All people have characteristics that make them unique. As I want to apply to the Trinity Washington University School of Nursing program, I understood that it is an appropriate time to evaluate my strengths and weaknesses for my development both as a person and a professional. First of all, I...
Long-term medical care in America has been long-term. The chronology of long term care has been widely published in articles and books ranging from how it has grown from inadequate facilities, staff, financial support to care for the old, sick, and needy in America to the introduction of regulations that...
A critical appraisal is a procedure of cautiously and methodically probing a study to review its trustworthiness and its value and importance in a specified context. It is an indispensable proficiency for evidence-based medicine as it allows medical practitioners to acquire and use research proof dependably and competently Everybody would...
Introduction Nursing is regarded as a noble profession. There are many professions, but noble professionals can be counted with fingers. If the names of such professions are asked, one might mention social work, teaching, and other professions that are beneficial to mankind. But the list is literally incomplete without the...
There are several reasons why it is important to line the PVC with a plasticiser. This is in order to reduce breakage of the bag and to increase the container’s pliability. Effects of Plastic Blood Bags The plasticiser is likely to leach into the blood components stored therein The plasticiser...
Human mortality is a difficult topic that many people are not prepared to acknowledge. In the case of a patient who is 80 years and knows that they are dying, one has to consider that this person is likely going through anticipatory grief. The patient is looking back at their...
Introduction The importance of palliative care strategies emanates from the fact that interpretation of events is much more important than the reality itself (Corey, & Corey, 2007). Thus, it is important to help cancer patients interpret positively, whatever they are going through. There is a need for strategies that lead...
Introduction This paper is based on a critical appraisal of studies regarding medical care. The importance of performing this task is to be able to examine and judge the trustworthiness, value, and relevance of this particular healthcare activity. Critical appraisal is a very critical skill that is used in evidence-based...
Nursing as a profession may simply refer to having attained knowledge and skills of a body through extensive study to a point of mastering. Profession refers to a vocation gained with prior specialized study through training over a period of time. For a vocation to be a profession an individual...
Introduction Nursing plays a major role in the health sector and delivery systems not only by offering care services but also by involvement in the disease management practices and set of guidelines for handling infections as well as influencing the level of professionalism accorded to nurses. Although the role of...
The development of an evaluation for nurses in class is essential for identifying the achievement gaps and improving nurses’ overall performance. Regarding the topic of family-centered care in the ICU, the evaluation criteria should be focused on assessing and measuring the following skills and abilities: evaluating the effectiveness of information...
Introduction Hypertension is one of the most notable chronic conditions affecting a significant number of people today. For instance, latest medical statistics reveal that about 67% of Americans today over the age of sixty are high blood patients with similar figures being reported in countries like Australia and Canada (Black...
Introduction Teaching in nursing comprises of theories, methods and systems. In today’s world, it is not easy to come up with an effective learning environment especially in nursing education (Young & Paterson, 2007). This is partly because the nursing students are extremely diverse. Therefore, the nurse educators should understand the...
Introduction Theories can provide nurses with the basis or rationale for making decisions. Dorothea Orem’s theory, also known as Dorothea Orem’s model of nursing, evolved with the idea that when one is unable to perform activities individually to maintain activities of daily living such as maintaining health and well-being, nurses...
Introduction Humanity is a description of individuals and experiences from varied dimensions of life ranging from biological, psychological, social, and physical as well as spiritual aspects. Human beings are continuously developing but remain unique though individual functionality is affected by different variables. Human behavior is at times predictable while other...
Article Krein, S., Heisler, M., Piette, J., Makki, F., & Kerr, E. (2005). The Effect of Chronic Pain on Diabetes Patients’ Self-Management, Diabetes Care 28(1), 65-70. Graphic of Article Article Krein, S., Heisler, M., Piette, J., Makki, F., & Kerr, E. (2005). The Effect of Chronic Pain on Diabetes Patients’...
Introduction Since the beginning of 20th century, nursing profession has continued to evolve with development of technical machines and appropriate medicine. Nursing practice is no longer considered an occupation but a fully developed profession. The evolution has seen change of training mechanism and for APNs, a master’s degree is now...
Introduction Nursing section is the largest in health care section and charged with most duties concerning the patients. When there is a shortage of nurses in health care sector, many issues get jeopardized and healthcare service delivery to the patients is derailed. To ensure proper health care delivery, the number...
Introduction Diabetes as a public health problem impacts people who live with the disease psychologically, socially which results into economic stress. This calls for close intervention of specialist nurses in healthcare provision to control the complications of the disease, enabling the victims to manage their diabetic conditions. Thesis Statement This...
Introduction The ever changing multicultural world in terms of demographics and social economic perspectives combined with the disparities that exist in the health sector has pushed the nursing practitioners to rethink the role of culturally competent health care. The disparities in delivery of culturally competent care is worsened by the...
Introduction A premature infant is a very sensitive and vulnerable being. It has organs that have not completely matured. Hence, the infant must be accorded special care in a nursery to sustain the development of organs and guarantee its survival. Nevertheless, infant mortality rate has been increasing at an alarming...
Managed Care Philosophy and Initiatives directed at Prevention and Health Maintenance The health care system of the United States has seen drastic changes in the past decades. One of these changes has been the rapid growth of health maintenance organizations. Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) can make significant contributions to the...
Introduction Clare is a lung cancer patient who has just been referred to a community palliative care services. This is a support strategy aimed at helping her to get adequate care for her condition. Palliative care is given to a patient suffering from a terminal disease. Its aim is not...
Defining the null and experimental hypothesis Since the present paper is devoted to methods of analyzing cochlear non-linearity, it is necessary to define the preferred method that should be used in order to achieve efficient results of the experiment. The issue is to define two-tone suppression with the help of...
The function of human body is determined by various factors that play key role in contributing to physiological or homeostatic pathway regulation. This in turn relies on the vitality of the body fluids like serum or plasma as there are inherent essential components being present like proteins, coagulating factors, hormones...
“Childhood trauma and risk for chronic fatigue syndrome association with neuroendocrine dysfunction” is authored by Christine Heim, Urs M. Nater, Elizabeth Maloney, Roumiana Boneva, James F. Jones and William C. Reeves and published in 2009 in the Archives of General Psychiatry Journal volume 66, number 1 from page 72-80. Heim...
What’s New? The article “Less Invasive Lymph Node Biopsy Method Could Spare Thousands Unnecessary Operations” discusses a new technique known as ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (US-FNAC), which has been developed by a team of medical scientists led by Dr. Christine Voit, director of the diagnostic unit at the Skin Cancer...
We should keep our teeth, tongue, and gum clean to prevent oral diseases and bad odors. Gum diseases and cavities are problems caused by poor oral hygiene. When teeth and gum are not properly cleaned after eating, plaque forms. This is a sticky layer where bacteria multiply and produce toxic...
Effective disposal of healthcare waste products is a key element in ensuring that waste products from the industry do not result in environmental pollution. According to Johannessen, Dijkman, Bartone, Hanrahan, Boyer &Chandra, 2000, p.22), health care waste refers to all the waste which results from various healthcare establishments, laboratories, emergency...
Introduction General statement: Good health is a wish of every human person. After food, clothing, and shelter, many people are concerned about their health. The importance of health care in society is demonstrated by the high budgetary allocation given to health care by many countries. It is also demonstrated by...
Introduction The respiratory system is prone to harm that may result from hazardous substances that may be contained in the air. These harmful substances may come naturally from the environment, out of a polluted environment, due to risky lifestyles as well as in the form of occupational hazards. Exposure to...
Medicaid has existed as a federal and state program aimed at cutting costs for low-income individuals since the 1960s. It is also the largest source of help for those who cannot afford health-related services, some of which are not covered by any other programs in the US. Although every state...
Introduction The African American is less educated about Breast cancer and the importance of self breast examination. A teaching plan is formulated so that the focus groups get a clear cut idea about breast cancer. The objective of the teaching plan is to provide education and teach them essential skills...
Introduction The findings of Frasson de Azevedo, Chiari, Okada and Onishi (2007) in their journal article: Impact of Acupuncture on Otoacoustic Emissions in Patients with Tinnitus shall be presented in this paper. The paper will discuss the major issues addressed in the paper, how the researchers go about addressing the...
Introduction Health conceptualizations in nursing can be classified into two groups. The first is the wellness-illness continuum, “a bipolar interactive portrayal of health and illness in myriad configurations ranging from high-level wellness to depletion of health (death)” (Fitzpatrick & Wallace, 2006, p. 244). High-level wellness is additionally conceptualized as a...
Terms of health care such as cost, quality, and resources differ in the field of the health care system and economics. These terms differ across the world and also in a particular country these terms may differ depending on the region. Health care systems operate to serve the entire public...
Introduction In most states eclampsia is one of the major perinatal problems that is epidemic to a large number of women and generates nurse liability issues especially to nurses providing home health care services (Rostant, & Cady, 1999). This medical condition results to increased number of prenatal and postnatal maternal...
Introduction In the United States, nurses faced many challenges, which hindered fulfilling the healthcare sector’s goals. According to Roux (2017), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) collaborated with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to develop a report critical for transforming the current and future nursing profession. In 2008, the IOM...
The article suggested for consideration deals with the topic of workplace violence in healthcare on the whole, and bullying in the sphere of nursing in particular. In this work, Johnston et al. (2009) touch upon the issues of importance of fighting workplace violence, the effects bullying has on nurses and...
Spiritual practices have always played a pivotal role in society, and they remain important in the 21st century. As you have mentioned, one of the purposes of such practices is to alleviate pain and grief. Regardless of the specific religion, spiritual care provides a sense of meaning and purpose in...
Social media can be used to promote associations, expand professional health networks, education, public health education, and patient care. However, it also creates certain liability issues for the nurse and student nurse. At the same time, non-compliance with requirements can lead to risks in relation to damage to the professional...
The American Nurse Association is a specialized organization, which was originally created to prevent incompetence among nurses and currently it promotes nurses’ interests, proves their worth, raises their education standards, and protects patients. ANA’s primary goals include professional practice and excellence, health and public policy, knowledge, and research. As a...
Literature Review Teeth with pulp disease, with or without superficial manifestation, or subjected to trauma require endodontic treatment at the hands of General Practice dentists or endodontists themselves. So do those subjected to less-than-optimal endodontic restoration. Beyond root canal treatment (RCT), returning the treated tooth to normal function has traditionally...
Introduction The many socioeconomic and health challenges facing families in the 21st century have strengthened the need for stakeholders develop and implement family assessment approaches aimed at offering relief to the myriad of issues affecting the proper functioning of the family. Comprehensive family assessment, according to Aarons et al (2007),...
Introduction Among the various psychiatric disorders, major depression or unipolar depression, is a very common condition. The prevalence of major depression has been found to be 10% to 25% in females, while it is around 5% to 12% in males. However, this condition often goes undetected or untreated clinical condition....
Teamwork is considered to be a significant aspect of nursing care. The success of such kind of work influences considerably the level of the treatment provided, determines the outcomes of services, and defines the relations which have to be developed between health care workers, leaders, and patients. During this course,...
Introduction Economic principles are statements explaining how individuals make decisions, how economic actors interact; it generally explains how the economies work or should work as a whole ( Slembeck, 2006). According to Mankiw include; how people make decisions – trade-offs, cost choices etc.; how the economy operates as a whole...
Introduction The reduction of hospitalization in nursing homes is an important goal to be achieved by the government. The government has helped nursing homes develop treatment centre’s which treat patients and calculate the costs of medicine and consolidation rather than admitting them. In this case hospitalization is avoided. The treatments...
Introduction The set of actions put up to take care of a patient who is suffering from a certain type of disease can simply be described as the nursing process. The steps are meant to guide the nurse or whoever is managing the patient to administer the right medication as...
Introduction Healthcare is a unique service industry that depends on a large number of well- trained personnel. Healthcare managers need to maintain healthcare operations, and at the same time ensure that the organization grows in terms of delivering healthcare services. However, the increased shortage of nurses caused by registered nurses...
Introduction To begin with it is necessary to mention that the nurse patient relations is one of the most important aspects of nursing, especially in the sphere of psychiatry nursing. Depending on the relations between nurse and patient, the treatment of patient by nurse, the emotional condition of the patient...
Introduction As life spans have lengthened and medical technology has grown more advanced, physicians and nurses inevitably become involved in end-of-life issues where the absence of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders and Advanced Directives force decisions about life-sustaining care. These extend to continuing or withdrawing feeding for seniors already far into frank...
Introduction Currently, many people choose nursing as a profession because it is one of the most vital vocations worldwide. Many graduates are inspired by the most virtuous intentions to become a nurse, while compassion remains the main driver of the field. This occurs due to the fact that caring for...
Introduction Nursing’s Social Policy Statement has been an extremely influential text in recent nursing history. It is remarkable for the nursing profession to have a social policy statement. It potentially guides the social responsibilities of the nursing discipline and profession. However, nurses should support the view of the world it...
The application of the concept of total quality management in hospitals has been found to improve the performance of healthcare providers namely nurses. From this ideology, nurses have the opportunity to exercise their stewardship and competence ability as they conduct their day-to-day duties and responsibilities. The technique of total quality...
Abstract Autism disorders are psychiatric abnormalities characterized by improper functioning of the nerves system. It mainly affects the social recognition of oneself including inability to exercise normal executive functions especially those involving learning processes associated with the brain. This paper looks into various developmental syndromes associated with the dysfunction of...
This paper is aimed at providing a summary of the available literature on clinical supervision (CS) and leadership to serve as a resource manual for nursing supervisors. Clinical supervision is the process officiated by a supervisor to provide necessary support and interventional education to supervisees to upgrade their acquaintance and...
Introduction Leadership varies with organizations; the form of leadership in any organization determines the success of that organization. This paper discusses two major leadership styles and links them to the student’s philosophy. The type of leadership chosen is thus related to the student’s values and skills. The last section compares...
Professionalism in a career is a product of the level and quality of training one has gone through. A review of Walden University’s mission and vision statements reveal an institution committed to the availing and provision of the best skills to nursing students. In stating that “Walden University envisions a...
Introduction The healthcare system is driven first and foremost by its professionals. Nurses stand at the frontline of treating patients, and their qualifications should correspond with their competences. Currently, nurse leaders and nurse educators do not possess APRN status. Yet, these roles are essential in training and managing nurses. The...
Nursing Ethics applies to the activities in the nursing field. It shares its basic principles with medical ethics, such as respect for patients’ health and dignity. One of the provisions of the Nursing Code of Ethics presented by the American Nurses Association states: “The nurse owes the same duties to...
The content of advocacy in procedural pain care – patients’ and nurses’ perspectives Aim The purpose expressed by the authors of this article stand out clearly as to outline the understanding of both patients and nurses when it comes to Advocacy in Procedural Pain Care (APPC). To achieve this, otolaryngology...
Introduction Background information During the last several decades, the problem of pressure sores in the intensive care units (ICU) did not receive the attention it deserved from scholars in the medical field. This is despite the fact that ICU patients are at high risk of developing pressure sores due to...
Abstract Vitamin D is an essential vitamin for the growth and development of all human beings. The most important function of vitamin D is to accelerate calcium absorption in the body. It regulates the body immune system and prevents diseases. This life giving vital vitamin is endogenously produced by exposure...
Introduction Application of local anaesthetics has prime importance in pain control and effective management of patients while dealing with dental care. This is because its use is very safe and convenient. The key contemporary practice of dentistry is to manage pain and apprehension. Patients who really are afraid of dental...
Nursing entails providing assistance to patients from the time they are admitted into a nursing home until they are discharged. Nursing may sound simple verbally but the act itself requires a lot of commitment. This paper focuses on how a nursing manager can monitor the performance of the nurses assigned...
Introduction An emergency is a situation that is likely to cause harm or risk that is immediate to people’s life, their health and property or even the environment. Most emergencies always need immediate intervention so that the situation is not made worse. Some emergencies always qualify automatically as emergencies while...
Introduction Nursing represents an essential part of the medical care of any country because of the specific range of duties and responsibilities nurses have. Though the nursing position has traditionally been perceived as a complementary, secondary one, the growing awareness of the nursing role in patient care, medical operations and...
Introduction Today, more than ever before, the potential for nurses to improve the quality of life for patients in primary care settings is well documented and acknowledged (Ventulato et al, 2006). This has necessitated many countries, especially in the developed world, to develop mechanisms through which nurses are encouraged to...
Introduction Attention getter: Unhealthy habits of American citizens, including poor diet and lack of exercise led to the unfortunate decline in life expectancy, as currently, it is 1.5 years below the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) average (Woolf and Aron 1). Therefore, it is important to address these...
Type of Organization Medical University (MU) in Sleepy Hollow, an affluent suburb of Roanoke, VA is a private, liberal arts university offering 57 undergraduate and graduate programs to over 5000 students. MU consists of the School of Nursing offering the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Degree and the Family...
Introduction General description of the spinal cord The spinal cord forms one of the important organs of the central nervous system. It coordinates all the body functions including the functioning of various body parts and coordination between the brain and the respective body parts. In other words, it is through...
In the clinical setting, critical care nurses use decision-making to assemble and determine the nature, value, quality, ability, extent, or significance of information and make judgments, resulting in the provision of patient care (Benner, 1994). Nurses use clinical intelligence to appraise critically and consider in detail the patient’s data in...
Introduction As with most other professions, all nursing profession practitioners are bound by rules and regulations that govern how they go about their duties. These rules and regulations are sometimes legally enforceable. Nurses also face numerous ethical issues in the line of duty. While some of these ethical issues are...
Older adults are individuals who portray unique and complex characteristics that are mostly influenced by internal and external factors. Nurses are therefore required to be competent in order to address the unique care needs of older adults. Nurses play a major role in implementing nursing interventions and evaluating the effectiveness...
Societal health is a domain that can be located within the precincts of community health. Implicitly community health is a domain that is inclined to the study as well as betterment of the health attributes of biological societies. Whereas the jargon community can be broadly illustrated, community health appears to...
Introduction The Carper model of care (figure 1) requires nurses to use their knowing, empirical knowledge, reflection and intuition in order to create a foundation of expecting patient’s outcomes (figure 3). This paper addresses how Carper model of nursing care could be adopted in order to enhance mouth care. It...
The role of nursing grows, as more and more people want to dedicate their life to medicine. In this context, nursing, being one of the spread disciplines at the universities, attracts my attention. As the key of the essay lies in my personal statement, it seems to be necessary to...
Case report This particular case talks about a male patient in his 40s. He was admitted to the emergency department of a hospital after a sudden onset of severe pleuritic chest pain. The patient was seen to be very nervous. His blood pressure was shown to be above normal range....
In my role as a CCU manager, I must ensure all nurses are adequately prepared to be certified in the most advanced cardiac life support areas of training. Presently there are five staff nurses which require this certification. The cost for hiring someone to instruct the training is $800 total,...
Introduction Leadership entails having the responsibility of giving directions to others mostly of lower cadres by authority and being accountable for the outcome. Leaders may be born or made. This means that an individual may grow up having the qualities of a leader or in other cases develop them through...
Introduction Dorothea Orem’s theory of Self-Care Deficit was developed and introduced in 1971 (Denyes et al., 2001). It is a grand nursing theory that defines nursing as an act of assisting others in becoming autonomous and independent in their own care, thus improving the human functioning at adequate levels of...
Innovative role The modern world suggests that a key quality in every profession is flexibility. In other words, in order to be useful for the community, workers of various professions should develop skills in different spheres. For instance, a good manager should have psychological skills; a teacher often has to...
Introduction Dr. Ann Wilcock and Dr. Elizabeth Townsend coined the term occupational justice. “Occupational justice can be described as an equitable opportunity and resources to enable people’s engagement in meaningful occupations” (Wilcock & Townsend, 2000, p. 85). Conversely, occupational injustice can be considered whenever services are not provided and needs...
Introduction Nurses from different care unit areas impart different levels of experience/knowledge and perspective. Patient care problems must be tackled from a multi-level nursing and interdisciplinary approach and perspective to truly be effective. A variety of health care professionals of differing backgrounds is essential for optimum resolution. The nurse effectively...
Introduction Westwell (2008) argues that “ventilation associated pneumonia (VAP) is the leading cause of death amongst hospitals-acquired infections, exceeding the rate of death due to central line infections, severe sepsis, and respiratory tract infections in the ventilated patients,” (p. 206). This topic is of interest to me because I have...
Significantly, there has been continued research in the field of medicine to handle the various health challenges that man has faced for a long period now. New research in genetics and genomics is now being used in the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of diseases. However, study findings reveal that the...
Dorothy was a remarkable nurse who considered nursing as a process of encouraging good behavior in ailing people (Kim & Kollak, 2006). Born in the early 90s, she significantly influenced nursing decisions in her lifetime, stressing the value of research and training in healthcare and pioneering theories in nursing. The...
Nursing as a profession sometimes brings the professionals face to face with difficult clients such as the one in question in this case study. In this scenario, the nurse handling the case becomes frustrated since despite her determination to do the best for the client, the client does little to...
Introduction Pelvic Floor Muscle training is regarded as the key measure for preventing Urinary Incontinence among women. However, the aspects of apparent hypertrophy of the muscle fibers are widely discussed in various researches. The importance of PFM training can not be underestimated and it is generally used in therapeutic measures,...
There has been continuous development in the nursing profession over the past few years attributed to the societal changes and systems of delivering healthcare. In addition, the advancement of technology has called for the need to upgrade professionalism in all sectors especially the healthcare sector (Blais and Hayes, 2010). It...
Introduction Advocacy is the main value of professional nursing and is situated within or belonging solely to the practice of nursing. Advocacy is a process that is on the process as opposed to a single isolated event. Clients with chronic illnesses and their families often need a collection of facts...
In my opinion, a life well-lived is lived in such a way that it makes a difference to someone else’s life. This is the philosophy with which I have led my life up to this point and at all times, I try to make a difference in the lives of...
Perception about Quality of Life and Health Promotion According to the American Chronic Pain Association (2009), quality of life can be measured using the ‘Quality of Life scale’ which measures the ability to function normally for people with pain. About this scale, Mrs. Thomas falls under scale 1; she stays...
While in modern times technological advancement may be used by nurses as a supplement to the conventional health care practice, nursing informatics is an upcoming field that is very crucial in the provision of dignified care to the dying patient as well as to the family. Nursing informatics: where caring...
Introduction Over the past several decades, community or large group meetings have been integrated into the management program of individuals recruited as inpatients in mental health units and are thought to serve a therapeutic purpose. However, there have been conflicting views regarding the role of group sessions in aiding and...
Community profile Social-economic profile Saudi Arabia is thought of as the origin of all the Arabs in the world and is also regarded as the center from which the religion of Islam sprang up. Currently, Islam is the only allowed religion and individuals who are caught practicing another religion are...
Nursing is an exceptional occupation related to the field of health care that has an arrangement of unique scientific knowledge and methods of their application in practice. In addition, it has its own philosophy, which is a system of views on the relationship between a nurse, a patient, society, and...
Introduction The history of standardizing and monitoring research based on human experimentation can be traced to the Nuremberg code which was established at the Nuremberg Military Tribunal immediately after WW11. Its development was used as the basis of reviewing and bringing to book the Nazis who conducted human experimentation to...
Since conception, the idea of managed care was to reduce the burden of the costs associated with health care. However, it also had to ensure that the quality did not suffer as a result. It would seem that the system is inherently pro-patient, but some paths offer less freedom for...
Abstract Antibacterial soaps have been the focus of attention in recent studies. Various individuals have questioned the advantages of these soaps over plain soap and water. This research was carried out to determine the effectiveness of these antibacterial soaps. From past studies, washing with antibacterial soaps was not been found...
Introduction Physiotherapy also referred to as physical therapy dates back to early Greece at a period that was commonly associated with Hippocrates. From that period henceforth, physiotherapy has thus developed from just an ordinary message to a profession that is characterized by complex portfolios of treatments with several applications. Physiotherapy...