Communication and Leadership in Nursing

Introduction Communication is an essential part of life. No institution can operate without communication between its staff, leaders, and customers. In nursing, leaders have to utilize effective communication strategies to ensure professionalism in the workplace. This paper will examine various aspects of effective communication and conflict resolution in nursing settings....

The Role of Nurse Practitioner

Nurses constitute the largest category of health practitioners in the US healthcare system, and they are usually the first ones who contact patients in hospitals. The number of the registered nurse practitioners (NPs) continues to grow and the demand for high-quality care and well-developed skills and competencies in medicine increases...

Risk Factors for Hypokinetic Disease

First Family Member The first family member is my sister, twenty-six years old. She claims not to have any specific dietary practices, although she agrees that she consumes fast food often (more than four times per week, at work). She began to smoke when she was 21, but she claims...

Evidence-Based Projects’ Clinical & Statistical Significance

Introduction While conducting or analyzing an evidence-based practice (EBP) study, it is necessary to have the skills of differentiating between statistical significance and clinical significance. Significance is a statistical term that shows a low probability that any relationships or divergences in a study occurred by chance (Keele, 2011). In research...

Circumcision Ethical Dilemma and Nurse’s Role in It

Introduction Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin of a male child’s penile skin. In some African tribes, this ritual takes place in girls as well, namely, circumcision of the clitoris and the labia minora. However, this paper focuses on the procedure in males. Circumcision of newborn boys for...

Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Theory

Introduction Dorothea Elizabeth Orem (1914-2007) was a nursing theorist and the pioneer of the self-care nursing theory. She received a nursing diploma from Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, DC. Also, Orem earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education and a Master of Science in Nursing Education from...

Art and Science Relationship in Nursing

The most important part of every health system is the workforce. Many health care providers, who have quite a mixed variety of specific responsibilities, are involved in the health care process. Nurses are the largest and one of the most important groups of these specialists. Some people consider the nursing...

The Role of Music in Nursing and Enhancing Patient Care

Introduction There is no doubt that music can be regarded as one of the greatest inventions of humanity. The phenomenon of music is difficult to be described in words as it touches upon the sphere of human feelings that present quite a poorly studied side of our nature. Because of...

Technology in Nursing Practice

Introduction The patient care environment has changed significantly because of the introduction of technology in nursing practice. Many nurses are technology literate and use technology to provide quality patient care (Ball 42). Nurses have transformed from passive consumers to active consumers of technology in efforts to improve their practice while...

American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics: Overview and Analysis

The main objective of nursing is to have one group of human beings care for another group of vulnerable-human beings. Therefore, patients consider nurses as skilled counterparts who can take care of their (patients) needs professionally. The American Nurses Association (ANA) provides nursing practitioners with a code of ethics that...

Cultural Competence in Nursing

Introduction The nursing profession has witnessed a number of emerging trends, which aim at improving service delivery in a contemporary work environment. One of the trends that have emerged in the nursing profession is cultural competency. Cultural competency refers to the ability of an individual to understand and relate well...

Joint Commission: National Patient Safety Goals

Introduction Patient safety remains to be one of the main concerns in areas of health care and nursing. The Joint Commission is an organization that is responsible for accrediting health care facilities, and patient safety is one of the main criteria to consider while making a decision in hospitals (The...

Nursing Communication Process

This paper is focused on verbal and nonverbal elements of communication in nursing profession. It also assesses the importance of effective nursing communication process with patients in healthcare. Five Elements of the Communication Process The five elements of the communication process include the sender, message, receiver, channels, and feedback. Finkleman...

Huntington Hospital: Strategic Planning & Employee Morale

Overview Huntington Hospital (HH) is a non-profit regional medical organization in this case study. The 635-bed facility is located in Pasadena, California. In 2002, the US News & World Report indicated that the institution was among the top-performing institutions (Soule & Drabkin, 2015). Its vision is to “be the leader...

Cultural Awareness in Healthcare: A Case Study on Nigerian Background

Introduction Cultural awareness is among the pillars of quality treatment in healthcare. By considering each individual’s unique characteristics and background, it is possible to build trust between a healthcare professional and the patient. In my experience, I had an opportunity to interview J.C. J.S., who comes from Nigeria and has...

The Importance of Elderly Care in Islam: A Faith-Based Perspective

Basic Belief Systems of Faith Communities Muslim faith communities, which constitute one of the fastest-growing religious groups in the United States, is based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad as depicted in the Qur’an, the holy book of Islam. The fundamental beliefs of Islam include Tawhid, the belief in...

Colon Cleanse vs. Anti-Parasitic Cleanse: A Procedural Comparison

Introduction A colon cleanse and an anti-parasitic cleanse are two different types of detoxification methods designed to rid the body of harmful substances, toxins, and parasites. While these two cleansing procedures share the common goal of promoting health and wellness, they differ significantly in their purpose, method, and potential benefits....

A Culture of Excellence: Mission, Vision, and Leadership in Healthcare

Introduction A culture of excellence is particularly important in healthcare settings as it enables patients to receive the highest level of care. A clear mission, vision, and values in the leadership of an organization are essential to achieving a culture of excellence (Lasrado & Kassem, 2021). Motivating employees and their...

Lifestyle Diseases: Causes and Treatment

Some illnesses are caused by how people live; hence, such infections are known as lifestyle diseases. For instance, cigarette smoking increases the risk of acquiring diabetes. The more a person smokes, the greater their risk of developing diabetes. Quitting smoking and taking the medication increases the chances of lowering diabetes....

The Behavioral System Model: Analysis

Theory Description The Behavior System Model of Nursing is well-known and practiced nowadays. It was originally introduced in 1968 by Dorothy Johnson, a professor of nursing at the University of California (McEwen, M., 2018, p.155). The process of creating this framework started in the late 1950s when she investigated the...

The Caritas Process and Nursing Principles

In nursing, the role of care in the promotion of health and well-being, as well as in the prevention of disease in the theory of health care, is fundamental. It should be a foreground for any nurse to care for the person and form transpersonal relationships with patients. The professional...

Muscular Strength and Muscular Endurance

Introduction Muscle strength is the maximum load a muscle can withstand. Exercises to create conditions of isometric contraction and single-weight maximum allow one to determine the magnitude and nature of muscle strength (Cronkleton, 2019). After receiving the appropriate signal from the brain, the muscle fibers begin to work, which leads...

The Rehabilitation Center Visitor’s Experiences

A place that has a special significance to my loved ones and me is a rehabilitation center. Accordingly, the present essay focuses on describing such a facility with the purpose of explaining the dominant impression of an individual upon setting foot in the institution’s lobby. When a person first enters...

The Role of Managed Care Organizations

Managed care organizations (MCOs) have become integral to the modern healthcare environment. These organizations provide various services, including health insurance, network management, and utilization management. The administrative role of healthcare organizations in executing risk management policies and ensuring compliance with MCO standards involves several key functions. Firstly, healthcare organizations must...

The Importance of Pathophysiology in Making Patient Care Decisions

One of the most critical tasks of pathophysiology remains the formation of principles and methods of treatment and prevention of diseases. However, it is impossible to develop pharmacotherapeutic approaches without high-quality diagnostics based on a doctor’s clinical judgment and knowledge of the causes, circumstances and typical patterns of progression and...

Healthcare Systems in England vs. the US

England is the country that the student has chosen for analysis. The National Health Service is a tax-funded healthcare organization in England. The difference is that American healthcare organizations are funded through insurance programs like Medicare or Medicaid. Politics, culture, and other essential aspects affect the distribution of medical services...

Assessment Tools in Recreational Therapy

Introduction Assessment in recreational therapy involves evaluating an individual’s physical, cognitive, emotional, and social functioning. The assessment seeks to determine a person’s rehabilitation needs and goals. This process typically involves several steps and methods, and recreational therapists can use several evidence-based assessment tools to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions...

Micro Policy Advocacy for a Pregnant Teenager

Teenage pregnancy is an acute issue all around the world. When analyzing the topic of teenage pregnancies, one can see the detrimental impact of poor sex education and how it can result in low quality of life for parents and children. Thus, when facing the issue of teenage pregnancies, authorities...

Benefits of Evidence-Based Practice

Evidenced Based Practice (EBP), as used in healthcare, refers to the approach employed by practitioners in health centers to determine the most current, better-quality research that can be used to inform their service delivery. Nurses make use of EBP guidelines when evaluating appropriate care choice for patients. When this happens,...

Pathophysiology and Pathopharmacology in Nursing

Taking the Pathophysiology and Pathopharmacology course greatly contributed to my professional development because I improved my understanding of the basics of pathophysiology and pathopharmacology. Pathophysiology describes painful conditions in human physiology, while pathopharmacology is aimed at the treatment of illnesses. Hence, these two sciences direct the healthcare practitioner’s attention to...

The Issue of Misuse of Prescription Drugs

Introduction The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports that prescription drug abuse is a growing problem in the United States. NIDA defines prescription drug abuse as “taking a medication that is not prescribed for you, or taking it for reasons or in doses other than what is recommended” (National...

Advanced Practice Nurses: Health Improvement

Introduction People and organizations require advanced practice nurses in health promotion. Nurses help people make healthy choices by providing treatment and education. advanced practice nurses may also campaign for health fairness and inclusion. They engage community partners to ensure everyone has access to health resources. Advanced practice nurses may monitor...

Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Processes

The practitioner’s knowledge of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes plays an important role in medication treatment prescribing and contributes to overall patient health outcomes. The patient’s individual characteristics can significantly influence the medication’s absorption and distribution capacities. Furthermore, inefficient drug excretion can present a threat to the patient’s health depending on...

The Transformational Leadership in Nursing

Introduction At my last job, we struggled with the issue of professional burnout in a collaborative setting. Since many nurses have been employed at the facility for a considerable time, many have started to lose their sense of purpose. Perlo et al. (2017) supply that “with increasing demands on time,...

Medical Ethics: The Four Topics Model

Introduction The four topics approach is used in ethical decision-making in the healthcare industry. Ethical issues can be especially challenging in the medical field since a person in an ethical situation is both a subject and object of moral behavior, which can be difficult for healthcare professionals (Gray, 2021). The...

The Clinical Systems’ Impact on Outcomes and Efficiencies

Introduction The healthcare sector deals with human life and hence quality in service delivery is of uttermost importance. Stakeholders in this field have embraced the use of various clinical systems for easy operations and better patient outcomes. Improvement in technology has helped the health sector in advancing its procedures especially...

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners’ Key Functions

A primary mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) plays a crucial role in providing mental health services. Psychiatric nurse practitioners frequently function as educators to patients, their caregivers, medical peers, and communities, promoting the concept that mental health is an important part of overall health. The function of a PMHNP is...

DNP Admission Essay: Polypharmacy in an Elderly Population

A nurse leader is expected to be a capable team leader and organizer, skilled in care delivery and administrative roles. Therefore, becoming a quality nurse leader requires being a competent care provider and mastering administrative skills and leadership techniques on a solid level. A Doctor-Nursing Practice (DNP) degree will help...

Sleep Deprivation

Introduction Over the past years, lack of sleep has become a health issue affecting a significant number of people across the globe. Many individuals do not obtain enough quality sleep, which then affects their health, and their capacity to undertake their daily routines. SD is caused by aspects such as...

Post-Intubation Acute Encephalopathy in Patients

Introduction In recent years, there has been an increase in cases of post-intubation acute encephalopathy (PAE) in patients with hypercapnic and hypoxia respiratory failure. PAE is a potentially fatal condition that can occur when a patient is intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation. Most cases of PAE are caused by...

Disabilities in O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Introduction A Good Man is Hard to Find was a short story written by Flannery O’Connor with another stories collection in 1985. The story commences with an argument between Bailey and her mother about whether the trip needs to be in Tennessee or Florida. The journey entails Bailey’s children, wife,...

PICOT and Nursing Practice Problem

Introduction Evidence-based practice presents an approach in which research evidence can be used for guidance in the decision-making process. PICOT is a tool used in clinical research that provides a clear formulation of elements within the research’s question. The use of the PICOT tool significantly contributes to the overall efficiency...

Blood Type AB+: The Importance of Understanding Blood Type

Many people die due to lack of blood; this happens when there is no appropriate donor to save them. Blood transfusion has been embraced in contemporary society, and the government, and the majority of people, are aware of their blood types. Today, people voluntarily donate blood to help patients in...

Medical Gatekeeping and Related Ethical Dilemmas

Both the pro and con sides of gatekeeping take advantage of the doctor’s de facto role as the gatekeeper for patient access to services. However, the objectives are not mainly in the patient’s best interests. The moral dilemmas come into play when these other interests compromise the patient’s faith in...

Pneumonia: Pathophysiology, Manifestations, and Management

Case Summary Tom went to the ER with signs and symptoms of community-acquired pneumonia in this case study. Coughing and shortness of breath were the most common complaints. The goal of this research was to provide a framework for using the nursing process to establish a care plan for a...

Ethical Considerations and Counseling Skills in Therapy

Maintaining Boundaries One of the ethical issues I encountered during the practicum is lack of boundaries between a professional and a client. On meeting some of the patients at the site, I unknowingly formed a relationship that went beyond the professional lines which proved to be a challenge when attending...

Water Intake and Output: Mechanisms of Regulation

Did you know that more than 60% of the human body is water? Likely yes, it is one of the well-known anatomical facts, but the extent of it and complex mechanisms which regulate water in the bodies are often underestimated. It is important to start with statistics, with 73% of...

Malaria: Causes and Prevention

Some infectious diseases reappear again after a period of decline in incidence. One of such reemerging acute febrile infectious diseases is malaria. Every 30 seconds, it becomes the reason for a child’s death (Fauci, 2005). The symptoms include high temperature, headache, and muscle pains. The causative agents are the reason...

Health Informatics and Its Definition

Introduction Digitalization and the integration of information and communication technologies in all spheres of human life are omnipresent; health care benefits from such a technological shift as well. Health informatics is an intersection of computer and information technologies with health systems that are aimed at facilitating healthcare opportunities (Hurley, 2012)....

Nursing Theory in Practice Examples

The profession of a nurse requires specialists to possess certain knowledge to direct their practice. Nursing knowledge has developed through several eras since the 1900s and is now characterized by the theory utilization era (Alligood, 2014). In the current period, nurses are meant to use philosophies, models, and theories for...

Role of a Nurse Leader in Budgeting

Introduction Healthcare organizations operate within a predetermined budget prepared by the financial department and the nurse manager. Primarily, the expenditure estimates are based on the experiences from the past years and expected activities for the current year. Mostly, a bigger percentage of the budget goes to staff payroll and recurrent...

Teratogens and Their Effect on Mothers and Children

Introduction Teratogens are substances, such as medications, chemicals, or diseases, that can induce aberrant development in the womb. Teratogens are ambient substances that, when introduced to the mother, can disrupt normal fetal development, culminating in gestational maldevelopment or mortality (Tsamantioti and Hashmi, 2020). There are billions of possible teratogens, but...

Role of the DSM-5 Classification in Psychiatry

The DSM-5 classification is written and used in order to help psychiatric professionals within the industry more universally understand, diagnose and describe mental disorders. The classification contains many common and rare conditions, each of which are properly separated into types and categories. The book is extremely useful to any practicing...

Public Schools and Vaccination of Youth

Vaccines could be described as safety measures to prevent illnesses by stimulating an immune system to produce a prepared defense against a particular sickness. Although vaccines have been highly associated with protecting from COVID-19 since the recent pandemic, their variety is more comprehensive than some may assume. This essay investigates...

Evidence-Based Practice and the Quadruple Aim

The Quadruple Aim is a framework based on the Triple Aim approach, which was, in turn, developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to create a more efficient system of health care delivery. The Quadruple Aim framework includes four major domains: “reducing costs, improving population health and patient experience, and...

Telehealth Technologies in Nursing Practice

The need to improve the delivery of quality care to patients has led to the innovation of various technological practices in the healthcare system. Following the application of devices such as computers, mobile phones, and laptops, nurses are capable of contacting sick individuals to offer required care services irrespective of...

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses

Organization Overview The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) is a non-profit membership organization that focuses on promoting and improving women’s and newborns’ health while strengthening the nursing profession through research, advocacy, and extensive training. The association’s mission is “making a difference in the lives of women...

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Case Study

Case Scenario Mr. M., a 54-year-old white insurance employee, sees a urologist and complains of pain when urinating. He comes to the appointment with his wife, who was the initiator of the visit to the medical specialist. According to the patient, in the last two months, he began to go...

Aspects of Palliative Care in Healthcare

Introduction The following article observes and analyzes a number of themes and topics associated with palliative care. The report recounts the key concepts and principles that guide the appropriate use of palliative care in healthcare settings. Following this, the presence of palliative care in neurological practices is outlined, issues and...

Healthcare Informatics: Introduction to Theory

The Use of Electronic Health Records The introduction of electronic health records (EHR) is changing the paper records system for many healthcare workers. EHR can alert the nurse on a patient’s potential issues, such as allergies or intolerance to a specific medication. The latest technology in data mining and record-keeping...

Drug Misuse and Its Effects on Children

Introduction Drug misuse refers to using a substance in a manner, not per applicable legal or medical guidelines. Health and body functioning are negatively affected, and the condition may manifest itself in drug dependence or an array of other harmful and problematic behaviors. A person’s toxic or chronic use of...

The Importance of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Healthcare

Interdisciplinary cooperation has been on the rise in the last few years in healthcare system and its impact has been substantial. The increased focus on preventative healthcare services and demand for holistic patient-centered care has led to the integration of human services in healthcare to ensure the delivery of top-notch...

The Design of a New Psychiatric Hospital

Introduction A psychiatric hospital is among the most necessary facilities in a city. Life challenges and different socio-economic conditions significantly alter people’s living conditions, exposing them to various psychiatric disorders. The proposed hospital will solve the considerably high need for a mental facility in Las Vegas. Design, staffing, and maintenance...

The Role of the Registered Nurse in Intellectual Disability

Introduction Quality care metrics offer a measuring system that provides real-time reports and a standardized system to track and benchmark the quality of care. These metrics can determine and support nurses’ contribution to high-quality client care and many more (Health Service Executive, 2018). Person-centered communication and personal assessment are some...

Aspects of the Health Awareness

The healthcare setting of the 21st century can be characterized by the intensifying dialogue between clinical experts and the population. More specifically, the professional community increasingly recognizes the bilateral nature of medical relations. In this regard, people must be taught the key principles of personal and public health through effective...

Japan’s Food Patterns and Nutrition Habits

The name of the country and foods and/or beverages commonly consumed I chose Japan as the country of choice for the assignment. The most commonly consumed foods among the Japanese people include sushi and sashimi, ramen, Tempura, Kare-raisu (curry rice), and okonomiyaki (Murakami et al. 108). Under MyPlate, sushi and...

ADHD & Personality

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterized by neurological impairments in human behavior that begin in childhood. The disease often manifests itself at the age of seven years or with the start of regular schooling or preparatory group. ADHD is characterized by inattention and high distractibility of the child in...

The History of Mental Health Legislation in England and Wales

Introduction Madness and insanity challenge people at different times in their lives. Early civilisations did not have enough knowledge about mental health but related these disorders with something supernatural. Mental health services in England and Wales are determined by many social, cultural, political, and medical events between the 18th and...

Autism Causes and Treatment in Childhood

Autism spectrum disorder is broadly complicated, and with time and research, it becomes a more significant brain condition. These conditions can be characterized by asocial behavior and problematic communication. There have recently been issues regarding a growing number of children with diagnosed ASD, and this work aims to clarify symptoms,...

Healthcare Delivery Systems in Different Countries

Introduction The provision of qualified and timely medical care is one of the most important aspects of a person’s life. The American healthcare system is often subjected to criticism and proposals for reform. To do this, it is proposed to take into account the experience of foreign countries. This is...

Nonallergic Asthma: Nursing (SOAP) Care Plan

Patient Initials JD. Subjective Data Chief Compliant: JD states that “she is having severe wheezing, shortness of breath, and coughing at least once daily.” History of Present Illness: The patient has been experiencing frequent asthma attacks for the past two months; she takes theophylline and albuterol to manage this condition....

The School Lunches: Main Challenges

Introduction Proper nutrition is an essential element of the correct development in children, and since they spend a considerable portion of their days at school, meals there must be well-balanced. In other words, school students must have access to quality food while in school to ensure that all of their...

Impact of Workplace Conflict on Patient Care

Like any other field, interpersonal disagreements are inevitable in healthcare institutions. The conflicts might be caused by several factors, ranging from personal discontent, role incompatibilities, lack of information and communication, and workplace anxiety. These disruptive behaviors are more likely to entail stress and frustration, and weak team collaboration among healthcare...

Maternal and Paternal Factors of Fetus Development

There is a higher risk for an adolescent mother to have pregnancy complications including pallor, and hypertension. Gestational diabetes typically disappears after the mother conceives an offspring. If untreated, gestational diabetes can cause untimely birth, the child having breathing issues upon entering the world, jaundice, or low glucose. There are...

Perfect Competition and the Cost of Healthcare

Introduction Markets can be organized according to different competitive structures, including perfect competition, monopoly, imperfect competition, and oligopoly. Perfect competition is largely considered theoretical because it comprises certain features that may be impossible to replicate in the real world. Aside from the features of a perfectly competitive market, examining how...

Panic Disorder: Causes, Signs, Symptoms, and Treatments

Panic disorder is a condition where one experiences repeated unanticipated panic attacks. People who have the disorder stay in fear of experiencing panic attacks. One may have a panic attack when they experience sudden, overwhelming fright with no definite cause. A panic attack’s physical symptoms include sweating, having difficulty in...

The Capstone Project: The Issue of Hypertension

Presentation of Approved Intervention to the Patient, Family, or Group Hypertension was the health problem that I handled for the Capstone project. In this project, I interacted with Mrs. S.J., a 71-year-old-female hypertensive female, and her family. Wenger et al. (2018) showed that hypertension kills 1 in 5 American women...

Becoming a Culturally Competent Nurse

As described by Jana Lauderdale, cultural competence is a continuum with extreme humility on one end and extreme openness on another end. It implies keeping close to one’s own beliefs and concepts and being open to what patients may tell you if you ask. In other words, in terms of...

Interpersonal Skills in Professional Supervision

When training health practitioners for autonomous practice, experienced professionals in healthcare play a crucial step in stimulating their interpersonal skills. This implies that education programs incorporate units of means of improving relationships with other people. Through clinical supervision, a health organization can improve on its professional support by encouraging self-assessment,...

Experimental Studies Discussion

Experimental studies, also called interventional studies, are studies where the researcher arranges the conditions in which the participants are placed, or conducts an intervention on them to assess its impact and consequences and test a hypothesis. In experimental studies, the researcher has control over the specifics of an intervention, who...

Alzheimer’s Disease: A Literature Review

Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common illnesses affecting large populations across the world. AD is a form of dementia accounting for 60% to 80% of all cases of dementia. Others in the dementia category include Lewy bodies, vascular dementia, mixed dementia, and frontotemporal dementia among others....

Cardiology: Heart and Circulatory System

The primary function of the heart is to pump blood throughout the organism, a process in which the liquid undergoes numerous transformations that enable it to support many crucial bodily functions. It accepts deoxygenated blood, pumps it to the lungs, where it is enriched with oxygen, and back, and then...

Clinical Practice Guidelines Overview

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) refer to the analytically established statements that help support the choice of medical practitioners and patients about the proper health care for definite conditions. These guidelines are planned to offer summarized suggestions aimed at providing better healthcare services. A trustworthy CPG relies on a review of...

Importance, Scope, and Definition of Clinical Supervision

Introduction Psychologists are essentially more concerned with the study of the human mind. People need not subject their minds to dogmatism. Hence, issues that are akin to critical evaluation of human behaviors must be clear and concise. For this reason, consideration of supervision in the clinical context demands a clear...

Individuals Should Not Be Allowed to Sell Their Body Organs

Introduction Organ donation encompasses an individual’s deliberate choice allowing their body part(s) to be removed and transplanted to another person. It is a legal process whose legitimacy is obtained through such means as the donor’s consent given when alive or dead or by the assent of their next of kin....

Asthma in the Modern World

Introduction Some of the materials covered in this course include the respiratory system and its diseases, such as asthma. When I was young, I had a friend called Brian, who always walked with the asthma inhaler. Other children used to make fun of him when he had asthma attacks, and...

The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Case Study

The notion of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stands for a health condition the patient struggles with when having faced a stressful experience that later affects one’s cognitive-behavioral patterns. In the following case scenario, Sam is dealing with mental health issues due to his traumatic experience during the Vietnam War, where...

“Alyssa’s Story: Including Patients and Families in Delivery of Care”: Case Study

Alyssa, a nine-year-old girl, died because of several medical errors performed by the hospital staff, as it was reported by her mother Carole Hemmelgarn and described in the case. Hemmelgarn’s main emphasis is on the fact that patient safety should be a priority for all medical settings. In this particular...

Kaiser Permanente Company and Its Strategies for the Future

Kaiser Permanente is an integrated health care organization that was established in 1945. It is based in Oakland, California, USA. It consists of three entities. These are Kaiser Foundation hospitals, Kaiser Foundation health plan and its groups, and regional Permanente medical group. Kaiser Permanente vision is to be a leader...

The Five R’s Approach to Ethical Nursing Practice

Important personal values for a nurse include autonomy, respect for an individual, commitment, integrity, sympathy, and accuracy. They are critical for nurses because these values determine the approach to caring for a patient. In society, similar values play a crucial role because community members also pay attention to honesty, dignity,...

Mandated Nurses Patient Ratios for California

A mandated nurse-patient ratio is a legislative regulation that was passed as a law in the state of California, about thirteen years ago. The idea of the minimum nurse-to-patient ratios was first proposed and implemented in the State, where it was enacted into law. The enactment would facilitate significant changes...

The Effectiveness of the Internet in Healthcare

The internet today has become indispensable. The various areas that the internet has impacted on include the way friends and family communicate, facilitation of trade of goods and services, made research on different topics easy, and it has acted as a means through which people can entertain themselves through (Kardia...

Role of the Pediatric Nurse in Family-Centered Care For Toddlers

Introduction Pediatric nurses play an important role as intermediaries between the family, the child, and the healthcare system. Their job is very multifaceted and is crucial to ensuring the health and safety of the population, as many diseases and illnesses that could develop during the first years of life transfer...

Pharmacology Transcribe: Explore More

The take away for this teachable explore more is that I want you to remember medications that are on medication list, and what are they for, what are the side effects are and contraindications, and nursing consideration for each medication that is on that list. Now, let us do a...

The Impact of Nursing Informatics on Patient Outcomes

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to propose a nursing informatics project based on the use of natural language processing (NLP) to analyze adverse events and incidents in the hospital setting. The implementation of the proposed project will allow for monitoring risk factors for adverse events and incidents, which...

Rational Emotive Therapy in Counseling

Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) is an exceptionally important tool in counseling since it helps a client accurately identify self-defeating thoughts, challenge their rationality, and successfully replace them with healthier feelings. REBT primarily focuses on the present as the main task of this approach is to recognize unhealthy patterns of...

Diffusion of Innovations Theory in Public Health

Prevention Intervention and Selected Article The selected injury prevention intervention chosen for this paper is alcohol and drug addiction education, an innovation that can combine several steps of intervention and different programs. Various programs that focused on alcohol, tobacco, and drug addiction education has been already implemented in the United...

The Concept of Nursing Informatics

Introduction The 21st century has seen significant progress in terms of computer technology growth and its practical applications in a variety of spheres. Modern informatics allows for efficient data storage and exchange, thus contributing to the quality of services. This factor plays a role of paramount importance in healthcare, as...

Concept of Self-Compassion in Gestalt and Existential Methods

Counseling can offer numerous strategies to deal with traumatic events in one’s life effectively. The concept of self-compassion can be utilized in different therapeutic approaches and provide people with tools to address their issues or transition from one stage in their life to another. This post will examine self-compassion in...

Hospital Corporation of America: SWOT Analysis

SWOT Analysis SWOT analysis is a commonly used method to analyze the internal and external environment of any company, including Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). A SWOT analysis evaluates strengths and weaknesses (internal factors) together with opportunities and threats (external factors). HCA Healthcare Inc. is one of the leading healthcare...

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Introduction In this paper, the organizational system of Baptist Health (BH) will be analyzed. Baptist Health is a community, faith-based hospital that serves the Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia community. The analysis of Baptist Hospital’s organizational system will be based on Collin’s framework for advanced organizational analysis. It will focus...

Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

Introduction Today, emotional intelligence (EI) is a crucial competence for the leader in any field, and nursing is not an exception. The level of the leader’s EI has the tremendous impact on one’s team performance, as well as the effectiveness of the leader oneself. In the following paper, the effects...

Leukemia: the Definition and Treatment

Abstract Leukemia is an abnormality in the growth of white blood cells. Normally, cancer develops into different kinds of blood cells resulting in the classification of the disease. Types of leukemia range from acute lymphocytic leukemia to chronic myelocytic leukemia. Several methods have been applied in the diagnosis of leukemia....

Developing an Implementation Plan

Method of obtaining necessary approval and securing support At first, it is necessary to submit a written report to the administrators of the hospital since they should decide whether an intervention can be launched. This report will include several elements. In particular, one should explain the nature of the problem...

Nurse Leader Interview Paper

Introduction Leaders play a critical role in the management of organizations. According to Somech (2006), leaders are tasked with the role of managing teams in order to ensure that organizations achieve their strategic goals. In order to achieve the set goals, leaders apply different leadership approaches. The type of leadership...

Antibiotics: Definition, Uses, and Examples

Definition Antibiotics are drugs that are used in the treatment of infections (Lancini, Parenti & Gallo, 1995). The main causative agents of these infections are bacteria alongside other microorganisms. The ability of a microorganism to produce a substance that can hinder the growth of infection was initially used as an...

LASIK Procedure: Benefits and Potential Risks

Nowadays, people with bad vision can finally eliminate the glasses or contact lenses and clearly see this world in bright colors. This can be achieved with the help of LASIK eye surgery. It is a procedure during which a laser reshapes the eye’s cornea and corrects some vision conditions, such...

Applying Theory to a Practice Problem in Nursing

Introduction and Problem of Practice This paper examines the significance of applications of theory in nursing practical situations. Concerned with the care of communities, families and individuals, nursing is an expansive discipline within the health sector, which encompasses collaborative and autonomous care of sick or health people in various settings....

Electronic Health Records: Advantages and Disadvantages

Abstract Electronic Health Records refers to the process of systematically collecting and recording of patients’ health details electronically as opposed to the use of the traditional paper charts (Ajami & Arabchadegani, 2013). Often, the electronic health record system relies on real-time record information about a patient, as well as contains...

Why Health Insurance Should Cover Art and Music Therapy?

The artistic compositions can influence more than we can imagine. The individuals subject to art therapies indicate their arousal in both physical and mental levels. Considering the mentioned, music and art therapy are not simply for pleasure, but they can also bring a remedy for patients who went through trauma...

Evidence Based Practice Overview

Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) entails the application of the best clinical facts in order to make informed decisions about care delivery. According to Newhouse and Spring (2010), EBP entails the selection of interventions by the use of available scientific evidence in order to ensure that patients receive the best care....

Nursing Leadership and Management: Quantum Leadership

A concept in leadership and management that has attracted the attention of many scholars in the recent past is quantum leadership. Concisely, quantum leadership in a given organization refers to an examination of the interaction of different forces in the organization. It focuses on how these forces can be managed...

The Role of Chief Nursing Officer

Abstract A Chief Nursing Officer can only transform an organization’s vision using strong leadership skills. From bedside roles, nurses can grow into responsible boardroom partners tasked with the delivery of high-quality care. I have learned that strong leadership skills can help CNOs realize their vision for a care organization. With...

Pros and Cons of Mandatory Continuing Nursing Education

The necessity for continuing nursing education (CNE) has been well established and documented, with available scholarship demonstrating an association between mandatory CNE and the actualization of professional competence among nurses (Smith, 2003). Indeed, CNE is not only seen as the cornerstone to the professional development of nurses within healthcare settings...

Myocardial Infarction: Case Study

Symptoms Pain in the chest and other parts of the body like the left arm are the most common symptoms of myocardial infarction. The patient was also out of breathe, and he looked weary, and these are also symptoms associated with MI. The pain associated with MI emanates from the...

The New Cancer Cure

Introduction Cancer is one of the leading killer diseases in the world and there aren’t any 100 percent effective treatments for it, as a result it has troubled many scientists who have been working towards finding a cure for it. Cancer is caused by cells that grow out of control...

Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention

The relevance of a healthy lifestyle today is caused, on the one hand, by an increase and change in the nature of loads on the human body due to the complication of social life, an increase in the risks of a technogenic, environmental, psychological, political and military nature. There is...

Baxter Water Treatment Plants and Public Health

The Baxter Water Treatment Plant is the largest water treatment facility in Philadelphia, supplying about 60 percent of the city’s drinking water. The government of Pennsylvania invested $73.3 million for the reconstruction and modernization of the Torresdale Water Pumping station supplying tap water from the Baxter (Rademaekers, 2020). The photograph...

COVID-19: Information About Vaccination

Introduction COVID-19 is an infectious viral high-contagious disease with predominant damage to lung tissue. Pathognomonic clinical signs are respiratory failure and distress syndrome (Cennimo, 2020). In addition to these symptoms, patients complain about a dry cough, fever, and weakness. Although the first wave of coronavirus is already behind and the...

“Fresh Faces” by Sascha deGersdorff

In the article, “Fresh Faces,” the author, Sascha deGersdorff asserts that teens’ cosmetic surgery is on the rise and is creating a new social norm in society due to the constant pressure from the media. As cosmetic surgery is becoming more socially acceptable amongst all ages, it raises a lot...

PICO Format in Nursing

Evidence-based practice is essential for nurses to enhance patient outcomes and provide high-quality evidence. Although clinical experience is an essential part of nursing, it is vital not to ignore recent developments in guidelines and research that offer modern, practical solutions for patients. In the chosen scenario, the nurse was instilling...

The Process of Food Poisoning in General

Food poisoning is a foodborne syndrome that results from the intake of contaminated foods. It is a common illness that often results from the consumption of food and drinks that are contaminated by bacteria toxins, parasites, and viruses and can also result from ingestion of noninfectious poisons and heavy metals....

Legal Aspect of Health Care Administrator

Administrator malpractices on common law dictate that physician is held legally responsible for negligence-related action. Negligence is a form of conduct caused by carelessness that constitutes a departure from the standard of care generally imposed on a reasonable member of society. Forms of negligence include malfeasance which involves doing unlawful...

Leadership and Communication in Healthcare Setting

Introduction Leadership in healthcare is one of the most important issues which helps medical staff to ensure effective and high quality services delivered to patients. Task forces consistently identified significant and interdependent elements of leadership that are in dangerously low supply in their organization. An ineffective leadership process and the...

Health Promotion Concepts and Factors

Health promotion is a complex process that involves different aspects of human life and relations with the environment. The healthcare model involves social, economic, and personal development issues important for every individual. Participation in healthcare promotion is intended not only to lead to a more efficient and effective delivery system...

Spiritual Needs Assessment

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

Evidence-Based Practice, Paradigms, and Theories in Nursing

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

Preceptorship in Nursing and Career Development

Role of the mentor in developing professional practice Mentorship refers to the professional support provided by an experienced colleague to a practitioner or trainee towards “making successful transitions in work, knowledge and personal growth” (Allen 24). A mentor is a role model who is passionate about helping another person to...

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the Hospital

In the current course, the most exciting topic for me is personal protective equipment (PPE) in the hospital. The area fascinates me in particular because PPE is of the highest importance for every healthcare facility, and it unites all hospitals regardless of their profiles. In the present paper, I provide...

Working as a Head Nurse: Personal Experience

Modern medicine is inextricably linked to the constant stress conditions created by high daily patients’ flow, a variety of problems, and the search for an individual approach to each patient. Such a chaotic state can be confusing, as medical personnel does not always understand exactly which tasks are more important...

Healthy People Initiative 2030 vs. 2020

Introduction The Healthy People (HP) program envisions a healthier nation with a lower preventable disease burden. For decades, this initiative has guided federal efforts to prevent specific diseases and promote healthy behaviors. Priority health issues are first identified before formulating measurable objectives for preventing diseases and promoting health. Then, concerted...

Ethics in Nursing Overview and Analysis

On a daily basis, nurses face ethical concerns about their actions. Nursing ethics plays a significant role in the acceptance of her literate and responsible decisions. In particular, its principles describe the areas of self-determination of the patient, ensuring his safety, confidentiality, justice in relation to him and others. This...

Nurse Informaticist’s Role and Opportunities

Nursing Informatics and the Nurse Informaticist Today, there is a number of healthcare specialties that improve technically gifted people’s ability to contribute to the quality of care, patient safety, and positive treatment outcomes. Nursing informatics is among these relatively new and rapidly growing fields of study. In general, it can...

Change as a Concept in Contemporary Nursing Practice

Introduction The purpose of writing this essay is to fulfill the requirements of the module “Contemporary Nursing Practice” in the MSc program that the author is undertaking. The author chose this concept to investigate looking back into the problems he faced with the nurses being moved from one institution to...

Type C Personality as a Risk Factor for Cancer

Abstract This section of the research drive presents a synthesis of the consulted literature on the subjects of the relationship between Type C personality and the cancer risk factor. The presentation comes in the background of a protracted focus on the Type A and Type B person types researches while...

“Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing” by Rainer

The problems of ethical regulation of modern nursing practice are relevant today. The ethical dilemmas that a nurse may face are varied, and understanding the core concepts behind them will help the nurse find solutions to these issues (Butts & Rich, 2019). Rainer et al. (2018), in their integrative review...

Hospital Organizational Structure Breakdown

Any hospital has an adequately organized structure, consisting of specific components without which the healthcare organization will not function for its patients’ benefit. Thus, any hospital has a board of directors responsible for each healthcare department’s decision-making (Rivier University, 2020). The hospitals that are religiously affiliated usually have clergy or...

Telemedicine Concepts and Essentials

Introduction Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication technology to provide medical services to people remotely, but sometimes can be used to provide medical information between doctors in different places. This type of technology can be as simple as two medical doctors discussing over the phone, or as complicated as the...

The Role of a Registered Nurse in a Multidisciplinary Team

Introduction The problem of nurse role and responsibility has been debated a lot, and still, there is no definite definition of it. Nurses in the multidisciplinary team are responsible for a lot of things and perform a great many roles. Being a nurse, much work should be provided, moreover, nurses...

Community Health Nursing: Home Care

The health and general well-being of citizens should always be a priority for local authorities. It is hard to deny that it is not enough to give people equal access to the healthcare sector. Besides making the healthcare system simple and available for patients, it is also important to control...

Nursing: The Five Stages of Grief

Who is the nurse theorist we associate with the five stages of grief? Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is the nurse scholar identified with the five stages of grief. She intended to learn what the patients were contemplating while they were dying. With her first-hand study, she developed the famous five-stage theory popularly...

Collaboration and Leadership Reflection in Nursing

Interprofessional collaboration implies the engagement of several healthcare experts with different backgrounds and specializations to work with patients and their families to enhance the quality of their treatment. The current video describes my experience of such collaboration. Apart from that, the video presents suggestions on how to improve the quality...

Family Health Assessment: Weaknesses and Strengths

Introduction Understanding a family’s features is an essential aspect of nursing practice as it helps determine the right approach for intervention. However, the assessment requires data that can be collected through observation or survey. This paper will examine the benefits of interviews to assess the structure, weaknesses, and strengths of...