Various neurotransmitters responsible for connecting the neurons in the human brain and particular brain structures can affect how people think and behave. One of the brain structures which is vital in ensuring the normal functioning of human spatial orientation and memorizing is the hippocampi. The hippocampal areas are an essential...
The arrival of Europeans and Africans on the new continent was associated with a sharp decline in the number of Native Americans. The main reason for this was the pathogens that the invaders brought with them and to which the inhabitants of America did not have resistance (Crosby, 1991, p....
Introduction The US healthcare system is designed to improve the health of the national demographic by treating, preventing, detecting, and ameliorating health conditions and illnesses. There are several concepts that the health sector is based on when it comes to care provision. Namely, patient safety, maintaining one’s good quality of...
Hypertension Millions of individuals worldwide are impacted with hypertension, one of the top health problems. The prevalence of hypertension has skyrocketed over the past five years, and the disease’s fatality rate has followed suit. Hypertension affects nearly 100 million Americans, reports Omboni (2019). New research shows that between the ages...
Evidence in Malpractice Litigation The first argument for the usage of body cameras is that it helps in litigation of malpractice cases. The inevitable medical errors still remain the leading causes of patients’ deaths in the overall healthcare field, especially in direct care, and it is on the rise (Oura,...
Even in modern times, patients face health disparities in the everyday practice of healthcare facilities. Healthy People 2020 (n.d.) defines this term: “health disparity is a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage” (para 5). In other words, it means a higher...
The Essence of the Issue Nowadays, African Americans with diabetes still cannot receive proper diagnosis and treatment, meaning they are not provided with equal access to medical services. Researchers notice that numerous healthcare workers merely fail to recognize the need to treat all patients equally (Andropolis, 2022). Overall, according to...
Introduction Mental health should be considered as a primary element of people’s well-being and the possibility of being a full-fledged member of society. However, it seems rational to state that there are some socio-economic factors that hinder a person’s opportunities to access mental healthcare services, especially when it comes to...
Introduction The intersection between health records and technology fosters a prominent impact on the practitioners’ efficacy scale. An example of SNOMED CT is categorizing repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm coded as 228. On the one hand, physicians attain advanced expertise in acquiring necessary details about patients. On the other hand,...
The study of the quality of care provided in medical institutions is a critically important aspect. This is due to the fact that by gaining knowledge about the level of patient satisfaction, healthcare providers are able to alter the strategies and policies implemented in hospitals. Thus, in the article “Hospital...
Doctoral Nursing Practice (DNP) is a complex area of healthcare, and it involves many curricular elements and competencies that a DNP nursing practitioner should master to be effective in their work. The essentials suggested by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) outline those competencies, explaining what skills and...
Protected health information (PHI) refers to health records that HIPAA-covered institutions and their business partners produce, receive, keep, or transmit in connection with the delivery of health care services and the management of patient care. PHI, or ePHI in the area of digital patient data, is a common abbreviation for...
A review article on urinary incontinence (UI) by Marziale et al. (2018) has made me aware that UI should be considered a global health issue. For instance, in 2013, 386 million people worldwide experienced involuntary urine leakage (Marziale et al., 2018). In general, one can distinguish between three key UI...
A good website attracts users’ attention, elaborates on the topic, and gives a positive impression. Websites about disorders and diseases are not an exception: they must provide people with a clear explanation of the issue in plain language for everyone to understand the topic. The Attention Deficit Disorder Association is...
Information and knowledge are valuable and powerful aspects that govern all spheres of human life. In particular, they are the foundations of the functioning of such areas as medicine and health education. Evidence-based knowledge helps to form various practices for providing more effective medical care or developing an implementation strategy....
Discussion 1 The author of this post discusses Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), which mainly affects how our brain processes sensory information. According to the author, this information comes from sound, sight, touch, smell, and taste. The author also mentioned three possible of this disorder, such as Sensory Modulation, Sensory Discrimination,...
Creating an organization’s culture of evidence-based practice (EBP) is critical to attempts to provide patients with quality treatment. EBP promotes critical care nursing practice, which is essential for providing high-quality patient care. This technique entails making well-informed judgments based on data from scientific studies, expert opinions, or personal experience in...
Introduction Nursing home care refers to nursing care and related services provided to an in-patient by a state-licensed or certified facility other than a hospital. This research focuses on a nursing home care entity known as Magnolia Manor, located in California. These homes provide any form of care, which is...
Background Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow. Plasma cells are white blood cells that produce antibodies to fight infection. In people with multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow and produce too many antibodies. This can lead to problems such as...
There are two types of immunodeficiency virus HIV1 and HIV-2, however, it should be borne in mind that at the moment discoveries of scientists are being made for the most part in subgroup M from the HIV-1 group – it is also called Major, and it also makes up 90%...
In vitro fertilization is one of the most important public health achievements of the XXth century. Female infertility has been an important issue throughout history, which manifested itself in the inability to conceive a child. In vitro fertilization is a process of fertilizing an egg, which transpires outside of a...
In order to improve the treatment of diabetic patients, patients and healthcare professionals should work together. It takes into account all steps from the time of the initial comprehensive medical assessment of the condition, through all subsequent consultations and monitoring, as well as during the assessment of complications and management...
Legislation always relies on a set of certain principles which guide it and serve as the foundation for future laws. One of the key principles used in the realm of health insurance coverage legislation is the idea of mental health parity. The concept of mental health parity ensures that people...
Diagnosis and Overview Evidence-based practice must always rely on trusted sources to provide the high level of patient care. Unexperienced nurses need responsible supervision to fulfill their job responsibilities. In the created scenario, a nurse working on the medical-surgical floor asks for help because she encounters a disease for the...
Introduction Hypertension belongs among the most common undesired conditions associated with heart diseases. It can affect people of any age; however, it is especially dangerous for older adults regardless of their health status (Benetoset et al., 2019). Generally, poorly treated hypertension is a frequent cause of life-threatening comorbidities and exacerbations,...
End-of-life care is critical support and medical help for persons during the time surrounding their death. Although most people would prefer to be at home at the time of their death, many elderly persons do not die at home. Despite numerous palliative care and hospice programs being available, barriers to...
Ambulance personnel is the most important first responder in the community. Their role is to participate in and coordinate or directly provide out-of-hospital or pre-hospital emergency medical care. The nature of the job and the uncontrolled or often unpredictable environment are not mostly inherent in any other profession, so their...
Martin, E. R., & Kallmeyer, R. (2018). Strategies to recruit the next generation of nursing leadership talent. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 48(7-8), 368–374. In this section, the selected resource for the resource portfolio is a scholarly article that is called “Strategies to recruit the next generation of nursing leadership...
Introduction This study addresses the ethical dilemma of the nursing shortage in the US. The US has been having nursing staff shortages periodically since the 1900s and is expected to have a major crisis by 2029 if nothing is done. Thus this study has applied the ethical dilemma decision-making model...
Bioethics can be seen as a practical application of ethical principles. The term “bioethics” has been thrown around a lot in the last two decades to denote the inquiry and study of various methods by which medical and scientific judgments are made. Human rights, such as the right to life...
The main issues in this case study are the legality of further sale of medical devices in the presence of safer or more modern units with a lower level of side effects or potential emergency situations associated with their use. This is a problem due to the fact that a...
Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex metabolic disorder characterised by glucose elevation (hyperglycaemia). The prevalence of this condition has exponentially increased across the globe (Whicher et al., 2020). Specifically, as of 2019, the number of adults living with DM was 463 million (9.3%) of the global population (Banday et...
Introduction The effects of stress on health have been studied extensively using different approaches. The purpose of the qualitative research by Stensvehagen et al. (2019) is to explore how women handle their daily lives after experiencing sexual abuse. The study is founded on the evidence from past studies that those...
Diabetes is a disease caused by insufficient insulin in the body, which leads to severe disorders of carbohydrate metabolism, as well as other metabolic disorders. The diagnosis of diabetes is made based on a blood sugar test, in controversial cases after the introduction of glucose (Nesti et al., 2020). With...
Questions about the morality of euthanasia date back to ancient times. The topic of ending one’s life to alleviate suffering during a serious illness remains acute. There are two types of euthanasia, active and passive. In active euthanasia, the person declares his wish to end his life by some method...
It is good that public health and private medicine work together to benefit American society. The government usually offers public health care through national healthcare systems. On the other hand, private medicine can be provided by for-profit hospitals, self-employed practitioners, and non-profitable non-governmental providers, including faith-based organizations (Whitsel et al.,...
Introduction According to the article “Gestational diabetes mellitus,” the research question was whether treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with metformin results in better health outcomes for both mother and child than treatment with insulin. The research method involved a randomized controlled trial in which participants were assigned to either...
Shared decision-making is defined as a collaborative process where a clinician works with a patient to help them decide on their course of treatment. This model of treatment may be utilized as a rehabilitation treatment for victims of domestic violence. The possibility that these therapies will improve personal meaning, happiness,...
Summary Schizophrenia is one of the worst mental conditions, despite its rarity compared to other mental disorders. Schizophrenia has no cure, although it can be managed with the proper treatment. Previous studies on Schizophrenia have done a lot to determine the disorder’s state and impact among those with it. However,...
In practically every discussion on the topic of clinical psychology and psychotherapy, the notion of natural ability to help people is mentioned. Schwitzer and Rubin (2015) define this ability as the skill of a “natural helper,” indicating one’s predisposition to listen to people, analyze their feelings, and perform problem-solving skills...
Situation The aim of introducing telemedicine in healthcare settings is to reduce the expenses and workload of doctors as well as to stop the spread of the disease across the country. However, the adoption of new standards of medical help may present some difficulties for healthcare personnel. Adopting new telemedical...
Introduction Medical reimbursements and coding are essential activities in the billing cycle for care. Medical coding converts billable medical services supplied to a consumer into medical reimbursement codes so that insurance providers may pay claims appropriately. This summary overviews the link between inpatient and outpatient reporting records and payment for...
Major Policies Covering Data Security Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) HIPAA is the most significant regulation for data security in the healthcare industry. The HIPAA regulation uses a number of security measures to safeguard a person’s medical and other data against attacks (Calhoun et al., 2018). The regulation...
Introduction Biography of Theorist The self-care deficit theory is also referred to as the Orem model of nursing, which is a tribute to the theorist who developed it. A biography of Dorothea Orem is captured in a practitioner website “Nurselabs’ by Gonzalo (2021), who states that this theorist lived between...
Trauma is a life-threatening stressful occurrence that is experienced as devastating to a person and results in stored dysfunctionality within the brain. According to Wheeler (), trauma affects all dimensions of a person by disconnecting and dysregulating them emotionally, physiologically, cognitively, socially, and spiritually. Dissociation has been related to trauma...
A nurse is a qualified assistant to doctors in all areas of their work. Nurses follow the instructions and prescriptions of the doctor, and they are obliged to provide medical assistance to a sick or injured person in a life-threatening condition. They perform various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: measure the...
Professional boundaries in nursing are one of the most vital aspects which should be addressed within the scope of clinical practices. Professional boundaries allow for establishing good relationships with the patient, limiting the amount of the nurse’s emotional and physical interference with the patient’s life. The safe and patient-centered therapeutic...
My Theory Definition I can define Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care and Universality as a model that seeks to understand and care for the needs of individuals and groups across cultures. It does this by identifying the universal human needs within all cultures and then providing care tailored to meet...
Nutrition and Weight Status (Prevention of Obesity) Diagnostic Statement Obesity health concerns are interconnected to a health inequity within the target population in several ways. Individuals who are obese are more likely to be of lower socioeconomic status and to live in poverty, meaning that they are less likely to...
Evidence-based practice (EBP) incorporates clinical experience, the most recent and best available research findings, as well as the patient’s specific values and circumstances. This type of practice is vital for nurses and the nursing profession since it provides several benefits: It assists nurses in developing their own knowledge base and...
Introduction Nursing is an essential component of the healthcare system that is concerned with ensuring patients receive optimum care, promoting health, and preventing the advancement of diseases. Nursing is not solely crucial for the treatment of diseases and sick patients (Frisch & Rabinowitsch, 2019). Their increased stay with patients within...
Jean Watson’s theory of caring in nursing addresses how care should be expressed to patients. Therefore, the critical element, in theory, is centered on how the nursing practice should promote health in a better approach instead of simply being medical care. Further, Watson believes that the nursing care practice should...
The issue of managing a safe and healthy pregnancy that does not negatively affect the mother and the future child is not lost on the mother. Now, the question of how coronavirus will affect her health and the baby has come up for many mothers. I was interested in this...
The idea of employee retention is common for many modern healthcare organizations. Maintaining motivation, high-level performance, and sustainability at the workplace is important. When appropriate working conditions are promoted for employees, people are eager to make significant contributions to their personal growth and professional development. This paper aims to analyze...
Abstract Professional organizations maintain healthy nursing practices and commitment to society as well as the promotion of nurses’ welfare. Healthcare associations champion their members through career development and opportunities. Professional organizations also influence policymaking and educate their members on the policies. Regular policy update in healthcare is critical to tackling...
Patient experiences are monitored by healthcare organizations in order to evaluate and enhance the quality of services. Nurses significantly impact patient experiences since they spend so much time with them. They must understand what aspects within the nursing work environment have an impact on patient satisfaction with care. The major...
Introduction The cost of health care has been on a steady rise over the past three decades amidst limited resources. Adequate access and universal provision of health care is, thus, still a dream to many people and governments across the world. Moreover, there is a huge variation in the use...
Continuous improvement of the quality of a healthcare organization is an ultimate goal of any hospital that requires not only wise leadership but also the engagement of employees. Indeed, the involvement of workers can be defined as their connectedness to the workplace and participation in resolving current issues (Graban &...
Purpose Statement Most chronic bronchitis patients are addicted to smoking despite the adverse effects of the behavior on the respiratory system. This project evaluates the efficacy of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems ENDS as an aid tool for smoking cessation among chronic bronchitis patients. Background Information Chronic bronchitis is a Chronic...
There are several highly popular Middle-Range nursing theories which are used extensively by professionals across the world. Watson’s Theory of Caring is one of the most notable examples of Middle-Range theories, which provides nurses with an understanding of the significance of the interpersonal relationship. Essentially, the primary idea of the...
Introduction Philosophical beliefs and one’s personal view of health are vital for any nurse to consider. They define their daily practice and aspirations and the future directions in which they take their career and advocacy (Hoeck & Delmar, 2018). It is also essential to describe and explain my thoughts on...
Pressure Ulcers (PUs) or bed ulcer is a significant issue affecting nursing care that causes 60,000 deaths out of 2.5 million patients in hospitalization globally. PUs also contributes to the hiking medical care cost and poor patient outcomes. PU essentially interferes with patients’ quality of life and can be prevented...
Herpes zoster, or Shingles, remains one of the challenges to the health of people around the world. The main reason for its relevance as an infectious disease is its commonality and potential complications. The virus behind this disease is the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes varicella, known...
Executive Summary It is important to note that a large hospital organization’s Director of Health Information needs to be highly competent in developing and proposing essential operations, procedures, and policies. Any major organizational change on a policy level requires collaboration with committee teams, which will be substantively presented to the...
Introduction Aging is a continuous and gradual process of innate change that starts in the initial phase of adulthood. In America, a large population of the elderly, mostly from fifty-five years and older, suffer from various illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, dementia, and disability. Older people tend to easily get...
Introduction Implementation of strict ethical principles is paramount for any research endeavor. Ethical guidelines ensure that the conducted research is authentic and accurate and that the rights, dignity, and well-being of the participants are protected. However, different types of research and implementation projects require distinct ethical guidelines. This essay will...
Introduction The case study findings indicate a low chance for lymphoma patients to live for more than six months after receiving a diagnosis of the disease. Patients already afflicted with various neurological illnesses have a life expectancy that is dramatically reduced when they are diagnosed with cancer. On the other...
In the field of healthcare, data plays a unique role and has an exceptional value. The example of such vital and essential information includes patient-reported outcomes. They include preferences and reports on the medical care received, attitudes to health, and the results of seeking clinical care. Indicators are a crucial...
Nursing is a distinct healthcare field with its own practices and concepts. The distinguishing characteristics that define this discipline are framed by nursing theory. Nursing theory defines the scope of practices including what makes for nursing and responsibilities nurses are usually assigned and why they exist. Nursing theory is also...
Introduction An interesting question is whether a person with cancer or tuberculosis can work hard. This is really important since the treatment of such diseases is an extremely expensive process. Hudson in Clients, Consumers Or Citizens? claims that seriously ill people not only do not work but have zero income....
The development of the United States regulatory framework for research, including Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), was motivated by violations of human research participants. An individual can see the direct connection between the abuses and the regulations, including ethical principles outlined in the Belmont report, through understanding the history. The paper...
Dorothea E. Orem has established the Self Care Deficit Theory as a result of efforts to improve the quality of care at state general hospitals. This model connects concepts in a way that provides a new perspective on a particular phenomenon. The premise is simple, but it can be applied...
Holistic Care Plan Hypertension is a pathology of the cardiovascular system that develops due to dysfunction of higher centers of vascular regulation and neurohumoral and renal mechanisms. It leads to functional and organic changes in the heart, CNS, and kidneys. Subjective manifestations of high blood pressure are headaches, tinnitus, palpitations,...
Singapore, United Kingdom, and United States health systems are relatively varied; the most significant difference is rather not quality but the cost of medical care. Singapore has mandatory insurance, the United Kingdom provides healthcare for free, and the United States of America has no obligatory insurance, but the cost of...
Several important conclusions can be drawn from the video from different social points of interest. As a Health Administrator, I believe that medicine can evolve by analyzing and incorporating practices and ideas from other fields into its methodologies and overall attitude toward managerial practices. As a patient, I believe it...
Introduction The proposed program for evaluation is the meditation and trauma awareness program. The treatment of anxiety as a trauma symptom includes pharmacological therapy, physical activity, and group discussions. A vital component of these activities is meditation, which helps one relax and tune into positive thinking. The curriculum to be...
Principal Diagnosis The principal diagnosis or the reason for the client’s visit is an autism spectrum disorder. Autism spectrum disorder is a brain development problem that impacts how people perceive and socialize with others, thus causing problems in communication and social interactions (“Autism spectrum disorder,” 2021). The client present meets...
Introduction With the advancement of technologies in all spheres of human life, the integration of digital information processing has become an inevitable element of the healthcare system. Electronic health records have been implemented and kept in hospitals to ensure better patient outcomes and more effective functioning. However, the partiality of...
The design of the suggested synthesis work deals with the problem of hospital acquired infections (STIs) and definitely the effect of hand health treatment on minimizing costs of transmittable illness of wellness setups. Based on Haque et al. (2018), HAIs are “infections which show up within two days or perhaps...
Introduction Any state should adequately address violence of any kind directed toward innocent people. It has fundamental importance for the United States because its democratic values are based on the protection of the safety and dignity of American citizens. One of the most acute problems is the existing violence in...
Factors Hindering Advance Planning and Measures to Increase Awareness among Americans The aging population in the United States is the fastest enlarging sector currently. They are among the most prominent clients of palliative services. However, not everyone who needs long-term care gets it since various obstacles often hinder preparation. The...
Qualitative Research Implementation in Clinical Labs In the clinical laboratory setting, which is mainly focused on quantitative data collection that uses numerical information, there is still a place for qualitative research. The qualitative method allows for collecting open-ended and emerging data that can be used for theme development. Therefore, if...
Mobile technology in healthcare is the use of mobile devices to monitor and gather health information, as well as provide remote care. It has become more prevalent and popular in healthcare due to the recent break of the global pandemic, reducing the risk of infection and providing medical assistance at...
Impact in Licensure, Certification, Accreditation Standards The Medicare system introduced in the United States covers almost every aspect of healthcare. First of all, the rules and recommendations apply to medical institutions and their management. The fact is that the system shares the principles of innovation, accessibility, and high quality of...
The research study about ‘silence kills’ is critical and essential to healthcare practice and practitioners. It examines the core weaknesses that providers and other health professionals portray that risk the safety of patients and the well-being of nurses. The investigation has highlighted fundamental areas that require serious intervention and thorough...
It is no surprise that in the highly digitized world of today, robotics and advanced technology are being used in every field, aiding professionals with their tasks. However, although robotics are generally designed to assist, they can be difficult to operate without the proper training. As Beane (2018) points out,...
Incivility in Healthcare Interpersonal communication between healthcare providers may take different forms, from friendly to tense. The resultant conflict and emotional strain produce impaired clinical performance, compromising patient safety (Katz et al., 2019). In cases when such communication leans on the side of aggression, it may result in far-reaching impacts,...
Introduction A healthy state is vital importance for every human being. When health challenges arise, people immediately forget about other problems, such as money or the environment. Individuals attempt to find assistance by visiting hospitals and administering medications. At the same time, people can enhance health or consciousness through non-traditional...
Introduction Self-management ensures that individuals actively manage their health-related issues. Most researchers recognize that sustaining people’s ability to self-manage is critical for reducing disease burden (Sanuade et al., 2018). This essay discusses six self-disease management for a case of hypertension within the context of the Akan people located in West...
The mission of Valley Paediatrics is quite interesting. Pediatric care requires patient-based care and significant research, continuing education, and innovation. These elements are captured appropriately in the hospital’s missions. Scholars have shown that mission statements help customers identify what an organization does and who they are in the market (Alegre...
Research There are at least six hundred different muscles in the human body. It is proven that men and women differ greatly in body composition; men have more muscle mass, and women mostly have more body fat. Both men and women are exposed to adiposity; still, the consequences are different...
Introduction Observation of children is essential in assessing the level of academic and cognitive development. There is always a chance of getting a subjective result even when an expert looks at the pupils. Applying the right and credible tools that the curriculum developers have approved ensures standardized results. Notably, most...
Introduction In recent years, the world has witnessed an escalation in the prevalence of mental illnesses among different populations, including children. This has evoked concerns about society’s well-being as the condition adversely affects people’s health. Individuals with mental illnesses experience poor quality of life and low work productivity leading to...
Introduction Workers in the healthcare industry might suffer from extensive work, which brings a number of mistakes that might be vital in this area of life. The burnout might be related to the lack of sleep, poor patient feedback, and medical errors (De Hert, 2020). When burnout happens, doctors and...
Introduction The nursing practice experience is a crucial ground for personal development as a professional. In other words, the goal was to establish nursing competency, that is, the ability to perform tasks in real practice and maintain the critical judgment and desire for continual education (Fukada, 2018). The experience of...
There are many technologies used in the modern health care environment, and they considerably facilitate the provision of professional services to patients and make work easier for specialists. Electronic medical record (EMR) is a technology that my colleagues and I utilize on a daily basis, and it provides many benefits....