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Introduction Many diseases, conditions, and illnesses affect people globally every day, and it is virtually impossible to grasp the whole scale of dangers that medical issues pose to humanity. However, it is vital to be well-informed about a particular illness when newly diagnosed. The specific disease, widespread or not, also...
Introduction Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research by Campbell and Stanley (1963) is notable for covering the subject of research design so effectively that the concepts presented in the book were applicable in the 1960s and can still be applied in 2016 (p. 13). Their work is particularly beneficial for...
It is critical for administrators in the public health sector to acquaint themselves with the ethical principles that govern the public sector as well as the complexities that surround them. Interest in the legal, ethical, and social aspects of public health is contemporarily at its highest point and is likely...
Introduction Albuterol is generally used for treating reactive airway deceases. This remedy is also known as salbutamol, and its main predestination is the relief of bronchospasm in the case of such diseases like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The optimal frequency of albuterol usage is generally subjected to numerous...
Nursing is known as one of the most stressful career fields, and so is nursing education. To keep the earners motivated but not to turn them away from this career field an educator needs to distinguish the main challenges they face and to avoid the students’ intimidation. Nursing education is...
Oral care is a significant component in a set of nursing care activities provided for critically ill ventilator patients, and it needs to be discussed in detail because the provision of effective oral care influences the comfort of patients and their mucosal status. In spite of a range of approaches...
Purpose of Article From the article, it is clear that the authors wanted to insinuate that access to breast health services among populations, especially women, is of fundamental importance in fighting breast cancer. The article further purposed to show that inexpensive intervention strategies such as the stated comprehensive breast center...
Being one of the greatest miracles of the world, the issue of birth nowadays obtains some other meaning. Unfortunately, very often women die during the period of pregnancy because of a great number of different issues. The given video Birth in Nepal is also connected with this theme. It states...
Violence involves physical acts that are intended to hurt or kill.violence cause physical injury and psychological torture it is also among the twenty leading cause of disability. There are three mental disorders associated with violent criminal behaviors which include psychosis, personality and substance use. Psychosis This is a serious mental...
Overview Alaska Natives are composed of different indigenous sub-tribes. The major tribes include the “Yupik, the Haida, the Tlingit, and the Inupiat” (Roderick, 2010, p. 6). These indigenous people have a long history. They were colonized by different groups such as the Russians. The groups have also established a wide...
Introduction Nursing has the greatest influence with regards to changing healthcare provision to a better, more quality, and cost-efficient system (The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice, 2008). There has been a recent increase in the numbers and abilities of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), and they have...
Abstract An effective communication plan and an appropriate implementation of the public health campaign on STDs among the youth will have a positive impact on the lives of the target group. After the youth receive the messages through the media selected, it is expected that they will adjust their behavior...
Introduction One of the recurrent problems of this time in matters of health is the emergence of the HIV pandemic. Its effects have been felt on all corners of the world. The pandemic has affected most areas of the world. As such, the United States is not an exception. The...
The video transcript defines health literacy and literacy in simple ways that make it easy for people, who are not in the health sector, to understand. It shows factors that could affect health literacy levels, such as culture, education, and income levels (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011). After highlighting this fact,...
Introduction According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes is an epidemic in the United States. It greatly affects the young and aging populations by reducing their longevity, working capabilities, vigor, and functional status. It also increases the risk of contracting other diseases (Poretsky, 2010). Early diagnosis is an important...
Nursing Autobiography Many nurses use powerful concepts and competencies to promote the health conditions of their patients. Medical practitioners focus on the best ideas to promote the living conditions of different societies. Nurses should use “evidence-based ideas and concepts whenever improving the health conditions of their communities” (Hobbs, 2009, p....
Introduction Many lives are lost due to errors that emanate from improper handling of patients’ information. The main areas prone to these errors are prescribing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring. A survey conducted by an Independent Healthy Survey reveals that 35,000 to 98,000 patients succumb due to medical errors (Lombardi, 2000)....
Nowadays, it represents a commonplace assumption among healthcare specialists that, in order for physicians and nurses to be able to address their professional responsibilities in the most effective manner, they must be thoroughly aware of what the concept of ethical leadership stands for. One of the main reasons for this...
Introduction Health outcomes of the general public depend on the knowledge that nurses learn while receiving education and utilize while working. That is why they are to meet certain standards formed on the basis of the needs of current society. Today’s nurse is to be “one that is equipped not...
Executive Summary This paper is a policy brief that explains the urgency of evaluating public health interventions introduced during the 2012 cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone. The problem statement stems from the failure of health agencies and public health stakeholders to follow up on the progress of past health interventions...
Introduction The continued use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) has transformed the nature of nursing education. Many nurses are identifying new initiatives that can address the needs of many patients. The use of EBP has made it easier for nurses to support the needs of many underserved populations. This essay explains...
Abstract The APA and BPS guidelines indicate that there exists sufficient evidence that justifies the effort in an unbiased style. When certain words are used in research work, they reflect conventions and reinforce stereotypes. Researchers when writing findings regarding an issue should avoid using language in a manner that highlights...
Summary The documentary features interviews with a variety of experts, doctors, and nurses from different countries. They all discuss the actions that have been taken by state leaders during the coronavirus outbreaks. The video describes how the healthcare systems in China, Korea, Iran, Italy, and, above all, America reacted to...
Introduction Ghana is one of “the developing nations in Africa” (Larson, 2014, p. 3). Larson (2014) indicates that “Ghana’s infant mortality rate has reduced significantly within the past two decades” (p. 16). However, statistics show that the number of children dying before the age of 5 is still quite high....
Problem Identification Anytown community is a small town located in the southern region of the U.S., and it has a population of 10,000 people with diverse ethnic and cultural inclinations. According to available assessment data, a family of four people in the community earns an average income of $31,012 per...
Opioids have always been known to humanity because of their unique impact on their conscience and brain. For this reason, they have been used for different purposes to achieve some effects. However, with the development of science and medicine, and the emergence of powerful pain killers, specialists started to use...
Introduction There is enough literature to support the positive effects of evidence-based practice on the quality of healthcare as well as related costs (McKillop, Crisp & Walsh, 2012). However, the adoption of evidence-based practice in daily clinical practice has not been fully achieved. Therefore, the study aims to bring to...
The Ethical Dilemma The targeted six-year-old child has been diagnosed with meningitis. The physician faces a major ethical dilemma because the child’s parents have different health expectations. The non-biological mother is a Christian Scientist (CS) who does not embrace the use of medicine. She insists that the child should not...
Introduction To address the interests of patients, nursing care should be not only high-quality but also ethical. New technologies, medications, and approaches to treating patients are actively developed today, and registered nurses need to respond to the issue of using new strategies and drugs to positively influence the quality of...
Introduction Research and analysis of health care among individuals indicate that most of the people found in correctional institutions come across numerous challenges in getting the health, as well as behavioral health care attention that they require while within such situations (Beronio, Po, Skopec, & Glied, 2013). According to a...
The case study advocated for the use of treated mosquito nets as an effective intervention for preventing malaria-related maternal deaths. An independent cost-effectiveness analysis of the intervention reveals that using treated mosquito nets is an effective intervention for reducing maternal deaths. The cost of a mosquito net is low, compared...
Abstract Heat is associated with high mortality rates in the United States. The main route of entry of heat is the skin. The study was conducted using data that were collected in 105 cities in the United States in the 1987-2005 period to assess the mortality rates that were correlated...
Introduction NHS offers a wide range of services that are beneficial to Britons in making healthcare more available in the United Kingdom. Among these are health assessment tools that are accessible by everybody in the country. These tools include fitness, healthy eating, lifestyle checks and sexual health tools among others....
Optimum Healthcare centre has been operating for the last 20 years. It is focused mainly on providing quality health services in the country. This health institution has competent health care providers who ensure proper management to keep the business running smoothly. Its administration personnel consists of Medical and health services...
Introduction The changes in the work of medical institutions can be attributed to a variety of factors such as economic pressures or the adoption of new technologies. However, one should also speak about the need to gain the trust of patients who often rely on the assessments provided by public...
Gastrointestinal diseases are usually associated with chronic and acute disorders in the work of organs of the gastrointestinal tract. Mrs. Miller noticed problems with her gastrointestinal tract when she became to suffer from vomiting and observed a tarry stool. These symptoms were also accompanied by tachycardia and tiredness, and they...
Healthy People 2020 Initiative Healthy People 2020 is a program orientated toward the improvement of public health in a variety of directions. It targets all communities and groups that experience the need for healthcare services of higher quality. In my organization, we employ the initiative that focuses on teen pregnancy...
Introduction Epilepsy is the malformation of the neurological character that may cause unprovoked seizures and changes in the behavior, cognitive perception and motor functions of people of all ages. It is the neurological disease from which people worldwide suffer because of epilepsy being a chronic disorder that anyone may have....
A living will is a health care directive that implies legal instructions for health care practitioners if the person is unable to express his or her wishes regarding the medical treatment (end-of-life medical care) (Olson, n.d.). Usually, it involves a situation when an individual is in a coma, seriously injured,...
The article written by David Shestokas (2012) is aimed at examining the implications of the Florida Mental Health Act. It should be noted that this law enables the involuntary psychiatric examination and possible detention of a person. This action is legitimate in those cases when an individual can pose a...
Introduction Recent evidence asserts that young women aged 20 and above have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (Darwin, 2011). Medical experts have confirmed that early screening and detection of women among this age group is necessary in order to avert health crises before reaching a severe stage. Additionally,...
Akin’s clinical history strongly implies that he might have psychosis. Although it is not evident if it is the main diagnosis and there is room for something else, analyzing its features and comparing them with the case might clarify the issue. This essay will address the current definition of psychosis,...
One of the rights granted by the Constitution of the USA is the right to free association between individuals and groups (Batchis, 2012). Even though this right is stated to be technically absent in the Constitution, it is legally protected by the First Amendment. This was confirmed in several Supreme...
Abstract Syndromic Surveillance is an approach that aims at detecting an outbreak earlier as compared to traditional disease surveillance. To realize this goal, this approach expounds on situational awareness that focuses on the characteristics of the affected population by monitoring outbreak distribution and spread. The key features of this approach...
The object of my case study is Mrs. Anette Parker, who is 69 years old and has been diagnosed with dementia of the vascular type. Several main challenges and needs were identified in the Case Study of the previous assignment. They all represent different aspects, such as spiritual, physical, mental,...
Introduction Biological innovation has paved the way for designing life by reshaping the human genome. Changing the genetic composition of DNA strands to prevent children from succumbing to hereditary disorders is a contemporary scientific approach that seems acceptable to many people around the world. However, there are many questions about...
Introduction Banner Health is one of the largest and most recognized healthcare systems in the United States. It is spread throughout the country and is daily watched by thousands of experts. The attitudes, plans, goals, and operations of Banner Health are monitored and treated as learning opportunities from the point...
This paper is a critical analysis of the article authored by Mingrone et al. (2012), titled, which is titled: “Bariatric surgery versus conventional medical therapy for type 2 diabetes.” Mingrone et al. (2012) wanted to compare traditional medical therapy and bariatric surgery in the cure of diabetes mellitus type 2....
Continued changes have occurred in the health provision sector, health care providers and team members. These changes are fuelled by a number of challenges facing this sector. The factors include: introduction of new supportive technology, social changes involving demography and disease patterns, patient intelligence, demand for quality services and legislation....
In data mining, the decision tree analysis is used to determine the best choice from various viable options. Through this process, researchers and managers get an opportunity to evaluate the risks, benefits and inconsistencies associated with the decisions. The first step is structuring the problems or issues being faced by...
Introduction An algorithm for meningococcal meningitis is a formula that is designed to control and treat the problem (Lombardo & Buckeridge, 2007). The algorithm will help practitioners to easily track the disease. The intervention is not labor-intensive. Indicators of the Algorithm One of the indicators to be used is blood...
Quantitative studies are necessary because they help researchers develop theories and ideas for evidence-based healthcare. Researchers should protect human participants whenever they conduct different studies. This is the best way to ensure that the research is ethically acceptable (Burns & Grove, 2011). This paper offers a critical analysis of a...
Introduction The world is rapidly developing and the urge to improve education and practice in several fields is calling for attention. Cumulative and comprehensive literature argues on the trends of application of knowledge gained from basic nursing education to the profession itself. About this observation, healthcare systems across the world...
The discussed paper and PowerPoint Presentation present the information on the necessity and aspects of establishing the in-house rapid response team (RRT) in order to provide quick and appropriate responses to in-house strokes to decrease the mortality rates (Alberts et al., 1998; Harris et al., 2011). The information on the...
Introduction Eating disorders in adult women have increased significantly over the years. According to Brandsma (2007) eating disorders are likely to be higher in adult women that adult men. It is important to review the eating disorders in adult women in order to establish the most appropriate strategies for treatment....
For my practicum experience, following my completion of the degree course, I focussed on catheter-related Bloodstream infections (CBIs) which are among the leading killer diseases in the United States. Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections are caused by the central venous catheters. In the U.S., there are approximately 80,000 such infections occurring annually...
Introduction What is Manual Therapy? Manual therapy, as defined by Hinz and Gabbiani (2010), entails hands-on physical remedies intent on facilitating relaxation, tissue repair, stability, pain contraction, and Range of Motion increment. Manipulative Therapists employ consummate techniques to redress patients’ disabilities, musculoskeletal pain, and soft tissue inflammations (Poonam, Jasuja, Sehgal...
Teenage suicide is of great public health concern because it is considered one of the top three causes of death among the adolescents and young adults (Centers for Disease Control cited in Dour, Cha & Nock, 2011). Nordentoft (2011) describes a universal approach that can be used to prevent suicide...
Pain is a salient symptom for most conditions that are usually treated in the acute settings. Reasons for this pain are varied, and most patients prefer to endure their pain until they cannot put up with it any longer. The hospital environment does not seem to soothe patients, and, alongside...
Introduction One of the biggest global certified associations for pharmacy technicians is the National Pharmacy Technicians Association. This association was established in Houston, Texas. This happened back in the year 1999 and in November of the same year, the association opened a commercial office. The association started the Technician Magazine...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed by Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. This federal statute is aimed at reforming the existing health care and insurance systems of the United States within four years to improve the quality of the health care services and make them...
Introduction The pharmacy provides the access to multiple types of medication that patients would not be able to purchase otherwise, including prescription medicine. Therefore, pharmacy is an essential element of the healthcare institution. When receiving medication from a pharmacist, it is important to be aware of the extent of the...
Introduction Over the recent past, the issue of transferring financial control of public hospitals from State Governments to Commonwealth Government has been controversial. Some people have been opposing the idea while others have strongly supported it. The proponents of this idea have various reasons for supporting it. The Commonwealth mostly...
Introduction Healthcare in the USA represents a highly complex, overloaded, and underfunded system with a great number of facilities that are currently available for fewer numbers of people. In general, US medical care is divided into private hospitals, public hospitals, and not-for-profit organizations. All kinds of hospitals are funded from...
Prospective payment systems are seen as an alternative to retrospective payment systems. Retrospective payment systems suppose that insurance companies pay healthcare providers based on their actual charges (Harrington, 2020). The most common type of retrospective payment systems is fee-for-service plans, in which the hospital provided a detailed bill based on...
In every organization, whether service, goods, public or private, human resources are required for an effective operation. Broadly health care industry, human resources teams contain physicians, doctors, nurses, and administrative staff; shortage of either of the category affects the efficiency and quality of service offered (Bruce & Fottler, 2005). According...
The environment has a huge impact on the human life. Environmental factors can cause and promote many health issues and diseases (Moeller, 2005, p. 1). Therefore, it is of vital importance to regard the environment as an essential part of public health. Environmental health can be defined as the sphere...
Symptoms Color blindness is a genetic disorder that is associated with the inability of the victims to see some colors in the normal way. The eye senses color in diffrecent objects and the brain translates and perceives the color through nerve cells. The brain understands the color of a given...
Introduction Studies indicate that high blood pressure is a frequent occurrence among the patients with both acute and chronic kidney disease (Hilgers & Mann, 2014; Mann, 2014; Tedla et al., 2011). Such studies also indicate that hypertensions have been found to occur mostly among patients with glomerular or vascular disorders...
Title of the Article The article in question entitled “Qualitative study of an intervention for depression among patients with diabetes: How can we optimize patient-professional interaction?” dwells upon treatment of depression in patients with diabetes. The article is used, as it can be seen as a good example of the...
The rationale for Selecting the Article I selected the article glycemic control in cardiac surgery: implementing evidence-based insulin infusion protocol. The article was authored by Joelle Hargraves. My passion for the care of critically ill patients prompted the selection of the article. Nurses that work in the critical care units...
Introduction Diseases of the heart or the blood vessels have become increasingly prevalent in the US hence the need for timely intervention to curb the escalation of the menace. Cases of cardiovascular disease hospitalizations in the state of Florida have raised eyebrows thus necessitating the need for intervention to prevent...
Looking at events using historical lenses can be beneficial for gaining an in-depth understanding of issues. Currently, one of the central wellness problems discussed in the media is the COVID-19 pandemic. While the central problem today is to find a cure or a vaccine for the disease, it is also...
The central tendency of pain measurement principles was used in the study to outline the general tendency and aspects of pain management in public health care these are the data, associated with medical statistics, and the given data represents the amount of addiction, caused by the violation of pain management...
Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a disease that slowly and gradually damages the brain and it is distinguished by memory loss and ultimately conflict in interpretation, planning, speech, and awareness. Many scientists consider that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a certain chemical imbalance in the body. The chemical protein beta-amyloid...
Introduction States may be subjected to a common issue. However, they may have different ways of dealing with the issue. Most of the issues that affect states relate to their economic and social status. One of the tragedies that have affected the world is the HIV/AIDS pandemic. HIV/AIDS is a...
Introduction The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act abbreviated as PPACA, also frequently referred to as Obamacare or Affordable Care Act (ACA), is a decree of the American federal government. It was signed into law on the 23rd of March 2010 by the President of the United States, Barack Obama....
Benchmarking is a largely new concept in the healthcare industry. Benchmarking is also a tool of management that can be used to accomplish several goals. There is no standard definition for benchmarking but the concept underlines “the process of collecting and analyzing data to identify trends in performance, and when...
The proponents of the study, Anders Lindelof, Claus Nielsen, and Birthe Pedersen wanted to explore how obese adolescents, and their parents view obesity. This qualitative study is a good example of phenomenological–hermeneutic approach. The researchers developed a qualitative study based on the phenomenological approach, because they examined real life situations....
Introduction European countries enjoy among the best health statuses and highest life expectancies in the world (Commission of the European Communities, 2007). However, health inequities exist within the continent (Equity Channel, 2013). Moreover, some countries have varied health outcomes, although they belong to the same political and economic unions. Such...
Abstract Nursing is a discipline that is constantly evolving and requires professionals to use their skills and evidence-based practices to achieve good outcomes in their responsibilities. Knowledge deficiency is one of the major challenges that affect outcomes attained by nurses in their duties in different healthcare settings. In addition, nurses...
Pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis is a bacterium that causes a sexually transmitted infection known as chlamydia. It is a member of the Chlamydia genus, which consists of intracellular parasites that affect different species. As indicated by the name, Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria target cells as part of their two-stage lifecycle. First, an...
Rapidly increasing medical costs have created barriers on the endeavors to provide affordable health care to the low and middle class citizens. Deteriorating economies and high levels of unemployment have led to many hardships in life, thus the inability of many citizens to meet their health care bills. More so,...
Summary Cholera is a highly contagious disease with potentially fatal outcomes (Maponga et al., 2015). Since medical experts first documented it, in the 19th century, many researchers and health organizations have reported its devastating outcomes in different countries around the world (Bao et al., 2015). Relative to this assertion, Maponga...
The roles that advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) play in the clinical field have been expanding with time since the first graduates of masters in nursing started working in the mid 20th century (DeNisco & Barker, 2013). Over the last three decades, the advanced nursing practice has assumed an increasing...
Willis, C. D., Stoelwinder, J. U., & Cameron, P. A. (2008). Interpreting process indicators in trauma care: construct validity versus confounding by indication. Int J Qual Health Care, 20(5),331-8. Quality indicators have found increased use in health systems based on a widely held assumption that QIs is a compelling indicator of the...
Assessment refers to a process of acquiring data concerning the health status of an individual. Patient assessment is an integral component of nursing practice, necessary for effective planning and provision of nursing care that is family and patient centered. Assessment can either be an admission assessment, which entails the comprehensive...
Introduction Different people in the world share and differ in their decision-making. Most of the Ethical decisions made by people are influenced by the factors that surround them. In most cases, their decisions are dependent on their feelings. This does not mean that all decisions are according to their feelings;...
Abstract This study analyzes the development of early pregnancy protocols that can be potentially useful to clinicians when dealing with the care of pregnant mothers experiencing non-viable pregnancies like complete miscarriage, incomplete miscarriage, and delay miscarriage; pregnancy of unknown location; intrauterine pregnancies of unknown viability; ectopic pregnancies and hydatidiform pregnancies....
Nurse leaders have worked hard in order to revolutionize the entire nursing practice. Nurses provide differentiated care and support to their patients. Each “advanced role tends to have unique core competencies depending on the specialization” (Halstead, 2012, p. 36). Such advanced roles are critical towards providing the best care to...
Introduction Continuing changes witnessed in healthcare has occasioned an increased awareness particularly on the quality of care in the hospitals offering acute care services. The rising demand for quality care from the patients has ushered in a paradigm shift in the management of nursing staff in the hospitals. While it...
Introduction Accomplishing the intentions of Meaningful Use Program is a very challenging duty to many health care providers (Dowling, 2014). In the health care sector, the term Meaningful Use refers to the processing of population and health statistics into, EHR, an electronic health record. The above process aims to enhance...
Vaccination is a controversial issue for parents, but the decision not to have their children immunized is not an option. They tend to perceive it as a potential threat to health, whereas it is a common misconception (Ames et al., 2017). Therefore, the belief in the emergence of severe conditions...
This article highlights critical fundamental issues and concerns around framing public health programs during marketing in order to attract funds from the government and the wealthy. There are serious misperceptions in the society and particularly among leaders that tend to equate public health with poverty and disability. Little research has...
Abstract Research is creative work carried out on a systematic basis to increase the stock of knowledge. However, social change is the alteration of the social order of a society. Research forms part of the foundation of programs that seek to incorporate communities in the change process as well as...
Survey Research A survey research is a study where researchers use samples of the population to make conclusions about a certain trait in the entire population. Psychologists and sociologists always use such studies in assessing the feelings, attitudes and thoughts of populations. Mostly, researchers use this survey in determining probable...
Introduction Obesity is a condition that results from accumulation of fat in the body. It has severe health effects on children and adults. Obesity predisposes victims to risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The main causes include lack of adequate physical activity, consumption of foods rich in high-energy...
Introduction The neuroleptic syndrome results from the side effects of antipsychotic drugs. The most vulnerable groups are those with mental illnesses. Incidences of accidental or intentional overdose with regards to these drugs are on the rise. In the past couple of decades, mortality rates have remained at an average of...
Inhaled insulin is associated with positive outcomes in patients with type 1 diabetes. Various studies, discussed in this paper aim at showing that the benefits from using inhaled insulin to manage diabetes type 1 and 2 are similar to those from using subcutaneous insulin. The study by Garg et al....
Name of Agency The program was presented at Five Palms Elementary School. Client Assessment Data A health assessment data method was employed. Records from the nurses’ office recorded the following health complaints: Chest congestion Productive coughs Sore throats Rhinorrhea The conditions above were classic symptoms of a common cold caused...
Organization Profile The organization under analysis is Eisenhower Health Center. Eisenhower Health Center is an acute care facility in southern California. It is a progressive 463-bed hospital. Its mission is to serve the changing healthcare needs of the region by providing excellence in patient care with supportive education and research...
Background of the Study In recent years, a global surge in the number of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occasioned by motor vehicle accidents have been witnessed in the United States of America. PTSD generally refers to an anxiety disorder witnessed in people who have undergone through a series of trauma,...
There are so many complications resulting from acute renal failure. Some of these are cardiovascular which are arrhythmia, heart failure, pericarditis and high blood pressure. Heart failure, in this case, is caused by water and sodium retention and increased cardiac load. These complications can be prevented by administering drugs that...
Introduction In the article “3 of the Busiest National Parks Close amid Coronavirus Outbreak”, Vigdor offers powerful arguments about the issue of social distancing and why it has led to the closure of national parks in the country. The National Park Service indicated that such a measure was essential to...
Caregivers with baccalaureate degrees can provide quality care to their patients. A BSN nursing program transforms learners into professional nurses. The program should produce nurses who can make a lasting impact in healthcare. A good nursing program embraces various humanities and sciences in order to produce competent nurses. Such nurses...
Introduction Medical devices decontamination services for re-processing re-usable invasive medical devices used by several hospitals is a very important undertaking in view of the critical role that these medical devices play in the lives of human beings (ISO 14971:2000). Consistency of contamination control within the clean room is therefore of...
Written in 2009 by Padula, Yeaw, and Mistry, the article, A home-based nurse-coached inspiratory muscle training intervention in heart failure, looks into a homemade nurse-coached inspiratory muscle training mitigation in heart failure, and it forms the basis of this review. The article considers heart failure (HF) as the most devastating...
Introduction There have been constant complaints from the nurses and health departments regarding the understaffing and overworking of nurses in hospitals. Researchers undertook to collect data to determine the minimum ratio of nurses to patients that would be adequate to increase their efficiency. Data were collected from staff in a...
Obesity belongs to one of the most concerning issues in the USA. This problem is acute for the whole country as well as for separate states and counties. For example, in Florida, with its high population of Hispanic and Latino Americans, special attention is paid to the minority health (“Minority...
Introduction Chronic Kidney Disease is the state of the human organism when kidneys fail to fulfill their actual functions of eliminating the blood waste, which results in various health complications that range from mild weaknesses to kidney failures, commas, and deaths (Bash, Coresh, Köttgen, Parekh, Fulop, Wang, and Astor, 2009;...
Though alcoholism has been investigated for years, there are still a lot of questions to be answered (Vaillant, 2009, p. 3). “Quality of life measurement and alcoholism: Another arm to nursing practice?” (2006) is an article, which presents valuable information about the current situation in assessing the quality of life...
The present paper reviews a journal article, ‘Breastfeeding reduces the risk of obesity in childhood and adolescence’ produced by Papatesta and Iacovidou. It also analyzes the benefits of breastfeeding, which can help reducing short- and long-term risks of obesity that may persist into adulthood (Boseley 5). Researchers and healthcare professionals...
Practicum and Policy Background Florida Nurses Association arranged a meeting for nursing Practitioner Students and the senators. The conference held at the Florida Capitol, Tallahassee. The plan of the conference was to talk about new health policy of Newborn Adrenoleukodystrophy Screening that was yet to be ascended into law. The...
Organization Information Description of Organization The selected organization is the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia (VNA), and C. McEnvoy who was interviewed. The organization provides hospice and home care to the people of Philadelphia and its environs. It is one of the largest healthcare facilities in the region, and...
Review of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) report The management of chronic diseases is an essential healthcare approach that is aimed at reducing the negative impact of chronic diseases in patients (National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2010). The current trends show that the prevalence of chronic diseases is...
Introduction Technological advancements have enabled individuals from different cultures and environments to relocate, work, and communicate together. The experience has been both exciting and frustrating. Some individuals find it hard to adjust to cultural differences leading to a drop in their performances (Eshleman, 2013). Concerning nursing practice, an understanding of...
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a type of dementia that mainly occurs among the older populations. The disease condition improves with the age. In other words, the disease gradually gets worse as the individuals’ age increases (Tom, Hubbard & Crane, 2014). Clinical studies indicate that the disease affect parts of the...
Introduction Health information technology is understood to mean the use of several electronic methods of managing information on health and medical care of individuals and groups (George Woods Foundation, 2006). The changes being experienced in the healthcare sector have enhanced the need for a process that can save money. To...
Background The research study was undertaken by Gale Robinson-Smith, Patricia K. Bradley, and Colleen Meakim, of Villanova University College of Nursing. The authors’ contribution to the paper stems from several years of experience in the nursing profession, hence, the information contained in the paper is credible for use as an...
Manual therapy is a type of physical treatment with a long history and a variety of contradictions. Some people truly believe in its effectiveness, and people cannot realize whether it is safe to rely on this practice. Though manual medicine does address certain local ailments, its outcomes on a psychological...
Introduction The cutaneous membrane primarily consists of the outermost protective layer of the body found in human beings. The skin forms the majority of this membrane that rests on top of other connective tissues. It further belongs to the epithelial types of tissues that form an impermeable barrier throughout the...
Acute bronchitis is a widespread clinical feature that occurs after an invasion of a pathogen on the upper respiratory tract (Schlossberg, 2008). Virus and bacteria are the main cause of the disease. Usually, the same viruses that cause influenza are to blame for acute bronchitis. Other viruses that cause the...
Introduction Culture care theory derives its principles from the dispositions of Leininger on nursing and cultural orientations. According to Leininger, transcultural nursing precepts involve an analysis of different cultures with a view to understanding cultural practices across various human groups. This comparative approach to studying cultures of human constructs is...
Introduction Policy making, being one of the most important forms of government, is influenced by many factors nowadays, many of which are simply disturbing the legislature rather than forming an adequate and impartial opinion. Essentially, the democratic society of the US undergoes a stage of advanced development since the opinion...
Introduction Health care services are the most essential as they cater to the health conditions of the individuals in society. There is a need for proper management of the health centers to ensure that the services delivered are of the best quality and the most reasonable costs. Managed care Managed...
Community “Prince George’s County continues to have the second-highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases in Maryland and the second-highest number of reported AIDS and HIV cases, according to the county’s top health official.” (Wiggins, 2009) As it can be understood from the above statement this paper will focus on the...
Background and Significance of the Problem The relationship between hypertension and kidney disease has been disputable for decades. Recent studies suggest that there is a definite link between the two disorders and it has been suggested that the relationship is cyclic (Buffet & Ricchetti, 2012). Buffet and Ricchetti (2012) that...
Administering medication for patients is an important and responsible task, which requires attention to multiple factors, such as patients’ individual needs, counter-indications, and possible complications. The wrong prescription of medication resulting in health deterioration may be connected with various aspects, such as incorrect dosage or manner of taking medicine. According...
Abstract Sexually transmitted infections account for high numbers of deaths and infections among the youth. A safe sex campaign can be an important initiative to reduce sexually transmitted infections. This essay discusses unprotected sex among teenagers as a public health issue that promulgates the spread of STDs. A large number...
Introduction Obesity among children in America has increasingly become a major public health concern. According to the America Obesity Association, approximately 15 percent of children between the ages 6 – 11 years and adolescents aged between 12 – 19 years are obese. The problem of obesity in children did not...
Reference Information The evolutionary development of pathogenic microorganisms, expressed in increasing resistance to disinfectants, is a severe problem for clinical and domestic environments. Infectious diseases have high mortality rates, which means an urgent need for in-depth research into the effectiveness of disinfectants against various bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The author...
It is a widely accepted truth that pharmaceuticals’ prescription in the U.S. is the most expensive aspect of the entire healthcare system. Americans tend to spend more than 1,200$ on medical drugs a year, which is multiple times more than in any other developed country (Sunrise House, 2019). Raising prices...
Introduction People make errors that result in accidents, adverse health outcomes, and mortality. For a long time, the healthcare system has been organized in a manner that errors in the health organizations are blamed on the individuals (Marx, 2001). As a result, a healthcare practitioner is held accountable and punished...
Introduction In spite of efforts of health care professionals to improve the situation in the United States regarding the access to healthcare services, the quality of services provided for minority groups in the country is often lower in comparison with the numbers for the Whites. In this context, it is...
This is a critique of the paper titled Sources of stress in nursing students: a systematic review of quantitative studies by three University of Jaen scholars. All components of the article were evaluated for strengths and weaknesses. It was concluded that the paper was not well written and that it...
Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of mortality in the developed nations. The condition has been the single largest cause of death for a long period in the United States of America. According to Lakic, Tasic, and Kos (2014), CVD is a large burden to the society in...
Psychosocial disorders are common occurrence in both children and adults. As such, effective treatment needs to be undertaken to combat the disorders. To achieve excellent results, review of pharmacotherapeutic, behavioral and a combination of the two needs to be undertaken. Minimizing the prevalence of psychosocial disorder requires thorough research on...
Introduction Cerebral palsy is a non-progressive condition that results from brain damage to the fetus during embryological development or immediately after birth (Carroll and Robert 468). Due to its early onset in a person’s life, the condition is diagnosed in infancy and early childhood. Clinical features of the condition are...
Description of the Issues Vaccination is one of the most important procedures for a person, especially at a young age. With many serious diseases threatening the population’s health, society must take preemptive action to prevent any further harm. Many contagious illnesses from the past were almost completely eradicated by vaccination...
The ability to solve problems is of great importance to human beings. When a human being is born, he/she is taken through a comprehensive training to enable him/her to solve problems. The ability to solve problems can be of benefit to individuals, the community, or an administration unit. Various people...
Introduction After abdominal surgery, many patients tend to develop difficulty in breathing or basically the functioning of the whole pulmonary system. These problems can escalate and cause serious pulmonary complications. It’s been found that these complications are a cause of the high rates of morbidity and mortality among patients who...
The socioeconomic gap between American residents has been a topic for a continuous discussion in terms of discrimination, access to the job market, and overall financial opportunities. However, the biggest discrepancy in the US context is the issue of limited healthcare based on ethnic and racial affiliation. Thus, according to...
Introduction Focus group for the study is required for proper analysis and assessment of the input data, and for further offering of the possible research outcomes. It is generally stated that focus groups for public health studies should not involve patients of public health institutions for more objective analysis. Specific...
Among the various types of mechanisms intended to counter an infection, white blood cells form the first barrier to its spread after its penetration inside the body. Although white cells, also known as leukocytes, constitute only about one percent of blood contents, their functioning is vital for the immune systems...
Gap Analysis for Closed Loop Referrals The need to have appropriate information sharing system when a patient is referred from one clinician to another, or one health facility to the other has been on the rise. There has been a general concern among medical practitioners that the current systems do...
Introduction The number of women who are victims of the HIV virus amounts to almost half the total number of victims who live with the virus. Since its discovery, the virus has been the cause of numerous deaths across the globe. Among women, it is the greatest cause of death...
Dietary issues are characterized by the change in behavior, physique, and mental state. People tend to think that it is normal if a high school student decides to consume fewer carbs due to body disappointment. Nonetheless, continuous unhealthy dieting can transform into a habit which demonstrates a hazardous eating issue....
The patient is Kurt Johnson, a white male 48 years old. He was admitted to having a tonic-clonic seizure. The patient had a head injury after falling off a ladder at work a year and a half ago. CAT scan showed scar tissue overgrowth in the frontal lobe. What is...
The problem of food safety is on the world agenda today due to multiple cases of existing infections and contaminations. This is why this problem is one of the greatest environmental concerns that should be treated by nurses much more carefully. According to Food Safety and Inspection Service (2011), recent...
Introduction Electron microscopy has become established as a useful diagnostic tool in pathology. Diagnostic electron microscopy entails the utilization of electron microscopy and its associated methods in all of their ramifications for the study of human disease as well as animal disease (Zond & Cosmi 2001). Modern advances in imaging...
