public health plays a vital role in the development and maintenance of healthy working conditions in modern society. This paper provides a critical analysis of the research on Hearing impairment among workers exposed to excessive levels of noise in ginning industries by Dube, Ingale, and Ingle. Firstly,...
Nowadays, there are numerous obstacles in the way of a healthy living of children in the United States. Together with other problems and sicknesses, obesity stands as one of the main difficulties in modern societies. Childhood obesity is rather severe, and it looks like as nobody accepts to take accountability...
In her book Managing Health Services, Mary Harris discusses a variety of questions that are related to the management of medical institutions. The author addresses such questions as the improvement of organizational performance, the application of quality control methods and risk management strategies. By providing various examples, the author succeeds...
In medical ethics, coercion refers to any act that ignores the will of the patient in providing medical care. According to Munson (2012, p. 126), in coerced medical care, the patient receives a medical intervention, not by his or her autonomous decision, but because both the law and medical expertise...
Food fortification with missing vitamins, macro- and micronutrients is a serious intervention in the currently existing structure of human nutrition. The need for such intervention is dictated by the environmental factors associated with changes in the composition and nutritional value of the food we use, as well as the transformation...
The article embarks on a randomized and controlled assessment of participants’ safety and immunogenicity in an adenovirus type-5 covid-19 vaccine. The research aimed to establish the appropriate dosage for the trial injection for an effective study. The researchers carried out the randomized experimental procedure for the vaccine in Wuhan, China,...
Communication in the family contributes significantly to the health of every member of the family. There is the sender, who gives the information, and the receiver of the message. When there are communications obstacles the communication patterns are altered. The patterns of communication should be corrected especially when roles change...
Introduction Many of the elderly individuals have found themselves living in nursing homes either by choice or as a necessity. Research has shown that over 20% of the older adults experience such relocations (Podgorski, Langford, Pearson, & Conwell, 2010). Such facilities are usually designed to accommodate lifestyle preferences in order...
Introduction Many healthcare organizations experience either overutilization or underutilization of their resources. These challenges create further problems with costs. In this particular scenario, the organization under consideration is experiencing underutilization of its resources hence the organization incurs high costs. The paper proposes a new service called Managed Care. The focus...
Introduction Medical records are a crucial tool for clinicians in the provision of health care to patients. For more than a century, these tools have been used to record observations, provide knowledge, justify the proposed medical intervention, and monitor the performance of a patient. Traditionally, doctors all over the world...
The topic of pharmacogenomics and chronic illnesses was selected for the following discussion. The problem of pharmacogenomics use for the treatment of mental illness is relevant because one in four people suffer from this type of medical condition (Wax, 2012). The article by White et al. (2018) investigates the impact...
History of Lyme disease Lyme disease was first detected in the Lyme district in Connecticut, United States. The disease occurred in form of rheumatoid arthritis. It puzzled researchers and medical practitioners because it was a new disease with an unknown cause. Researchers began searching for the cause in 1977and their...
Abstract Health care insurance is an important facet in one’s life because it increases one’s access to health care. However, individuals tend to take advantage of this fact by seeking services even if it is not necessary, all because it is being catered for by an insurance company: Moral Hazard....
Healthcare organizations are using automated information systems to manage healthcare needs of populations which depend on them. Therefore, some healthcare providers are implementing population health management practices to add value to the quality of services they provide to their clients. The use of online registries has been explored as an...
The main goal of healthcare practice and nursing is to improve the health of patients (Cohen, 2009). Nurses and doctors should take patient safety seriously. The mission of any healthcare institution is to help nurses and caregivers find new strategies and evidence-based practices that can help them improve patient care...
Brief history The Home Birth Freedom Act seeks to accredit Certified Professional Midwifery (CPM) practices (Fischbein, 2013). The act aims at protecting the CPM practitioners from being prosecuted. In addition, the act advocates for no supervision of midwives by the physicians. Senator Tom Goolsby filed the bill on 19 February...
Athena Health is an electronic health records (EHR) system created to help medical institutions and physicians with coordination and delivery of care, particularly order transmission and revenue cycle management. Athena Health includes a variety of modules: Athena Clarity, Athena Coordinator, Athena Communicator, Athena Collector, and Athena Clinicals (“AthenaHealth Reviews”). Each...
Comparing and contrasting the major roles of the innate immune system and the acquired immune system Innate immune system prevents the entry of pathogenic microbes and toxins into the body. According to IQWiG (2012), this is achieved through surface barriers including the skin, mucosae and various secretions by the body...
Maternal death rates are extremely high. According to World Health Organization (WHO, 2016a), about 830 women die due to complications associated with pregnancy or child delivery every day, and over 90 percent of the fatal incidents occur in the underdeveloped countries. The statistical data indicates at the correlations between the...
Introduction The paper is well written, and the topic is adequately addressed. The introduction of the paper gives the reader a grasp of what is being investigated in the study and what to expect. However, the main weakness is that it fails to give a cohesive thesis as a guide...
The article presents an empirical evaluation of the action and effect of the venous thromboembolism (VTE). This is a vital to health and lives of hospitalized individuals and generally remains preventable. As noted in the article, it is critical to note that there is considerably limited research on the action...
Introduction The Southern Regional Medical Centre has a medium level of capacity and patient turnover. Its location and relevance put it in a position of public interest and general concern. Therefore, it follows that a proper administration facilities better and up to standards service delivery is a critical element for...
Introduction Patients today are not only more informed than ever before, but they seek to be proactive participants in their health care by seeking greater control over their healing process (Shipman, 2010). This view is reinforced by The Joint Commission, who has rolled out the Speak Up program with the...
Introduction: The Purpose of Evaluation and Related Issues People need standards. Even when these standards are too high, they are still, crucial for the development of society; unless there are certain levels of assessment, there is nothing more to strive for, which leads to stagnation. Moreover, in such spheres as...
Introduction Nurses are among the important players in health care provision around the world. Their positive contribution to the medical industry cannot be emphasized enough. Zerwekh and Claborn (2006) affirm that nurses are an essential part of the health-delivery systems adopted all over the world. Despite their overall importance in...
Introduction Though the title of the article is short, it comprehensively expresses the impact of the study. The introduction affirms that though information regarding pathophysiology, in addition to treatment of sepsis in individuals across the lifetime exists in health and nursing studies, the capability of nurses and other health professionals...
Importance of the Concept Contemporary medical care does not limit the positive effect of cure to mere medical treatment. The humor used is a very important condition for the patients and terminally ill patients especially. It is proved that people who have an opportunity to voice their fears and feel...
How do I define and employ the four basic meta-paradigms of nursing theory in my professional practice? Nursing involves more than book guidelines in taking care of the sick. A personal nursing philosophy is necessary to act as a guide to individual actions during practice. Nursing practice involves compassionate care,...
Tuakuila, Lison, Mbuyi, Haufroid, and Hoet (2013) sought to understand the effects of industrial processes and environmental exposures to human health through a study titled, “Elevated blood lead levels and sources of exposure in the population of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Their study has strong...
Introduction It is no doubt that biostatistics is applicable in all sphere of life, the public healthcare sector not being an exception. Public health has been thought of as the science that encompasses protecting as well as improving the health status of a given group of individuals (Sullivan, 2007). This...
Introduction Confidentiality is receiving information that is personal and confidential from an individual and not passing it to another person without the consent of the person you have received information from (Department of Health, 2003). An example is a doctor and his or her patient; the doctor receives information from...
The study analyzes an article titled ‘New Approaches for Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers’. Imperatively, the article focuses on the effectiveness of compulsory vaccination on healthcare workers (HWCs) as a strategy to minimize influenza infections and improve the level of vaccinations among HWCs in the United States. The article elaborates...
Identify a problem or concern in your state, community, or organization that has the capacity to be advocated through legislation. Research the issue and complete the sections below. For each topic that requires the listing of criteria, a minimum of two criteria should be identified and discussed. Add more rows...
Introduction Patients admitted to an intensive care unit need to be intubated to keep their airways patent. This procedure is called endotracheal suctioning and implies inserting a tube into the patient’s trachea and connecting it to a ventilator. The suctioning is performed to remove secretions that tend to accumulate in...
Introduction In recent decades, there have been widespread deliberations in the nursing literature about the art and science of nursing practice (Parker 52). As the conflict on whether nursing is an art or science still persists, academics suggest that nursing is seeking to articulate itself as a discipline in its...
Introduction Cost analysis is an activity that uses engineering, time and motion studies, timekeeper’s records, and planning schedules from production supervisors. Cost analysis techniques include break-even analysis, comparative cost analysis, capital expenditure analysis and budgeting techniques. After determining what is happening, management should identify available alternatives. Professional judgment is then...
Case Study Melissa Moser, a female aged 22 years indicated symptoms of unconsciousness and shortness of breath when she was first admitted to the community hospital. The patient data as recorded on admission showed that she was 70kgs heavy, 66 inches tall and her BSA was 1.81m2; two weeks ago...
The article on media release claims that 32,000 men were involved in the research while the peer-reviewed journal publishes 32,002 men. Further, the media release argues performing aerobic exercises for 150 minutes a week reduces disease development risk by 52 percent, and weight training for the same period resulted in...
Introduction According to a study by Farber (2010), approximately 12% of the US population (37 million people) is aged 65 years and above (p.313). Conservative estimates reveal that this population cohort will increase to about 71 million people or 20% of the nation’s population by 2030. As a result, the...
The case study of Bunistan deals with the outburst of communicable diseases because of the incidence of earthquake and flooding events in a small space of time. It is to be mentioned that the place was already afflicted with civil strife. This report aims to offer details of basic information...
Extant literature demonstrates that a fundamental component of early Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) treatment is patient education, which in turn sets the foundation for effective treatment and management throughout the disease continuum (Robertson, 2012). It is reported in the nursing scholarship that, due to lack of effective education, many...
Growing up as a young child, I spend most of my childhood at my grandparents’ house. Both my parents had traveled to another city due to their job demands and they did not want to inconvenience me by forcing me to accompany them. Both my grandparents were relatively old. One...
Introduction The first thing that should be done is the analysis of five peer-reviewed evidence-based articles on the issues of central line-associated infections with older adults and ways of preventing and reducing the rate of infections. 1a. Read and review five articles for the strategies and interventions known as the...
Ethics refer to principles that govern the character, conduct, or attitude of a person. The field of healthcare is not an exception when it comes to ethics. In the 1950s, the American Nurses Association (ANA) created the Code of Ethics, which contained guidelines and standards followed by the nurses (Joseph...
Historical events contributing to mistrust of the health care system The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, conducted for three decades between 1932 and 1972, is of appalling in American history. The study contributed significantly to the existing mistrust of the health care system. The Native American researchers conducting the study did not...
The terms atopic dermatitis and eczema are used interchangeably to refer to noncontagious skin conditions characterized by itchy, red, dry and rough skin since both conditions cause inflammation and irritation (Drucker et al., 2017). Though their use may overlap, eczema is technically different from atopic dermatitis since the latter is...
It is vital to teaching Mohana about the basics of her reproductive health and hygiene. She and her classmates should be explained that menstruation is a natural process demonstrating the appropriate functioning of the female body. They should not be ashamed of it and should use specific procedures to avoid...
Research question Linear regression analysis is used to describe how a dependent variable (sometimes known as the criterion variable) is controlled by an explanatory variable (sometimes known as the predictor variable). The dependent variable Y is plotted against the independent variable X to obtain a scatter plot (Jackson, 2012). Plotting...
Introduction Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is a Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) (Fernandez, Levine, & Restrepo, 2012). It is caused by bacterial infections that develop during mechanical ventilation using an endotracheal tube. VAP is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates (Rosenblatt, Reitzel, Jiang, Hachem, & Raad, 2014). The following is an...
Family assessment involves evaluation of factors that affect families. It may assess the family history, mental health of the family members, and other provisions. It is a continuous process of identifying these factors and making intervention decisions so as to help the family. There are various theories that have been...
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to propose a nursing informatics project based on the use of natural language processing (NLP) to analyze adverse events and incidents in the hospital setting. The implementation of the proposed project will allow for monitoring risk factors for adverse events and incidents, which...
Introduction Elizabeth Kübler-Ross stages of grief explains the manner in which somebody copes with grief or the tragedy that occurs especially in the event that the person is experiencing a tragedy accompanied or involving catastrophic loss. She describes the grief process in a five stage model and first concentrated on...
The health of individuals and communities relies on a combination of factors. Health, or lack of, depends on circumstances facing people, in addition to environmental factors. Factors such as the social environment, genetic access to health facilities, government policies and intervention, personal behavior, and coping skill play a crucial role...
The increased importance of cardiovascular (CV) disease is one of the topical factors affecting the modern healthcare sector. For this reason, for public health officials, it is vital to introduce specific measures that can help to improve the situation in the given sphere. Health promotion and risk prevention are possible...
