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Introduction Autism presents several behavioral and functional anomalies (Cathcart, 1998). Participation of parents, structural modification, and dietary changes are usually administered as forms of psychotherapy to align these anomalies to normal behavior. Nurses do this fundamental role in ensuring the overall health of victims to hasten recovery. There are resources...
Introduction According to Herper, it is interesting to note that the most popular prescription drug in the USA was prescribed 128 million times in 2010 (Herper 2010). This point is especially surprising given that a number of experts and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called for its banning. The...
Introduction Ethical standards are essential in all employment settings. Consequently, nurses should be conversant with the guiding principles of nursing (Walsh, 2010). This would enable nurses to provide quality services to patients and work within an acceptable ethical framework. Usually, nurses cooperate with colleagues to provide efficient services to patients....
Introduction Aging is an issue that has attracted several researchers in the past, who have defined it differently. Da Costa et al. (2016) described aging as breaking down a self-organized system, causing a reduced ability to adjust to the environment. Lemoine (2020) considered it as a progressive accumulation of changes...
Introduction Age has been a critical aspect of human health as it determines the occurrence and severity of particular diseases. Causes, symptoms, and damage of some common diseases in human beings sometimes differ depending on age factors (Panagoulias, Tentolouris, & Ladas, 2008). Acute and chronic abdominal pain disorders have recently...
The patient is Mr. Gary T., who is 77 years of age Caucasian American. Mr. T. has been worried about a skin lesion. After a close examination of the lesion on the patient’s shoulder, I have identified it as seborrheic keratosis. When charting this lesion it has to be mentioned...
One of the most well-known methods of detoxication after excessive use of food or alcohol is the one with the help of activated charcoal. It remains controversial due to its partly unexplored nature that includes possible side effects. However, the people using this type of detoxication do not take into...
Modern society is designed with the rough assumption that everybody is heterosexual, and, as a result, the interests of sexual minorities are not met. Consequently, there are peculiarities of the social structures that limit their rights and opportunities, which, in turn, adversely affect their health and wellness (Flenar et al.,...
Introduction The topic that I selected for the research is organizational culture. The development of an organization is based on the credibility of its brand name. The entire process of selling is determined by the popularity and loyalty that a brand name has achieved (Alvesson, 2013). In perspective, the organization...
Three IT Applications within physician offices and hospital systems There are three forms of health care information technology applications, which are telemedicine application, E-prescribing, and personal health records. Telemedicine systems have made it possible to pass on health care or medical information to people who may be far away from...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) usually referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or the Obamacare was ratified into regulation by President Obama in early 2010. The PPACA seeks to prevent the uninsured from catastrophic expenditures on health that do not just ruin personal credit scores...
Introduction Pneumonia and bronchitis are some of the common communicable diseases in the world today. They may have a devastating effect on the patient if they are not addressed early enough. According to Wright (2002), it is important to know some of the symptoms of these two diseases in order...
Introduction There are several foundational frameworks for quality improvement in healthcare. The major ones include continuous quality improvement (CQI), total quality management (TQM), and structure, process, and outcome (SPO). CQI is based on the notion that all aspects of the organization can be improved to enhance the satisfaction levels of...
Introduction Evidence-based practice is an exercise that originated from the medical profession. It has however been implemented in other fields such as nursing and psychology. The scope of ‘evidence-based practice’ involves the application of research results in processes. It is used in medicine and nursing professions to ensure that services...
Introduction Acculturation refers to the cultural changes to certain groups of people brought about by mixing cultures. For instance, immigrant nurse tends to experience various cultures hence being forced to undergo acculturation. At times, these nurses may be forced by the situation to learn and adapt to cultural practices from...
Nursing Autobiography In the account of developing this personal nursing philosophy paper, my personal professional resume was critical in evaluating my deep intuitions about the nursing profession. Educationally, I possess a Bachelor’s degree in nursing that I acquired in 2011 and I have been a Registered Nurse (RN) from 2005-2009,...
The human body is arguably among the most complex form ever to be studied. Over the years, scientists and other specialists have dedicated significant efforts towards trying to understand how different parts of the bodywork. Through these studies, the origins of various ailments have been discovered and solutions to the...
Evidence The Cochrane database of systematic reviews was used to obtain background information because the main interest was in evidence -based data that would help in deciding on the best course of action to take in an effort to reduce of VAP incidence. To this end, the search term ‘Ventilator...
When equating status with authority in the field of nursing, it is possible to cause some confusion in understanding nurses’ or leaders’ roles depending on the aspect of power. In the field of nursing, there is a hierarchy of roles that are associated with individuals’ professional status and assigned authority....
Risk pooling is a method used by insurance companies to control the risk involved in insuring against dangerous scenarios or offering insurance cover to businesses or individuals who makes big claims. In case a claim occurs from a natural disaster for example an earthquake, the insurance companies share the loss...
Description of the disease Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that is passed from parent to offspring. It is a hereditary, autosomal and recessive medical complication. Its main feature is the accumulation of more dense and sticky secretions in the lungs, digestive tract, and other areas of the body (Wilschanski...
The Nightingale Pledge was written in 1893 by a committee chaired by Lystra Eggert Gretter (American Nurses Association, 2013).The committee was from a nursing school, Farrrand Training School in Detroit. It is modeled from the Hippocratic Oath which is an oath usually taken by physicians who promise to practice medicine...
Great candidates who are seeking jobs do not stay on the job market for long. Therefore, it is necessary for a human resource manager to be careful when recruiting employees to ensure that the right candidate for a given job is selected (Gatewood, Feild, & Barrick, 2015). However, selecting one...
Description of the Research and How It Represents an Epidemiological Study Chang (2009) conducted a study to evaluate efforts by the Chinese government to control the spread of HIV in China by narrowing down on effective preventive measures for controlling HIV among sex workers. This study was on CNN. Why...
Abstract This article uses the social learning theory (SLT) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to demonstrate important tenets of an effective health education program for the prevention of oral cancer. Findings demonstrate that both models can be used to develop a health education program that will be effective...
Introduction A patient care facility has the responsibility of delivering health care to patients in a timely, safe and effective manner. However, often, the overcrowded and unpredictable nature of care settings coupled by the fragmentation of care delivery system makes effective care delivery problematic. In particular, medication errors often arise...
All the wars for equality are long gone, but still their achievements are far from ideal. There is no rule or law in the world stating that one should be healthier than another or that one’s wounds are more important than another’s. If a person is in need of help,...
Seavers vs. Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge is a case that took place between Mrs. Seavers and the negligent behavior of nurses towards her, during the treatment at the Medical Center. It raises the issues of medical responsibility and res ipsa loquitur. This means that the result of the...
Stakeholders The stakeholders of any program can be divided into three groups that are primary (the users of the findings), secondary (affected by the findings), and tertiary (interested in the findings). In case of the New Moves Program that targets the obese female high school students and promotes a healthy...
Health information systems (HIS) are unique technological solutions that have been created for specific medical processes. They replace paper patient records and bulky file folders and speed up information transfer inside and outside the hospital. In this case, the problem is not the knowledge to use technology, but the ability...
Different cultures are characterized by following various health traditions based on the aspects of the cultural heritage. The role of the heritage assessment in the health care practice is significant, and much attention should be paid to the cultural differences of such groups as the Indians, Chinese people, and African...
The following is an analysis on the Nashville hospital that has Jewish owned Private Hospital whose case study has been provided in the Goldfarb’s and Nash book on Quality Solutions for improving healthcare. The scope of this analysis shall delve into the issue of healthcare and risk management and how...
It is hard to disagree that early childhood development plays a significant role in the whole future life of a kid. Since parents may be busy with work, they do not always have much time to teach their sons and daughters some necessary skills, so it is our child care...
The 2010 factsheet by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reveals that 10.9 million Americans of 65 years and above are suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus. The same report estimates that in 2010, some 79 million Americans over the age of 20 years have pre-diabetes (Centers for Disease Control...
Dwelling upon the study design for our community-intervention trial, it should be stated that the research should be conducted in a specific community and among a particular age group. Therefore, attention should be paid to Miami Dade, Florida, and to Chlamydia infected adolescents aged 14 -18. Using the information from...
In light of the current pandemic, specific measures have been implemented in social life. Most of them, such as wearing masks in public places, limiting groups, washing hands frequently, and social distancing, cause inconvenience for people, which results in resistance to them. As the attention to their implementation is of...
The public health intervention to address obesity has highlighted weight loss as an effective intervention to minimize the incidence of obesity-related diseases. The intervention is cost-effective because it is preventive as opposed to curative. The curative cost for obesity is $147 billion annually. However, the cost of weight loss is...
Summary The article ‘Patient Referral Patterns and the Spread of Hospital-Acquired Infections through National Healthcare Networks’ by Donker, Wallinga, and Grundmann (2010) investigates the contentious issue of health acquired infections. The goal is to show how the infections are spread across national healthcare networks due to referrals from hospitals. The...
Introduction Diabetes is a terminal disease that is caused by increased sugar levels in the blood. It leads to a rise in blood glucose (sugar) levels. The food that we eat gets converted into simple sugar i.e. glucose. Insulin is a hormone that is secreted by the beta cells of...
With aging, the need for long-term care appears; therefore, for many people, the problem of financing such programs is currently essential. Long-term care services assume a wide range of health support and assistance, which are “needed by individuals over an extended period of time” (Congressional Research Service, 2018). Such medical...
Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study was to identify the factors which prevent associate degree-prepared nurses from pursuing further education in a quest for a higher-level degree or baccalaureate. The research question was about the factors in health care institutions that dissuade nurses who are associate degree...
Introduction For many years, health care sector has remained a very important aspect of a nation’s economy, creating the need for a well managed system and quality services. This can be attributed to its role in ensuring good health and overall welfare for the population. The sector has continued to...
Statistics on HIV among adolescents According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014), people who are aged between 13 and 24, account for approximately 26 percent of newly-acquired HIV infections in America (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). Yet, one should mention that teenagers make only 17...
The title used in this study, Nurses’ Perceptions of Research Utilization in a Corporate Health Care System, is definitely a good one. It points out the key variables (i.e. perceptions of nurses) as well as the study population-nurses working in a corporate health care system (McCloskey, 2008, p.39). Abstract The...
Abstract In this paper, it was revealed that the environmental issues have a significant impact on health. It is apparent that both positive and negative factors take place. However, the adverse aspects such as air pollution, poor quality of water and, natural hazards were emphasized. The topic was carefully discussed...
Research issue and purposes The researcher has clearly outlined the essence of the referenced study as aimed at reviewing the epidemiology of breast cancer in young women. He has limited the ‘young’ to involve women who are below the age of 40 years. He intends to explore the incidence, mortality...
Purpose of the study The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of a multi-component health promotion and disease self-management intervention on physical function and health care expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries and to establish if these outcomes differ by urban or rural residents. The study was conducted through...
Introduction There are many chronic health conditions that affect older adults. One of the chronic health conditions is cancer. Due to the conditions, the elderly have varying health priorities, which influence their acceptance or rejection of treatment. There are few studies that have examined the factors that influence the decision-making...
Sanford, J., Townsend-Rocchicciolli, J., Horigan, A., & Hall, P. (2011). A process of decision making by caregivers of family members with heart failure. Research & Theory for Nursing Practice, 25(1), 55-70. In order to describe the procedure used to make decisions by caregivers of heart failure patients, data had to...
Introduction Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in the world. It accounts for about 17.3 million deaths annually. The figures are projected to increase. It is also the leading killer in the US where about 375,000 Americans succumb to it every year. In every 90 seconds, CVD...
Introduction Alternative medicine is nowadays becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Alternative medicine refers to non-tested, non-approved treatments that entail remedies such as oils, herbs message as well as acupuncture among others. Alternative medicine has been noted to be very effective in the treatment of disease. In addition to the treatment of...
Many physicians used to view healthcare from an individual perspective. However, there has been a recent departure in the individual provision of health care services, and the focus is now on the provision of healthcare to entire populations. The concept tries to come up with techniques to improve the health...
Introduction Patients seeking medical interventions are subjected to different risks and potential harm due to increased dependence on medication therapy. The risks associated with medication therapy may occur as a result of accidental errors from the nurse and practitioners when administering medication. The purpose of this report is to review...
The proposed intervention implies the implementation of smartphone applications aimed at managing diabetes. One suggests that the following practice is likely to be mutually beneficial for a patient and a practitioner. The intervention has a lot of advantages, including its wide availability, low cost, and innovative character. Nowadays, the fact...
Observed Activities The interview took place at the Ambulatory Center, an up-to-date and technologically advanced facility. The hospital is available 23 hours and our nurse staff are ready to provide high-quality services effectively. The interview demonstrated that our quality manager was keen on sustaining a high level of daily operations...
Introduction HIV and AIDS are two different disease processes that are related but occur at different stages. HIV is short for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus infects the human immune system and may cause adverse damage over time. This virus, unlike viruses that cause flu and the common cold, never...
Sodium supports the electrolyte balance of the body and plays an important role in the work of muscles, nerves, and the cardiovascular system. Hyponatremia occurs when a person has low or extremely low levels of sodium in his or her blood (Buffington & Abreo, 2016). Some of its common signs...
Older Americans are an important part of American society because of their contribution to the economy through adding vital experience and voluntary service as community work. However, they face several challenges to their health and financial status due to their old age. The Older Americans Act was enacted in 1965...
Introduction In an article by Lee et al (2011), patients diagnosed with lung cancer were taken through an empirical assessment on how they could improve their quality of life despite deteriorating health. The main benefit of the study to participants was that the psychometric health profile measure would indeed be...
Introduction Coagulopathy refers to a blood clotting disorder whereby the body is unable to respond to an injury by clotting the blood to reduce the level of blood loss. The blood clotting mechanism is very crucial in the body and it is affected by the Thrombocytes (Brohi, Singh, Heron &...
Introduction The spread of COVID-19 considerably affects the community of Charleston, South Carolina, in many ways. The pandemic hurts economics and potentially would cause the decline of population growth as a result of social isolation. Besides, many people, in the current situation, are obliged to face such challenges as insufficiency...
Chronic diseases are a significant matter of concern to both healthcare organizations and financial institutions developing state budgets and allocating resources not to mention the patients themselves. Similar diseases have a negative influence on the everyday life of people decreasing the quality of their lives because of constant discomfort and...
Many researchers have explored air pollution as an environmental disaster in many industrialized economies (the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1991; World Health Organization, 2014). However, most of them have failed to draw the link between specific types of air pollution and their health impacts. For example, few researchers explain...
Introduction Innovative technologies have altered the landscape of healthcare significantly, leading to alterations in the management of patients’ data and needs. The creation of the Health Information Exchange (HIE) has affected the healthcare environment especially strongly since it has allowed storing patients’ data so that it could be shared and...
Introduction The main focus of this paper is to analyze the problems of vice marketing and some unhealthy products to teens and children. Vice marketing has been chosen as one of the issues that enhances a health promotional massage. Some of the unhealthy products are those that cause obesity among...
Introduction Many people miss out on adequate care; Key barriers: lack of insurance, high costs of care, long wait times, lack of transportation; Challenges addressing chronic conditions; Patients in rural areas do not receive the needed level of care; Need to treat patients regardless of access barriers; An immediate and...
Majority of the medical errors arise due to communication problems during doctor or nurse shift change. The journal explains that hospitals do not have proper arrangements to facilitate these transfers. This result into misdiagnosis of some illness leading to a wrong medication given to a patient or carrying out patient...
According to AACN, the role of a nurse practitioner (NP) in adult- gerontology acute care includes such components as the leadership implications, collaborative implications to ensure effective interdisciplinary partnership, and direct patient care provider role (7). This means that the unique scope of practice for this type specialist is considerably...
The determinants of health are closely related to the needs and issues of a particular community. According to ODPHP (2020), the determinants of health are personal, economic, social, and environmental factors impacting health status. There are several determinant categories, including policies, social factors, health services, personal behavior, and biology. Community-wide...
Introduction The World Health Organization’s constitution stresses that health is an elemental right for all people. (Jacobsen, 2008a) This means that regardless of a person’s religion, race, political belief, social or economic condition, he or she has the right to proper health services. Death from preventable causes is high in...
Vaccines have often been used to boost young children’s immunity, generally below 3 years. Regarding the non-maleficence principle, the vaccination process does not harm children but instead enhances their immunity. Children are able to behave in a stable health system and would not be exposed to diseases. Also, the beneficence...
Bartholomew, Miller, Ciccolo, Atwood, and Gottlieb (2008) used the quasi-experimental design to evaluate the Walk Texas clinical counseling guide for nutrition. The quasi-experimental design was appropriate for the study because the authors focused on evaluating the efficacy of the intervention on specific demographics – women, infants and children (WIC). In...
Clinical investigations into the use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to slow the effects of diabetic nephropathy and the subsequent use of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) to reduce the progressive decay of GFR in Chronic kidney disease (CKD) to treat diabetes mellitus type 1 and type 2 have shown...
“Eating Disorders.” Teen Health Series: Stress Information for Teens, edited by Siva Ganesh Maharaja, Omnigraphics, Inc., 3rd ed., 2017. Credo Reference, Web. The article explains three main eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. For all conditions listed above, the author provides short encyclopedic entries...
Introduction Public healthcare in the United Kingdom is provided by the National Health Service where all citizens with permanent residence status have free access to healthcare. The provisions of public healthcare differ from one territory of the United Kingdom to the other (Triggle, 2008). Healthcare programs throughout the United Kingdom...
Using the positive deviance (PD) approach as the conceptual basis for their study titled “Practical Limitations to a Positive Deviance Approach for Identifying Dietary Patterns Compatible with the Reduction of Cancer Risk”, M. Vossenaar and colleagues aimed to evaluate the viability of constructing healthy eating guides in four international settings,...
Executive Summary Meeting the needs of patients in the setting of a nursing institution is a rather challenging task since it requires both a very sharp focus on the unique characteristics of the target audience, particularly, a significant improvement in the information management process, and the upgrade in the contemporary...
This paper is a critique of a study by Aberg et al. (2010), which assessed the level of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) contamination at a Swedish sawmill site. The health significance of the study was to outline the nature of health risks affecting people who lived around the contaminated...
HIV is a human immunodeficiency virus which kills body cells aimed at helping people combat with different kinds of viruses. Human body is protected by the immune system which helps fight with viruses and illnesses. HIV destroys this system. AIDS is an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, a disease a person gets...
Introduction Healthcare services management aimed at improving the effectiveness by using a set of principles, methods, and means of activating the force and motives of nurses. In order to reveal the topic, it seems appropriate to consider magnetism and the nursing workforce. Initially, components and forces of magnetism appeared in...
One of the most challenging issues encountered in the healthcare sector is the ability to obtain accurate information about the quality of healthcare services dispensed healthcare providers (McClellan & Staiger, 1999, p.1; Grandison & Bhatti, 2010, p.1). Moreover, the quality of care is affected by the number of care personnel...
Causes of Diabetes Insipidus The lack of sufficient antidiuretic hormone (ADH)in the body results in diabetes insipidus. Genetic inheritance, brain tumors, head injuries, meningitis, blood vessel complications, and stroke are some of the factors associated with the development of diabetes insipidus. The hormone acts as a regulator of water absorption...
Medical treatment and healthcare technology are developing and improving, which leads to the extension of nursing specialties. Now it is possible to get both education and certification in such spheres as “clinical practice, including medical-surgical nursing, pediatrics, anesthesia, midwifery, emergency care, mental health, public health, critical care, neonatal care, and...
First, Chlamydia is not a widely investigated STI compared to other sexually transmitted diseases, for example, HIV infection. Intervention programs have been biased towards women due to associated cost-effectiveness, and the reason why most studies on STIs focus on women. Hence, this could be the reason for the continued increases...
Businesses are affected by internal and external forces to attain and maintain competitiveness business leaders have to make strategic decisions that address prevailing challenges. In the medical care industry, there are different regulatory bodies that govern how the industry should be managed. In the case of Primary Care Clinic, the...
Main Post Being the Director of nursing, I must be in charge of all financial and budgeting processes of our medical center. I am aware of the fact that central functioning can be sustained through effective analysis of revenues, expenditures, and reimbursements. Due to the fact that my center specializes...
Nurses have the responsibility to make clinical judgments and decisions. Decisions and judgment reflect how nurses come to comprehend the health issues and concerns of patients and develop effective intervention strategies. Nurse decisions and clinical judgment are required in a complex situation to improve patient quality of care. In such...
High rates of nurse turnover currently persist all around the world. The issue of the nursing skills shortage in various medical organizations and facilities is a known concern. Nurse turnover may occur due to the influence of many different factors or their combinations. The professionals and leaders all around the...
Nursing is one of the most humane professions, the importance of which can hardly be overestimated. Registered nurses work in diverse healthcare settings, providing medical care, support, and advice for patients. They maintain high standards in their practice, applying their professional skills and ethical values. This paper aims to discuss...
The healthcare system is both complex and dynamic considering the increasing demand for patient safety and quality assurance (Cramp & Carson, 2009). Sims (2009) has reported that health care organizations are now advocating nursing leadership to address the current challenges. As such, it is essential for every health professional to...
Discussion of the Ethical Decisions Many critically sick patients are in uncontrollable pain and encounter an unbearably deprived quality of life (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2008). Many of them would choose to terminate their lives instead of continuing till their bodies at last give up. Is it ethical for anyone to...
Just like other fields, breaches of laws and ethics are not an inevitable event in the health care setting. When the breach of law and ethics happens at the helm of the health care organization, negative consequences are likely to occur. To curb this, health care organizations have to ensure...
Abstract The purpose of the proposed study is to investigate the effects of student nurses’ self-efficiency levels on their actual performance. Based on Albert Bandura’s theory of self-efficiency, the proposed research will compare the perceived abilities of the participants before and after they were exposed to the orientation course. Perceived...
Introduction Immunization policy refers to the public health policy that the government has adopted about immunization. In 1774, a Dorset farmer tried the first vaccine when he inoculated cowpox to his family in protection against smallpox. However, vaccination was first used in medical practice during the year 1796 by Edward...
There is no use denying the fact that coherent society takes human life as the greatest value. That is why, huge sums are spent in order to develop different medicines or just support the health of people. However, there are still many various problems connected with the health of people....
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Suicide is a widespread cause of death in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014), approximately 41149 people ended their lives in this way. Furthermore, the number of attempted suicides was even greater. In turn, it is essential to identify at-risk groups and recognize...
Introduction Nursing shortage is a major issue across the globe. In the United States of America, it is projected that the shortage of registered nurses (RNs) will intensify (Rosseter, 2012). This is due to increased need for health care catalyzed by the aging Baby Boomers. This is also influenced by...
Introduction Nowadays one of the major principles and standards for health care professionals is equity. For instance, Douglas et al. (2009, p. 258) put equity in the first place as the first “standard of practise for culturally competent nursing care” they define as social justice, which is based on the...
Introduction The Community Health Information Networks (CHINs), according to the Ernest and Young health care practice are defined as “inter organizational systems that use information and telecommunication technologies to store, transmit and to transform clinical and financial information” (Payton, Brennan & Ginzberg, 1995, p. 1). CHIN is also defined as,...
Causes, Symptoms, Transmission, and Complications Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is caused by a rod-shaped bacterium. The bacterium is referred to as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB occurs in different forms, the type responsible for most infections is the pulmonary TB. According to CDC (2014), it is responsible for approximately...
Assisted Methods of Giving Birth: Implications and Concerns The fundament of every family is a creation of a new life. However, sometimes nature goes against the rewarding desire to have children and inflicts specific conditions on human health, which preclude women from experiencing maternity. Still, the contemporary medicine offers a...
One instance in the story where the patient safety error occurred is when the unfamiliar nurse enters Josie’s room and subsequently injects a methadone dose as a painkiller. Ms. King protests the act by opining that the previous doctor had verbally ordered that no narcotics should be administered to Josie...
Abstract The world today is faced with many diseases and conditions, some of which have given medical researchers sleepless nights. Among the complicated diseases is Alzheimer’s disease, which is a complication in the brain that leads to memory loss. This paper seeks to analyze dementia that comes about as a...
The context Patients pay part of the cost of treatment, while governments pay the rest in public hospital settings, which is a common outcome of many social health policies. I recently worked in a clinical environment with this characteristic. There was a nursing shortage at the hospital facility that catered...
John Donovan examines the connections between American children’s obesity and the fast-food industry. Obesity is a pandemic problem in America. Though, most teenagers admit that gaining weight is their fault some are suing fast-food companies like McDonald’s for presumably causing their obesity. The fast-food industry is under pressure from critics...
Abstract This paper is a brief analysis of the Minnesota African-American Women with HIV (MAAH) program. The program aims to improve compliance and support among African-American women suffering from HIV and AIDS in Minnesota. Its new nature and the lack of skilled personnel emerge as the main challenges of quantifying...
Summary of the article The CDC’s Malaria Program focuses on the US government’s initiatives to fight malaria within its territories and abroad (CDC, 2013). This article asserts that since the formation of The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), infectious diseases in the US have been contained while others...
The AACN, the CCN, and MSN Program The AACN Essentials of Masters Education, the CCN mission, philosophy, and MSN Program Outcomes have a number of similarities in the concepts of educational accreditation and regulation, educational preparation, and scope of practice. Particularly, all the three nursing programs aim to prepare highly...
Introduction As stated by Chaplain Fowler (2014), healing hospitals have been some of the most convenient health facilities filled with a myriad of great health benefits to both the patients and the health practitioners in the military (Fowler, 2014, p. 11). This particular paradigm that involves the use of spiritual...
Pathophysiology associated with Type 2 Diabetes Type II Diabetes results from insufficient insulin in the blood (Nolan, Damm & Prentki, 2011). In the pathophysiology of the disease, there are two conditions related to it. For example, patients suffer from increased resistance to insulin and impaired insulin secretion (Nolan et al....
Background and Clinical Situation Traumatic brain injury (TBI), an acquired brain injury and not degenerative, takes place when there is an insult to the brain. TBI may result from a “sudden and violent blow to the head or it may occur when an object pierces the head and enters the...
Introduction Various radiation reduction techniques researched to identify the most effective strategy for clinical utilization included kVp, mAs, Shielding, and Pitch. Each of these techniques was evaluated by determining the mean and standard deviations for different values obtained from different hospitals for different patients. Emphasis was laid on tests conducted...
It has been proved that a person’s behavior can be modified through the use of pharmacotherapeutics and behavioral interventions. Some several evidence-based standards and guidelines prove the effectiveness of these interventions when applied on patients with psychosocial diseases or disorders (Rohde, Clarke, Mace, Jorgenson, & Seeley, 2009, p. 661). An...
There is no use denying the fact that nursing is a very important aspect of the health service and society on the whole. Being an integral part of human life, this issue develops along with our society and technologies, obtaining new peculiarities. With this in mind, it is possible to...
A care provider has a legal obligation to take the necessary measures when he or she knows of a patient’s intention to commit suicide. However, the legal system does not specify the steps that the provider should take although it proposes that such an intervention must parallel the standards of...
The article under review was published in the 39th issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology in 2010, and it was written by two researchers from the North Carolina’s Duke University. The authors’ research problem is the link between physical and mental health, or, more specifically, the adverse impact that...
Introduction Any complete program on health ought to educate people on the need to take proper care of it by living a healthy lifestyle. An effective health program aspires to manage the health of people by ensuring quick access to affordable health care. Until recently, the concept of HIV prevention...
I am a strong, attractive, and medium-sized young adult with many talents such as striving talents (achiever, competence, ethics, and belief), thinking talents (focus, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and creativity), and relating talents (team-player, positivity, and individualized perception). On the other hand, my personal skills include self-management (planning, time-management, self-awareness), independent...
Pressure Ulcers-Introduction Pressure ulcers are of great health concern since they depict the quality of care in a hospital, and greatly affect the prognosis of a patient. Some of the pressure ulcers witnessed in hospitals are as a result of hospital care hence, the reason why they are used to...
Introduction The first thing that comes into mind when one thinks about euthanasia is an ethical contradiction. Euthanasia may be defined in two different ways. It can be viewed as an act of mercy. Some people, who suffer from chronic diseases and have no recovery prospection, tend to require death....
Introduction Howes has noted that childhood obesity is among the greatest health problem in the US with over 23 million children and teens affected (Howes, 2012). The figure shows a tremendous rise in the last few decades (Howes, 2012). Cunningham, Kramer, and Narayan (2014) concluded many cases of obesity in...
The article “Effect of Nutrition Supplement Education on Nutrition Supplement Knowledge among High School Students from a Low-Income Community” by Little et al (2002) discusses the problem of nutrition supplements and importance of education about this group of food intake among low income adolescents. The authors state that nutritional supplements...
Introduction Evidence-based practices involve recognition of evidence based on research, which had been done when making decisions. Evidence-based research is important to nurses because it makes them confident the decisions they make on the impacts it will have on the patient. In this paper, the term “evidence-based practice” has been...
Combating Compassion Fatigue The health care industry has one of the most stressing and strenuous working environments. Caregivers often suffer from fatigue due to the complex nature of their work (Bush, 2009). They often experience various mental, emotional, and physical effects due to the nature of their work. Although caregivers...
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) is a condition where a caregiver induces mental and physical health problems to their patients. The condition is based on pure deception, with the caregiver in question even exaggerating the extent of pain and discomfort that the patient feels. Initially, the first thought that comes...
Abstract Justice is a very vital component in healthcare as it is in other forms of business. There are disputes that can occur in health care that needs to be handled through the law. This is despite the presence a set code of conducts that the health care professions needs...
Introduction Protection of research participants has evidently emerged as one of those potential areas that require close monitoring and control. In doing this, there has been a recent development and establishment of several legal and scientific agencies that operate to enhance the ethical standards of research initiatives (Ferderman, Hanna, &...
Prevalence and Kinds of Pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer has lately been noted to be a major cause of death worldwide. In United States of America, more than 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer annually, whereas in Europe over 60,000 people suffer from pancreatic cancer yearly. Despite, the high prevalence...
Abstract Telenursing can help medical professionals to improve their time-efficiency. Moreover, this practice is useful for monitoring the health of patients and identifying possible risks. Finally, the application of technologies can reduce the costs that patients and medical institutions should bear. Nevertheless, there are significant challenges such as the threats...
Academic-practice partnerships appear to be a chief feature towards the consolidation of the nursing practice and providing assistance in nursing for implementing conversion and progressing the level of the health care in the societies. “The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Future of Nursing report, released in 2010, identified the need for...
The price of health insurance is defined by the economic textbook as the fee for loading or the surplus after subtracting the premium from the expected payout. The price of health insurance can be measured using different ways. For example, as aforementioned, the price of health can be measured by...
Caitlin, Gwen, and Kathy Articles Analysis Caitlin’s article analysis is a cohort study that examines 60 years and above who had taken a fall prevention program. According to a report in their analysis, 68% of the 1194 older people were investigated over a period of one year. The study took...
Introduction Humanity has known the bipolar disorder since the epoch of ancient Greeks. Nevertheless, it was until the 20th century that people were able to differentiate bipolar disorder from other forms of psychiatric disorders. Berns and Nemeroff (2003) argue, “The German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin was the first to draw attention...
Nursing is one of the best professions in the world. It is also among the most important professions today. Its importance is clear from the services the nurses offer to other people. They are the greatest ambassadors of a health world in the whole world. Therefore, it is necessary for...
Mandating Nurse-Patient Ratios Healthcare is an essential resource that the state and the government need to provide to its citizens. This is because a healthy society is capable of achieving its needs, goals, and objectives in the short run and in the long run at ease (Wolfson, 2009). However, when...
Introduction Childhood obesity has become an international problem since the past few decades. There are several children around the world who are being diagnosed with obesity at early stages in life (Whitman, Shah & Benjamins, 2010). Seeking various solutions to resolve this problem is one of the major areas of...
Introduction Wound healing is an elaborate and cautious course where the skin and body tissue resurfaces after damage. In the human’s usual skin, the outer cover, which is called the epidermis, and the internal one called the dermis, prevent the wound from infections. The wound healing process is vulnerable to...
Introduction This paper is an article review of Healthy People: A 2020 Vision for the Social Determinants Approach by Koh, Piotrowski, Kumanyika, and Fielding (2011). It analyzes the article as a health resource by explaining the processes that preceded its identification, its main arguments, and how it contributes to public...
Introduction Tractor overturns cause many injuries and death from agricultural activities. Statistics show that, from 1992 to 2005, more than 1,400 workers died from tractor overturns (Crosby et al. 303). Similarly, in 1997, there were more than 573 injuries from tractor overturns. Myers et al. (98) say the social costs...
Nursing units often experience the problem of nursing paucity. The nursing shortage is an event that has for long, been a problem in the nursing fraternity. Shortages have crippled the nursing service and affected the nursing outcomes. Propositions of bridging the gaps left by inadequate nursing force are the only...
Key Elements of Health Communication that are Essential for a Public Health Leader Health communication is an important aspect of public health leadership (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011). The Center for Disease Control has contributed to the general understanding of the key elements of health communication, which are essential for public...
Dynamics of rape Sexual intercourse or coming into close body contact with an individual without the consent of that person is referred to as rape. The perpetrator might use force or coercion to obtain sexual favors. The victim might also be incapacitated to resist being raped (Winkler, 2002, p.6). For...
The selected neurodegenerative disorder is schizophrenia, which is primarily manifested in a patient’s mood and behavior. It is a chronic progressive mental illness characterized by an increasing dissociation of cognitive functions with the formation of a kind of defect. In schizophrenia, the vast majority of symptoms and syndromes described in...
With the growth and development of managed care, several new ethical dilemmas and complexities are introduced. The relationship between the patient, payer, and provider is a complicated and severe process that may also change over time and face new challenges. There are three areas of managed care, including financial incentives,...
The health care sphere’s effectiveness is strongly influenced by the state’s legislation. For instance, the law that establishes the minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratio implemented in California significantly increases the quality of health care in hospitals (Aiken et al., 2010). We will describe some ways an ordinary nurse could influence the...
Introduction The Electronic Medical Records (EMR) is a comprehensive longitudinal electronic record of patients and depending on the individual system’s design; it may incorporate the patients’ demographics, progress notes and other relevant medical records thus providing a streamlined workflow for the clinician. With proper design and implementation, the EMR can...
Effects of the Policy on the Oral Health program in my State The policies brought about will benefit the people of my state immensely. Many have had to go through great pain and long healing processes due to a lack of proper policies in the past. With new policies, there...
I am currently working for Humana Incorporation. Humana Incorporation is a non-profit organization providing “managed health care” in 50 states across the United States. Currently, the company offers different health care plans and insurance policies to over 11 million customers in the country. The organization accepts various health care insurances....
Introduction As a nurse administrator, one has the duty to make ethical decisions regardless of the circumstances. The completion of the Ethics Games case studies and DiSC® changed the way I view my professional role as a nurse administrator. Through the process, it was evident that as the administrator, one...
