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The requirements for human use are informed by guidelines for good clinical practice as outlined by the Institutional Review Board [(IRB) Brown, 2011]. In this study, the rights and well-being of patients are a priority and will transcend societal and scientific interests. Each subject will obtain informed consent before participating...
Introduction Epidemiology is the study of health patterns, characteristics and events in a given society. It solely depends on statistical data and records in coming up with health policies which are developed after critically analyzing, interpreting and evaluating them. This essay compares and contrasts the epidemiology measures adopted by doctors,...
Motherhood is a wonderful experience that married women admire. They carry pregnancies and expect to deliver normal and healthy babies. Pregnancies and their aftermaths may have serious impacts on the lives of women and their children. Postnatal depression refers to a mental health problem that occurs in women after giving...
Extant nursing literature demonstrates that the availability of high-quality health services to patients can never be attained in the absence of skilled health professionals and a work setting that emphasizes performance excellence (Salanova, Lorente Chambel, & Martinez, 2011). Owing to the fact that effective nurse leadership has been positioned as...
Introduction Leadership is one of the most interesting and debatable phenomena in the world. Scientists have made many attempts to investigate the distinctive features of leaders and reasons why people can be leaders (Derue, Nahrgang, Wellman, & Humphrey, 2011). The efficient leader has all necessary abilities to inspire, empower, and...
Abstract The issues of quality and patient safety have increasingly become the focus of nursing practice in contemporary society. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the significance of incorporating evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing care. EBP involves the incorporation of scientific knowledge into care processes to enhance healthcare...
Introduction Healthcare becomes more and more complex every day. Changes occur so rapidly that it is near to impossible to be on top of all of the changes all of the time. There have been issues with nursing ethics from the very beginning but there have been increases in those...
This is feedback to the Heart Failure Project. The Project’s main objective is to decrease 30-day readmissions of heart failure patients at Odessa Regional Medical Center (ORMC) in Odessa Texas. It relies on a dedicated heart failure nurse educator to provide comprehensive heart failure education and to bridge the transition...
Introduction Health care in the United States is wide and very complex due to the many factors and impact of stakeholders have on legislation and practice. Health care in the country is the most expensive in the world when compared to other heath care systems around the globe. Delivery of...
Over the past several years, there has been a growth in evidenced-base (EB) policy and practice in the public health arena. Is there a need for this type of policy making? What are the limitations of EB policy and practice? Be sure to use the readings to support your response....
Summary In the article titled, ‘Influenza Preparedness in Low-resource Settings: a Look at Oxygen Delivery in 12 African Countries’, Belle, Cohen, Shindo, Lim, Velazquez-Berumen, and Ndihokubwayo (2010) investigate the preparedness of 12 African countries’ healthcare systems for influenza outbreaks. Belle et al. (2010) assert that while influenza is a serious...
This paper is aimed at examining the article written by Rechele Jordow (2014) who discusses various roles of advanced nurse practitioners or ANPs. In particular, the author focuses on the activities of the healthcare providers working in medical homes. These professionals need to assist those patients who may suffer from...
Introduction Noradrenaline is a hormone produced as a catecholamine by the sympathetic neurons from the heart; it is mainly used as a neurotransmitter. An increase in the levels of this hormone leads to contractions. The adrenal medulla is responsible in the production of this catecholamine that is further released by...
Abstract The following article is devoted to investigation of such issue as health literacy and different possible ways to raise its level. Having analyzed media connected with this issue, it is possible to come to conclusion that it is very important question for public health leaders to call their attention...
What is the extent of non-compliance with handwashing protocol among health care workers during routine care for breast reconstruction patients who have had mastectomies? P – Health care workers who wash their hands during routine care for breast reconstruction patients who have had mastectomies I – Handwashing C – Health...
The importance of crisis and risk communications in public health leadership is incontestable (Finset, 2011). Public health leaders need to acquaint themselves with the latest and most effective crisis and risk communication practices because they help response teams to complete their jobs effectively (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
To fight against preventable deaths effectively, the US health system needs to promote more programs to educate the population about threats and risks. Different medical institutions should be involved in a single system based on the creation of a mechanism to stimulate people to quit bad habits. This approach, as...
Statutes of Limitations In the healthcare system, a statute of limitation is normally described as the legally recognized timeframe, when a legal proceeding can be initiated after a certain health event has occurred (Mccullough & Lane, 2007, p. 1). For instance, in the case of professional negligence in healthcare, a...
Introduction Healthcare is faced with various challenges in the United States especially economic expenditure and risks associated with the patient’s health. This is noted by increased cost of insurance premiums which only cover a small percentage of human health. Thus, those who cannot afford it have less access to goods...
Reasons for Categorisation The quantitative design focuses on numerical data, while qualitative designs concentrate on narrative information (Polit & Beck, 2012). The two articles in question can be seen as examples of these two types of designs. The quantitative research dwells upon the use of computer-based self-management of diabetes among...
Proper health care can be achieved when there are enough finances to support the costly diagnostic tests and processes, and lengthy stays for inpatients. Insurance is one of the healthcare system service components that protect individuals against dangerous risks when needing costly health care services. Insurance covers in this context...
Participants The research will be conducted using questionnaires in a medium-security rehabilitation center in California. The sample rehabilitation centers in California would be chosen according to convenience. Considering the time and expense involved in the research, we would select the centers closest to the place of research. The programs will...
Introduction The healthcare sector is rife with patients’ complaints about the poor quality of services according to them. This is evidenced by the incidences of medical errors reported such as misdiagnosis, administration of wrong treatment, negligence by the health care providers, all of which have adverse effects on the patients...
The scope of nurses’ responsibilities and roles is expanding and evolving with time due to the involvement in administrative and leadership functions. In the contemporary times, nurses have been occupying executive positions, and this culture is developing in most hospitals across the United States. Therefore, these emerging roles require chief...
The hot bar options present several challenges because some selections are not heart-healthy. Dr. Weinstock outlines come critical points within hot bar selections, such as high-calorie rate in fat content and, thus, low in nutrition menu. The grill section is undoubtedly a healthier choice that includes specific nutrition information and...
Introduction Vanguard Healthcare is a United States non-profit medical organization that operates in four states. It was established in 1997 with a view of offering superior medical services in Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas. The facility offers diverse health care products and services such as behavioral health, critical, cancer, emergency,...
What do we know of president Trump’s obsession with chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine? The use of these drugs in the treatment of COVID-19 has been a matter of great concern due to the presence of the deadly Coronavirus epidemic, which has no cure. The president has continually pushed for the idea...
Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is the name given to the cancer that starts in the prostate gland. The prostate is a part of the man’s reproductive system and is as big as a walnut. It is wrapped around the urethra, the urine carrying tube (Mason and Moffat 2003).The most common...
Statistics play a major role in epidemiology. Numerous populations of interests in epidemiology require articulate analysis and interpretation using statistics. For instance, vital conclusions in epidemiology can only be made after carrying out statistical analysis on a given database of raw data. Uncertainty is accounted for by the art and...
Abstract Recurrent corneal erosion is a common condition affecting the epithelium membrane of the eye. It is often presented with a sharp pain in the morning during waking, photophobia, redness, and watering of the eye. These symptoms are resultant from relatively poor epithelial adhesion. Most patients with RCE have the...
Background As a Chief Patient Experience Officer, the main goal of the presentation is to introduce and design a new systems approach that meets the patient’s needs, expectations, and priorities. The approach also needs to exemplify the key values, such as community pride, justice, compassion, and respect. It is important...
Introduction Chronic Kidney Disease occurs as a result of a breakdown in the functioning of the renal due to kidney damage. Subsequently, the kidney may retain excessive quantities of harmful nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous wastes associated with the renal failure. This analytical treatise attempts to explicitly present an outline for evaluating...
Introduction Osteoporosis is a condition in which an individual is often susceptible to bone fractures. It is a condition of decreased bone density leading to bone weaknesses. The condition leads to the abnormally porous bone that can be compressible as with the case of a sponge. This condition predisposes individuals...
The terms ‘abuse’ and ‘neglect’ do not seem to grab a lot of attention as they used to be some decades ago. We have become numb to hear about several cases of child abuse, child neglect, murders and rapes occurring in our own communities. The media is constantly bombarding us...
Risk Factors Several factors act as risk factors for the development of osteoporosis. The common risk factors have been discussed in the following paragraphs. To begin with, the development of osteoporosis is enhanced by risks that can hardly be changed. The frame size and gender are some of the key...
This review aims to analyze a research article by Boev and Xia (2015) titled, “Nurse-Physician Collaboration and Hospital-acquired Infections in Critical Care” as a model to describe the problem of hospital-acquired infection. The study was based on the assumption that collaboration between nurses and physicians could have an impact on...
Introduction Menopause is a term used for a condition when the female reproductive system ceases to function appropriately, causing menstrual cycles to stop. This condition is regarded as natural, given that menopause occurs with all women as they reach a certain age. Nevertheless, menopause is broadly linked with a plethora...
Introduction The COVID-19 global pandemic placed significant pressure on the U.S. health system due to a rapid increase in cases and a need for protective measures. Almost immediately it became clear that hospitals around the country were facing shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare personnel, necessary when providing...
As a child growing up in a humble background where health care was deficient and almost alien to me, I felt insecure about my own body because it was dependent on other people who understood how my body worked more than I did. In my lifetime I have seen people...
Introduction: Haiti Haiti is one of those places that every tourist wishes to visit for the sake of exotic impressions, yet not a single soul wishes to live in because of the dreadful state of economy, an upsetting political situation and deplorable healthcare services. Though Haiti is primarily known for...
Community Description This study was conducted at Ramsey County, Minnesota. Based on the 2000 National Census, the County had a population of about 511,000 people in 18 cities, one township, and two unincorporated areas within 170 square miles. This is the smallest County, yet among the most densely populated in...
The assessment of strategies is very important due to the opportunity to share the experience on the implementation of different complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies. Besides, teamwork facilitates the process of sharing information and experience as well as introduces empowerment and challenge as integral elements of collaboration (Gardner, 2005)....
Introduction The nature of the health care industry is like combining the medical industry and the human touch. The health care industry includes the delivery of health services by health care providers. Merger means joining of two companies together to form a new company. This gives firms competitive advantages like...
This article provides a summary of findings of a study conducted in Britain to investigate if breastfeeding indeed protects children against developing eczema and other allergic conditions. Data for the study was collected on more than 50,000 children dispersed in 21 countries, with an average age of 10 years (Bakalar,...
Evidence-based practice relies on the increasing amount of previous research that provides a substantial database of expertise, which can be used in other cases. In general, this approach to treatment is considered to be one of the primary competencies a healthcare specialist should acquire. It implies that the decision-making process...
There are many causes of disabilities, including accidents and diseases. However, all physical handicaps fall within four main courses, steady, episodic, degenerating, and episodic degenerating types. Research shows that a physically challenged individuals’ social support falls apart as the handicap persists (Smart, 2016). This essay aims to discuss the various...
The study is aimed at investigating how nursing staff’s personal, communal and alternative methods of handling patients in circumstances maps where Physical restraints were used to control movement of older patients (Burns & Grove, 2009, p.23). Research Study Participant Brochure Nursing Research is very important to the fields of medicine...
The discussed paper and Power Point Presentation evaluate the quality improvement project associated with the program to reduce the obesity within the Cajun community developed for Minute Med Walk in Clinic, Incorporated® (MMI®) in Louisiana. The project should identify the solution of the obesity problem at three levels (macro, meso,...
Introduction Opinion polls play an important role in the formulation of crucial public policies in various regions in the world. Perlstadt and Holmes’ article, The Role of Public Opinion Polling in Health Legislation, shows how the public health sector in Michigan and Los Angeles employed public opinion polls’ results in...
Medicine and healthcare in the United States are one of the most unique and distinct systems in the world. Although one can argue that it has an array of flaws, it is important to put these notions into a perspective in order to have a more precise understanding of the...
Description of developmental, age, socioeconomic, and cross-cultural aspects that should be considered during the gathering of subjective and objective data and for the provision of health care Adolescents and college going young people are likely to be still living with parents or guardians. The age of the patient can affect...
The articles “Are Organ Donors Really Dead: The Near-Irrelevance of Autoresuscitation” by Robert M. Veatch and “DCDD Donors Are Not Dead” by Ari Joffe raises the problem of resuscitation and brain donation. These two topics are thoroughly related to the previously conducted research on giving new life to a dead...
Introduction Universal healthcare is already adopted in several countries, and their economic system is adjusted to effectively provide free medical care. Switching to it from any other plan is a complicated procedure regarding all the diseases and injuries. Most of the general measures and results will apply to the current...
Nursing delivery models According to Sullivan and Garland (2010) nursing care delivery models include the primary nursing, functional nursing, total patient care, and team nursing models. The primary nursing model provides complete health care services for patients in groups in a hospital under the guidance of a licensed practical nurse...
Introduction Judie has acted as the nurse manager for more than a decade, and the hospital’s administration is pleased with her diligence. Nonetheless, Judie has recently developed frustration and dissatisfaction attributable to staffing reduction, in addition to other institutional resolutions. Caring for her patients has at all times been the...
The importance of patient education to facilitate primary health care skills and knowledge in vulnerable populations has been broadly addressed in scholarly literature. Chin and Robins’ (2019) article under the title “Teaching patients with type 2 diabetes to self-administer insulin” published in the Australian Journal of General Practice, is one...
Background Lung cancer is one of the carcinoma disorders that are caused by abnormal development of the lung tissue. Lung cancer normally affects the epithelial cells of the lungs, and it spreads through the process of metastasis. Lung cancer is among the leading causes of death through respiratory illnesses and...
Introduction This paper explores the developmental origins of life and death by highlighting the need to address upstream health risks, as a public health management strategy. By exploring the challenges of adopting this approach, this paper recommends policy-centered interventions that could improve human health. However, before embarking on the details...
Introduction The American Association of College of Nursing indicates that there are varying research expectations for different academic levels of nurses. As such, this implies that nurses play different research roles in accordance with their academic qualifications. In particular, the Baccalaureate, masters, doctoral, and post-doctoral levels occupy different niches in...
The Strategy for Disseminating the Results The first strategy of disseminating the results will entail the use of brochures and newsletters. These periodic publications (quarterly) will serve the purpose of informing the nurses and other stakeholders about the progress of the project. The data will also highlight the areas of...
Abstract The level of education has been forming a critical determination of the likelihood of a person’s professional qualification. In today’s competitive world, the level of education is becoming a sieve in determining who will hold a certain public office. Higher expectations from the public on the quality of the...
Introduction Scientific studies have revealed that older people who are actively involved in physical exercise have lower chances of suffering from some of the common forms of physical limitations associated with the aging population. Thus, the need for physical activity programme as a comprehensive intervention strategy aimed at minimising functional...
The new virus COVID-19, which appeared at the end of 2019, has already affected all of humanity. It influenced all areas of human life: health, work, education, communication, and others. In this situation, managers have a particularly difficult time because they have to make many complex and significant decisions. In...
Introduction Communicating risks or crisis is crucial in many public health encounters. Risks and crises are likely to occur in every public health interaction and the method of communication remains significant (Maibach, Abroms and Marosits 9). In the public health campaign of STDs among the youth, effective crisis or risk...
Reference to this topic of inhaled insulin versus injectable insulin, pre-clinical studies are animal-based, and they have been carried out with the aim of understanding the pharmacology and disposition of inhaled insulin (Heise et al. 2005, p. 92). These pre-clinical animal-based studies investigate the effectiveness and safety of inhaled insulin...
The Methods of Evaluating the Effectiveness of Change Evaluation is a very fundamental component of change management because it measures the performance of the new system or process (Acheterberg, Schoonhoven, & Grol, 2008). The implementation plan proposed three evidence-based solutions to prevent and reduce the risk of catheter-associated urinary tract...
Goals of meaningful use The adoption of meaningful use of health information technology by healthcare organizations has the potential to improve patient outcomes across the world (Kaufman, Roberts, Merrill, Lai & Bakken, 2006; Hannah et al., 2011). Meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) by healthcare organizations is intended to...
Regular quality improvement is a critical component of modern clinical practice, hence the importance of health facilities to develop methodologies aimed at implementing quality improvement initiatives and aligning them to the broader goals and objectives of the organization (Kahn & Fuchs, 2007). This paper looks into the authority, structure, and...
Throughout history, people often used various types of food and drink to enrich their diets and become stronger and healthier. Nowadays, the issue of weight loss is more topical than it has ever been, with many individuals going to great lengths to get closer to their desired shape. With a...
Introduction The knee is an important joint for daily movement. In cases of trauma or fall, one may have to undergo surgery which might include the replacement of the knee (prosthesis). The prosthesis has been used as a form of clinical treatment for a long time. To date, researchers and...
Abstract The study of the development of anti-cancer drugs and preclinical toxicity tests has until today encountered a major problem identified as lack of a reliable in vitro-tumor model able to mimic in vivo conditions. These models provide a clear basis for understanding tumor-development processes and assists in the selection...
Pathophysiology Emphysema and bronchitis are lung conditions that constitute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Airway obstruction is the primary indication in both illnesses. Consequently, emphysema and bronchitis affect normal breathing, in addition to causing other pulmonary complications (Kim & Criner, 2013). According to Hassan and Abo-Elhamd (2014), clinicians often find...
The focus on the concept-based class activities and teaching can be discussed as the modern trend because there are many advantages which are associated with teaching conceptually. The concept-based approach is effective to be implemented in relation to different theoretical and practical fields of knowledge, including nursing. General benefits of...
Public health is a venture deeply interconnected with politics. In the United States, there is no steady association between what professionals in health discover and public principles. According to Michael Greenberg, some scientific discoveries are heralded and promptly incorporated into personal and political achievements. Other discoveries are ignored, and others...
Review of innovative technologies in the health care field Innovative technologies in the health care field are positively impacting patient care across the world. The overall goal of innovative technologies in the health care industry is to improve patient care outcomes (Chen, 2011; Hannah et al., 2011). For example, gaming...
Anti-infectives are a class of medicines that includes a wide range of drugs that selectively and directly attack invasive agents. The introduction of anti-infectives was a significant step in the development of medicine, as it allowed to directly affect infection agents either by eliminating them (in case of bacteriocidic medications)...
The use of hormones is included in the treatment of menopause and andropause symptoms, growth hormone deficiency, diabetes, hypothyroidism, and sex reassignment therapy. While HRT is generally thought of as a remedy for menopause in older women, it can be prescribed to males with age-related hormonal issues. More specifically, androgen...
Introduction Crucial in achieving optimal benefits for all screening programs, quality assurance is defined as a system of procedures, checks, audits, and corrective measures to ensure that health services are at their highest achievable quality. Mammography is a screening and diagnostic tool which uses low-dose amplitude x-rays to examine the...
Introduction Heart disease is also referred to as cardiopathy, a condition that affects the heart. The awareness of the disease has been raised because it is among the leading causes of death especially in Canada, the United States, England, and Wales. Heart disease is of various types but with related...
The social determinants of health are as crucial to the well-being of the population as is direct medical care. Gender inequality, educational attainment, family well-being, and career opportunities are indirect factors that affect human health. Social determinants are a promising vector of scientific research, as they are a fundamental part...
The article “Statistical Brief Number 122: Septicemia in U.S. Hospitals, 2009” is a statistical brief which provides information regarding the prevalence of septicemia. It is a severe systemic disease in the US hospitals, caused by infectious bacteria and bacterial toxins in the bloodstream. The authors of the brief used data...
An evaluation of the symptoms reported by the patients suggests the presence of inflammation in the nasopharynx area, which causes swallowing pain. Moreover, the absence of cough and respiratory complications provides the basis for the provisional diagnosis, which is tonsillitis. Other symptoms relevant to this disease can be found during...
Management Model: Managed- Care Critical Pathways Managed-care critical pathways are crucial for professional nursing practice and leadership. These are frameworks that facilitate coordination of teamwork and streamline service delivery. Significance of the care pathways is realized in a series of events, such as scheduling and execution of processes in healthcare...
Introduction Public health refers to the science and art of averting diseases, extending life, and promoting health via the implementation of organized efforts and informed choices by the public, associations, public and private communities, and the individual persons (Institute of Medicine, 1988). The field is concerned with the general health...
Abstract This paper delves into the use of early onset obesity detection in children and suggests methods of potentially preventing childhood obesity later on in the child’s life. Introduction The proposed change to help deal with the issue of childhood obesity was inspired by the study of Wright et al....
Introduction According to Paulson & Krippner (2007), war veterans constitute of a population that has unique needs and experiences, mostly because of combat. Some of the experiences that the soldiers undergo while at war render them traumatized for the rest of their lives. This realization prompts the development of advocacy...
The three priority nursing diagnoses are responding to client’s problem in the diagnostic label, identification of related factors causing the problem, and identification of defining characteristics. The initial interventions for the client are pain management, identification of pain etiology, and defining the evidence of the pain. The dependent actions are...
Finite vs. Infinite Health Care Costs In a just society, everyone has a right to minimum health care. However, such minimum medical care should exclude other social determinants of health such as a person’s income and education that define a person’s lifestyle choices (Klein, 2005). Thus, some procedures should be...
Abstract In this paper, the author analyzed irrelevant and biased messages in the society and how they impact on public health. A detailed analysis of the influence of these messages on public health campaigns is provided. In addition, the author explored the suitability of communication and language in relation to...
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed individuals and families in the United States to government-imposed public health practices, most of which conflict with their daily programs. The actions imposed by the government in conjunction with the Department of Health encompass quarantine, closure of schools and some businesses, and lockdown (Galea, Merchant,...
Professionalism and professional values of nursing are expressed via ethical and moral values of nurses. In most cases, the moral rules and values are presented by the hospital where nurses are working. The social norms are also important as in this case the norms of conduct are included as the...
Introduction Amenorrhoea is a health condition that is characterised by the absence of menstruation. However, for a woman to be diagnosed with the condition, she must have missed at least three consecutive menstrual periods (Porth & Matfin, 2009). Dysmenorrhoea is a health condition that is exemplified by pain just before...
The practice of nursing requires the application of different mechanisms in diagnosing the required prevention towards a given medical need. The action undertaken by the doctor depends on the clinical judgment; such an action can affect the client in case of wrong judgments. Clinical judgment is a complex process that...
Introduction This proposal will describe the interventions which will be needed to reduce the level of noise within one unit of the University Hospital; in particular, the specific aim is to achieve at least 45 percent noise reduction. This task can have several important implications for the welfare patients; for...
Introduction The paper is aimed at a constructive argumentation of whether preventive care should be restricted for high-risk patients or patients nearly to be ill or not. In this respect, the research deals with the authoritative opinions of therapists and observers of the issue in a nationwide scope. Due to...
Introduction The health and well-being of an individual are usually affected by numerous factors, where those linked to ill health, disease, death, or disability are referred to as risk factors (Durstine, 2009, p.32). Risk factors can also be described as the general characteristics of a person, their lifestyle, genetic background...
Introduction The development and progression of breast cancer have been attributed to a series of cellular and molecular events, most of which are not well understood (Veeck & Esteller 2010). However, cell and molecular biologists agree that normal cells become cancerous when they undergo genetic modifications that make them acquire...
Vaccination has long been the most effective way of preventing or completely eliminating infectious diseases. Prior to vaccination, large numbers of people with different backgrounds suffered from smallpox and other diseases. Nevertheless, opposing vaccination has become a major trend in Western societies, which have been leading the world in the...
Abstract Medical practitioners use different theories are used to monitor various health practices. Nurses should use effective theories in order deal with every health problem. This essay describes two theories in public health practice. One of these theories is called the Health Belief Model. The second model called Community Organization...
An Overview of the African Americans The African Americans of the US are what some people prefer to call the Blacks or the Negros. This group of Americans has its origins in those parts of the world that have the black race such as Africa and the Caribbean. There are...
Introduction Medical institutions need to implement new systems to maximize patients’ outcomes. Health managers can guide their followers to support every introduced change, solve their differences, and be part of the entire process. They can offer the right resources, guidelines, and training to improve service delivery and patients’ experiences. Modern...
Comparison and Contrast Economic profit, also known as economic value added (EVA), relates to a measure, unit, or standard established on the residual income technique, which acts as a metric of the undertaken projects’ profitability. Return on investment, commonly abbreviated as ROI, is a financial ratio utilized in the computation...
Introduction Evidence based health and social care is understood as to take care of patients and their families depending on results of studies conducted on the same field of practice, and/or depending on policies and guidelines set by expertise and governments authorities. The author of this paper selected “palliative care”...
Discuss Survey Research A survey research entails the use of samples to make didactic conclusions about large populations of organisms. Many scholars often use this research method in analyzing the popularity of candidates in political campaigns. Good surveys usually require the researchers to formulate the research questions before embarking on...
Thermal cameras were costly and large just a few decades ago; thus, a small number of people could use them at home or even at work. Fortunately, the situation has changed, and they are widely used nowadays in numerous fields ranging from medicine to security. Without any doubt, they have...
The use of telehealth in Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia (VNA) The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia (VNA) was the healthcare organization chosen to study the applications, challenges, attributes, and capabilities of telehealth. To obtain answers to pre-prepared questions, C. McEnvoy was the personnel interviewed through telephone. The...
Pressure ulcers among elderly patients can be quite painful and may contribute to other medical conditions if not managed properly. Among bedridden elderly patients, it is critical that nurses and care providers change the position of the patient several times in order to reduce cases of pressure ulcers. Conditions and...
Times of antiquity were characterized by reduced cases of medical disorders. The few that existed were either managed by traditional or less sophisticated technologies. Today, medical concerns such as cancer, diabetes, and other cardiovascular disorders have become common in the medical fraternity. Poor eating habits and lifestyle changes have been...
A laparoscopic appendectomy is a significant surgical procedure to remove the appendix. Compared to open appendectomy, this variant is better because it uses a few small incisions to perform surgery, which contributes to a shorter recovery time. However, it does not mean that this procedure does not require specific attention....
Quantitative Analysis of Sex Differences in Traumas The Ethical Aspects of the Study Not presented. The study does not operate the consent of the subjects since it analyzes the data based on articles reviews (Tolin & Foa, 2006). The research uses neither the names nor the private data of the...
Health care fraud is a significant bother for all stakeholders, even though not everyone realizes it. On the one hand, fraud and abuse are associated with an increased cost of care. According to Drabiak and Wolfson (2020), up to 10% of all healthcare costs are associated with fraudulent reimbursement claims....
Introduction Universal health care has elicited a wave of heated debate since it was kicked off by President Obama. It has been received with mixed reactions from different sides causing serious divisions between democrats and their republican counterparts. Battista & McCabe (Para. 1) say that the US is the only...
Introduction The quality and quantity of callus formed is dependent on Inter-fragmentary motions. The directions of these movements are dictated by the mounting plane contained in the external fixators. This study indulges in determining the role played by external fixators in the fracture healing process which is closely influenced by...
The rate of the spread of HIV infections in a population is proportional to the number of individuals with multiple sex partners at the same time within the population. Although most individuals in a social network will have a few sex partners, a small percentage of individuals will have a...
Drexler, Y.R. & Bomback, A.S. (2013). Definition, identification and treatment of resistant hypertension in chronic kidney disease patients. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 0, 1-9. Drexler and Bomback aims at discussing the conditions of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the impact of resistant hypertension in order to offer an appropriate...
Synopsis The review is based on the studies conducted by different scholars at various periods of time. The independence of each research helps us draw objective unprejudiced conclusions about CDC program relevance and cost effectiveness. Background CDC program on Seasonal Influenza is aimed at informing people about cases, treatment, protection...
Quantitative research methods involve collection and analysis of data in form of numbers while qualitative research methods involve collection and analysis of data in form of words (Bradley, Curry & Devers, 2007). Quantitative methods are more rigorous than the qualitative methods because they can test hypothesis in a research study....
Abstract In this paper, I focus on my personal nursing philosophy and the way I will use it to guide myself through my nursing career. My conviction is that nursing should readily embrace all possible dynamics to ensure that quality care is the first priority at any given time. Nursing...
Suicidal behavior has been common throughout the history of humanity. Examples of suicides appear in literary works. It has also been a topic of scholarly inquiry. There are numerous theories on the causes and nature of suicide, and there are various strategies to address this issue. This paper dwells upon...
Overview of the Event The Ebola outbreak is West Africa is one of the biggest concerns among world leaders in the current society. According to Blokehead (2014), the outbreak begun in December 2013 when a person tested positive of the Ebola virus in Guinea. It then spread very quickly to...
Introduction Health care administration in Florida State is provided for in Chapter 408 of the Florida Statutes called the Health Care Licensing Procedures Act. This is administered by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) otherwise known simply as the ‘agency’. The agency issues, revokes, or denies certificates of need...
Introduction Heart disease’s fundamental pathophysiologic mechanism typically begins with the atherosclerosis process, which develops and advances for periods before the acute episode. Atherosclerosis refers to a low-grade inflammation of the medium-sized arteries’ intima, accelerated by various risk factors, including genetics, diabetes, smoking, high cholesterol, and blood pressure (Ford et al.,...
Creating a specific health policy is a long mundane procedure that requires an analysis of many factors. The writing itself falls into several steps of careful consideration of the existing standards and policies, including objectives and reviewing the policy drafts. The process may seem like an ordinary activity, however, creating...
Introduction The increasing and extraordinary ability of bacteria to resist antibiotics has become a major concern for public health practitioners. It has also been cited as a case of evolution in action which has driven evolutionary scientists to their laboratories with an aim of uncovering how molecules-to-man evolution have come...
Osteoporosis is a bone disease that is on the rise in the current world. In America, around forty percent of the population suffers from osteoporosis. The disease can remain hidden in one’s body until a fracture happens. Osteoporosis is the reduction of bone mass and density, which eventually results in...
Abstract Job-related stress among nurses is an issue that has raised massive concern among contemporary scholars. Nurses are forced to undergo very traumatizing environmental factors that are directly contributed by the nature of their job. Some issues such as pressure from the doctors, patients, relatives and, the administration affect nurses...
Introduction The article in question dwells upon the successful implementation of evidence based practice (EBP) in nursing. A strategy for 22-bed intensive care units in an Australian public tertiary hospital was developed (Aitken et al., 2011). The article provides details of this implementation and it can be regarded as an...
Introduction Alcohol abuse is a common problem in most societies that leads to serious health problems. However, many people are aware of the negative effects of alcohol on the liver and cardiovascular system but do not know about the link between alcohol and an increased risk of cancer. The connection...
Germany Germany’s healthcare system is based primarily on government-regulated, employment-based private insurance (still providing universal healthcare coverage). Representatives of health providers, hospitals, sickness funds, unions, and the government constitute Concerted Action, a special body created first by the 1977 German Cost Containment Act (Bodenheimer & Grumbach, 2016, p. 172). The...
Introduction There are several factors involved in every efficient safety program for it to be successful. Similarly, while the workplace is still a thought put on paper, it is much more important to discuss its safety aspects. In this way, safety design evaluations and plan mitigation are all an equally...
Spirituality in Patients The meaning of spirituality varies a lot depending on an individual and the faith he/she posses (Barna, 2003). To some people, it may be used to refer to the faith they posses while in others, it may be used to give life meaning and purposes. Whatever the...
During the latter quarter of the 1800s and the first quarter of the 1900s, scientific development, especially in microbiology steered in a novel aspect for the field of public health. This bacteriologic phase of the public health movement was led by the discoveries of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch and...
Definition of the problem A female patient was suffering from a terminal ailment and she was admitted in the intensive care unit for specialized treatment (Zalon, Constantino & Andrews, 2008). She was experiencing unbearable pain before she decided to call for the nurse for assistance. She complained that she was...
Introduction In spite of the attempt by the healthcare providers to provide cancer patients with ‘effective analgesia’, pain as a result of the disease continues being suboptimaly treated and also under recognised. Nearly 18 million new diagnosis of cancer have been made in the United States since 1990. In 2008,...
Modernization and improvement of the healthcare system in any country is the process that never stops. However, medical facilities face a number of different challenges while trying to achieve the goal of developing efficient approaches to healthcare services. Before deciding where to move next, managers must have a good understanding...
Mortality rates differ from one country to another. The developing countries have a higher mortality rate compared to the developed country (Hitchens, 2012). This research paper will focus on the mortality rate of Haiti. Haiti is a Central American and Caribbean country, but it is ranked among the developing countries....
Introduction At least once in a lifetime, an individual undergoes a distressing period when they experience flu. Whether mild or severe, the virus that causes flu spreads in the body, weakening its immunity. The influenza virus multiplies at different rates in the respiratory organs causing different mildness or severe flu...
The article “Nurse Exposure to Physical and Nonphysical Violence, Bullying, and Sexual Harassment: A Quantitative Review” represents one of the many scholarly efforts initiated by researchers to comprehend the dynamics of nursing violence in practice settings. This critique reviews the introductory sections of this article with the view to illuminating...
Abstract This critique is based on the quantitative study by Lee and King (2014) titled: “Exploring death anxiety and burnout among staff members who work in outpatient hemodialysis units”. The article is anchored in the intensity of tasks necessary to extend the life of a patient, which could lead to...
Introduction The improvement of healthcare in the United States is a priority for the government. It defines the creation of initiatives intended to measure the quality of medical services for further development of the industry (Burstin et al., 2016). Moreover, present-day programs aim to eliminate issues emerging in the healthcare...
In the article “Nurses’ Perceptions of Research Utilization in a Corporate Health Care System”, the author explores certain characteristics of caregivers based on various aspects such as level of education, experience, and nursing positions that affect the quality of health care (McClusky, 2008). According to the researcher, such aspects affect...
The quality of the health care can be increased with the help of implementation of new management systems aimed at making the storage and use of information about the patients, innovations in medical practise, current events, and other issues useful for healthcare staff freely available, easily accessible, though more secured...
The Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) are some of the main journal accrediting bodies especially in the field of nursing practice. They offer access to a plethora of standards and other important documents listing...
Abstract The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) enacted the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in October 2014. The DNP program is a single entry degree that the Advanced Practicing Nurses should pursue at the beginning of 2015. This resulted in remarkable changes in the nursing programs. From research...
Introduction Health education in the United States of America has undergone major transformation regard the way it is undertaken in pursuit of improving the health status and wellness of the population. Health education in the United States of America is influenced by health care structure and health care policy. Impact...
Introduction AIDS happens to be one of the major health concerns not only in the United States but also in the world. It is justifiable to state that the United States is doing well as far as dealing with the disease is concerned compared to most countries in the world,...
Introduction Health care is a rather important sphere of human life. The progress of medicine allows people nowadays to work on inventing the cures and treatments for such serious diseases as cancer. Needless to say, there are people who support and oppose the newly found cures. The article Public Radio...
Human resources management is vital to the functioning of the healthcare system. For this reason, it is critical to not only attract talent but also unlock its potential to the fullest. An effective healthcare manager should be able to motivate healthcare workers to be at the top of their performance....
The United States faces various problems in the realm of healthcare. The issue of access to its services is outstanding and is, in many ways, related to the high prices of drugs. This tendency causes inequality and destructively affect the underprivileged groups of the society. The government should either change...
Introduction The North Broward Hospital District is a public, non-profit, tax-assisted hospital system with a network of more than 35 health care facilities. They offer a full spectrum of services to meet virtually any medical need of Broward County residents in its service area. Broward General Medical Center is part...
