Orthorexia as an Eating Disorder in the DSM

A healthy diet is certainly important for the proper functioning of the body. In modern conditions, one can find many factors that somehow negatively affect the body and the state of human health. Adequate nutrition ensures quality of life, including the level of health and the body’s ability to cope...

Increasing Diabetes Infections Among the Hispanic Populations

Background Summary of Studies In the June 2020 Issue, BMC Medical Genetics published an article explaining how ancestry and genetics played a role in increasing diabetes infections among the Hispanic populations. The research by Chande et al. (2020) provides reasonable arguments to support the thesis that the Hispanic population is...

Risk Management in Health Care

Introduction The history of risk management in health care organizations dates back to the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi. This code stipulated severe punishment for medical practitioners who through malpractice caused injuries or even death to patients. The escalated law suites occasioned by malpractices made health care providers face an unprecedented...

Dashboard Analysis and Nursing Plan

Introduction This assignment consists of a thorough analysis of the statistical information from the provided dashboard and a nursing plan to improve one of the quality indicators. The analytical part reviews each data set in conjunction with the others to find dependencies, and the nursing plan provides profound suggestions based...

“Effects of a One-Way Tracheotomy Speaking Valve…” by Leder

Introduction The clinical question touched on whether occlusion tubes in any way affect patients’ aspirations. The study intended to establish whether tracheostomy tube occlusion interferes with the patients swallowing abilities. These questions were informed by the previous hypotheses that hinted that patients’ aspirations are not impacted by one-way tracheotomy tube...

The “Interpersonal Relations Theory” by Hildegard Peplau

Introduction Nursing theories are powerful frameworks that guide practitioners to provide personalized and high-quality care to their patients. Hildegard Peplau is one of the professionals whose ideas continue to reshape healthcare practice. Her “Interpersonal Relations Theory” identifies the nursing process as a sequential procedure that focuses on the best problem-solving...

Summaries of Three Articles About Lung Cancer

COVID-19 in patients with lung cancer The research centers around the study of 102 patients who suffered from both lung cancer and COVID-19 (Luo et al., 2020). The study sought to find the impact of cancer-directed treatments and the factors which determined severity and recovery. The study claims that COVID-19...

An Aspect of Team Working in the Clinical Environment

Introduction In every environment or place, the need to work together as a team is essential. Whether one is working in an organization or even in a healthcare system, there is a need for teamwork, because this enables one to be able to apply what he or she knows best...

Artifacts Produced on the Images During CT Scans

Introduction The term artifacts as used in computer tomography (CT) refer to any inconsistency that occurs between the CT numbers in the rebuilt image and the actual shrinkage coefficient of the image. As images developed through Ct technology are obtained from numerous autonomous detector measurements, they are susceptible to artifacts....

Healthcare Delivery System in the US and Its Components

History of Healthcare in the US In America, the healthcare system was driven by the power of capitalism. This caused health care services to be expensive and accesible to wealthy people only. There was inequality in the delivery of health care, which prompted several attempts by leaders to provide affordable...

Lillian Wald and Community Health Nursing

Introduction Lillian Wald lived between 1867 and 1940. She was born at Ohio in a place known as Cincinnati. Her family later moved Rochester York in 1878. She attended Cruuttenden’s school which offered English and French. She later joined New York‘s school of nursing in 1981. She started her nursing...

Should Americans Adopt a Vegan Lifestyle?

Nowadays, to become a vegan does not mean to reduce the use of meat products and demonstrate the recognition of animal rights for life. In modern society, the promotion of veganism is a trend that requires considerable changes and ethical principles. Compared to vegetarians who do not eat meat, fish,...

Radiation Dose Reduction Strategies and Their Effectiveness

Introduction The advent of computed tomography (CT) diagnostic radiology in the 1970s was a welcome milestone in the history of medical x-ray imaging. Its use in the medical field has increased dramatically. It is reported that more than 62 million CT scans per year are presently done in the United...

Social Skills for Preschoolers With Autism

Introduction Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a family of mental disorders that cause deficits of social awareness, communication skills, and stereotyped behaviors. The primary method of intervention is studies of the development of social behavior in children with identified ASD. This paper analyzes the elements of such interventions, their utilization...

The Effectiveness of Peer-Mediated Intervention for Young Children with Autism

Introduction Children with autism often suffer from a lack of social integration and fail to engage meaningfully with their peers. Peer-mediated intervention is a prominent technique for developing social skills and fostering involvement in children suffering from autism. Such children usually have fewer social connections, especially in the school environment,...

Social Media Use and the Impact on Mental Health

As a major public health concern, mental health plays an important role in the lives of all individuals regardless of their age, social status, or gender. In turn, numerous elements can negatively affect the psychological well-being of individuals, thereby, resulting in the development of psychological issues. For instance, the compulsive...

How Telemedicine Affects Human Health?

With the development of modern technologies, the world is significantly changing. They influence all aspects of people’s lives ranging from politics to culture. Without any doubt, modern technologies affect healthcare as well. For example, they considerably increase quality, make patient care more accessible, and improve disease control. Telemedicine is also...

Eggs and Salmonella as Ethical Dilemma in Community

Ethical dilemmas are integral questions in almost each sphere of life; and nursing, law, or even science are the most frequent examples where ethical dilemmas may appear. Littleton and Engebretson (2005) admit that nurses usually encounter a number of ethical dilemmas in their practice, and much attention has to be...

Computer Provider Order Entry (CPOE) Quality Improvement

Focus and Problem CPOE helped eliminate paper-based orders that were cumbersome, could get lost, and had illegible handwriting. Furthermore, it greatly improved safety due to built-in systems of enhanced patient safety in medication interaction checks as well as point-of-care clinical decision support. There are significant concerns regarding the user interface...

Mental Health Care System Gaps and Challenges Analysis

Family Unit Approach The Parkers case highlights the significant shortcomings of the current US mental health care system. One is the mental health care system’s structural approach to patients with chronic mental illnesses as isolated objects. Health care and social professionals treated Sara and Stephanie as unrelated patients, although they...

Teen Pregnancy and Single Young Mothers

Teen pregnancy in Los Angeles (LA) is on the rampant increase and measures must be taken to prevent this (LA Health, 2010, p 4). Having the highest rates in the United States, the report shows that four girls of 14-years old out of four state that the first sexual intercourse...

Medical Devices Decontamination

In any health institution, the most fundamental thing is the quality health care provision to patients and safe work environment to its workers. Decontamination of medical equipments is proving to be a substantial challenge to health professionals thus makes it difficult to prevention and control of nosocomial infections. This has...

Health Policy and Quality Management in the UK

Introduction Cancer exerts a lot of pressure on family and government resources. In the United Kingdom, of the four deaths that occur, one is a cancer case. Cancer affects many parts of the body and has diverse presentations and complications. Its treatment process is also complex. These factors present major...

Alternative Medicine in Nursing Practice

The integration of the concepts and approaches of complementary and alternative medicine requires proper introduction through educational and investigational teaching (Rice, 2006). Understanding the full range of theories underlying CAM therapies, their historical background, and how diverse members of the population react to them are among the critical information needed...

COVID-19: Vaccine Statistical Testing

The development of vaccines against pathogenic infections, especially if the disease has acquired the status of a pandemic, is a challenge not only for scientific-applied laboratories but also for the department of statistical research engaged in clinical trials. It is known that the standard development of a drug antidote against...

Conduct Disorder in Children Analysis

According to the statistics provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (2019), one in five US citizens suffers from mental disorders. Besides, the common knowledge shows that rather often, problems with mental health remain unidentified and are attributed to the character of a person. The critical aim of the...

Change Model: Hypertension-Related Problems

Introduction Hypertension-related problems are frequently observed in adults, and the task of medical workers is to take preventive measures and reduce their blood pressure to normal limits. The application of antihypertensive drugs is one of the common therapies that can be offered to patients, but this intervention has to be...

The Effect of Individually Selected Music

Directions: Complete the following required worksheet using the required article for the current session. Purpose of the Study The study aims to investigate the possible effects of music therapy in depression treatment among elderly people living in a nursing home. Psychological help assumes an integrated approach to solving a person’s...

Promoting Positive Outcomes Through Targeted Communication Within Cultural Groups

Description of the chosen Healthy People 2020 Topic Area and Specific Health Issue The chief aim of the Healthy People 2020 initiative is to provide equitable healthcare opportunities for Americans. It is believed that the program is to eliminate disparities in the provision of medical services. However, many challenges were...

Biomedical Ethics: Pfizer’s Legal Trouble in Nigeria

Biomedical ethics revolve around the Hippocratic Oath that directs the medical practitioners to ensure that, in their undertaking, they do no harm to patients. In clinical practice, ethics concerns the limit of authority of the patient and physician, the extent of confidentiality between the patient and the physician, and the...

Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing): Overview

Despite the fact that electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) cannot be currently regarded as an innovative practice, in recent years, it became widely used to accommodate the complexity and growth of the health care industry of the United States. According to Schleiden, et al. (2015), it is “the health information technology that...

Alzheimer’s Disease and Recent Study Findings

Alzheimer’s disease presents one of the largest health care issues in developed countries, with increasingly large amounts of money spent on patients’ care in the later stages of the disease. Alzheimer’s primarily affects the elderly, and as the age of the population increases, more and more people live old enough...

The Effect of Music Therapy on the Elderly

Purpose of the Study Improvements in medicine and technology have increased life expectancy, leading to a rise in the elderly population. However, health problems associated with advanced age continue to persist, thereby increasing the risk of mental health disorders such as depression. Pharmacological interventions for depression are available but may...

Role of Hospitals in the American Healthcare System

Hospitals in the American health care system have diverse significant roles which they play. In America, the total number of the estimated hospitals exceeds 5700 which creates a diverse hodgepodge of services in the health care structure. Hospitals are considered as the focal point of the entire health system in...

Application of Analysis of Variance in the Analysis of HIV/AIDS-Related Depression Cases

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a commonly used approach in testing of the equality of various means using variance (Derrick, 2008). This analysis of often based on a number of assumptions including: independence of the samples, equal variance in populations and that the populations from which...

STIs: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS

HIV diagnosis is associated with detecting particular particles in the blood called the retrovirus. These are the tiny viruses that penetrate the T cells of the blood and cause them to produce new copies of the virus: thus, the patient becomes a carrier of a potentially dangerous strain of the...

Fact Sheet: 21st Century Cures Act

The recent health care regulating policies are aimed at addressing the most tentative medical issues prevailing in the USA and the compliance of day-to-day procedures with technological advancement. 21st Century Cures Act was passed and signed by President Barak Obama on December 13, 2016, to guide the nation-wide health care...

The Impact of Medicare on Today’s Healthcare Ecosystem

Introduction Medicare is one of the government-funded health insurance programs in the United States. It offers health coverage for people older than 65 years, people of any age with specific disabilities, and people of any age with end-stage renal disease (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2019). As an effective...

Heritage Assessment and Health Traditions

Introduction The significance of considering culture as a factor in healthcare is specifically important for multicultural countries. Ion that regard, the diversity of cultures result have a great impact on the health of those different cultures. Cultural background, heritage, and language “have a considerable impact on both how patients access...

The Value of Building Coalitions, Alliances and Consortiums

Introduction Building coalitions, alliances and consortiums are generally regarded from the perspective of mutual benefits and experience exchange. Moreover, the necessity to arrange cooperation is closely associated with the requirements for the further expansion of the organizations, as arranging the cooperation practices, these organizations hope for the extensive resources and...

Stem Cells: Definition and Research Articles’ Analysis

Executive summary Despite their medical ability, stem cells have become the subject of controversy. For example, the Catholic Church objects to the destruction of embryos for the sake of stem cell research. On the other hand, the Islamic perspective of the research on stem cells is flexible and friendlier. In...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Approaches and Symptoms

Why the Article was Chosen The study conducted by Müller-Engelmann et al. (2019) contains plenty of significant elements within the scope of research design. The authors seem to adhere to the best practices of the multiple baseline approach and apply it to the relevant issue. This is the primary reason...

Cruzan vs. Schiavo: Comparative Case Analysis

Introduction Today’s healthcare paradigm has become highly dependent on the notions of ethics and respect for individual freedom and world perception. Despite decades of continuous struggle for adequate healthcare ethics application, there still exists a variety of issues both public and government are to reconsider in order to create an...

Bipolar Disorder: The Diagnosis and Treatment

Fluctuations of mood are natural in humans as a reaction to internal and external stressors. However, recurrent mood swings that negatively affect a person’s social or professional life can be a sign of a psychological disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mental impairment characterized by abrupt changes from depressive state to...

Research Gaps in Evidence-Based Medicine

Evidence-based medicine relies on research and evidence to implement any change in practice, which includes diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention. However, research and evidence that encompass all possible cases and scenarios is impossible, or, at least, impractically costly (Dreier & Löhler, 2016). Therefore, discovering gaps in the findings when researching...

Cervical Cancer: Symptoms and Treatment

Cervical cancer is a condition that affects the cells close to the vagina that can be located in the lower section of the uterus, which is called the cervix. The majority of cases of cervical cancer are caused by the human papillomavirus (Klügel et al., 2017). Overall, cervical cancer develops...

The Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide

The State of California has allowed medical doctors to assist terminally ill patients in killing themselves. Disputes about the moral and ethical side of this issue have been going on for many years (Emanuel 339). A lot of opposing opinions are expressed in terms of the law, human rights, medicine,...

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: Pathogenesis and Epidemiology

Introduction Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mt) is the organism that is responsible for causing tuberculosis (TB). This disease that existed as from the Neolithic era has been a quagmire to the medical field scientists even after the identification of the causative agent. This paper discusses M. tuberculosis with special focus on its...

Staffing Issues Interactive Case Study Journal for Nurses

The nurse shortage in US healthcare facilities is a critical problem that can cause such outcomes as overtime working and fatigue for nurses, and the quality of care can decrease. The case study discusses the situation when nurses from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) were scheduled extra days each...

Nursing Informatics in Healthcare

Abstract The development of innovative technological solutions and the active promotion of digitalization in every aspect of people’s lives have also affected nursing substantially. Namely, the creation of nursing informatics as a separate field that has helped in improving the efficacy and quality of care has served an instrumental function...

Major Depressive Disorder in Sex Workers

Definitions and Symptoms Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a health issue that can affect anyone given the presence of respective circumstances, yet sex workers are under a particularly high threat. Due to the constant exposure to traumatic experiences and the lack of awareness of and access to healthcare services, the...

Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?

The practice of ending the life of a person suffering from an incurable disease and experiencing unbearable suffering as a result of that disease at their request is a subject of public debate and legal proceedings. Though many ethical and moral problems remain acute, euthanasia is now legal in many...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Syndrome

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) distresses a patient’s immune arrangement hence weakening the defence system against numerous infections encompassing some forms of cancer. With the virus destroying and impairing the operation of immune cells, an infected person progressively becomes immunodeficient. People’s immunity is characteristically gauged by the number of CD4...

Depression Treatment Variants in the US

Depression treatment in the U.S. varies based on health practitioners’ preferences. Some prefer drugs as the ultimate solution, whereas others embrace therapy. Regardless of the approach, severe ordeals of depression are treatable provided that the patients remain positive and are dedicated to adopting the different educational strategies as advised by...

How to Encourage Low Sugar Consumption Among Primary School Students?

Sugar Consumption as a Serious Problem Sugar, or sucrose, is a natural molecule usually produced by plants.1 Chemically, it is a disaccharide consisting of glucose and fructose links. Since ancient times, humanity has learned to use this white crystalline substance as a food additive, and today sugar is an integral...

Prophylaxis Breast Cancer

Introduction Breast cancer is an enormous healthcare issue and is the leading type of cancer among women. It occurs because of various complex determinants: stress tendencies, harmful habits, genetics, obesity, among others. Researching the problem is a necessary step in defining the early stages of the illness and later curing...

Communication Modalities in Health Care Systems

Introduction Everyone would probably agree that health is a priceless gift to humans. However, in the modern world, even the notion of health has a commercial background. Indeed, the health care system cannot function without selling and buying medicaments, which is an essential part of marketing. In addition, health care...

Diabetic Neuropathy Effects on Foot and Its Treatment

Introduction Diabetes mellitus has deleterious effects on many systems of the body especially the immunity and the nervous systems. This article focuses on effects of diabetic neuropathy on the foot, its signs and symptoms and treatment. Effects on the foot The effects of diabetic neuropathy can be explained using parameters...

The United States Health Services System

Introduction The healthcare system in the United States of America accounts among the best healthcare systems in the world. The government has mandated several legal entities to aid in provision of health services in the country. The nation invests largely in healthcare, in the basis of per capita than any...

COVID-19 — Navigating the Uncharted

Summary of Article Key Points An article titled Covid-19 — navigating the uncharted relates to the subject of health and medicine, and, to be more specific, it explores the current epidemic of Covid-19. The authors review two academic works of Lee et al. and Guan et al., respectively, which examine...

Pharmacogenomics Impact on Individual Drug Effectiveness

This paper is a critical review of a position statement that discusses the impact of pharmacogenomics on individual drug effectiveness, specifically addressing the validity and sustainability of individual genotyping. The position paper identified three key issues regarding the validity of developing individual genotyping for drug effectiveness and a further four...

The Merits of Value-Based Care System

Introduction The approaches to the establishment and organization of healthcare systems may vary based on the selected central priorities. As opposed to fee-for-service systems, value-based healthcare or accountable care shifts emphasis from the volume of services to their quality and the extent to which the offered services promote health improvement...

Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People and Primary Healthcare Services

Introduction In an era when homosexuality is a tangible enough concern to merit religious, moral and legal debate (and two journals devoted solely to partnering without the possibility of procreation and natural offspring), Neville and Henrickson (2006) analyze a portion of the 2004 New Zealand Lavender Islands: Portrait of the...

The ANA Code of Ethics Overview

The ANA Code of Ethics is intended to guide nurses’ behavior in situations related to their work. In particular, it teaches the practice of independent creative making of decisions, a humanistic view of the patient, and protecting their rights. At the same time, using the ANA Code of Ethics in...

Application of Conceptual Models and Theories in the Field of Nursing

The theory of the nursing process discipline identifies both good and bad nursing. Good nursing investigates and addresses the patient’s needs with immediate effects. The nurse interprets the client’s behavior and relates them to their health conditions; with this in mind s/he is able to administer the best management. Theories...

Herpes: Psychological, Physical, and Behavioral Effects

As Sternberg et al (964-973) argue, although the global prevalence of herpes has reduced, as compared to other sexually transmitted diseases, herpes is one of the least discovered sexually transmitted viral diseases, in its early stages of infection. This is the case primarily because, unlike other sexually transmitted infections that...

Managed Care Contract in Healthcare Setting

Introduction Contracts comprise an integral part of the health care system of the United States of America. Naturally, the managed care contracts are viewed as the core of this system as they regulate the relations between the medical facilities and patients at the legal level. As defined by the Dictionary...

Chronic Disease: Occupational Health Promotion Interventions for Individuals at Risk

Based on the information provided, for which chronic illnesses might you anticipate this vulnerable population to be at risk? Coal mining workers are exposed to numerous health threats due to their exposure to adverse substances at work and the lifestyle they lead associated with their occupation. Indeed, the coal mining...

Parent and Child Perspectives on Adaptation to Childhood Chronic Illness

The team critique that has been written in response to a proposed article has proved to be quite useful for my nursing practice. The conclusions that the team has reached contributed not only to the enrichment of knowledge on a specific topic, but gave a great opportunity to utilize this...

Medication Safety and Reconciliation in a Homecare Setting after Discharge from the Hospital

Introduction Medication errors are some of the factors contributing significantly to poor patient outcomes, such as morbidity and mortality. This problem is compounded further when patients are required to self-medicate once discharged from the hospital. Therefore, there is an overarching need to address this problem for improved patient outcomes. This...

Appendicitis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Introduction Appendicitis is an intestinal disease characterized by a painful, irritating, and inflamed appendix. The appendix is the narrow and hollow tube that stretches from the large intestines. According to Rush University Medical Center (2008), during the formative stages of life, the appendix functions as part of the immune system...

Challenging Behavior of Persons With Intellectual Disabilities

Introduction The challenging behaviors I am currently experiencing in my practice comprise those displayed by people suffering from severe intellectual disability and Alzheimer’s disease. Persons with intellectual disability find it difficult to learn and manage the skills of everyday living. Intellectual disability can be classified as severe or profound when...

Type II Diabetes: Treatments

This is a chronic disease that results from a high level of glucose or sugar within the blood. This disease also arises from the body’s inability to produce and utilize insulin effectively. Insulin is important within the body because it enhances the transportation of glucose to various body cells for...

Nonverbal Communication Methods in Health Care

Communication has always been an essential part of people’s lives. Messages are exchanged during communication in order to achieve the goals of the conversation. People do not simply transmit data but inform, share knowledge about the difficulties of solving a problem, and discuss other aspects. However, due to unavoidable circumstances,...

Obesity in People with Intellectual Disabilities’: The Article Review

Introduction Mashall, McConkey and Moore (2003) seek to assess obese and overweight individuals and the steps taken after screening the individuals positively. In addition, the authors of this article seek to know how health promotion classes contribute to weight loss among obese and overweight individuals. The authors are compelled to...

Healthcare Among the Elderly Prison Population

Increase in the elderly inmate population The number of prisoners in the United States has kept surging over the years. It is estimated that the percentage of prisoners aged 55 years and above has increased by a margin of 33 % from 2000 to 2005. Within this period the prison...

Memory and Awareness: Training One’s Brain

It is crucial to improve your everyday memory. How well memory is developed depends on how much information we can remember. A well-trained memory enhances concentration, increases productivity, and develops thinking and creativity. The brain works like a computer, but unlike the latter, it cannot be filled to 100%: it...

The Nursing Professionals: Professional Development

Nurses are the most significant force within the healthcare system because they spend more time caring for patients than any other medical professional. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report titled “The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health.” This Institute outlined the main challenges that the...

Developmental Assessment of the School-Aged Child and Its Peculiarities

Introduction Physical assessment of the patient is one of the core skills of any nurse. As such, it is important to find the right approach for any age demographic, both adults and children. An assessment of a child usually consists of various practices, often depending on the child’s age and...

Antismoking Ads and Youth Smoking Prevalence

In the modern world, a significant amount of attention is paid to social problems, including youth smoking. The article in question elaborates on the influence of antismoking advertisements on youth smoking rates. It is believed that promoting a healthy lifestyle that excludes such habits can have an impact on people...

The Problem of Different Perspectives of Supervisors on the Same Issue

A management problem I have encountered during the experience in my work place in the Respiratory Department consists of different perspectives of Respiratory supervisors on the same issue. Respiratory supervisors in this department include a supervisor, a lead Therapist, a charge, and the seniority Therapist. As a consequence, I have...

Importance of Governance in a Private Practice

Millions of people strive for power and leadership without thinking about possible expectations and consequences. In health care, effective leadership cannot be ignored because it is the only opportunity to control employees and make sure that all clients’ demands are met. In this paper, Case 6 about governance and infrastructure...

Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnostics and Treatment

Introduction Of all deaths occurring in the United States, pancreatic cancer accounts for more than 6%. The article analyses the most recent techniques in diagnosis and management pancreatic cancer a malignancy with very poor prognosis. Pancreatic cancer has a very low 5-year survival rate with some studies showing levels below...

The Iron Deficiency Anemia: Causes and Treatment

Introduction Anemia, as defined by Moz (2006), is health condition that involves “an absolute decrease in red blood cells (RBCs) in proportion to total blood volume, or an absolute decrease in hemoglobin in relation to blood volume”. Iron deficiency or depletion in the body is significantly responsible for the emergence...

Terminal Illness Perception Overview

Terminal Illness Terminal illness refers to a human condition that can never be cured and may ultimately lead to death. The most common type of terminal illness is advanced colon cancer. The disease refers to the abnormal growth of the colon cells (Epstein et al., 2016). Presently, the main causes...

Critique of Feasibility Study on Multidisciplinary Fall Prevention

Introduction Falling among the elderly has been on the rise among the elderly people in developed worlds like Britain and the Netherlands. The Dutch health care system adopted a system that was being used by the British health care system as the intervention measure to prevent falls among the elderly....

Spiritual Needs Assessment

Spirituality, according to Wallace (2007) is “the essence of our being, which permeates our living and infuses our unfolding awareness of who and what we are, our purpose in being, and our inner resources; and shapes our life journey”. There has been a renewed interest in the healthcare profession about...

Reduction of Medical Supplies’ Wastage in a Hospital

The US hospitals lose much money through medical supply wastage yearly. According to Elizabeth McLellan, the creator of Partners for World Health, a non-profit establishment, which gathers infirmary supply “waste” from various sanatoriums around Portland Mane, the organization collects medical “fritter” worth $20 million per year (Allen, 2017). Therefore, it...

Evolution of Long-Term Care Systems

First, the factor influencing the disintegration of the joint family system is modern education as it inspires strong individualism among people, which contributes to their separation from their families. Second, developed means of communication and transport also affect the disintegration of joint families. In the past, there was significant difficulty...

Communication Links in Nursing

Academic works and evidence-based projects in the nursing sphere are an essential part of the profession. However, there are several difficulties both in receiving and sharing the latest information concerning significant issues. It is possible to assume that the awareness of healthcare workers has a direct impact on the level...

Sociopathy: A Treatment

The film Girl, Interrupted describes the clinical pictures of several female characters, and one of the most striking is the portrait of Lisa Rove, who was diagnosed with sociopathy. The film vividly describes the symptoms of her illness, such as aggression, lack of sleep, distorted perception of reality, and absence...

The Importance of Sterility in Pharmacies

The Risks and Problems Caused by Non-sterile Pharmacy Procedures On the whole, the risk to patients appears to spring from three main elements: quality of the compounding materials, non-compliance with compounding best practices, and non-sterile facilities. Fatalities Concerns about the health and safety of confined patients were heightened in the...

Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Digestion and Absorption

Research and Report Obesity and overweight are serious health issues that negatively affect the systems of the human body. To help people lose excess weight, healthcare professionals recommend patients undergo one of the three types of bariatric surgery: a gastric band, gastric sleeve, or gastrointestinal bypass. This paper will explore...

New Technology in Diagnosing Respiratory Diseases

The article under the headline “These Algorithms Could Bring an End to the World’s Deadliest Killer” was written by Apoorva Mandavilli and published in The New York Times on the 20th of November 2020. The article is dedicated to an app called qXR which is currently being used in rural...

Evidence-Based Practice Proposal: Seattle Primary Community Clinic

The setting for this project is a primary community clinic situated in Seattle. It serves the most part of the population living in this urban area and is visited by many patients seeking primary care for their chronic conditions. The clinic’s personnel have noticed that older patients’ non-adherence often stems...

Efficiency of Cortisone-Like Steroids

In general, cortisone is defined as an anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, and immunosuppressive hormone in the class of corticosteroids. It may be used as an efficient treatment of multiple serious disorders. Cortisone is especially beneficial for control over allergy attacks and asthma. The administration of cortisone-like steroids in acute asthmatic attacks, either...

Trends and Issues in Nursing: Leadership and Management

Introduction Due to the complex, critical and dynamic nature of the health sector in the world today, health practitioners are being faced with new challenges and issues that call for attention. Organization and management skills are very critical in ensuring quality health services delivery. Best practice in nursing management and...

Measles Disease Among Children Comprehensive Study

Introduction Historically, there was a very high infection of measles among children (95%-98%) by the time they reached 18 years, before the introduction of the vaccine against measles. The number of cases of measles has generally reduced since 1980 according to the WHO report (Figure 1). The viruses for measles...

Data Mining in the Medical Field

Introduction Data mining is the process of sorting out data in order to identify their patterns and to establish their relationships. Data mining deals with the use of complex data analysis tools to unravel previously unknown patterns and relationships in huge amounts of data sets. The tools used are mainly...

Clinical Uses of Ultrasound

Introduction The use of ultrasound in the field of medicine is one of the myriads of examples of the practical applicability of physics principles. Its use in this field actually began in the early 1930s and it has continued to advance in leaps and bounds. Ultrasound is actually a high-frequency...

Developments in Global Tobacco and Alcohol Policy

The health of the nation is one of the major concerns of any state. Healthy populations guarantee the ability of a country to evolve and move towards the achievement of new goals. However, today the situation remains complex because of multiple problems and health issues linked to the environmental or...

Ant-Kickback Statute and Physician Self-Referral Law

Dr. Samuel is an internal medicine physician. This practice does not have lab service. When Dr. Samuel orders lab work, she recommends the patient to Lucky Lab. Lucky Lab is very appreciative that Dr. Samuel’s patients use their lab. Lucky Lab is so appreciated that for every patient of Dr....

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Introduction Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders aims to classify the disorders according to certain criteria that are essential for reliable diagnoses (Paris, 2013, p. 70). Clinicians and researchers use the book as the guide for the essential characteristics of any type of mental disorder. The cultural background, gender,...

Nursing: Curing & Healing

Traditionally, nurses did the caring while medication did the curing. However, this has changed since nurses started performing both the caring and curing processes. This gradually resulted in the distinctions made between healing and curing. Curing is primarily related to the scientific way of making a case recover from illness....

Analysis of Disease and Caring for the Nguyens

Caring for the Nguyens During the interview and physical examination of Mr. Nguyen, the nurse is able to gather enough information and identify the existing problems. Relying on the complaints of the patient and his family history, certain conclusions have to be made. However, the creation of medical and nursing...

Medical Innovations: 3D Bioprinting Artificial Intelligence

Innovations in health care play an essential role for people and all of humanity. TThe development and implementation of the latest technologies in medicine can significantly increase the duration and improve the quality of human life. Innovative technologies in medicine are now emerging at an unprecedented rate. For the successful...

Telemedicine in the Mount Sinai Hospital

In this project, healthcare organizations will be considered, i.e., the hospitals and medical clinics are the major areas of research. The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York is the best example of hospitals that needs telemedicine. A significant number of hospitals has ignored the positive impacts of technology on the...

Sources Credibility: The Case of Autism

Sources credibility is a burning issue of the information era the United States and the whole world are currently going through. Reliability of information can influence various spheres of life, and healthcare services are no exclusion. For instance, it is essential for evidence-based models addressing specific conditions and diseases. Autism...

Diabetes in American Society

Everyone knows that American society is challenged by a variety of diseases. Some of them could be predicted, controlled, and treated, and some illnesses remain incurable because even the most advanced technologies are not effective and helpless. Diabetes is one of such public health concerns, with no particular cure. People...

Application of Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring

Most United States hospitals adopted the Human Caring Theory in a move towards institutional changes and dissemination of professional nursing. This theory is termed by scholars as a Theory of Transpersonal Caring. The creative aspect, transpersonal compassionate bond, and the caring instance are basic elements in the theory propounded by...

Watson’s Theory to the Nursing Process

Introduction Nursing practice has continually improved over the recent years due to the integration of theoretical frameworks that advocate for more involving learning strategies and nursing process (Billings and Halstead, 2009, p.4). Furthermore, the embracement of community oriented and consumer driven system and its incorporation in learning has led to...

American College of Physicians Position Paper

Legalizing physical-assisted suicide has been providing a ground for debates in the scientific community for a long time. Some scholars assume that the legitimation of euthanasia is an ethically correct and necessary decision, while others firmly disagree that doctors should have a right to take a patient’s life. The papers...

The Challenges in the Continuum of Long-Term Care

Introduction The issue of staffing has been an ongoing challenge for the United States healthcare system. Nursing homes are facilities that provide long-term care for their residents, the majority of whom are older people. Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are employed in these healthcare establishments. This paper will explore the problem...

Social Barriers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Introduction When the world is under pressure from the COVID-19 infection, previously implicit public health problems became apparent to people. Without pointing out the rather spontaneous difficulties with the lack of personal protective equipment such as disposable gloves and masks, emphasis should be placed on an information system and the...

Translating Research Outcomes into Clinical Practice

Introduction The process of translating research outcomes into practice is an essential prerequisite for the effective functioning of any clinical setting. Indeed, implementation of findings “and revised methods of treatment can potentially save lives and improve the quality of life of patients” (Kristensen et al., 2016, p. 1). However, this...

Healthcare Reform: Affordable Care Act

Introduction The human body is a complicated walking-talking-thinking engine with mutually dependent systems and subsystems composing or representing the complex whole. The breaking down of any one of the body’s structures can lead to a rush down in big quantities of complex medical issues. Where there is a system breakdown,...

Human Endogenous Retroviruses

According to research, viruses are the major causes of the greatest shocking diseases in the world today. However, many people are only aware of H.I.V. which has been the most spreading virus over the years. Viruses are very fast reproducing micro organisms. They are basically packages of genetic material that...

Health and Medicine: Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy is a profession in medicine that is concerned with the promotion of health and the well-being of individuals with various limitations in life such as physical impairments. According to the American Occupational Therapy Association, occupational therapy can be defined as making use of work, self-care, and other activities...

Evidence-Based Practice, Paradigms, and Theories in Nursing

Introduction Like any science, nursing is based on a set of paradigms and theories that validate and guide the research efforts undertaken within the nursing field and practice implications for better patient outcomes. Scientific Paradigms of Nursing Science Nursing is an emerging science that evolves according to the theoretical and...

Orem’s Self-care Nursing Model (OSCNM)

Introduction The theoretical and conceptual work of nursing development activities through various clinical practices have left many role models for us in the nursing and patient care community. This research paper presents the development of Orem’s Self-care Nursing Model (OSCNM) which is widely used today as the accomplishment of Dorothea...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders

Introduction Mental health is crucial for the overall well-being of an individual. Stress-related disorders contribute negatively to people’s health outcomes, and therefore, early diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and the initiation of proper treatment plans are critical. One of the most common stress and trauma-related conditions is Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, commonly abbreviated as...

VTE: Finding the Research Evidence

Introduction Evidence-based nursing, which combines research data with clinical expertise, is essential for improving patient outcomes. The issue of non-compliance with VTE prophylaxis negatively affects the quality of care and requires adequate research evidence. The purpose of the following work is to discuss two articles representing different types of evidence,...

Nutrition Research With Reference to Colorectal Cancer

There is a growing research interest in the Health aspects of Nutrition. Methods of alleviating the diseases or potentially life-threatening conditions without any side effects could be possible with Nutrition. The present description is concerned with evaluating the validity and reliability of Nutrition research with reference to colorectal cancer. This...

US Health Care: Organizational Responsibility and Ethics

Introduction The health care system of the United States of America is considered to be one of the most effective around the world, but this system also has its drawbacks and problems that serve as obstacles on the way of its development. First of all, the health care system is...

Schizophrenia Versus Schizoaffective Disorders

Over time, people have faced difficulties as they try to comprehend the symptoms of psychological disorders. Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that impairs an individual’s thinking, understanding, and behavior, leading to delusions and hallucinations (Boerrigter et al.). If not treated earlier, it can lead to lifelong disability. Besides, the...

Spirituality in Health Care Analysis

Introduction Spirituality describes a relationship with God (Spirituality Information, 2010). It is the inward spirit away above or greater oneself. The greater power and Spirit is God (Live strong, 2009) Spiritual needs Assessment Organizations need to describe spiritual content and capacity for her assessment and the individual requirements taking the...

About Burnout Syndrome Among Healthcare Professionals

Introduction Burnout syndrome is a problem commonly seen at various healthcare facilities among medical workers. The article by Lahana et al. addresses the manifestation of this phenomenon among nurses working in social welfare centers for mentally challenged persons in Greece. The study’s purpose was to examine the syndrome and identify...

Healthcare Bill and Its Impact on the Community

Introduction One of the recent and the most successful achievements by the current President of the United States, Barack Obama, is his improvements of the health care system. Mr. President promised to take a number of actions to provide the Americans with appropriate health care, and he kept his promise....

Medical History Patient With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is among the leading causes of death globally and is estimated to be the fourth leading cause of morbidity and mortality in 2030. Even though the obstruction of airways characterizes COPD, it is linked to metabolic disorders, which include obesity, cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia, and...

A Peer Group Support in Intervention for Adolescent With Type One Diabetes

Introduction Diabetes mellitus{DM} is broadly divided into two categories, the type I and type II diabetes and they are all categorized based on the levels of blood sugar found in the body. About 24 million people in the US are suffering from diabetes and unfortunately it’s estimated that about one-third...

Hit Governance and Decision Rights

Healthcare is one of the biggest pillars of a stable society, and its improvement and optimization are crucial to human development. One of the aspects of healthcare is the use of IT technologies to innovate and broaden the available methods of practice and their success. When talking about Healthcare IT,...

Model of Nursing Care and Patient Safety

Introduction Healthcare professionals especially those in the nursing field, apply different types of models in order to execute their roles professionally. These models are beneficial to patients and help to promote code of ethics and patient safety. Thus, a nursing model is a conceptual framework connecting particulars and phenomena, which...

Effects of Music Therapy on Depressed Elderly People

Purpose of the Study The study sought to “determine the effect of music therapy on depression and physiological parameters in elderly people who were living in a nursing home” (Gök Ugur et al., 2017, p. 1280). Music therapy has been shown to have positive effects among people, and thus the...

Managed Care: Containing Costs and Improving Access to Quality Health Care

Introduction Containing costs and improving healthcare capture the very essence of healthcare operational principles. The paper shall look at five arguments that support the latter statement with particular emphasis on recent researches and surveys. Whether managed care is containing costs and improving access to quality healthcareIt maximizes profitability It is...

Change Proposal: E-Prescribing Technology

Numerous changes and technological advances are being continually introduced to the medical field worldwide. These improvements or new developments help modern medicine to progress and provide high quality patient outcomes. However, every implementation needs to be adequately analyzed and assessed. This change proposal will describe e-prescribing technology, its patient safety...

The Human Heart as a Pivotal Organ in Human Anatomy

Introduction The medical field has made significant advances over the years which have resulted in the provision of detailed information about the human body and how it works. Through various research efforts, medical and biological experts have successfully studied various human organs to present a conclusive argument on how each...

Diabetes Mellitus Overview and Analysis

Introduction Diabetes which is medically referred to as diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder that occurs due to the lack of production or action of insulin in the body. Insulin is a hormone that enables blood sugar in form of glucose to generate energy in the body. It is a...

Choice of Career: Health Information Management

It is impossible to underestimate the role of a healthcare practitioner in the process of establishing the quality standards of provided medical services. However, it is not limited to caregiving and implies a range of other tasks that are equally important for a positive outcome. The present-day world dictates conditions...

Brittany Maynard Case: The Suicide Dilemma

Brittany Maynard was a terminally ill patient who decided to end her own life by taking a lethal dose of prescribed medication. On November 1, 2014, Mrs. Maynard dissolved 100 capsules of a sedative in a glass of water and drank it around her friends and relatives (White, 2014). She...

Wellness Assessment: Patient Case Study

STAR Situation Luciana Gonzalez – 32-year-old female patient – Hispanic. Came in for comprehensive health assessment for new employment insurance. Background The patient requires a comprehensive physical. Height: 5’4 Weight: 185lb BMI 31.8. No known allergies. Family history – no known diseases. Social history – Works a stable job. Denies...

The Environmental Monitoring: Policies, Procedures and Schedules

Introduction There is a need to guarantee safety to the users of medical products. To achieve this the manufacturing processes must be free from any viable microorganisms be it bacterias, fungi or other moulds. These problems have been reduced through the establishment of a Central Decontamination Unit (CDUs) which provides...

Young Athletes’ Concussion Knowledge

Young athletes’ concussion knowledge and belief descriptives table: For my first search, I used the word “concussion.” On the Advanced Search page, I limited the search to peer-reviewed articles in English published in the last three years, for which full text is available. I chose this article because I found...

How Health Informatics Impacts Patient Safety: Telemedicine and Virtual Visits

Health delivery methodology is changing with the rise of innovation and technology. First of all, care is becoming more diversified as monitoring, treatment, and prevention are divided into multiple processes with a specific sequence of interventions. Besides, a customer-centric approach is a fundamental assistance model to meet the needs of...

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Key Issues

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that affects the lymphatic system. Since lymphoid tissue is present in the spleen and digestive tract, it can also strike the digestive system. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is dangerous because it targets white blood cells. These cells are present in lymph nodes all over...

Childhood Obesity in Ocean Springs Mississippi

Introduction Obesity can be defined in simple terms as having too much fat than the amount required by the body and it occurs when you consume more calories than is required by the body. This imbalance between the calories getting in and out of the body may be a result...

Are Tight Pants Healthy?

In this day and age, skinny jeans seem to be one of the most popular clothing items among young people. Nevertheless, since this fashion is relatively modern, there is not enough research on the impact that it has on the human body. Researchers and medical professionals, however, do not recommend...

Sickle Cell Anemia and Its Symptoms

Infant healthcare has always been one of the most extensive fields of scholarly research, as professionals are eager to define all the possible predispositions for all the possible health conditions as early as possible. However, one of the fascinating aspects of research concerns the investigation of genetic disease development, as...

Medical Centers Financial Management

Sharp Healthcare Sharp Healthcare in San Diego has not afforded the opportunity to acquire financial capital through equity markets since it is not a profit making hospital. As a result of this it enjoys the advantage of accessing tax-exempt debt markets. Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code permits...

Chronic Kidney Disease: the Evaluation Plan

Introduction Chronic kidney disease is one of the most burning issues of the modern society, and the program to fight its occurrences and eliminate the disease as such is vital. Such a program is especially important today when the incidence of the chronic kidney disease is on the dramatic rise...