Introduction Various areas of business and life in commercial and non-profit organizations evolve over time. Health systems are changing, and nurses who take on an important and direct role in it are beginning to reshape their practices in response to new demands from society and emerging opportunities. Thus, their scope...
Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease primarily affecting the elderly population. According to Dr. Cohen, fewer resources are dedicated to preventing and treating Alzheimer’s due to the fundamental lack of awareness (Cohen, 2015). Though Alzheimer’s is an equal cause of death as cancer, more resources are availed to cancer research as...
I believe that showing genuine care by instilling confidence in the proposed treatment for a patient is essential during consultations for them to have the full effect. A counselor must display competence as a professional whose opinion is based on a solid foundation, as this confidence will be transferred to...
Introduction This paper is dedicated to the concepts of patient safety and health care quality. The essence of patient safety lies in the prevention of intentional and unintentional harm to the patients. In other words, healthcare personnel should avoid errors, injuries, and assignment of inappropriate treatment. The concept of health...
Summary Nursing staff turnover is costly as it decreases the organization’s productivity and the quality of patient care. This proposal is based on the following data: Quarterly retention rates for graduate nurses within a six-month period from hire are down 6%. Nurses positions open = 180, applicants for open positions...
Poor communication between healthcare professionals in the operating room can lead to adverse outcomes. Lack of adequate communication between surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses can lead to events that endanger the life of any patient. The study of surgical results focuses mainly on risk factors and the professionalism of the head...
Objectives that Affect the Community The Healthy People 2020 Mental Health and Mental Disorders section includes two aspects that affect many individuals in my community. The first issue involves adolescent eating disorders, while the second relates to depression. Reason for Choosing the Objectives MHMD-3 aims to reduce the proportion of...
I got to know all leader types and understood how to use these approaches in the working process, and I understood the essential qualities of a nursing leader. I have a clear understanding that being a good leader means implementing a “flexible approach to each individual situation where leadership is...
Introduction An eating disorder is a condition whereby an individual is characterized by persistent disturbance in their eating behavior. Many eating disorders emanate from distressing emotions and thoughts, and it ranges from mild to chronic disorder (Wilson et al. 71). The most common types of eating disorders include anorexia nervosa...
Introduction Nursing practitioners (NPs) responsibilities and opportunities vary between the states, and while in specific parts of the country, they are independent, the same activities are restricted in others. The scope of practice in California is a specific example of how the limitations severely impact healthcare quality. Practitioners face the...
Summary A medical issue poses a global danger in a myriad of populations and is often affected by external factors such as geographic location, socio-economic background, access to health care, and adequate knowledge of prevention and treatment. Despite these differences, the prevalence of heart failure is prominent worldwide and incredibly...
Psychiatric patients with significant threats to coexistence with others are admitted to government-managed facilities built across all states. Those who experience mild symptoms get treated in the outpatient wing. This wing is run by family therapists, marriage counselors, clinically equipped social workers, professional psychiatrists and psychologists, and religious leaders who...
Introduction Nurses are an integral part of the healthcare system and are crucial in supporting patients’ well-being. While nurses’ primal focus is taking care of patients, they also encounter multiple demands from their colleagues and hospital management (Haahr et al., 2019). Nurses face challenges related to pressure at work, bullying,...
Introduction It is not easy to provide healthcare that can cover all medical expenses to all citizens. One reason is related to health insurance, whereby insurance coverage is usually uneven. This unevenness is because minorities and deprived families do not have access to insurance coverage. As a result, these unprivileged...
Introduction The difficulties of mental health range from concerns that people face in daily life to significant long-term illnesses. According to Hunter, “Behavioral health is being used as a generic term to include services for health behavior change like weight loss, substance misuse, behavioral medicine interventions such as chronic pain...
Coronary artery disease (CAD) currently remains one of the leading heart conditions in the US. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2021), nearly 360,000 people died of CAD in 2019. Moreover, approximately 7% of the nation’s population aged 20 and older live with CAD (CDC, 2021)....
Psychological trauma occurs when a person is forced to suppress the natural flight-or-fight response in a stressful situation. They seem to freeze along with their feelings and emotions. It turns out that the vast energy does not find a way out. These remain inside, expressed in an uncompleted action that...
Lamictal is applied to treat epilepsy, depression, and bipolar disorder. Lamictal (lamotrigine) is an anticonvulsant and can treat epileptic seizures in children and adults. Its aim is to delay the mood swings that are typical for bipolar disorder. Lamotrigine is most effective for the treatment of bipolar disorder in its...
Introduction Type-2 diabetes is a long-term chronic illness that results in high blood sugars in an individual’s bloodstream. This type of diabetes is a result of interrelated problems of the pancreas producing inadequate insulin and the body cells adapting by absorbing fewer sugars leading to blood sugar build-up. The condition...
Having worked with people for almost a decade, I have discovered that people rarely acknowledge that their slightest actions are motivated by their thoughts and environment. Indeed, the concept of motivation goes far beyond a desire to achieve a specific goal, as it expands to a person’s vision of the...
Project Mission Statement Providing the training and support needed to develop standards of care for preventing, detecting, and treating obstetric bleeding. Collaborate with patients and their families to optimize care and support for obstetric bleeding. Identification and elimination of differences in health care related to clinical practice. Project Purpose and...
Medical social workers perform their duties in a vast range of health care settings. Consequently, they should adjust their daily practices to be congruent with the needs of their specific facility, its functions, and policy. The work on the psychiatric hospital has its peculiarities and challenges connected to the patient...
Introduction The demand to improve the efficiency of the hospital’s processes and its profitability is especially pertinent in the healthcare sector. As institutions that are required to provide high-quality patient care and thousands of occupations for medical professionals, clinical establishments must rely on the most productive methods of reorganization during...
Introduction Ever since the advancement of the digitalization of healthcare in the 1990s, robotics has become increasingly common in modern hospital facilities. As it stands, robot assistants are being utilized in different areas of surgery, administration, healthcare enhancement, and patient support (Riek, 2017). Nevertheless, there are voices criticizing the increased...
Introduction The development of the practicum project in nursing informatics requires the identification and evaluation of various aspects. On the one hand, it is necessary to consider organizational issues like effective or failed leadership, management, and support. On the other hand, research and technical issues play an important role in...
Covid-19 has changed the usual way of life of a person, turning most of the processes into a remote routine. The pandemic also caused the death of many people and accordingly made relatives, and close people suffer. When we lose something, we experience negative emotions, but if it is a...
Summary There are numerous psychiatric illnesses and conditions that not only prevent people from living their lives as they want but also make them do terrible things to other individuals. It is proven that “some types of severe mental illness increase the risk that a person will perpetrate a violent...
HIV is a serious global health problem because, without prevention and treatment, it leads to the destruction of the human immune system and death. HIV is still an incurable disease, but since the detection of this virus, medicine has advanced so far that people with HIV can live long and...
With the population suffering from mental health conditions and substance use disorders, there is a drastic increase in demand for qualified mental health professionals. Nevertheless, the need for such professionals currently significantly outweighs the supply, threatening the nation’s ability to provide a critical medical service in a proper and timely...
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic became a severe challenge for the world and demonstrated the critical importance of the stable work of the healthcare sector. The constantly growing number of patients required mobilization of available resources, their practical use, and distribution to stop the further spread of the virus and provide...
The qualitative research methods tend to heavily rely on the data obtained by an individual through interviews, questionnaires, artifacts, and sometimes even recordings. On the contrary, quantitative research is a methodology that focuses more on quantifying the collection and data analysis. Nonetheless, documentary research is another common sampling strategy entailing...
Introduction Glitches are a natural component of every human institution, including work productivity. Even modest errors can have catastrophic consequences in specific high-risk sectors, such as medicine, nuclear energy, aerospace, and passenger trains. When pediatricians, pharmacists, psychiatrists, and other front-line professionals make even slight errors during care coordination, the repercussions...
Introduction Falling into a persistent vegetative state (PVS) is another situation that might be complex for a patient, caregivers, and close people. It involves ethical and medical issues, the living will of a client, his/her prior recommendations and decisions, and advance care planning. PVS can trigger vigorous debates about future...
Introduction The contents of the paper will cover the following aspects. First, I will introduce the issue of pressure ulcers and explain why it is essential to address the issue. Next, the main objective of the proposed program will be mentioned. We will also discuss the questions and predictions concerning...
Defining and Measuring Variables The apparent problem with Delvin’s study entails inquiring about sensitive personal questions and how the information is utilized in the study. Misusing background information about the students is likely to raise ethical issues. Besides, the information is useful in objectionable and unfair ways that can disadvantage...
Introduction People have become more cautious about healthy eating. Air fryers are among the innovation to overcome unhealthy food issues. The fryers provide food limited in fat, calories, and toxins. The current discussion will empower people to make health decisions in food preparation. Air Fryer Benefits Air fryers provide food...
Introduction Antipsychotic medications, also referred to as major tranquilizers or neuroleptics, should be administered for the treatment of psychosis affecting KN who is a 26-year-old male. They eliminate symptoms linked to psychotic conditions including senile psychoses, psychotic depression, bipolar, drug-induced psychoses, and organic psychoses. In some cases, people with psychosis...
Are Vaccines Effective? Disease prevention is considered to be better and cheaper compared to treatment. Vaccines help in saving life because it is effective in reducing or eradicating some diseases (Busby, 2018). Vaccine boasts an individual’s immunity to increase protection to an infection before coming into contact with that infection....
In December 2016, the 21st-century cures Act was passed by the congresses and signed by President Obama. The law covered many healthcare aspects intending to personalize healthcare, support research, and innovation, modernize healthcare and streamline the system (Important Laws and Regulations in Health Informatics, 2021). Personalization of healthcare focuses on...
As an LPN working in a psychiatric hospital, I am aware of a variety of trends which currently persist in my professional setting. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent inability to see their doctors caused thousands of people to relapse, engage in substance abuse, and behave aggressively, which ultimately made them...
Effective communication among healthcare professionals such as nurses and non-clinical staff is one factor that guarantees patient safety. Communication fosters teamwork, standardized handoffs, facilitates the involvement of families’ involvement, and the development of a clear escalation procedure. According to Iedema et al. (2019), when healthcare providers communicate effectively, they minimize...
A third of a person’s life is spent in a dream, which means that it is extremely important for health. For decades, psychologists and neuropathologists have been studying sleep and its impact on well-being and performance. Currently, due to the fast pace of life, stress, and hard work, the problem...
Introduction A challenging situation I engaged in as a professional involved an old woman with type 2 diabetes refusing to take medicine because she was afraid of potential side effects. It was a chronic and irreversible problem at this point. The goals of the treatment were aimed at controlling blood...
Gastrointestinal Terms It is crucial to possess good knowledge of medical terms because of their universal use and importance in enhancing communication among medics. The broader their vocabulary, the more competent the medical professionals become to their colleagues and patients (Watermeyer et al., 2021). To understand the terminologies, the words...
The main reason mental disorders and people with them are stigmatized is the presence of a massive number of prejudices and stereotypes. They stem from a lack of understanding by the general public. A person with a mental illness may look normal, but even in the absence of physiological manifestations,...
Exercise has a significant influence on the body’s ability to respond to stress. However, not all exercise can be conducive to stress reduction since irregular physical activities affect people’s bodies as stress itself (LaCaille & Taylor, 2013). However, regular exercise leads to improved recovery from stress and the overall reduction...
The brain is the central organizing organ that coordinates all of the bodies’ functions. Cancer treatment-related adverse events lead to central nervous system (CNS) degradation (Kovalchuk, & Kolb, 2017). Chemotherapy-induced cerebral impairment, often referred to as chemo brain, corresponds to symptoms such as amnesia, blurry psychological vision, and difficulty making...
Introduction Every health care professional should provide the best quality care and maintain patient safety. Previous assessment consists of a brief overview and library research regarding the issue interfering with the quality of care and safety of patient – medication errors (MEs). This paper aims to explore this problem in-depth:...
Authors Names, Credentials and Affiliation Josely Pinto de Moura is a Brazilian medical doctor and a professor at the University of São Paulo. She has been teaching at several other universities in the country. She is an accomplished author and has worked with other medical scholars to publish over 8...
Measles is a severe and highly contagious respiratory disease whose symptoms are rashes and high fever. A severe measles infection can lead to complications such as severe respiratory infections, blindness, or even encephalitis. Due to the seriousness of the diseases, an outbreak can result in severe consequences or even death...
Introduction One of the most influential female writers to hail from the Arab community, Assia Djebar, wrote Children of the New World after her role in the Algerian resistance to French colonial rule. The novel reflects on the current global conflicts as it shows a determined Arab uprising versus overseas...
When addressing the needs of a customer, active listening is vital since it helps to establish a rapport, therefore, creating an environment in which one will feel comfortable to receive assistance from a social worker. Among numerous elements of active listening, one should pay specific attention to two aspects, namely,...
It is important to note that humanities play a central role in promoting a highly distinct outlook on the world and human beings. The given collection or group of academic disciplines is comprised of human-centric approaches to studying culture, history, and art produced by humans. It is critical to learn...
Framing the Scientific Mind as Masculine and Nature as Feminine The formation of such a view of science forms some stratifications concerning the distribution of attitudes and the perception of different opinions. All this is constructed through a particular discourse, in which a strict hierarchy of the importance of ideas...
Introduction The development of the media industry in the 20th century and the emergence of advanced cinematic techniques in the 21st century have become the aspects of the formation of popular mass culture with its well-known characters. In the world of cinema, superhero films and cartoons occupy a large niche...
There were a lot of unpleasant changes that hit American society. All these transformations and speculation created irreversible consequences in terms of individuals’ socialization processes and the way Americans accept realities. This story is about a nation degenerating and decaying at a progressive pace. Nowadays, people are in desperate need...
Sexual assault is a problem that never seems to go away even at an age where women’s rights and feminist movements should help end the social problem. The term “rape culture” can be described as a culture of normalizing sexual violence and, at the same time, blaming the victims for...
The most interesting lesson gained from reading others’ posts was people’s reactions when fronted with a situation. Additionally, classical conditioning was mainly linked to adaptation, where people and animals react to a repeated action that has an expected outcome. Although it was a critical topic, the insights gained from the...
Introduction Sternberg’s triangular theory of love was developed by Robert Sternberg, focusing on three interpersonal relationships. Three love components, according to Robert, are passion, intimacy, and commitment or decision components. The three components are why the Theory is Triangular, as the triangle has three points or vertices. Sternberg noted that...
The racial education gap is narrowing because of the general development of society, but it is still present. Perhaps its complete eradication will never happen since there are many reasons for this. The main one is the historical component, the times when blacks were perceived as illiterate slaves. In fact,...
For the purpose of this post, “Introduction to Ethical Studies” by Lee Archie and John G. Archie and The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 were reviewed. The former discusses the core ideas of the Wester ethics, stating whether it is relative, the questions of free will, and objectivity in ethical and...
The five social issues in the U.S. that I hypothesized included economic inequality, inaccessible medical care, gun violence, poorly allocated government spending, and the current methods for handling immigration. The major five social issues in the world I thought of were climate change, poverty, inequality and racism, income gaps and...
Gender-typical behaviors are indeed present in every human society. There are many characteristics that nearly every woman embodies that would be considered ridiculous. Some of these traits usually differ depending upon the prevailing situations. For instance, women’s features at home when with family may ultimately vary from those depicted when...
The source that published the analyzed piece of media addressing the disability issues is the newspaper The Portland Press Herald. The Medium The medium of the analyzed piece is the Internet; the article was accessed through the source’s web page available online. The Date The article chosen for analysis was...
During the introduction, the author sets the audience’s expectation of a speech to an entertaining presentation by purposefully failing to greet everyone properly. In the introduction, the orator uses a litotes when he jokes that it was not that much time between his early childhood and graduation day (“Awesome Funny...
There are several factors influencing and shaping modern society and people’s perception of common problems, traditions, values, and attitudes. One of the most crucial factors is social consciousness, and its development plays a significant role in the creation and maintenance of positive energy and a safe environment. However, if there...
Quality has increasingly become a predominant section of daily life. Individuals are continuously searching for quality services and products. High quality medical care is a need for people to get a fulfilling and productive life, yet there is inadequate provision of healthcare services (Mosadeghrad. 2014). the accountability of providing quality...
Health outcomes and patient satisfaction can determine the quality of care in a hospital. Nurses play an essential role in supporting clients and reaching specific health goals. Since nursing is a practical profession, it requires applying evidence-based methods and scientific theories (Jacob, 2018). Nursing theory can be defined as “a...
It is important to focus on resolving conflict in healthcare because the skills lead to improved teamwork, advanced productivity, and a notable improvement in patient satisfaction. In this case, it enables the realization of strategies that can be utilized in addressing disruptive physicians, and also difficult situations in healthcare are...
Abstract The importance of demonstrating ethical consideration toward patient data has risen considerably since the inclusion of electronic health records (EHR). Various clinical organizations utilize digital systems to store sensitive information, prompting the discussion of clientele confidentiality issues. This paper focuses on ascertaining the possible ethical concerns related to EHR...
When thinking of leadership and its manifestation in health care, many people imagine a conventional hierarchy with a leader placed above the followers in order to lead and empower. However, over the past decades, the paradigm of leadership has shifted from authority to compassion and role modeling through empathy and...
Disease Description The Zika virus (ZIKV) is one of the contagious diseases that has spread across international borders. Brazil and United States (US) were the main countries involved in this cross-boundary mobility. The Zika virus was first identified in Uganda’s Zika Forest in 1947 (Wright, 2016). In 2007, there were...
“Breast cancer.” Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2020. Web. This article presents comprehensive information about breast cancer and its specificities. The provided information is divided into sections, which describe in detail various aspects of this disease. Thus, the definition of the condition is followed by the causes and symptoms typical for...
The TeamSTEPPS strategies play an essential role in improving caregivers’ performance and their ability to provide safe and quality care. Mainly, the component of the team structure is responsible for the organization of the group according to the requirements of healthcare to make it work as a single system. The...
Clinical depression is a global problem that may lead to substantial disability. Major depressive disorder is a psychiatric condition diagnosed in people with depressed mood or loss of interest in daily activities (Kopschina Feltes et al., 2017). Other symptoms include disrupted sleep patterns, weight changes, loss of energy, lack of...
Thank you for sharing this crucial information with the class. Indeed, there is a high health care inequality amongst African Americans. Apart from the socio-economic factor, the disparity is caused by language problems, lack of proper facilities to provide medical care, and stereotyping of the providers. These factors make it...
One of the quality improvement strategies that can assist in providing timely care is Plan-do-study-Act. This tool is designed to accomplish real-world change through a cycle of improvements in practice. The process can help workers commit to different actions to reduce time in the emergency department and other areas to...
Knowledge of Team Roles and Dynamics At a glance, few industries match the scale of healthcare, with a significant population estimated to have at least one healthcare encounter in a year. Usually, a single visit needs collaboration among a multidisciplinary team of administrative personnel, clinicians, or nurses (Jovanović et al.,...
Effective work begins with the organization of a team, a group of people with complementary skills, connected by a single plan, striving for common goals, and sharing responsibility for their achievements. Each team member should have a specific skill, participate in decision-making, and interact effectively with other people (Yu, 2019)....
Biographic Data Mr. X is a 50-year-old man from Texas. He is a retired civil engineer who stays at home with his wife and two children. The social activities which he currently engages in are rearing animals on his ranch. Also, Mr. X is a Christian of the African American...
Introduction Pressure injuries in the elderly are a serious problem requiring much consideration and insight. Medical professionals, including both doctors and nurses, must utilize evidence-based current-day approaches as a way to mitigate the possible harm done to their patients. The field of pressure injury research and prevention develops with the...
An electronic medical record (EMR) should not be confused with electronic health record (EHR) systems. However, both methods have the same application and capabilities. The EMR and EHR are automated versions of a patient’s medical history, including prior treatment and primary health data. The vast advantage of these systems is...
The choices and preferences of individuals primarily determine social well-being; however, the coronavirus threatens the possibility of implementing personal and civil liberties. To regain these rights and stop the spread of the disease, it is necessary to sacrifice part of individual freedom. The coronavirus pandemic endangers the life and health...
Considering the issue of diagnosis errors, we can identify two main stakeholders related to the situation. As mentioned by Flanagan (2016), the patient plays a central role in eliminating diagnosis mistakes. At this point, it is critical to note that the hospital could not be a perfectly safe environment that...
What foundational competencies do APNs need to possess to design an evaluation strategy, validate data, and interpret findings? Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) have core competencies in different domains such as direct clinical service, professional leadership, ethical decision-making, expert coaching, consultation, and others. To design an evaluation strategy, validate data, and...
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) continuously remains one of the main problems of modern medicine. This is majorly due to the high frequency of the syndrome development as a complication of respiratory diseases or traumas, the complexity of the pathogenesis mechanisms, large material costs for treatment, and high lethality. ARDS...
The Current Effect of Non-vaccination Vaccination entails the administration of attenuated “antigens, toxoids or any chemical from a disease-causing microbe” to a healthy individual with an aim of inducing an immune response to any subsequent infection by the same infectious agent (Davies, Chapman & Leask, 2002). Vaccination is an important...
Background Transformational leaders are influential, intellectual, humble, and have a vision. The influential leader is a role model who inspires trust. The intellectual leader is fearless and has the ability to take risks. Leaders have humility and problem-solve to ensure the mission of the organization is kept in mind. They...
Every day, everyone can face the antisocial behavior of other people. Examples of antisocial behavior in everyday life are parking in the wrong place, violating traffic rules, ignoring the queue, and in general, selfishness towards others. However, the clinical picture of antisocial disorder looks more serious. A person suffering from...
The publicly available publications of institutions engaged in health promotion seem to be a novel idea, although, in my opinion, they are reasonably promising. For example, Healthy People‘s reports have attained sizable results since their emergence in 1979 (Edelman et al., 2014). Moreover, the main issues intervening in achieving the...
At the start of the treatment, after diagnosis, the patient’s control of their healthcare services was at its highest because they provided the specialists with their medical history. They also were concerned about the type of care they would be prescribed; therefore, they expressed active participation in establishing their treatment...
Introduction A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line is “a soft plastic tube that allows clients in a hospital to receive fluids and medicines” (Pedreira, 2015, p. 257). An x-ray can be done to ensure the PICC line is inserted in the required place. The PICC line insertion procedures cause...
The study by Jang et al. (2019) encompasses the findings from interviews of 12 nurses who work in an intensive care unit (ICU) at a university hospital in South Korea. The nurses were organized into two groups with up to five years of experience and more than five years (Jang...
Introduction The healthcare issue has become one of the most hard-pressing questions in American politics. Every major US election causes another round of heated discussion around the national healthcare systems. Some experts claim that while the current system has problems, it is correct at its core, while others argue for...
Introduction The disease is a lifetime disorder that leads to abnormal blood clotting in the human blood vessels. Blood clotting in the blood vessels causes complications in blood circulation to numerous organs in the body and to the tissues, too; poor blood circulation to some key body organs may result...
Introduction The perception of drugs as substances potentially affecting human conscience has been one of the major social concepts over the past decades. Indeed, the rapidly emerging market of new illicit drugs introduced to people makes it of paramount importance to dwell on the theoretical aspects of drugs, their composition,...
Introduction Cognition is essential for human health and daily functioning; dementia as a severe cognitive impairment obstructs human wellbeing and independent dwelling. A timely diagnosis of dementia is crucial for adequate management approaches. According to recent research, “the benefits of early recognition of dementia include receiving early access to treatment,...
Introduction Biomedical engineering has led to the emergence of new medical devices and new treatment procedures. Hemorrhage has become an emergency especially with increasing violent acts such as terrorism, assault, and war thus prompting the need to seek faster and easier procedures to deal with this situation (Garcia 42). The...
Scientists from the Cambridge University developed a device enabling regulation of the blood sugar level in cases when natural regulation is hindered, for example, in the case of diabetes. They tried a mechanism, called an artificial pancreas, on patients suffered from type 2 diabetes, and found that their lives improved...
Ethical Problems Faced by GB Members and Their Effect on Those Indirectly Involved Fundamentally, some of the ethical problems that managers and governing boards (GB) face in the healthcare facility include conflict of interest and absence of professionalism. Using staff from organizations to fulfill personal initiatives is unethical, unprofessional, and...