Standards and laws ensure order and the provision of high-quality care in the healthcare system. Laws and regulatory acts help nurses to remain accountable and make sure they deliver care properly in the best interest of the patient. Licensure and certification are part of these regulations that create the necessary...
After completing their BSN program, some nurses practice and enhance their expertise in the workplace while others choose to simultaneously pursue the next step of professional expertise and become a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) or get a Ph.D. in Nursing. The fundamental difference between the two doctorate programs is...
The concept of burnout refers to emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of energy and motivation to work efficiently. The most common reason for burnout among nurses is a high workload that is caused by the shortage of medical personnel. The issue of burnout has become immensely topical during the COVID-19...
Introduction To ensure that a healthcare facility meets the level of service quality that it claims, the extent of nurse staffing must be appropriate. In turn, the shortage of health care workers, particularly, the rise in the number of patients per nurse, it likely to entail a range of adverse...
The ethical basis of a nurse’s professional activity is humanity and mercy. Accepting and sharing universal and general medical moral values, the professional corps of nurses declares the uniqueness of their profession and the resulting unique nature of honest relationships with colleagues and patients (Sherman and Cohn, 2020). The most...
Evidence-based decisions are crucial in nursing practice, and the professional must be capable of providing considerable arguments for their actions. The academic setting teaches the theoretical aspects of gathering and analyzing the information, selecting sources, and conducting research, while the practicum hours completion enables an intern to use their knowledge...
The rationale for Choosing Nursing Path The interviewee responded that her ultimate reason for choosing nursing as a profession was the opportunity to help patients and their families directly. She emphasized that although physicians play a significant role in treating the disease and saving a patient’s life, the patient needs...
Introduction The article focuses on exploring ways in which physical activity can improve psychological well-being. However, the author noted that this subject had not been extensively researched in a population such as nursing students. Accordingly, a research study was conducted to establish the relationship between physical activity and psychological health....
Upon entering nursing school, some students think that these several years of studying will be the most learning-intensive in their lives. I used to be one of them; I considered that the knowledge I would gain at university would be comprehensive, and I would not need to return to studying...
Critical thinking can and is encouraged to be used during all phases of the nursing process. Critical is helpful for nurses in the process of problem-solving and decision-making process regarding the treatment of patients (Papathanasiou et al., 2014). In the assessment stage, it is necessary to make reliable observations and...
Executive Summary The shortage of primary healthcare providers makes the policymakers and system administrators concerned about decreasing interest and readiness of registered nurses to become Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP). One of the most significant problems facing novice FNPs is their preparedness for advanced practice and the number of responsibilities and...
The social role, goals, and objectives of nursing education are to train medical specialists with the best education to provide highly qualified medical care and preserve and ensure the population’s health. The development of professional education among nursing staff in the United States is designed to strengthen the scientific base...
Nursing requires constant communication with people, including medical staff and patients. Therefore, nurses should be ready for some disrupting situations that may affect their work. However, there should be regulations and work ethics that ensure effective interaction of nurses with each other. Team respect is a crucial aspect of the...
Patients not returning to their follow-up appointments is a critical clinical practice issue that decreases the quality of services and must be included in the East Orange Hospital Clinic systematic agenda. Indeed, many of my practicum site’s beneficiaries represent the impoverished population and, therefore, experience difficulties following their physicians’ recommendations...
Policies are powerful strategies to achieve sustainable improvement in healthcare, enhance organizations’ performance and the services’ quality. When an initiative is established on the policymaking level, it receives broad support and allows the providers’ to adjust their operations and work strategies. The IOM Future of Nursing Practice Report Brief contains...
By providing medical care to diverse populations of patients many challenges and difficulties can occur, especially when treating non-native English speakers. Such difficulties may include the misunderstanding of symptoms due to the patients’ inability to explain his health issues and the need to explain the final diagnosis in the simplest...
Introduction Resource allocation and resource rationing, although similar concepts, raise some unique ethical issues, especially in nursing. In the ever-changing modern world, it is essential to consider the allocation and rationing of nursing and medical resources in the most efficient way. Furthermore, the existing limitations to the quality and quantity...
I welcome you to this evidence-based (EB) care plan and remote collaboration utilization video presentation based on a Villa Health scenario. The scenario is about Caitlynn Bergan, who has cystic fibrosis and lives in hard to reach area. Goodridge and Marciniuk (2016) found that caring for patients in remote areas...
Abstract The paper focuses on analysing, discussing, and reviewing literature on the impact of communication breakdowns on the satisfaction of patients. 10 articles are chosen, analyzed in accordance with their eligibility, and used to present the impact and significance of communication in nursing, as well as the possible ways to...
The Social Change Recognizing a lack of awareness about effective methods of addressing the global pandemic in a skilled nursing facility is vital. More consistent levels of consciousness will positively contribute to the emergence of change on multiple societal levels. COVID-19 directly impacts all health care consumers due to the...
Background Information A 48-year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse had just undergone surgery, and I provided him with postoperative care, including pain management. However, the patient refused medications because of his religious beliefs. He stated that he was a sinner, and he believed that God wanted him to...
Introduction Leadership is a vital component of any organization as it helps in providing the management function which directs the available fiscal, physical, and human resources towards achieving strategic goals with the utmost efficiency. Leaders are individuals who have the ability to inspire, motivate, guide, and direct people in an...
Nurses experience various cases during their practice that may be detrimental to their emotional well-being. In my practice, it was difficult to handle with a great amount of work and do extra hours. Stress driven by working hours made me and my peers experience burn out. By such constant stressful...
Summary Modern health systems are known to be highly interwoven systems and are often characterized as messy. The quality and safety of health care provided to patients can be improved by implementing evidence-based practice techniques by the nurse leaders to improve the population health within the community they serve. Nurses...
Obtaining an MSN degree, or a Master of Science in Nursing, is a relevant prospect, and given career goals and skills honing, this step is an essential component of professional development. According to Massimi et al. (2017), while taking into account the specifics of preparation of MSN students, this level...
Patient loyalty may be defined as a patient’s willingness to use the services of a particular medical facility repeatedly. As medical services develop and transform, patient satisfaction and loyalty become essential aspects that require consideration. In many cases, healthcare facilities shift to more business-related approaches, and the financial element becomes...
Summary In the healthcare system, there is increasing competition for fund use amongst services offered. Therefore, nursing leaders must formulate proper budgeting criteria to enable effective and efficient operations. Developing a systematic budget will allow the administrator to have deep insight into the income and necessary expenditures hence can strategize...
The video by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2009) shows a good example of implementations to improve the performance of nursing staff. In the video, we can see different strategies used to organize the healthcare process. The status board with three color indicators is used to highlight the workload status of...
Introduction Clinical supervision occurs when a senior practitioner oversees and monitors a junior member’s practice in order to increase his/her quality of service. The counseling profession has its ethical standards and particular tools to ensure compliance among practitioners when they face decision-making issues (Francis & Turner, 2020). The most critical...
Numerous patients need information about medical care. Healthcare workers should evaluate their patients to pinpoint the ideal approach to instruct them about their wellbeing and decide the amount they think about their ailment. Given the undeniable degrees of obesity in the populace, quantities of individuals in out-of-home consideration, and information...
Introduction Rural areas often face disparities in healthcare across the United States. Some of the healthcare gaps are related to fewer resources and higher poverty rates. To be able to support access to health care and resources would help to contribute to improved health outcomes in addition to a better...
Purpose of the Study The goal of this study was to see how effective structured treatments were in reducing the frequency of AVF self-care behaviors in ESRD patients enrolled in traditional HD programs (Souza et al., 2020). Type of Research & the Design This was quasi-experimental research involving HD patients...
Nursing Notes and other documentation procedures in healthcare are essential in care provision. Documentation facilitates maintaining the record of all services received by the patient and is critical for handing over duties within healthcare facilities (Kollerup et al., 2018). In the care delivery process, patients undergo several procedures, all of...
Introduction Professional associations in nursing are important for their members’ professional and personal growth. In particular, they provide resources, certification, education, and networking opportunities, as well as career assistance in various specialty areas. As a result, nurses can enhance their practice and competence, providing safe and high-quality care for patients....
WebMD is a health website that caters to the all-around health needs of the population. It is a friendly website with clear images that illustrate the various points discussed. It has five primary tabs under which information is classified: health A-Z, drugs & supplements, living healthy, family & pregnancy, and...
Analyzing health records and statistics is vital for understanding the current trends in public health issues and the development of new concerns, as well as the assessment of the implemented interventions and the promotion of target audiences’ education. The available data sources indicate that the state of public health in...
An evidence-based approach toward addressing health-related issues in the clinical and nursing settings has become an inseparable part of contemporary healthcare. However, the role and weight of evidence-based decision-making for healthcare workers could use further explanation due to the misunderstandings and misconceptions surrounding the issue of EB in some healthcare...
Nursing is a profession that involves diagnosis, counseling, implementation of medical regimes, and evaluation of a patient’s medical progress. The roles of a nurse are not limited to nurses only but extend to colleagues. Notably, the nursing process helps address staff members’ shortcomings by identifying their strengths and weaknesses (Dahlin...
My philosophy of nursing is based on the idea that nurses should support patients in their strive to achieve good physical and mental health. This means that I want to use my knowledge and expertise in combination with the patient’s input on how they want to manage their health and...
The theoretical basis in the nursing profession allows a large amount of information to be gathered and structured. The principles of nursing care are based on the formation of algorithms that contribute to a speedy recovery. Theoretical courses in psychology, basics of nursing, disease-specific and age-specific course information are reinforced...
Abstract The work aims to emphasize a problem related to nursing burnout. The issue is important to address since it affects patient care quality and patient safety. Nurses’ professional burnout could be partially solved by the three actions suggested in the paper: creating a positive spiritual climate at the workplace,...
Summary Healthcare facilities should eliminate clinical variations to ensure their patients receive the highest quality and safest health services. Reducing clinical variations also helps to reduce the cost of care on a national and organizational level. Unfortunately, clinical variations permeate various healthcare facilities. Clinical variations refer to the excessive use,...
Nowadays, obesity has become one of the most relevant and prominent issues in the United States, given its epidemiological character and higher risk of developing other diseases. Besides traditional causes of obesity, the academic community has revealed other factors contributing to the respective issue; notably, it concerns the ethnic or...
Health Belief Model The Health Belief Model (HBM) was developed in the 1950s by behavioral scientists from the US Public Health Service (Green et al., 2020). Since its development the HBM has been used frequently in the health behavior research around the globe; over the decades the model has been...
Introduction Contemporary global society has developed an extensive domain of emergency response measures based on prior experiences, scientific knowledge, and technological development. The amount of tools capable of managing an emergency is expected to help humanity cope with challenges and contingencies. However, as the recently emerged COVID-19 pandemic illustrated, health...
Research article Ethnographic study of incidence and severity of intravenous drug errors by Taxis and Barber (2003b) uses observation for qualitative data collection. Wards and hospitals were selected for observation through a purposive sampling strategy, followed by a pilot test to determine 10 wards (Taxis & Barber, 2003b, p. 1)....
The article entitled “Physical activity-dependent regulation of parathyroid hormone and calcium-phosphorous metabolism” looks upon how exercise may contribute to alterations of parathyroid function through changing the levels of mediators and hormones. Lombardi et al. (2020) investigate how physical training impacts calcium and phosphate levels through energy consumption and look into...
Barough introduces great reasons and tips for a walk and proves this is one of the best ways to get in exercise with little effort. Exercise has for quite some time been demonstrated to assist with mental and actual wellness. Whether you disdain working out, walking is an extraordinary way...
Introduction Acne is a protracted inflammatory skin infection and is the most common skin ailment. It is normal for teenagers to contract acne, which is caused by hormones that cause pores to become clogged and infected with some bacteria (Chen et al., 2018). Therefore, the condition is peculiar in the...
According to the Preliminary Care Coordination Plan, acute respiratory failure is a significant issue affecting the population. Since the document presented a general overview of the problem, it is necessary to research the literature to identify evidence-based practices. Such an approach is required to ensure that the given plan offers...
The provided paper focuses on analyzing a particular experience using Johns’ model of structured reflection. This activity is vital for nursing as it helps to outline possible areas of improvement and plan actions to become a better specialist. For this reason, the paper explains the importance of reflection, describes the...
Summary Care coordination enables health workers to meet patients’ needs and hasten their recovery. The care coordinators yearn for good relationships between the sick and the healthcare employees (Hannigan et al., 2018). They plan and employ techniques that ensure efficient service delivery to those suffering from different illnesses. For instance,...
Implementing strategies that will benefit the quality of care is an essential task for health care organizations. To introduce novel changes properly and secure the necessary improvements, it is required to utilize specific approaches that allowed to yield the desired prospects, avoiding potential complications. Although there are several choices regarding...
Digestion is the process where larger food particles are broken down into smaller particles that can easily be absorbed by blood plasma. Digested food particles after the absorption of nutrients help produce energy, growth, and repair cells. The paper will emphasize the process of digestion from the ingestion of food...
The research question is: How has radiology changed medicine? “Advances in imaging and information technology have increased the importance of the radiologist not only by increasing utilization of diagnostic imaging, but also by moving the radiologist into a more central role in integrated patient care” (Knechtges & Carlos, 2007, p....
Introduction When investigating the development of methods to prevent hyperphosphatemia and chronic kidney disease, a researcher is particularly concerned about the following ethical principles of study participants’ sampling, recruitment, and data collection and reporting. Through ethical research, one can ensure that the study’s findings are aligned with ethics and provide...
Introduction Nursing is primarily concerned with medicine and patient care. However, every area of human life is closely intertwined with each other. It follows that a responsible and outstanding nurse can go into politics to control and influence health care with a plan that is relevant to patients. Many politicians...
A computerized assisted coding system (CACS) is called upon to facilitate ICD-10 implementation, compensating for financial losses and a gap in staff competencies. Since ICD-10 codes have a complex nature, they might represent an obstacle to the efficient work of doctors and nurses (Allen, 2020). Thus, the need for comprehensive...
Healthcare organizations, such as American Organization for Nursing Leadership, always try to enhance their performance. For years, this aspiration was reflected in the Triple Aim, combining the population health improvement, better conditions for patients, and lower healthcare costs. Recently a fourth element of improving the experience of providing care was...
Patient-focused care mediations are reliant on many factors. Regardless of far-reaching preparations and tedious work, some interventions do not lead to predetermined outcomes. Elements out of reach and outside the limits of our awareness alter the expected consequences. Wagner (2018, p. 93) states, “this is typical of events in complex...
While every occupation should be driven by the fact that there is always room for improvement, this idea is significantly more relevant to the field of health care. When thinking of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), many people perceive this phenomenon as something that solely describes innovative approaches to physical patient...
I agree that the essential characteristic of effective communication is the positive involvement of the targeted audience. However, the techniques chosen for establishing the communication process are different, and it is often challenging to determine the most efficient one in each particular case. For instance, Shonhe (2017) states that communication...
The profession of nursing is similar to puzzles, a multi-layered culture of healthcare that changes with all interactions. It is not ideal to detach from what is known and integrate to flourish in this present atmosphere of globalization. In order to retain its ideals, nursing practices are not and should...
Introduction Nursing has been developing ever since the nineteenth century. Being an evidence-based area of practice, nursing requires a proper research process. Every implied technique or obtained skill must be justified by the evidence. Since the treatment delivered by nurses can be qualified as a holistic health care approach, the...
Introduction It is important to note that the Los Angeles area has a number of viable options in regard to chronic pain assistance measures. The three identified ones are TMJ Expert Dr. Eddie Siman, Pain & Healing Institute, and Dr. Carr Integrative Physical Therapy. The given assessment will focus on...
Nursing specialists are professionals who must rely on the principles of moral conduct and social responsibility when doing their job. The Nursing Code of Ethics developed by the American Nurses Association is a document that guides nurses’ practice and assists them in understanding their professional obligations. Nevertheless, on certain occasions,...
Introduction As a target policy, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act will be analyzed. This policy is an important aspect of the national health program to combat substance use and disorder prevention (“H.R.6,” 2018). Involving junior medical personnel in evaluating the effectiveness of this policy is a meaningful decision...
Coordination Care Programs A quality healthcare system is organized, patient-centered, and has a good communication system. Health care coordination activities involve getting a patient the right care when it is needed through communicating their needs to the involved care providers. For instance, when a patient visits a hospital, they should...
The process of reaching a consensus in terms of a specific setting has now become one of the most crucial notions in the context of management and enterprise development. Previously, the decision-making was the responsibility of the top management, creating a rather authoritative approach to the concept. Thus, it was...
Overview of Pharmacists and Medical terminology Pharmacists are specialists in medicine who help people in the provision, usage, preservation and storage of medicine. Pharmacists help people live a healthy life by providing solutions through medication to cure diseases and illnesses. In the pharmacy or medical world there exist terminologies that...
Popular Media Critique The article’s headline is based on the assumption that psychedelic drug users tend to have better overall physical health than non-users. Based on the article, I anticipate a quantitative study approach. The anticipated variables include the psychedelic drugs being studied and potential health outcomes. In summary, the...
Implicit biases include associations outside of conscious awareness that leads to a person’s negative assessment based on irrelevant characteristics such as race, gender or age. Health care providers display the same level of implicit bias as the general population. The interaction between the patient’s multiple characteristics and the healthcare professional...
Introduction Today, much attention is paid to the quality of sleep and its impact on various disorders and health problems. This presentation discusses the relationship between three issues: metabolism, sleep, and obesity. Sleep is connected to hormonal and metabolic changes, provoking imbalance and disruption of functions. As soon as metabolism...
Villa Health Remote Collaboration Scenario In the media scenario, various stakeholders are looking for a solution concerning Caitlynn, a two-year-old patient who has pneumonia. Caitlynn has been admitted for the second time in six months at Valley City Regional Hospital. With the intervention of Dr. Erica Copeland and Virginia Anderson,...
Math skills are a basic requirement for nurses to offer perfect clinical service to their clients. In nursing, the ability to solve problems encountered while on duty is imparted by competency in arithmetic computations while addressing the patients’ needs (Wendel 19). Safety in the process of giving medical treatments against...
Standards of Care Standards of care in Florida are defined in the following way. “Level of care, skill, and treatment which, in light of all relevant surrounding circumstances, is recognized as acceptable and appropriate by reasonably prudent similar health care providers” (Medical Malpractice and Related Matters, 2020, para. 1). Scope...
The Sick Role Theory developed by Talcott Parsons in 1951 has remained a substantial trace in modern sociology. The researcher claimed that a sick role is a form of deviant conduct allowing humans to diverge from obligatory social tasks from time to time. The four characteristics of the sick role...
While social distancing and other lockdown and preventative measures have worked to reduce the occurrence of Covid-19 cases, they have had a negative effect on the mental wellbeing of a lot of individuals. Mental healthcare barriers, job loss, loss of childcare, and the loss of family and loved ones have...
Introduction There is a negative relationship between professional burnout and patient safety. According to the conducted reaches, once a nurse gets burnout, her patients’ safety level decreases (Garcia et al., 2019). Thus, there is a correlation between these two variables. Therefore, to increase patient safety, nurses’ burnout should be prevented....
Nurses are recommended to forestall infections by performing, observing, and guaranteeing consistence with aseptic work works on; fill in as the essential asset to educate all residents. According to Ragusa et al. (2018), appropriate washing of medical devices and providing a clean environment are a vital mediation in interfering with...
Considering lack of motivation as a primary reason for inefficient prophylaxis of urinary tract infection in the elderly is a relevant idea that focuses on the cause itself as the driving force of this medical error. Motivating nurses by implementing new initiatives will lead to more positive outcomes for patients...
In the work environment, nurses often face barriers to the patients ’safety and the services’ quality that are truly hard to overcome. Farokhzadian et al. (2018) performed the study that helped them to uncover the most widespread challenges nurses face that impede the creation of a safe patient environment, and...
Introduction Incivility represents a significant problem in modern society as it may every aspect of life. In the majority of cases, incivility occurs in the industries that provide services and products, which require direct interaction between employees, customers, and stakeholders. In some cases, a conflict of interests may lead to...
It is important to note that the proposed solution for the identified problem of burnout among nursing professionals is to provide the specialists with a flexible and individualized educational program based on a resilience-based approach. It should be noted that the subject is not a local one since nurses all...
The vocation of a nursing leader, besides managerial and organizational tasks, encompasses the importance of being a role model and public supporter of one’s followers. Thus, when interacting with nurses, one of the primary leader’s responsibilities is to accumulate data on the staff’s concerns and expectations from the job. These...
A common health problem worldwide is a shortage of professional nurses, including staff turnover associated with occupational burnout. There is compelling evidence that resilience in nursing staff reduces nursing burnout and significantly influences the quality of patient care and support provided. The article “REST: Break through to resilience” aims at...
Medical services associations are continually changing due to innovative headways, maturing populaces, changing illness designs, new disclosures for the therapy of sicknesses, and political changes and strategy drives. Offering care and counsels through telemedicine is one of the major late changes in nursing practice and a significant new obligation (Bashir...
Nurses can be more assertive by training to speak and listen in a way that helps them express their views and by paying attention to what their patients and colleagues are saying. According to Yoshinaga et al. (2017), assertiveness is typically defined as the ability to express one’s opinion freely...
Introduction Nursing as a whole may be defined as a profession, which involves caring for patients and helping them with various needs and problems in order to create an appropriate healthcare environment. However, caring is not the only function of nursing, and hence there is a number of diverse dimensions...
The current critique focuses on the article “Can the Detection Dog Alert on COVID-19 Positive Persons by Sniffing Axillary Sweat Samples? A Proof-of-Concept Study” by Grandjean et al. The article under review is an experiment to determine whether trained dogs can identify COVID-19 positive individuals by their sweat samples. A...
As a healthcare professional, there are a lot of considerations one must take into account. The well-being and safety of patients are a consideration that requires constant attention and focus. Different patient demographics, however, have differing needs, depending on their lived experiences or background. Persons from marginalized groups often require...
Feedback about any experience is crucial for its provider, and healthcare is the sector where the client’s opinion and outcomes determine the course of development. Nash et al. (2019) claim that “in multiple analyses of the independent drivers of patients’ global ratings of care, the measures that have consistently emerged...
In this chapter, we learned the basic rules and variations of stretching exercises and warming up and calming down before and after a workout. Stretching promotes optimal blood flow throughout the body and prevents varicose veins, obesity, heart disease, and arthritis. Stretching is a powerful weapon against the ruinous sedentary...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains a severe healthcare issue for patients both worldwide and in the US alone. Despite the variety of approaches to the treatment of T2DM, there is no explicit clinical evidence on the superiority of any of them. The motivation behind the scholarly inquiries presented by...
Role of the Day Charge Nurse in Assisting Ms. Clark Delegation in nursing practice denotes the practice of sharing responsibilities with other caregivers to maintain a certain level of service and ensure favorable working conditions for caregivers (Marthaler, 2018). The day charge nurse is obligated to assign some tasks to...
The purpose of the website “Streptococcal Infections (invasive group A strep, GAS)” is to provide comprehensive information on the bacteria Group A streptococci, how it is spread, the diseases caused by the bacteria, signs and symptoms of these diseases, the diseases’ prevalence, risk groups for the diseases caused by the...
The barriers LGBTQIA folk face when accessing reproductive health care Stigma and healthcare providers’ lack of awareness of the unique needs of LGBTQIA are the main barriers hindering this group from accessing quality reproductive healthcare. Some healthcare workers change their attitudes and become uncomfortable once they realize that their patient...
Introduction Catholic social teaching (CST) is one of the central doctrines that claim human dignity and the common good as its main values. They spread across all the spheres of life, including medical services. CST sees all humans’ well-being as a result of collaboration between medical science and the Church...
Introduction Throughout history, every country has elaborated its healthcare system with distinctive features formed based on particular philosophies, local traditions, and views. In this regard, despite many economic and political commonalities of the United States with the most developed countries, its healthcare system is strikingly different and unique, especially in...
Introduction There are a lot of occupational safety risks that are involved in medical administration. These are brought about by risk factors that diminish the quality of the baccalaureate nurse and their efforts in providing quality health services. These factors are sometimes general to all patients and can sometimes be...
Self-Assessment During difficult times, faith gives me strength, and I always believe that every hard thing will eventually change for the best. Secondly, life purpose is the aspect of spirituality that has been very helpful to me. In simple terms, it can be explained as a spiritual pillar that anchors...
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has specific documents called Essentials that address different educational levels in nursing. These Essentials describe core competencies necessary for various nursing programs associated with a specific educational level. This paper aims to analyze the Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing to see...