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To investigate a clinical problem, nurses should select the most relevant method, focusing on a research project or evidence-based project. Depending on the purpose of the intended improvement, it is possible to recognize between several distinctions of the mentioned projects. Research is a systematic exploration that aims to generate new...
Introduction The labor and delivery setting is an always evolving and dynamic part of the healthcare system. The particular importance of high-quality assistance comes from childbirth being an essential process in the lives of individuals around the world. The goal of nursing in the United States is to provide quality...
Hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities are complex systems because their successful work requires high qualifications in clinical practice and administrative tasks. Moreover, the management task is even more complicated than in most industrial enterprises, since the primary interaction occurs between people, which requires constant monitoring and reporting. For this...
Introduction Health care settings require decision-makers to navigate the complexity of medical data, which is why the application of statistics needs to guide the operations of hospitals, government entities, and pharmaceutical companies. The utilization of statistical knowledge helps health care providers to identify the problem, develop appropriate interventions to solve...
Introduction In order to stay healthy, one needs to make sure they have a daily dose of vitamins. However, many individuals are not able to follow this medical advice due to their busy schedule that does not allow them to plan well-balanced meals that would contain all necessary nutrients. In...
Introduction American health care is, on the one hand, an ordinary branch of the capitalist economy with all its characteristic features. On the other hand, it is a special socially oriented sphere of the modern economy. Substantial elements of state regulation are embedded in the mechanisms of market relations, which...
My Experience in This Program From the very beginning, the ultrasound program that I have chosen has set high standards that must be met. My understanding was that the program would require my full commitment and best efforts to achieve my academic goals. Despite my initial hesitation, I was encouraged...
Introduction Good quality care dictates that treatments, tests, and procedures should be medically appropriate. Moreover, care should be desired by informed patients. Increased patient involvement is an essential element of quality improvement as it is linked to enhanced health outcomes. Patient experience-of-care or patient satisfaction surveys are pertinent to the...
Introduction Changes in lifestyle, coupled with poor feeding habits and lack of physical exercise have contributed to the rise in the cases of childhood obesity. There are various causes of childhood obesity that health care providers and parents or families need to understand to guarantee the well-being of their lids....
Introduction Patient safety, as defined by the National Patient Safety Foundation, is “the avoidance, prevention and amelioration of adverse outcomes or injuries stemming from the process of health care” (National Patient Safety Foundation, 2016, para. 12). Patient safety is an expected characteristic of hospital stays. Although patients, their families, and...
Advanced Psychopathology Case Study Abstract Mary White suffers from 300.19 (F68.10) Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self. There is evidence to support the idea that Mary is inclined to cause harm to herself and seek the attention of the medical staff. Nevertheless, Mary does not follow the doctors’ recommendations and seems...
Assessment of memory difficulties especially neuropsychological memory assessment can only be done by clinical professionals (Walsh 1978). Normally negative scores in regard to these assessments do not always mean the presence of serious memory problems. It’s only the complete memory assessment that can establish this. While taking these tests the...
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was an outstanding human and left the priceless legacy for future nurses. She devoted her life to globally raising awareness of health issues and successfully transferred her message: widespread nursing care is essential for reaching “local-to-global health” (Beck, Dossey, & Rushton, 2012). Nightingale made a great contribution...
Introduction The “Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics” has been at the focal point of research across the many fields of studies, precisely in the disciplines of Religion and Theology, Bioethics, Medicine, and Nursing. Raymond Devettere, one of the most renowned researchers and authors in this field, contends that...
Health and Obesity Health is becoming a matter of grave concern, especially the health of teenagers and adolescents, who are becoming increasingly overweight and obese. Obesity is now being regarded as an epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2000) due to the increasing occurrence of obesity among children and...
Introduction Breast cancer has emerged as the most common type of cancer amongst women in the United Kingdom, with the rate of incidence of this disease is more than double that of both cervical and colorectal cancers (The Breast 2007). Besides, the occurrence rate of breast cancer amongst women in...
Outline Diabetes is a very common disease among children in Canada. Several studies have shown that genetic factor and inactive lifestyle plays an important role in the prevalence of the disease among Canadian children. Several programs have been initiated at the community level that has proved successful in preventing the...
The article ‘Chinese Restaurant Food’ educates the general public about the hidden dangers and harm of eating too much Chinese food. Hurley and Liebman (2009) explain that the notion of Chinese food being healthy could be contrary to the fact. While Chinese cooking does actually “deserve credit for keeping a...
An illegal organ trade preys on the healthy but poor people. In the black market, the people who give the highest price will get the live organ, and this appearance becomes the fodder of the black market. Therefore, many poor people sell their organs in exchange for pitiful amount of...
Introduction Late adulthood can be described as the age from sixty five years (65) and above. This age constitutes about 7 percent of the entire World’s population with 13 percent in the developed World. This percentage increase has been attributed to increase in life expectancy due to due to breakthrough...
Introduction Methamphetamine was synthesized in 1919 by Ogata, a Japanese scientist. In the 1930s, Temmler Werke’s pharmacists in Berlin developed the stimulant called Pervitin. Since 1938, the substance has been used systematically and in large doses, both in the army and defense industry: tablets of Pervitin were officially included in...
Introduction Nowadays, sugar is one of the most commonly used dietary substances that is primarily known for its sweetening properties. Nevertheless, the role and meaning of sugar were by far more versatile in the past than they are today. It was a luxury and was not so widely accessible to...
Introduction A smile is one of the most universally recognisable facial expressions. Besides, a smile may also help convey healthy teeth and gums and research evidence claims that gum disease may negatively affect an individual’s smiling pattern and deter someone from displaying positive emotions through a smile. (Turn that Frown...
Introduction Over the past ten year there has been a drastic change within the health care set up a factor that has greatly influenced the trend within the health care setup. The increment in the use of technology has greatly contributed to the immense changes and influences in the patient’s...
The mental illness of Heathcliff has its roots from the early childhood. In listing the emotional experience that he had gone through some facts ought to be mentioned. The first major impact in Heathcliff life is the fact that he was an orphan, that fact which might have put forced...
Undoubtedly, nursing is one of the most essential, irreplaceable, stressful, and complicated professions in the modern world. Every day, nurses help save hundreds of lives, provide psychological support and care for patients and families, improve their skills, and train other employees. This work brings tangible satisfaction, but also requires tremendous...
Parents refusing medical treatment for children the tendency towards the increased level of refusals deterioration of the healthcare sector image poor quality of suggested services the unreasonably high price of treatment nurses inability to meet diverse demands cultural and religious issues Today, we could observe the tendency towards the increased...
With the emergence of the global opioid crisis, the necessity to reevaluate the role of a nurse in public health promotion and design strategies for mitigating the crisis appeared. The comparison between the attitudes toward the subject matter in the U.S. and UK has shown that the health authorities in...
It should be noted that, in the past few years, some of the problems and challenges observed in primary care have been addressed; nevertheless, many of them remain critical. Overall, the difficulties in healthcare are related to variable quality, decisions made on different levels, shortage or burnout of the personnel,...
In the case of a doctor operating on a patient and making a crucial mistake of not checking the details of the operation, the question of professional integrity can be raised. It can be argued that failures are inevitable and occur from time to time. However, for a medical professional,...
Abortion is a medical procedure that involves the surgical elimination of the fetus from a female’s womb with the purpose of ending a pregnancy. This procedure results in the fetus’s death. Although potentially dangerous to the woman, abortion has been advocated as a fundamental right in line with the agency...
When building a career, a nurse might want to consider the option of specialization. It means the process of becoming an expert in a chosen subject by expanding the scope of knowledge and practice. Nowadays, there is an immense need for nurses in mental health care – a field that...
Due to the fact that the risk of falls among elderly patients in emergency departments is high enough, it is necessary to find a way to reduce the number of victims. As a potential solution, the use of appropriate tools can be considered as a technique of effective intervention. As...
Introduction Hypertension is one of the most common conditions that family health practitioners assess routinely in individuals of all ages and elderly patients, in particular. The prevalence of the given disease substantially increases with age. At the same time, certain factors define older persons’ ability to manage their disorders, as...
Introduction In modern healthcare, there are many practices that polarize society, and physician-assisted suicide is one of them. Since the practice involves what many associate with an act of killing, the universal legalization of PAS has implications for medical ethics. Judging from modern researchers’ works, PAS is considered as an...
The assigned paper topic is spirituality as a concept and its application in nursing. The article examined in this paper is “Spiritual Wellness: A Journey Toward Wholeness” by Hrabe, Melnyk, and Neale (2018). This paper summarizes the idea of spirituality and its connection to well-being. The text has a significant...
Every ethnic group develops its heritage under the impact of diverse factors both inside and outside of the place they inhabit. In turn, cultural heritage including customs, traditions, and beliefs, influence different spheres of life of the ethnic group. Thus, traditional beliefs about health determine the healthcare behavior of people...
Discussion Prompt 1 Working in the field of healthcare involves the necessity for close collaboration with people from different cultural backgrounds, and this is why there are numerous links between healthcare and sociology. In particular, these links are related to the concepts of role, culture, subculture, and role conflict. In...
Adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) require the inclusion of particular elements into a database. It is assumed that certain key data that are not connected to ARDS are already incorporated into relevant database tables. For instance, it is routine to consider gender and age, as well as...
The incidence of hospital-acquired infections can be listed among the leading concerns of healthcare specialists all over the world since infectious diseases often nullify the results of effective treatment strategies. Without exaggeration, the development of strategies helping to reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections is among the tasks of national...
Introduction A family in crisis stands at the turning point when its members face health problems and lack the instruments to cope with stress. In the given family, Juanita Brown is a single mother with three children and her mother who needs ongoing care. The family has no health insurance...
Introduction The practice problem selected for this project is that insufficient nurse staffing leads to medication errors. A medication error is a preventable occurrence in the hands of a healthcare provider leading to or causing inappropriate medication use, potentially resulting in patient harm. Medication errors in healthcare environments may occur...
Introduction Many patients suffer from various conditions that require prolonged hospitalization. This evidence-based practice has remained a risk factor for pressure ulcers. The purpose of this paper is to give a detailed description of this topic and its significance to nursing practice. It goes further to present three PICOT questions...
Introduction The nursing profession is of high importance as the main objective of it is to care for the patient’s health. Due to the seriousness that the nature of work has, it is crucial for nurses to uphold the highest standards of work. The way in which a medical worker...
Presentation The role of nursing has shifted significantly in the last decades, enabling nurses to become critical and leading professionals in the community and healthcare systems. There is an increasing need for highly trained and well-educated nurses with critical thinking skills. They must be able to manage complex health issues...
Meaning of the Theory In the process of care delivery, there are multiple instances when patients are advised to put in their most beneficial qualities despite dealing with an illness for long periods of time. In environments where health care relies on patients being independent, Dorothea Orem’s self-care nursing theory...
The role of nurses continues to evolve to meet the arising patient needs and deliver quality and timely care. Consequently, nursing research is required for nurses to acquire best care practices, improve patient outcomes, and respond to changes in practice. Additionally, nurses should understand the basic principles of research because...
Introduction Evidence-based projects improve nurses’ practical skills. They integrate theoretical knowledge into health care. The discussed issue is vaccinations. Vaccines are recommended for children (Alexander, Lacy, Myers, & Lantos, 2016). Some parents are afraid of vaccines. Education about vaccines’ benefits is vital. Importance of Evidence-Based Projects Master’s degrees focus on...
Introduction Florence Nightingale is considered the mother of modern medicine. She was the first person to endorse a scientific and practice-based approach and developed the first medical framework that established some of the basic notions of medicine still used today (Alligood, 2017). Her influence effectively changed medicine from the art...
Abstract The paper focuses on one of the biggest problems of the modern healthcare system: pressure ulcers. Although considerable breakthroughs in medicine have enabled medical workers to save people’s lives and provide them with the highest quality of care, a viable approach to managing pressure ulcers has not been found...
Introduction Lesson Title: Self-care education for older adults with myocardial infarction. Identification and Description of the Learners The learners for this lesson project are older adults who experienced myocardial infarction and are prepared for discharge from the hospital. Older adults with conditions such as myocardial infarction make vulnerable populations because...
Introduction Nursing remains one of the most challenging and rewarding careers for practitioners and patients. Caregivers are expected to make a difference in patients’ lives and empower them to achieve their potential. Since registered nurses (RNs) are the major providers of care, they should possess adequate competencies and knowledge in...
The choice of nursing care delivery model remains extremely important as it impacts the quality of care received by patients. The range of organizational methods helping to provide patients with high-quality service is quite large. If I were the manager of my healthcare unit, I would prefer to utilize the...
Article Title and Abstract The title of this article is straightforward in the sense that it captures the topic of interest and the direction of the research. For example, the reader is made aware of the study’s hypothesis and research methodologies through the title. The article’s abstract is also successful...
How should you use Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns to assess individual health? What health screening interventions do you regularly participate in? Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns present a valuable framework for evaluating a patient by a nurse. An individual’s health assessment may begin with the identification of living conditions, background, and...
Introduction Individuals with poor mobility are at high risk of having pressure ulcers (PUs) that are defined as “localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure alone or in combination with shear” (Lyder, & Ayello, 2008). My proposal focuses on...
History and Physical Examination Jessica has come to the emergency room with a complaint about the decrease of vision in the left eye. She qualifies the decrease as sudden; it started in the morning of the day of her visit, and the vision continued to decrease for several hours; Jessica...
Influence of Nightingale’s Legacy Florence Nightingale played a critical role in the enhancement of the nursing services. She helped to identify social and environmental health determinants that influence human health. Nightingale’s contribution to the nursing field led to the formation of a grassroots-to-global movement that aimed at creating public awareness...
Walden’s and the School of Nursing’s Perspectives My academic and professionals have been reshaped significantly by the perspectives of Walden University’s School of Nursing. To begin with, my academic goal is to become a competent practitioner who can use evidence-based ideas to influence or promote patient care and wellbeing. As...
Introduction Assessment and dissemination of research results are significant steps of any study. They allow measuring the effectiveness of the proposed intervention and appraising the benefits that the research can bring to the existing body of knowledge and evidence. Also, they ensure that the scientific community and other healthcare institutions...
Introduction Roche Diagnostics Oman is one of the leading medical institutions in Oman. It offers a wide range of diagnostic services. The company has made impressive progress in penetrating the local market by offering a wide range of services to its clients (Beck & Cowan, 2014). Despite the high quality...
Executive Summary The initial strategy developed for Blue Shield contained the four primary objectives that required improvements. The feedback, provided by peers and colleagues highlighted some essential parts of the plan that need adjustments. Firstly, it was advised to define more accurately the scope of technological development that the company...
The health of the population is the most valuable achievement of the society. Therefore, it’s maintaining and strengthening is an important task, in which all without exception must participate. The professional and ethical obligation of the nurse to provide, as far as possible, urgent medical care to any person who...
Project Problem and Terms In hospital settings, one of the major concerns to administering boards is pharmaceutical product management and utilization. According to recent studies, one of the leading causes of severe complications is adverse drug events due to unaccounted drug-to-drug interactions (Toivo, Mikkola, Laine, & Airaksinen, 2016). Moreover, improper...
Introduction Conflict resolution refers to the method whereby two or more warring factions find a diplomatic and harmonious solution to their disagreements. Conflicts may occur between physicians, the healthcare team, the patient’s family, the patient, or between physicians and the staff members. The majority of health amenities may be exposed...
As of 2015, 36 countries around the world utilize telenursing for a wide variety of outpatient procedures (Johnson, Wilhelmsson, Börjeson & Lindberg, 2015). Whether it’s a telephone call, a video conference or through data sent via medical equipment from a patient, a doctor or nurse is no longer limited by...
Meaning Jean Watson is a nursing living legend, who developed a theory and proved the importance of a transpersonal caring-healing moment in nursing (Clark, 2016). The main idea is to put the care of science as a core value in nursing. Caring should not be defined as a discipline that...
To understand a nursing theory better, it can be helpful to explore the background of the theorist. This is particularly relevant for the founder of modern nursing as a separate discipline—Florence Nightingale. She was the first theorist to create a conceptual framework of nursing and to define key terms. Moreover,...
Forecasting in health care is a functional representation of data adequately describing the process under study and is the basis for determining future values. The forecasting procedures and techniques based on data with non-numerical nature, for instance, predicting the quality attributes are based on the results of non-numerical data statistics....
From an interdisciplinary perspective, researchers have drawn contrasts between nursing and strategic planning (Carney, 2009). However, there is little evidence explaining the role of nurses in strategic management. Based on the failure to understand the interplay between nursing and strategic planning, this paper highlights the major areas of similarity and...
Carrier and Barriers Although the barriers are often the cause of why a nurse decides to continue his or her practice, they can nevertheless complicate the working process and even have an impact on a nurse’s self-esteem and motivation. I have come across different barriers during my practice, but I...
Prevention of Stress Protection of the normal line of defense Strengthening the flexible line of defense Preventing internal resistance lines from strengthening Reducing the reaction to various stress factors Increasing stress resistance qualities of the patient Note: Betty Neuman was a professional nurse that specialized in stress reduction and management....
Introduction Insulin-dependent diabetes (also called type 1 diabetes mellitus) has remained a major health challenge affecting many people in every corner of the world (Handelsman et al. 13). The chronic disease is defined as a condition whereby the pancreas produces very little (or no) insulin. Atkinson defines “insulin” is a...
Introduction Nursing theories have emerged as an attempt to systematize the nursing practices and the knowledge relevant to the field. Since then, many of them were modified to include other healthcare fields or focus on certain aspects of nursing. King’s Theory of Goal Attainment is one example of such frameworks,...
Description of Overconfidence in Self-Judgement Reasons for Overconfidence in Self-Judgement: Long practice period in nursing. Premature evaluation of certain situations. Ambition and the desire to show capabilities. Insufficient level of vocational training. Excessive praise from colleagues and superiors. Inability to assess taken decisions adequately. Negative Consequences of Overconfidence in Self-Judgement:...
Introduction The subjects of withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments are one of the most ethnically and morally complex issues in the healthcare industry. Advances in technology and medical sciences have raised several ethical dilemmas. The most common issues raised include the concept of the sanctity of life, the definition of...
Nursing is a very complex field that is comprised of a multitude of components, aspects, and layers. Nursing has its own philosophies, beliefs, and culture that include a variety of rituals, perceptions, and beliefs. At the same time, nursing is based on the scientific methods of health care delivery, evidence-based...
Fall prevention is a critical topic in the framework of healthcare because it is a considerable challenge that exists in this sphere and often leads to nonfatal injuries among the elderly population over 65 years old (Preventing falls in hospitals, 2014). This issue becomes more critical when paying attention to...
Describe the difference between culture and ethnicity Even though the concepts of culture and ethnicity are commonly used together, it does not mean that they have a similar meaning. To be more precise, the research conducted by Desmet, Ortuno-Ortin, and Wacziarg (2016) showed that the ethnic fractionalization was not in...
Introduction Family health assessment is an integral part of the healthcare practitioner’s activity. Health problems in general and chronic diseases, in particular, have an impact not only on a patient but on his or her family life as well. Health assessment demands skills and knowledge from healthcare practitioners to evaluate...
Introduction The present paper discusses the plan for a literature review project on the topic of the role of the Essentials of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2011) in the elimination of the barriers that exist in the US for the advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) roles (Altman,...
Abstract Hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and it causes inflammation or scarring of the liver, flu-like illnesses, abdominal pains, anorexia, and nausea among the affected individuals. The disease is majorly spread through the exchange of body fluids. The study reveals that the best way of...
Introduction Information systems are a rapidly developing technology being integrated into the healthcare sector, which seeks to modernize the operational and clinical capacities of medical facilities and its staff. A technology known as the clinical decision support (CDS) system can combine research, protocols, informatics, and patient data into databases. Its...
Introduction In the sphere of nursing, nurse practitioners, supervisors, and managers are expected to demonstrate developed leadership qualities to complete their tasks, cooperate with colleagues and patients, and promote health care goals effectively. To understand what qualities are associated with good nurse leaders, it is important to focus on studying...
Summary “Provision of culturally competent health care: An interim status review and report” is an article written by Carol Lynn Esposito for the Journal of the New York State Nurses Association in 2013. This article aims at reviewing the current nursing literature that relates to the recent progress of the...
Khankeh’s Study Citation Khankeh, H., Khorasani-Zavareh, D., Azizi-Naghdloo, F., & Hoseini, M. (2013). Triage effect on the wait time of receiving treatment services and patients satisfaction in the emergency department: Example from Iran. Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 18(1), 79-83. Type of Study, Design Type, Framework/Theory Type of Study:...
Introduction A role of a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) as an agent of change has been long recognized by influential healthcare organizations such as the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Nurses Association (ANA), and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) (Clavelle, Drenkard, Tullai-McGuiness, & Fitzpatrick, 2012). By empowering staff...
Metformin is an oral biguanide antihyperglycemic agent prescribed to patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus (non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus), which rates among the first-line medications across the globe and can be used both as a monotherapy or combined with several other drugs used for treating diabetes. The medication can also...
Introduction In their work, nurses should apply theoretical principles of nursing to their practice depending on the settings and specific needs of patients whom they serve. Much attention should be paid to identifying differences in needs and expectations typical of various groups of patients (Wetzig & Mitchell, 2017). The purpose...
Why did the author access the PubMed system and then what for? An online literature search based on the PubMed system was used to gather available evidence about the possibility to reduce pressure ulcer incidence with the help of the Braden Scale risk assessment. In this article, it was necessary...
Introduction: Significance of Learning the Core Competencies It is crucial for a nurse to be able to identify the area of practice and isolate the goals that need to be accomplished. Thus, the needs of the target audiences will be met in a manner as efficient and expeditious as possible....
Introduction The research question that is the focus of this paper is that; in patients suffering from obesity, does exercise and lifestyle changes, compared with only medical therapy, improve health status and reduce weight in a period of one year? The paper will involve a critique of a quantitative study...
Incorporating Theory Agboola, Jethwani, Khateeb, Moore, and Kvedar (2015) found that the Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) could be controlled effectively through outpatient follow-up and patient education. The proposed treatment is in line with the Orem’s theory, which was developed by Dorothea Orem in 1950s (Manzini & Simonetti, 2009). The theory...
The article by Kaplow and Reed (2008) describes the unique model of patient care that may be implemented. The name of this model is Synergy; it includes eight patient characteristics that nurses are to take into account, and also contains eight competencies, which nursing staff should realize in their practice....
Overview Middle childhood is a stage in a person’s development that has a significant influence on their future life. Both the school and the family environment play a considerable role in the development of an individual during their middle childhood, which means that the peculiarities of the environment may have...
What is Ethinomics? The term ethinomics was first introduced by scientist Marrill Mathews at the end of the last century, and the main essence of this concept was the unification of ethics and economics definitions (Rambur, 2015). The main essence of this phenomenon is to describe a certain term from...
The article “Nursing Interventions for Smoking Cessation” aims to investigate the effectiveness of nursing-initiated interventions. The authors are the nursing professionals from different fields and with varying degrees of experience working in the universities of Michigan and Oxford. The research article addresses nurses’ efforts to help patients in smoking cessation....
Introduction Nowadays, a nursing leader and a manager have different approaches to quality improvement and the patients’ satisfaction. However, it appears that both approaches to leadership styles, which differ as much as the definitions of a leader and a manager themselves, are not as efficient as the situational leadership approach....
School nurses face ethical and legal challenges while working with teenagers because of issues associated with supporting young pregnant females and disclosing important information to parents. This paper aims to discuss the case of Lucie, a 17-year-old student who has type I diabetes and whose pregnancy test is positive. Furthermore,...
Almalki, Fitzgerald & Clark (2011) stated that the policymakers and researchers are working with the healthcare industry of Saudi Arabia and they suggest to introducing gradual privatization of the health care services at public sector hospital; however, the government has already passed relevant law to put into practice of the...
Introduction Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most widespread hospital-acquired infections among American patients. VAP can cause increased mortality rates, length of stay, and health care costs both for the facility and the patient. However, there is no accurate reference definition of VAP, as it is usually suspected if...
Learning Goals and Objectives The learning objectives of this week’s placement will include the following. First of all, I am going to practice community health needs assessment. It is necessary to be aware of the existing problems and to be able to satisfy the most urgent needs first. Secondly, it...
Introduction Clostridium difficile (C.diff) is an infection that triggers an immediate development of nausea, diarrhea, and fever in patients. Although the infection can be contracted in a variety of environments, it is commonly known as a nosocomial one (i.e., a hospital-acquired health issue). According to the statistical data provided by...
An electronic health record (EHR) is a digital storage of a patient’s medical information that can be accessed from any location and at any given time. EHR systems facilitate the seamless flow and exchange of information within hospitals and health care settings in order to improve the quality of medical...
Abstract Occupational health and safety are emerging as an important social issue in Saudi Arabia. In this report, the researcher was interested in analysing the status of this issue, with the aim of determining how health and safety of the workers in this country can be protected. The study relied...
Introduction The modern society is concerned about the increased number of abortions. Some people consider such medical interventions to be a murder, whereas other theorists promote the opposite point of view that seems to be unacceptable at first. The following paper will discuss and summarize the main aspects of the...
Introduction Nursing is one of the professions in the field of health. Nurse practitioners (NPs) use their skills to offer timely, high-quality, and safe care to communities, individuals, and families (Duran & Cetinkaya-Uslusoy, 2015). They provide adequate support to ensure more people maintain or attain optimal health. The wide range...
Introduction The modern healthcare environment could be characterized by numerous challenges specialists should face delivering care. The appearance of these problems is preconditioned by the increased complexity of the majority of health issues and patients diverse needs. The scope of nursing practice includes close cooperation between all actors to acquire...
Introduction The idea of adaptation is presented in many nursing theories and aims at describing the patients’ prospects of decision-making and self-managing various health problems. However, this concept was initiated by Erickson, Tomlin, and Swain (2005) in their modeling and role modeling theory. Erickson, Tomlin, and Swain’s Adaptation Theory The...
Human Needs Theory: Description In 1943, the Theory of Human Needs was created by Abraham H. Maslow (Cao et al., 2013). Known as Maslow’s Hierarchy (of Needs), the framework allows determining the role of specific factors on the personal development of an individual. According to the theorist, there are six...
Introduction of Community The community is located in Miami, Florida. Its territory is about 1,898.6 square miles meaning that 1,418.5 people live per square mile (Census Reporter, 2017). However, it is not always possible to meet so many people outside in the daytime because many of them are in their...
The occurrence of childhood obesity in England has been increasing in the past decade. As a result, the government has set up various preventive measures to ensure that the incidence of obesity in children is zero. Thus, the proposed study will seek to identify the preventive measures put in place...
This discussion explains the influence of Pender’s model of health and Parse’s theoretical framework on the advanced practice nurse. It also explains how Pender’s model guides the implementation of AACN Essential VIII by nurses in their daily practice. How Pender’s Model and View of Health Influenced the Practice of the...
ALAFA has played vital roles in the fight against HIV/AIDS. To begin with, the alliance has been raising funds from factory owners and other donors to help in sensitizing workers against the dangers of contracting HIV/AIDS. For instance, numerous peer educator programs are organized around workplaces. Peer educators are fellow...
Staffing policy is a very important issue for the quality of nurses’ services. Centralized and decentralized staffing policy could be applied in the hospital. Each of these two systems has its advantages and disadvantages. Besides, staff schedule and regulation is very important for nurses’ work management. As it was shown...
Financial management implies handling some day-to-day financial operations, for example, payroll monitoring or keeping unexpected expenses under control. Therefore, the modern business environment in any professional sphere calls for a cohesive financial management strategy. Furthermore, with the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, electronic health records, and the Medicare billing...
Critical care or intensive care units in hospitals are required to be staffed with nurses who are trained to work in these units and who are able to perform their duties in a stressful environment. However, staff shortages in these units are typical because of specifics of responsibilities and the...
Problem Description The predominant symptom among patients with late-stage kidney disease is recurrent acute pain. Although pain related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a complex etiology, it predisposes patients to depressive disorder, poor quality of life, and lower survival rates (Davison, Koncicki, & Brennan, 2014). The latest statistics indicate...
Introduction Approximately one-fifth of elderly patients are readmitted within 30 days after having been discharged from American hospitals, and almost 50 percent of these readmissions are considered to be preventable (Verhaegh et al., 2014). The cost of readmissions after hospitalization amounts to $12-$44 billion annually (Verhaegh et al., 2014). Overview...
Nursing in a community environment is a complex and empowering work that requires a keen understanding of the principles of equality and collective action. Therefore, the provision of care in a community characterized by a multifaceted interaction between social and economic circumstances has to be based on an inclusive partnership...
Introduction Modern nurses know and implement numerous different frameworks into their clinical practice. From Nightingale to Henderson, these frameworks largely revolve around four pillars of nursing and assist in framing both clinical practice and clinical research by outlining goals and purposes of interventions, as well as providing an ethical and...
Introduction The functions of nurses have changed in recent decades. Unlike the past, when nurses were merely helpers and sanitary workers, they now perform a wide range of duties depending on the role specification. However, there is still some confusion about the list of activities that have to be done...
Applicable Nursing Theory Although medicine is a holistic and humanitarian science, in hospital management systems nurses are viewed as human resources. The majority of nursing theories are typically patient-focused and are based either on utilitarian or Kantian ethics. Thus, they are unfit for being implemented as frameworks to support the...
Introduction In the USA, there are plenty of healthcare regulatory agencies to go around – they monitor and regulate every sphere of public and private healthcare, on various levels ranging from state to federal. These organizations work with nurses, hospital personnel, and legislative bodies, in order to make sure that...
Introduction Influenza is a viral infection that is caused by the influenza virus. It affects the respiratory system and causes complications such as bacterial pneumonia and dehydration. There are three types of influenza viruses. They include Type A, Type B, and Type C. Types A and B are very common...
Introduction Anemia is a condition that develops as a result of low hemoglobin (Hb) and hematocrit (HCT) contents, as well as a low erythrocyte count. Hb is a protein contained in erythrocytes. It is responsible for the reception of oxygen in the lungs, its transportation to various body cells, and...
Orem’s Background: How the Philosophy Appeared Merely providing the patient with nursing services is often not enough. Although offering regular assistance is part and parcel of a nurse’s job, offering round-the-clock assistance does not seem a possibility. Therefore, it is crucial to make sure that the patient is encouraged to...
Introduction Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin of a male child’s penile skin. In some African tribes, this ritual takes place in girls as well, namely, circumcision of the clitoris and the labia minora. However, this paper focuses on the procedure in males. Circumcision of newborn boys for...
Introduction of a Modifiable Risk Factor The patient has been diagnosed with renal failure. The modifiable risk factors of this disease include anemia, dyslipidemia, metabolic perturbations, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease (Parikh et al., 2006). The present assignment shall focus on hypertension as a modifiable risk factor for kidney disease. Important...
Nursing Leadership in Case of Isaac As an assistant nurse manager, I am responsible for addressing the problem, mediating the health care environment, understanding bullying dynamics, and intervening in a conflict or any other conflict-related situation if necessary (Lee, Bernstein, Lee, & Nokes, 2014). Furthermore, it is also important to...
Animal-Assisted Therapy Animal-assisted therapy is a type of therapy that employs animals for motivational and educational purposes, to facilitate treatment and improve social, emotional, or cognitive state of patients. However, there is also a number of scientific works pointing out the gaps in research concerning animal-assisted literature, which are made...
Empowerment is an important aspect of nursing practice. In addition to psychological and emotional benefits, the concept has a positive impact on nursing practice. The paper describes the role of the concept in my learning journey and determines its contribution to the baccalaureate nurse transition process. The topic which I...
Goals and Objectives A nurse must consider community practice as an important tool for building the necessary experience. Therefore, the practice in question must be viewed as an opportunity for developing a better understanding of how to meet the unique needs of the target population. A set of goals listed...
Introduction The selected periodical journal is Advances in Nursing Science (ANS), one of the most recognized journals for practitioners and graduates of educational programs in nursing. ANS provides most recent data on a great variety of topics such as nurse-patient relationships, health behavior, patient education, culturally sensitive intervention, and others....
Introduction Medication is an essential practice in every healthcare setting. Nurses and healthcare providers should administer the right drugs to their patients. However, this clinical practice is usually associated with numerous errors. Forni, Chu, and Fanikos (2010) argue that “medical errors are either systemic or individual” (p. 14). Healthcare institutions...
Professional Practice Issue A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is authorized to diagnose patients and prescribe medications. As prescribers, NPs are expected to provide the prescription of medication in close collaboration with physicians. The role of nurses, in this case, is to control the appropriateness of the prescribed treatment measure and continuously...
Quality planning and organizational performance enhancement initiatives concentrated on distinct measurable focus areas have the potential to bring substantial positive changes in the healthcare system (Weston & Roberts, 2013). However, to ensure that a meeting is conducted effectively, it is important to write meeting minutes capturing the essential information discussed...
The efforts of geriatric nurses are concentrated on the health of elderly patients. Understandably, this patient group faces an increased risk of various traumas and diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s). Therefore, the main objective of geriatric care is the development of effective preventive measures (Arai et al., 2011). On a larger scale,...
Introduction to the Professional Development Plan Benner’s Novice to Expert model is a powerful framework that can guide advanced practice nurses (APNs) to become competent providers of evidence-based care. The theory supports the concept of continuous improvement whereby APNs embrace new skills and lifelong learning. Nurses should implement powerful professional...
Introduction In Philosophy, ethics refers to things involving a systematic defending and coming up with the concepts that define right and wrong behaviors in a society. The term originates from a Greek work ethos referring to habits and customs. Ethics defines the best way the society intends human beings to...
Purpose The main purpose of this program is to reduce the number of inpatients falls in the clinic. One should note that this problem is one of the main concerns for many hospitals since such events can adversely affect a great number of people (Duque & Kiel, 2009, p. 131)....
The issue of using performance enhancing drugs by professional sportsmen or the question of doping can be discussed as socially significant because many people today orient to the athletic competition as the important element of the modern world. However, modern professional sports can also be considered as the great business,...
Introduction Since its inception in the 19th century, Nightingale pledge has been recited in various nursing schools within and outside the United States. However, the pledge has also raised controversies around the world. Consequently, the pledge has been modified severally since its creation in 1893. Opponents of the pledge have...
Introduction The Nightingale pledge was developed as an oath students graduating from the Farrand Training School for Nurses (Veatch, 2000). The pledge was created in 1893 and revised in 1935 to improve its scope (Brown, 2003). Since then, it has undergone several modifications in order to fit the values and...
According to the research study conducted by Mcgee et al. (2009), classroom behavior between children diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and those growing typically normal revealed a marked difference in the social communication profiles of the two groups. A total of 24 children clustered into 12 pairs took part...
Nurses working with, and caring for patients suffering from dementia will oftentimes realize the difficulty of the task. It can be an exhausting and frustrating work. One of the reasons why it is extremely challenging to work with patients suffering from Alzheimer is that they do not retain explanations or...
Introduction This is an implementation plan to eliminate or lessen nurse stress and burnout. The proposed solution entails stress reduction strategies. The solution is intended to overcome stress and burnout experienced by nurses. It also recognizes other key contributors who will provide the necessary approval and support to ensure effective...
Teenage pregnancy has become a major problem both in the developing and the developed world alike. It is both a social and health problem that every government is trying to address. Some worlds’ governments have allocated financial support to the relevant ministries and departments in their national budgets. The government...
Most schools are not able to provide children with affordable and healthy food. Most of the parents who provide their children with healthy food end up paying large sums of money in schools. There are certain parents who cannot afford to provide their children with quality lunch because of high...
Patient/family/client situation The roles of professional nurses continue expanding and changing relative to the rising populations in need of healthcare on one hand, and on the other hand, there is the philosophical shift in healthcare provision in that besides nurses curing illnesses, they are also required to promote health, take...
