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Introduction Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, and continued HPV infection can cause cervical cancer in women, anal cancer, genital cancer, and genital warts in both men and women. First epidemiological data, derived from the U.S National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,...
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is more than just arthritis. Indeed, many doctors call it “rheumatoid disease” to emphasize the widespread nature of this process. The term rheumatoid arthritis is trying awkwardly to say the same thing; rheumat refers to the stiffness, body aching, and fatigue that are often termed “rheumatism.” “Rheumatoid”...
A community newsletter was the most preferable media. From the beginning of the existence of human beings, they have always preferred to form and live in communities. While dwelling as a community, they can be able to learn collectively and accumulate their knowledge and new ideas, information, and rules into...
Introduction The purpose of healthcare organizations is to provide patients with highly qualified medical care. Clinical practice is based on a systematic review of evidence and includes recommendations for proper organizing and optimizing the process of work. Nowadays, there is a tendency to modernize the implementation of medical services and...
When a new pharmaceutical is invented, several steps need to be taken in order for it to be brought to the market. Effectively marketing is an essential process, which is preceded by primarily drug development and drug manufacturing. It is very important to find just the right chemicals that will...
Hospital services serve as indispensable tools in providing care to patients. The staff employed may play a prominent role in executing diverse roles during an emergency, intensive care, long term pre and post operative conditions or illnesses. In recent years, patient safety has become a serious concern. Investigations have revealed...
Introduction The improvement of maternity care quality and the reduction of infant morbidity are the main concerns of maternity nursing. It has been broadly addressed in professional literature, research findings, and statistical data that the health of a newborn child vastly depends on breastfeeding initiation. The World Health Organization (2018)...
The United States of America is famous for different sports organizations conducive to arranging for the protection and strengthening of the health of a community. They can be national, regional and local. The most important and well-known organizations are SEC (the Southeastern Conference) and ACC (the Atlantic Coast Conference). The...
Purpose The issue of the impact of prenatal tobacco exposure, which refers to maternal smoking during pregnancy, on child health and development is still highly urgent and requires an appropriate governmental response. Researchers note that among “women who gave birth in Australia in 2012, 12% reported smoking during the first...
Introduction Aggressive behaviour exhibited by patients with mental illness is a major occupational challenge and hazard faced by mental health nurses. (Beech & Leather 2006). On the one hand, such behaviour puts nurses under extreme stress; on the other hand, it grossly undermines the quality of care in many instances...
Introduction Now-a-days nursing has developed its all functional activities in accordance with technological, political or socio-economical rapid change. The changing boundaries of professional responsibility and its influence on their scope of practice have been emerged. Nursing around the world needs to feel the confident and the essential and significant contribution...
Nutrition is important in childhood, as a child has a lower energy reserve and a higher demand for calories due to its growth. However, if a child protracts from an illness, this could result in an onset of malnutrition. Results of several studies have shown that acute and chronic malnutrition...
When Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) begets acute exacerbations, symptoms deteriorate, and patients experience breathlessness and overall reduced quality of life. A lot of resources go into ensuring that COPD patients receive the necessary care to lessen the exacerbations. There has been a paradigm from the traditional management of COPD...
Introduction Australia is a very big country. The population is very high in city areas, but the population is very spread out in rural Australia. There are many villages and towns which are many hundreds of miles away from bigger cities and towns. The population of these rural towns is...
Atypical presentations of illness in older patients represent a challenge for nurses because their diagnosis is rarely considered in medical training, thus leading to difficulties in managing individuals’ conditions. Such presentations are considered ‘atypical’ due to the lacking signs and symptoms that characterize a condition and its further diagnoses. Nevertheless,...
The provision of healthcare services to a population in a given country may be affected by the related factors such as the country’s expenditure for these services, technological know-how level, among other factors. For example, in the United States alone, it has been projected that healthcare expenditure would double by...
Introduction A disease is described as a condition/disorder that interferes with the normal functioning of the body. Communicable diseases are those diseases that are easily spread from person to person by way of contact, food, water, contaminated objects or even through the air. They are also referred to as infectious...
Introduction Leslie Doty Hollingsworth, in her 2005 article, Ethical Consideration in Prenatal Sex Selection published in Health & Social Work by National Association of Social Workers, indicates that there is a need of ethical consideration in order to control and restrict the custom of scientific prenatal sex determination. Discussion It...
Introduction Nursing strategies are very influential in the management of patient care. Although the mode of their execution varies with the case, certain options need to be carefully considered as they may irk patients. Generally, patients with declined mental functions as observed in dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease may need to...
Introduction Strategic budgeting, both from a theoretical perspective and in execution, has always been a hot topic for debate among experts in the economic field. This topic is extremely relevant for the healthcare system, which contains questions of effective personnel relations, technological innovations, and new challenges in terms of diseases...
Today, one of the top priorities of the US healthcare system is the prevention of overuse, underuse, and inappropriate use of medical services. Thus, it is imperative that the focus is shifted from quantity to quality. This means that medical facilities should be evaluated not by the amount of work...
The management of patient life has become a concern for today’s health care professionals. This is because of the increasing complexity of cases that rely on their association with other complications. As such, careful evaluation of the patient’s life would become the important aspect and commences from the past history,...
Introduction Speech pathology refers to the study of problems encountered by people regarding their speech, mastery of language, voice development as well as the passage of solid food through the throat. The problems can be physical or cognitive and they require treatment through therapy by use of facilities located in...
Strengths The program helping to reduce fertility rates in Bangladesh has a variety of advantages and effective interventions. First, it is critical to underscore that the decision to educate women about contraception is effective in dealing with the knowledge gap between the sexes when it comes to healthcare. Another important...
Introduction Public health issues can be addressed by relating policies that target the needed change. In general, those are complex and require appropriate planning to ensure that the overall impact on the population is positive. Some regulations, for instance, those relating to information technology are necessary to provide the protection...
The development of computer science and technologies brought about new opportunities for the automatization of different processes. Modern information systems have powerful tools that make work with large amounts of data fast and simple. The manager of the care coordination department needs to use these new opportunities to make the...
Gene mutations are changes in the nitrogenous base pairs resulting in the false expression of protein due to false translation and transcription processes. Genetic mutations could be due to substitution, addition, deletion, inversion of base pairs that are caused by chemical or environmental factors. Genotypic alterations result in a change...
Low-income individuals are not able to have proper access to dental health due to the lack of insurance coverage. Therefore, as a hygienist, it is critical to understand that these people should focus on preventative measures. The main reason is that the given approach is more affordable than treating an...
Introduction The changing health needs of different patients are something that requires evidence-based care delivery and treatment models that result in reduced medical costs. Leaders in the healthcare sector have been focusing on different initiatives that can improve quality and maximize people’s experiences. A good example of such innovative strategies...
Introduction During the last several decades, opioid use disorders (OUD) have been considered one of the most serious public health concerns among the citizens of the United States. It is not only necessary to prevent misuse of these drugs but also to be prepared to treat patients and deal with...
Introduction The present paper looks into the issue of physician- or doctor-assisted suicide or euthanasia from several perspectives. It neutrally brings forward the arguments put forth by both the proponents and opponents of this act. In the last section of the paper, an evaluation of the entire argument is made....
Introduction Baxter International Inc. is a healthcare company that leads in the manufacture of drugs and medical equipment. The company makes medical products with its three divisions such as drugs and vaccines, dialysis equipment, and IV supplies. The bioscience or biotechnology division of Baxter specifically manufactures protein and plasma therapies...
Introduction Cancer is a hazardous disease due to its appearance patterns and potential lethality. It results from cell mutations, which occur randomly and can, therefore, affect any person at any time with no prior symptoms or indications. Furthermore, advanced stages of cancer are often incurable and lead to the death...
Introduction The book, “The Knife Man”, is an effort put forth by Wendy Moore, to state the outstanding efforts of John Hunter, who was one of the innovators of medicinal practices. It is a collection of what Hunter had done to solve many medical issues of patients related to surgery,...
The current healthcare system in the US poses substantial challenges to the geriatric care providers, leading to low-quality medical procedures and little attention to both clinical and nonclinical issues with regards to socioeconomic determinants. With approximately 50% of aging patients failing to receive recommended treatment for chronic diseases, the question...
Organizations and healthcare providers develop analytic frameworks for assessing quality that improves outcomes. Patient-centered care is one of the aims proposed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) that focuses on the improvement of patients’ health (Joshi, Ransom, Nash, & Ransom, 2014). This component requires healthcare facilities workers to treat their...
Introduction Summary Nursing skills, IT training, and education are important factors having in-depth implications on the quality of health care. Many studies have been conducted on this topic, mostly in America and Canada. This paper has tried to bridge the gap between literature available on imparting information technology training in...
Introduction The article “Information technology training in primary care” by L. Alpay, L. and A. Russell describe the role and importance of information systems and information system’s training in primary care settings. The authors pay a special attention to changing demands and needs of patients and multidimensional approaches used in...
Introduction Nowadays, advanced technologies are actively used in various fields of studies and human’s activities. Medical practice is not an exception, as there are a number of tools incorporated into the healthcare system through data technologies. These technologies contribute to the Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS), which aim to assist...
Metabolic disorders of any kind are of major concern to health care providers because of their interference with routine hygienic activities. Certain complications would commence their pathological role since the early childhood days. This could lead to serious consequences in the later stages of life and needs to be curbed....
Abstract The proposed Electronic health record systems (EHRS) change for the Vila Health Independence Medical Center will impact all aspects of the hospital’s operation. Due to this fact, this paper reviews the stakeholders that are significant for the alteration and determines their involvement and value of the proposed strategy to...
Introducing proper care tools and creating an environment in which the length of patients’ hospital stay can be reduced are essential steps toward improving the performance of a healthcare facility. Therefore, introducing the proposed changes to the Temple University Hospital (TUH) environment is an important change that will allow for...
Hospital Contact Associations, government agencies, and private organizations have influenced the development of healthcare and hospital through additional financing, philanthropy, and technological support. The role of Hospital Contact Associations is to support hospitals and help them to solve daily problems. It is not to “run the place” but to support...
Article Summary The article I have chosen for the analysis is entitled “The changing face of the US opioid epidemic: Middle-aged black adults see rise in deaths” and was published in CNN Health this year. The publication addresses a concerning trend in opioid use for recreational and medical use. The...
There are three phases in the strategic planning of any organization. These are programming, budgeting, and controlling processes, which together make “a formal management control system” (Vraciu, 1979, p. 126). This paper aims to discuss how a medical organization may use the concepts of the “time value of money” and...
Executive Summary The purpose of this data review project is to examine the diabetes management practices applied by Anthem through a data review of key indicators and compare this information to the benchmarks set by the AHQR. The focus is on diabetes as a chronic condition because it requires specific...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common chronic disorder that affects the large intestine. It has a prevalence of 10-20% in the western population with 12–14% of primary care visits being associated with IBS (El-Salhy, Hatlebakk, Gilja, & Hausken, 2014). In other words, the disorder is more common than diabetes,...
In The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, it is stated that health promotion is “the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve, their health.” (WHO, 2008, p.1) Green & Kreuter (1991) define health promotion as “the combination of educational and environmental supports for actions and conditions...
Introduction The role of information technology has only been growing over the period of time in virtually every aspect of the life of human beings. The case with healthcare should be no different. But in reality very little practical application of IT that will open up the possibilities of improved...
Introduction Kathleen A. Schell & Julie Keith Waterhouse are the two authors for the research article. Both authors are qualified nurses from University of Delaware School of Nursing, Newark DE USA. Schell is DNSc, RN while Julie Keith is Phd, RN. The title of the article is “Comparison of Forearm...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a significant federal statute, the goal of which is to ensure that all US citizens have equal access to health insurance. A health insurance exchange or marketplace is defined as an area where residents may identify the conditions for having health insurance (Mulligan, 2017)....
For quite a number of people, the process of brushing ones teeth is a tedious and burdensome activity. Consequently, most will just rush through this process without giving it the seriousness it deserves. However, unbeknown to them, brushing ones teeth properly is crucial and involves more than just routinely rubbing...
Pharmacogenetics is a relatively young branch of medical science, but it is supposed to have significant potential when it comes to the effectiveness of treatment methods and attempts to make responses to various diseases more individualized. As the term suggests, the scientific branch in question studies the way that genes...
The current healthcare environment is complex and interconnected. Organizations have to remain innovative to improve access, cost, and quality outcomes. Large hospital systems or networks are formed as a response to mounting pressure to provide optimal patient care and share risk. This paper examines United Healthcare’s readiness to address changing...
The article addresses the problems of immunization coverage and current policies aimed to expand immunization among adolescents. The authors state that many groups of children are at risk because they do not receive immunization and related services. The study shows that it is possible to improve immunization coverage of adolescents...
Target The target statistical concept is diagnostic and screening tests and the “gold standard” test in the sphere of healthcare. The “gold standard” test is usually the preferred version of diagnosing a patient with a specific disease. However, it is typically expensive or difficult to access and distribute (Ancker and...
Old age is characterized by slowing down of physiological functions and the impeded renewal of body tissues. As the body breaks down, the geriatric becomes weaker. Every system in the body shows reduced functioning as the metabolic process is slowed down. As there is a slower and reduced renewal of...
Introduction The existence of management disparities in the health care units that mostly affect women and minorities represents a very big failure of the health care systems in the provision of equal management opportunities to every individual regardless of gender or any other factor (Ian, 2007, p. 21). Not only...
Introduction Artificial hydration refers to the medical practice of introducing nutritional fluids and water into a patient’s body by means of tubes, catheters or needles. The issue of artificial hydration in the context of patients who are terminally ill is an emotional one for many patients and families because giving...
Introduction Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) is a bacteria or what is also known as germ is a bacteria that causes bad infections. The first strains of this bacteria first appeared in Europe by the year 1986 and three years after (1989) the first incidence in America was reported and between the...
Autism is a complex behavioral syndrome, which impairs the behavioral development of toddlers, and its main causes and treatment are yet to be located conclusively. Increased prevalence of autism is of greatest concern for the family and practicing pediatricians because the minimum age for diagnosing autism is not clear as...
At the present stage of development of the healthcare system, socially significant nursing is undergoing several substantial changes. New approaches aimed at the prevention and management of chronic socially caused non-communicable human diseases are introduced. They have to apply the PICOT framework for specific clinical cases, such as doctor and...
Research is a vital aspect of modern nursing practice. Nurses have become advocates for their patient’s safety and health quality. Nursing research is necessary due to its timely contribution to evidence-based practice with a priority set on the contemporary findings in the essential areas of health care. A nurse practitioner...
Introduction Nurses are trained to provide timely and personalized health services to patients depending on their needs. They should work with families, identify the challenges affecting them, and offer appropriate medical support. The purpose of the description of the hypothetical family below is to identify key barriers to forming effective...
In the nursing profession, decision-making is expected to ethical as prescribed by the Ethical Code of Conduct designed by the American Psychological Association (APA). Essential VIII implies that nurses should always remain professional in resolving complicated situations and daily practices. Professionalism can be regarded as the constant presentation of the...
Over the last couple of years, health care has been changing its focus. There is more need for expertise to observe community health and handle chronic illnesses than treating episodic and exceptional cases (Battié, 2013). Care settings are moving outside of health centers and into communities, and thus, the current...
The sixth edition of ethical and religious directives for Catholic healthcare services was created under the patronage of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and sought to guide Catholic doctors and nurses in their work. The document provides insights about social and spiritual responsibility, professional-patient relationships, issues in care...
Introduction: South Africa Regular improvements in the fields of health care, medicine, and nursing are observed in the modern world. Several years ago, the South Africa region experienced a serious Ebola outbreak and the increase in infectious diseases that resulted in 69% of death (Jimenez, 2015). Bearing about 1/4 of...
Introduction It should be noted that the introduction of the Affordable Care Act has resulted in significant alterations in the healthcare sector. It allowed not only providing care to people in need of it but also evaluating the job of a nurse from a different perspective. Nurses are agents that...
Introduction The selected article for this critique is a mixed-methods study, using qualitative methods for data collection and quantitative tools for statistical analysis and categorization. The article’s title is Attributes of a good nurse: The opinions of nursing students, which was written by Er R. Aydin, Mine Sehiralti, and Aslihan...
Introduction Healthy eating and following the key guidelines may be some of the most difficult changes to make for people with diabetes. At that, they might need health workers’ guidance and mentorship to help them make a smooth transition and accept the struggles that come with having the said condition....
Introduction The present paper will compare nursing education systems in Poland and Brazil. I have selected these countries since I knew just a little about them and wanted to explore some more information pertaining to their nursing education systems. This research helped me to better understand how political and cultural...
Nursing departments have been performing different crucial functions in their daily operations. One of the functions is taking care of those patients who have some injuries in their bodies. To carry out their activities perfectly, they have not been ignorant of the new technologies that are coming up in these...
Introduction Three types of review are generally distinguished in nursing research: the literature review, the systematic review, and the integrative review. The last two are subtypes of the first, and all three are utilized in practice, and so a significant amount of confusion can surface if one is not familiar...
The task of prescribing psychiatric drugs implies a huge amount of responsibility and sufficient knowledge. Due to the effects that continuous consumption of psychiatric medications, particularly, the long-term effects causing chemical dependency and difficulty for withdrawal, the use of the latest sources of EBP standards for prescription is required (Lally...
The presented paper will describe a care improvement project that was carried out by an interprofessional team from a small psychiatric practice. The project involved the creation of a program for educating patients with substance use disorders. The paper will define the type and purpose of the team, describe its...
Introduction Homelessness is a serious social problem the country has yet to solve. According to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (2018), over 30 thousand people experience homelessness in Florida. These people have to face numerous challenges, including mental health concerns that are often regarded as significant public health...
Introduction A mental component plays a significant role in the overall people’s health. If a person does not have any physical issues with their organism, any psychological problem makes it impossible for them to feel good. That is why medical professionals should assess the psychiatric health of appropriate individuals to...
Introduction Anorexia nervosa is a prominent eating disorder that has a tremendous impact on people’s lives. It is characterized by an uncontrollable desire to be thin, low weight, food restrictions, and a fear of gaining pounds. This disorder can be diagnosed by using a few criteria such as extremely thin...
Patients with mental health issues are a large group of patients who deserve special attention and attitude from the medical staff. Since the beginning of the XXI century, people with mental health problems are seeing doctors more and more often. They rely on medical workers to get the right diagnoses...
Organism Biology Clostridium botulinum is a group of gram-positive bacteria that are capable of producing a toxin known as botulinum neurotoxin (Carter & Peck, 2014). Among the types of bacteria that are specifically responsible for the negative effects that the neurotoxin has on people, one must mention C. botulinum Groups...
Introduction Today, teenagers encounter many challenging health-related issues; mental health conditions are one of them. This report presents the aspects of depression in adolescents, addressing the external stressors associated with it. The paper also discusses the assessment strategies a medical professional can utilize along with the related ethical parameters. The...
Introduction Mental health problems and potentially traumatic experiences that may cause them in young patients are often overlooked, which causes the development of serious mental health issues in the future. Therefore, it is critical to ensure that mental health issues in children are identified quickly and treated accordingly to prevent...
People often cannot adequately look at their lifestyle and detect problems that may be apparent to others. Some of the habits and choices that seem reasonable to a person may be dangerous in the long-term, leading to significant health problems. Analyzing my life, I can identify a lifestyle that puts...
Introduction The recent healthcare reforms, including the Affordable Care Act that was passed during Obama’s presidency and the Trump administration’s subsequent attempts to repeal it, concerned themselves with the availability of health insurance as well as the federal costs of healthcare. The policies have been the subject of significant amounts...
Introduction Ethical issues addressed in nursing practice are not always associated with tense working conditions and the challenges that are directly related to the care process. Healthcare reforms adopted at the state level affect the activities of nurses directly and play a key role in forming opinions regarding the profession....
Ethical Theories Evaluation The chosen topic area is the elimination of pressure ulcers among patients in the emergency department. A protocol should be developed to remove associated complications for patients and the medical staff. To complete this task properly, certain ethical theories must be evaluated. Ethical Theory Rank (1=most important,...
College Essay Societies tend to be guided by moral values, principles, and norms. Such attributes dictate the behaviors and practices of different community members. However, some of the beliefs associated with specific regions are ineffective or inappropriate. Personally, I believe that there are certain ideas in our society that are...
The issue of moral rights is a rather complicated and controversial one. In this learning scenario, two speakers debate over organ transplant tourism. Dr. O’Connor states that transplant tourism is a real problem that grows steadily and needs to be addressed immediately. The speaker notes that according to the recent...
The implementation of the intervention The proposed intervention was to introduce community-wide education programs to raise awareness of the people regarding the needs of HIV/AIDS patients and to dispel the myths that lead to stigmatization of the disease. This practice is among the main recommendations of the UNAIDS (2014), and...
The Health Services Administration Department outlines several values that guide and empower healthcare administrators. These include empathy, leadership, contemporary, multicultural, and integrity. Healthcare administrators use their competencies to manage care delivery systems and hospital networks. This is done to meet the health needs of more patients. As a professional focusing...
Parents refusing medical treatment for children the tendency towards the increased level of refusals deterioration of the healthcare sector image poor quality of suggested services the unreasonably high price of treatment nurses inability to meet diverse demands cultural and religious issues Today, we could observe the tendency towards the increased...
Key concepts of my nursing philosophy The key concepts of my nursing philosophy revolve around my core values, which include integrity, honesty, advocacy, compassion, respect, patient privacy, and knowledge. Compassion is the backbone of my nursing philosophy as I believe that I am a gift to humanity and my duty...
Nursing and Its Components in my Philosophy of Nursing My nursing philosophy can be identified as culturally-sensitive and holistic. In my point of view, it is of great importance to view patients’ needs and expectations along with their background, family relationships, and self-identification. It seems to me that nursing is...
Introduction of Community The community under consideration is Miami, Florida. The rationale for choosing it is the fact that it is the area I live in, so there is an opportunity for conducting assessments during different times of the day and days of the week. Windshield Survey Vitality Are people...
Introduction Communicating to a few key employees working in City Hospital, I managed to become familiar with the most important problems in each department and the proposed methods that could help to ameliorate the situation. There were a few strategies presented by the specialists and it is possible to regard...
The proper access to healthcare services is one of the most critical ethical issues associated with financing. In the US, a lack of insurance is seen as the essential factor that allows a person to maintain his or her health, and the situations when an ill person cannot afford the...
During the perioperative period, many health care professionals use the recommendations and instructions detailed in scientific studies. Because there are many scientific and unscientific ideas on how to care for patients, it is necessary to be able to determine the level of evidence for a particular method, as not all...
Both DNP and PhD degrees are considered the highest level of nursing education, which demonstrates that a nurse is a clinical expert in her or his field. However, there are crucial differences between the two rooted in the focus of studies. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing...
Health care leadership goes beyond the organization of workflows and ensuring that every practitioner works toward improving health outcomes as there are many more challenges to address. In the current discussion, it was chosen to focus on the issues of staff shortages and reduced job satisfaction rates that result in...
Introduction Middle-range nursing theories are an essential part of successful and deliberate nursing practice, which ensures the efficiency and integrity of the overall procedure. For a family nurse practitioner, it is critical to understand the ultimate value of every nursing theory and its practical implications since they allow applying a...
Current Nursing Issues Related to Globalization of Healthcare Nowadays, the healthcare sector must face a lot of issues worldwide. One of the most significant reasons explaining such a tendency is the process of globalization, which equally affects the medical sphere. According to Jones and Sherwood (2014), “As nurses move within...
Abstract Because of their negative outcomes, catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are a significant and rather widespread problem in long-term care. One of the potential interventions is daily bathing with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate washcloths. This intervention was used in a 100-bed long-term care facility unit with the intent of reducing...
Data Analysis This section will report the analysis of the data gathered as a part of a project which investigates reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in older patients. The project had two samples: the staff, who were involved in CAUTI prevention training, and the patients, who were bathed with...
Introduction The most effective leaders are able to empower their followers, both emotionally and mentally. Choosing the most suitable leadership style for healthcare environment is crucial for ensuring better patient outcomes and creating a positive emotional climate in the team. Nursing professionals may benefit from transformational leadership as it fosters...
Introduction An opportunity to apply leadership skills in the healthcare sector effectively is the key to not only successful management but also patient positive outcomes due to the competent work of all employees. Regarding my personal aspirations, I strive to develop relevant attainments through ongoing training and interaction with colleagues....
Introduction In a modern healthcare environment, conflicts present an inevitable part of work since attitudes vary, and misconceptions occur. This course allowed preparing to conflict identification and resolution based on effective communication strategies and understanding critical issues pertinent to a specific misunderstanding case. Ethical conflicts may appear between nurses and...
Workplace bullying is defined as either short- or long-term deviant behavior towards peers, superiors, or subordinates. In the nursing areas, the persistent and deliberate negative actions to colleagues cause a hostile and unstable environment. The hospitals with a high level of bullying are characterized by increased burnout, dismissals, and conflicts...
Introduction The given case study focuses on the incident that occurred at the emergency department, where a physician and nurse, Cindy, worked in collaboration to examine patients. During the shift, the physician stated that he would go to the cafeteria, yet two hours later, Cindy found that he was not...
Introduction Recent scientific advances in the field of genomics call for the urgent redefinition of nursing practice. Now, when using a holistic approach toward health examination, healthcare professionals should account for the patient’s socioeconomic determinants and genetic predisposition to a disease. This paper briefly overviews the significance of a comprehensive...
Introduction This portfolio contains the key elements that can be used to demonstrate the improvement of my skills and knowledge, as well as the progress toward the achievement of course objectives, that occurred over the past five weeks. Specifically, a concept map and objectives list will be included to set...
Introduction An understanding of the scope of practice is an essential step in the professional development of a nurse practitioner (NP). As a rule, nurses are involved in different procedures, actions, decisions, and procedures, cooperate with other healthcare workers, patients, and their families, and continue improving their skills and knowledge...
Access to healthy food and nutrition is one of the basic human needs and largely defines the overall health of individuals. As stated by Ascend at the Aspen Institute (2019) in its recent policy brief, many families across the country currently have limited opportunities to maintain adequate nutrition and, as...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a statute that was enforced in 2010 by President Barack Obama. It can be considered one of the most significant reforms in the country’s approach to health care since the establishment of Medicaid and Medicare. The ACA was designed to increase the number of...
Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) are expected to integrate their employees and lead them towards a common goal and vision. The first strategy that can be adopted by them is transformational leadership and continuous professional development as a way to remain competent in spite of the changing environment (Kapu& Jones,...
The workflow of a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) nurse leader is rather extensive, especially if the setting of their work undergoes the organizational change associated with electronic health record (EHR) infusion. The key tasks that nurse leaders are busy with (aside from seeing patients) are concerned with promoting quality...
Introduction The Human Papillomavirus Infection (HPV), a viral infection affecting both genders, is the most frequently encountered sexually transmitted disease (STD). It is so common that the majority of people that are sexually active may be infected during their life. Transmission is possible through the skin to skin contact. The...
Introduction The field of nurse informatics incorporates nursing and information science into a specific area of expertise that requires professionals’ understanding of their role in the process of information systems development. The model called the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) includes six steps that an informaticist needs to follow for...
Introduction The current nursing practice regarding nephrostomy is sufficient to produce positive outcomes for the majority of the patients. However, there is limited evidence to support that existing practice is the best possible one. Adopting an evidence-based Quality Initiative has the potential to produce better outcomes with less expense. Quality...
Introduction A clinical oncology unit typically handles patients receiving chemotherapy and/ or radiation. Aside from that, patients receive information on how their condition progresses and settle on the next steps together with health workers. Ideally, each case deserves the attention of an interdisciplinary team that could view it from different...
There are several nursing care delivery models currently in practice, and each is furnished with its own distinctive set of advantages and disadvantages, which makes the choice of an appropriate care model important when providing different kinds of healthcare services. For Intensive Care Units (ICU) the primary model is the...
The study was conducted on mammals, in particular, the mouse model. The research question was whether resveratrol increases lifespan or only protects the human against the causes of death, for example, heart attack, increasing the average life expectancy. As a result, the authors revealed that it can protect against common...
The research is a cross-national comparison of the health care systems in such countries as Australia, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and some others and the definition of factors that might delay or speed up the enhancement of the health care system in the United...
What is the PICOT question? In a twenty-year-old patient (P), does the use of narcotics (I) compared to alternative methods of pain relief (C), lead to less addiction (O) over the course of one year? Define each element of the question below: P– (Patient, population, or problem): twenty-year-old patient I–...
Though not frequently utilized in quantitative research, comparative research is a widespread practice in qualitative studies. Aiming to compare two or more objects, phenomena, or incidents, the research attempts to discover something new about one or all of the variables compared. Taken a multidisciplinary approach, the research, summarized by Piovani...
In terms of nursing, the economic concepts of supply and demand are associated with the services care providers may offer and the needs of patients with regard to their health. Equity, one of the basic principles of economics and ethics, proposes that scarce resources should be allocated fairly among all...
Introduction In renal compromised patients, the use of nephrostomy catheters becomes necessary to address the problem of blockage. This tube is usually inserted through the skin to the affected kidney in order to ensure that urine is drained effectively. Individuals should be able to maintain their catheters or receive timely...
With the growing number of older adult patients in the US, the problem of their management becomes critical. As reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately $50 billion is spent annually for non-fatal and $754 – for fatal falls in adults who are aged 65 and...
In nursing, the perception of patients is identified as the patient’s reality. Patients’ view of the care provided acts as a fundamental pointer of excellence and has become significant for quality enhancement. Every patient in search of medical services desires not only personalized, first-rate care, but also comfort, which is...
It should be noted that, in the past few years, some of the problems and challenges observed in primary care have been addressed; nevertheless, many of them remain critical. Overall, the difficulties in healthcare are related to variable quality, decisions made on different levels, shortage or burnout of the personnel,...
The healthcare system of the US can be regarded as unique since it was changed from the national to the private type, while the programs of the government cover only vulnerable populations. In the course of its evolution, the system reconsidered the policies regarding elderly and unemployed people, giving them...
Advanced practice nurses have to move beyond the essential competencies of their profession and incorporate advanced science-based theories into their work. Zaccagnini and Pechacek (2019) discuss Neumann’s system model, which depicts people and groups as systems that have to remain stable and healthy. The theory analyzes wellness from several perspectives...
Introduction The health needs assessment, and the research of the available interventions in similar contexts provides a solid basis for developing a specific intervention and health promotion plan for a chosen population. As has been identified during the assessment procedure, the most crucial health problems of the Hispanic community in...
Introduction One of the crucial elements of the successful work of a health care professional is the ability to benefit from experience exchange with other organizations and specialists. Broad implementation of evidence-based practice and the application of past results achieved by others might enrich one’s scope of health care skills...
The future public health concerns are closely correlated with tendencies that become apparent in the present. According to Frieden (2015), in the future, the cost of healthcare will rise without changes in its quality. The problem is associated with the aging population and increased burden of chronic conditions, such as...
Change is a critical element of nursing that helps to reconsider a problematic situation and introduce an effective solution to achieve positive results. The importance of this process can be evidenced with the help of the following scenario. A specific health unit is characterized by an unacceptably high level of...
Interview Summary The problem of HIV management has recently become one of the major points of concerns for a local health organization. Due to the drop in health literacy levels among vulnerable groups, along with restricted access to the necessary healthcare resources, the levels of HIV have risen among the...
Introduction Individual sets of beliefs and attitudes have a profound effect on all dimensions of a person’s life: physical, social, religious, and professional. Distinctive environments, individual interactions, and different perceptions of health and illness – all together help healthcare providers to formulate their unique philosophies toward nursing. This paper briefly...
The development of nursing theory has become one of the fundamental factors contributing to the emergence of useful and valuable approaches to patient care and conducting relevant research. However, according to Tobbell (2018), significant changes in the practice of nurses occurred only in the 1950s when educators and scholars were...
Public health consists of the entities that promote the delivery of vital public services in a voluntary, private, or public nature. The mentioned concept ensures that the contribution of all the involved entities is recognized among the efforts of increasing the well-being of communities. Policy development, assessment, and assurance are...
Introduction Health professionals in leadership positions apply their skills to mentor others, solve emerging problems, and support the delivery of exemplary medical services. A short interview was conducted whereby the targeted individual was a Nursing Director (ND). The male professional is aged 40 years, has a family, and manages a...
Economic theory mainly studies how people make decisions in strict financial and resource-dependent circumstances. Because contemporary nursing involves not only providing health services but also caring within the constraints of budgetary conditions, knowledge of economic theory will significantly improve the decision-making capabilities of practicing nurses. It will also facilitate the...
One of the major healthcare problems that manifest significant racial disparities is obesity. In the US, research suggests that African American children have increased risks of developing the issue (Rogers et al. 2015). Data mining has been employed to investigate the patterns of obesity in children and adults (Abdullah et...
As a future leader, an advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP) is expected to provide excellent care and serve as an example of a qualified professional. The forces of magnetism that include organizational structure, quality of nursing leadership, care, and improvement, interdisciplinary relationships, and other related points should be targeted by...
Introduction Every day, nurse managers must have to make decisions that determine working conditions of their subordinates, quality of patient care, results of their treatment, and reputation of the hospital. A manager needs to know all the details related to medicine and healthcare, as well as organizational features, to evaluate...
Health communication is imperative in all facets of disease prevention, promotion of well-being, and fitness education (Farzadnia & Giles, 2015). The African American culture suffers a more disproportionate impact of lung cancer with respect to prevalence and survival than other cultural groups in the US. Apart from poor communication with...
Introduction Prolonged hospital stays are associated with various psychological complications, which include depression, fatigue, and boredom as well as degradation of social skills and mental acuity. A healthcare setting must not only provide comfortable means of prolonged hospital stay but also address the patient’s socio-emotional needs through stimulation and therapy....
Introduction Since recently, alternative and complementary therapies have been making their way into medical science. The present article reports on one of many research studies that aim to contribute to the body of knowledge regarding complementary therapy for patients with cancer. Specifically, the authors focused on photographic art therapy, its...
The scenario presents several significant challenges for a healthcare provider. The patient’s biophysical environment is critical to consider, as it provides a framework for further explorations of her well-being. The fact that Betty, the patient, lives alone indicates a potential challenge of coordinating the support for her health care. However,...
In the United States, breast cancer takes the leading position in female mortality from cancer. With age, the incidence of this disease tends to increase significantly. The occurrence of breast cancer also depends on genetic factors, radiation treatment, and the start of period before the age of 12. This paper...
