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Objective and Subjective Data In order to determine a presumptive nursing diagnosis, it is necessary to collect and document all subjective and objective data that can be obtained from a patient. Accurate physical assessment, medical history, laboratory data, and verbal reports from either the patient or their friend are the...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the diseases the prevalence of which continues to rise all around the world. It is confirmed to be a burden for patients because of increasing treatment costs and reducing life expectancies. The approaches to the treatment of type 2 diabetes are expanding nowadays....
Introduction The problem of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) often contributes to deaths and high rates of infestations among patients during their hospital stays. According to the statistics on infection-associated deaths, mortality rates linked to CLABSIs can range from 5% to 35%, which points to the need to carefully choosing...
Community Case Study Community case study of Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers allows observing the ways in which the collaboration of members of various organizations helps to deliver patient-centered care and achieve positive outcomes in a variety of health care settings. Moreover, the discussed issue of medical education is connected...
Introduction Seasonal influenza is a dangerous disease that causes a great number of hospitalizations and deaths worldwide. The number of deaths in the USA caused by influenza-related healthcare complications ranges from 12,000 in 2011-2012 to 56,000 in 2013-2014 (CDC, 2016). Two specific populations most vulnerable to seasonal influenza in my...
Patient education is a major factor in the care delivery process. The lack of integrity in the field may severely compromise patient outcomes and introduce health risks. The following paper provides an example of a failure of the patient education process, recognizes the ethical, economic, and legal factors related to...
Health Systems, Policy, and Resource Management The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (from now on referred to as APRN) is a graduate medical professional with a higher education who has specialized skills and knowledge that can be useful during the process of practice. The US federal policy adopted in 2010 aims...
Introduction Research studies should withstand criticism. The paucity of research information is evident on the impact of clinicians on dietary intake and physical activity improvement, and tobacco use reduction using community intervention methods. Anthony et al. (2016) conducted a study titled “Community Interventions for Health Can Support Clinicians in Advising...
Introduction Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a well-recognized public health problem which spread like an epidemic in the past several decades. Some health care professionals argue that the rise of ADHD among children and adolescents is the result of inadequate diagnosis and social and educational environments (Newmark, 2015). Research...
Comparison of the Roles Nursing directors are administrators that are working at different healthcare facilities (such as hospitals and nursing homes). Their role may revolve around the concept of supervision, but they are no strangers to administrative functions (including budgetary operations and record-keeping). To acquire this role, an individual has...
Introduction Obesity is one of the most critical health issues of the 21st century. For obese adults suffering from a life-threatening type of obesity, diet and other forms of health management schemes are no longer applicable intervention strategies. In this type of health scenario, most physicians prescribe a radical approach...
Introduction Nowadays, nurse practitioners (NPs) may play a great a variety of roles within both private and public hospitals and clinical organizations of different functional orientation. An NP can be either an educator, informaticist or administrator/leader. Patient and staff education are essential NPs’ tasks because they contribute to the development...
Background of Study The clinical problem in the research by Nowrouzi et al. (2015) is the reduction of work stress negative influence on recruitment and retention of nurses. The research problem is the assessment of workplace interventions aimed at managing occupational stress and burnout of nurses. The issue of professional...
Solution Nurses may choose their profession for a great number of reasons: personal values and ethics attempts to be at service for the community, self-realization, development of positive social identity, etc. (Mullen, 2015). Driven by personal motives, nurses put the needs of other people before their interests and needs. It...
Steps in Conducting Needs Assessment The report will focus on the Indian Creek Foundation, a non-profit organization that operates at a local level, which supports children and adults with physical and mental disabilities. The needs assessment conducted on this organization will help in determining the gap that exists between what...
Abstract The purpose of this dissertation is to identify the present situation and future trend regarding privatisation of public healthcare system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; in addition, it aims to suggest a right direction to carry on public healthcare privatisation in the KSA in order to reduce governmental...
Introduction The problem addressed by the present project is nursing understaffing at Palmetto Hospital that is associated with a variety of negative outcomes in the staff cooperation and teamwork that, in turn, translate into the decreasing quality and safety of care provided to the patients of the institution (Rogowski et...
Introduction Motor disability is a general term used to refer to disabilities that hamper an individual’s capacity to execute motor tasks like lifting objects and moving. According to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 standards (DSM-5), a condition is considered to be a motor disability if “it makes a person have motor...
Introduction Conflict can be defined as a process where one party observes that its welfare is negatively impacted by another. Handling conflict in the workstation consumes time but is an important task for health care leaders. Conflict may take place amid doctors and other members of staff, and amidst the...
Yanet The US healthcare system is now undergoing certain changes so it can be a perfect time for considerable and timely improvements. One of the most serious issues is associated with many groups’ limited access to high-quality care. American veterans turn out to be a vulnerable group as they have...
Negligence of the medical personnel is among the best-known causes of breach of safety culture. It ranges from the minor violations of the rules to the severe mistakes that sometimes bear irreversible consequence, known as “never events.” Several ways of overcoming the issue have been suggested, most often the educational...
Summary of Teaching The proposed teaching plan targets to get the students acquainted with the Disease Prevention and Health Promotion activity. In order to ensure that the teaching is of a practical character, it is proposed to narrow the scope of the material to the HIV/AIDS prevention problem. The proposed...
As a rule, nursing professionals who work in the community utilize family approaches. It is significant to differentiate them because of the possibility to maintain the wrong operations. The family-focused approach presupposed that a family is a whole with its specific health responsibilities. Thus, nursing is to ensure that family...
Purpose On behalf of the Interventional Radiology Department, we express a strong need for investing in new capnography equipment with an approximate cost of $31,498 (see Table 1 for additional information about costs). Consequently, the purpose of this proposal is to optimize the current operational processes of the Interventional Radiology...
Introduction Negotiating ethical conflicts is part of a nurse’s everyday duties. However, this does not mean that all nurses can make effective ethical decisions. The judgment may be impaired by a variety of factors, including personal beliefs, lack of information about a patient’s culture, moral distress from having to make...
Inadequate staffing of nurses is a widely known problem in the contemporary healthcare organizations. The insufficient nurse-to-patient ratio is directly associated with multiple risks for the patients such as infections, falls, flawed medication administration, and other medical errors many of which may result in the death of patients (WSNA, 2016)....
Research Summary Self-management is an essential tool that contributes to the efficient treatment of diabetes because it reduces the risks of diabetes-related complications. However, productive self-management is inseparable from extensive and structured education programs. In some cases, they are connected to particular challenges because it is not always possible to...
Abstract The purpose of this research proposal is to analyze interventions aimed at reducing the risk of adverse events associated with poor hospital staffing ratios. Inadequate nursing staff ratios have been an ongoing concern in the nursing field. The author asked, if nursing errors can be attributed to (C) unsafe...
Introduction Electronic health records (EHRs) have a great potential for the improvement of healthcare quality and efficiency. Given the significance and frequency of EHRs use (AbuKhousa, Mohamed, & Al-Jaroodi, 2012), the choice of EHRs appears to be an important decision; in particular, it is necessary to consider the alternatives of...
Health Needs The number of veterans in the United States is on the rise. These veterans and their families face a wide range of health problems. The first health need is mental support. Many returning veterans have been observed to have diverse mental health needs (Jackonis, Deyton, & Hess, 2008)....
Researchable Population The fact is, approximately 5% of Alzheimer’s cases develop after the age of 65 (Nelson et al., 2012). Mental alertness is one of the most important aspects of aging, and the majority of geriatric patients tend to have memory issues (especially those who are 80 and up). Within...
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Nowadays, in health care, much attention is paid to such issues as quality improvement and patient safety. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced a list of “never events” to clarify the conditions under which transparency and quality outcomes may be observed. According to...
Introduction Conducting a community needs assessment is an important step for a number of actions, in particular, for developing and promoting a strategy which could be used in order to improve the standard of living in the community. This paper supplies a needs assessment for the community of Miami, Florida;...
Introduction The policy issue under analysis is heart disease and stroke prevention. It analyzes various strategies and methods to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with different heart diseases. The purpose of this analysis is to identify the most efficacious policy strategies that can help prevent heart diseases and strokes, thereby...
Ethical Considerations and Human Rights Since the present study is focused on the exploration of a problem that affects children, it is logical that the sample is comprised mainly of children and their parents. In that way, research team needs to show maximum professionalism while taking into account ethical consideration...
Areas of Concern Young patients are exposed to a range of factors that may impede their further development and affect their health to a considerable degree. In the case under analysis, the patient suffers from frailness and has an evident lack of concentration, which signifies the presence of a larger...
Introduction Origin and the discovery of the disease The Ebola disease is a fatal infection that affects human beings and other primates. It is believed that the Ebola virus got its name from where it was first discovered. The virus causing the fever was first reported along the Ebola River...
Summary The article in question examines ways to apply the Theory of integral nursing to pain management. Tracy and DiNapoli (2012) claim that the integration of theoretical frameworks is not common among nursing professionals due to significant workload and insufficient knowledge and experience. The authors start with the discussion of...
Introduction The burden of cardiovascular disease and diabetes is known to be increasing nationwide in the United States. The rates of mortality, caused by these illnesses, have gone record-breaking over the last decade. As to the incidence, people aged after 60 usually belong to a high-risk group and represent 23%...
Work that Led to the IOM Report The collaboration between the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) led to new insights that could be embraced to transform the healthcare of many American citizens. This work outlined the major barriers that were affecting the healthcare sector....
Introduction Family nurse practitioners (FNP) are registered nurses whose special education allows him or her to engage in family practice. Usually, FNP specialists have a higher degree of training applied to clinical and classroom settings and can work with both children and adults. The major duty of a family nurse...
Introduction The communicable illnesses chosen for the analysis are AIDS, influenza A, and rabies. The county chosen is Miami-Dade, FL (the ZIP-code is 33143). According to Miami-Dade County’s monthly report, 36 and 136 patients were registered with AIDS and HIV respectively in July 2017 (Florida Department of Health, 2017a). The...
The Cultural Norms of Communication Adopted in Russia Verbal, Non-Verbal Communication, and Touches For some reason, western countries consider Russian people to be grim and gloomy, down to the point where communication with Russians becomes uncomfortable and unpleasant, but it’s just a big misunderstanding. I think cultural norms of verbal...
Nursing Leadership: Isaacs case In the assigned case scenario, Isaac’s disruptive behavior hurt the overall atmosphere in the healthcare unit, as nurses experienced discomfort and pressure while working with Isaac. I was an assistant nurse manager who will be obliged to resolve this conflict since it has a damaging effect...
The paper identifies obstacles to change project aimed to minimize PICC-related complications and reduce catheter reinsertion rates in Kendall Regional Medical Center. Obstacle Analysis The implementation of change required by the practicum project will likely be complicated and slowed down by a range of obstacles. While the human factor is...
Diversity in the Classroom Multicultural diversity induces multiple challenges in the current education system. It indicates that more individualized approaches to instruction and learning are required and that curricula must be revised in a way that would allow meeting the interests of all students. It is possible to say that...
Introduction A high level of patient satisfaction indicates an excellent quality of healthcare delivery. Therefore, every medical setting that strives to better service quality should focus on the improvement of patient satisfaction. It is possible to say that the identification of essential organizational factors affecting patient experiences is an initial...
The United States is a country with a developed health care, to the success of which the American economy contributes significantly. Increased life expectancy of the population is the most important social change since the establishment of the social security system. In 1935, when the law on social insurance came...
Overview The area of what is now the City of Miami was settled by numerous tribes more than 4, 000 years ago (City Data, 2017a). The name Miami stems from the word Mayami (Big Water) used by the chief tribe populating the region (City Data, 2017a). The native tribes were...
Introduction Understaffing is a complex issue that requires the development of an efficient solution. The PICOT question used in the context of this assignment is: In newborn babies and nursing home seniors, how effective is the Excel-based scheduling model (I) versus churn-based adjustments (C) for increasing the level of patient...
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most widespread infectious diseases all over the world. More than 95% of TB deaths happen in low- and middle-income countries (Tuberculosis, 2016). However, wealthy regions are not secure. In 2012, Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing outbreak occurred in France. Summary of the Article The article “Mycobacterium...
Additional subjective data The overall picture seems clear; however, there might be a certain need for some additional information. The patient should also say how she feels in the mornings and whether her throat is stronger after eating and heartburns. Additionally, it is also important to get to know whether...
Introduction There is no doubt that those specialists working in the spheres that involve constant communication with clients should pay increased attention to conflicts that may occur at work. Speaking about the consequences of conflicts at work and the quality of customer service, it is especially important to focus on...
Nursing Definition and Assumptions Regarding Health Care Actors Nursing is responsible for providing safe, timely, and patient-oriented health care delivery. In my opinion, it exists to support patients’ physical and psychological needs that steadily change with time and are rather important for people to improve their health outcomes and prevent...
Introduction The reform of health care delivery in the U.S. is aimed to eliminate health care disparities and provide cost-effective and qualified care to diverse socioeconomic groups of the population. Therefore, the roles of the registered nurses and their practice are expected to change significantly in the future. The purpose...
Introduction Communicable diseases are defined as ones spread from one individual to another through such ways as breathing, bodily fluids or blood contact, as well as an insect’s bite. It is crucial to report inflectional diseases to prevent their outspread among the community. The strategies of preventing communicable illnesses are...
Introduction Circumcision refers to the surgical removal of the foreskin of the male reproductive organ. It is an integral part of the Christian doctrines because they do it as part of God’s covenant with humankind that all boys were to undergo the procedure on the eighth day (Terkel & Greenberg,...
Introduction The given paper presents an obesity education plan targeted at adults and older adults who are overweight or obese and, therefore, are at risk of developing various diseases. The proposed project will complete in December 2018. Nowadays, the prevalence of abnormal BMI in both children and adult people can...
Introduction Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the world that causes thousands of deaths in different countries every year. Also, people might have various problems in their cardiovascular systems, skin ulcer, and other unfortunate outcomes due to the disease mentioned above. The research, which will be analyzed...
Overview The unfavorable situation was caused by the improper actions of the administrator who failed to focus on the reasons for the downsizing and its impact on the nurses during the interview. As a result, the information was interpreted wrongly. The main facts of concern are the video showing several...
Nurses and the profession have been stereotyped all along the history of the career. One of the widespread fallacies is that nurses have to be female, and this has resulted in the stereotyping of male nurses as not masculine. Such generalized notions of nursing have created a distorted image of...
Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing The sphere of healthcare is rather complex, and professionals who are employed in it are required to perform various roles to make their services productive and benefit patients. As the number of the medical staff reduced while a significant rise in patients was observed, an...
Advanced practice roles of nursing allow for specialized tasks to be fulfilled by people who are most capable of completing the tasks. The advanced practice roles include several various specializations but can be separated into four main types: administrator, informaticist, educator, and practitioner (“NP competencies,” 2017). This paper will provide...
Introduction Osteoarthritis is a “common disorder of the human joints that is characterized by degeneration of the entire joint or the articular cartilage”.2(1445) The affected parts of the joint include the ligaments, the synovium, and the articular cartilage, and the subchondral bone.2 This discussion gives a detailed analysis of the...
The ability to critically analyze information is crucial for a nurse as a researcher. Many academic enterprises rely on using secondary sources to build up an evidence base for prospective research. At the same time, there is no such thing as a perfect article. All articles, including those published in...
Introduction The recent decades could be characterized by the dramatic changes in various spheres of human activity. The development of technologies results in the appearance of several concerns that impact the way people perform their tasks and introduces significant changes. These alterations are aimed at the significant improvement of the...
Organizational Values all organizations have their values. culture of an organization. beliefs of an organization. support in nursing. respect in nursing. Every organization has its own set of values. They help an organization to define its beliefs and culture. In terms of nursing, the best organizational culture for it is...
Introduction Ethical dilemmas are integral to nursing practice, which is why it is essential to study them. Every day, nurses make critical decisions that impact patient health and life. Having such a significant responsibility makes it important for nurses to choose options that are in the patient’s best interests. Sometimes...
The complexity of the health care services and their nature as a product does not allow the direct application of economic principles to the public health sphere (Scott, Solomon, & McGowan, 2001). The basic economic laws of resource allocation and their efficient use can be only understood in the framework...
Abstract Dissociative disorders deal with one’s cognition and perception of self and others. The definition of these disorders outlines the word disruption as the main concept of these conditions. The three types of dissociative disorders are dissociative identity disorder, dissociative amnesia, and depersonalization disorder. The primary cause of these disorders...
Organizations thrive on the critical assets they invest in for the production of goods and services. The health institutions usually need high capital intensity to stock equipment. Kegedi Hospital has to get additional equipment to cater to x-ray patients. Since the purchase of five X-ray machines, service has improved, and...
Introduction Quality improvement is an essential process of any healthcare organization. Many studies are devoted to finding new ways of creating, improving, and evaluating the strategies and theories for medical services. The concept of quality evaluation is as significant as the creation of new approaches to quality improvement because it...
Introduction Falls in senior patients is a frequently met occurrence. They can cause fall-related traumas and psychological distress. Repeated falls (when a patient falls two or more times) can result in the emergence of anxiety disorder and other conditions. Falls in senior hospitalized individuals influence institutions as well, which is...
Introduction A nursing shortage and turnover remain to be a serious problem for many American hospitals. Thousands of nurses are eager to leave their jobs in the next year after their graduation due to poor or unstable working conditions, long working hours, and the amount of work that has to...
Background The ultimate goal of healthcare delivery is to ensure patients receive quality, timely, and sustainable medical services. Unfortunately, this goal has been hindered by several barriers that affect many medical institutions. Statistics indicate that around 2 percent of patients admitted in hospitals will receive inadequate care or get injured...
Physio-Neuro Therapy Physio-neuro therapy is a novel concept, which is derived from the realization that the individual’s intellect converses inside itself through neuronal paths. For children with learning challenges, the paths do not bond appropriately. Therefore, physio-neuro therapy entails re-training the paths. Research has shown that re-training enhances brain functionality....
Abstract The paper provides the draft purpose statement that is formulated to describe the talent development effort in the National Institutes of Health. The focus is on the analysis of the specific rationale that is behind the initiative currently used in the discussed organization. The talent development effort in the...
Miami community is considered healthy, but there is a number of issues connected to the economy, poor infrastructure, and growing urbanization that influence the population as a whole. The community consists of several ethnicities, including White, African Americans, Latino, Asians, and Native Americans. People have varying access to health care,...
Introduction The aim of this paper is to use a combination of demographic, epidemiological and windshield survey assessment data to discuss one community health nursing problem affecting the Country Walk community and also to identify the underlying factors that cause the problem within the population. Although Country Walk suffered deadly...
Introduction The present work contains an analysis and critique of the article written by Militello, Kelly, and Melnyk (2012). The critique contains elements of Synopsis and Credibility. Synopsis The integrative research review addresses the topic of the impact of text messaging on the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. The authors...
The Transitional Care Model provides the opportunity for nurses to ensure that patients, especially older adults, are communicated with and taken care of during the transition phase. However, the transition can have a different impact on patients. Laugaland, Aase, and Barach (2012) point out that while some of the reviews...
Introduction My interest and nursing and a decision to become a professional in this sphere were initially tightly connected with the desire to help others and to ensure that some health problems do not prevent them from living normal lives. Being a nurse, I consider myself to be a person...
Wound Care Techniques Despite years of research and consistent data gathering, diabetes remains the disease with an incredibly high death toll. According to the global data provided by WHO, 15,000,000 people died of diabetes in 2012 (World Health Organization, 2015). However, apart from its direct effects, such as the increase...
Introduction The chosen community for the epidemiology assessment is Miami-Dade County, particularly the city of Miami with the zip code 33131. The selected diseases for the analysis are HIV/AIDS, influenza, and syphilis. These diseases pose a threat to people’s health in the community for various reasons. However, nowadays, many methods...
Receiving accurate results is important for any medical worker, but with the evidence-based nursing fidelity of the results could be improved. As Brown (2013) points out, professional care providers should always consider what parts of practice can be performed better and how it will help the patient (p. 286). For...
Research Critique PICOT question: For a postpartum mother, would post-discharge breastfeeding support phone calls increase the likelihood of breastfeeding success versus mothers receiving no post-discharge support phone calls at six-week postpartum? Borra, C., Iacovou, M., & Sevilla, A. (2015). New evidence on breastfeeding and postpartum depression: The importance of understanding...
The increasingly complex modern world offers numerous challenges to nurses who should be able to meet new requirements and promote the health of the nation. Furthermore, the alteration of the environment along with the technological advance introduces fundamental changes to the scope of nursing practice. Today, specialists have to use...
Introduction HIV/AIDS arguably represents one of the biggest pandemics that humanity has faced during its existence. The disease has plagued mankind for years now with the first reported incidence of the disease in the US being in 1981 (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services., n.d.). However, the HIV scourge...
Strategies for the Community Health Nurse Empowerment It is necessary to develop and try to introduce appropriate strategies to expand the rights and opportunities of junior medical personnel in clinics and hospitals. In municipalities in the state of Miami, it is possible to organize study rooms for those wishing to...
Introduction The health of minority groups often requires additional attention due to a variety of socio-political, cultural and socioeconomic factors. The health status of each minority group needs to be examined separately, and a proper approach to health promotion should be utilized. Various organizations such as the Center for Disease...
Introduction Focusing on improving healthcare service quality for a diverse population is a crucial element of the modern healthcare. Indeed, with the shift of the focus to the patient-centered approaches and the propensity for an increase in diversity levels in communities, there is a necessity to identify the specifics of...
Introduction Improved patients’ outcomes, the quality of life, and reduced readmissions is a goal that any health care system would strive to achieve. Stavrianopoulos (2016) emphasizes the need for a proper disease management program to patients with heart failure (HF) using nurse-led telephone intervention programs. Through an empirical study, the...
Nursing is a field that is crucial in the livelihoods of individuals. The role played by registered nurses in medical facilities is one that the society cannot downplay. While the nursing fraternity has a code of conduct that promotes the quality of care that patients should receive, there are theories...
Introduction There is constant debate on whether autistic people should be accepted by the community as a diversity of the society or a cure should be researched upon and developed. This debate is intense especially among the autism community itself. To be able to appreciate this rift, one has to...
Introduction The study by Perkins et al. (2014) “Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibition and glycemic control in type 1 diabetes: results of an 8-week open-label proof-of-concept trial” is a peer-reviewed article that summarizes the results of the comprehensive research work and is published in a scholarly journal with a high reputation...
Introduction This paper will explore the issue of antibiotic resistance. It will also provide a brief discussion of different types of antimicrobials and their influence on the creation of superbugs. Overview of the Issue Antibiotics are the type of drugs designed to treat bacterial infections. Even though they are fairly...
Introduction The Healthcare system in the United States of America is rather complicated, and, nowadays, Medicare and Medicaid programs assure the availability of the healthcare for every person while ignoring their social status, nationality, and the level of income (Williams, 2015). Nonetheless, health care plans tend to be different. In...
Introduction Nowadays, different medical institutions highly focus on leadership to avoid and resolve conflicts at work, as they may have a negative effect on the quality of the provided services and well-being of the patients (Finkelman, 2006). Apart from their sufficient training, they continue to arise. To understand the nature...
Initial Evaluation First of all, it is necessary to assess the wounds of the patient, examining them in detail. The additional information, including previous injuries, hospitalizations, and family history are required to identify potential allergy and predispositions. The blood test is necessary to eliminate blood poisoning and reveal any other...
Surrogacy is a complicated matter, both legally and ethically, because of the variety of aspects that factor in, each of which is complex enough on its own. Both the advocates and opponents of surrogacy have appealed to cultural and social tradition, law, psychophysiology, and religious belief, without coming close to...
Discussion Prompt 1 Making moral and ethical decisions is one of the challenging tasks that nurses have to face every day. It remains apparent that the profession of a nurse is associated with several obligations since a nurse is responsible for the lives of the patients. In the context of...
Problem Description The predominant symptom among patients with late-stage kidney disease is recurrent acute pain. Although pain related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a complex etiology, it predisposes patients to depressive disorder, poor quality of life, and lower survival rates (Davison, Koncicki, & Brennan, 2014). The latest statistics indicate...
Introduction The self-care deficit nursing theory was introduced by Dorothea Orem in 1971. The theory was based on the author’s comprehensive experience in various fields of nursing and influenced by the existing theories at the time of writing. Its main premise is the leading role of the patient’s need for...
Change and Negotiation Plan and Summary The role of managers in the organization is crucial since their work affects the levels of income and expenses, the implementation of organizational objectives, and they are responsible for personnel management. When a health care institution is to experience significant changes, the role of...
Patient issue Organizational behavior management (OBM) concentrates on what certain individuals do, investigates the reasons for such behavior, and then employs an evidence-based intercession policy to make the individuals’ actions more proficient. The significance of OBM to refining health care is apparent (Cunningham & Geller, 2008). While badly planned administrations...
The following research critique is aimed at critically reviewing Prochaska et al.’s quantitative study “Efficacy of initiating tobacco dependence treatment in inpatient psychiatry” to determine its validity and thus assess its value for the nursing practitioners. The scientific rigor, minimization of research bias, and logical interpretation of the results are...
Introduction The health promotion model (HPM) developed by Pender in 1990 relies on behavioral science and nursing approaches in order to gain an understanding of “the complex biopsychosocial processes that motivate individuals to engage in behaviors directed toward enhancing health” (Pender, Murdaugh, & Parsons, 2015, p. 74). HPM is a...
Review of Literature Callahan et al. (2012) argue that transitional care model is best for preventing the prehospitalization of critically ill patients. There are a lot of things that have to be considered when looking at transitional care for any patient. An all-inclusive discharge plan should be drafted and communicated...
Background and Significance of the Problem As stated in the research performed by Ogden, Carrol, Kit, and Flegal (2014), the number of obese people in the United States (US) exceeded one-third of the population in 2011-2012. However, between 2003-2004 and 2009-2010 obesity rates were stable. Another research performed by Ogden,...
Background of Study The article was written by Cañadas-De la Fuente, Vargas, San Luis, García, Cañadas, and Emilia (2015) focus on the burnout syndrome experienced by the representatives of the nursing profession. The authors state that this is a critical problem known as chronic work-related stress that is already considered...
Background Obesity has become one of the most significant health problems of the modern age. According to statistics, more than 1 in 3 adults are considered overweight (Ferrer, Cruz, Burge, Bayles, & Castilla, 2014). For this reason, different approaches to solve the problem are suggested. Lifestyle intervention is one of...
Medical Problem Pneumonia is an infectious disease that irritates the air sacs in one or both lungs. The affected air sacs are filled with fluid or purulence that causes a cough, difficulty breathing, chills, and fever. Pneumonia can be caused by many organisms, including viruses, fungi, and bacteria (Musher &...
Introduction Nursing care models differ across facilities and depending on the circumstances of the patients. Nursing care models are divided into two categories, task-oriented and patient-oriented. The two most important task-oriented task models include team nursing and practical nursing. On the other hand, the patient-oriented models are primary and total...
How to Obtain Necessary Approval Before choosing the best procedures to follow in getting the approval to undertake the health research, I would investigate all relevant health bodies involved in the implementation of the health plan and find out all legal frameworks governing the process. After doing so, I would...
Introduction Nurse leaders in the modern society face numerous challenges in the provision of health care for they have to keep abreast with dynamic political, social, cultural, and technological changes, which have a considerable impact on patients, nurses, and healthcare organizations. For nurse leaders to overcome these numerous challenges, they...
There is no doubt that practices applied by nurses have a significant influence on the quality of lives of patients. In his article, Stavrianopoulos (2016) evaluates the effectiveness of one of the methods utilized by nurses working with patients who suffer from heart failure – regular telephone conversations between patients...
Nowadays, technological progress affects the development of almost every professional area. Nursing is one of the oldest professions, but within recent decades its concepts and ideas have been revised, challenged, and redefined. One of the factors that heat the discussion about what nursing should be like is the introduction and...
The USPSTF is considered to be an independent commission of the experts who aim to outline recommendations for the preventive services based on the review of their effectiveness. The fundamental idea of the Task Force is to improve the health status of people in the United States. The recommendations are...
Description of the Communicable Disease Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB) is one of the common communicable diseases in different parts of the world. This disease “affects the human lungs and is characterized by the growth of tubercles” (Allender, Rector, & Warner, 2013, p. 12). The cause of this communicable disease is...
Clinical Question The object of our study is the issue of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among adolescents. Many scholars have researched the level of teenagers’ knowledge of the threat presented by STDs (Ezeokoli, Ayodele, & Olaleye, 2014; Trejos-Castillo, Treviño-Schafer, Brice, & McPherson, 2011). Other researchers (Kottke et al., 2015) have...
The case study presents a medical dilemma. Joanne and Mike encounter a unique problem arising from their son’s health condition. James has been diagnosed with acute glomerulonephritis and is in need of a kidney transplant. James’ physician suggests that immediate dialysis is needed to address his health needs. However, the...
Background of Study Older adults are the fastest-growing population globally. Obesity occurs in 20 to 30% of this population. Obesity in this age group is a big health problem because of its connection to chronic health problems such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, which lower the quality of life (Flegal,...
We live in the humanistic society that is expected to be tolerant and cultivate such values as democracy, equality, etc. The results of this shift of priorities could already be seen. Depressed minorities became able to demonstrate their unique peculiarities and eliminate barriers that previously limited their lives. Moreover, we...
The problem of burnout and a high turnout is a frequent issue in the nursing profession. One of the major drivers for such situation is the work time division. While the accepted shift duration for the nurses has always been 8 hours, some modern approaches suggest changing it to a...
Introduction The community in question is that of the city of Miami, Florida. It is a vibrant, dynamic, and quite active community. From the windshield survey that was conducted earlier, it is evident that the elderly and disabled individuals comprise a vulnerable population in Miami. This paper is aimed at...
The Process of Communicating the Plan The current project presupposes the implementation of a plan aimed at the improvement of health care quality. This plan will be communicated during special meetings organized by the Chief Quality Officer. The key objective of the plan is to optimize the use of the...
Critique is an analytical process that aims to identify strengths and weaknesses of a study in an objective manner. Given that a study comprises abstract, hypothesis, aims, questions, sampling, methodology, data analysis, discussion, and conclusion, an objective analysis of each section offers coherency and flow of the paper. A central...
Introduction It should be noted that both the direct and indirect care should be based on the obtained baccalaureate degree in nursing. It would ensure that the care specialists are prepared to perform in a multiplicity of roles in the varied healthcare setting and furnish the best of service. The...
Introduction Nursing assessment is regarded to be an important part of the nursing process. Incorrect assessment can result in an inappropriate diagnosis and selecting the wrong plan of care, interventions, and patient condition evaluation. The purpose of this paper is to perform a complete head-to-toe assessment of one of the...
Introduction In the last decade, nursing has undergone rapid and drastic changes to accommodate the evolving views on patients and the development of patient-oriented policies in health care. The profession is undeniably maturing, with the roles of nurses and their range of responsibilities changing and growing in response to the...
Introduction Most nursing jobs, regardless of specialization, take place in highly intense environments and are connected with much pressure, many tasks and responsibilities on a daily basis. As a result, conflicts may arise in many different situations between nurses or groups of nurses. Very often, such conflicts may affect a...
Introduction Given that a fetus is a developing human being, it ought to have a moral status that is equal to that of other humans. However, the moral status of a fetus is dependent on its health condition and that of the mother. Greasley (2017) asserts that the balance between...
As a matter of fact, HIV and AIDS can be considered as a major threat to human life. The primary purpose of the paper is to examine the symptoms and the effects that HIV and AIDS have on a human being. HIV is a type of virus that can transform...
Introduction It is a rather known fact that transgender individuals are faced with harsh discrimination in a wide array of settings, including the health care setting. It appears highly likely that such discrimination may have a profoundly negative impact on the life of transgender people. This paper investigates the discrimination...
Introduction Physician-assisted suicide is one of the issues that characterize provision of health care in the contemporary world. The practice is very common among patients who choose to take their lives with the help of a physician (Battin, Rhodes, & Silvers, 2004). Physician-assisted is closely related to euthanasia in terms...
Abstract This executive brief instructions paper aims at investigating the challenge of obesity and finding the ways to overcome it employing the newest technologies and technological education programs. The paper will focus on increased popularity of cellphones, tablets, and social media and the opportunity to use them as the tools...
Abstract In the 21st century, the issues of environmental health and the health effects of environmental climate change became a pressing matter for the international health community. Climate change, natural and human-made disasters, as well as the pollution of water, earth, food, and air has the potential of dramatically increasing...
Abstract The current paper explores the essentials of Master’s education in nursing as provided by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. After a brief introduction, each of the essentials is discussed individually; the meaning of these essentials is explained, and their effect in the practical setting is elaborated. It...
Introduction The community in which a windshield survey was conducted in Little Havana, a neighborhood located in the city of Miami, Florida. It is a community in which a large number of Cuban exiles, as well as immigrants from various parts of South and Central America, live (Fernandez, 2015; Grenier...
Introduction Nurse-Managed Health Centers (NMHCs) are organizations that could become a significant part of the solution to the problem of restricted access to health care. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the shortage of primary care practitioners will reach 44,000 by 2025 (as cited in Esperat, Hanson-Turton,...
Introduction and Identification of the Problem The transitional nursing or transitional care model is focused on various types of patients, including chronically ill, elderly, adolescent, and other vulnerable individuals. The model focuses on preventing readmissions and repeated hospitalizations; it also provides patients with detailed instructions and follow-ups that evaluate their...
Overview of the Program The Healthy People 2020 program was initiated by the Department of Health and Human Services at the end of 2010 (CDC, 2015a). The campaign aims to reduce disparities in health outcomes across all social groups. It has set a goal of achieving high standards of life...
Description of Public Health Research Study The published public health report selected for this paper is a study by Shegog, Lindley, Thompson-Robinson, Simmons, and Richter (2010) aimed at identifying HIV and STI risk factors among African-American students attending predominantly white higher institutions of education. The study emerges from statistics that...
Turing Pharmaceuticals, a start-up run by Martin Shkreli, appeared in many headlines in 2015 (Pollack). The business received so much media attention due to an overnight increase in the price of the drug Daraprim from $13.50 per a pill to $750 (Pollack). Despite the fact that the activity was unethical,...
Introduction Aging can be regarded as a complex combination of processes affecting both the physical state and psychological condition of people. Many age-related changes can be observed in individuals who are classified as older adults, i.e. are 65 years old or older. These changes inevitably affect the lifestyles of older...
Nurse Manager Skill Inventory is a tool used to evaluate the skills and expertise of a nurse manager in three primary areas: managing the business, leading the people, and creating the leader in yourself. Each skill is marked out of four points where one is novice level of experience, whereas...
Introduction This paper seeks to examine the case of the Baptist Hospital based on a critical evaluation of the information available on its website. The different insights, experiences, and attributes of the workforce, the community, and suppliers, among other stakeholders, will be explored to weigh their perceptions regarding diversity. The...
Problem The authors of the article under analysis admit that the topic of HIV infections is widely spread in the United States and underline the fact that Hispanic women aged 50 are under a serious threat of having this disease despite numerous discussions and social practices. Therefore, they suggest focusing...
Introduction Answering the question of whether nursing is a science or art has always been complex because this issue is usually perceived differently. However, the main argument for this paper will be that both perspectives on nursing usually intertwine because the main goal of this discipline is to achieve patient...
Obrador, Mahdavi-Mazdeh, and Collins, in their 2011 research dwelled on the worldwide civic health association dedicated to inspiring the efforts to upsurge the cognizance and acknowledgment of kidney disease, perceive it rapidly, and deliver treatment to avert illness development and reduce expenses. This paper shows great evidence of the fact...
