The Rank of Scenarios in Order of Priority The first priority patient on the list is EH, a 40-year-old female admitted within the past hour with acute onset severe right upper quadrant pain and vomiting for the past 36 hours. Her ECG monitoring shows occasional premature ventricular contractions (PVC), and...
Introduction One of the most important tasks of healthcare facilities throughout the country is to ensure the proper quality of rendered medical services. It can be challenging due to the necessity to cover a variety of factors contributing to the overall outcome of organizations’ programs. In order to do this,...
Overview Relevance of patient mental health needs Methods to address patient mental health needs Teaching plans for patients and caregivers Mental health issue treatment Caregivers Identify the exact needs, cultural peculiarities, and learning styles Provide information about the health issue Inform about available resources Provide training addressing the most urgent...
Telemedicine is a vital component of the modern healthcare sector, which becomes more topical because of the development of technologies and their integration in different spheres. Supporting this way of providing services to clients, it is possible to attain better outcomes during pandemics and reduce the speed of infection spread...
Today, there is a variety of healthy food options available to those people who wish to maintain a balanced diet. Moreover, scientists are constantly discovering new ways in which individuals can change their food choices to enhance their well-being. For instance, one of the most notable examples of phenomena that...
Introduction For a company to develop steadily in modern economic conditions, equal competition and transparent business practices are necessary, regardless of its industry and size. When analyzing a large healthcare organization, the issue of honest business conduct is especially critical. Corruption damages the investment climate and does not allow entrepreneurs...
Human Resource Benefits Quality healthcare is the most essential basic need of all human beings. Due to various expositions to manmade and natural harm, there ought to be a comprehensive healthcare scheme strategy for everybody to follow. In the case of employees, the healthcare scheme should be designed on the...
Patient education is an essential concept in health care to ensure patient needs are met based on their values and beliefs. In this regard, Sister Mary, a nun, has to have her religion prioritized as she progresses from department to department. It is essential as it helps healthcare professionals appropriately...
Introduction The health care system is mostly built on the basis of acute episodic care that does not correlate with the needs of patients with chronic diseases. Long-term illnesses are often left uncured or insufficiently treated until severe complications occur. Despite the fact that a chronic condition is diagnosed, there...
Clinical reasoning refers to an individual ability to integrate and apply knowledge, weigh information provided, think critically upon information presentation, and reflect the processes used to arrive at clinical diagnosis (Gruppen, 2017). According to the case scenario, Ruth showed cognitive and physical deprivation, which needs to be addressed. When she...
Working in pediatrics, firsthand experiences of children born to addicted mothers keep haunting me. While some are stillbirths, many of the surviving infants have congenital disabilities that would arguably condemn them to a lifetime of suffering – all because their mothers were addicted to a given drug. As opioid use...
Today, there are numerous healthcare programs which tend to be similar and cover almost the same problems. However, it is clear that healthcare facilities should also address other issues. For instance, older people are not always adequately cared for, including those living in nursing homes. This is the reason why...
Introduction Current evidence-based practices are very critical in determining the results of therapeutic, and behavioral interventions for patients with psychological problems. It is important to make the evaluation of evidence-based practices ubiquitous, and implement them effectively (Charles, 2001). Clinicians may meet their clients who present their issues, various symptoms, which...
A teratogen is a term that refers to a number of harmful substances that interfere with healthy prenatal development, thus causing abnormalities and diverse birth defects. Before beginning this course, I did not know a lot about teratogens and would not be able to name all classes of substances that...
Measures of Central Tendency Mean Median Mode American Indian / Alaska Native (includes Hispanic) 43.28 43.85 N/A Asian / Pacific Islander (includes Hispanic) 38.51 38.9 36.6 Black (includes Hispanic) 70.07 71.4 N/A Hispanic (any race) 31.49 32.1 34.1 White (includes Hispanic) 62.73 64.55 65.8 Measures of Variation Variance Standard Deviation...
Interdisciplinary communication and collaboration serve an essential role in the healthcare industry. According to Morley and Cashell (2017), collaborative practices encompass “the content, processes, and behaviors of the team” (p. 211). The implementation of new methods, innovative technologies, or different procedures into the working process requires efficient interdisciplinary communication. The...
Angina is characterized by pains in the chest that are caused by the lack of blood in the heart muscle. Mr. JS has chronic stable angina which means that his pain is long-lasting and severe. The chest pains might be triggered by emotional stress. Mr. JSs chronic stable angina is...
The article’s purpose was to examine consumption trends of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB), the available evidence on the negative outcomes of health associated with consuming SBBs, as well as the current approaches for a system of taxation that may help improve dietary choices and help the US population deal with high...
Introduction Major Forces Modern healthcare is a complicated system affected by numerous factors and stakeholders. After the Affordable Care Act of 2010 has taken effect, healthcare organizations need to become accountable care organizations to stay competitive. This implies that organizations transition to value-based reimbursement instead of the Fee-For-Service model. While...
Introduction The heterogeneity and structural diversity of financial system’s elements; The versatility of sources of financing for health care -> multivariate financial management; Economic interests of health care organizations and their financial activities. The effectiveness of the macroeconomic policy Finance in Health Care Organizations and Financial Activities Estimating costs and...
Major Concerns The need for reorganization of the existing healthcare system in the USA is justified by its low effectiveness, too high costs, and inability to meet population needs. Currently, 11% of all citizens do not have access to healthcare services because of various factors. These include price, poor organization,...
Scholarly research is critical in learning and gaining new knowledge on specific topics across different disciplines. My area of interest is infant development which is integral in understanding physical, cognitive, and psychological growth. This review examines the article ‘Nutrition in infancy and long-term risk of obesity: Evidence from 2 randomized...
Background Hospitals and healthcare organizations are facing demands to integrate the innovations inpatient care. Technology is continuously evolving each day, and most hospitals have a dilemma in the determination of which new platform is worth their investment. For example, what are the best current technologies that will enhance doctors and...
Baylor Scott & White Health is an American not-for-profit healthcare provider headquartered in Dallas, Texas. According to the recent data by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, 2019), the company is the largest nonprofit healthcare provider in the state and one of the largest in the country. The...
Community Outreach Coordinator The community outreach coordinator supports the activities of the Lake Troubled Shallows Health Department, by coordinating the activities of the health department. The chosen candidate reports directly to the human resource director in the organization Essential Job Duties The main aim of the community outreach coordinator is...
Introduction For a long time in the past, mental illness has been associated with mystery, fear and in illiterate cultures, with superstition. In one of his novels, Things Fall Apart, literary writer Chinua Achebe recounts the African conception of madness, in which the gods, when annoyed with an individual’s actions,...
Operational Budget Preparation Maintaining good financial planning in a healthcare system needs effective budgeting. The operational budget is an illustration of forecast expenditure for a certain period. It is crucial in planning how revenues and expenses will be channeled appropriately to ensure effective operations amongst various healthcare departments. The revenue...
Research Design To conduct the research, one could combine quantitative and qualitative methods. After securing a group of participants with iron deficiency, the mixed approach should be utilized to achieve the most illustrative picture. Based on the research specifics, a target group in question would be young women and girls...
In their article, Benton (2013) aimed to investigate the performance of the highest-quality hospitals in the US regarding their profitability based on a nine-year longitudinal investigation. The importance of the research stems from the idea that hospital financial resources can be used in different ways, ranging from attracting commercially insured...
Short Staffing in Nursing Nurses are an essential part of healthcare and make up the most significant part of the medical profession. Nonetheless, it continues to face staff shortages due to a lack of potential teachers, high staff turnover, and unfair workforce distribution. This paper examines two quantitative research studies...
Conducting private business as a registered nurse can be incredibly lucrative in the modern economy. In order to properly prepare for individual practice and become an affluent practitioner, one must first consider devising a prominent business plan, underlining future possibilities in this field. In this proposal, I will outline the...
Patient Scenario Patient X, a 26 years old male with a 40 kg weight, was brought to the hospital in an unconscious condition. A thorough body examination was conducted at the hospital premises, which revealed such symptoms as dry skin and dehydration. Given those symptoms and the fact that the...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) MRI is required in hospitals to produce three-dimensional detailed anatomical images. The Equipment will help in disease detection and diagnosis. Treatment monitoring is also achieved using the MRI. MRI detects a change in the direction of protons found in water that makes up living tissues. MRI...
Diagnostic Cystic fibrosis is a common disease that is life-threatening and reduces the lifespan of people, especially whites. According to Brown et al. (2017), this disease occurs in 1 out of every 3,500 children born every year in Northern Europe. The disease affects over 30,000 people in the United States...
Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal The selected medical center has a small operation center that has a total of 12 employees. Currently, these professionals are compelled to work elsewhere to meet the required threshold for hours since they are full-time employees. This proposal seeks to suggest evidence-based measures to retain such experts...
Introduction The shortage of nurses is among the major problems in the health care sector, as it results in overloading personnel and, subsequently, poor quality of care. The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the issue, causing a strain in the sphere of public health across the world. Although there is no...
Comparatively young American society has a rich history rife with tremendous achievements, contradictory periods, and prominent events. In particular, the 1950s were a decade labeled by the onset of the Cold War, the post-World War II boom, and the dawn of rock-n-roll. The United States grew into the most potent...
Coronavirus is the most recent pandemic that has killed many people, and measures have been put in place to slow the spread, including the introduction of a vaccine. Not all efforts that have been introduced are helpful. For example, telling people to keep at least a 3-foot distance, especially when...
Overweight and obesity are caused by excessive or abnormal fat accumulation presenting a risk to people’s health. According to 2017 statistics, each year, over 4 million people die due to obesity (World Health Organization, 2021). It makes obesity a global problem that needs to be cured effectively. Modern tools such...
Many older people who have diabetes tend not to engage in any physical activity, fearing that it may cause traumas or injuries, which will further worsen their health. Thus, it becomes an important task for medical professionals to educate their patients on the significance of exercise, and to do it,...
The healthcare sector is essential since it supports the life expectancies and experiences of the targeted citizens in a given country. Modern researchers and firms are keen to introduce superior technologies to improve care delivery. Some of the leading companies involved in this field include Zebra Solutions, General Electric, and...
Description and Epidemiology Uterine cancer is among the most prevalent gynecologic carcinomas affecting women worldwide. It involves invasive neoplasms of the corpus uteri that originate from either the endometrial (innermost) or myometrial (middle) layers of the uterus (Malpica et al., 2019). The disease has multiple etiologies with two major subgroups...
Introduction Various enhancements in long-term personal and clinical outcomes for different people who experience mental disorder are moderate, though recovery has been proved to be possible. Although the experience for recovery is inherently personal, the process is usually non-linear and complex, and there exists a wide range of possible recovery...
Harm reduction was introduced several years ago in many countries as a complementary way to address the spread of communicable diseases. The approach is defined as an effort to prevent disease and promote public health by meeting certain cohorts’ needs without judging people (Palumbo, 2019). Such measures have been viewed...
Anemia, which is caused by iron deficiency, is a condition where a person’s blood lacks enough red blood cells to move oxygen effectively in the body. Anemia affects more people as compared to other diseases in the world (Ritchie & Roser, 2017). It has some crucial implications for the development...
From the 20-Item survey with my senior family member of sixty-five years, it is evident that the major areas of concern from the results were identified. These were improved health status, having peace of mind, living a happy life, ability to participate in both social and life events and improved...
Research Question The topic for the research is “A study of the relationship between HIV treatment compliance and family support among African American women with HIV.” A study by Katz et al. (2013) reports on some examples of HIV adherence some of which report the importance of support for HIV...
This task presents an analysis of a health care facility that is facing challenges with maintaining impenetrable security measures to its information system. The analysis comprises a technology evaluation of a security control concerning the data corruption the health coordination project. The evaluation This evaluation exercise is conducted with the...
Summary The proposed policy suggests adding chronic and complex migraines to the Texas Compassionate-Use Act for low-THC cannabis prescriptions as it was done regarding numerous other healthcare problems. What is the policy lever—is it legislative, administrative, regulatory, or other? The proposed policy is legislative as it requires enactment through a...
Epidemiology may be defined as the study of the distribution and determining factors of health allied proceedings in certain populations, and applying this knowledge to control public health problems (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). The principles and methods in epidemiology have emerged out of deep scrutiny, mental mapping,...
HIV and Its Causes Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that invades the body’s immune system and progresses to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) if left untreated. Individuals remain with the virus for life once they are infected because it has no effective cure. However, HIV is controllable through treatments,...
Introduction Health promotion forms a critical part of public health, but comprehending the concept is highly controversial. Health promotion entails the process that enables people to improve or have more control over their health. People can alter their lifestyles because of the strategies of health promotion. For instance, health promotion...
Human dignity in patient care is a great concept in clinical ethics. It involves the individual’s sense of self-respect and self-worth. In a hospital, human dignity focuses on privacy, respect, and autonomy. It is influenced by cultural, social, spiritual, and religious factors. Privacy is one of the concerns in the...
The notion of quality health care has always been one of the most commonly used yet underdefined goals of health providers. Although everyone has an objective to secure the best possible care for patients, the definition of “best care” varies greatly from one professional to another. However, the one thing...
Introduction Ear infections are common among babies from 3 months to 3 years; 5 out of 6 children have this infection at least once. Ear infections in babies are called acute otitis media and are a disease of the middle part of the ear. Ear infections can be caused by...
The healthcare system has experienced many changes over the last two decades. The patient demand for high-quality care and the rising costs of medical technology have made healthcare providers adopt new strategies to adapt to changes (Alsaqqa, 2020). Healthcare workers have to maintain good relations and collaboration among themselves and...
Introduction The development of the healthcare industry never stops, and more new inventions and technologies are introduced. However, medicine is now in a difficult situation when every wrong decision can affect many people. The effect of COVID-19 and lack of employees are the main rising problems the healthcare industry meets...
Obesity has become one of the major health issues in many countries. Health care providers have revealed that the menace of obesity is on the increase in the United States. For instance, the condition has been linked to cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and diabetes (Cominato et al., 2018). However, obesity develops...
Abstract A woman’s breasts, like all other parts of her body, are made up of tissues whose strength depends upon the continuous transformation of body cells that form them. These cells keep growing as the various body parts need them. When cells get old and damaged, they normally die to...
Introduction Pressure ulcers are localized skin or underlying tissue damage as a result of long-term pressure on body parts with bony prominence. The most common representations are those that occur on the outer layers of the coccyx, hips, elbows, ankles, and knees. They occur because of the pressure on soft...
Nurse Practitioners (NPs) share many roles with physicians, including diagnosing diseases, treating patients, managing both acute and chronic medical conditions, and interpreting patient lab reports. Although they sometimes perform identical roles, when it comes to Medicare reimbursements, the NPs receive a lower share compared to their counterpart. For instance, a...
The chosen article “Effectiveness of quality improvement on occurrence of needle stick injuries (NSIs) in Harare city, Zimbabwe, 2017: A quasi-experimental study” by Sithole follows the relation between implemented quality improvements and the rates of needlestick injuries within Harare City hospitals, medical facilities, and other patient care units (Sithole et...
Criteria Used in Determining Source Credibility The analysis of a data source’s credibility is essential in determining the reliability of evidence that can be used to solve clinical problems. Primary sources of evidence are arranged in a hierarchy, with systemic reviews and meta-analyses at the top of the pyramid (Condron,...
The aging process is the key factor in the development of musculoskeletal diseases. According to Frontera (2017), the aging of the general population is currently a significant problem while the average life expectancy has already exceeded 80 years. Such elderly age is associated with decreased functional capacity and the development...
The article under investigation is based on the research carried out on HIV Testing in a household population consisting of both men and women aged between 15 years and 44 years living in the United States of America (Chandra et al, 2012). It should be noted that this report was...
Introduction For the purposes of this assignment, the author founds two qualitative research articles in the field of nursing and analyzed them. The PICOT question that guided the search was as follows: Will patients suffer more from healthcare-associated infections, if they will be treated in an ICU department that is...
Ethical issues occur when one has to choose, and the available options do not perfectly suit the situation. In nursing, the decision could affect the quality of service and care given to a patient. In some cases, it could appear as the ideal thing to do, but the ethical codes...
The performance evaluation in our Ambulatory Center is done regularly to track all positive and negative changes of employee performance. In order to define the rates of performance, we conduct statistics to define the level of work quality, communication and knowledge, body language and tone. All these aspects correspond to...
Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) is a national professional nursing organization incorporated in 1975 in Illinois. Currently, the organization includes more than 35,000 members who are nurses and other healthcare professionals specializing in oncology care (UICC, n.d.). The organization’s vision is “to lead the transformation of cancer care” (ONS, n.d.-a, para....
Baloh, J., Reisinger, H., Dukes, K., da Silva, J., Salehi, H., Ward, M., Chasco, E., Pennathur, P., & Loreen, H. (2019). Healthcare workers’ strategies for doffing personal protective equipment. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(3), 192-198. This article describes strategies adapted by healthcare workers in doffing personal protective equipment (PPE). It focuses...
Summary Malnutrition remains a cause for concern in the inpatient healthcare realm (Tappenden et al., 2013). According to the recent statistical data, in 2013, 1,950,000 cases of malnutrition among hospital patients were recorded in the United States (Weiss et al., 2013). Research points to the fact that the patients receiving...
Social and cultural differences are frequent among people who come to therapeutic practices. Moreover, these differences can be the reason for certain individuals’ trauma and affect them in a way that must be considered by therapists. Special populations face many obstacles in life and fear being misunderstood by their counselors...
Lead time reduction- reducing the time between process initiation and process execution. Adoption of cost effective production methods- the company will reduce its production costs significantly. The pharmaceutical industry primarily deals with the manufacture and sale of drugs. Although not in all cases, manufacture of drugs usually employs the use...
Target Population and At-Risk Diagnosis The targeted population will be breastfeeding mothers in Jamaica, Queens NYC community. Topic and Rationale for Selection Breastfeeding boosts the child’s immunity and reduces the risk of death occurring from infectious diseases within the first two years. It also lowers the chances of developing childhood...
As a matter of fact, the 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) may be regarded as a well-recognized public health framework that aims to promote and protect the health of all people all over the world. They describe all necessary activities of public health that should be undertaken by all...
When processing information provided in scholarly research, it is of paramount importance to define the questions that are to be answered once the analysis is completed. Thus, the article chosen for the analysis concerns the quantitative correlation between the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and anxiety levels among nursing students (Bahçecioğlu Turan...
In general, the majority of research dedicated to the impact of low-dose aspirin on the prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes implies a systematic review of clinical trials. In other words, scholars make the analysis of the randomized trials’ results. The study of Saito, et al. (2017) differ...
The principal aim of all nurse managers and leaders is to improve healthcare services provided by health facilities. Provision of high-quality healthcare involves reorganizing and redesigning the healthcare system in alignment with the current trends of patient needs (Pihlainen, Kivinen, & Lammintakanen, 2016). Nurse leaders are responsible for developing the...
Introduction Lars and the Real Girl is a movie about a man who suffered a childhood trauma that severely affected his perception of the world and forced him to develop a relationship with a silicone doll which he considered to be his girlfriend. The plot provides the audience with numerous...
The two new nursing interventions that I learned this week at the Western Adult Day Health Care Center website are linked to the provision of hospice care and memory care. More precisely, these nursing interventions are the provision of support to hospice patients and their families and the conduction of...
The first discussion proposes a campaign in the framework of dental health. It is targeted at the population that uses social media and is interested in fighting oral health disparities. It is based on two already existing local campaigns that are running on Twitter, FaceBook, YouTube, and blogs. I agree...
Introduction Research design is a procedural plan, and strategies utilized by a researcher to find out causes or answers to a given problem or question (Kumar, 2011). Research design and methods are developed to find solutions to the research problems under investigation. It is good to recognize that different research...
Introduction The New Zealand healthcare system focuses on achieving equity and equality in service delivery to the citizens. The nation depicts historical elements of discrimination of the minority groups such as the Māori in health service access and attainability. Additionally, New Zealand adopts the Treaty of Waitangi to eliminate systemic...
Introduction Advancing one’s career to senior levels requires discipline in complying with stipulated codes of conduct. Professionals are encouraged to integrate social practices which enhance stakeholder relationship in the workplace. Medical practitioners require both academic and professional certification to practice legally in the healthcare sector (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2021a)....
Thank you for explaining the role and the process of termination. You suggested that the social worker should inform the client about termination immediately after initiating the treatment. One option to efficiently handle termination is to determine the reason for termination. I agree with your point that the early transition...
Introduction Health administrators oversee all the day-to-day administrative activities of healthcare facilities. An administrator is required to supervise and also plan all medical services in a health facility. Some of the significant responsibilities of a healthcare administrator include; informing employees of new office policies, developing a work schedule, ensuring all...
Leininger’s Culture Care Theory promotes culturally congruent nursing care by cognitively-based facilitative, supportive or assistive acts. These acts are made to fit an individual or group’s cultural lifeways, values and beliefs. In her early career, Leininger acknowledged the importance of caring in the nursing profession. The care intends to have...
The Netherlands is one of the major countries found in the northwest Europe, home to a number of famous historical, cultural, and spiritual locations and a part of the European Union. Enjoying a considerable influx of people for both tourism and trade, the country can be considered well-developed and widely...
Dealing with academic sources requires evaluation skills: one cannot blindly rely on information for the sole reason it is published. In the context of data production and sharing, it is possible to serve the scientific and public interests by evaluation of the material. The task of paramount importance is to...
While measuring dental caries, periodontal disease, and oral cancer, it is necessary to focus on certain features or signs that allow for concluding regarding the development of the disease. For dental caries, the main measurement is the “presence of ‘cavity’” (Chattopadhyay, Arevalo, & Sohn, 2008, p. 368). In their study,...
Introduction The safety of patients is a critical issue that the health care system is grappling with across the world. The need to improve safety of patients in the health care system emerged in the year 2000 when the Institute of Medicine highlighted in its report ‘To Err is Human’...
Journal Reflection As a nursing student in a clinical setting, I would devote myself to understanding health information as one of the strategies for promoting evidence-based practice. This strategy will enable me to evaluate the similarities, differences, and reasons why both are important. Besides, evaluation of the data will enable...
Article #1 Dentistry Today (2021). Pearl gets US patent for AI restoration technology. Web. The article covers the new patent issued by the United States Patent Office, titled “Enhanced Techniques for Determination of Dental Margins in Intraoral Scans.” The new technology is meant to eliminate inconsistencies and improve the overall...
Introduction Trans-fats refer to unsaturated fat. These are partially hydrogenated fat molecules. They contain one or more double bonds of atoms of carbons. Trans fats are also referred to as trans fatty acids and are created in an industrial process where hydrogen is added to vegetable oils to solidify them....
Guidelines for the Clinical Plan of Care Dementia is often used as an umbrella term for a vast variety of mental-health-related disorders (Sheehan, 2012). Although other factors such as genetic makeup and disposition also affect the patient’s chances of developing dementia, age is often a critical factor (Arevalo-Rodriguez et al.,...
The vast majority of current research is explicitly correlated with the scholars’ consideration of an assumption that could be either proved or rejected by the empirical evidence. Such an approach to health care development and innovation is known as hypothesis testing and stands for the establishment of correlation between dependent...