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Introduction Sidra Medicine is a world-class health facility in Qatar providing medical and research services focused on women and children. The facility introduced a career development plan to increase employee proficiency and productivity as part of a probe by the Qatari nation at large to increase and competency of workers....
Emily Jerry was a two-year-old patient who died during her stay in a hospital due to mismanagement of medical equipment and hospital staff incompetence. She was scheduled to receive chemotherapy but died of detrimental brain damage (Hope, 2020). A series of events that included missing fundamental understanding of solution concentration,...
Introduction Infantile amnesia is one of the phenomena that have been extensively studied for decades. Explanations have been sought with multiple empirical studies focusing either on human or nonhuman subjects. The term infantile amnesia has been defined as the condition where adults are unable to remember their early-life experiences. Much...
Introduction Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is technological utilization in capturing and tracking medical information from patients. As a sub-category of homecare telehealth, RPM allows mobile medical devices to collect patient-generated health data (PGHD) and forward it to healthcare workers. The technique is frequently used to help clients needing post-discharge, chronic,...
The world’s population is aging, and advances in modern health care have meant that people are living longer. However, at the same time, the number of people suffering from non-communicable diseases is increasing. One of the essential tasks of today’s health care system is to preserve the older generation’s health...
The article “An Assessment of Five (PANSS, SAPS, SANS, NSA-16, CGI-SCH) commonly used Symptoms Rating Scales in Schizophrenia and Comparison to Newer Scales (CAINS, BNSS)” by Suneeta Kumari and Mansoor Malik was published in the Journal of Addiction Research and Therapy on 11th May 2017. The authors are psychiatrists who...
The OpenEMR system has three different interfaces to suit the needs of different users. The first user interface is designed for patients or clients. The clients’ UI is simple to ensure a good customers experience while using the system. It has bright colors that blend into each other to enhance...
Foa and colleagues developed Prolonged Exposure, a standardized treatment, 90-minute, weekly therapy procedure for the management of PTSD. It enables a patient to encounter safe but anxiety-inducing events and stressors to solve their overwhelming stress and paranoia and process the terrifying event, which is crucial in treating Symptom severity. Prolonged...
Introduction Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is comprised of two segments, which are compulsions and obsessions. Compulsions are monotonous activities that a person tends to repeat to reduce the overall level of anxiety that may be generated through the interface of obsessions. The latter represent unwanted thoughts and doubts that affect a...
Introduction PTSD is a mental illness that can occur as a result of extreme trauma, such as physical, psychological, or sexual experiences. Traumatized people are more likely to acquire (PTSD), a condition in which the victim’s consciousness is dominated by the recollection of the traumatic incident, affecting their lives, mental...
Introduction The role of stressful events in childhood as risk factors for mental health disorders, particularly the formation of negative trends, has long been studied by psychiatrists and psychologists. It is essential to know that a traumatic event can be excluded from conscious memories or remembered as a shadow of...
Bridging the Gap in Affordability of Dental Services Nowadays, the gap between the poor, healthcare-deficient populace and the affluent, who can afford proper, regular dental care, has significantly increased. The growth of inflation has led to a rise in the costs of dental services, significantly reducing the number of people...
Introduction In the context of present-day public health concerns, the issues of posture are often overlooked. However, while the shift in the focus of health management is understandable given the greater threat, addressing musculoskeletal concerns is also necessary. Due to the effects that abnormal spine curvature and the associated issues...
Summary Reducing medical errors is one of the key concerns within the healthcare industry. The issue that has been reported at Vila Health is the placement of two patients with similar names and identical birthdays in two rooms in close proximity. B. Moore and B.R. Moore have been put in...
Introduction Burnout is emotional fatigue and complication resulting in a loss of personal success at work and distress. Drained by work, the emotionally distressed healthcare professional can no longer confront the challenges of the job and may not engage successfully with others. The burned-out physician may demonstrate a cynical alienation...
Mental health is a problem that affects a significant percentage of the global population. Various factors such as childhood abuse, poverty, stigma and discrimination, unemployment, and long-term stress contribute to mental health conditions. The government develops a mental health policy to address the issue by defining the vision, objectives, principles,...
Introduction It is important to note that while the quality of healthcare service is critical, its accessibility is as relevant. Therefore, the emphasis of the paper will be put on addressing and assessing the problem of interest by analyzing its critical elements, considering and studying various solutions alongside their ethical...
The health issue chosen for the assignment was losing weight by increasing the level of physical activity and cutting down on junk food. The main problem was that I could not lose weight due to neglecting my health habits. Besides, adhering to the new healthy habits would be beneficial for...
Summary Nursing informatics is the profession and science of using nursing knowledge, information, and communication technology to improve the health of communities, individuals, and families around the world. Within the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI), the nursing informatics community provides numerous opportunities for networking, conference presentations, leadership, recognition, and certification...
Introduction The eye clinic “Gloria” has recently opened in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and wants to implement electronic medical records to facilitate the working processes. The clinic’s main activity refers to diagnosing and treating the diseases of the visual organs caused by age-related changes or pathology. Since there are not many eye...
Medication errors occasionally occur in the healthcare practice and cause safety issues for patients. Miscommunication leading to medical errors might occur in interactions between the practitioners or between a healthcare worker and a patient. In particular, medication errors most commonly occur in practitioner-patient communication due to mixed-up terminology or non-clarity...
Introduction Social workers are regarded as highly trained individuals working closely to foster the standard of life and the well-being of other people through crisis intervention, policy changes, and educational programs. Social workers play a crucial role in ensuring that there is an improvement in general well-being and mental health...
Upon selecting a profession that will most likely be a part of one’s life for quite a long time, it is critical to learn about its detail and determine whether it is suitable for a personality. Based on these reasons, the following career research paper will examine an occupation of...
Patient Information Jane Doe was a female 35-year old patient who presented to the clinic for the first time as the records indicated. She was white, stood at 172 cm in height, and weighed 57 kilograms. Jane initially came to the clinic with her husband and was assigned to a...
Data is an invaluable resource used to explain and validate trends in businesses and social institutions. Data can only be valuable if it is accurate, relevant, and timely. This makes the process of collecting data very critical in research. The data collection method highly depends on the subject or nature...
The idea of providing someone with high-quality care involves the concept of respect and acceptance of the patient’s wishes. The definition of nursing practice is illustrated through the provision of diagnostics and treatment procedures as a response to a potential health threat (New York State Education Department, n.d). However, a...
An emergency medical technician (EMT) is a member of the first-aid crew. In their duty, they are responsible for the cleanliness of the ambulance, for the availability of the necessary equipment in it, and for its serviceability (Russ-Sellers & Blackwell, 2017). EMTs perform different tasks including lifting patients and equipment,...
Presentation of Approved Intervention to the Patient, Family, or Group Hypertension was the health problem that I handled for the Capstone project. In this project, I interacted with Mrs. S.J., a 71-year-old-female hypertensive female, and her family. Wenger et al. (2018) showed that hypertension kills 1 in 5 American women...
Introduction Teamwork is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon that is often studied from the perspective of team members’ relationships and their impact on outcomes. The more effectively teams work, the more their members can learn and live within the context of each other’s strengths, weaknesses, likes, and dislikes (Schmutz, Meier,...
Introduction Hypertension is a condition that affects a large portion of the population and presents significant danger in the daily lives of people. The term can be used to describe a long-term state in which a person’s blood pressure is elevated above the general norm, resulting in increased danger for...
Suicide risk assessment is a significant activity because it allows social workers to identify clients’ suicide ideation and offer some ways to minimize it. Dr. Sommers-Flanagan utilized a comprehensive approach to working with Tommi, and he performed a few essential steps. The social worker began with a cognitive assessment to...
As described by Jana Lauderdale, cultural competence is a continuum with extreme humility on one end and extreme openness on another end. It implies keeping close to one’s own beliefs and concepts and being open to what patients may tell you if you ask. In other words, in terms of...
Introduction Despite the transformations that the healthcare system is currently undergoing, the cost of healthcare remains high worldwide. The high prices have become an issue of concern even in the most developed countries. However, the United States’ budget for the health sector is higher than in other developed countries but...
I am firmly convinced that my life’s mission is to help people lead fulfilling lives, which is impossible without being healthy. Therefore, I would like to become a person who can treat people to increase their life expectancy and quality. I believe that every person deserves healthcare, both people from...
Executive Summary The influence of artificial intelligence (AI) is dynamically increasing in the healthcare industry. AI experts believe that it is a revolutionary technology, and its impact in the medical sector is “life-changing” (Mills, 2020, para. 4). Its great potential drives a transformative change in the modern-day and future medical...
Introduction Ethical theories are visions of our ethical responsibilities and guidance to a person’s decision-making. Ethical theories set standard rules to make people behave reasonably and discreetly when trying to clarify what is right and what is wrong. There are many types of ethical theories that affect every person differently....
Patients should be treated with the utmost respect and equality irrespective of their race, gender, class, age, or any other characteristic. However, personal biases, prejudice, and stereotyping remain pervasive in the contemporary everyday interactions between patients and care providers. The modern healthcare system is characterized by diversity with patients and...
Introduction Lung cancer is a disease manifested in malignant tumor located in lungs. Like any other type of cancer, tumors in lungs have a characteristic of an uncontrolled cell growth that takes places in lung tissues. Because of the effects of metastasis, lung tumors may spread far beyond tissues of...
Introduction The Corona Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is a for-profit large medical hospital in Corona, California. Corona Regional Medical Center is an accredited organization offering medical emergency services. The interview was conducted with Barbara Lane, Manager of the HIM (Health Information Management) Department for Corona Regional Medical Center (Corona Regional...
Nurses function as both leaders and managers in their organizations. Nurse leaders’ role is to improve healthcare quality and to increase patient satisfaction. These can be achieved through transactional and transformational leadership methods. Nursing leadership is associated with better-quality patient outcomes, enhanced staff retention, promotion of a better workplace, and...
When training health practitioners for autonomous practice, experienced professionals in healthcare play a crucial step in stimulating their interpersonal skills. This implies that education programs incorporate units of means of improving relationships with other people. Through clinical supervision, a health organization can improve on its professional support by encouraging self-assessment,...
Introduction Background of the Study The term bacterial translocation (BT) first referred to a transmission of viable bacteria from gastrointestinal tract to the mesenteric lymph nodes. However, this notion was later widened and included the passage of non-viable bacteria or other products with the intestinal endotoxin. The intestine serves two...
Adolescence is a pivotal period of a person’s development, occurring between 10 and 24 years of age. During this period, adolescents experience many changes in their physical, cognitive, moral, spiritual, and emotional states. Given the significance of this developmental stage to the overall well-being of a person in adulthood, healthcare...
There are currently many myths surrounding medical negligence caused by incompetence in the professional field. Such European countries such as the United Kingdom and France are believed to have one of the highest levels of healthcare in the world. However during the last few years the amount of legal actions...
The primary function of the heart is to pump blood throughout the organism, a process in which the liquid undergoes numerous transformations that enable it to support many crucial bodily functions. It accepts deoxygenated blood, pumps it to the lungs, where it is enriched with oxygen, and back, and then...
Evidence-based practice (EBP) and nursing research are critical to the nursing practice because they provide the knowledge necessary to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of care and develop new, more effective practices. These two concepts have specific differences that nurses should understand to implement both them effectively in their...
Introduction Healthcare organizations are social systems that have been purposely developed to deliver health care facilities. In the process, they have been experiencing challenges like changes in technology, emerging trends with customers and employers, and government policies that affect their operation negatively. To manage these issues, their main aims should...
Performance appraisal is an annual examination of the results of the personnel’s performance that provides the chance to find the methods to improve operations and understand the role of each member in the organization. Although the purposes of this assessment are honorable, it often fails to follow this strategy. It...
Mental health, for me, is the most important subject a person should research and have a deep inner conversation with himself later. Society has now generally accepted the idea of life not being travel from point A to point B, but a journey full of obstacles and overcoming. Even though...
Spontaneous and Procured Abortion: Difference and Ethical Impact Abortion is a medical procedure aimed at termination of pregnancy. It is defined as interruption of pregnancy “before the fetus can live independently in the extrauterine environment” (Nita & Ilie, 2020, p.283). Abortion can be induced, or, in other words, procured, which...
Identification of the Issue The paradigm of nursing interventions has always been closely associated with the development of long-term prevention care plans in order to anticipate negative patient outcomes. Patients with chronic cardiac conditions are at risk of struggling with disease complications triggered by the slightest change in their environment....
The theory I found most helpful was the Health Belief Model. I was fascinated by its ability to focus on future behaviors using the current attitudes and beliefs of an individual (Glanz, Rimer & Lewis, 2012). I think it is very helpful in the fight against oral disease as it...
Clinical reasoning is a critical practice in every medical practice. The practice focuses on the concerns, preferences, and clinical trajectories of different patients. Caregivers “should use clinical reasoning to form the best medical conclusions or decisions depending on the patients’ expectations and sensitivities to health interventions” (Banning, 2008, p. 179)....
Introduction Some of the materials covered in this course include the respiratory system and its diseases, such as asthma. When I was young, I had a friend called Brian, who always walked with the asthma inhaler. Other children used to make fun of him when he had asthma attacks, and...
Description of Nursing Staffing Ratio The nurse staffing ratio in the health facility emergency department has been a global concern. According to Strachan-Hall (2017), the patient’s safety is directly proportional to the number of nursing staff; the lesser the nurse-to-patient ratio, the higher death instances. In most global states, individual...
Abstract Plastic surgery is a procedure, aimed at reshaping or reconstructing different body parts for medical or cosmetic purposes. The phenomenon appeared as a result of a constant desire of people to look better. The first techniques of improving the appearances are traced back to ancient times and became the...
Introduction Nursing theories strongly support specialists in their practice. Also, a purposeful application of nursing theory to research is essential since it allows making the study more credible and reliable. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the nursing theory relevant to the approved clinical issue, which is the...
The issue under analysis features the case of a 45-year-old woman, who has been experiencing consisted fatigue, particularly, after making a physical effort such as a walk or any kind of physical activity. In addition, her speaking skills seem to be impaired as her speech turned unintelligible after a few...
Today, dental caries is one of the most prevalent and critical oral illnesses in the modern world. For instance, the majority of adults (94%) tend to experience problems with their teeth (“Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Dental Caries” par. 1). At the same time, the significance of the issue...
For years, the terms psychotherapy and counseling have been used interchangeably due to the fact that the notions share many similarities. Notably, both disciplines involve developing a safe, therapeutic, and healing relationship between a patient and a therapist. Conversely, one of the key differences between the two fields is that...
Introduction Education is an essential condition for any profession requiring specialized knowledge. In healthcare, all medical staff working with the patients must have relevant training and qualifications to provide high-quality care. This essay will examine the importance of education for nursing and argue that continuing it should be mandatory as...
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated health care organization that was established in 1945. It is based in Oakland, California, USA. It consists of three entities. These are Kaiser Foundation hospitals, Kaiser Foundation health plan and its groups, and regional Permanente medical group. Kaiser Permanente vision is to be a leader...
Introduction Inadequate staffing and training of nurses is a serious problem that causes nursing shortage in health care organizations. Most health care facilities do not meet the recommended nursing staffing levels. It therefore becomes difficult to provide quality health care as there are fewer nurses in each section or to...
Types of Crises Crises have different types: sociocultural, adventitious, situational, and maturational. Some people can experience different types of crises, as listed below. Maturational crisis can happen during any period of transition in biopsychosocial development and growth. A maturational crisis occurs when a person cannot envision their new roles and...
The modern health care sector is characterized by the increased level of attention given to patients and the conditions of the delivery of care. The evolution of the humanistic approach preconditioned the reconsideration of principles according to which this sphere functions and introduced new values that should be respected. For...
Counseling can offer numerous strategies to deal with traumatic events in one’s life effectively. The concept of self-compassion can be utilized in different therapeutic approaches and provide people with tools to address their issues or transition from one stage in their life to another. This post will examine self-compassion in...
Termination of group counseling requires many of the same skills used in ending individual counseling relationships. Group counseling typically have a set number of sessions, which makes it easier to anticipate the ending, but it is still a difficult process for group members. Group leaders must remain aware of the...
In Kenya, nursing education began before the country attained independence. Missionaries were responsible for bringing it into the country. This was a time when the government consisted only of the whites. The missionaries were unable to offer education to the entire country and had to seek assistance from the government....
Introduction The issue of abortion has been an issue that has been greatly discussed due to the sensitivity of the act itself. It narrows down to the question of whether the life of an unborn child is less valuable as compared to the life of the ones who are already...
Introduction Over the years, the world has experienced increasing trends in the dominance of obesity and overweight characterized by excess body fats as well as body weighing more than the normal mass considering the ages and heights of the individuals. More specifically, the prevalence of obesity has been on the...
Introduction This essay focuses on such a concept as Continuous Professional Development and its importance for contemporary nursing practice. It should be noted that the modern world is marked by technological innovations, which have served to improve the form of care provided. In addition, treatment procedures are constantly being improved...
Natural and manmade disasters can cause substantial challenges in the context of health service delivery. Such events are often associated with particular spiritual considerations due to their strong relation to such concepts as suffering and death. As people reflect on the nature and purpose of their existence, community nurses, as...
How do social factors influence the approach to clinical assessment? Communication between the physiotherapist and patient will determine a diagnosis. The use of effective communication will facilitate accurate and precise diagnosis. The physiotherapist should have good communicating skills to be in a position to have a patient beneficial relationship. Effective...
The interaction between team members in the health industry is extremely important as it might have an impact on the life of the patient. Healthcare workers, including doctors, nurses, laboratory assistants, have to act together to perform in the most efficient way and to achieve the required results. The purpose...
Introduction Florence Nightingale is regarded as the founder of the modern nursing profession. This pioneer started the first training school in the late nineteenth century where nurses could receive professional training. Her efforts led to the emergence of professional nurses, who are major players in the health care industry. Owing...
Sentinel events “are complicated situations in healthcare institutions that can result in loss of limb or even death” (Athanasakis, 2012, p. 779). They can also lead to serious physical or psychological injuries. Nurse Administrators (NAs) and caregivers should use their skills to address such events. They should embrace the best...
The provision of healthcare services for the world population is a challenging task. It is complicated by insufficient coverage of people, whereas this circumstance is a clear violation of their rights. As follows from the World Health Organization’s principal conclusions, the observance of access to medical facilities should be a...
Introduction Socioeconomic model is an effective model of public health, which effectively elucidates occurrence of health disparities in various neighborhoods owing to socioeconomic factors. Socioeconomic factors that are present in various social settings such as neighborhood play a significant role in determining health status of individuals in a neighborhood. Brenner,...
Introduction Management of risk in health care institutions seeks to reduce any potential negative occurrences to all stakeholders such as patients, staff and, generally the entire organization (Lighter and Fair, 2000). This is done by engaging the nursing department to identifying quality improvement initiatives in nursing. One of the initiatives...
Introduction In human physiology, eating is one of the most essential processes in our life which supplies the human body with energy and mineral elements. Every epoch nation creates its own values and standards towards eating and eating habits based on cultural and economic perspectives. The beginning of the 21st...
Utility of knowledge of nursing theories Understanding nursing theories is crucial in nursing practice because it facilitates effective application, processing of assessing patient’s needs and implementing appropriate care. In family care, the utility of knowledge derived from these theories ultimately creates a true baseline for cohesion, personal and family health...
Introduction to the Disease History Alzheimer’s disease is a rather common condition in aging patients. Progressing at a moderate pace affects their nervous system and cognitive abilities significantly. The disease was discovered by Dr. Alois Alzheimer in 1906 (Prasad, 2020). Despite the time passed since its identification and recognition as...
Types of Meningitis Viral meningitis is the most common and usually goes away without any specific treatment. Bacterial meningitis is another type of this disease; it is rather contagious, dangerous, and even fatal if left untreated. This type is caused by infection from particular bacteria (Lights, 2019). The third type,...
Introduction Efforts to improve health constitute a wide range of interventions that should be implemented at many levels. For instance, when an individual receives preventive care, eats properly, takes vitamins, goes to the gym, and so forth, this person uses strategies to improve his or her own health. On the...
Introduction Ethical standards are essential in all employment settings. Consequently, nurses should be conversant with the guiding principles of nursing (Walsh, 2010). This would enable nurses to provide quality services to patients and work within an acceptable ethical framework. Usually, nurses cooperate with colleagues to provide efficient services to patients....
Causes of Diabetes Insipidus The lack of sufficient antidiuretic hormone (ADH)in the body results in diabetes insipidus. Genetic inheritance, brain tumors, head injuries, meningitis, blood vessel complications, and stroke are some of the factors associated with the development of diabetes insipidus. The hormone acts as a regulator of water absorption...
The article “Implications of the American Nurses Association: Scope and Standards of Practice for Nursing Informatics for Nurse Educators” deals with the essentials of nursing informatics emphasizing the fact that having advanced computer skills is as important for the nurses as pharmacy, anatomy, and physiology skills. The article begins with...
Introduction Any complete program on health ought to educate people on the need to take proper care of it by living a healthy lifestyle. An effective health program aspires to manage the health of people by ensuring quick access to affordable health care. Until recently, the concept of HIV prevention...
Abstract This study focuses on issues surrounding the diagnosis and management of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The paper examines a COPD patient called Mr. D.H. According to an article by Total Nutrition Therapy (n.d), Mr. D.H, who is now 68 years old, has been under COPD medication...
Nursing is a field of study and a profession that has been in existence for years. Consequently, there are various theories that have been developed in an effort to understand the discipline in a more in-depth way. The theories provide a means by which a person can get to understand...
Introduction The acute injury of the lung is referred to as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In this condition, the amount of oxygen diffusing from the air sacs to the bloodstream is usually very low, thus the disease is highly life-threatening. Direct or indirect insults are the two broad mechanisms...
Introduction Leaders play a critical role in the management of organizations. According to Somech (2006), leaders are tasked with the role of managing teams in order to ensure that organizations achieve their strategic goals. In order to achieve the set goals, leaders apply different leadership approaches. The type of leadership...
Introduction and Problem of Practice This paper examines the significance of applications of theory in nursing practical situations. Concerned with the care of communities, families and individuals, nursing is an expansive discipline within the health sector, which encompasses collaborative and autonomous care of sick or health people in various settings....
A model of health promotion is a framework that helps healthcare practitioners to explain, plan and evaluate health enhancing activities (Kozier, 2004). The main goal of health promotion models is to empower individuals and communities to have a better state of health and wellness mainly through prevention rather than cure...
The cardiovascular technologist was selected for a new job after conducting a meeting with the management team, as this position is critical for the sufficient functioning of the department. It remains apparent that this occupation is vital, as it ensures the clarity of results while depicting the functioning the functioning...
Introduction Tarui’s disease is a genetic metabolic disorder that affects the utilization of carbohydrates for energy and the storage of excessive carbohydrates as glycogen. The disorder is a result of a deficiency of the enzyme phosphofructokinase (PFK), which is vital in the biochemical processes that lead to the conversion of...
Nurses are an integral part of the healthcare system and these professionals use their skills to care for patients and promote positive health outcomes. The role of nurses in the healthcare industry has changed significantly over the decades. Clarke (2014) notes that historically nurses were only required to read and...
Division Selection Emergency departments (EDs) provide services to patients that are brought in by ambulance vehicles, but those getting to the hospital on their own can also receive services in cases of emergency. These departments are established to help patients with a variety of acute life-threatening conditions, such as injuries,...
Old people with high support needs are defined as people aged 85 years and above who are frail physically and suffer from various chronic ailments or impairments such as dementia. However, a few younger people may also suffer from such chronic conditions and other forms of impairments because of long...
Introduction Care of older people has become an important issue due to increased life expectancy and improved healthcare and health education (WHO, 2004). However, due to health deterioration as a person ages, their functional ability reduces and they depend on others. It means that the elderly require more attention in...
Common Health Traditions Based on my Cultural Heritage Nigerians prefer taking healthy food, particularly vegetables. Food is grown naturally and has to be served hygienically because the handshake is a common greeting method. Nigerians believe in sex after marriage and not before. This makes the elderly be against boy-girl relationships....
Overview of the Problem Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a nosocomial infection that starts after 72 hours of endotracheal intubation of patients’ in intensive care units. This type of pneumonia is linked with a high mortality rate, increased cost of care, and length of hospitalization. The disease incidence in a critical...
The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) The NDNQI was founded to provide a reference point that could focus on processes, structures, and outcome indicators to assess the care provided by nurses at the setting level. The database has been used successfully to correlate the number of nurses in...
Disseminating Evidence to the Key Stakeholders The most critical phase of implementing the evidence-based practice (EBP) entails the dissemination of information. According to Polit and Beck (2008), the purpose of the EBP is to incorporate scientific evidence into clinical practice. It is imperative to ensure the continuous flow of information...
Introduction This review of literature attempts to examine various aspects of evidence-based nursing practice in nursing. It further attempts to describe the importance of literature materials in nursing practice. In addition, it attempts to describe the standards needs in evidence-based care in nursing. Within the last few decades, evidence-based nursing...
Introduction The purpose of the windshield survey paper is to make observations and collect data that define the City of Hialeah in Florida (zip code: 33013). It captures any shifts, stability, and developments, which have impacts on public health and the general well-being of individuals (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2011). The...
Professionalism and professional values lie at the core of the nursing practice ever since Florence Nightingale realized in the nineteenth century that nursing should not be just scientific comprehension and technical proficiency, but a profession established on explicit human values (Rassin, 2008). Professionalism and professional values not only guide and...
During the last few decades, technology has combined well with science and innovation to bring about sweeping changes in dental treatment. People who could never afford a smile due to the sorry state of their teeth have been offered a new lease of life, courtesy of emerging technologies such as...
Assistive Technology Technology and Living Independently Independent living Independent living revolves around disabled persons. It entails opportunities to make decisions affecting one’s life. It ensures that the individuals enjoy their rights in life (Carswell et al. 2009). Independent living fights for equal opportunities and full participation of an individual in...
According to Cresswell (2009), research questions and testable hypotheses help the researcher narrow down his topic to particular ideas. He refers to them as the main signposts in any research since they tell readers the exact problem the researcher will address (Cresswell, 2009). As such, they should be written with...
This is a critical analysis of leadership in the intensive care unit (ICU). According to van Schijndel and Burchardi, scholars have not paid much attention to practical management in the intensive care medicine (van Schijndel & Burchardi, 2007). As a result, there is little evidence-based research to support management practices....
Background Lung cancer is one of the carcinoma disorders that are caused by abnormal development of the lung tissue. Lung cancer normally affects the epithelial cells of the lungs, and it spreads through the process of metastasis. Lung cancer is among the leading causes of death through respiratory illnesses and...
Introduction The concept of age has now been discussed on many levels and from a variety of angles to discover whether there really is a possibility to define one properly. Although the vast majority of people perceive age as the timeframe one has existed, there is a series of major...
Abstract Nursing is one of the few careers that are not only based on the passion to save lives but also on a calling to serve humanity. Therefore, nurses are very important in our lives as humans. Therefore, Evidence-based Practice (EBP) means the exploration and use of the best available...
Introduction Oral health is an important aspect of an individual’s health and well-being. Poor oral health causes many diseases among people of all ages (Martin, 2013). Regular oral healthcare services may aid in combating oral diseases and detecting other related problems. However, rural communities face disparities in oral health despite...
Introduction Good health care is what patients require though compromised by many medical practitioners especially where there are no legislations and polices in place to ensure that health systems adhere to the set standards. Many people may succumb to death due to substandard medical services provided my medical practitioners who...
Voluntary movement patterns The process of the reflex actions transforming into voluntary movement patterns is a complex issue to examine. The passage from infancy to toddlerhood is evidenced by the acquisition of walking, which is the first “fundamental movement skill” (Dunn and Leitschuh 30). The voluntary movement patterns throughout the...
Introduction Universal health care has elicited a wave of heated debate since it was kicked off by President Obama. It has been received with mixed reactions from different sides causing serious divisions between democrats and their republican counterparts. Battista & McCabe (Para. 1) say that the US is the only...
The article “Nurse Exposure to Physical and Nonphysical Violence, Bullying, and Sexual Harassment: A Quantitative Review” represents one of the many scholarly efforts initiated by researchers to comprehend the dynamics of nursing violence in practice settings. This critique reviews the introductory sections of this article with the view to illuminating...
Introduction Change is an indefinitely long time reality in both our activity directed toward making or doing something and personal lives. Consequently, our societies, our line of works, and our daily work lives are all changing, and the rapidity of this change appears to be speeding up, not decreasing in...
Nowadays, medical treatment has become an advanced and complicated process that consists of many different steps and factors. One of the elements that can play a role in treatment is called the placebo effect, which is an interesting psychological phenomenon. Although the subject is not thoroughly researched, this effect is...
Summary Modern civilization has witnessed a myriad of changes, especially in the healthcare sector. For instance, changes in modern medication and technology in healthcare delivery have resulted in opportunities and challenges for healthcare professionals. Besides, emerging changes in medicine and healthcare delivery have also been associated with debate on ethical...
The Florida Nurse Practice Act is a set of statements that outline the minimum requirements for all nurses operating in the state of Florida. It defines and establishes the scope of practice, and it addresses the most common categories of nurses, such as Certified Nursing Assistants, Retired Nurse Volunteers, RN...
Introduction Nursing is a field that requires practitioners to apply outlined ethical guidelines and focus on the best ways to transform their patients’ experiences. In the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, readers can acquire numerous ideas regarding the concepts of informed consent and confidentiality and their relevance in...
Introduction Palliative care entails satisfying the bodily, rational, and social demands of patients or caregivers. It improves patients’ livelihood and ability to recover. This care applies to persons experiencing challenges related to life-threatening conditions. The objective is to prevent or reduce suffering through prompt recognition, perfect examination and management of...
Quality improvement has been described as the activities prepared via the use acquired date to facilitate the direct enhancement in specific aspects of the delivery of health services. Some of the activities included in quality improvement include nursing sensitive indicators, performance measures and compliance checks. Performance measures refer to the...
Probabilistic Reasoning The theme of probability and its reasons is perfectly described in two sources. One of them is the chapter in the book Fundamentals of Biostatics by Bernard Rosner where the author gives several clear and interesting examples and defines the essence of probability in different cases. And another...
Introduction During the process of education, the students have to learn new material and identify the problems which are observed in the sphere of nursing. However, the theoretical aspect of the problems is not always similar to the practical one. The point is that many students learn about population and...
Introduction Vaccination has become an issue of discussion for years now due to indifferences on whether or not they should be given to children and if they should be optional or mandatory. Benefits of vaccinating children are numerous considering the condition of children’s immune system at birth. However, some people...
Executive Summary Purpose: The purpose of this project was to discover a way to facilitate effective communications between nurses, patients, and their family members, leading to better outcomes. To that end, it was decided to implement an educational program that would improve nurses’ communication skills through role modeling and simulation...
Introduction Conflicts that occur within professional settings are commonplace, including the sphere of nursing. While there is a broad range of definitions of a conflict, it is characterized by either perceived or actual objection or contradiction in views, values, interests, or needs between two or several parties, which results in...
Introduction Nursing, as one of the most important professions in human society, requires a large number of skills and dedication to learning. The intricacies of providing care demand a wide variety of knowledge including both physical and mental training. The report made by the Institute of Medicine outlines the ways...
Employee turnover remains one of the biggest challenges to many organizations’ success, and it is more calamitous in the healthcare sector. The quality of care and patient safety are affected, both directly and indirectly, by nurses entering and quitting their jobs at a high rate. Nurse leaders and managers have...
Introduction Writing a Guided dialogue is quite challenging and does not only require realism but proper intent towards the characters in that dialogue. Dialogue is a way of telling stories in a more comical manner that acts to depict the characters. In writing dialogue, one should ensure that he/she is...
Leading process change in the medical organization requires substantial time, resources, and efforts due to the complex structure of healthcare institutions and dependencies within hospitals. Nevertheless, the new trends and technology that evolve nowadays present significant opportunities in the implementation of medical practice and enhancement of the high-quality provision of...
When seeking for the methods of improving the coordination ealthcare, one should look specifically for the presence of options for improving communication. As innovative communication and information-management-related technologies emerged, the opportunities for improving healthcare increased significantly. Currently, health IT applications as the most advanced tool that can potentially be used...
Introduction Euthanasia (which means “good death” in Ancient Greek) refers to bringing life to an end in a way that eliminates pain. According to the ancient Greeks the transition from life to death ought to be peaceful and noble, not an excruciating experience. The patient’s ‘right to die’ has sometimes...
Administrator malpractices on common law dictate that physician is held legally responsible for negligence-related action. Negligence is a form of conduct caused by carelessness that constitutes a departure from the standard of care generally imposed on a reasonable member of society. Forms of negligence include malfeasance which involves doing unlawful...
Fluctuations of mood are natural in humans as a reaction to internal and external stressors. However, recurrent mood swings that negatively affect a person’s social or professional life can be a sign of a psychological disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mental impairment characterized by abrupt changes from depressive state to...
With the advancement of technologies, the opportunities to collect and share information improve, allowing users to achieve higher goals efficiently and productively. In the fast-evolving spheres like healthcare, informational technologies play a crucial role in the achievement of health-promotional, educational, strategic, and developmental goals. In particular, healthcare managers using PowerPoint...
Use of information systems in healthcare In 1970’s computers were first used in the departments to support functions such as accounting, and general administration works just like any other department. In the 1980’s the cost of computers started going down allowing many people to be in a position to afford...
Most United States hospitals adopted the Human Caring Theory in a move towards institutional changes and dissemination of professional nursing. This theory is termed by scholars as a Theory of Transpersonal Caring. The creative aspect, transpersonal compassionate bond, and the caring instance are basic elements in the theory propounded by...
An energy drink is a beverage comprising stimulating components, normally caffeine. These constituents serve as stimulants that can influence the body’s electrolyte balance by increasing the amount of fluid that comes out as sweat (Wassef et al., 2017). Other symptoms which may arise from consuming large quantities of caffeine include...
STAR Situation Luciana Gonzalez – 32-year-old female patient – Hispanic. Came in for comprehensive health assessment for new employment insurance. Background The patient requires a comprehensive physical. Height: 5’4 Weight: 185lb BMI 31.8. No known allergies. Family history – no known diseases. Social history – Works a stable job. Denies...
Introduction The world would not have been as safe and immune to numerous diseases if pandemics did not occur in the past. Although major historical virus outbreaks fastened the development and resulted in the advanced modern healthcare and medicine systems, many people continue to suffer from well-known illnesses. The World...
The importance of healthcare management is being understood on the medicine front with various players and places. It works with a variety of health professionals. Medical experts do advanced researches and healthcare management is devoted to making the best use of the services of these people and places (Ronald Jefferson,2008,...
Introduction The Healthy People (HP) program envisions a healthier nation with a lower preventable disease burden. For decades, this initiative has guided federal efforts to prevent specific diseases and promote healthy behaviors. Priority health issues are first identified before formulating measurable objectives for preventing diseases and promoting health. Then, concerted...
Introduction Healthcare delivery systems are aimed at resolving health problems and meeting the needs of the population, which makes research on this subject particularly valuable for assessment and improvement of healthcare quality. The search strategy for this paper involved keyword research among sources not older than five years. The purpose...
Nowadays, patient safety still requires continuous improvements that are based on evidence and lead to the elimination of health care system deficiencies. The sentinel events that will be analyzed are medication errors taking place at Clarion Court, Minnesota. This patient safety problem has been deteriorating for six months what seen...
For this laboratory I would like to focus on some assessment tools that can allow us to greatly enhance our prescription of exercise. There are a multitude of assessments that can be utilized in fitness and wellness to assess function. We have discussed several throughout this course and recently you...
