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Introduction Raul Healing hospital has numerous roles that incorporate the roles of healing the mind, the body, and the spirit of a patient. A healing culture that touches on values, beliefs, and philosophies that surround a given societal background that the hospital serves is manifested. Many researchers have revealed that...
Introduction The healthcare system is concerned with the duties of providing the people with treatment, prevention measures, and overall management of health. This is ensured through professional service providers like nurses and physicians. These services require adequate financing and must be performed based on already set policies and standards that...
Introduction The literature review provides evidence of techniques used in nursing practice. Additionally, literature review unveils theory on nursing practice. The literature review presents past evidence of a practice problem. Furthermore, the literature review presents available methodologies for nursing practice. In essence, literature presents evidence-based practice on practice problems. It...
Health Care Timeline An analysis of important events, major figures and their contribution, the formation of health related organizations gives an insight into the history of U.S. health care ensuring better understanding of current health care system reforms. 1847 Foundation of American Medical Association (AMA) by Nathan S. Davis put...
The Work of the Committee The work of the committee was to produce a report with recommendations on how to improve the future of nursing. To achieve its objectives, the committee was to assess the capacity of the nursing workforce and determine whether the capacity can match the demands within...
Present a background statement on the case study identifying the facts of the ACA legislation that are relevant to this case as related to strategic management Affordable Care Ace also known as ACA reform launched in 2012 is designed to provide care coverage for the patients that do not have...
Introduction Nurses, doctors, clinicians must use appropriate strategies whenever supporting the health needs of their patients. These professionals should analyze the implications of various medical standards and practices. Failure to support the health expectations of different patients will result in medical malpractices. Such malpractices occur “when a medical professional fails...
Review of healthcare terminologies Healthcare terminologies play crucial roles in healthcare institutions in enhancing the interoperability of data across systems. Healthcare institutions could realize the benefits of electronic health records by adopting standard terminologies that are used by personnel across systems. Different healthcare terminologies are developed to fulfill specific purposes...
Strategic planning can be defined as a process of influencing the overall vision to achieve an organization’s objectives and then formulating an official method to alter these objectives into outcomes (Russell, 2006). Given that effective strategic plans are formulated and implemented through strategic thinking, every institution should strive to identify...
Cigarettes are among items president Obama plans to use in raising a half trillion dollars through tax hikes. The government plots to make seventy-eight billion dollars from an increased tax on cigarettes over the next ten years (Hargreaves). As a result, the cigarette tax is anticipated to rise by 94...
According to a study carried out by Stef et al. (518), breastfeeding has a short term protective impact against obesity among young growing children. The authors are quite categorical that the reduced development of overweight is largely attributed to children who prefer episodes of breastfeeding to the normal healthy feeding...
Introduction Such issue as healthcare reform in the United States has repeatedly been debated by journalists, public administrators, and scholars. The main question is the ability of this initiative to solve the problems encountered by the healthcare system of the country. In March 2010, President Obama signed the Health Care...
Introduction The subject of this study is Avahan: India AIDS Initiative which is directly related to the 6th of the 8 millennium development goals: combating diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria, and others; improving the development in the third world countries; striving for international partnership, and some others (Haines & Cassels, 2004)....
Although the assessment of psychopathy and conduct disorders has been performed in the adjudicative process for centuries, it has not been long since it was introduced in the investigation of the juvenile case. The main aim of employing this measure with non-adults is to provide a more profound motives’ understanding,...
Introduction Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been defined as a steady progressive central neuro-degenerative disorder. The disease affects the body movement and is typified by severe symptoms which include significant rigidity in muscle, tremors in hands and legs among other body parts, loss of facial expression as well as hypophonia, diminished...
Introduction Childhood obesity is an overweight condition that is caused by deposition of disproportionate fats in the body. This situation is primarily caused by poor feeding habits that result in immediate effects on a child’s health. These effects can be physical, mental, and/or biological. Deficiency of various nutrients can lead...
Health care plans intended for the management of certain metabolic disorders may involve a solid framework from various sources in the society. This could be due to the frequency of the disease occurrence. Hence, in this context obesity could be chosen as the topic for description. Obesity is an important...
Mental Health vs. Mental Illness Conceptualization It needs to be said that the way mental health and mental illness are perceived has changed over the years, and a broad range of concepts has been developed. For example, such concept as “brain disease” is particularly interesting because it suggests that most...
Introduction It was assumed through literature review including 60 small studies that message therapy contains the possible chance of relieving pain among cancer patients. However, to establish the hypothesis it was necessary to implement a wide scale of data gathering and intervention with primary data with a bigger population. For...
The Relationship between Low Calorie Diet Intake and Longevity Calories restriction (CR) is a new medical revolution concept developed with the major aim of treating and ultimately preventing various known and unknown causes of degenerative aging processes. So far, several funded projects have been conducted globally for the past 20...
Classification of each source of evidence into either the general information resource, the filtered resource, or the unfiltered resource The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Family of Physicians (AFP) present goods examples of filtered information resources (AAP and AFP, 2004). The sources with filtered information are generated...
The health-conscious consumer looks for nutrient-packed salad bars, natural foods, rare meat, and raw seafood at meal time but the microbes in fresh foods or in foods processed with minimal heat pose greater health risks than the nutrient loss that occurs in cooking or the chemical additives and pesticide residues...
Introduction Located in New York City, Jane Barker Brooklyn Child Advocacy Center offers treatment to child abuse victims. Since its inception, the center has adopted a multidisciplinary approach in rehabilitating child abuse victims (SHO, 2013). Indeed, the Center is among the first child rehabilitation centers to offer a multidisciplinary approach...
The emergence of new fashion each day, access of such information via magazines, media and mostly the internet has prompted many young people especially women to practice what they see or read so as to improve their looks. New (2008) explains that some have gone too the extent of starving...
Introduction Giving incentives to people or even lowering insurance costs for people so that they can improve or maintain a healthy living or lifestyle is not a permanent solution for health problems. According to the description, HMO focused on measurable health risks behaviors that results into an increase of blood...
Pragmatic approach towards understanding music therapy in post-operative pain management is twofold: meta-analysis of evidence-based research papers and randomized controlled experimental analysis. Databases like Article First, Medline, ScienceDirect, LexisNexis, PsychInfo can be used to identify scholarly research articles and those presenting empirical studies should be short-listed. For randomized controlled study,...
Food allergies and their correlation to obesity have been examined by different research studies and important conclusions have been put forward by various studies. This short research paper will examine how food allergies can lead to food addiction that can cause obesity in individuals suffering from these allergies. It is...
Introduction Prescription drugs are drugs that are issued under prescription from a medical practitioner. The need to have a prescription before the drugs are acquired is usually applied in order to prevent illegal distribution, and effective use of such medicine. Unlike prescription drugs, Over-The-Counter drugs can be acquired without a...
Introduction Aids is a disease which was discovered in the early 1980’s and is believed to have originated in Central Africa from a virus that had been existence in certain monkey species for over fifty thousand years. Since its discovery in US in1981, the virus has spread rapidly. The US...
Summary/Abstract We know the cancer of breast tissue as Breast cancer. It has reported too that breast cancer affects woman ageing of any age at least in the western world. Breast cancer is supposed to be the most fatal cancer for women only to be holding second place after lung...
Abstract The growth of information technology has transformed marketing strategies of most industries. In the healthcare industry, IT has changed the way marketers relate with customers. Information technology has made it easy for the healthcare industry to create brand awareness and enlighten the public on health matters. Many hospitals create...
Information technology is transforming the world from the large volumes of files in the offices to a paper free environment and health care sector is not left behind given the advantages attached to this technology. Electronic medical records can simply be defined as digital medical records –i.e. medical records stored...
Introduction Phobias could be termed as morbid fear or dread of something. It could be the expression of repressed dread of unpleasant childhood experiences which surface when a similar situation occurs, although the original fear itself may have been forgotten. For instance, a child which has been bitten by a...
There are certain differences between short-term and long-term types of memory that are based on specifics of the performed functions and processes. It is also important to note that short-term memory and long-term memory can function differently depending on an individual’s age (Windsor, 2015). While discussing other aspects associated with...
A recent survey on people’s attitude toward Autism reveals that a significant percentage of parents still believe that the disease is caused by vaccines taken during childhood. The survey was conducted by the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), with the results published on Oct. 4th 2008, in the Science Daily....
Memory space can be explained in terms of transformation processes of a given anthropic environment. This type of environment can be an urban small scale or urban great scale. Presentation and production of memory space occurs under the following key areas such as architecture, surveying, urban modeling, environment, design, internet...
Introduction Depression can be defined as a state of anxiety, sadness, hopelessness, and worthlessness (Kail & Cavanaugh, 2011). It can affect people across all ages, who present with diverse signs and symptoms (Blatt, 2004). It has been shown that there are different types of depression, which require unique approaches with...
Criteria for a diagnosis of an Autism spectrum disorder As a rule, autism starts in infancy or no later than the first years of life. First concerns usually come from parents who are alarmed if their child does not use language for the purpose of communication, despite being able to...
Abstract The relationship between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and bipolar disorder has received a lot of attention. Several studies carried out have yielded reports suggesting possible association between ADHD and bipolar disorder, however, debates still linger on the explanation to the co-occurrence of the two especially in young children....
Outline Over the recent years, there has been a slow progress providing healthcare to children infected by HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. Research indicates that, at least 30% of the children living with HIV/AIDS on a global scale die before they are one year old and most of them die before they...
Introduction According to (Roemoeer, 1986), Health insurance pays for part or all bills of health care of a person. There are various types of health insurance which include individual plans, health plans for the government, health plans for groups and worker’s compensation. Health insurance is also classified into managed care...
Past Diet Observation Since my last week’s overall food tracking average of calorie intake is more than 2000 calories per day, I have set my proposed plan to be based on the 1800-calorie allowance. My last diet routine analysis made me realize that I did not take proper vegetables, fruits...
Introduction Smoking cigarettes is one of the most popular bad habits in the world. Those who are addicted to it keep saying that there is nothing wrong about smoking, whereas their opponents name a number of reasons why smoking is a negative practice. Taking into consideration the results of a...
Smoking is one of the most preventable causatives of death in the world since smoking is just an acquired behavior that many people have the authority to avoid. Smoking is either directly or indirectly responsible for causing the death of one out of five people who die in the United...
Abstract Diabetes lifestyle is a powerful process aimed at controlling and minimizing the major complications of the disease. The key changes presented in this paper can make it easier for diabetic patients to lead healthy lives. The described practices include exercising regularly, having frequent checkups, taking medicines, eating healthy foods,...
Introduction HIV/AIDS is a major epidemic affecting a large fraction of the US population. A great percentage of this [population is blacks. These people are African American. Statistics have been carried out, and there are factors about the spread of this epidemic. It has been found out that 60% of...
Introduction Studies on juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have intensified in recent times. Moreover, new discoveries have surfaced on the disease. Studies have also shown that SLE is more aggressive in children than in adults. It is important to note that few studies have been done on the utility of...
Despite the efforts of healthcare specialists, over the past few years, the rates of alcohol consumption in youth have grown impressively. According to the latest data, one Australian teenager in five drinks excessively (Drugs – teenagers, 2012). Therefore, health service and promotion experts must provide a school-based alcohol education program...
Cosmetic surgery has become commonplace, and it is registering alarming statistics of both candidates and physicians. It started gaining popularity during the reconstruction period when it was used to give hope to young soldiers after the world wars. This is despite the fact that it had existed for a long...
There are many arguments for and against legalizing euthanasia. It has ethical benefits as well as downsides. Should euthanasia be legalized? Essay samples like this one will help you understand the issue. The legality issue of Euthanasia has been a subject of heated debate since long. On the global scene,...
Summary The literature review evaluates the studies that have been done on sudden cardiac arrest/death among the young athletes. Hypertrophie cardiomyopathy (HCM) will be discussed as part of the literature review because it is one of the major causes of SCD in the United States. Nevertheless, other causes of SCD...
The article under consideration “Wireless Radiation in the Etiology and Treatment of Autism: Clinical Observations and Mechanisms” (2007) is taken from the Journal of the Australasian College of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 26, no.2, pp. 3-7.n The article was written by Tamara J. Mariea (Internal Balance Inc, Nashville TN...
Bipolar disorder, which is also known as manic depression illness, is a brain problem that leads to various problems in someone’s normal functioning, for instance, unusual mood shifts, levels of activities, energy, and the ability to carry daily operations (Marneros & Goodwin, 2005). It is a serious mental problem because...
Vegetarianism is a dietary condition that entails refraining from meat and to some extend related animal products. Various people will cite different reasons as to why they ended up embracing such a kind of mannerism in their diets. Religious, social, economic, medical and cultural reasons have been attributed to various...
Although many researchers agree that health literacy is a relatively new concept in the public health field, the success of public health programs greatly depends on health literacy levels in a community (Nutbeam, 2000; Hasnain, Menon, Ferrans, & Szalacha, 2014). The success of the colorectal outreach program depends on the...
Patient/family/client situation The roles of professional nurses continue expanding and changing relative to the rising populations in need of healthcare on one hand, and on the other hand, there is the philosophical shift in healthcare provision in that besides nurses curing illnesses, they are also required to promote health, take...
Animal testing has been a contentious issue in biomedical research for a long time. For decades, scientists have used animals to carry out tests before they implement them on humans. Supporters of the animal testing claim that it enables scientists to understand physiology, anatomy, pharmacology, and pathology in humans. On...
The position of the nurse in the currently existing medical system has been a debated issue for a certain amount of time (Gotlib Conn, Kenaszchuk, Dainty, Zwarenstein, & Reeves, 2014). This paper discusses an article by Wall (2014), which considers the phenomenon of self-employed nurses in Canada and their contribution...
Abstract More than 48 million Americans do not have health insurance, and some of those who are insured are underinsured, comprising of more than 32 million people. Carrying out health care reform would ensure every person in the country has access to proper health care. This assists to a large...
Abstract Since the creation of the first vaccine against smallpox about two hundred years ago, the debates regarding the integrity, efficiency, and security of vaccination. It has recently been debated, “whether laws should be introduced that render some or all vaccines obligatory for all children” (Rinner, 2010, p. 121). This...
Plastic surgery is a form of treatment that has been practiced in Egypt and India centuries back. Its prominence grew with the two World Wars, where it was used to repair the injuries of soldiers and replace the lost body parts. As a result, it became a part of the...
Shawnee Christian Nursing Center (SCNC) is a lowly rated (1/5) nursing home compared to Monticello House nursing home (MH) (4/5), even though they are both located in Dallas city. The difference is derived from SCNC health inspection ratings, which stand at 1 out of 5 (MH ratings stand at 4/5)....
Identification & Definition of the Topic Autism is a puzzling disease that has, for a long time, bemused medical society. It is a condition that starts almost after birth and typically affects children below the age of three years. Autism is a disorder that has an impounding effect on children...
Introduction Obesity is a major health issue today. Obesity is a condition characterized by excess fats in the body. The accumulation of excess fats will have negative implications on a person’s health. Obesity and overweight can cause severe health complications. The situation has become complicated because obesity is causing deaths...
Schizophrenia is a psychological condition in which patients suffer from disabling chronic mental disorders that adversely affect the normal functioning of the brain. History has chronicled many instances of schizophrenia in the world. Estimates indicate that 1 percent of Americans suffer from this medical condition. According to the Rush (1962,...
Taking drugs is a common measure employed in the prevention and treatment of diseases. However, concerns continue to be raised regarding the rate at which some patients misuse drugs (Finkel 13). Moreover, the increasing number of teenagers and young adults who consume ‘‘hard’’ substances and take beauty pills should cause...
