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Introduction News bulletins report a stunning statement coming from some of the primary healthcare providers in the USA. Having been fed up with unfair prices and obscene shortages of primary and basic medications, the representatives of four leading US health systems have announced plans for developing a not-for-profit drug company...
Introduction Improving the quality of life in elderly patients through a holistic approach towards quality of care has always been one of the primary goals of the US healthcare system. The USA sees an increase in the elderly population, standing at 46 million people aged 65 or older. By 2060,...
Abstract A nursing practice based on the evidence implies a conscious search and critical evaluation of the available scientific evidence and the subsequent selection of the optimum tactics to the patients’ treatment taking into account their individual characteristics and requirements. In other words, the evidence-based practice involves a combination of...
Lessons from the Video The video “Second Opinion with T. R. Reid: Inside Ayurvedic Medicine” gives a critical analysis of Ayurvedic medicine. After Reid’s surgeon in Denver suggested that his shoulder should be replaced using surgery, he decided to pursue other medical options in India. The most outstanding lesson from...
Kendall’s Electronic Health Information System In alignment with the need for keeping medical errors at bay, the adoption of electronic health information systems had prompted the development of various applications to aid in the achievement of this cause. Meditech is one such application that is used in the Kendall regional...
The course on human growth and development was an excellent opportunity to enhance my knowledge of various issues connected to growing up and aging. I believe that a solid understanding of the various developmental stages can help me in my future work as a nurse, as it will enable me...
Introduction Restraint and seclusion are considered some of the more inhumane practices in modern medicine. The presented evidence-based project is designed to address this issue by reducing the instances of restraint and seclusion in hospitals through higher quality of care being provided to the patients, patient-focused interventions, and even introduction...
Executive Summary This paper deals with some drawbacks of the current Canadian healthcare system and includes a brief description of possible policies that could address the issues mentioned. The major issues the system has are the substantial governmental investment and insufficient health outcomes. The country is facing numerous issues, which...
In order to provide the best patient care in the increasingly complex healthcare settings, today’s nurses are expected to possess the attributes of leadership and be aware of leadership practices related to their field. It is true for nurses in administrative positions, but it is also true for nurses who...
Introduction Health policy is a highly complicated issue as it deals with a whole variety of problems that have to be taken into consideration. Policies can affect both separate individuals and organizations determining their access to certain health care services, availability of medications and technology, etc. (Shi, & Singh, 2014)....
Background Although the concept of responsibility might not seem like a difficult one to grasp, it often eludes members of healthcare (Düchting 11). The specified phenomenon can be attributed to the fact that following a set of rigid ethical standards in the environment that can be described as extremely challenging...
Student 1 Perspective The contemporary medical industry is aimed at providing patients with high-quality care. However, it appears clear that it is impossible to organize health care services in a way that would allow for 100% efficiency. Of course, this leads to lower quality care and the dissatisfaction of clients....
The present paper is devoted to the analysis of a form and reports that were created for a database, which is based on the information from SEER, a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. The form is made in the split view: it allows us to enter all the data...
In connection with the increase in the number of patients with diseases of the musculoskeletal system in medical practice, a large number of new techniques have been observed in recent years. The manual therapy is associated with a field of medical practice, representing a complex system of manual medical methods...
Definition The phenomenon of Health Information Exchange (HIE) is typically rendered as the process of gathering, processing, and distributing health-related data by the corresponding facilities within a specific community (Hoyt & Yoshihashi, 2014). To put it simply, HIE implies the design of a proper data management strategy in the healthcare...
Defining the Community The type of population that is being assessed is a Pediatric aggregate. The population used for the community assessment is school-age children in grades 9 through 12. The community is the Miami-Dade County that is a south-eastern part of Florida State. According to the United States Census...
From an ethical standpoint, it is obvious that universal health care is one of the fundamental human rights. Health is directly associated with the quality of life and at least in some instances can be tied to the right to life. From a broader perspective, it is possible to consider...
Health care is a highly dynamic field that constantly evolves and reviews its core concepts. Naturally, with improvements in means of care delivery and the changing social and scientific standards, the understanding of the goals and objectives of health care were also reshaped. Among these changes are the definitions of...
Patient Initials G. M. D. Subjective Data The patient is a 65-year-old female of Caucasian origin who was discharged from the hospital almost three months ago after she had been injured in a car crash. The patient complains of frequent cough, shortness of breath, and wheezing. She also claims that...
Nursing: Science or Art? Balancing Between the Art and Science of Nursing Although nursing is typically viewed from an academic perspective, there are two sides to the phenomenon in question; particularly, it can be viewed as not only science but also art. Claiming that nursing can only be defined as...
Leadership Traits for Successful Management in the Clinical Arena Leadership is not simply a role one is forced to take on at his/her work; it is always a choice that distinguishes a born leader from a regular employee. Regarding the sphere of nursing, “successful nurse leaders are those who engage...
Ethics and leadership are indivisible. For an individual to be an active leader, they must be ethical. Ralston and Schroeder (2015) define ethics as the values that dictate individual’s behaviors or way of doing things. Ethics influences the decisions that a leader makes, particularly when in a dilemma. An ethical...
Diagnosis disclosure can cause complex ethical issues, which nursing professionals need to address, even despite possible inconveniences or adverse effects. Diagnosis disclosure to minors is a more complicated issue as children and adolescents have the right to understand what is happening to them, but family involvement can hinder it. The...
The above anticipated changes in nursing were presented to several colleagues in my department. Most of the listeners were glad to understand some of the major changes that will be experienced in the future by nurses. The nurses also acknowledged the fact that nursing was a changing field that continued...
The article “Deployment of Six Sigma Methodology to Reduce Complications in Intravitreal Injections” reveals how Six Sigma principles can be utilized in the modern healthcare delivery setting. According to the authors, this quality improvement method was initially used in manufacturing processes, but now it has more spheres for use such...
Introduction Tobacco smoking is one of the major causes of various diseases and premature mortality among adults. The recent statistics show that the smoking prevalence in the United States for both genders is 17%, whereas female prevalence equals 13% and male prevalence is 22% (World Health Organization [WHO], 2017). The...
Topic Description The idea that physical activity early on in life may help to improve cognitive function later on in life considerably is not new. There are many approaches and thoughts on how this particular issue can be developed. Best (2010) proves that cognitive function, and executive functioning in particular,...
Introduction Diabetes is one of the most widespread chronic diseases, which are known in the world. Apart from being a critical health problem, it affects various aspects of the lives of people who are diagnosed with it. Therefore, the disease in question might change the lifestyle due to its complications...
Description of Published Health Article For purposes of this paper, we choose to use an article by Chirowa, Atwood and Van der Putten (2013) to demonstrate the use of big data in public health. The article explores the relationship between gender inequality, health expenditure, and maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa....
Abstract The literature concerning counseling acknowledges the importance of building rapport as a basis for enhancing a working alliance with the aim of offering excellent services. This is the foundation of working agreements, group counseling sessions, and joint conferences, mainly constructed through common face-to-face communications. Today the technology has a...
Family Composition The family chosen for the assessment consists of four members: husband, wife, and their two daughters. The extended family is not large as the husband’s parents live abroad and rarely visit. Both of the grandparents from the mother’s side live in a retirement home; however, the family sees...
Introduction The term “autism” originated at the beginning of the twentieth century and was coined by a Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler (Feinstein 5). Bleuler identified autism as a mode of thinking, opposing it to another mode: logical and realistic (Feinstein 6). Thus, the historical definition of autistic thinking,...
Strategic Planning Model All organizations that operate in the current markets need to develop an annual business plan to ensure that it will be able to reach the desired future and meet a range of goals for growth. Its key components are included in strategic planning that provides the foundation...
Effective leadership in any organization has major value for the establishment of its image and success. In healthcare facilities, leadership is extremely important since people’s welfare and even lives depend on the leaders’ decisions and actions. At every level of the healthcare process, there are people who organize and sustain...
Definition of Nursing In the Maternal Role-Attainment Theory, Ramona Mercer fails to give a clear definition of the nursing meta-paradigm. However, the theory goes further to argue that nursing is “a science that emerges from the turbulent transition from adolescence to adulthood” (Thomas & Zimmer-Gembeck, 2012, p. 256). The scientific...
Falls are defined as a situation when a person is inadvertently lying on the ground, floor, or any other place. Injuries related to falls could be fatal but most of these injuries are nonlethal in spite of the fact that they bring plenty of sufferings to the patient. This paper...
The clinical problem that will be considered in the proposed research consists of the challenge of suicide prevention in older patients, especially those suffering from terminal illnesses. In general, suicidal thoughts in older people can be viewed as a significant health concern; for example, in the US, over 6,000 older...
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Policies The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2018) works towards improving the state of healthcare in the United States. The foundation explores many spheres of healthcare, including nursing. In its initiative, called “Charting Nursing’s Future,” the foundation examines and prioritizes a number of issues. First of...
Introduction Nursing is one of the professions in the field of health. Nurse practitioners (NPs) use their skills to offer timely, high-quality, and safe care to communities, individuals, and families (Duran & Cetinkaya-Uslusoy, 2015). They provide adequate support to ensure more people maintain or attain optimal health. The wide range...
Introduction The concepts of usability, integration, and interoperability in the context of healthcare technologies refer to a variety of processes and events associated with the use of data to support the delivery of high-quality care to patients. The usability of healthcare technologies is explained as an extent to which individuals...
As the patient’s symptoms of heartburn remain persistent, stronger antacids might be recommended to reduce the intensity of pain and the recurrence of symptoms. Antacid Maximum Strength can be prescribed to the patient, but only for one to two weeks, as its ineffectiveness might indicate that the patient does not...
Introduction Based on the subjective and objective data presented in the case, it is possible to assume C.D. has hypertension (HT). It is one of the most widespread chronic disorders among adults: it affects nearly 1 billion people around the globe (Wise & Charchar, 2016). HT decreases the quality of...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital pays great attention to continuous quality and safety improvement, focusing on research, inpatient, and outpatient care. The observation of the official website that presents the recent data related to the hospital performance illustrates that such domains of health care quality as timeliness,...
Chronic kidney disease, also known as renal disease, is a condition which leads to a gradual loss of renal function and results in kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease. While chronic kidney disease is generally recognized as progressive and irreversible, a variety of treatments exist which help manage the condition...
Demographic statistics and literature steadily point to a correlation between formal education and various adverse individual health outcomes, including diseases, accidents, picking up bad habits like smoking and drug abuse, mental disorders, and even mortality due to different causes. Most sources point to the fact that people who have received...
The bill that I would like to discuss in this post touches upon the problem of patient education related to mental health and the consequences of issues that often remain unnoticed (postpartum depression). The title of the bill is SB 138: Perinatal Mental Health and it was created by Lauren...
Introduction Knowing that the psychological well-being of cancer patients can have an impact on their physical condition, many researchers pay attention to the effects of various interventions on cancer patients’ mood. In her research, Lesiuk (2015) aims to define the effectiveness of an intervention that uses music as a tool...
Introduction Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic illness marked by hyperglycemia which derives from insulin action or insulin secretion deficiency. Chronic hyperglycemia may lead to such long-term harm as dysfunction or failure of the organs. Most frequently, diabetes impacts kidneys, nerves, eyes, blood vessels, and heart (American Diabetes Association, 2010). In...
Introduction Healthcare institutions monitor the experiences of their clients to identify new methods that can improve the quality of care available to them. Nurses cooperate with patients whenever providing care to them. Patient experiences are greatly impacted by the skills and obligations of nurses. Various environmental factors in every healthcare...
Problem It is evident that the principal reasons why people to begin using fad diets are, the desire to achieve visible effects in a short period of time, and the lack of education about the potential side-effects of maintaining a low-fat, low-calorie diet in the long term. These two factors...
Introduction Over the recent years, there has been a significant increase of incidence rates for various diseases in the elderly population (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease: APC = 3.96%, 95% CI = 2.67, 5.26%; renal disease: APC = 8.56%, 95% CI = 7.62, 9.50%; melanoma: APC = 6.15%, 95% CI = 4.31,...
Heart disease is a serious health problem that poses a significant danger to the population. In this paper, the issue of heart disease among women in the U.S. is considered, and some ways in which the situation can be improved are discussed. The problem of heart disease among women is...
Introduction Cancer is a chronic disease that emanates from genetic mutations, which causes cells to lose their cellular regulation mechanisms and grow uncontrollably. The uncontrolled growth of cells in the body forms cancerous cells that affect tissues and organs in where they occur or spread to other tissues and organs...
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) The patient could be suffering from SLE as she reported muscle aches without stiffness and a skin rash with an increased photosensitivity. These symptoms are associated with Lupus, the chronic inflammatory condition that is most commonly found in women of childbearing age (Bartels, 2016). The reasonableness...
Drug to Drug Interactions Drug to drug interactions are among the major causes of medicine-induced harm in patients with various diseases. According to recent statistics, the problem occurs in over 1.9 million of individuals annually and results in up to 220.000 emergency department referrals per year (Scheife et al., 2015)....
Taking a Sexual History from an Adolescent Taking a sexual history is a necessary part of a gynecologic examination (Hawkins, Roberto-Nichols, & Stanley-Haney, 2016). It is crucial in case there is a probability of sexually transmitted diseases which are also frequent among adolescents (Neinstein, 2009). Taking a sexual history from...
Learning Goals and Objectives Obesity is a persistent problem in many developed countries. According to Fox (2016), over 40% of American females are obese. The percentage of children and teenagers who have some degree of obesity is also concerning: the study found over 17% of children and teenagers to be...
Introduction A fee-for-service model is the most commonly used payment scheme in healthcare. In the frame of this model, a healthcare provider is paid essentially for the scope of services he or she performs. On the one hand, this model encourages healthcare providers to provide a client with the maximal...
Abstract The advantage of transformational leadership if compared to the transactional one is that, instead of maintaining status-quo, it allows a leader to adjust the performance of the staff to the requirements of a complicated situation. Therefore, transformational leadership is a number one choice for a CDC director. Having accepted...
Introduction Assessment is referred to as a collection of data about the state of health at the individual or family level. It is a general opinion that modern families experience constant stresses in their everyday living, which makes it difficult for them to participate in healthy activities. An unhealthy way...
Introduction Nowadays, it has become significantly difficult for physicians to differentiate between Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) especially for T1D, which is treatable with insulin injection and T2D that is treatable through the intake of a specific diet and loss of weight. Oram et al. (2015)...
Social determinants of health (SDOH) have a great impact on healthcare reform due to the possibility of SDOH to affect health risks and outcomes (“Social determinants of health,” 2017). Organizations may use SDOH to reduce healthcare costs through providing the most suitable conditions for people to live, work, play, and...
Evidence-based practice (EBP) models are the approaches that are used by nurses to solve problems, improve their knowledge, and develop the required number of professional and personal skills. These models are focused on current evidence and the importance to interpret the material properly. Many models can be offered to nurses....
Introduction Irritable bowel syndrome also referred to as IBS, is one of the most highly prevalent bowel disorders without regard to age and gender of a patient. It is commonly associated with a dysfunctional bowel movement. In addition to it, another common symptom is a pain in the abdomen. The...
The issue of vaccinations is often discussed on an international level. Governments do not underestimate the importance of immunization. However, it is regularly undermined by citizens, who believe that vaccination of their children is not necessary. In fact, many states, including the state of Florida, have special exemption policies that...
Introduction Overweight in children and adolescents is a problem that requires its further discussion at all social levels in order to prevent increases in obesity rates with the help of combining community and family efforts (Janicke et al., 2014). The current literature related to the problem of pediatric obesity is...
Introduction During the last several years the United States faced a new health issue that was not so critical before. Childhood obesity turned out to be a crucial problem, as the number of persons who suffer from it has quadrupled over the last thirty years (Dawes, 2014). With the development...
Comprehensive Management of Patient, Client, and Community Care Earlier I used to work as a visiting nurse for some time and care for people with disabilities. Today, I am engaged in the treatment of different patients, including both sedentary and those who are temporarily experiencing some health problems. If I...
Introduction Transgender individuals are people who assume a gender definition of identity that differs from gender assigned to them at birth. This social group experiences a diverse range of hardships that originate from social stigma caused by social transphobia. The results of the said stigma include social isolation, economic challenges,...
Purpose of the Study The primary goal of the study is the evaluation of the traditional 8-hour and longer 12- and 13-hour shift scheduling models, their potential impacts on RNs’ health and productivity, as well as the overall organizational culture and performance. The research findings will support the development of...
As pointed out by Lippeveld, Sauerborn, and Bodart (2000), the World’s Health Organization has described healthcare information systems as a critical factor required to ensure the health of the population at the beginning of the 2000s. besides, the experts of the organizations noted that in the contemporary world, information is...
Based on the symptoms, it is possible to assume that the patient has lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune, inflammatory disorder. It progresses as a result of impairments in the immune system when it starts to treat the body cells as foreign and try to destroy them (Maidhof & Hilas, 2012)....
What article did you choose? The article chosen for the assignment was Mindfulness meditation for chronic pain: systematic review and meta-analysis by Hilton et al. (2017). Why did you select this article versus the others? There are several reasons why I chose this article. First, the type of study used...
Epidemiological and Surveillance Data Three population-based communicable illnesses have been chosen for analysis: influenza, tuberculosis, and AIDS. To obtain relevant and reliable epidemiological and surveillance data for Miami, Florida (zip code 33018), online resources were used; the Florida Department of Health publishes monthly reports concerning infectious disease services and disease...
Article Review Research has indicated that black women have the biggest burden of stroke in relation to women from any other racial group in the US (Beal, 2014). Nevertheless, awareness of stroke among African American women is still significantly low. The paper criticizes an article by Beal (2014), which is...
Introduction The USA has one of the largest elderly populations in the world. As it stands, the current number of elders aged 65 or older is around 45 million people, which, according to the Population Reference Bureau (2016), is estimated to increase to about 98 million by the end of...
Discussion The older population in the United States has become more diverse than it was decades ago. Thus, nurses need to learn more about backgrounds, experiences, values, and visions of different cultural groups with the focus on the specifics of working with older people. Native Americans, including American Indians and...
Abstract The question of diversity is important to be addressed in organizations in order to propose effective development and learning activities. To respect diverse learners means to address their needs in the policy and procedure statement used to declare the requirements for the inclusive policy. The diversity model represents the...
Assessing a chief complaint A patient is an 18-month-old female, Samantha, whose complaints include bloody diarrhea and vomiting. No dehydration is present. To diagnose the patient, several questions and the analysis of historical and clinical findings are required. The questions should depend on the age of the patient because of...
Types of health care providers Health care providers in a hospital Providers in residential long-term care facilities Providers of ambulatory health care Providers of different ancillary services Retailers and other providers of medical goods Providers of preventive care services Note: Hospitals are primarily involved in health care services to inpatients...
Introduction Presently, societies are grappling with the effects occasioned by lifestyles changes. Poor diets and unhealthy lifestyles have led to an increase in the rate of people suffering from diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and a range of weight problems. To combat these challenges, medical facilities need to institute policies...
Anorexia Nervosa: Overview and Symptoms Becoming infamously well-known in the 20th century, when beauty standards reinforced the images of painfully slim people, anorexia nervosa (AN) still remains one of major health concerns. Although the phenomenon of anorexia nervosa is typically viewed as the effect of the environmental influences, particularly, the...
Narrative of the Literature Search A literature search is an integral part of any research because it allows evaluating previous findings and coordinating the direction of new research. When it comes to nursing, a literature search is usually a complicated process due to the existence of many databases and the...
Introduction This case describes the medical condition of a 26-year-old woman. She has recently begun to suffer breathlessness, the lack of energy, and depressing thoughts. The symptoms got much worse during menstruation. While the patient was playing golf in a mountainous area, she felt slightly faint. She was taken to...
Introduction In nursing, the sole work of a nurse or registered nurse is to offer care to patients and ensure everything is in accordance with the doctor’s requirements (Greenfield & Braithwaite, 2008). It is, therefore, the responsibility of the nurse to ensure quick recovery of the patients thanks to the...
Important Elements of the Description The first key element in the description of the patient’s worsening depression and development of various mental illnesses, includes her having had a fifth child while being only 29 years old. The second important element is that she smokes pot twice a day which is...
Introduction Various studies focus on the effect the collaboration between nurses and other healthcare professionals has on patient health outcomes. It has been found that ineffective collaboration is the “root cause” of more than 70% of medical errors (Fewster-Thuente, 2015). Nurses and physicians fail to share information properly, which leads...
An elderly woman is in a coma. Although there are good chances that she will regain consciousness and restore health, it might take years. Her son has to decide whether to keep feeding tubes in or not. The issue relating to inserting feeding tubes is very complicated. Many clinicians insist...
Introduction The nursing profession is often viewed as challenging, and the issue of nurse shortage and turnover is typical of many healthcare facilities. Studies indicate that nurses can choose to leave their organizations because of a range of external and internal factors (Chan, Tam, Lung, Wong, & Chau, 2013; Nei,...
Introduction The journal in question is Journal of Research in Nursing, and it dwells upon a variety of issues related to research in the nursing practice. It includes articles that highlight different aspects of research in nursing. Thus, the journal is a platform for sharing ideas on ways to implement...
The issues covered in this week’s discussion will include the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), particularly, the tools that junior and senior students can use to educate patients on the subject matter. By the end of the session, the audience will be capable of: Providing the target population with the...
Introduction A report published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reviews the conditions and quality of care available for elderly people living in assisted living facilities (ALF) versus those receiving care at home. According to the authors, the number of older adults in the United States is constantly...
Introduction Over the last decade, there has been significant development of biomedical research in the field of genomics, the cellular basis of the pathogenesis of diseases, and the definition of methods for their drug correction. Nevertheless, the gap between practical health care and traditional methods of diagnosis and theoretical information...
Introduction New findings can help nurses to advance their practice and make the quality of healthcare better than before. However, every improvement should have a strong foundation to be implemented because baseless suggestions should not be used to address such a delicate part of humans’ life as their health. For...
Introduction In this paper, the role of nurse practitioners will be discussed. The problems in collaboration with physicians, limited autonomy, and the growing shortage of the medical staff are the current problems nurse practitioners have to face. Role The advanced nurse role selected for the research is the nurse practitioner...
PICOT Question In geriatric patients with diabetic foot ulcerations, does vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) improve recovery time in wound management than moist gauze dressing? Setting/Context Diabetic foot ulcers manifest as chronic wounds, inflammation, or sepsis localized to the lower limbs in elderly people with diabetic Mellitus (DM) (Schaper, Apelqvist & Bakker,...
Background The research problem is suicide ideation among adolescents, and the particular area to be studied is the role of family and professional support. To identify whether such support can help reduce suicide ideation and rates, it is primarily necessary to explore the causes of suicide ideation and attempts among...
Introduction of Community The community is located in Miami, Florida. Its territory is about 1,898.6 square miles meaning that 1,418.5 people live per square mile (Census Reporter, 2017). However, it is not always possible to meet so many people outside in the daytime because many of them are in their...
Introduction Facing death is regarded to be a serious challenge for people, resulting in a natural wish to control their last days. Still, sometimes patients might become unconscious or incompetent to make decisions at their last life stage. Therefore, health care institutions are working towards improving care for patients at...
Critique of a Research Article: Introduction The article “Is Distance Education the Answer to the Nursing Shortage” raises an interesting issue that should be analyzed by stakeholders in the healthcare sector. The author examines how the increased demand for nurses and nursing education has led to the promotion of diverse...
Political activism is often understood as a series of confrontational actions meant to eliminate existing obstacles (social, political, economic, etc.) in order to achieve activists’ goals. Thus, there is a misconception of activism as a militant public protest. However, nonviolent actions caused by political responsibility of citizens make a more...
The selected specialty for this discussion is that of a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). Pastor, Cunningham, and Kuiper (2015) indicate that an FNP is an advanced practice registered nurse who collaborates with other professionals to ensure quality family-focused medical services are available to the targeted clients. The purpose of this...
General Aspects of the Technology Topic Science and medicine: rapidly developing technologies; Technological innovations expand healthcare facilities’ potential; Along with opportunities, there are threats; Cybersecurity: one of the greatest dangers; Security threats exist in every sphere; Lost data leads to adverse outcomes. In the world of fast-developing technologies, there are...
Introduction Nurse-to-patient ratio is a rather important factor that contributes to the overall performance of a healthcare facility or institution, and that determines the quality of work and patient safety (Cimiotti, Barton, Gorman, Sloane, & Aiken, 2014). In addition, this ratio is also tightly connected to the level of job...
Introduction If we talk about the spheres of healthcare and nursing, the specialist needs to know the methods and approaches used during physical assessment and possess proper observation skills (Dugan, 2016). The extended knowledge in the sphere connected to assessment methods for neurological and musculoskeletal systems are significant because proper...
Abstract The problem of inequity in health care provision is particularly acute since it creates a barrier to the continual improvement of health care services. Despite numerous reforms and strategy updates, there is still a large list of vulnerable groups that experience difficulties accessing medical services. The paper at hand...
Introduction Social media platforms have affected different aspects of health care service provision, data management, and patient-nurse relationships (Aathi, 2014). Consequently, many researchers have written extensive articles about its impact on the sector to provide more insight about how health practitioners could adopt it in their practice (Gunson & Chawngthu,...
Judging by the results of the study on the genetic predisposition of people to certain diseases based on their residence places, it can be noted that the information obtained quite clearly emphasizes the influence of heredity. For example, when analyzing the data of researchers that the Japanese living in the...
Health Insurance According to the website, Florida residents who seek for medical insurance have several options. Eligible individuals can apply for public health plans. The first option is Medicaid, a social program oriented towards people with limited resources. Importantly, the website also mentions that Florida chose not to expand Medicaid...
Introduction Medication errors should be prevented because they result in increased expenses in health care (Smeulers, Onderwater, Zwieten, & Vermuelen, 2014). Such errors are capable of causing patient harm even though they are easily preventable. Hospitals with the magnet status designation use appropriate strategies and practices in an attempt to...
Due to the criticality of physical and mental health consequences of childhood obesity, the central objective of the proposed research is to find a relevant and accurate answer to the following clinical question: for childhood obesity (P), what are the effects of after-school education practices programs (I) compared to currently...
What is Nursing? Nursing is a profession that involves providing essential health care to the patients, so they are able to live a full life and maintain proper health level. There are different definitions of what it means to work as a nurse, but all of them share a common...
Specialty Nursing Organization For this assignment, I chose the American Nursing Informatics Association [ANIA] (2016a), which is a national specialty nursing organization as it “links nurses who practice in a particular area” (nursing informatics), creates a “subculture of nurses with common interests” operates in 50 states of the US (Leddy...
Overview Being a participant of the RN-to-BSN program, I have to participate in specific scholarly activities or some kind of professional practice in order to improve the already gained knowledge and share my personal experience. Today, there are many scholarly practices available to students, and it is not enough to...
Introduction/Identification Important Findings Obsession with sweets Obsession with sugary treats Does not have health insurance Practices self-treatment Buys only cheap medicine The patient overuses different products that contain an enormous quantity of sugar in them. Also, the patient does not want to pay for her health insurance, as she considers...
Nursing Practitioner The Advanced Nursing Practitioner (ANP) possesses the expertise to function as a superior general practice nurse in providing health care for a wide scope of health care and social needs of patients. The patient who has been placed under primary care can consult the ANP in cases where...
Evidence-based practice is a part of the collective triumph of an organization. The incorporation of research evidence requires being encompassed along with the knowledge and clinical proficiency. Research evidence and quality improvement are critical factors for the wellbeing of the hospital (Hall, & Roussel, 2014). Evidence-Based Practice Disadvantages of Evidence-Based...
Trends Related to Childhood Obesity Health care professionals along with lawmakers, parents, and teachers are nowadays deeply concerned with the increased rates of childhood obesity as well as the potential risks it brings. One of the most prominent trends related to obesity in children is the increased spread and availability...
Childhood obesity is one of the most critical health issues in the United States. As for now, nearly every third child is either obese or overweight (Kothandan, 2014). That is why it is imperative to pay special attention to the prevention of childhood obesity as well as obesity-related health issues....
Introduction There are many citizens of the United States of America from the state of Florida that cannot afford proper medical treatment due to the high medicine prices. This factor remains one of the most significant issues in the state’s healthcare policy. The primary purpose of the following analysis is...
Introduction The clinical problem that will be examined in this paper is nurses’ burnout at work and the efficiency of stress strategies that nurses use to reduce the impact of burnout on their practice. Although a wide range of literature covers burnout in nurses and its consequences, it rarely discusses...
Introduction The United States have a diverse population, and the share of Jews in it is rather big. As of 2015, there were about 16 million Jews around the world. The United States have the second world’s largest Jewish population of 5.7 million. Their communities are spread throughout the country....
Topic: business and economics Name: Course code: Tutor’s Name: Date Business and economics A medical care is a community based facility/organization that is focused on providing health services to the population trough specialists and able to maintain a good record in solving health related problems. A specialist is defined as...
Applicable Change The suggested change is an intervention focused on checking whether the increased number of nurses can promote employee retention, improve patient outcomes, and prevent medical errors. The problem of nurse understaffing in healthcare facilities is frequently reported to be the cause of severe outcomes both for employees and...
Defining the Community This paper assesses the geriatric population within the state of Florida, the US, who live in the nursing homes in Baker County. This population represents the elderly who are currently unable to live with their families because of health issues that require supervision and assistance or absence...
Alzheimer’s disease is an untreatable condition that destroys brain cells and nerves, thus afflicting many important memory functions (“Alzheimer’s disease,” n.d.). It is the number one cause of dementia in the majority of the patients. As it stands, the scientists are unsure of what exactly causes Alzheimer’s syndrome, but the...
The Problem and Significance Chronic kidney failure is a disease characterized by severe limitations in the working capabilities of a patient’s kidneys. This disease frequently occurs among elderly patients between ages 65 and 74, due to the natural aging of organs, and factors that contribute to damaging and interrupting the...
Introduction In recent years, several major laws affecting the practice of public health were enacted, aimed to minimize health disparities by lowering costs and improving the accessibility of health care. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) in particular showed that major changes were needed to improve the quality and affordability of...
Introduction The field of nursing has been evolving over the last decade to meet the increasing and changing societal health needs. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a special report to address the role of nurses in the fast-changing health care industry. The concept of patient-based care requires...
Two Practice-Specific Concepts Every nursing theory and philosophy should be supported by several practice-based concepts and explanations. Concept analysis is a crucial step in the development of nursing theories that have to be taken at the beginning to reduce ambiguity and focus on accuracy (Alligood, 2014). Regarding the already discussed...
Introduction There have been numerous concerns over the subject of nursing shortage in the United States of America (Aiken, 2007). Such concerns are based on the fact that the increased rate of nursing shortage in the US has adversely affected the delivery of quality nursing services in the country (Shirey,...
A nurse must make sure that the needs of all community members are met. However, in a multicultural environment, the identified task becomes increasingly difficult. To address the issues observed in Miami, FL, one will have to consider combining the local health initiatives with the Healthy People 2020 project. Illness...
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is designed in such a way that it can provide adequate and timely care to high-risk patients. The current use of modern technology and informatics is transforming how ICU units deliver exemplary care to their patients (Darvish, Bahramnezhad, Keyhanian, & Navidhamidi, 2014). The narrator of...
Abstract Bias and prejudice are inevitable when working with people. Even though it is believed that some areas of human interactions cannot be influenced by inequalities, it is not true in real life, and the health care industry is not an exception. In this paper, the health of vulnerable populations...
The contemporary health care setting I will discuss in this paper is Empathy Care Home Health. This organization is aimed at providing high-quality care for its patients using the limited resources available for this purpose. The proposed project will focus on the lack of personnel, which is one of the...
Challenges Related to Evaluation and Reporting Description of the Mary Open Doors Program The Mary Open Doors public health program focuses on assisting victims of domestic abuse through advocacy efforts aimed at drawing attention to the scourge. The program involves providing victims with medicine, health care services, counseling services, food,...
Introduction Faith-based communities have developed the concepts of health and healing that are consistent with the principles of nursing. For instance, parish nurses adhere to such principles as professionalism, care, compassion, understanding, support, empathy as well as spiritual and psychological guidance (Roberts, 2014). These values have been developed in the...
Introduction The activities of professional nurses require not only high professionalism and compliance with all necessary rules but also the ability to find the right approach to a patient. In the practice of many medical workers, conflicts caused by different reasons occur quite often. If it happens, it means that...
Inadequate nurse staffing levels affect almost all aspects of the delivery of health care services. According to the American Nurses Association, the nursing shortage can increase to 1 million RN by 2020 if the issue is not properly addressed (as cited in Zinn, Guglielmi, Davis, & Moses, 2012). The aim...
Ethical Issues One of the primary ethical issues arising in the course of the research is making sure that the chosen Community Nursing Intervention does not compromise children’s health. A provider of healthcare should review the effectiveness of the chosen intervention, along with the executive capacity of the child (Perryman...
Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) implies the rational application of current evidence related to clinical expertise and core patient needs to direct decisions in health care. To ensure the efficiency of EBP and its best outcomes, the implemented evidence should be recent, credible, and of high quality. It may not always...
Introduction The reduction of funding in healthcare and the gradual decrease in the amount of the available costs is one of the most common trends in contemporary healthcare in the United States. The trend is accompanied by the complications in the form of the tightening of the Medicaid and Medicare...
The incidence and prevalence of overweight has been increasing rapidly; today the problem has become a major health concern. The following paper outlines a plan for a family-based intervention to reduce obesity. The rationale for the preference is backed by current research. For example, a study by Sung-Chan, Sung, and...
Chin and Sakuda (2012) indicate that “patient care technologies include a wide range of devices such as catheters, barcode drug administration systems, social media, smartphones, and electronic health records (HERs)” (p. 52). The effective and sustainable use of these care technologies can make it easier for nurses to provide safe...
The article by Zaleska, Olszewski, and Durlik is focused on the exploration of the practical benefits of the use of mechanical devices for pneumatic compression (IPC). Such devices are a technology that was designed to replace the manual lymphatic drainage in patients with lower limb lymphedema. The manual drainage is...
Introduction Care for elderly patients requires increased responsibility from the nursing staff since people in old age, as a rule, cannot provide themselves with all the necessary conditions for life. Especially it concerns those who have severe chronic diseases and are forced to spend a long time in medical centers....
Introduction The presented study touches upon one of the most difficult and yet common dilemmas in the modern world. Jessica is a working woman with hopes and aspirations for a successful and financially stable future. Unfortunately, it is in jeopardy due to a fetal abnormality that her unborn child has...
The modern healthcare sector is one of the most important aspects that might guarantee societys survival and further evolution. For this reason, it is given such great attention. Besides, the nature of this sector presupposes the close cooperation with patients who should be provided with care and other services to...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as the Obamacare, sparked off a lot of controversy dividing the people into two sides; some sing the praises to the act while others take a dim view believing that it has more cons than pros. With all the pros and cons, the...
Introduction Manual therapy has long been employed to treat various health issues. Various types of manual therapy have been used since ancient times (Paris, 2015). The therapy involves putting pressure on muscles and manipulating joints. As its name suggests, practitioners use their hands rather than devices or machines (Bise, Piva,...
