Introduction The introduction of medical informatics dates back to the mid-1970s, though some studies were conducted already in the 1950s. In recent years, several types of research have shown that a large number of fatal events in healthcare structures could have been prevented through the broader use of electronic health...
Healthcare sector has been under a lot of pressure to deliver quality healthcare to patients whenever they visit these facilities. This pressure has been massive among nurses taking care of patients who are at critical stages. According to Bramer1, nurses always find themselves in very awkward situation when there is...
Nurses have many responsibilities within a hospital as they assist doctors in procedures and monitor patient’s condition during the entirety of their stay in the hospital. One of their primary responsibilities is delivering medication, and failure to administer it is among the most severe mistakes a nurse can make. This...
Introduction Carol Huston predicted the most crucial nurse leader competencies, which would be required for 2020. These are a global perspective of healthcare development, technology skills, decision-making ability, managerial abilities, staying current with political processes, team building skill, the capability of keeping the balance between authenticity and performance expectations, and...
Introduction The healthcare system of Saudi Arabia is regulated by the state. In particular, one should speak about the role played by the Ministry of Health (Oxford Business Group, 2007). This institution provides guidelines that determine the work of various healthcare professionals. Nevertheless, it is important to remember that the...
Introduction The management of long-term care facilities can be challenging due to the specific services provided by these units. It is essential to consider the peculiarities of long-term care to ensure the provision of high-quality services and proper performance of the unit. Such areas as staffing and quality often require...
Case Facts The case concerning a patient who was prescribed an unusually large dosage of insulin, 80 instead of 8.0, is a medication mistake issue that requires immediate attention both from staff and leadership. The problem is alarming because the administration of a large insulin dosage can result in nausea,...
One of the principles of informed consent is the requirement to tell patients the absolute truth about their illnesses, as well. Moreover, the law requires that the patient should be provided with information about interventions and possible complications. The nurse’s role in this matter is hard to overestimate since they...
The Texas Board of Nursing outlines the roles of both licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) and registered nurses (RNs). An LVN provides patient-centered care to patients with basic healthcare needs. This is achieved through the collection of data and the performance of focused evaluations, assisting in the planning and modification of...
Besides being professional in a specific medical field, a nurse should be aware of different psychological principles. Sufficient knowledge of psychology allows a healthcare worker to establish a closer connection with a patient and provide more effective medical care. At the same time, the basics of psychology help understand the...
The main task of a nurse is to assess the patient’s state correctly and offer optimal treatment. For this purpose, a nurse performs mandatory steps called the nursing process, and most often, they form a cycle rather than a linear sequence (Yoost & Crawford, 2019). These steps are assessment, diagnosis,...
Overview of Research Proposal The research proposed in this study will document and describe the practices pertaining to internal talent identification and selection currently in place at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, which is a 9,000-employee health care service provider in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The research will further...
Executive Summary Prepared by the Health Information Advisory Committee, this report aims at providing a comprehensive analysis of the problem of wastage and excessive expenditure on the components of medical recording at the Summer Bay Hospital. The report describes the causes of wastage and excessive expenditure through a discussion of...
Introduction The researchers’ aim was to determine the relationship between the application of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and occurrence of structural congenital defects in humans in reference to the US population. The researchers embarked on a case-control study of birth defects using data from the National Birth Defects Prevention. The...
Aim of the Study Acute-phase proteins are a class of proteins responsible for the increase and decrease of plasma concentration in the blood in response to inflammatory stimuli. One of the proteins under this class is the C-reactive protein or (CRP), which modifies the effect of invading pathogens (Boon and...
The cases of the United States and Costa Rica are interesting because of the startling differences in the quality of life of people in different economic positions and the countries’ varying views on social support. In the U.S., six in ten adults have a chronic disease (NCCDPHP, 2019). The leading...
Abstract This paper will discuss mental health services in California and will show how the government, on a state level is failing to provide funding to keep mental health facilities operating. It will also tackle some of the issues affecting the mental health sector. Due to many California State run...
In the period from 1890 to 1930, the American nation witnessed significant changes that influenced numerous individuals. Medical experts became essential members of society, and they addressed many crucial issues. For example, historical documents demonstrate that women were a focus of many studies and experiments of that time. Thus, appropriate...
The article being reviewed presents a study that was conducted by (Brown, et al., 2008). It was published as a Journal on Implementation Science on 15th February 2008. The article is available on the web and can be accessed at www.implementationscience.com. After the launch of the QUERI, a proposal appeal...
The quality of treatment in healthcare organizations is largely based on the effective data management. Similar statement can be made regarding the quality of the medical personnel’s work. Thus, it is important to identify the obstacles, barriers or pitfalls that may prevent effective work of data management strategies and technologies...
Abstract The purpose of this theoretical framework is to indicate concepts, theories, and models which guide the realization of the capstone project on the topic of improving hemodialysis treatment adherence by removing barriers and providing patient education. The concepts important for the project include treatment adherence, treatment non-adherence, barriers, patient...
The turnover rate for high-level nurse practitioners, which is considerable, tends to be higher compared to their lower-level counterparts (Shi & Li, 2016). Newly recruited nurses usually exhibit an increased turnover rate due to a poor level of satisfaction with their jobs. Therefore, it can be stated that human resource...
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program lists several categories of competencies that a graduate should master; these categories are described by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing as part of the essentials of doctoral education for nurses (AACN, 2006). Helpful strategies for evaluating these competencies are self-assessment and...
Project Description Australia is among the countries known for an increased number of health-care facilities that, in turn, can be connected to the continuous growth of health-care costs. Nevertheless, regardless of financial concerns, even more critical issues require consideration—the impact of the health-care sector as a whole and hospitals in...
Data Collection Research problems can help researchers decide the most appropriate methodology for their study. Methodologies that create the structure to conduct a study and analyze its data bring new understandings of the research problem (Charmaz, 2006). This research study will use the methodology of constructivist grounded theory, which allows...
Introduction: What Is Researched? Rapid growth of health care costs is one of the most critical issues of concern in the majority of countries around the globe, and Australia is not an exception. Nowadays, more than 30 per cent of all health care are associated with supply-related expenditures (Bhakoo, Singh...
In the United States, the number of opioid abusers is approximately 2.5 million people, and it has been constantly growing within recent decades, as the number of new abusers grew by a striking 225 percent between 1992 and 2000 (Lembke, 2012). Opioid abusers are people who consume opioids in dangerous...
Development of any organisation is a dynamic process. From this perspective, embracing change in the operation of an organisation is the foundation for remaining dynamic and potentially improving performance. Here, it is essential to mention that change is a broad concept. In this way, it may include alterations in the...
Medical errors are regarded to be very expensive, especially when it comes to human lives. Unfortunately, they tend to be common and cause many unexpected complications. Thus, it is crucial to encourage patient safety movements to prevent medical errors. One of such movements is presented at the website of the...
Abstract Acute shock state remains one of the leading causes of death in the ICU environment. Therefore, a detailed analysis of the available means of preventing it is required. At present, IS and MAP are viewed as the most widely used tools. However, IS should be considered superior due to...
Introduction The political and economic environment seems to greatly affect the nursing practice. There are several domains of nursing that can be influenced by changes in those spheres, namely: interprofessional healthcare, nursing management, and interpersonal relationships. Identifying how these areas can be affected by changes in the political and economic...
Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing, widely employed in the United Kingdom, is based on the research conducted by Nancy Roper in 1970. One of the key strategies used by this model is evaluating the patient’s performance in regard to 12 specific activities of living, among which are mobilizing, breathing, eating and...
New Employee Orientation Blueprint Background Transition to a new workplace is associated with significant stress, together with decreased effectiveness and efficiency of employees (Strauss, Ovnat, Gonen, Lev-Ari, & Mizrahi, 2016). Stress may lead to a significant drop in the quality of care due to mistakes and missed treatments (Strauss et...
Introduction There is a significant challenge in the management of diabetes within the limits of the global population. Health stakeholders around the world are working hard to find out new methods of curbing the rising cases of diabetes around the world. That is why it is important to approach the...
Life and death have always been topical matters for the humanity. While each person may consider his or her own mortality at some point in life, terminally ill patients begin to look at the matter from a different perspective. Some of such patients become desperate enough to resort to suicide....
Introduction The given research will primarily focus on the validity of online nursing education as well as analyze the main pitfalls of such an approach. The study is significant because modern education is shifting towards an online format under the current COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures. Therefore, it is...
Introduction This paper is aimed at discussing the practices of counselors who are specialized in working with people struggling with various disabilities. These days, in the United States, about 50 million people suffer from some physical or mental problems (Cornish et al. 488). Many of them may require the services...
Introduction PSYCHsafe Corporation is a for-profit organization that cooperates with various psychiatric clinics. In particular, it provides products that are critical to ensuring the safety of patients and employees. For instance, one should consider such goods as tracking bracelets and alarms showing that a person has left the room. Overall,...
For the longest time in history, marijuana has been considered not only a spiritual aid but also medicinal for many cultures. The therapeutic use of cannabis started back in 2900 BC when Emperor Fu accepted and effected its use as medicine. Medicinal use of marijuana has over the years found...
Literature Review The supply cost represents more than 33% of the spending plan in healthcare facilities. As a result, Coustasse, Tomblin, and Slack1 evaluated radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and its impact on cost, product quality, patient health, and supply chain organization. The researchers reviewed the literature to measure the...
Introduction According to the WHO, a healthy person is a person in a state of complete physical and mental as well as social well-being. Hence, mental health is one of the major components of people’s health. It is necessary to note that substance abuse and mental health are regarded as...
Introduction While medical science has continued to develop extensively in recent years, negligence in health care still takes its place quite frequently. According to Morgan & Morgan’s attorneys, negligence is defined as “the failure to act with the same amount of care that a reasonable medical professional would have acted...
Access to health care services is an intrinsic need that every human being deserves in order for them to lead more productive lives. In reality, however, there are a number of hindrances that prevent nations from providing these services to all their citizens. Health care reform is among the most...
Introduction Health care is one of the most important institutions that provide health care services to people. Unfortunately, it seems that access to health care is not equal for all people, and multiple factors have contributed to such differences, but the most relevant factor is the financial status which includes...
Introduction One of the most important aspects of successful work in any sphere is proper management of one’s time. It is impossible to say that in some professions time management does not play an important role. However, it would be appropriate to say that in some spheres, it is more...
Introduction Memorial Sloan-Kettering is the center for assessment. The health center is a famous private cancer center worldwide. United States, New York is the location of the main hospital. Since its formation in 1884, there has been growth in the center. It has over 20 clinics in United States. Understanding,...
Background The traditional process of performing ultra-sound has proven ineffective in dealing with most contemporary diseases (Ahuja 2014). Most of the machines were designed to only deal with diseases that were common at the time of the invention of those machines. Therefore, they cannot sufficiently deal with diseases that are...
Abstract Midwifery practice involves an intermediary role of promoting collaboration between all stakeholders, especially between family members and health care practitioners. Midwives inform the patient and family about the possible risks associated with the pregnancy, coordinate advanced care for complicated cases, and offer family support. They quell anxiety and stress...
The quality of nursing services provided to the future mothers depends not only on the qualification of midwives, though the latter issue also matters significantly, but also on the efficacy of information transfer from midwives to patients and vice versa. More importantly, the significance of establishing an efficient feedback system...
Shortly, midwives are expected to face new challenges in perfecting their responsibilities as partners, practitioners, and leaders in maternity care provision. Among the areas where the practice of midwifery is anticipated to be extremely challenging is in ensuring effective communication with all involved stakeholders. Since midwives provide vital care not...
Population, Demographics and Economic Patterns The 2010 Saudi Arabian national census estimated the Saudi population at 27.1 million (Albejaidi, 2010). The figure indicates a massive population increase from 22.6 million people in the year 2004. This gap in the population represents 3.2% annual population growth, while the estimated total fertility...
The activity of receptors in the human body depends on their type and the specificity of their functions. Receptors are located in the membranes of the cells and directly interact with ligands, bind with them, and stimulate the immune system responses. When the receptors bind with drugs, they respond in...
Introduction There is no doubt that sustainability and stability remain essential for the work of any organization as they define its success. The importance of sustainability seems to increase when it comes to healthcare because patient outcomes heavily depend on the quality of service. The General Meaning of the Concept...
There are various measures of association applicable for this kind of study. With weighted reasons and definite conclusions drawn, an epidemiological measure of association is the suitable method. Various aspects of the epidemiological measure of association make it more appropriate for this study (Stewart, 2007). This is because, in this...
Question one Strength of association According to Hill, “a strong association is more likely to have a causal component than is a modest association” (HÖfler, 2005). “Hill illustrated this point with the high-risk ratios for the association between exposure levels of smoking and incidents of lung cancer” (HÖfler, 2005). Rothman...
Introduction In this paper, a chronological historic review of the evolution of healthcare will be discussed. The paper will outline the development of healthcare policies that led to the current healthcare insurance policies. This essay seeks to show the evolution of healthcare insurance cover from the 1960s to date. Several...
Introduction The field of chronic pain management is growing rapidly due to the high prevalence of chronic pain in different populations across the world. In the United States, approximately 40-50 percent of adults experience chronic pain. This trend is worrying, hence the need for the development of the field of...
Local and federal departments monitoring infectious diseases Infectious diseases pose serious threats in the modern world. Although it was previously thought that the diseases had been eliminated, new infectious diseases have emerged over the recent decade. Amongst the emergent infectious diseases are the West Nile virus and SARS. In order...
Summary Alzheimer’s disease has been notoriously known for producing devastating effects on the lives of elderly people. According to the local epidemiological data on Alzheimer’s disease, around 130,000 Georgian citizens suffer from the disorder (Georgia Department of Public Health, 2020). Given the severe consequences of Alzheimer’s, particularly, the rapid deterioration...
Introduction The systematic review 1 thoroughly answers only one research question out of two ones that were considered. In particular, the evidence available to indicate the efficiency of the use of dressings in hospital-acquired pressure ulcer prevention was critically appraised. However, the researchers could not find adequate evidence to determine...
The US pharmaceutical market has been consistently proclaimed the most profitable source of the country’s internal revenue. With multimillion pharmaceutical corporations manipulating the decision-making process on the legislative level, the government faces extensive criticism in terms of its drug-related policies. The movie’s main idea is to expose the impact of...
One of the most aggressive types of influenza viruses caused Spanish flu. It differed from other infections by its ability to destroy human organs in no time, and the post-war world was not ready for such an epidemic. In the case of Spanish flu, there were several reasons why it...
Introduction Many important factors influence the quality of nursing practice and cooperation between patients and nurses. A number of financial aspects remain poorly explained to the participants, and the government, as well as professional organizations, is involved in the discussion of various issues. The American Nurses Association focuses on the...
Introduction Healthcare is a major priority for individuals, governments, and non-governmental institutions. The productivity of a nation depends on the health of its citizens. Further, mortality rates are directly influenced by the level of health in society. As such, healthcare has been rapidly expanding to accommodate the growing health needs...
Introduction The skin is the primary defense for the human body (Bluestein & Javaheri, 2008). Once this defense is breached, a person is open to a wide range of pathogens, some which were previously normal flora turning pathogenic. Therefore, at any one point, measures should be taken to enhance the...
Abstract The expansion of the health care sector is critical for the natural environment due to the specificities of materials used for providing medical care. Hospitals face the challenge of increased expenses and seek ways to reduce both costs and the negative impact on the natural environment. Moreover, most hospitals’...
Healthcare is a complex economic system that balances in an unpredictable and rapidly changing external environment, and the harsh climate complicates healthcare management practices. In order to maintain a balance, it is necessary to adapt to the circumstances through innovative activities, in particular, by applying innovative human resource management. HR...
Introduction It has to be stated that the research design of both studies allows for answering the research question. In particular, the conduction of semi-structured interviews with the nursing staff allowed for learning nurses’ perceptions of a pressure ulcer prevention care bundle (Roberts et al., 2016). Also, interviewing patients who...
Abstract Patients in the ICU setting face a range of threats. Being extraordinarily vulnerable, they may fail to recover in case of another health problem development. Acute Hemorrhagic Shock (AHS) is one of the conditions that may lead to a rapid and uncontrollable increase in the number of lethal outcomes...
One of important daily matters for every person is the care for one’s health. People strive a lot in order to improve it; however, this is closely connected to material matters as good health is impossible without due financial supply. Nowadays the world is built like this – money matters...
Two different projects were offered for the analysis. Both relate to saving lives and enhancing people’s overall health and welfare. Ethics are an integral part of decision-making; consequently, any resolute decision can mean a great deal of liability. A decision thus requires a rational approach, where a responsible person is...
A human being is exposed to various harmful influences has many bad habits. Some of them are caused by the objective conditions and some emerge solely because of person’s choice. Smoking nowadays is one of the most destructive habits that claims millions of lives every year. Tobacco exerts a deadly...
Overview The described scholarly activity is concerned with designing, implementing, and evaluating a patient experience initiative in the hospital. The project is based on the results of the HCAHPS scores and domains. The initiative focuses on three primary issues that the facility has to reform. The first one is the...
Introduction: The Recovery Concept and Its Origins The Mental Health Commission defines recovery as “the ability to live well in the presence or absence of one’s mental illness” (O’Hagan, 2001, p. 1). People with mental illnesses have different definitions and views on what it means to live well. The definitions...
The achievements in the field of healthcare and medicine cannot be ignored. Many helpful discoveries are being made to advance the possibility of treating such serious health problems and genetic disorders as Down’s syndrome, Huntington’s disease, and diabetes. Representatives of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aim to ensure...
Issue Identification Nursing Schools and Regulation Concerns The process of managing staff-related issues while opening and closing nursing schools, as well as handling problems associated with student debt, providing relevant information to students, and more, are admittedly complex since they require a perfect understanding of how a nursing school is...
Background and Context Coronary perfusion is one of the important objectives in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) studies. When interventions to reduce coronary perfusion fail, there are instances of myocardial infarcts, cardiogenic shock, ventricular arrhythmias, and cardiac failure leading to death (Ma et al. 2015). The goal of reperfusion therapy...
Practice Issue According to the National Institute of Mental Health, bipolar disorder mostly occurs in adulthood; however, children can be affected, too (“Bipolar disorder,” 2016). The disorder was previously known as manic-depressive illness; it is characterized by shifts in mood and emotional condition: people with bipolar disorder experience elated energized...
Introduction Sickle cell anemia (SCD) is an “autosomal recessive inherited hemoglobinopathy” that causes vaso-occlusive crises and hemolysis due to an abnormal substitution of amino and glutamic acids on the β-globin chain (Keikhaei, Yousefi, & Bahadoram, 2016, p. 252). Nowadays, hydroxyurea (HU) remains the only method that helps alleviate the symptoms...
Introduction American society like any other industrialized country has to face major public health issues. Such diseases as cancer, cardiovascular disorders, diabetes are regarded as some of the primary areas of concern. Obesity is one of the major issues to address as over two in three adult Americans are obese...
Introduction Healthcare practitioners increasingly acknowledge the need to make patient-centered care (PCC) a part of their everyday clinical practice. A growing recognition to embrace PCC as a core of new models of care delivery is also evident among governments, international healthcare organizations, and lobby groups (Kitson, Marshall, Bassett, & Zeitz,...
Introduction Emerging infectious diseases represent a group of conditions for which the outbreak was reported during the past twenty years, and there is a risk of spreading these diseases in the future. One of such infectious diseases is avian influenza (“bird flu”). The outbreak of this disease among humans was...
Introduction Training opportunities are integral for nurses in all countries. Nurse knowledge and skills have to be constantly improved to provide patients with high-quality clinical care. This research proposal aims at developing a plan for a future project about the peculiarities of e-learning platforms, their application in emergency triage in...
Introduction Interdisciplinary collaboration is a broad concept that is used in a variety of backgrounds, including nursing practice, social work, and the arts. Interdisciplinary collaboration is also important to leadership in healthcare, as interdisciplinary teams require insightful and creative leadership to function successfully. Despite the fact that the term refers...
Introduction As methods for analyzing concepts have proliferated in nursing, a critical method ological issue has arisen. Analytic techniques for examining conceptual meaning have incorporated varied strategies for advancing the concept under the rubric of concept analysis, concept development, and theory building. The authors argue that this evo lution has...
Primary Health Care vs. Biomedical Model Some of the key principles of the primary health care model (PHC) are equitable care distribution, community participation, and the utilization of appropriate technologies. The first aspect considers the economic and social aspects of healthcare, whereas the biomedical principle does not consider them at...
Introduction Holistic medicine also referred to as integrative medicine is an art of healing that addresses the mind-body and soul. The American healthcare system has evolved in such a manner that individuals are looking for alternatives to the conventional health model, i.e., the biomedical model. Integrative medicine is slowly becoming...
Introduction Health services comprise organizations and ancillary healthcare professionals who offer medical care to those who require it. These services are available to patients, families, and communities. This paper aims to compare and contrast some of the available health services. Types of Healthcare Services The various types of health care...
Introduction Yach, Hawkes, Gould, and Hofman, (2004) article states that “chronic diseases are the principal causes of death and disablement worldwide.” While the causes of chronic diseases depend on several factors or causes, individual adaptable behaviors perform significant functions in both risk and prevention. A high number of world inhabitants...
Introduction The use of evidence-based practice (EBP) has gained great popularity in healthcare facilities in general and in laboratory settings in particular. Having a variety of examples supported by evidence allows medical workers to make better decisions concerning the patients’ health and solve medical cases more efficiently (1). In laboratories,...
Introduction Home health care constitutes a variety of social and health services that are offered to patients in the comfort of their homes. Medicare covers some of these services. This paper aims to examine the use of Medicare in covering home health care services. Medicare Portion Covering Home Health Care...
Introduction Organ transplantation is a rather delicate topic, and the state policy regulating the laws of this field of medicine is usually guided not only by legal but also moral principles. Altruism has always been considered one of the key aspects in this sphere as giving an organ to another...
Introduction There is no doubt that now everyone has a full access to various resources about medical problems and their possible decisions. As a result, patient’s awareness of etiology, pathogenesis, treatment and especially side effects has increased dramatically last decades. Actually nowadays, it is quite typical when a doctor orders...
Introduction Nursing implies the provision of treatment and care services for people; thus, nurses need to understand all the processes and medical nuances to choose the most appropriate means for fast curing. Medicine also needs constant improvement in providing the most effective services and saving people’s life. Qualitative researches are...
Introduction The healthcare environment is subject to numerous changes in terms of the prevalent medical conditions and the dynamics related to these problems. Subsequently, the leadership of a healthcare facility has to exhibit competence in improving the quality of services offered to their clients and establishing sustainable strategies for change...
Introduction and Background Information Attraction is a key factor in any business or social relationship. This accrues from the notion pegged to attractiveness and persuasion. Although numerous researches undertaken posit that attractive presenters seem to be more persuasive as opposed to unattractive or un-pictured presenters, the question on the impact...
Research Question In End-Stage Renal Disease, the kidneys remove a large amount of water and waste than required from the body. In the U.S., the majority of the ESRD victims are high blood pressure and diabetes patients. These two diseases greatly lead to kidney failure in the end. Pathology is...
Introduction The term health care disparity has been defined by many people in different ways, but all of the definitions given are still directed towards the same ideal that, health disparity refers to a group’s specific variation in the presence of disease, health results, the quality of health service received...
The evaluation of the use of capnography during resuscitation among patients of a coronary care unit (CCU) may be developed in a variety of ways, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies. Pantazopoulos et al. (2015) define capnography as a method to measure the level of end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) and...
Health care informatics is one of the aspects a qualified nurse should consider in working toward evidence-based practice and quality improvement (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2006). The American Medical Informatics Association (n.d.) defines nursing informatics as the “science and practice (that) integrates nursing, its information, and knowledge, with...
The quality of patient care and its outcomes in the system of healthcare depends on the application of evidence. There exist diverse possibilities to implement evidence in health care. It can positively influence both health care delivery and the health of the population (Titler, 2014). There is a need for...
Introduction The medical practice management body of knowledge (BOK) in question aims to elaborate in detail the role of the medical practice administrator, and the knowledge and skills they need to possess to be able to effectively handle their responsibilities (The American College of Medical Practice Executives [ACMPE], 2003). This...