Nola Pender’s health promotion model is a mid-range theory based on social cognitive theory. According to the model, people are affected by multiple beliefs, motivations, and situations that contribute to present and future attitudes and behaviors (Frenn, 2020). The primary endpoint of the model is health-promoting behaviors (Sevinc & Argon,...
The article by Rachael Goodman exposes many crucial facts regarding professional assistance with mental health issues. After reading the article, I had to rethink my personal experience, as well as my knowledge regarding interventions for traumas. There are critical implications for future research in this field that can be drawn...
Often the existence of a phenomenon denoted by a specific concept has been proven, and that the definition corresponds to the object being defined. However, this is often not the case in practice. In nursing, there is a concept of a norm that changes over the years. Moreover, there are...
Hi Rita, thank you for the elaborate discussion on the role of nurses in population health promotion. Having read the essay, it is true that nurses have crucial roles in healthcare and provide several services to their communities. Nurses advocate for patients, promote healthy lifestyles, spread health awareness, and offer...
Nursing is one of the most critical professions for contemporary and future societies. Covid-19 illustrated the fundamental nature of good nursing staff to mitigate disasters and maintain patient healthcare. The nursing need has proliferated recently, particularly in developed countries, as people seek to boost healthcare provision. However, despite this increase...
Introduction During the interview conducted in week 3, I acquired beneficial information that enhanced my knowledge about cultural awareness and sensitivity. It involved a discussion with a male nurse leader of Filipino descent who was working in a hospital where 30-35% of nurses were from his cultural background. There was...
Stakeholders and Agents of Change The people affected by the proposed program will include: Registered nurses: improved quality of provided healthcare services, improved relationships with patients, enhanced cross-functional collaboration, empowerment. Advanced nurse practitioners: less workload, improved quality of provided care, enhanced job satisfaction. Patients: patient-centered care, improved quality of healthcare...
Introduction Quality implementation and nursing practices in the twenty-first century are challenged by various factors, including an increase in the number of elderly and critically ill patients, rising healthcare costs, a shortage of nursing staff and nurse educators, and a shift in the nursing workforce’s age. Other current concerns affecting...
Purpose of the Study In order to enhance regular exercise during school recess, testing a pedometer-based approach that included public sharing involving teams of kids along with other self-monitoring, action planning, and rewarding aspects took place. The interventions were created to be doable for a class educator to conduct during...
Purpose of the Study The article under analysis was entitled “Girlhood Betrayals of Women Childhood Trauma Survivors in Treatment for Addiction” and written by Grabbe et al. (2016). The study aimed at examining the perspectives of females who faced neglect and abuse in their childhood and their perspective regarding their...
An executive summary Change is inevitable in any organization. In nursing, teamwork is key as it allows nurses to collaborate to develop care plans with doctors. Teamwork always proves to be a success in many organizations. Teamwork helps in reducing errors in the healthcare field. Improving patient care and establishing...
Health care innovation is a common word on the other hand, quality care can only be maintained and improved if new ideas are brought into the mix. As the backbone of high-quality health care, nurses are an essential part of any system that relies on them to function. Nurses play...
The scope of practice for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) is a subject of debate in the legal medical community. In particular, the level of education and experience of these specialists allows them to work in a variety of settings and have a certain degree of autonomy in the performance...
Introduction The specific nature of nursing work differs significantly from other types of human activity and consists of constant, daily, hourly communication with the patient. Therefore, the approach must consist of high professionalism and the manifestation of decency, honesty, kindness, mercy, sensitivity, and responsiveness. Since ancient times, the moral and...
Introduction Due to the crisis resulting from COVID-19, many nurses leave the profession or stay in it under constant stress, which is extremely dangerous for the health of nurses and patients (Kelly et al., 2021). This paper provides a detailed discussion of the reasons and consequences of nurses’ staff shortage...
A trauma-informed approach is a comprehensive medical and organizational approach to patient care, within which lies not the mechanical treatment of injuries but the recognition and explanation of what happened to the person. This approach makes treatment more transparent for patients and increases their level of involvement. Patients who tell...
Continuous professional development is crucial for practitioners to provide quality services to their clients. In this regard, evaluation forms are helpful tools that can be used to monitor one’s progress, assess one’s work, and get feedback from peers (Uğur & Turan, 2019). As a result, an individual can set goals...
Ultrasound is widely used in the metalworking industry, mechanical engineering, and metallurgy. The applied ultrasound frequency is from 20 kHz to 1 MHz, and the power is up to several kilowatts (Moyano et al., 2022). Ultrasound has a harmful effect on the human body. Workers with ultrasonic devices often experience...
The American healthcare system is subject to fraud and record-setting amounts charged for normally affordable care. To combat this issue, the United States government implemented a number of statutes, regulations, programs, and compliance obligations on pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers. For example, the Federal False Claims Act, the Stark Law,...
Introduction The Departments for Illness Management and Prevention discovered numerous aspects of teenage tobacco abuse. The community and the environmental setting are the aspects that significantly influence teenagers. For instance, the way social networks portray cigarette usage as a typical activity, cigarette marketing in retail stores and online platforms, and...
Gholizadegan Rayat, S., Nasseri, N., Fariborzi, E., & Saffariantoosi, M. R. (2022). The effectiveness of psycho-religious based sexuality education training protocol on reducing the tendency toward premarital sexual relationships. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 1-18. The given source primarily focuses on the use of psycho-religious based sexuality education to...
It is important to note that the given essay will focus on the pandemic experience. The provided evidence and supporting literature will only come from Sydney Goins’s “Surviving Coronavirus as a Broke College Student” and Meilan Solly’s “What We Can Learn from 1918 Influenza Diaries.” One of the unique aspects...
Urbanization is one of the biggest reasons why COVID-19 has become a pandemic by getting outside of China. It should be clarified that not only urbanization itself is to blame, but the population density in large metropolitan cities. Since ancient times, cities have been the primary medium for the spread...
Nursing theories form the foundation of nursing philosophy that guides nurses in the provision of quality patient care. Moreover, nurses have the professional obligation to systematically search scientific information as a basis for evidence on care delivery. Individual patient characteristics determine the course of care consistent with the nursing profession...
Summary Counseling is the process of talking therapy, allowing individuals to discourse their problems with experts in a serene and safe environment (YALÇIN, 2022). Experts or counselors support their clients in speaking out about their problems in detail to pinpoint the primary trigger behind them. Moreover, they assist clients in...
Introduction The nursing leader is placed in the center of interaction and must communicate with patients, employees, administrators, and providers to deliver the best experience and healthcare services. For this reason, a leader must have advanced communication skills to lead, guide, and persuade all parties and stakeholders to improve the...
Quality and Safety Measures Quality and safety indicators are standards for the delivery of healthcare services, according to which it is possible to determine how well healthcare providers are doing their job. Among the measures of quality are structural, process, and outcome measures. The first category includes the ability of...
It is easy for psychiatrists and nurse practitioners who are culturally competent to offer patients evidence-based care. Transcultural Nursing Theory by Madeleine Leininger gives powerful insights that guarantee culturally competent therapy is offered to more patients with psychological needs. A nursing theory’s tenets comprise the four elements that comprise the...
Introduction The adequate provision of care, the quality of patients’ lives, and their satisfaction depend on numerous factors that should be considered when selecting the cooperation model. However, the problem becomes more complex speaking about critical or end-of-life care. Spirituality can be viewed as one of the factors relevant to...
Purpose The Relationship between Essentials and Baccalaureate Nursing Education The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice connect ideas about undergraduate nursing work and expectations. Essentials contain nine elements that indicate the framework within which one should be trained. For example, Essential IV points to information management in nursing...
Introduction A routine physical examination is an obligatory step for every patient who takes care of his or her health. A primary care provider (PCP) performs all the necessary checks to understand the peculiarities of the condition and share recommendations if necessary. In this case study, R.P. is a 43-year-old...
Introduction The profession of nursing encompasses various domains, going beyond the limits of pure medical knowledge. In particular, nursing requires having a solid personal philosophy, inner beliefs, and ethical values that guide a nurse in day-to-day practice. In my opinion, one can draw a parallel between the personal philosophy of...
The people’s culture affects their perception of the world, habits, and values. Galanti (2000) argues that due to the importance of such influence, respect from health care providers to patients is not enough for quality care, and knowledge of culture is required. I agree with this statement as beliefs, customs,...
Introduction The philosophy of nursing is a system of ideas and views of the world from the position of a nurse. It reflects the nurse’s worldview concerning his/her activities, social environment, development, and improvement of personality and professional competence. The main link of this philosophy is undoubtedly the patient with...
Background The country’s seniors have commendable aims in wanting to be engaged, healthy, and energetic. However, how people really experience “old age” in the United States is not always consistent with how society views the term. Numerous contemporary assumptions about aging were founded on data that, in light of recent...
One of the main trends in the improvement of healthcare in recent years is the growing importance of nursing staff in ensuring the effectiveness of public health protection using evidence-based practice. Nurses are no longer seen as passive physician assistants. In modern conditions, this model is being replaced by a...
Sports medicine focuses on the treatment of athletes according to their performance. According to specialists, it is commonly characterized as the medical field that concentrates on preventive, diagnostic, and treatment measures to influence or improve athletes’ health (Hart, 2022). In contrast, nursing homes provide care for patients with various health...
The healthcare system is rapidly changing with the appearance of new research findings and theories. Modern practices in nursing have also shifted from the previous century, although the most influential ideas have remained as a foundation of nursing practice. One such theory that underlies clinical practice in both the Eastern...
Nursing Informatics and the Nurse Informaticist Nursing informatics is a specialization that integrates nursing science and information and analytical sciences that allows for identifying, managing, and exchanging information in nursing practice. Electronic medical records (EMRs) and other digitalized measures in healthcare are commonly enabled by nursing informatics (HIMSS, 2022). Professionals...
Introduction Quality patient care and a sense of fulfillment at work are both dependent on newly hired individuals being part of our team. Improvements in patient and staff well-being can be made above the minimum requirements of The Joint Commission and the Hospital Consumer Rating of Health Care Providers and...
Introduction The obesity problem is growing and requires continuing research to determine its causes and consequences. The authors of the article “The Influence of Immigrant Generation on Obesity among Asian Americans in California from 2013 to 2014” examined obesity in Asian Americans and California adults. The findings of this study...
It is common for healthcare facilities to put an emphasis on a patient’s characteristics over social determinants of their well-being. In the United States, this bias stems from a long-lasting period of segregation and dehumanization of people based on their race and gender (Todic´ et al., 2022). One’s race, class,...
The distinctions that exist between the right and left hemispheres of the brain are at the root of the conditions known as split-brain patients and lateralization of function. Furthermore, the concept of hemispheric lateralization, according to Allen et al. (2021) research expounds that each hemisphere of the brain is accountable...
Family therapists operate from a systemic viewpoint, whether they observe one individual, a couple, or a family as a whole. It is critical to conceptualize problems within the context of the customer and acknowledge that the entire system contributes to problems through creation, maintenance, or resolution. The investigation of complex...
Summary The importance of spirituality for women facing breast cancer diagnosis: A qualitative study was conducted by Leão et al. in 2021. It was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The study recognizes breast cancer as a major health concern affecting women and identifies spirituality...
Introduction During a deadly pandemic, millions of Canadians and Americans declined to wear face masks and get vaccinated, despite scientific knowledge that both procedures were safe and effective. The present human behavior models ultimately failed to predict this reaction. Dubé et al. (2021) acknowledge that anti-vaccination movements are frequently blamed...
Nursing education and training are vital for preparing practitioners who can provide their patients with high-quality care. Many teaching and learning theories can be applied to better train future medical professionals for their role in the healthcare sector and communicate the skills and knowledge they will need. One such theory...
A comparative statistical test should be used in combination with the chosen research to evaluate the findings of an evidence-based project proposal. These tests appear to be the most appropriate settings for evaluating nursing staffing policies since they analyze comparisons and differences across numerous variables (Siedlecki & Bena, 2021). In...
Nowadays, nurses are working with more varied patient groups. As a result, individuals encounter multiple languages, cultural, and health literacy hindrances. The cultural complexity of the population presents possibilities and difficulties for healthcare practitioners, healthcare institutions, and policymakers to establish and offer culturally competent services. The capacity of physicians and...
Introduction Nursing school prepare graduates to undertake care duties successfully and competently. The college focuses on scientific inquiry, evidence-based care, problem-based pedagogy, and patient engagement to fulfill educational objectives. Nonetheless, there is a gap in the ability of novice nurses to work just after graduation. Recent graduates lack some competent...
Introduction Nursing is a caring profession that has undergone many changes in the last few decades. Although nursing theory started expanding at the end of the nineteenth century with Florence Nightingale’s contributions, the nurse’s role significantly grew in the 1980s (Matthews et al., 2020; Vitale et al., 2019). Nightingale’s impact...
Introduction Advanced nursing practices are guided by some essential blueprints that draw from scientifically proven information by making use of evidence-based strategies to inform all aspects of nursing practice. A Nurse faces numerous challenges in their clinical operations, some of which are not always easy to find solutions to, therefore,...
Introduction Working in the Intensive care unit requires particular professional skills and knowledge, but being a manager in this sphere includes even more responsibilities and a range of qualifications. Personal experience allows one to analyze and determine the weak and strong sides of the current leader and his style of...
Abstract Medical errors caused by a breakdown in communication among hospital employees are one of the leading forms of error in the healthcare industry. The Joint Commission (TJC) found that more than 70% of all sentinel events occurred due to a breakdown in communication among healthcare workers. In 2014 approximately...
Caring for people’s health requires the attention of many professionals who use their expertise and specific skills. While nurses have significant knowledge about healing and skills for communicating with patients, they cannot perform all procedures and tests necessary for one’s recovery. For example, in some states, nurses cannot diagnose conditions...
Importance of Interpersonal Relationships A nurse interacts daily with medical staff, patients, and their families as a part of the professional activities. The nurse must have interpersonal communication skills to ensure an adequate level of these contacts. The importance of interpersonal relationships lies in the fact that communication with the...
Every nurse should think about improving the quality of the environment and patient care in her practice. Nursing theory and its complementary applied developments are used by the American Nurses Association (ANA) and other organizations as a framework for developing quality practice. Moreover, nurses need to be aware of nursing...
Introduction When caring for patients, it is critical to understand the health-illness continuum in connection to health and the human experience. The nursing profession emphasizes adaptability; health care providers offer treatment for patients in hospitals and communities, visiting patients in their homes and working in various locations (Fawcett et al.,...
Introduction Changes, new policies, and documentation introduction can be stressful for the established system and its members. This is a particularly difficult challenge for the healthcare system, as medical professionals are at the forefront of all current crises, including medical, psychological, economic, etc. It means that medical workers have a...
Background A stroke is a medical condition that causes poor blood flow to the brain. Subsequently, the brain cells die, causing severe health issues for the patient. Cardiovascular or coronary heart diseases (CHD) are diagnosed in more than 120 million Americans (Baptiste et al., 2021). Deaths from hypertension, heart failure,...
Typical Case The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the human immune system and erodes resistance to a variety of illnesses and cancers that healthy immune systems are better able to combat. Infected individuals eventually lose their immunological capacity as the virus kills and damages immune cells. The disease progresses in...
Introduction Medication errors (MEs) seriously threaten patient health conditions and outcomes. Therefore, ME reporting is crucial for prevention efforts; healthcare personnel should report MEs routinely to improve patient safety and care quality. However, the real-life MEs reporting rate reaches only the 57-61% mark (Jember et al., 2018; Rishoej et al.,...
Even though there have been significant improvements in palliative care and the rise in hospice care programs in recent years, many elderly patients still die in special facilities. These include nursing homes, inpatients hospitals, assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, and others (Kim et al., 2021). However, this is...
Summary Continuous access to evidence-based information and educational materials is essential for the nursing profession’s development. Healthcare workers strive to improve their skills, knowledge, and competencies on a systematic basis to ensure the compliance of their performance quality with the highest standards. In such a manner, patient outcomes might be...
Introduction Providing a theoretical background for relevant models. ARCC model as an evidence-based practice framework. Kotter and Cohen’s model as a change methodology. Introducing the models into a clinical practice environment. Both models are useful change methodologies. Stimulating evidence-based activities is critical in clinical practice. Evidence-Based Practice Model ARCC model...
Assessing families in regards of their different attitudes allows to identify health issues and predict ones that can occur. Based on the functional health patterns of Gordon (1994), a family health evaluation of the Allens was performed. Three individuals make up the family: their eldest son Daniel, mother Katherine Allen,...
Introduction One can imagine a great list of essential qualities for a good healthcare leader. Academic researchers write big volumes of considerations about the necessary skill set. In this paper, the scope will be reduced to the topic of delegation. It by no means implies that delegation alone may solve...
Variable 1 Variable 2 Name of Variable 1 (Provide Units or Categories) Quantitative (continuous) or Categorical? Name of Variable 2 (Provide Units or Categories) Quantitative (continuous) or Categorical? Appropriate Statistical Test to use Corresponding Research Question P value Pre-pregnancy BMI (mean + SD) Quantitative (continuous) Drinker type (non-drinker or drinker)...
Care coordination is a key area in which this presentation demonstrates the value of nurses. One of the nurse’s key responsibilities is ensuring their patients are happy with their care. Care coordination is based on the central tenet of nursing, which puts the patient at the center of all healthcare...
It is important to note that any form of illness, ailment, or public health issue is a complex and multifaceted problem. A perspective that focuses only on one particular aspect can derive a skewed and inaccurate picture of reality behind the potential causes. Therefore, solutions will likely be ineffective or...
An RN’s primary role is to provide hands-on care to patients, whereas a PN’s is to assist in the care of patients under the supervision of an RN. A practical nurse’s role is to assist physicians and registered nurses in their daily tasks. A registered nurse may prescribe medication and...
Introduction Increasing the number of nurse practitioners (NPs) by broadening their scope of practice (SOP) may assist in fulfilling the rising demand for primary care. With no practice arrangements or guidelines, nurse practitioners with training would be able to practice autonomously from doctors (Martsolf et al., 2022). Practice partnerships and...
The goal of remote patient monitoring, a crucial component of healthcare, is to employ technology to keep track of patient’s health outside of conventional clinical settings. RPM is simply one delivery method utilized in the larger telemedicine sector. It refers to a particular technique used to transmit information electronically between...
Living a healthy lifestyle is vital for all individuals, regardless of age. Although most people believe that eating nutritious food is the only way of being healthy, there is more than that. Physical activities are other factors essential for bodily and psychological wellbeing (Ai et al., 2021). However, a considerably...
Medicare is the national health insurance program in the United States. If a person is 65 or older he or she can get Medicare insurance coverage. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services manage Medicare and divide services into parts A, B, C and D. Medicare Part A helps pay...
Healthcare is an essential part of the social sphere and has as its goal the preservation and enhancement of the well-being of the population through preventive, therapeutic, and other medical activities. The fundamental role of healthcare as an integral part of society is recognized in the laws of all civilized...
Introduction Registered nurses (RNs) possess adequate skills that guide them when providing personalized and timely medical services to their patients. Due to the complexity of the profession, such experts are allowed to delegate various nontechnical activities to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). In my state, the relevant board of nursing has...
Introduction In the nursing discipline, the students must be actively engaged by their lecturers in learning to ensure they develop much-needed concepts aligned with professional competencies and standards. The course is highly relevant to the professional nursing course as it makes the students explore more from the technical aspects and...
Introduction A nurse goes above and beyond conducting diagnostic procedures, making clinical assessments, and dispensing medication in the medical profession. It concerns supporting someone while they are going through some of their most difficult situations in life through friendship and advocacy. Nurses will have the chance to attend training sessions...
Introduction Medicine and healthcare provision are developing more and more rapidly every year. This leads to the use of various frameworks, models, and theories of nursing in the practice of medical specialists. They help to optimize the work and make it more efficient. This work aims to examine these three...
In the nursing practice, while conducting a physical assessment, it is important to take into consideration the age of the patient. Paying attention to the peculiarities of each age group can make the nursing assessment more effective and professional. There is a number of similarities as well as discrepancies between...
Dr. Donald Berwick’s 2010 graduation speech at Yale was an inspiring call for all future doctors to be healers, not just elements in the mechanism of the medical system. He shared his personal experience of being at his wife’s C-section and witnessing his daughter’s birth and described the experience of...
Scholarly research is one of the most important elements of the work of a DNP. According to the official source, nursing practitioners are responsible for promoting evidence-based practice through deliberate research activities aimed at improving the nursing profession (“American Association of Colleges of Nursing: DNP Essentials,” n. d.). Moreover, the...
PICOT Question P Population Staff Nurses I Intervention Mandatory policies securing adequate nurse-to-patient ratios. C Comparison Using scheduled customer appointments. O Outcome Improvement of the patient’s length of stay. T Timeframe 1 year PICOT Statement In an acute care Hospital, does implementation of mandatory policies securing adequate nurse-to-patient ratios (1:5),...
Healthcare organizations occasionally experience errors due to individual problems of the medical team, system factors, or policies. Having a prompt medical error report system can help in mitigating the consequences. Thus, instead of blaming, it is better to use the root-cause analysis (RCA), establish the factors and timing of the...
Abstract Self-isolation is an essential policy and practice to stop the pandemic spread, and many countries introduced a series of mandatory lockdowns. However, there is a cost to this practice: isolated people tend to have mental issues connected with loneliness, fear, and the inability to contact those they love. The...
Introduction: Situation Overview The geography of health is related to the topic of health and provides valuable information for public health policy and environmental health practice. Greenwood et al. show that the Canadian healthcare system is complex and often faces challenges with overlapping jurisdictions and medical traditions (Greenwood et al.,...
After the synthesis of the penicillium, medicine has never been the same. Scientists found an effective way to fight various bacterial diseases and saved millions of lives. However, the extended usage of antibiotics led to another severe issue, antibiotic resistance of bacteria. Self-prescriptions, undertreatment, and relaxed usage of wide-spectrum antibiotics...
The sphere of psychiatry is constantly developing, addressing the most effective treatment approaches for collaboration and health care. Establishing professional therapeutic alliances plays an important role in nursing and mental healthcare services to support clients, use the necessary skills, and improve knowledge in staff, patients, and their families (Hartley et...
Introduction Nursing professionals have the capability to work with other people, provide care, establish communication and act as a leader in a medical care setting. The roles and responsibilities of nurses are also diverse. Morally and professionally, nurses ensure that patients are able to prosper and achieve fulfillment through good...
Introduction Nursing care and teaching are two aspects that significantly vary in nursing practice. The problem statement in this article is to identify how theories taught in class influence nurses’ provision of care concerning evidence and experience. The article identifies those nurses use different approaches when providing nursing care. Some...
Abstract Adverse childhood events are made up of stressful and potentially traumatic events linked with advanced risk of long-term behavioral problems and long-lasting illness, which add up to depression of the adolescents in their adult life. In this case study, an estimation of an adolescent between the ages of 16...
Introduction The history of medicine refers to a discipline that studies medicine’s scientific, social, and technological development from primitive times to the present. As society evolved, its approach to diseases and treatment transformed, building on the existing body of knowledge accumulated by ancient civilizations and their descendants. The main elements...
Introduction For the present assignment, a family research approach was chosen in which several known generations are analyzed to determine the pattern of heredity for a particular disease. The family chosen for the current analysis was the extended family of the author’s best friend, consisting of at least four known...
Introduction The healthcare system has improved significantly due to the implementation and application of nursing theories. The nursing concepts have aided doctors in their service provision, making them comprehend and interrelate the vital dimension within the nursing sector, which enhances patient-centered services. For instance, Virginia Henderson and Nola Pender focus...
Introduction Theories present structured views of distinct aspects of the nursing profession. A nursing theory can guide practice, establish a basis for policies, and be involved in research (Mintz-Binder, 2019). Middle-range nursing theories offer clinically specific approaches to interacting with patients and colleagues, and Madeleine Leininger’s Culture Care theory (CCT)...
The medical profession has numerous requirements for the students, and one of the most important aspects of it is wearing a specialized uniform. The standard blue scrub form is a remarkable detail that distinguishes the healthcare employee, and especially it relates to the nurses. During the training, it is crucial...
Conceptual models, theories, and empirical indicators have an association and are the foundational basis of nursing knowledge. The application of these nursing models and theories is essential in nursing education, practice, and research. As DNP-prepared nurses, it is an expectation that we understand the linkages and are able to implement...
Vardon-Bounes, F., Gracia, R., Abaziou, T., Crognier, L., Seguin, T., Alabaster, F., Geeraerts, T., Georges, B., Connolly, J., & Minville, V. (2021). A study of patients’ quality of life more than 5 years after trauma: A prospective follow-up. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 19(1), 18. Maintaining a high quality...
The middle-range theories in nursing offer a narrow focus, which helps to relate grand nursing concepts to nursing practice. These theories provide ideas and low levels of complexity while guiding nursing practices, approaches, and research that are based on theory. One of the most important aspects of these theories in...
The Role of the Nephron in Regulation of Urine Volume and Osmolality The kidneys are the fundamental organs of the excretory system. Their main functions are the excretion of products of metabolism, hydro electrolytic regulation, osmolarity and body acid-base balance, blood pressure, hormone secretion, and gluconeogenesis. Most of these tasks...
In modern biomedical sciences, there is a continuous search for informative biomarkers that are present in biological pathways or pathological processes which can be identified for an accurate diagnosis or treatment. Follistatin-like proteins are one of these groups of potential biomarkers belonging to the family of acidic cysteine-rich secreted glycoproteins...