Introduction In their work, nurses should apply theoretical principles of nursing to their practice depending on the settings and specific needs of patients whom they serve. Much attention should be paid to identifying differences in needs and expectations typical of various groups of patients (Wetzig & Mitchell, 2017). The purpose...
Topic: Emergency Department
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Pages: 5
Introduction The present paper discusses a study which intends to improve the awareness of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) in nurses and correctional officers working at a correctional institution. Modern research indicates that medical and other personnel tends to demonstrate an insufficient understanding of BPSD and its...
Topic: Dementia
Words: 1496
Pages: 6
The nursing field does not include only the direct patient care. There are several specializations that require additional skills apart from the medical knowledge. The nursing specialists include practitioners, educators, administrators, and informaticists. Each of these groups carries out a different task. Nursing practitioners are engaged in the direct patient...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
Abstract The paper provides the steps of the training needs analysis that was developed for the National Institutes of Health. These steps are based on the frameworks to assess the needs of learners who are planned to be involved in training programs. The analysis includes the identification of learners, the...
Topic: Health
Words: 1139
Pages: 5
The article by Burgess, Cornelius, Love, Graham, Richards, and Ramirez (2005) reports the results of a study which investigated the prevalence of and the potential factors of risk for anxiety and depression among females who have the early breast cancer during the first five years after the disease had been...
Topic: Anxiety
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Pages: 3
Ethics in Shared Governance Shared governance is a system that allows nurses to participate in operations and activities connected not only to individual patients’ well-being but also to the hospital’s structure. In this type of governing structure, nurses have a chance to obtain more information to care for their patients,...
Topic: Ethics
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Pages: 3
Introduction Proper nursing care is extremely important as it allows us to address the issues that can significantly decrease the quality of life of patients. Nevertheless, there are many important problems connected to the field that can hurt the quality of care and patients’ experiences. Speaking about these problems, it...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 5
Medicaid Eligibility Fairness Every state has its conditions for people who want to receive coverage under Medicaid. In Florida, these criteria are established by multiple entities: the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) (“Florida Medicaid,” n.d.). DCF is the source of all regulations for...
Topic: Ethics
Words: 898
Pages: 4
Changing Handoffs: The Shift is On The article by Costello (2010) describes the importance of listening to reports of previous nursing shifts, as this factor’s disregard might have an adverse impact on various healing processes in a hospital. Moreover, unlicensed specialists must adhere to the instructions provided by their team...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 3
Innovation: Description Neurotoxicity is a serious problem affecting both the quality of life of cancer patients and the very possibility of antitumor intervention. A large group of modern highly effective cytostatics, including Cytarabine, induce clinically significant symptoms of neurotoxicity which may require modification of doses, delays in treatment cycles, and...
Topic: Innovation
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Pages: 4
Why did the author access the PubMed system and then what for? An online literature search based on the PubMed system was used to gather available evidence about the possibility to reduce pressure ulcer incidence with the help of the Braden Scale risk assessment. In this article, it was necessary...
Topic: Health & Medicine
Words: 796
Pages: 3
This paper aims at discussing HIV/AIDS as one of the most serious and dangerous health problems in the United States, as well as in the whole world. The evaluation of this epidemiological problem is based on the statistical data gathered from such world-known organizations as the Centers for Disease Control...
Topic: AIDS
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Pages: 2
People in Miami, FL Need Urgent Help Miami, FL is an urban community with rather dense population rates. The family houses by which the community infrastructure is represented heavily are mostly well-kept and in good condition, yet the health issues are getting out of hand. Particularly, the problem of homelessness,...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 4
Introduction To effectively implement community health promotion programs, social workers have to acquire some practical skills that are necessary to get people’s attention. What is more, they are to be aware of several theoretical constructs. In the article, Promoting Breast Cancer Screening in Rural, African American Communities: The “Science and...
Topic: Breast Cancer
Words: 559
Pages: 3
The journal chosen for submitting a publication is the Journal of Clinical Nursing, which is an international peer-reviewed source aimed at promoting high standards of nursing practice through evidence-based scientific inquiry. The publication incorporates knowledge and experience from different cultures to ensure the international exchange of ideas. The journal emphasizes...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 543
Pages: 2
Patient Center Care as a Competency of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Although nurses are usually viewed as well-educated and high-skilled professionals, specific quality standards for their practice were reformulated in the context of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project in 2007. The focus was on...
Topic: Safety
Words: 555
Pages: 3
Mr. Lilly needed to receive an increased dose of morphine, but his condition made health care professionals doubt whether he was looking for painkillers just to overcome his pain or he wanted to satisfy his addiction. It was also important not to harm his health in this way. The nurse...
Topic: Ethics
Words: 178
Pages: 1
Conflict Resolution Methods in Isaac’s Case As an assistant nurse manager, I will have to do everything possible to investigate the issue with Isaac’s behavior and think of the most efficient solutions. My duties involve taking care of all patients and staff in the unit and making sure that all...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
Introduction The development of nursing theories became active within the latest decades. It is partially due to the rise of nursing as a science. These theories are mainly aimed at specifying, forecasting, and interpreting the phenomenon of nursing. There are some kinds of nursing theories like grand, mid-range, and nursing...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 9
Why do not we do evidenced-based nursing? Recent researches prove that evidence-based practice significantly improves client outcomes. However, the results of the survey point out that nurses fail to implement evidence-based practices because nursing leaders are considered to have some barriers or show resistance. The fundamental reason for the leaders...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 3
The development of cancer cells is associated with the halting of the process of cell generation and decay that may be considered one of the basic aspects of the physical health. On the contrary, the cancer cell division is the characteristic feature of the irregularity of the cyclicality within the...
Topic: Biology
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Pages: 3
Practice Problem Petrosyan et al. (2017) report a macro-level issue: they state that the detection of depression is currently not very effective, which they attribute to the fact that the clinical guidelines are rarely followed in practice. For example, a needs assessment at the VEGA medical center reports that the...
Topic: Depression
Words: 934
Pages: 4
Introduction Storytelling is a powerful communication tool that can be applied to ensure an effective change promotion. According to Gill (2011), storytelling has persuasive, motivating, and inspiring effects on employees as it allows them to understand the reason for change through an experience-based narrative that tends to be more compelling...
Topic: Respiratory Disorders
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Pages: 5
Discussion The article “Pilot testing an educational intervention to improve communication with patients with dementia” states that one-quarter of all patients over 75 years old have a secondary diagnosis of dementia. Also, it states that by the year 2040, the diagnosis is likely to become twice as common. To assist...
Topic: Communication
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Pages: 2
Nowadays, almost every hospital in the US possesses a certified electronic health records (EHR) system; in particular, in 2014, 97% of them reported to do so (Gold & McLaughlin, 2016, p. 664). Does it imply that the EHR adoption is universal or near universal? Unfortunately, not: the possession of an...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 3
Introduction The whole healthcare system was created to help and protect people. Social justice is considered as a primary value for healthcare providers and, therefore, for nurses (Drevdahl, 2013). Social activists put their efforts to the system changing and development to make it more community-orientated and fair. It could be...
Topic: Activism
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Pages: 3
Elements of malpractice and negligence in reference to nursing practice In general terms, malpractice denotes negligence in the way the medical personnel’s actions (or lack of them) inflict harm on the patient. The damage can be emotional, physical, or financial (Meehan, 2011). Malpractice is commonly associated with medical doctors’ misconduct,...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 3
Introduction The key role of epidemiology is to protect public health by providing important information about causes, incidence, and risk factors for a disease. Therefore, it is crucial to explore the recent trends in this field. One of the current events in epidemiology is conducting an analysis of bladder cancer...
Topic: Cancer
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Pages: 3
Diabetes in Older African Americans Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a disease that affects the quality of life of millions of people worldwide. This condition is characterized by the inability of the body to metabolize glucose that leads to such health problems as frequent urination, fatigue, increased hunger, and...
Topic: African American
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Pages: 5
Introduction In medicine, as well as in general philosophy, there are different levels of philosophical thought. Without structure, understanding, and comprehension of various philosophical thoughts would be extremely limited. In this brief summary, we shall go over the four levels of philosophical thought, which are Metaparadigms, Conceptual Models, Theories, and...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 260
Pages: 1
Abstract Many underserved populations face numerous health problems such as HIV, cancer, poor living conditions, and terminal diseases. HIV treatment compliance among African American women depends on the social support availed by relatives and public health workers. This essay gives a detailed description of HIV/AIDS among African American women. It...
Topic: African American
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Pages: 3
Introduction In the variety of nursing theories, Orem’s theory of self-care deficit occupies a significant place. With its clear-cut objectives and definitions, the theory is easy to understand and implement. In her work, the theorist explains the importance of self-care for patients during and after an illness. The core concepts...
Topic: Dorothea Orem’s Theory
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Pages: 4
The H1N1 flu pandemic began in 2009 after the world had already faced a flu pandemic shortly before that. The H5N1 pandemic had affected the areas of health care, government regulations, and media communications. The H1N1 virus (swine influenza) was first detected in a patient from California (The 2009 H1N1...
Topic: Flu
Words: 274
Pages: 1
Heritage Assessment Tool Health traditions can be regarded as an integral part of any family. Defining its members’ health behaviors and standards, these traditions are supposed to reducing health threats to which family members are exposed to a minimum. Even though family traditions for maintaining health standards may not align...
Topic: Family
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Pages: 3
Ulcerative colitis is a condition that encourages the development of ulcers in the lining of the colon, which subsequently influences the rectum and the sigmoid colon. It is expected that the severity of the disease is positively correlated with the area of the colon that has been affected the most....
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 5
In his discussion of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) and Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Dr. Smith demonstrates their importance by considering their advantages in comparison to handwritten orders. For instance, he shows that CPOE has the potential of reducing the time required to communicate order information and the mistakes that...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 3
Introduction Every person can utilize different tactics and activities in order to become a good leader. There are many styles of leadership, and each one has its advantages and drawbacks. In nursing, the position of a leader can be critical as this profession deals with the sphere of human health,...
Topic: Leadership
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Pages: 4
Definition and description of the issue Nurse practitioners play key roles in health care services. Nurses facilitate interprofessional collaboration for medical practitioners. Barriers to nursing practice continue to exist. Many issues are results of physicians’ lack of awareness. Barriers impede the nurse’s ability to produce positive patient care outcomes (Clarin,...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 9
Introduction The availability of affordable quality healthcare is one of the basic needs that every American should have. The country has made significant progress to ensure that every American, irrespective of the social status or any other demographical classifications, have access to quality healthcare. However, a report by DeLong (2014)...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 5
Discussions with the clinical site mentor about the actual performance of an organization have shown that primary angioplasty is much more effective in comparison with thrombolytic therapy when it comes to evaluating STEMI. It was also concluded that short door to balloon times dramatically improve the outcomes of primary angioplasty...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
Dietary Laws Eating habits determine people’s way of life. It is difficult to perceive to what extent regular life is affected by changing the eating style. Waking up one morning and finding oneself keeping kosher dietary laws is a challenge. Although researchers note that “Kosher, Christian, and halal food laws...
Topic: Food
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Pages: 3
Introduction In health care and nursing, leadership remains one of the most crucial concepts for discussions. It is not enough to organize people or make them believe in developed leadership skills. It is necessary to know what to do even in the most unpredictable and unplanned situations. Sometimes, people are...
Topic: Leadership
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Pages: 4
Abstract The completion of master’s degrees is a key component in the professional development of nurses (Drennan, 2012). Graduates of master’s degree programs are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary for the transition into clinical and educational settings. Nine essentials that outline skills and knowledge possessed by graduates of...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 976
Pages: 4
Articles Discussion The first article explains how tutors can create videos for different nursing courses. The practice can address multiple needs in the learning process. Videos can be used for pretest studying and pre-class listening (Bristol, 2011). The video can act as a tutor for the learners. Faculties can use...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 4
My practicum project involved the implementation of an evidence-based practice strategy at Kendall Medical Regional Center to reduce the Door to Balloon Time in STEMI Patients. The need for the intervention program was caused by a high DTB time at the facility as reported by patients. The implementation procedure was...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 5
The chosen policy issue is childhood vaccination. In Florida, parents can exempt their children from vaccinations due to religious reasons, which leads to a low rate of vaccinations. As a result, only 38 of Florida’s 67 counties have kindergarten vaccination rates above 95% (Florida Department of Health, 2017). Vaccination rate...
Topic: Childhood
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Pages: 4
Introduction Health care is a crucial component in a country’s effort to attain its desired level of development. Dernberger (1980, p.253) opine that, there is a strong correlation between social and economic development. Paying more emphasis on the economic aspect and neglecting the social aspect of country’s development leads to...
Topic: Challenges
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Pages: 9
Abstract Master’s education for nursing students is guided by the Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing that also prepare them for the doctoral level, flexible leadership, and changing systems. They determine what is expected from the learners as they accomplish Master’s nursing programs. Introduction Master’s education is critical for future...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 4
The Process of Selecting and Locating an Instrument A researcher should consider three factors when choosing an instrument for research: validity, reliability, and comparability with data from other studies (Bastos, Duquia, González-Chica, Mesa, & Bonamigo, 2014). The validity of an instrument is its ability to create results measuring what it...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
Individuals who suffer from degenerative, terminal, or painful conditions that deny them the opportunity to lead a healthy life should be granted a right to euthanasia or assisted suicide. Today, there are heated debates regarding the legalization of euthanasia. Ethicists, religious people, and pro-life activists view assisted suicide as unethical...
Topic: Suffering
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Pages: 5
Introduction The major goal of epidemiology consists of the promotion of public health through the creation of appropriate programs for high-risk populations (Fletcher, Fletcher, & Fletcher, 2013). Apart from that, the development of measurements for the outcomes of such programs is also a necessity. Indeed, the measurements can be employed...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 5
Introduction Telenursing is becoming a more and more popular method of evidence-based care that helps patients and their families to manage health conditions without having to drive long distances to the hospital. Telehealth is employed not only for people living far from healthcare facilities but also for those who need...
Topic: Heart Disease
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Pages: 5
Despite the measures taken to improve the quality of nutrition, obesity remains one of the primary areas of concern not only in the U.S. but also on the global scale (World Health Organization, 2015). Seeing that the promotion of healthy lifestyles among the community members and preventing diseases and disorders...
Topic: Diet
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Pages: 4
Changes in Circulation Certain changes in circulation occur at birth, and they are related to the gas exchange in the lungs and the work of the heart. Furthermore, one of the main causes of these changes is the fact that the umbilical cord becomes clamped (Hooper et al., 2015). As...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 3
Health program for children as a priority population Children are a vulnerable population who cannot make health decisions suffer the consequence of parents who are powerless to obtain government-sponsored insurance due to lack of resource connection, language barriers, education, and inadequate support systems leaving millions of children who are eligible...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 5
Behavioral health (BH) presents several specific issues in the field of information technology ethics (Rinehart-Thompson & Randolph, 2015), the importance of which is highlighted by the fact that people with BH issues can be regarded as a vulnerable population (Joy, Clement, & Sisti, 2016). Because of this factor, the ethical...
Topic: Ethics
Words: 664
Pages: 3
Executive Summary This report dwells upon the use of external and internal communication channels at Legacy Community Health Service. It has been found that both types of communication are utilized quite effectively. Employees of our organization also believe that these channels are rather effective and help them address all the...
Topic: Auditing
Words: 2771
Pages: 11
Articles Discussion According to Campbell (2012), numerous nurse scholars that conducted studies at the time that the article was created very often utilized a set of traditional methods in order to conduct research; however, the author stresses that these nurses were unaware of a wide range of new analytical tools...
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 5
Introduction Zika virus is a relatively new disease in the United States. That is why it should be studied and people should be informed of its symptoms, potential complications, and recommended preventive measures. The motivation for choosing Zika as the subject of the public health paper is the fact that...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 4
Health is one of the major concerns of every individual. Kendall Regional Medical Center has had to involve other partners to establish and offer the best medical services in the nation. The health center is also collaborating with other competitors by participating in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 5
Introduction The selected peer-reviewed article is the qualitative research study devoted to the investigation of patient safety and methods aimed to minimize medical error. “Patient safety” by T. B. Welzel was published in the professional journal, Continual Medical Education, in 2012. The paper was located through Academic Search Complete –...
Topic: Patient Safety
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Pages: 5
Subjective and Objective Data The patient might share the additional subjective data regarding the chronic fatigue he is experiencing as well as provide a detailed description of pain intensity. Further, the patient should describe the type of diet he has because cholecystectomy is recorded in his medical history and the...
Topic: Diabetes
Words: 669
Pages: 3
Introduction: Significance of Learning the Core Competencies It is crucial for a nurse to be able to identify the area of practice and isolate the goals that need to be accomplished. Thus, the needs of the target audiences will be met in a manner as efficient and expeditious as possible....
Topic: Nursing
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Pages: 5
Nurse practitioners are clinicians that have received the appropriate license in order to target their medical practice on disease management and prevention. When implementing the role of advanced practice registered nurses, nurse practitioners predominantly specialize by the differentiation of patient population, as, for example, women’s health, pediatric care, or adult...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 11
What I Learned The most interesting element of the film for me was the cultural meaning of Ayurvedic medicine. It is closely tied to the history of Hinduism and has a lot of concepts that date to deep antiquity. The core eight concepts of the traditional Ayurvedic medicine were described...
Topic: Culture
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Pages: 2
Introduction Medicare and Medicaid insurances were created in 1965 by the Social Security Amendments, which defines their purpose (Rajaram & Bilimoria, 2015, p. 420). Medicare is geared towards making healthcare more accessible to elders (over 65 years old) and the disabled. Medicaid works with the low-income population (Rocco, Gellad, &...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 3
Rationale “In 2006, Massachusetts passed comprehensive health care reform designed to provide near-universal health insurance coverage for state residents” (Keiser Family Foundation, 2012, p. 1). Such a step was needed to promote shared responsibility and react to existing issues of rising costs. The existing Medicaid program that operated at that...
Topic: Health
Words: 539
Pages: 2
Parkinson’s disease: recent advances Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been one of the least researched and understood conditions for a long time. Since the 1980s, due to a significant body of new research and a breakthrough in neurology, the scientific understanding of its mechanisms and causes has improved (Ali, 2013). The...
Topic: Disease
Words: 886
Pages: 4
The scenario for this paper presents ST, a 25-year-old male who comes to the clinic with a severe case of insomnia. His medication includes diazepam and alprazolam, and he says that they are helping him to go to sleep. His medical history shows that he was diagnosed with asthma at...
Topic: Health & Medicine
Words: 669
Pages: 3
DNR: Overview The issues associated with patients’ life wishes provoke many controversies and confusion in health professionals. The do not resuscitate (DNR) orders oblige nurses to not perform the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a patient and let him or her die. The DNR is a statement of the patient’s informed...
Topic: Health & Medicine
Words: 676
Pages: 3
Topic Summary and Research Questions Topic Description In this paper, the task is to select a topic and develop an academic summary of the offered issue. There are many fields where different topics can be discussed, including education, technology, family, and healthcare. I find the topic of childhood obesity as...
Topic: Childhood
Words: 933
Pages: 4
In nursing, the health information systems (HIS) constitute a system that works to capture, store and manage the patient data with the option of transmitting it from one healthcare provider to another in the process of delivering care (Toromanovic, Hasanovic & Masic, 2010). The purpose of the topic is to...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 5
Abstract The paper discusses the problem of academic performance, in the context of stimulant treatment. The idea stems from the suggestion to employ psychopharmacology, at school, as the means of treating low learning progress and ADHD. The argument, which is offered in this work, states that the regular use of...
Topic: School
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Pages: 4
Introduction The following paper provides a response to the article, which is devoted to the issue of antidepressants as opposed to placebo usage. The key issue of the article is that antidepressants do not so much cure as they provide the patients with the knowledge that they are being cured....
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 5
Introduction Annual exams can be utilized to assess the health and well-being of a patient and address any present complaints. Evaluating the state of adolescent health is especially important, as young people go through many changes during this period. Adolescent patients may experience alterations in their body as well as...
Topic: Health
Words: 653
Pages: 3
Introduction The issue of hospital readmissions has been identified as a source of unnecessary Medicare costs; according to Hugh & Ma (2013), costs for readmissions make up over fifteen billion dollars each year. Therefore, studying how readmissions can be eliminated can lead to the reduction of costs that may be...
Topic: Hospital
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Pages: 5
Introduction Many different theories explain what principles nurses have to use in their practice when treating patients. Guidelines concern not only physiological manipulations that are essential in a health care practice but also the psychological support that serves as a base for patients’ wellbeing. While most plans regarding physical elements...
Topic: Health & Medicine
Words: 549
Pages: 2
The aim of the paper is to analyze the peculiarities of the US and UK healthcare sectors and compare the way they function. Discussion First of all, it is considered that healthcare is a right but not a privilege in the UK, which means that the access healthcare services provided...
Topic: Health
Words: 695
Pages: 3
Introduction Caring about one’s health is the most crucial and rewarding duty of every person. Prevention plays a significant role in the process of keeping oneself healthy. Knowing one’s family health history and being aware of possible health complications makes it easier for an individual to fight dangerous conditions and...
Topic: Diabetes
Words: 838
Pages: 4
Abstract This paper discovers submission criteria for the International Journal of Nursing Studies and proposes the article The Effect of Leadership Mentoring on Motivation of Nurses: A Mixed Study Approach. It reviews its content according to the publication guidelines and finds that leadership mentoring has an immense impact on motivation....
Topic: Leadership
Words: 654
Pages: 3
Abstract The paper provides the discussion of how the global training plan was developed for Tenet Healthcare Corporation in order to improve the intercultural competence of employees and enhance their communication. The analysis of the organization, as well as global issues and contexts that influence the development of Tenet, is...
Topic: Corporation
Words: 5081
Pages: 19
Possible Problem The symptoms displayed by the patient indicate that the woman suffers from adrenalin fatigue (AF). By definition, the identified disorder occurs when the hypothalamus and the adrenalin glands fail to function properly. The signs and symptoms such as the inability to get up early in the morning, as...
Topic: Disorders
Words: 655
Pages: 3
Introduction Postnatal or postpartum depression (PPD) is a subtype of depression which is experienced by women within the first half a year after giving birth. This state is rather severe since it impacts not only the women’s state of health but also the relationships within the family and the welfare...
Topic: Depression
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Pages: 3
Subjective The patient states that she has been experiencing shortness of breath while at work. The patient cannot identify the onset of the symptoms but states that she has had them for a few months. The shortness of breath experienced by the patient is usually mild, which allows her to...
Topic: Asthma
Words: 929
Pages: 4
PICOT: In children suffering from obesity, is the education of parent in a healthy lifestyle for the children compared with medication treatment, increase the outcome and prevention of obesity. Introduction and Background The incidence of overweight and obesity among children has become a global concern that is associated with increased...
Topic: Childhood
Words: 1119
Pages: 5
Officially well-defined, telemedicine is the use of medicinal data traded from one place to another through electronic infrastructures to recover a patient’s medical well-being status. Telemedicine comprises an increasing assortment of apps and services using email, smartphones, wireless connection, and other types of broadcasting technology (Lustig, 2012). Telemedicine is not...
Topic: Challenges
Words: 555
Pages: 3
Patient Education Instructional Goals To come to the solution of the problem of excess weight in children, certain instructional goals should be achieved: Increasing the literacy of children regarding those factors that may affect obesity and the consequences of the problem. Promoting the need to follow appropriate medical practices. Encouraging...
Topic: Goals
Words: 1089
Pages: 4
Preventive Home Visits Home falls are one of the most complex health care issues, and researchers have looked into the most efficient ways of reducing home falls. One of the suggested ways of reducing the reported cases of the home falls in the development of home visit programs. The home...
Topic: Home
Words: 548
Pages: 2
Introduction The complexity of tasks modern nurses face in their functioning introduces a significant need for efficient tools that could help them to perform an in-depth investigation of a particular problem and choose the most appropriate model of care delivery. Therefore, the diversity of patients demands and cases stipulates the...
Topic: Health
Words: 584
Pages: 3
Clinical Question and Intervention The clinical question for this research covers the following aspects. “In the primary care setting, for women of minorities aged 40-54, how effective is it for providers to initiate a conversation regarding recommended mammography screening versus not initiating conversation in increasing the rate of early detection...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 3
Introduction According to Wheeler (2013), access to abortion services is one of the controversial issues in modern American society. The issue remains emotive and divisive across the country. Rohlinger (2015) says that “since recognizing a woman’s constitutional right to abortion in Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court has in...
Topic: Abortion
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Pages: 7
Education requirements Every representative of the nursing profession has certain educational requirements. It seems significant to highlight educational requirements for family nurse practitioners. It is worth pointing out that family nurse practitioners are responsible for undergoing the programs that are directed to the improvement of the essential skills and abilities...
Topic: Family
Words: 1983
Pages: 8
Introduction Organ trafficking is a problem that has been overlooked for decades, which led to the worsening of the situation. Kidneys and the liver are the two most commonly traded organs; the trading is differentiated into three categories that describe the nature of cases. The first category of illegal trade...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 4
Extraneous Variables Considering that the proposed study is aimed at defining the factors that may influence readmission rates of patients with congestive heart failure, the extraneous variables to be used in the study can be presented by the consumption of fats and sugar by the participants of experiments. To exclude...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 3
Introduction Obesity is a consequence of modern lifestyle. It occurs when the energy intake in the body exceeds its expenditure. Obesity is commonly measured via body mass index (BMI). The reasons for excessive body fat are diverse and depend on the nature of food and nutrition, slow metabolism, as well...
Topic: Childhood
Words: 845
Pages: 4
Recently, the society has been more accepting of different ethnicities, world views, religions, and genders. According to Roussy’s (2016) report for CBC News, it is estimated that there are currently twenty-five million transgender people around the world; however, many of them are denied their main human rights such as equal...
Topic: Challenges
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Pages: 4
The medical sphere continues to develop constantly, and, nowadays, the actions of a nurse are defined not only by the evidence-based practice and educational background but also they are controlled by a diverse range of policies and social programs (Milstead, 2013). Consequently, the primary goal of the paper is to...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 592
Pages: 3
Introduction In most cases, health policies have a complex and multifaceted nature as they are designed to target and address problems that affect a wide range of populations with diverse characteristics and needs offering respective and effective solutions. The process of policy-making is complicated by the need to enable approaches...
Topic: Health
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Pages: 5
In the modern medical environment that changes rapidly with each year, the decision to hire a new professional to the team will rely on the variety of factors. First, it is important to account for the key characteristics of the job. Job description and requirements become crucial aspects of finding...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Pages: 3
Introduction The article “Interpersonal Care Processes, Falls, and Hospitalizations in Green House and Other Nursing Homes” forms part of Horn et al.’s (2016) work. The study investigates the problem of interpersonal care processes in various Green House homes and nursing facilities. The study claims the existence of a scholarly gap...
Topic: Nursing
Words: 1136
Pages: 5
The attitude and approach toward euthanasia have always been complicated since the discussion of euthanasia itself can become extremely controversial. While some people perceive it as a suicide, others believe that euthanasia is the only way out of a difficult, unsolvable, and painful situation. Another problem arises when the public...
Topic: Euthanasia
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Pages: 3
The recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (RCDI) is an issue associated with numerous detrimental health and economic effects. The current consensus holds that fecal bacteriotherapy is among the most feasible solutions to the problem (O’Horo, Jindai, Kunzer, & Safdar, 2014). The following paper outlines a nursing plan intended expected to decrease...
Topic: Infection
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Would you treat this patient for his cold? Why or why not? Common colds are one of the primary reasons for physician visitation. Due to the acute viral nature of the infection, it can be severely disruptive to daily activity and symptoms may extend for as long as three weeks....
Topic: Health & Medicine
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The video reveals a story of a Western skeptic who learns about Ayurvedic medicine through trying it. Tom Reid, a veteran reporter, had some orthopedic issues as he had a severe injury in his right arm (Reid, 2010). A surgeon (Reid consulted) noted that he needed surgery. The surgery would...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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The desire of public services and heads of healthcare institutions to control costs is a natural desire since the ability to track spending allows efficiently allocating resources and assessing development prospects. That is why it is essential to find a suitable strategy that can help to make the process of...
Topic: Health
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Introduction Transitional nursing in oncology is an under-researched theme, which, nevertheless, needs to be addressed. While some of the researches are primarily focused on transitional nursing practices with no specifics, others provide an insight into the transitional care of cancer patients and cancer survivors. For example, McCorkle et al. (2009)...
Topic: Nursing
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Introduction As the development of healthcare and medical technology becomes faster, the cost of treatment also grows, demanding higher expenditures from patients who are not always able to provide payment for the services. Although technology has been helpful and has decreased the number of fatal outcomes in hospitals, it still...
Topic: Health
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The proportion of school-age children in the US with obesity rose from 6% in 1980 to about 20% in 2012 (Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2014). Obesity in school-age children has both immediate and lasting impacts on health and welfare. These include hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, heart diseases, stroke, osteoarthritis, type...
Topic: Childhood
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Background of Study The clinical problem of the study can be introduced with the help of the PICOT question. For the study by Estryn-Behar, Van der Heijden, and the NEXT Study Group (2012), it will be as follows. In healthcare employees, do 12-hour shifts compared to 8-hour shifts have an...
Topic: Patient Safety
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The continued increase of injuries and deaths resulting from falls is alarming. The elderly need care, not just because they are old, but because they are part of the larger society. In Miami, Florida, there is the concern for how to develop a good plan that will help to salvage...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Essential Components of Public Health Nursing Public health nursing (PHN) is concerned with ten essential components that guide professionals’ practice. As defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), the components of public health nursing are the following: Monitoring the population’s health condition for problem identification; Diagnosing and...
Topic: Health
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Health care constitutes the most vital element of people’s lives’ social structure. It is necessary to allocate financial sources to the development of new treatment methods and medical technologies because, with the help of them, the quality of people’s lives will become higher. However, it is not possible to pay...
Topic: Finance
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Organizational Values A set of beliefs every organization has Typically written down Strong inherent corporate culture Serve to guide administrative and employee’s actions Respect, integrity, excellence, trust, and caring May have significant differences Organizational values summarize the goals of a company and the means of obtaining them. Healthcare organizational values...
Topic: Health
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Currently, there are many issues in the health care industry that directly influence the professional practice of nurses. For instance: nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, patient satisfaction, quality improvement and much more. One of the biggest problems nurses face today is low staffing: nurses are often forced to provide nursing...
Topic: Health
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In the modern world, obesity is the most widely spread health problem among children. That is why it should be the primary concern of the public. Since 1960, the predominance of obesity and overweight among teenagers and children in the United States has increased four times (Goran, 2017). The problem...
Topic: Childhood
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Introduction An integral part of today’s healthcare system is contemporary nursing. This field of activity aimed at solving individual and social problems of the population in the constantly changing environmental conditions is of great importance for medicine since it solves crucial problems of patient care. It is possible to define...
Topic: Nursing
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The case under analysis involved diagnosing a patient with the following symptoms: fluttering in the chest, shortness of breath, no traces of dizziness, and the signs of hypertension and high cholesterol, which had been addressed previously. The identified scenario implied several possible diagnoses, which was why communicating with the patient...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Medicare is one of the insurance options, which is aimed at providing the long-term care for the elderly to ensure the availability of the medical support for the people in need (Leawitt, 2009). Meanwhile, the variability of the healthcare plans creates difficulties in decision-making, and it is critical to assess...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Introduction Nursing is one of the important constituents of the medical sphere, as it ensures sufficient collaboration and interaction between service providers and patients. Thus, the concepts of nursing continued to expand its boundaries while covering more and more duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Nowadays, being a nurse is associated with...
Topic: Conflict
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The disorder and the following elements: pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, progression trajectory, diagnostic testing, and treatment options Pathophysiology The primary pathophysiologic mechanisms for the patient’s condition for these signs emanated from a gradual process of atherosclerosis (arterial disease) (Ambrose & Singh, 2015; Sayols-Baixeras, Lluís-Ganella, Lucas, & Elosua, 2014). The arterial condition develops...
Topic: Cardiovascular Diseases
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Pages: 11
Introduction The elderly population constitutes a very important group of people in every society. Ensuring their safety and comfort with regard to health issues is very crucial. It is customary for people to cherish and make every possible effort to ensure the wellbeing of the elderly members in society (McNamee,...
Topic: Population
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Introduction The Healthy People.2020 initiative continues the tradition started by a similar program introduced on December 2, 2010. It features a 10-year agenda aimed at improving the state of the nation’s health on both local and countrywide levels. The main purposes of the program are to encourage collaboration across sectors...
Topic: AIDS
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Introduction The health sector offers many career choices in the diagnostic, patient care, and therapy sections. However, individual interests and talents determine the perfect career choice. Some of the popular health professions include pharmacy technician, physical therapist assistant, radiologist, respiratory therapy technicians, and the licensed practical nurse (LPN). The paper...
Topic: Career
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Clinical Problem and Clinical Goals Manjeet’s main clinical problem is Type II Diabetes. This disease influences the level of glucose and sugar in the blood. In addition, she is overweight. Such clinical goals to control glucose level, prevent cardiovascular problems and lose weight are established. Non-Pharmacological Interventions Type II Diabetes...
Topic: Diabetes
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The health care policy issue that presents the greatest interest to me is patient safety. I am convinced that all aspects of this issue should be the primary concern of all the professionals working in the field. Each hospital has to develop quality standards and assessment guidelines to be able...
Topic: Health
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Introduction Research articles often portray the state of development of different scientific areas. In nursing, such studies may consider various topics from the education of nursing professionals to the main approaches of nurses to controversial issues. The article “Risk Factors and Prevalence of Burnout Syndrome in the Nursing Profession” investigates...
Topic: Burnout
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In the original blog entry, Darlene Grey claimed that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) limited her insurance opportunities by dramatically raising prices for insurance and healthcare (Grey, 2014). For example, the current price of an insurance plan is $300 monthly, and all other options are unavailable due to the implementation...
Topic: Affordable Care Act
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Introduction Abortion has always been an ongoing issue for society as it touches upon one of the most disputable questions that are related to the nature of human life. The given procedure was practiced even in the ancient world; however, the evolution of science and the appearance of the medical...
Topic: Abortion
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Hyperthermia In the case under consideration, the most prominent symptom that the patient has is painfully itching lesions that may bring about hyperthermia. According to Urden, Stacy, and Lough (2017), this illness may be caused by different reasons. In the discussed situation, it is a possible consequence of the skin...
Topic: Nursing
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Applying the ANA Code of Ethics to the Case To facilitate the environment for fast recovery, nurses must administer medications to patients in a timely fashion. For this purpose, an efficient information management framework must be deployed. In the case under analysis, a nurse failed to use the available data...
Topic: Nursing
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The human body contains varying amounts of different types of cholesterol that circulate in the blood. Carrying out a lipid profile helps clinicians to determine the amounts of every type of cholesterol in the blood, which is a significant step towards understanding the risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular diseases...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Abstract This paper demonstrated that a nurse-led walk-in center model could transform and improve primary care delivery among underserved rural residents in Kentucky. The model is robust and evaluated from multiple perspectives to determine its effectiveness. An Overview: Walk-in Center In any healthcare system, primary care remains a vital point...
Topic: Nursing
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The avoidance of medication error is vital to quality care and safety of the patients. Medical error denotes an avoidable, undesirable result of healthcare, whether apparent, concealed, harmful, or harmless to the patient. A medical error may entail a wrong or imperfect diagnosis or prescription of illness, parturition, syndrome, contagion,...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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A Conflict of Values Everyone knows that all spheres of human activity are connected to both positive and negative experiences. People working together may have different opinions on a certain issue that is considered to be important within the field; as a result, such a situation may become a reason...
Topic: Conflict
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Population: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria Nurses are a target population for the investigation. Medical and surgical nurses from hospitals in the area will be included in the investigation (Chu, Wodchis, & McGilton, 2014). The study will cover only voluntary employee termination. Temporary staff will be excluded from the study as...
Topic: Nursing
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End of life care is always associated with fundamental questions that can hardly be answered in many ways. Patients often feel depressed and unable to make decisions while healthcare professionals may also lack the necessary knowledge and health to ensure the high-quality end of life care. The insufficient knowledge of...
Topic: Palliative Care
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Introduction Access to affordable healthcare has been an ongoing problem for the United States health system. Coverage options were expected to improve as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2011 (ACHE, 2016). Initially, the Affordable Care Act coverage was expected to extend Medicaid to thirty-two...
Topic: Affordable Care Act
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Introduction Nursing practice is the field of medicine that requires constant improvement of personal skills and self-development. As a consequence, regularly working on the acquisition of new knowledge and skills, it is possible to achieve significant career growth, having sufficient ambition and aspirations. In order to grow successfully as a...
Topic: Career
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Introduction: Significance The rates of kidney disease continue to grow on the global scale (Kidney Disease Statistics for the United States, n.d.). As reported by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, the chronic kidney disease is very common in the USA; practically, every tenth individual in the country has...
Topic: Disease
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The idea for an Evidence-Based Project From the health care providers’ perspective, patient education is delivering information to patients and interacting with them to expand their knowledge about certain health issues and encourage them to improve their health behaviors. Patient education may occur in many forms, one of which is...
Topic: Health
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Modern Approaches Influencing the Development of the Disorder Researchers believe that schizophrenia can take its origins in the malfunctioning of certain neurotransmitters. In particular, one should mention glutamate and dopamine (Hirvonen & Hietala, 2011). In this case, one should not speak about the causal relations between the dysfunctions of neurotransmitters...
Topic: Schizophrenia
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Abstract Retinitis pigmentosa is a congenital eye defect that affects the retina and gradually progresses leading to impaired vision. The disease manifests when there is the deterioration of the retinal pigment, epithelium, and cone photoreceptors. Numerous effective diagnostic techniques for the disease exist, but unfortunately, there is no remedy for...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Topic Proposal The topic proposed is the way to reduce congestive heart failure (CHF) readmission rate. In healthcare, the readmission rate is hospital admission due to episodes of acute coronary infarction within a given period after discharge. CHF, which affects about 6.5 million Americans, is known to have multiple etiologies,...
Topic: Heart Disease
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Summary of Teaching Plan A teaching plan for this assignment was based on one of the most critical issues not only in Miami, Florida but also in the whole world. It was developed to highlight primary prevention and health promotion related to falls among the elderly in the mentioned city....
Topic: Teaching
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Abstract This paper is about rheumatoid arthritis, its symptoms and signs, and the existing methods of treatment. This library thesis is based on documentary analysis as the main method of investigation. The evaluation of the literature from different sources helps to get a clear picture of what researchers, journalists, and...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Clinical Question Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are considered to be the plague of the 21st century. Over a million infection cases occur daily, and in many cases, the infected ones trade diseases between each other (World Health Organization, 2016). These diseases are insidious, as many people are not even aware...
Topic: Disease
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How to Overcome Barriers to Cultural Competence Nowadays, it is wrong to neglect the fact that cultural competence plays an important role in health care. The USA is the country with a considerable increase in the ethnic mix. Its demographic changes create numerous challenges for health care workers. Therefore, it...
Topic: Cultural Competence
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Description of Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is one of the viral illnesses that the World Health Organization (WHO) has been struggling to eliminate from global society. The illness is associated with a viral infection of the liver, which can lead to acute or chronic illness (Lok & McMahon, 2009). The...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Palle Larsen and Preben Pedersen’s quasi-experimental study entitled The Effectiveness of Individual Rehabilitation on Health Status in Patient with Hearth Failure must go through a validity and relevance test to determine its value and implications in the development of health care intervention strategies aimed at patients suffering from heart failure...
Topic: Health & Medicine
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Combined with a passion for medicine, my willingness to help others and offer both medical and emotional support can be deemed as the primary key factors that contributed to my choice of nursing as the primary area of professional interest. My value system is based on the importance of human...
Topic: Communication
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