Evaluating Asthma Control Education Programs: Research and Effectiveness

Evaluation Plan Purpose The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational program aimed at improving the quality of life of children suffering from asthma. It has been estimated that approximately 7 million of American children are diagnosed with this disorder (Rapp et al., 2017). Asthma...

Ethical Considerations in Gift Marketing within Healthcare: Challenges and Guidelines

The marketing approach of bringing gifts to potential clients can be roughly classified as “gift marketing.” Such a strategy has been created based on the concept that the process of gift giving brings people closer to each other. Businesses often send potential customers gifts to capture their attention as well...

Resolving Conflicts in Nursing Work: Strategies and Effective Practices

Introduction Analyzing the main challenges which a nurse might face it is impossible not to mention conflicts. The fact is that conflict is an inevitable part of nurse-patient relationships. Since the success of nursing practices and the provision of high-quality healthcare is deeply related to the quality of the relationship...

Security Governance in Health Care

Discuss How Information Security Governance Has Been Challenged with the Evolution of the Digital World. Why Does Maintaining Information Security Governance Matter? The evolution of the digital world challenged information security governance, as almost all devices can be operated wirelessly. There are two ways to manipulate smartphones, cars, computers, and...

Understanding Quantitative EEG: Applications and Risks

The primary goal of this paper is to discover the definition of quantitative EEG and understand its areas of application. Moreover, its role and importance are underlined in the context of the research field. Nonetheless, the risks are also reported. In the end, the conclusions are drawn. Firstly, quantitative EEG...

Financial Management Role in Healthcare

Financial management implies handling some day-to-day financial operations, for example, payroll monitoring or keeping unexpected expenses under control. Therefore, the modern business environment in any professional sphere calls for a cohesive financial management strategy. Furthermore, with the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, electronic health records, and the Medicare billing...

Interventions to Reduce Suicidal Ideation in Elderly

The Practice Issue in Need of Change Elderly individuals comprise one of the most vulnerable populations due to the frailty resulting from their old age (Chatterji, Byles, Cutler, Seeman, & Verdes, 2015; Clegg, Young, Iliffe, Rikkert, & Rockwood, 2013). Also, elderly people, often being incapable of caring about themselves and...

Nurses Role in Conflicts

Nursing has always been one of the main occupations that contributed to societys further rise and development. Having appeared at the dawn of civilization as the first attempt to help people in need, this kind of activity moved along with humanity and passed through numerous stages of its evolution. At...

Banner Healthcare: Largest Non-Profit Health Organization in the USA

The Organization Overview Banner Healthcare is one of the largest non-profit health organizations in the USA, headquartered in Phoenix. The organization operates twenty-eight acute care hospitals, three academic medical institutions, several outpatient surgeries, and long-term care centers, the Banner Medical Group and Banner Health Network, and a great number of...

Adolescent Pregnancy Disparities in Black and Hispanic Youth

Introduction In a multicultural country such as the United States, racial and social disparities are inevitable. Specifically, black and Hispanic populations are widely perceived to be at a disadvantage in terms of economic status, education, employment, and health. When it comes to adolescent pregnancy, the U.S. has the highest number...

Understanding Conflict Resolution in Healthcare: A Real-Life Example

Introduction Conflict is commonplace in many lines of work, especially those that deal with high levels of stress and responsibility. During my time at Hospital Setting Miami, I have encountered a variety of situations that were representative of different types of conflicts. This paper will provide information about one such...

AML: Insights from Courses and Personal Experience

Theory and Knowledge for Researching the Target POI Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is one of the most typical forms of cancer in adults, according to a recent study provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Tsai et al., 2014). To gain a deeper insight into the problem, one...

Nursing Shortage Problem: New Models’ Solutions

The proposed solution to the professional nursing shortage problem is education of more nursing personnel. The solution is intended for the nursing staff of a medical facility. It aims at addressing attrition and turnover that cause nursing shortage. Obtaining peer and organizational support will be invaluable in the successful implementation...

The Role of Personal Health Records in Clinical Care: Enhancing Patient Engagement

Introduction The purpose of the paper is to discuss personal health records in detail and provide examples of how these records are used in clinical care. Personal health records are represented by digital documents, programs, and lists that comprise information about a patient’s disorder or condition, medications she or he...

Health Insurance Remains Unaffordable for Many Americans

Introduction Today, the question of health insurance remains extremely important to the citizens of the USA. The fact is that its healthcare sector is one of the most expensive in the world. The quality of the suggested services is high; however, the problem remains. Insurance is one of the main...

Nursing Standard Terminologies in Modern Hospital Settings

Standardized terminology, also known as standardized nursing language is a set of commonly used and understood terms that are used in clinical documentation such as diagnoses. The use of standardized terminology allows for a faster examination of data when multiple healthcare institutions collaborate with each other, as well as a...

Efficacy of Medication in Treating Depression: Current Perspectives

Abstract This paper attempts to provide a substantial material for the participation in an argument concerning the clinical effectiveness of antidepressant medications. The paper presents a summary of the perspective reflected in the article by Sharon Begley that explores whether or not the drugs prescribed for depression produce any significant...

E-Cigarettes Smoking: Threat or Solution?

Vaping, Threat, or Solution? Smoking has become a serious challenge having a catastrophic influence on human health. As there have been massive anti-smoking campaigns, it has become less acute because more people are concerned about the negative outcomes of this bad practice. Nevertheless, the new challenge looms on the horizon...

Hemodialysis for End-Stage Renal Patients

Methods and Analysis Research Design The projects will use a qualitative research design in determining how hemodialysis influences the quality of health among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Qualitative research design is advantageous because it allows researchers to measure and quantify variables of interest, and thus, providing robust data...

Uganda’s Poverty & Political Challenges: A Health Perspective

Introduction: Uganda The selected country for this exercise in Uganda. This African nation has been recording high mortality rates within the past seven decades. The nation has been selected because it is characterized by political unrest and inadequate human welfare policies (Hale, 2012). Around 20 percent of the population lives...

Value-Based Reimbursement Models in Healthcare Financing: Benefits and Challenges

Introduction The value-based reimbursement policy that is currently gaining momentum on the national level has rightfully garnered a lot of attention. According to the overwhelming majority of both healthcare providers and customers, the traditional volume-based approach, also known as a fee-for-service model, does not provide the necessary level of commitment....

High Blood Pressure Treatment in Diabetic Patient

The given case study presents a sixty-year-old African American male patient who has been diagnosed with hypertension and types 2 diabetes for the last twelve years. His body index is 32, and he is currently taking no other medication except 37.5/25 mg every morning. The information about the patient’s age,...

Discrimination Against Transgenders in Healthcare: Analyzing Provider Challenges

Introduction The modern healthcare sector experiences radical changes preconditioned by the increased diversity of patients needs and a high number of medical issues that should be addressed. One of the main purposes of this reformation is to create a tolerant environment that will be able to face cultural diversity and...

Obama Administration’s Healthcare Agenda: Expanding Coverage for All Americans

Introduction The Obama administration’s healthcare agenda calls for expanded health insurance coverage for all Americans. As a direct result of policies implemented after close to a decade in national leadership, the Obama administration expects to increase the scope of America’s health care delivery system to benefit additional tens of millions...

Nutrition and Exercise: Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

Problem Statement Even though type 2 diabetes is a challenging health concern affecting the quality of life and everyday activities, making some changes in one’s lifestyle may be helpful for minimizing risks of being diagnosed with it and addressing the diabetes epidemic challenge in the modern world. Hypothesis The proposed...

Environmental Theory by Florence Nightingale

Introduction Florence Nightingale was deemed the initiator of learned and scientific nursing and is broadly identified as “The lady with the lamp” (Murray & O’Neil, 2016). Her efforts act as the foundation of nursing research and practice. She is recognized as the first nursing theorist with one of her theories...

Delivering Quality Patient-Centered Care and Safety: A New Approach

Introduction Health services in many countries have been faulted for not delivering quality, effective, and reliable services to patients and their families. Patients and families have gradually lost hope in many public health facilities since they no longer believe they can get good services from there (Riley, White, Graham, &...

Community Health Nursing: Chikungunya Threat

History of the Condition Though not quite well-known among the general audience, Chikungunya has recently become the scourge of humanity, as it is one of the diseases that no treatment can be provided so far and that triggers the eruption of vast epidemics. The disorder manifests itself in a fever....

Current Advances and Challenges in Clinical Research Studies

Clinical Studies Clinical studies are an integral procedure of medical practice, and such work involves quite a few aspects. The possibility of participating in various researches is a responsible and significant task as different exciting cases and correlations can be revealed in the process of such activity. Almost the entire...

Stroke Education: Analyzing African American Women’s Perspectives

Introduction Nowadays, many authors believe that the issue of stroke education should be studied more thoroughly (Shook & Stanton, 2016). In her research, Beal (2015) aims to analyze and review the opinions and attitudes of African American women towards the problem. With the help of this study, the author wants...

Importance of Proper Diet During Pregnancy

The period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus is very important. Health care experts argue that pregnant women should always have proper diet that provides their body with the essential nutrients. The importance of observing the diet is the fact that it...

Jewish Community in North Miami Beach: Population & Health Analysis

Introduction The chosen aggregate for the project is the Jewish community in North Miami Beach, FL. The paper examines the community’s population, its strengths and weaknesses, and diseases that are prevalent there. One of the widespread illnesses, cancer, is analyzed in connection with the intimate partner violence, while the plan...

Enhancing Cybersecurity Measures for Medical Devices: Best Practices and Challenges

Introduction In the contemporary world of rapidly developing technologies, science and medicine advance quickly powered by technological innovations expanding the potential of contemporary healthcare employees and facilities. However, alongside the evolving technologies, the threats they bring about development and growth as well. In particular, one of the most widely known...

Control and Intervention Groups: Managing Extraneous Variables

Extraneous Variables Extraneous variables are those that, being undesirable and, in many cases, unpredicted, still produce an impact on the results of an experiment since they change the relationship between the variables in which the researcher is interested. Thus, these factors cannot be ignored as they may distort the interpretation...

Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Disorders: Learning Plan

Learning Goals and Objectives Heart failure (HF) problems, normally associated with cardiovascular disorders, appear to be the issues of general concern and discussion among clinicians and patients on a global scale. The premises for their occurrences are known to be numerous: changes in climate conditions, air and water pollution, emotional...

Impact of Smoking Cessation on Health

Introduction In their article on smoking-related hazards, the authors refer to the measurements made by national healthcare representatives to define the benefits of smoking-cessation at various ages. The studies that have been conducted since 1980 suggest that smoking causes 25 percent of deaths among people aged from 35 to 69...

HIV/AIDS Prevalence Among Latino Population

Introduction According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2017), health disparities are “differences in the incidence, prevalence, and mortality of a disease and the related adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups” (para. 1). One of the possibilities to study health disparities is to divide...

The Impact of Overdiagnosis on Healthcare Resources: Identifying Wasted Investments

Overdiagnosis is a Result of Wasted Efforts Managing resources properly is a crucial objective for experts in contemporary healthcare. Therefore, it is crucial to make sure that the efforts of a healthcare expert are not wasted during the process of diagnosing a particular issue. The phenomenon known as overdiagnosis can...

Advanced Nursing Practitioner’s Role and Settings

Introduction The advanced nursing practitioner role has become complex and versatile because the current health care industry and patients’ needs have changed drastically during the last decades. However, its core principles rely on and are driven by the educational background, professional expertise, and the system of rewarding. The definition of...

Differences Among Entry-Level Nursing Programs: Choosing the Right Path

Introduction Every person who take up nursing as a career faces the necessity of the choice among entry-level nursing programs, which finish with associate or baccalaureate degrees. Nurse managers of healthcare facilities also have to make a choice when hiring nursing graduates because their task is to create a professional...

Benefits and Controversies of Animal Testing in Medicine

Animal Research Scenario and Reflection The necessity of animal research in medical studies is among the most controversial topics discussed by healthcare specialists and those specializing in medical ethics. Using animals in order to conduct experiments and study the effects of medicinal drugs is associated with numerous benefits for people...

Conservatives and Health Care: The Importance of the VUA Program

Promoting Conservative Values The conservatives are known for the careful consideration of their political actions and their consequences. One of the core goals of conservatism is to build a strong, sustainable society that would help to drive the country forward. The conservative ideology also stresses the importance of building unified...

Understanding Dyslexia: Slower Speed of Information Processing

There is no doubt that complicated systems cannot exist without numerous problems that occur when some of their tiny parts are unable to perform their functions properly. Speaking about the most complex systems that exist in our world, it is necessary to pay focused attention to the human body that...

Capital Purchase for STEMI Management at Heart Center

Capital Purchase Summary The capital purchase is the ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) management system within the medical regional center. This purchase project will ensure that there is a reduced door to balloon time within the heart center in the hospital. Management goals The primary management goal of carrying out...

Associate vs. Baccalaureate Degree Nurses in Patient Care Situation

Associate’s Degree Level Versus Baccalaureate Degree Level The educational preparation of a nurse varies in accordance with the selected level. The key difference between Associate’s Degree Level (ADN) and Baccalaureate Degree Level (BDN) is that the first one provides the potential nurses with the basic knowledge and skills related to...

Obesity: Major Health Issue Causing More Deaths Than Cancer

Introduction Obesity is a major health issue that causes more annual deaths in the U.S. than breast and colon cancer do (Patterson, Urbach, & Swanstrom, 2003, p. 379). Obesity affects the primary systems of an organism, such as cardiovascular, urogenital, reproductive, and so on. There are various methods to treat...

The Role of Social Media in Educating Children About Obesity and Healthy Lifestyle Choices

Evidence-Based Solution Background Despite numerous efforts, the issue of obesity remains one of the leading causes of health deterioration worldwide (World Health Organization, 2017). When considering the population that can be described as especially vulnerable to the specified disease, one must mention young children (Sahoo et al., ‎2015). According to...

Healthcare Technological Trends and HRM Strategies

Today our world is developing extremely quickly mainly due to the enormous technological development. Realizing such tendencies, it is normal to expect that they will be soon commonly used in the sphere of health care. Many people nowadays are talking about health applications. They are not well-studied yet, but their...

Plan-Do-Study-Act in Hospital Quality Improvement

Critical care or intensive care units in hospitals are required to be staffed with nurses who are trained to work in these units and who are able to perform their duties in a stressful environment. However, staff shortages in these units are typical because of specifics of responsibilities and the...

Reducing PICC-Related Complications: A Storytelling Approach in Healthcare

Introduction The insertion of PICC line is one of the most widespread medical procedures in the United States. The catheters allow care providers to measure patients’ hemodynamic indicators, in case it is impossible to do through non-invasive methods and to supply pharmaceutical and nutritious elements into an organism (McGee &...

Sickle Cell Disease in a Child: Description, Treatment and Education

Evaluation and management of a pediatric patient who has a painful swelling of the hands and feet, fatigue, or fussiness The evaluation process of the pediatric patient would involve the collection of information about his past health records. I would be particularly keen to ask for any details about the...

Implementation Plan for Effective Patient Transition Changes: Key Considerations

Introduction Transition is an important element of patient care, and suboptimal transition may have highly adverse consequences for the patient, such as serious complications that could have been prevented and hospital readmission (Toles, Colón-Emeric, Naylor, Barroso, & Anderson, 2016; Verhaegh et al., 2014). The current paper describes the third phase...

Ethical Considerations and Human Rights in Circumcision Practices

Introduction Both male and female circumcision provokes the long-standing disputes among the members of different communities. The previous research findings reveal substantial controversies in views on the value and ethics of the procedure – some researchers suggest that circumcision provides medical benefits for both genders while others consider that it...

Mother and Newborn Contact and Its Benefits

Introduction It is a common practice in some hospitals to separate the infant from his or her mother right after birth. The mother can see her newborn after some time when the baby is already wrapped or dressed. However, many believe that an instant contact of the mother and her...

Role of Music in Enhancing Patient Outcomes: Evidence and Insights

Introduction The use of music to improve patient outcomes has a long history of implementation and research. In many ways, music is preferable to other intervention methods. Music does not require intrusive actions, is easy to administer, universally appealing, and the technological progress of recent decades has made it affordable...

Communication with Patients with Dementia: Weitzel et al.’s Techniques

In their article “Pilot testing an educational intervention to improve communication with patients with dementia,” the authors suggest certain communication techniques that can be effective for the hospital staff when they are communicating with patients with dementia. They state that a perfect approach is an individual approach, as it takes...

Homeopathy vs. Traditional Medicine: Efficacy and Principles

As a matter of fact, nowadays, more and more people do not trust medicine, and thus, seek for alternatives and non-traditional therapies. Homeopathy is not a new phenomenon. This term was commonly used recently. However, it is worth highlighting that homeopathy was officially recognized by a traditional medicine not long...

Childhood Obesity in the US: A Growing Crisis

It is imperative to mention that childhood obesity has turned into a crucial problem over the last few years, and it is especially problematic in the United States because the number of individuals that suffer from this condition has quadrupled over a relatively short period of thirty years (Sabin &...

Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Mood Disorder, and More

Introduction Depressive disorders refer to various diseases that affect a person’s mood, thoughts, and body. Beesdo, Pine, Lieb, and Wittchen (2010) hold that the illnesses affect a person’s normal functioning as well as daily life. Depressive disorders do not only affect the victim but also individuals who are close to...

Presumptive Nursing Diagnosis and Nursing Care Plan

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...

Increasing Treatment Costs and Reducing Life Expectancies in Type 2 Diabetes

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....

Infection Prevention Strategies and Educational Interventions: Promoting Health and Safety

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...

Camden Coalition’s Healthcare Community Model: An In-Depth Analysis

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...

Nursing Plan for Influenza in Young Children vs. Older Adults

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 Process and Its Failure Factors

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...

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: Role, Training, and Policies

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...

Research Studies Should Withstand Criticism: Impact of Clinicians on Health

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...

ADHD in Children: Diagnostic Assessment, Challenges, and Importance

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...

Leadership and Advocacy Roles of the Chief Nursing Officer in Healthcare Settings

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...

Nuclear Family Health Assessment in Nursing

Family Composition The assessment of a family is important in identifying family health care needs for appropriate nursing interventions. This family health assessment will focus on a nuclear family that comprises Jim Smith, his wife of 15 years, Kelly, and their three children. The couple’s children include Jake, aged thirteen,...

Bariatric Surgery and Its Long-Term Outcomes

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...

Nurse Practitioners’ Roles in Healthcare: Educators, Leaders, and Informaticists

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...

Improving Nurses’ Quality of Work-Life, Reducing Burnout: Nowrouzi et al. (2015)

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...

Strategies for Improving Work-Life Balance Among Nurses in Healthcare

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...

Conducting a Needs Assessment for the Indian Creek Foundation

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...

Public Healthcare Privatisation in Saudi Arabia: An Analysis

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...

How Nursing Understaffing Impacts Care at Palmetto Hospital

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...

Motor Disabilities: Visuomotor Coordination and Its Impact

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...

Imogene King’s Theory of Goal Attainment in Nursing

Introduction Imogene King was a professional nurse who developed a popular theory of goal attainment. Its concepts might be helpful for people who want to be involved in the clinic sphere of nursing after they graduate from an educational institution. The following paper is intended to discuss how the theory...

Conflict Management in Healthcare Facilities

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...

Health Policy Action: American Veterans’ Health

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...

Medical Personnel Negligence: Analyzing Cases and Consequences

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...

HIV and AIDS Prevention: Teaching Plan

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...

Community-Based Services for Family Health

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...

Investing in New Capnography Equipment for Interventional Radiology

 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...

Effective Strategies for Ethical Decision-Making in Nursing

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 Nurse Staffing: Risks and Solutions in Healthcare

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)....

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Computer-Based Interventions in Diabetes Treatment

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...

Nurse Staffing Ratio Impact on Patient Outcomes

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...

The Local EHRs: Revolutionizing Medical Record Management

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 Advocate for Veterans: Addressing Common Health Problems and Solutions

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)....

Elderly With Alzheimer’s Disease: Functions and Falls

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...

Factors Influencing College Selection Processes and Decision Making

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...

Miami’s Pediatric Community Needs

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;...

Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Strategies

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 in Child Research

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...

Managing Concentration Issues: Effective Strategies and Techniques

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...

Person, Health, Environment in Nursing Philosophy

Nursing In the context of my philosophy, nursing is viewed as the process of creating the environment in which recovery will occur at a fast pace, and in which people will be able to engage in the unceasing process of learning about health management, as well as their unique health...

Implications of Electronic Health Records: Transforming Patient Care and Management

Introduction In the past ten or more years, rapid technological advancements have been witnessed in almost every aspect of life. The field of medicine has not been spared by such developments. Electronic health records implementation is among the technologies that make integral contributions to the evolution of health care. However,...

Ebola Disease: Fatal Infection in Humans and Primates

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...

Integral Nursing: A Comprehensive Approach to Holistic Patient Care

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...

“Let’s Move” Program for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion

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%...

Digitalization in Healthcare: Impacts of Large-Scale Data Analytics

Week 1 Assignments Assignment #1 In this paper, the article “Going digital: A survey on digitalization and large-scale data analytics in healthcare” by Tresp et al. (2016) is proposed for sharing. It contains a comprehensive overview of digitalization trends in healthcare, and it is most recent. Therefore, it might catch...

The Role of Nurse Practitioner

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

IOM and RWJF Collaboration: Transforming American Healthcare

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....

Family Nurse Practitioners: Primary Responsibilities and Impact on Patient Care

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...

AIDS, Influenza A, Rabies: Miami-Dade County Report

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...

Resolving Conflicts Amid Limited Capacity and Mobility of Staff

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...

Overcoming Obstacles to Reduce PICC-Related Complications in Clinical Practice

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...

Pedagogical Approaches in Nursing Education

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...

Improving Patient Communication: Key Issues and Effective Strategies

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...

Exploring Long-Term Care Financing Models and Solutions in the U.S.

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...

Ethical Issues and Strategies in Nursing Practice

Introduction The nursing profession presents nurses with ethically complex situations on a daily basis. The need to resolve these situations places an additional emotional strain on employees and can lead to flawed decisions. The following paper is a review of a study by Park (2009) that identifies the most common...

Miami’s Ancient Tribes and Spanish Conquest: A Historical Overview

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...

Nurse Understaffing and Patient Outcomes Correlation

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 Epidemiology: Global Public Health Implications and Strategies

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...

Care Pathways and Treatment for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

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...

Conflict Resolution Strategies in Hospital Settings: A Focus on Miami Practices

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...

Defining Nursing Roles and Healthcare Actors in Modern Patient Care

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...

Link Between Obesity and Genetics

Background Obesity is one of the main health issues faced by people of all ages. It affects their lives through limitations implemented on the physical activity, associated disorders, and even emotional pressure. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), more than 2 in 3 adults and 1 in 6...

Health Care Reform: Eliminating Disparities & Enhancing Nursing Roles

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...

The Important Effects of Obesity

Introduction Obesity is one of the issues that are often discussed by medical workers and researchers. This topic has been chosen for several reasons. First of all, this problem affects a great number of people. For example, one can mention that there are between approximately 112 000 deaths that can...

Ethical Issues Surrounding Circumcision: Perspectives and Debates

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,...

Obesity Education Plan for Older Adults

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...

Nursing Practices in Iran: Cultural Contexts and Contemporary Challenges

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...

Downsizing Misinterpreted Due to Administrator’s Failures

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...

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and Leadership

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...

Exploring the Diverse Roles and Responsibilities of Family Nurse Practitioners

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...

Patient Isolation Precautions: Guidelines for Safety and Infection Control

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...

Majority of Patients Are Satisfied with Telenursing Services

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 and Nurse Engagement

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...

Economic Principles in Public Healthcare: Efficiency & Costs

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...

Hourly Rounding for Patients’ Falls Minimization

The PICOT question In patients in an acute care unit, does hourly rounding compared to not rounding decrease patients’ falls in 90 days? P-patients in an acute care unit I-hourly rounding C-not rounding O-decrease in patient falls T-90 days The practice issue, its scope, the need for change The practice...

Dissociative Disorders, Their Types and Diagnostics

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...

Kegedi Hospital’s X-Ray Purchase: Service & Efficiency

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...

Quality Improvement in Healthcare: Essential Strategies and Theories

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...

Strategies for Minimizing Falls Among Senior Patients: Effective Interventions

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...

Nursing Shortage and Turnover Management

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...

Improving the Quality of Care Delivery

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...

Addressing Visuo-Motor Coordination Deficits: Implications for Motor Impairments

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....

Talent Development in NIH: Purpose & Rationale

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 Health: Economic and Infrastructure Challenges

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,...

Addressing Diabetes Through Community Initiatives: The Country Walk Approach

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...

Impact of Text Messaging on Healthy Lifestyle: A Review

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...

Transitional Care Model: Ensuring Effective Patient Communication

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...

Nursing Professional Values and Characteristics

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 Testing in Diabetes: Techniques and Best Practices

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...

Epidemiology Assessment of Miami-Dade County: HIV/AIDS, Influenza, and Syphilis

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...