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Introduction Pressure ulcers are one of the health conditions with which nurses are constantly struggling since they can affect the health of patients to a significant degree. Even though contemporary evidence-based medicine offers many ways to prevent this undesirable phenomenon, the percentage of patients developing this severe condition is stably...
Organization and Its Clients The organization I would like to work at as a Family Nurse Practitioner is Holtz Children’s Hospital, a department of Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami (“Holtz children’s hospital,” 2017). The hospital offers a variety of pediatric services such as neonatology, neurosurgery, nephrology, dermatology, otolaryngology, intensive care,...
Introduction The present paper will consider the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Nursing [BWHDN] (2016) and its individual nursing units from the perspective of the open systems theory as explained by Meyer and O’Brien-Pallas (2010). This approach can be employed for organizational analysis to describe a hospital unit as...
Community Characteristics In Duxbury County, approximately 25% of the population are the people who are older than 65 years at this moment. In 25 years, it is expected that this number can be increased by up to 50%. The members of the community under analysis have several common characteristics such...
Program for Weight Management The inexplicable weight gain among college students has become a great challenge not only to the students but to the entire healthcare system. To overcome the challenge, a program that is aimed at creating awareness about healthy eating among the freshmen will be created. The name...
Setting Regarding the fact that the given project is focused on the investigation of the issue of obesity among children and the impact parents education might have on reducing excess weight, the following sampling procedure could be suggested. The total number of participants could be limited to 20 children and...
Discussion The patient case chosen for the assessment is the case of a sixty-seven-year-old male who reported continuous coughing that has been getting worse. Moreover, the patient requested an over-the-counter cough medicine that does not contain alcohol since he has been from alcohol for more than fifteen years. First, it...
Extraneous Variables The parental variable is the main confounding factor. Body mass index of parents and their socioeconomic status are important to consider when measuring the influence of the independent variables. These extraneous variables belong to the group of participant variables; therefore, the use of an appropriate strategy will help...
Introduction of Community I live in Miami, Florida. The community I will use for the assignment is the northern part of the city. Their atmosphere is friendly, and the community is largely peaceful. There are many families with children, middle-aged people, and also elderly citizens. Windshield Survey Vitality Since I...
Problem Statement The qualitative study by Singal et al. (2016) focuses on a rather important problem of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy resulted in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in children. The title of the article clearly identifies the key variables, including the target audience of women living in Manitoba,...
Introduction The problems of medication error and issues about drug reconciliation play a highly adverse role in the contemporary medical care setting. It is stated that adverse drug events take place in the percentage of cases that fall within the range from 5% to 40% for hospitalized patients, and within...
Introduction Pediatrics has its roots in preventive care, and vaccination stands out among the most imperative approaches in the avoidance of diseases in children. The decrease in illnesses and mortality over the previous century because of routine childhood vaccinations is extremely exceptional. Smallpox has been eliminated across the world, while...
Introduction Many theorists have considered the issue of adaptation and the aspects that are either beneficial or detrimental to patient’s successful progression. Notably, various concepts have been developed, and each of them views this process from different angles. The purpose of this paper is to review one of the main...
Background and Significance of the Problem Obesity is a critical problem in the United States. According to Ogden, Carrol, Fryar, and Flegal (2015), over 36 percent of American adults are obese. Moreover, middle-aged and older adult groups were found to have higher obesity rates, with 40.2 percent of people aged...
Narrowing the Networks Although the Affordable Care Act (or ObamaCare, as it was also called) was expected to make health care more accessible for all citizens of the US, it has still brought some problems that needed to be solved. The first conflict between ethics and the healthcare reform is...
Health promotion initiatives are associated with ethical concerns that affect their implementation and effectiveness. In particular, most health promotion activities could be perceived as limiting people’s rights to choose unhealthy behaviors over healthy ones. For example, although smoking has multiple negative effects on health, many people choose to continue smoking,...
The function of the organization, its mission, and vision American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is the chief full-service nationwide specialized membership association for nursing practitioners of all spheres (American Academy of Nursing Practitioners, n.d.). The mission of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners is to allow all NPs to...
Introduction Quality in nursing and health care is one of the most fundamental concepts. Though it is frequently compared with safety and positive outcomes, it is wrong to search for similarities or contradictions of all these issues in order to grasp their essence. Quality is a complex and multidimensional aspect...
Introduction Pressure ulcers are a common condition for patients who require long hospitalization. The primary force of prevention for pressure ulcers is the nursing staff of the hospital. Pressure ulcers develop due to pressure being applied to an area of a person’s body over a long period of time. To...
Title: Comparison of Antioxidant Potency of Commonly Consumed Polyphenol-Rich Beverages in the United States. Authors probably aim to challenge the popular assumption of benefits of consumption of polyphenol-rich beverages based on their high antioxidant content. Intended audience: The primary audience is the medical professionals who deal with dietology. However, anybody...
The client in this case seems to suffer from Sick Building Syndrome (SBS), which is defined by WHO as suffering from some symptoms that can be related to exposure to building variables without other known etiology. Many factors can refer to this condition in this case. She is working in...
Introduction Nursing practice is associated with various concepts that reflect and help practitioners understand the nature of nursing. Bousso, Poles, and Cruz (2014) note that concepts can be divided into abstract and more concrete. The former group can help nurses improve their practice as the discussion of abstract notions results...
Introduction Neurotransmitters are chemicals in the brain that have the power to regulate and control both emotional and physical processes in the body. In other words, neurotransmitters act as the messengers of the brain as it works to control all the functions of the body. However, they do not work...
Introduction of Community (20 points) The selected community for this survey is Miami Gardens. This is a suburb are located in Miami City, Florida. Most of the people in the community are African Americans and Latinos (Allender, Rector, & Warner, 2014). Windshield Survey (75 points) Vitality The majority of the...
The question of pain management is associated with such issues as patients’ and nurses’ fears related to addiction, appropriate and inappropriate approaches to pain management and dosage, as well as the treatment of addicted patients among other aspects. Furthermore, the question of managing pain also allows for speaking about the...
Introduction Modern nurses know and implement numerous different frameworks into their clinical practice. From Nightingale to Henderson, these frameworks largely revolve around four pillars of nursing and assist in framing both clinical practice and clinical research by outlining goals and purposes of interventions, as well as providing an ethical and...
The manifestation of leadership qualities is a feature that management often encourages at any team. Nursing, in this case, is not an exception. However, to ensure that these properties do not contradict some ethical norms, an employee should take into account several factors. For example, the ability to manage the...
Introduction The community under analysis is Flagami, where mostly emigrants and people with low social status live. The vulnerable population of this community, as a rule, is subject to a rather high mortality rate due to the involvement of local people in crimes. The purpose of this paper is to...
Introduction Judie, who has served as the nurse manager for the past ten years, has been experiencing irritation and dissatisfaction due to certain administration issues at her working place. In spite of the initial priority for the patient’s needs, Judie has to ignore some of them for organizational matters, which...
Introduction In the case study “Fetal Abnormality”, four characters face the same problem that is an abnormal condition of a fetus and the necessity to decide if to save a child or to consider abortion as the only appropriate solution. Each character takes a certain position and finds it necessary...
It has recently become evident that health policies and practices should be based on the most reliable empirical evidence that can be found across the globe. This principle is the foundation of the so-called evidence-based health care. When the required data is obtained, it is to be translated into action,...
Introduction The functions of nurses have changed in recent decades. Unlike the past, when nurses were merely helpers and sanitary workers, they now perform a wide range of duties depending on the role specification. However, there is still some confusion about the list of activities that have to be done...
Shortage of Physicians and Its Implications The introduction of the restrictive licensing policy has led to the lack of competent healthcare experts in Miami, FL (Budryk, 2014). The identified health policy has understandably negative effects on the quality of care, as well as patient outcomes, in general (Association of American...
Evaluation Plan The main purpose of this project is to assess the importance of the promotion of healthy lifestyles by nursing professionals via educational programs for patients, their families, and communities. The following clinical question was formulated to guide this project: In a group of participants ages 18 to 25...
Introduction Health information technology (IT) is receiving more and more interest from scholars who investigate the threats and opportunities presented to the healthcare industry by innovations. The current paper aims to analyze a current and relevant issue related to health IT and outline in what ways this topic may impact...
Selected Article The selected article for this critique is “An Examination of Transformational Leadership among Graduating Baccalaureate Nursing Students and Practicing Nurses” by Lizy Matthew. The article presents a quantitative study that was aimed at examining the five skills of transformational leadership among nursing students and practicing professionals. The author...
Introduction Nursing education and training institutions should ensure that future nurses are capable of delivering effective care depending on patients’ unique circumstances. Any care that is inconsistent with patients’ needs and circumstances may encompass an enormous risk that may hinder the achievement of positive health care outcomes. Patients in healthcare...
Title: Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis. Karnik and Kanekar try to show the threatening tendency towards the deterioration of childrens health and the actions that should be performed to change the situation. Intended audience: The article could be used by professionals working in the sphere of childrens health...
Over the years, the healthcare sector has grappled with numerous challenges such as nursing shortage, chronic conditions, and sentinel events. These obstacles continue to affect the quality of health services available to different populations across the country. Such issues explain why the Institute of Medicine (IOM) presented its findings in...
Introduction Technology today modifies many aspects of healthcare, and one of them is patient education. Various technological achievements have been applied to improving learning outcomes in patients regarding their health and treatment. Examples include the use of information systems that provide educational materials to patients through their own devices or...
Introduction Hepatitis could be considered one of the greatest threats of the modern world. According to the official statistics, one-third of Americans have experienced Hepatitis at some point in their lives (Overview and Statistics, n.d.) It means that the main aspects of this diseases treatment become the major concern of...
CHF and Atrial Fibrillation Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common and most studied arrhythmias, but its treatment is still an important issue. One of the causes of the development of AF is chronic heart failure (CHF). Frequent heart rhythm disturbances are almost always found in patients suffering...
Introduction Diabetes mellitus exists in two main forms, type I and type II. If the patient does not receive timely and effective treatment, the disease may lead to numerous complications (Alva, Gray, Mihaylova, Leal, & Holman, 2015). In the US alone, the economic cost of diabetes is around 240 billion...
Introduction Every day nurses face diverse tasks that should be accomplished to guarantee effective care delivery and improved patients states. The given variety results in the existence of numerous approaches used by specialists to meet different patients requirements and choose the most appropriate way to solve particular health problems. Moreover,...
Definition of Public Health and Epidemiology The conducted web research has presented adequate definitions for public health and epidemiology. Public health is the science of improving and protecting the health needs of a community by promoting positive lifestyles, health environments, and implementing powerful programs to prevent diseases (Ku, Steinmetz, Brantley,...
International Council of Nursing indicates that the shortages of pediatric nurses are associated with issues related to work environment (Aiken et al., 2014). There will be increased number of nursing professionals if the environment under which nurses work is improved. The involvement of the current professionals in the development of...
Due to the increased number of health problems and the tendency towards the deterioration of the situation in the sphere new efficient methods to solve topical issues are needed. For this reason, we could observe the appearance of several new perspectives on the way care and most important services should...
The working environment is important for any occupation, but in nursing it becomes crucial. The matter is that nurses closely interact with patients and unfavorable work environment can cause undesirable outcomes. For example, scholars prove that workplace incivility is related to stress and burnout and the complex of these factors...
Childhood fever is a rather common condition. However, the parents of young patients recently discharged from the Emergency Room tend to overestimate this problem and bring the patients back to the facility. Due to the lack of sufficient information, parents do not understand the possibility of safe treatment of their...
Introduction The aim of this paper is to propose the need for the study of communication between health care providers and patients and its subsequent improvement based on six domains of quality elaborated by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). In particular, the concept of communication is one of the most...
Executive Summary The Purpose of the Program Nowadays, constantly growing Body Mass Index (BMI) is one of the major problems in the United States of America and globally, and many people are considered obese (Frank, 2015). There is a diversity of ways to deal with this issue. For example, this...
The Major Behavioral Risk Factor for COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the condition that affects patients’ lower airways and lungs and seriously damaging their respiratory systems. The major signs and consequences of COPD are the shortness of breath that appears alongside such symptoms as progressive coughing with the...
Introduction Across America, childhood obesity has become a national crisis. It is estimated that among the children aged between 2 and 19, one in every three children faces the problem of overweight or obesity (Ogden, Connor, Rivera, Dommarco, 2010). Overweight and obesity are leading risk factors for hypertension and diabetes....
Introduction To explain the main roles of a nurse practitioner, it would be proper to identify some requirements that one has to follow in order to occupy this position. A nurse practitioner is expected to have a master’s degree and a specific certification or a license for allowance of one’s...
Differences in Competencies between Nurses Prepared at the Associate-Degree Level versus the Baccalaureate-Degree Level In some cases, it may be challenging (especially for a non-professional) to differentiate between the baccalaureate- and the associate-degree levels of nursing preparation. This difficulty is aggravated by the fact that both programs require passing the...
Conflicts are an essential part of change management and they can either contribute or disrupt the process of project implementation (Saxton, 2012). Recognizing the indicators of conflict, revealing the motives and goals of the participants of the conflict, having methods of analysis of the conflict situation, and the establishment of...
Constituents of population health Population health is a complex term that refers to the health outcomes distributed among the nation. This definition is used to develop governmental health policy and execute healthcare management. To measure the distribution of health outcomes, such measures as mortality, morbidity, and life quality, are used....
Applicable Nursing Theory Although medicine is a holistic and humanitarian science, in hospital management systems nurses are viewed as human resources. The majority of nursing theories are typically patient-focused and are based either on utilitarian or Kantian ethics. Thus, they are unfit for being implemented as frameworks to support the...
Viral Pneumonia Evidently, viral pneumonia transpires when the body is affected by viruses. The latter are small-sized transmittable bacteria (Singh, 2014). The majority of the individuals that are active within the scientific community believe that viruses are non-living entities meaning that they only become active when they enter the human...
Transitional Care Management (TCM) is seen as an effective tool to decrease the rate of readmissions in patients with CHF. The TCM often involve some services provided within a month after the discharge but this period is rather long. This paper dwells upon an intervention that involves the provision of...
It is crucial that values of the organization promote such fundamental domains as integrity, appreciation of diversity, and commitment. It is especially important for the healthcare industry (Barbera, 2014). The alienation of nurse’s values with the organizational culture ensures high-quality care, safety, and job satisfaction experienced by the nurses. Organization’s...
Introduction The American Nurses Association (ANA) supports various policies and agenda issues that affect the performance of nurse practitioners (NPs). The agency has several programs aimed at examining the implications of different priority trends and issues. The organization informs more nurses about the major issues and policies that have the...
Health status among the present-day American population has been significantly increased due to the recent technological advance in health care. More and more diseases are cured, and many complex questions are answered. However, despite the fact that the progress has led to the prolonged life of the population, African American...
Overview of Selected Evidenced-Based Practice Project Evidence-based practice is an approach to health care that ensures the best possible outcomes for the patients. In its currently accepted form, the approach is founded on three core principles: the values and expectations of the patients, the clinical expertise of the provider, and...
Any state organization for registered nurses is supposed to provide a set of standards encompassing all levels of nursing practice that can serve as a template of professional activity for nurses. Some aspects of performance are common for nurse practitioners, educators, and leaders whereas others may differ (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber,...
Evaluation of the change plan To determine whether the change plan is effective or not, both intermediate and outcome assessments are required. In the course of the project realization, it is necessary to specify how well the initiative is implemented. It can be done through an assessment of stakeholder engagement...
There is a great number of different possible occupations which can promote development of the personality of a man and guarantee his/her further successful career. Pharmacy Technician is one of these occupations. With this in mind, it is possible to outline some existing programs which can help a person to...
Introduction The current paper is a literature review related to the issue of nurse staffing and nurse collaboration in hospitals. It is known that understaffing is a common problem in hospitals, which may lead to adverse patient outcomes. It is also known that low-quality nurse collaboration may also negatively affect...
Today, childhood obesity is one of the critical health concerns. Being an important factor impacting the future of the nation, childrens health should be cultivated. However, obesity in this group has reached epidemic levels and continues to grow especially in developed countries (Sahoo et al., 2015). That is why the...
Healthcare practitioners offer timely and quality medical services to more people from diverse backgrounds (Price & Khubchandani, 2016). I have been providing medical support and care to different members of our community. The neighborhood is composed by different populations with diverse cultural practices. Majority of the people in the community...
Feelings of guilt and worry among family members of patients in need of long-term care are a natural reaction. As a charge nurse, I would thus start from addressing the emotional part of the issue by explaining to Suzanne that the reason behind her mother’s condition is not in any...
Introduction Healthcare services in Florida target a population of about 19.5 million people residing in the state. The latest census data reveal it is the most populated state. Total healthcare spending in the state of Florida stood at $132.5 billion in 2014. When this figure is divided by the total...
Introduction Hodgkin’s lymphoma is one of the most common types of cancer in adolescent and young adults (Hollander et al., 2015). This type of cancer influences the work of lymph tissue that can be found in nodes, bone marrow, and other organs (Pham, Ressler, Rosenthal, and Kelemen (2017). This disease...
The article written by Katon, Russo, and Gavin (2014) is focused on women’s health. It discusses predictors of postpartum depression (PPD), including sociodemographic and clinic risk factors. This paper will analyze the research article under discussion in order to prove that it is an authoritative source of information that can...
Introduction Within the framework of this paper, the researcher will concentrate on the review of one of the key aspects of health IT. This technology is called the electronic health record and is used to store and generate the data regarding the patients’ state, safety, care quality evaluation, and possible...
Operational Plan The increase of the patient volume that is aimed at providing high-quality health care to wide populations and communities can be achieved by applying different approaches. Along with such beneficial objectives as the creation of the online platform for the patients and focus on their education, there is...
The natural process of growing older may be viewed differently. Judging by the images of the contemporary American culture, one sees youth as an indispensable part of wellbeing and regards aging as an unwanted consequence of living. An elderly person is pictured as a decrepit, ill creature and frequently becomes...
Prewriting What is your narrowed topic? Be detailed in your answer. You can use any of the versions you’ve developed for prior assignments. The narrowed topic is the incidence of childhood obesity in the United States: factors determining it and measures for overcoming this challenge. Who is your primary audience...
The health status of my community, Miami, is influenced by various factors. First of all, it is affected by individual characteristics of the population. Their knowledge, attitudes, and skills determine the way they interact with the healthcare system and treat it. For example, the majority of the population believes that...
Introduction Ethics are essential for the majority of work environments. In nursing, it is one of the most important aspects of practice. Patients expect nurses’ actions to be ethical. If nurses’ actions are unethical, they may bring physical, emotional, or psychological harm to patients, and this outcome should be avoided...
Introduction Wiegand and Funk (2014) explored the moral distress experiences of nurses, the causes of such experiences, and the effects they had on nurses’ practice, attitude, and future decisions and actions. The research questions were, “(a) What situations caused moral distress for critical care nurses? (b) What were the consequences...
Abstract Every cultural group exhibits spectacular values, beliefs, and medical practices. The field of nursing has evolved in such a way that it can be applied in different settings depending on the needs of the target population. This discussion uses different research studies and analyses to describe the health care...
Introduction The number of diagnostic and surgical procedures performed by non-anesthetic practitioners is rising. The State Boards of Nursing issue directions on anesthesia methods that are adapted into hospital policies to avoid inconsistencies, ensure patient safety and promote regulatory compliance. The Board decisions are founded in practice principles and recommendations...
Abstract The prevalence of obesity has gradually increased over the last few decades. The rates are almost similar in developed and developing nations. The current study investigates the relationship between obesity (a medical condition) and genetic and environmental factors that influence its occurrence. The study utilizes twins where the general...
Introduction The mission and vision statements of healthcare organizations include a variety of crucial issues such as taking care of patients’ welfare, providing the medical employees with the necessary equipment, and being fair and unprejudiced to patients’ gender, age, or ethnicity. However, there is another essential component to be included...
Current CDC Guidelines and Drug-Drug Interactions Drug-drug interactions occur when a medicine interferes or affects the activity of a second drug when administered together. Such interactions produce synergetic or antagonistic effects (Juarez-Cedillo & Martinez-Hernandez, 2016). Such synergetic effect increases the effect of a drug when administered together with another one....
Abstract The research on nurse practitioners’ burnout triggers and coping strategies is proposed for submission to the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. The paper provides reasoning for selecting the journal and discusses research steps associated with the chosen topic of interest. It outlines a general abstract structure and discusses the potential...
Case Report A case report that is also known as a case-controlled study can be referred to as the exploration of a certain phenomenon, family, or a single person. As a rule, the case report integrates quantitative and qualitative methods of research. The information collected as a result of this...
This paper focuses on the description of one of the most successful healthcare organizations in the United States – Hackensack University Medical Center. It is the biggest organization specialized in the delivery of outpatient and inpatient services in New Jersey. The Center can place up to 780 inpatients; it is...
Considering the case, there is a great need for medication as untreated depression could result in significant deterioration of patient’s quality of life. That is why antidepressants should be prescribed. It is extremely important to be careful with dosing for the patient to remain stable and be able to lead...
Abstract This paper focuses on the peculiarities of social anxiety disorder that prevents people from living normal lives as they cannot communicate with others. It describes its main symptoms, including physical, emotional, and behavioral ones. For instance, attention is paid to anxiety and fear of interacting with strangers and making...
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the burdens facing the global healthcare sector. This paper proposes a research aimed at understanding the nature of congestive heart failure and why affected persons tend to be readmitted in their respective hospitals. The discussion explains why the topic has been selected for...
Quality improvement (QI) projects usually cut across multiple clinical disciplines. An effective QI committee should comprise of an ad hoc team made up of representatives drawn from the affected practice areas that ideally report to the facility’s CEO. The QI committee holds regular meetings to identify the practice domain for...
Introduction Communicable or infectious diseases are a burden of the contemporary society. Immunization stimulated substantial progress in eliminating infectious diseases but their cases are still frequent due to healthcare access disparities and many other reasons. According to Healthy People 2020 initiative (2018), the US healthcare system targets 17 infectious diseases...
The main task of any healthcare organization is the fulfillment of patient needs through the provision of high-quality service at minimum cost. Revenue management practices, including financial regulations and billing requirements, help hospitals to stimulate social-economic development. Since revenues serve as the primary stimulus for the organizational growth and sustainability,...
Clermont (Florida) is a steadily growing city where the community can access various services in many spheres of people’s lives. The city can be referred to as the City of Champions, which is stressed by the local government (City of Clermont, 2018). The central industries are real-estate and tourism due...
Job Description A Registered Nurse Anesthetist is a nursing professional who administers health care services to patients. Registered Nurse Anesthetists are also known as Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and may offer be basic or specialized services as dictated by the needs of patients (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014). Typically, different...
Abstract Native Americans tend to acquire mental illnesses more often than other cultural groups that live in the USA. Suicide and depression rates among these indigenous peoples are growing. Native Americans are reluctant to seek help in medical facilities due to distrust and lack of awareness of the Native context...
Summary of Case Study 8-year-old Heddy Ramiro presents to your clinic with her mother who is wondering if anything can be done about Heddy’s nasal congestion and cough. Symptom Analysis Questions In order to identify the possible causes of illness, the doctor has to ask the child and her caretaker...
Meditech is an electronic health record structure that offers clinical recording for health care specialists at midsized and public hospitals. This EHR has continuously been praised for its reliability and user-friendliness (Cruz et al., 2014). The clinical boards feature permits doctors and other medical workers to follow current patient actions...
History of the Condition Zika virus (ZikaV) is the reason why the World Health Organization (WHO) has recently announced an international state of emergency (Nunes et al., 2016). The virus started in Brazil around 2014 spread all over the Northeast region and farther. Its main vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito,...
Abstract This paper formulates and hypothetically develops a research project for publication in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. The project that has been developed relates to how communication skills training for nursing professionals can be used to improve patient satisfaction with the quality of care provided in inpatient settings. Introduction...
Introduction The issue that is going to be reviewed within the framework of the current research paper is patient education. The latter is a rather complex problem that has to be recognized by doctors, nurses, and other individuals involved in the provision of healthcare. Patient education is essential, and it...
Introduction Since the invention of the stethoscope in 1816, technology has continued to change healthcare in a positive way by enhancing and expanding the capabilities of clinicians (Ramundo, 2012). The various forms of technologies have transformed the way modern nurses work. The technology also progresses along with nursing roles in...
Introduction The article prepared by Sand-Jecklin and Sherman (2014) is focused on the effects of blended bedside nursing shift reports. It discusses improvements obtained due to the implementation of the change. Mainly, professionals focus on patient safety and nurse accountability. Assessment of the effectiveness of nursing shift reports is required...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) belongs to long-term disorders in the autoimmune system and primarily affects the joints. However, the scope of its adverse impact may be wider and reach other body parts (Choy, 2012). Due to being a rather serious disease, RA constantly requires the scientists to come up with new...
Introduction Mistakes in the administration of medications cause high morbidity and mortality rates and are accountable for many deaths every year (Garrouste-Orgeas et al., 2012). In this regard, the concept of drug safety becomes important in the provision of health care and nursing care in particular. This concept fundamentally states...
Description of AIDS Trend in the USA According to AVERT (2017) and the CDC (2017), more than 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the USA. Estimates show that one out of eight people within this population group is not aware of their HIV status. Although the prevalence rate for...
How Nursing Practice Will Change and Grow Nurses and caregivers form the greatest percentage of healthcare workers in the United States. As the United States continues to identify new strategies to restructure its healthcare delivery system, the field of nursing will have a critical role in this new transformation. The...
Introduction Diabetes affects more than 100 million citizens of the United States with a large section of the population either experiencing type-2 diabetes or prediabetes that might lead to the development of type-2 diabetes (“New CDC report,” 2016). A great variety of treatments and diagnostic techniques have been researched and...
Differential Diagnoses The chief complaint of a 45-year-old MR is a two hour left lower and mid-chest pain radiating to the back. The initial differential diagnoses include: Angina pectoris, unspecified (I20.9) is a frequent type of chest pain that is caused by reduced blood flow to the heart. This disease...
Introduction The object of this week’s study is a 21-year-old woman. At present she complaints about frequent headaches and general bad condition. Besides, she is bothered by gaining some weight in the last month. The lady supposes she has a thyroid problem because it was observed in her family. She...
Opening Remarks New recommendations from influential agencies such as the Institute of Medicine, American Nursing Association, and American Association of Colleges of Nursing require nurses to hold a Bachelor of Science (BSN) degree to enhance patient care outcomes (Grant, 2014; Jones, 2015). In realization of the fact that most nurses...
Introduction The community that will be addressed in this paper comprises individuals living in the city of Miami, Florida. As the windshield survey revealed, the community does not appear to be suffering from serious social problems. This paper pertains to the population of Hispanics/Latinos in Miami who have diabetes. The...
Introduction Attention Material: The notion of “just culture” has a significant influence on the way nurses and other medics interact with patients (Dekker & Breakey, 2016). On a bigger scale, it imposed on the nursing practice several justified limitations but provided the former with adequate protection against wrongful accusations when...
Introduction Family Nurse Practitioners need to have specific qualifications and obtain licenses to provide practice. In order to understand what scope of practice FNPs have, paper aims to focus on the nurse practitioner who has been interviewed before. The answers to the interview questions will also be addressed in this...
Key Information: Authors and Topic Alleviating pain in patients with oncology issues is one of the crucial tasks faced by nurses in the modern healthcare setting (Paice et al., 2016). In their study, Bakitas et al. (2015) compare early and delayed palliative care management techniques. Primary quantitative analysis was conducted...
The Shape Up Somerville community-based prevention program is a campaign initiated in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1998 and targeted at the issue of childhood obesity. After more than fifteen years of collective community effort, the campaign has resulted in measureable improvements in the area of public health, community engagement, and interaction...
The healthcare system in America is faced by different challenges. These challenges affect the quality of services provided to patients and their health conditions continue to worsen. There is need to improve the health care systems to ensure that the patients get the necessary services (Guagliardo 3). Some of the...
Managing customers’ personal information is a rather tricky task, especially in the era of digital technology, when information management has become considerably less secure due to the Web-related threats (e.g., cyberattacks) (Seo, Park, Kim, & Eom, 2016). Therefore, it is imperative to draw the line between the acceptable practices in...
Introduction The Right-to-Die bill is a proposed law that is aimed at giving authority to terminally ill patients to end their lives through the assistance of a physician. Currently, six American states allow citizens to opt for physician-assisted suicide rather than continue suffering. In addition, to the six states, the...
Studies have recurrently highlighted the fact that endometrial cancer is more common in women in the postmenopausal period. However, there has been an increase in the number of women being diagnosed with endometrial cancer at a significantly earlier age. It is also apparent that the younger women being diagnosed with...
Abstract The development and adaptation of simulation and games in corporate training and learning is a modern tendency that is based on the fact that such tools are effective to make learners develop their skills and apply knowledge to real-life situations. Today, simulations and games are also actively used in...
Introduction Since 2000, the Hispanic population, i.e., persons of Latino descent, in the U.S. has grown by 43%, raising the demand for culturally appropriate nursing care for this cultural group (Sobel & Metzler, 2016). A disproportionate risk of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, TB, and HIV/AIDS has been observed among...
Introduction In Miami, people have different perceptions of health and illness. Latinos, African-Americans, and Asian-Americans constitute some of the ethnic minorities who are highly vulnerable to inequalities when it comes to healthcare accessibility. This paper focuses on the perception of health and illness among African-Americans in Miami. Statistics on Healthcare...
Asthma is one of the most widespread chronic diseases. Moreover, children are prone to it. Despite various medicines, corticosteroids, which are hormones in its essence, appear to be an effective way of treatment. However, many specialists are inclined to think that this type of medicine might harm the child’s health....
In her article, Gardner (2011) claims that Americans need affordable health care because it is their right. Furthermore, politicians should focus on benefits associated with the promotion of the Affordable Care Act in spite of the fact that it violates the norms of the modern healthcare market. Finally, nurses also...
Introduction There is an enhanced need for healthcare coupled with nurse staff shortages leads to poor documentation and maintenance of patient health records. In recent years, several hospitals have implemented electronic health records (EHRs) as a part of quality improvement efforts to enhance care quality (Rojas & Seckman, 2014). The...
Introduction Emerging technologies in the healthcare industry have improved the provision of healthcare services to patients across the world. Most health care centers have focused on improving telecare services within their organizations. The global health research agenda has also focused on improving collaboration between countries on identifying and testing new...
National Dynamics The role of nurses in the healthcare setting has greatly increased in the recent years, both due to the expansion of the range of responsibilities and in response to the changing national health care dynamics. The described impact is especially evident for family nurse practitioners (FNP). The primary...
How I Took Remedy When I received this assignment, I felt some dizziness, perspiration, and slight nausea. The search on ABC Homeopathy revealed that Ailanthus fits my symptoms (see Appendix 1). I ordered it from the same website and took in the form of pills once a day as the...
Contemporary globalization processes eliminate the boundaries used to restrict the spread of many diseases and make health preservation a global concern. Together with national and international organizations, nurses in cooperation with other healthcare practitioners can contribute to mobilizing “new approaches to education, healthcare delivery, and disease prevention” (Beck, Dossey, &...
One of the most persistent issues in psychiatry is ethnic and cultural bias. The article under the title “Mental health misdiagnosis twice more likely for socially disadvantaged groups” dwells upon this matter. It is noted that the recent research shows that therapists tend to misdiagnose people who have a different...
Solution The issue of fad diets is rather broad as it encompasses every cluster of the population regardless of their age, gender, socio-economic status, and other factors. To reach the goal of educating the population on healthy eating habits and eating behavior, a nurse can start with educating patients whose...
To begin with, it is necessary to mention that both theory and research are interrelated. The main purpose of any study is to prove or refute a particular theory. In contrast, the primary goal of any theory is to develop a new approach to an existing problem. In turn, any...
History and Physical Examination The patient under analysis is a female, thirty-five years old. The woman has a rash on the face for approximately one week. The allergic reaction to soap, lotion, or food is excluded. The rash is over the face and is itchy and painful. The woman did...
Introduction Professionals who are occupied in nursing need to work in different environments due to the development in this and other spheres. To provide their clients with high-quality services, professionals should be aware of various roles that are awaiting them as they become graduate nurses. Knowing a diverse range of...
Introduction A current definition of the term ‘euthanasia’ suggests the bringing about of easy and calm death, predominantly regarding the people who are suffering from aching and irredeemable illness. Euthanasia is one of the most controversial issues in the modern health care environment. It can be performed in several assorted...
Summary of an Article Related to the Theory The research conducted by Ranheim, Kärner, and Berterö (2012) was aimed at bringing together the theory of nursing care created by Jean Watson, on the one hand, and the empirical discoveries made in three studies pertaining to the nurses’ caring intentions and...
The major change that occurred in my clinical settings is the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR). The complexity of the change is explained by the fact that its success is largely predetermined by the willingness of the staff to accept the new technology. Otherwise its meaningful use cannot be...
Introduction Chronic bronchitis (CB) is one of the usual occurrences during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It presents divergent clinical complications such as a risk of acquiring of airflow obstruction in people who smoke, and increased lung function decline, an inclination to infections in the lower respiratory tract, and higher...
Abstract The number of obesity cases continues to rise globally, owing to the rising number of people who have ventured into unhealthy eating while at the same time ignoring the impact of exercising on their health. As a result, countries such as the US have established mechanisms, which they deem...
Introduction The vulnerable population that will be examined throughout this paper is homeless people. The geographic scope is limited to the USA to facilitate data mining and analysis. This population has been selected since a recent study has determined “a drastic surge” in the number of entire families that have...
Teamwork and collaborations are essential for professional health care and nursing. These concepts are concerned with such tasks as collective planning, decision-making, problem-solving, goal-setting, taking responsibility, effort coordination, sharing of knowledge and skills, as well as establishing effective communication. The importance of collaboration in professional nursing is determined by its...
Anderson’s Research (2009) Conceptual Framework The measurement of kidney function in people of older ages is rather difficult due to age-related changes. Design/Method The end-stage of chronic kidney disease has been analyzed. Sample & Setting The members of the sampling were approximately 75 years old with pre-clinical kidney disease. Major...
Introduction Personal health record (PHR) is a useful electronic service that is used by patients to store and access their medical information. PHR presents a unique opportunity for patients to store all their medical information electronically and manage it if required. PHR is entirely managed by patients and contains information...
“Effects of a three-month therapeutic lifestyle modification program to improve bone health in postmenopausal Korean women in a rural community: A randomized controlled trial.” by Oh et al. What were demographic variables measured at the nominal level of measurement in the Oh et al. (2014) study? Unlike ordinal and interval...
Introduction The analysis and study of disease distribution and determinants of illness condition in various populations are significant for forming a healthy nation. Increasing risks of infectious diseases and other illness conditions caused certain efforts to conduct appropriate surveillance and prevent some diseases. Thus, it is important to review the...
If a person has HIV, it is essential to get a better understanding regarding the impact the virus has not only on the health status and condition but on the life-expectancy as well. The primary purpose of the paper is to address an urgent issue, namely the differences and similarities...
Planned change is an essential component of medical practice for a great number of reasons. However, implementing change in a particular environment can present a challenge. A manager has to possess the knowledge and understanding of change theory frameworks to succeed in this effort. One of the major obstacles in...
