Effects of Teen Pregnancy on Mother and Child

Introduction One of the most pressing social problems is teenage pregnancy. In particular, it concerns underdeveloped countries, areas with a low level of sexual education, widespread adolescent marriages, and a low level of universal development. Teenage pregnancy is of particular interest for research as it has an effect not only...

Project Evaluation in Healthcare

When developing and implementing a project, its evaluation is of particular importance. This is due to the fact that this procedure makes it possible to identify strengths and weaknesses, what problems could arise during the implementation of the project and what steps must be followed when developing future initiatives. For...

Ethical Considerations and Counseling Skills in Therapy

Maintaining Boundaries One of the ethical issues I encountered during the practicum is lack of boundaries between a professional and a client. On meeting some of the patients at the site, I unknowingly formed a relationship that went beyond the professional lines which proved to be a challenge when attending...

Radioactive Isotopes and Their Use in Medicine

Radioactive isotopes, or chemical elements produced through the decay of atoms, are widely used in medicine. The branch of medicine known as nuclear medicine studies the use of radioactive materials for monitoring the internal functioning of organs and directed elimination of the affected or damaged tissues of the body. Thus,...

Importance of Perioperative Monitoring of Body Temperature

Introduction Body temperature is one of the classical vital signs defined as measure of how adeptly the body eliminate heat. Perturbation is both an indicator and a cause of which is relevant in making medical decisions. It is common for patients to have complications such as infectious fever or hypothermia...

“Why We Need the Humanities to Improve Health Care” by Hall

The article “Why We Need the Humanities to Improve Health Care” highlights an increasing interest in a newly emerging field of medical humanities in nursing education and medical organizations. Hall (2014) emphasized the important role of humanities in medical care that comes through listening to music, telling stories, and enjoying...

White Muscle Versus Red Muscle Fitness

Introduction One of the most important factors of an athlete’s genetic giftedness in strength and aerobic sports is the predominance of fast (white) or slow (red) muscle fibers. It is the structure of muscle fibers and their quantity in certain skeletal muscle groups that determines the strength or endurance of...

An Interview with a Director of Nursing

Interview Answers What is your educational background, and how has it helped prepare you for your current position? Donna obtained a master’s degree in nursing administration, and now she is a Director of Nursing, a position which necessitates a high and suitable academic qualification. Describe the progression of your career...

The Tuskegee Syphilis Research: Violation of Principles of the Ethics Code

Introduction The Tuskegee Syphilis research violated several principles of the ethics code, which primarily are: respect for a person, justice, and beneficence. The stated goal of the study was to study the effects of untreated syphilis in 600 African—American men from Macon County, Alabama – from the moment of infection...

Madeleine Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Nursing

Introduction In the past, Madeleine Leininger noted and advocated for the notion of adequate care in nursing practice. Throughout her career as a nurse, she evaluated how nurses ignored to appreciate the patients’ culture while delivering care (da Silva et al., 2021). I chose Madeline Leininger’s theory because in the...

A Policy Brief on Healthy Aging and Ageism

Older individuals are urging a change in how society views and discusses ageing. Older people worldwide choose to concentrate on the opportunities presented by ageing rather than its restrictions. They are looking for strategies to enhance their physiological, mental, and social well-being to maintain their independence and activity as they...

“How to Cope With Anxiety” TED Talk Analysis

Anxiety has already become a part of our lives and is present in everyone. Each person experiences such a feeling differently; for some, stress is more pronounced; others less. Often, anxiety can destroy life and interfere with living in general, so it is essential to know how to properly deal...

Leadership at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Introduction Organizational leadership is crucial for routine decision-making and business management. The leadership is mandated to develop policies that guide the daily interactions among the employees among other stakeholders. Big corporations such as CHOP have an effective leadership structure with definitive roles at each level. CHOP is a children’s hospital...

Nursing Theory in Practice Examples

The profession of a nurse requires specialists to possess certain knowledge to direct their practice. Nursing knowledge has developed through several eras since the 1900s and is now characterized by the theory utilization era (Alligood, 2014). In the current period, nurses are meant to use philosophies, models, and theories for...

Drug Addiction and Best Treatment Practices

Drug addiction Drug addiction becomes a serious obstacle to leading a healthy and happy lifestyle. It is characterized by an irresistible and uncontrollable craving for drug use, which subsequently affects the brain’s functioning and impairs memory, motivation, and control over behavior (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2018). Patients need long...

Effective Communication and Quality in Healthcare

Introduction The Joint Commission determined that the underlying cause of 66 percent of the sentinel events that occurred between 1995 and 2005 was inadequate communication. If the commission and other organizations had prioritized effective communication more, most of these events could have been avoided. As a result, businesses ought to...

How the Use of Fentanyl Affects Society

Introduction Fentanyl also spelled as Fentanil, is from the opioid family and is considered the strongest form of opioid, mainly used to treat pain. With the help of other medications, Fentanyl is used for anesthesia. Fentanyl is considered to be a hundred times strong compared to any other form of...

Healthcare Trends and Innovations

In my opinion, compelling examples of the work of marketing in health care are advertising of anti-COVID measures on social networks and advertising of psychological support services. In these cases, the advertisement took the form of a promotion and a call to action. Marketers promoted and spoke in clear language...

Herpes Simplex Virus 2 and Its Causes

Introduction Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) is a virus that causes genital herpes. It belongs in the same genus and family with herpes simplex virus 1. The virus has several mechanisms that enhance its virulence. Its interaction with the immune system is complex, thus rendering the development of a vaccine...

Strategic Planning and Leadership in Healthcare

Summary Strategic planning is an essential part of organizational development that allows a business to remain viable and sustainable in a dynamically changing world. This type of planning allows highly effective use of available resources and opportunities in order to optimize the organization’s future development (Teixeira & Junior, 2019). In...

Aspects of Palliative Care in Healthcare

Introduction The following article observes and analyzes a number of themes and topics associated with palliative care. The report recounts the key concepts and principles that guide the appropriate use of palliative care in healthcare settings. Following this, the presence of palliative care in neurological practices is outlined, issues and...

Effects of Poor Workplace Culture on Healthcare Organizations

Introduction The role of workplace culture cannot be underestimated nowadays, especially knowing that the diversity of employees continues to increase. The influence of different factors on employee performance and patient outcomes cannot be ignored either, as these may be linked to safety, health, and wellbeing (Rider et al., 2018). Therefore,...

Lady Gaga’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Introduction Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness that affects those who have experienced or witnessed a horrific tragedy. Catastrophic incidents, accidents, terrorist acts, war assaults, death, sexual brutality, or injuries are examples of terrifying events (American Psychiatric Association, 2020). Family and individual functioning may be disrupted due to...

Mental Health Problems in the UK and the US

Introduction With the ongoing war in Ukraine and the sanctions against Russia, prices of fuel, electricity, water, and the rest has been increased, contributing to mental health problems for many individuals and families. Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) indicate that Europe’s mental health care has...

Nutrients: The Distribution in the Food Groups

Macronutrients and micronutrients play an important role in the human body, which include but are not limited to supporting the healthy functioning of vital organs, promoting wound recovery, growth, and maintaining metabolic activities. These nutrients are distributed in different food groups in varying amounts. Additionally, the nature of the nutrients...

Benefits of Physical Activity and Nutrition

Both exercise and diet are instrumental in maintaining long-term health of an individual, both physical and mental. Age, ability, ethnicity, shape, or size have little bearing on the health benefits of physical activity, with the exception of affecting the suggested forms of exercise in rare situations. This essay attempts to...

Nursing: The Theory of Human Caring

Introduction The role of an APN is essential on multiple different levels. While it is critical to follow all the guidelines regarding providing patients with the best care possible, it is crucial to apply an emotional aspect to the communication and relationship with the person receiving the care. The most...

Career Development at the Sidra Medicine Facility

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....

The Use of Physical Status Modifiers

Physical status modifiers codes represent the way a patient’s physical condition affects the procedure. In other words, physical status modifiers for anesthesia describe the level of risk of the procedure taken. Hence, by using modifiers from P1 to P6, an anesthesiologist is able to include it into a formula for...

Why Does Infantile Amnesia Occur

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...

Discussion of Medical Terminology

Medical terminology is as a specific language utilized by healthcare personnel to describe the components of a body, illnesses, and medical interventions. The basis of medical terminology is the Latin language, and in some cases, these words have little or nothing in common with the modern English words. Nurses, physicians,...

Schizophrenia of John Nash in “A Beautiful Mind”

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...

Macmillan Cancer Support Organization’s Data-Driven Decision-Making

Executive Summary The data-driven decision-making process is an important process in healthcare-related management. Since data collection and integration have evolved over the past years, a comparative analysis is significant for the purposes of ensuring consistency. The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) to patient ratio provides management data subsets for workforce planning....

Nitroglycerin Transdermal Patch: Brochure

Nitroglycerin Transdermal Patch – is a patch that is applied to prevent angina in people suffering from a specific heart issue called coronary artery disease or CAD. How It Works The patch is put on the skin, which allows it to release medicines named nitrates. Nitrates are able to go...

Health Economic Concepts and Implications

Healthcare is one of the most important spheres of society’s life. Any such large and global industry requires regulatory processes, especially from the financial side. Hence, for this, there is a healthcare economy that deals with the problems of efficiency, value, and behavior in the field of medical care. This...

Type 2 Diabetes in a 50-Year-Old Male

Introduction This paper contains a description and analysis of vulnerability and an appropriate holistic care plan for a 50-year-old male with type 2 diabetes. According to the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) (2018), a nurse has a duty of confidentiality to those who receive care, so the patient will be...

Aspects of Dear Doctor Letter

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...

Dental Care: Problems and Perspectives

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...

Shared Decision Making in Health Care

Introduction The health care sector upholds the importance of shared decision-making in successful treatment processes. It is defined as the process through which health professionals collaborate with the patients in making critical decisions regarding the patient health and treatment (Kon et al., 2016). Another study by Hoffman et al. (2014)...

Scoliosis: Causes, Effects, Prevention and Treatment

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...

Enhancing Clinical Supervision in a Medical Ward: An Action Plan

Introduction The medical ward of Hospital X offers non-surgical treatment and provides nursing care services to adult patients with various non-life-threatening conditions. The ward’s current clinical supervision (CS) strategies require further improvement, with special attention to supervisors’ communication-related knowledge. Establishing continuing professional development goals for those supervising medical interns and...

Healthcare Professional Burnout and Its Effects

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...

Importance of Mental Health Policy

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,...

Community Health Assessment Evaluation & SWOT Analysis

Wake County is one of the most highly rated living and working environments in the United States and North Carolina. Thankfully to great opportunities, Wake County keeps growing on big scales. The County has more than 1 million people, and it is the largest population in North Carolina (U.S. Census...

The EMR Implementation in the Eye Clinic “Gloria”

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...

Sexual Health Nurses: Functions and Responsibilities

Sexual diversity is a term used to describe the diversity of sex characteristics, sexual orientation and gender identity. However, there is no need to indicate each of such statuses, roles or features, which shape this plurality (The United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2016). Diversity of cultures can...

Registered Nurse Career: Analysis of Required Traits

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...

Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Female 35-Year-Old Patient

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...

Organelles Disease and Its Consequences on Human Health

Introduction The faulty physiology of the cell’s organelles can result in a multitude of serious diseases. The development of technology and a better understanding of the human body have allowed scientists and medical professionals to examine the smallest elements of the body, such as organelles, and define their dysfunctions that...

Academic Success and Professional Development Plan

Introduction The scope of professional nursing has continued to evolve for the better, with the inception of modern clinical practice as well as the embrace of technology in healthcare provision for quality and safety. Nurses have remained the backbone of the healthcare system as the chief primary care providers whose...

The Language Barrier in Nursing

Practice in rural areas with diverse patients creates an additional challenge for nurses because many individuals might not speak English or have a unique cultural background. Consequently, specific interpersonal connection-related skills must be developed by the professionals to deliver healthcare effectively. In working with non-English-speaking patients, nurses need to integrate...

Cardiovascular Disease: General Information

Introduction Health is one of the determinants of well-being in society. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rated among the common health conditions affecting people globally. CVD is linked with heart and blood vessel problems and includes heart attack, heart failure, and stroke, according to Zhao et al.(1). With the rapid lifestyle...

Overcoming Personal Biases, Prejudice, and Stereotyping in Healthcare

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...

Current and Future Role of Nutrigenomics in Human Health

Introduction In the 20th century, nutrition research was mainly concentrating on devising ways and means of curbing health problems related to deficiency of food components as well as the necessary food elements vital in solving health complications. These were the commonly found nutrition-related problems. However, the situation in this field...

Roles of a Financial Manager in Healthcare

Introduction The hospital sector management is a very dynamic and at most ever-changing occupation that has the opportunity to undertake a varied number of duties and responsibilities. As a manager in the sector one is supposed to be flexible enough and ready to handle whatever duties he is allocated without...

Corona Regional Medical Center Site Visit Report

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...

Treatment, Diagnosis, and Management of Bacterial Translocation

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...

Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Introduction Throughout the lifespan of humans, there are many changes that occur and influence physical and psychological health. Notably, people who are in their late adulthood are likely to have more medical issues because the body organs weaken with time. One of the common issues affecting senior citizens is Alzheimer’s...

Gene Therapy Overview and Advantages

The use of gene therapy is expected to replace or fix mutated genes to cure diseases. The key advantage of this therapy is that it provides the possibility of treating diseases that cannot be cured by traditional approaches. For example, leukemia, hemophilia, or severe immune deficiencies can be potentially treated...

Cardiology: Heart and Circulatory System

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...

Competence for Nurses: Why Is It Important?

Introduction Nursing competence is the skill set that is required to provide quality patient care. This concept includes direct skills of care providing and the ability to build trust with patients, their families, and other health care professionals. At the same time, the level of competence and requirements for a...

The Covid-19 Pandemic of 2019-2021

Introduction The latest outbreak of COVID-19, short for “coronavirus disease of 2019”, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has had an undeniable permanent impact on a global scale. The pandemic has influenced the life of every member of the human society without any exception, whether in an irrevocable way or through...

Congestive Heart Failure Project Proposal

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....

Nursing Shortages and Effect on Patient Care Outcomes

Providing care for patients in home-care is multifaceted and requires a joint effort from all the healthcare workers. The nurse-patient ratio has been used to show that there is a shortage of nurses leading to burnout and reduced performance (Marć et al., 2018). Self-management and autonomy among patients have been...

Malnourishment: Eating Habits

The information provided in the proposed case study is insufficient to draw accurate conclusions and propose effective solutions to address Rick’s malnutrition problem. As additional data to obtain from his mother, one should inquire about whether the child has chronic diseases or other health problems. According to Adamson and Morawska...

Client Access to Medical Records

Introduction A patient decides to terminate her counseling after a couple of weeks and asks the counselor to give her all records and notes that she made during sessions. According to the ACA Code of Ethics and the state board code of ethics, the counselor should grant the client access...

Policy Brief on Shortage of Physicians and Nurses

Executive Summary The country’s population’s average age is increasing, which means that the number of older patients in need of constant medical care is rising, chronic diseases appear and spread. At the same time, a significant number of doctors also resign due to age, and the number of qualified students...

Importance, Scope, and Definition of Clinical Supervision

Introduction Psychologists are essentially more concerned with the study of the human mind. People need not subject their minds to dogmatism. Hence, issues that are akin to critical evaluation of human behaviors must be clear and concise. For this reason, consideration of supervision in the clinical context demands a clear...

Clinical Reasoning in Nursing

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)....

Ethical Issues in Nursing Practice

Nurses are the first line of defense in the healthcare sector, patients’ advocates, and also a source of information on medical diagnosis and the course of care for relatives and the families of the sick. In some situations, decision-making requires principled considerations, and this requires nurses to know about delivering...

Tooth Decay Research Question and Hypotheses

Introduction This paper is aimed at the identification of the research question and hypotheses concerning the study of tooth decay conducted earlier. The research question is the following: What is the connection between the percentage of untreated tooth decay in the US among different ages, ethnicity, gender, and income groups?...

Middle Range Nursing Theories

Introduction Nursing theories describe the nursing profession and provide a basis for distinguishing it from other disciplines. Nursing seeks to establish itself as a composition of a scientific knowledge base that enables it to increase its healthcare practice visibility. These theories guide the care provision in the professional practice, and...

Myasthenia Gravis: Case Study Analysis

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...

Patient Identification Techniques

Correct patient identification is critical for an effective treatment process. Identification is the process of matching patients with the treatment plans and transmitting data on their identity without errors throughout the process. In the United States, an algorithmic approach to identification is widespread, and in some institutions, a biometric one...

Continuing Education in Nursing

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...

Strategies for Nurses’ Academic Portfolios

A portfolio is a document presenting a person’s education, skills, professional achievements, and work experience. Creating a portfolio is similar to building a brand in marketing and is the most efficient way to demonstrate one’s competencies and provide a record of one’s ongoing development to peers, employees, and educational faculty....

Lack of Staffing and Training in Healthcare

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...

Heart Disease Is a Silent Killer

Prevention of Heart Disease in Adults Heart disease and its consequences are prominent health issues, both in the United States and worldwide. People with cardiovascular conditions have to limit their physical activities due to fatigue, lightheadedness, pain, and other issues. Moreover, heart diseases are associated with heightened risks of strokes...

Overview and Analysis of Nursing Theory

Introduction A theory is a concept or a group of related concepts that guides the nursing practice by proposing potential actions to be taken. According to Kerlinger, a theory is “a set of interrelated concepts that give a systematic view of a phenomenon especially an observable event or act that...

Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory for a Family Nurse Practitioner

The research process is one of the sources that derive theory development through the study of concepts and their related propositions. Notably, the research process answers many research questions and derives other research questions depending on the research outcomes. In the context of a study about Family Nurse Practitioner, we...

Program Evaluation in Public Health

Introduction Program evaluation is an imperative process in public health as it helps the implementers of a program to gain imperative information that enables them to determine the course of action during implementation in order to improve the program. In addition, the implementers are able to determine the effectiveness of...

Multidisciplinary Team Meeting: A Social Workers’ Role

A social worker Social workers are involved in activities that are geared towards helping people who have different problems. They work with members of other professions. These include physicians, nurses, teachers, counselors, and police officers, among others. Social workers help people with various problems with the aim of enabling them...

The Research of Analgesics Work

Analgesics are a collection of drugs that are used to relieve pain or in medical terms “attain analgesia.” These drugs reduce pain by acting on the central and peripheral nervous system of the body; examples of analgesic drugs include acetaminophen or paracetamol, opioid drugs, and NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). The...

Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Public Health

Qualitative and quantitative studies are the two main approaches to conducting research on a wide variety of topics. Quantitative research is usually deductive – that is, its conclusions are more specific and less encompassing than its base assumptions. It focuses on “measuring variables and testing relationships between variables” in numerical...

The Effectiveness of the Internet in Healthcare

The internet today has become indispensable. The various areas that the internet has impacted on include the way friends and family communicate, facilitation of trade of goods and services, made research on different topics easy, and it has acted as a means through which people can entertain themselves through (Kardia...

Organizational Mission, Vision, and Values in Healthcare

The differences of each of the selected organizations While there are striking similarities in the overall mission, vision, and values of the four healthcare facilities, notable differences are also present. Johns Hopkins Medicine stresses the relevance of patient-centered and family-centered healthcare, innovative research and effective treatment of childhood diseases while...

Categorical Variables in a Healthcare Research

Introduction In a statistical analysis of research data, different variables can be used. They include various categories which are important for a researcher. Thus, in healthcare research, such categories as age, gender, height, weight, etc. can be applied. As a rule, several types of variables are used in statistical analysis...

Nursing Research: Types and Their Descriptions

Exploratory research is a specific type of inquiry intended to define a phenomenon. It is used in cases when the problem at hand has not been studied sufficiently, lacks clarity, or is not supported by systematized operational definitions (De Chesnay, 2015). Exploratory research can be based on primary data, such...

Comparing the Nursing Education of Kenya and China

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....

Abortion: Comparing Advantages and Disadvantages

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...

Common Lung Diseases Overview

The human lung is a respiratory organ made up of secondary lobules and Broncho vascular bundles, alveoli and blood vessels, and an interstitial. The diseases affecting the lungs, a primary respiratory organ in human beings, are called lung diseases. Most fatal lung diseases affect the interstitium. A Prolonged affliction of...

The Ontological Basis for Participant Action Research in Healthcare

Introduction Research can be defined as a “thorough and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or confirm facts, theories and their applications” (Philippa 2005). There are several types of research that are identified depending on the nature and purpose of the study. Participant action research...

Quantitative Studies on CAUTI in Nursing Homes

Introduction Nursing home residents are highly susceptible to various healthcare-related infections (HAIs). Their transmission can lead to the quality of life of such patients substantially declining and the necessity for hospitalization. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is among the most prevalent infections in assisted living facilities and requires effective prevention...

Scientific Principles Underlying Decontamination

Introduction Water is an important and remarkable substance that makes all forms of life possible. Speculation about possible past or present life on other planets within our solar system, or any other extraterrestrial body somewhere within the universe, is conditioned on the evidence for or against the existence of past...

Health Service in New Zealand

Introduction The purpose of the study was to modernize health services in New Zealand by the effectiveness of nurse decision-making through the use of evidence-based approaches in clinical performance. This study aimed at describing the perceptions, attitudes, knowledge, and skills of nurses regarding the use of the evidence-based practice. It...

Veganism Diet: Pros and Cons

Nutrition is a critically important part of human lives as it guarantees that a person will acquire nutrients and elements such as vitamins and minerals. They are needed for the preservation of the desired level of health and high quality of lifestyles. Unfortunately, literacy in this sphere remains low, and...

Grounded Theory and Phenomenology

Introduction Grounded theory and phenomenology are two methods of qualitative analysis. According to Tracy (2020), grounded theory is used to explain a particular phenomenon through a “ground up” approach (p. 62). This way suggests addressing data without preconceived theories, building upon research through the concept of a blank slate (Tracy,...

Biomedical View of Health

Introduction For many years, physicians and medical practitioners have relied on the biomedical model in the diagnosis of diseases. According to the biomedical model, health is freedom from pain, disease, or defect (De Vito 2000). This means that the normal human conditions should remain “healthy”. The biomedical model tends to...

Utilitarian Philosophy in Nursing

Abstract This paper explores personal philosophy in nursing. Utilitarian philosophy and its basics are taken as the main perspective to view such aspects as the role of nurses, nursing as a profession, the concepts of health and environment. Besides, the paper focuses on the functions of nursing education, administration and...

Sickle Cell Disease Analysis

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) also referred to as Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) is an autosomal blood disorder that occurs in individuals who possess a pair of recessive Sickle Cell genes. Sickle Cell Disease is usually characterized by the abnormal appearance of the red blood cells (Alexander, Baldwin, Money & McDaniel,...

Researching Ebola and Marburg Viruses

Introduction Ebola and Marburg viruses are considered among the deadliest viruses that can attack humans. These viruses are associated with the rapid deterioration of health and high mortality rates. The current treatment options for the viruses are ineffective and preventing the spread of these viruses during an outbreak remains to...

Family Nurse Practitioner’s Application of Theories

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...

Preoperative Fasting in Preventing Complications in Children

Clinical bottom line Young children and adolescents are required to undergo preoperative fasting prior to general anesthesia. This is similar to the fasting required by adults before surgical operation procedures. Various scholars and medical professionals have argued that preoperative fasting minimizes the risks associated with regurgitation in the course of...

The Public Health Campaign on STDs Among the Youth

Abstract Sexually transmitted infections account for high numbers of deaths and infections among the youth. A safe sex campaign can be an important initiative to reduce sexually transmitted infections. This essay discusses unprotected sex among teenagers as a public health issue that promulgates the spread of STDs. A large number...

Educational Activities Plan for Diabetic Ketoacidosis Patient

The education plan described in this essay details the proposed educational activities that a diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) patient will undergo over a period of 3 days. The patient should attend two sessions every day for the first two days and one session on the last day. Objectives of the Education...

Health Promotion for Obesity in Adults

Introduction This is a health promotion proposal for preventing obesity among adults in the US. People get obesity when they acquire a given body mass index. People with 25-29.9 BMI are considered overweight, whereas others with 30 or more BMI are considered obese. Obesity is related to several chronic conditions...

Personal Philosophy of Nursing

Abstract When developing personal nursing philosophy, one should consider the four meta-paradigms of nursing, viz. the nursing practice, health, human beings, and the environment. These elements define the nursing practice and philosophy and they are highly interconnected to the extent that altering one of them causes a ripple effect on...

Diabetes Insipidus: Causes, Treatment, Pathophysiology

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...

Electronic Health Records: A Review of the Literature

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. (2018). Use of Electronic Health Record Data in Clinical Investigations. Web.  A guidance document was issued by the American Food and Drug Administration to assist various parties in effectively utilizing Electronic Health Records in clinical circumstances. The guidance gives recommendations on whether a particular...

Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technology that has revolutionized the medical field. With this technology, high-resolution images of internal body parts are produced without the need for x-rays. The use of radiofrequency light during this procedure is said to be safe since it does not pose any known...

Research Proposal: Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease

Introduction Chronic kidney disease and hypertension are two serious disorders that are closely connected. This connection has not been fully researched yet. Thus, it has been found that up to 63% of people suffering from chronic kidney disease are hypertensive (López-Novoa, Martínez-Salgado, Rodríguez-Peña & López Hernández, 2010). It is also...

Baptist Hospital’s Organizational Analysis

Introduction In this paper, the organizational system of Baptist Health (BH) will be analyzed. Baptist Health is a community, faith-based hospital that serves the Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia community. The analysis of Baptist Hospital’s organizational system will be based on Collin’s framework for advanced organizational analysis. It will focus...

Chemical Peel and Microneedling in Cosmetology

Introduction Advances in cosmetology have led to the development of novel ways of dealing with skin issues such as acne, scarring, solar lentigines and wrinkling. Chemoexfoliation (chemical peeling) is the directed cutaneous ablation produced by precise caustic agents (Soleymani, Lanoue and Rahman, 2018). Conversely, microneedling is a dermaroller procedure that...

Developing an Implementation Plan

Method of obtaining necessary approval and securing support At first, it is necessary to submit a written report to the administrators of the hospital since they should decide whether an intervention can be launched. This report will include several elements. In particular, one should explain the nature of the problem...

Nursing Staff Reduction: Problem Statement

In medical organizations, the cutbacks related to the decreasing patient number and resources inevitably lead to the nursing staff reduction. The decision-making process of the nursing leader that I involved in the accomplishment of this task is always rather complex as it is impacted by multiple factors such as QSEN...

Normal and Abnormal Urine: Composition and Characteristics

Urine, one of the main waste products of the human body, can be an indicator of health and abnormal changes to the body. The first important subtopic is the composition of the discussed by-product of metabolism. Normal urine contains about 96% water, and the remaining 4% is presented by different...

The Biopsychosocial Model in the Context of Dentistry

There is no community that has not been affected by oral diseases. It is the responsibility of dental health specialists to evaluate the oral health status of the communities they serve, and based on the feedback, design and develop effective strategies and models to ensure that the oral health needs...

Heart Disease and Stroke: Project Proposal and Budgeting

Introduction This paper is a project proposal for the management of heart disease and stroke in Minnesota. It outlines a leadership and strategic plan for addressing the high incidences of the health conditions in the state. The first section of the paper describes the community’s health problems and explains why...

African American Cultural Group’s Health Beliefs

Overview The African American community is the second-largest minority ethnic community in the United States after the Hispanics. It comprises of people whose ancestry can be partially or fully traced back to the Sub-Saharan African ethnicities (Anderson & Stewart, 2012). Although the group may appear as a one-dimensional cultural entity,...

Infection of Chlamydia Trachomatis

Introduction Chlamydia is a common bacteria infection which is mainly spread through sexual contacts with infected persons. The bacterium that transmits this genital infection is known as Chlamydia trachomatis and when this bacterium is transmitted sexually, it can infect the reproductive and urinary organs. Generally, Chlamydia trachomatis is an “obligate...

Leadership and Change in Healthcare Management

Executive Summary The system of caring is undergoing several changes in modern society. But the need for leadership in this sector is well recognized for further growth and development. Nursing is one of the most essential professions in the healthcare industry. The paper outlines the essence of leadership and change...

Schizophrenia: Definition and Symptomps

Introduction Schizophrenia is one of the most prolific mental disorders that is characterized by people having an abnormal interpretation of reality. Individuals face some combination and forms of hallucinations, psychosis, delusions, and cognitive impairment which impacts daily functioning and often leads to social exclusion. Although schizophrenia requires lifelong treatment, early...

Integration and Application of Technologies in Nursing Practice

Introduction The modern world has made significant advancements in technological developments in different fields to facilitate the efficiency of human activities. The field of nursing has undergone notable developments that have elicited the need for nurses to embrace it in their practice. In this case, various aspects of the nursing...

Emergency Departments and Balanced Scorecard Assignment

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,...

The Public Health Issue Analysis

Cholera is a highly contagious disease. It could cause death and widespread human suffering as manifested during the 2012 cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone, where thousands of people lost their lives and many more were infected in the latest outbreak to ravage the country (World Health Organization, 2012). Owing to...

Quality Management Observation in a Hospital

Main post The concept of quality management embraces a bulk of aspects and perspectives that are not always presented on data collection agenda. In particular, there are services and daily responsibilities that nurses should undertake and that are not specified in the officially compiled codes and policies. It is obvious...

Advocacy and Support Needs of Old People

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...

Leininger’s Culture, Diversity and Universality Theory

Introduction Culcture and cultural diversity can e considered burning issues of contemporary society. People often think about cultural differences and discuss this issue in public in order to draw more attention to the importance of the matter and necessity of evaluating and implementing it in different sectors of human activity....

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: Causes and Treatment

History of the Organism According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), evidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has been found in ancient Egyptian mummies (par. 3). Tuberculosis (TB) was also a prevalent disease in the ancient Roman and Greek civilizations. Overcrowding in 17th-century cities made TB a...

Ethical Dilemmas in Public Health

It is critical for administrators in the public health sector to acquaint themselves with the ethical principles that govern the public sector as well as the complexities that surround them. Interest in the legal, ethical, and social aspects of public health is contemporarily at its highest point and is likely...

Quality Improvement for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

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...

National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators

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...

The Role of Chief Nursing Officer

Abstract A Chief Nursing Officer can only transform an organization’s vision using strong leadership skills. From bedside roles, nurses can grow into responsible boardroom partners tasked with the delivery of high-quality care. I have learned that strong leadership skills can help CNOs realize their vision for a care organization. With...

Kennedy Class II Removable Partial Dentures Review

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...

Rehabilitation Programs for Juvenile Offenders

Participants The research will be conducted using questionnaires in a medium-security rehabilitation center in California. The sample rehabilitation centers in California would be chosen according to convenience. Considering the time and expense involved in the research, we would select the centers closest to the place of research. The programs will...

Health Problems in Children Analysis

Introduction Vulnerable populations imply the groups of people with increased exposure to risk factors or the susceptibility to health conditions. Vulnerability to a particular health condition is marked by a relatively higher mortality rate, shorter longevity, low access to health care services, and reduce life quality. The vulnerable populations attribute...

Public Health Efforts in Oral Health

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...

“Nurse Exposure to Physical and Nonphysical Violence, Bullying…” by Spector

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...

Importance of Health Equity

A health care system is designed to provide individuals with sufficient service and improve their health outcomes. It is efficient if everyone who needs assistance receives adequate care, which is possible because of Health Equity. According to Minkler et al., this term denotes “removing obstacles to health such as poverty,...

The Placebo Effect in Medical Practice

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...

Reducing Stress in Student Nurses: Article Critique

The aim of the review Systematic reviews usually aim at providing knowledge and evidence about a particular intervention along with the implications of the findings on future research or current policy. In Galbraith and Brown’s quantitative systematic review, “Assessing the intervention effectiveness for reducing stress in student nurses,” the aim...

System Failures in Healthcare Facilities

Abstract System failures may occur in healthcare facilities and have deleterious effects on patient safety and ultimate healthcare outcomes. While these failures occur, healthcare organizations can minimize them to improve quality of care for patients. Language barrier has become a common problem because of many Americans who are not proficient...

Ringworm Infection: Description

Introduction Fungi are both plant and animal pathogens that can be harmful or beneficial to both organisms. Although fungi may be very few in type and number, they cause a spectrum of many infections and diseases. These infections and diseases have been found to be very difficult to treat as...

The Role of Epidemiology in Public Health

In Reassessing the Role of Epidemiology in Public Health, Savitz, Poole, and Miller (1999) assert the following: “…public health draws on epidemiology.. however certain definitions confuse the relationship between public health and epidemiology” (p. 1158). One of the main ideas the authors wanted to deliver is that “epidemiological studies cannot...

Hand Hygiene as Best Practice in Adult Nursing

Introduction The idea of getting nurses and physicians to observe hand hygiene is not new. The Hungarian physician, Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis (1818–1865) first tried this approach in the 1840s when he elaborated the importance of hand hygiene among physicians to prevent the spread of pathogens (Samuel, Almedom, Hagos, Albin &...

Concepts of Fibromyalgia

Introduction People who suffer from Fibromyalgia have a hard time completing daily tasks; however, with proper treatments and new medications available, sufferers can lead a normal life and can be pain-free. Considering the pain and tiredness associated with Fibromyalgia, the majority of individuals tend to lose hope in life; one...

Fundamentals of Biostatics by Bernard Rosner

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...

Evaluation of a Program in Nursing

The progress of health care system is evident, and nursing is considered to be one of the most fast-developing spheres in the chosen sphere. Doctors get access to a number of improved material and tools with the help of which appropriate and in time care is provided, and patients set...

Holistic Nursing Practice: Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain

Introduction Definition of Pain Pain is a multidimensional phenomenon; therefore, it is difficult to define. Pain has been defined in many different ways by health care practitioners. (Sternbach, 1999). Chronic pain: According to NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2006, p. ix), chronic pain is defined as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional...

Professional Development of Nursing Professionals

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...