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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...
Introduction The quality of care in coronary care units (CCUs) has undergone considerable changes and improvements. Many methods are available to achieve positive results, avoid cardiac complications, and predict deaths or other negative health outcomes in patients. In this prospectus of a direct practice involvement (DPI) project, the idea of...
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...
Pain Several barriers interfere with pain assessment and treatment in the elderly, with one of them being impaired cognitive functioning. Elders with dementia are sometimes unable to make their needs heard; therefore, it is the responsibility of the nurse to be observant of subtle clues. The elderly male patient in...
For this course, I chose to work with children with asthma in Philadelphia. This condition is more severe for children than for adults due to their smaller airways that make symptoms have stronger effects. According to the data provided by Healthy People 2020 (“Respiratory Diseases”, n.d.), 130 in 10000 children...
Introduction The main idea underpinning epidemiologic studies is that diseases do not occur randomly but always in accordance with certain factors and conditions. According to the representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018), epidemiology is “the method used to find the causes of health outcomes and diseases...
In reviewing the Affordable Care Act, what are the potential effects of the options for insurance coverage in both the private and public sectors? How will this impact the discussion about population-based nursing? The Affordable Care Act has provided new opportunities for addressing some of the most contentious public health...
Abstract Prejudice is a pre-conceived and stereotype attitude of social rejection towards certain groups of people in the society. Prejudice is a serious issue when relating to health matters. It makes people to discriminate others basing on their health condition. Human beings tend to associate some physical anomalies with a...
Stress continues to be a persistent issue that might lead to some serious problems. It plays a significant role in the development of physical and mental illnesses, and it can also lead to alcohol or drug abuse. People are especially vulnerable to high stress levels in the workplace environment, and...
Introduction A critical appraisal for the Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) Project, including ten strategic points, will be developed. This DPI project includes a list of systematic statements with the help of which practitioners can improve their understanding of the use of capnography during resuscitation and contribute to the promotion of...
Introduction The population in the U.S. and world is rapidly aging. Globally, for ten years from 1990 to 2010, the number of people aged 60 and more grew from 487 to 754 million (Prince et al., 2015). The trend is concerning, to say the least, and the issues that it...
Public health is one among the key factors for any country to attain economic growth (PAHO and WHO 2001). Most of the developing countries are victims of poverty as a result of poor public health. Such countries have a high cost on medical bills and are in shortage of human...
Week 1: 8/30-9/5 The first week of applying the newly acquired skills to practice was admittedly the most difficult one due to the amount of information that I had to process and the range of issues that had to be addressed. It was clearly the most informative stage of my...
Introduction Healthcare organizations are complex systems that are continually developing and changing to ensure high-quality care, an advanced level of patient safety, and ongoing improvements in patient outcomes (Mennella & Woten, 2015; Weaver & Manzano, 2016). One of the major concerns that are relevant to patient safety in various settings...
Introduction The present paper is devoted to the investigation of the advanced nursing practice (ANP) leadership from the perspective of the ethic of care (EC). The paper includes a discussion of EC, which is structured to demonstrate its difference from the ethic of justice (EJ). This comparison allows pinpointing the...
Introduction The need for cost-effective care is increasing as total healthcare expenditures grow. Healthcare providers are challenged with evaluating scientific evidence to inform a practice change aimed at improving patient outcomes. Being a costly yet mostly preventable complication, hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (hapus) cause much suffering to patients in acute care...
Week 1 The goal during the first week of the course was to investigate the strategies to ensure quality and safety in health care. One of the primary objectives was to critique and propose the best quality measures to improve patient safety. Here, it was vital for me to employ...
Introduction The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus creates new risks for patients that involve all spheres of people’s lives. Apart from causing the need for continuous medical assessment of one’s glucose levels, this condition also leads to several other complications. One of the most widespread issues that follow diabetes mellitus is...
Neurology Brain and Nervous System There have been ongoing arguments about the cause of the bipolar disorder as a mental illness. Some individuals blamed personality and nurture (environment) and view mental illness such as bipolar disorder only as a consequence of poor parenting, negative thinking, or overemotional reactions. Genetics and...
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most prevalent chronic ailment affecting children, adolescents and adults. Recent studies conducted in America indicate that type 1 diabetes (T1D) is the most predominant form of the disease, while type 2 diabetes is increasingly being recorded among the youth of racial/ethnic minority groups...
Curanderismo has been documented as a form of physical therapy that has capacity to manage diseases (Luna, pp.326-42) falling under various categories for instance physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and supernatural. Literature on curanderismo (Luz, 2005, pp.146-8; Avila & Parker, pp.34-9) claims diseases arise from traumatic event or accumulation of trauma...
Introduction As technology advances, the health care centers have diverted to using computers in diagnosing various diseases. The use of information systems has grown significantly in the last couple of years though its development dates back to the early 1960s. This has been enabled by the current technological advancement. It...
Week 1: 10/25-10/31 As a DNP, being aware of the key roles that are relevant and are typically assigned to one is essential. Therefore, starting the implementation of the succession plan with setting priorities in line was critical to my further success. Indeed, by arranging the key objectives and determining...
Abstract Background/Purpose Different researchers have studied pulpal calcifications and their connection with cardiovascular and systematic diseases. The study aims to test the prevalence of pulp stones in dental patients and determine the link between pulp stones and systemic diseases. Materials and methods One thousand and thirty patients from the Riyadh...
The title of the present study is “Smoked Marijuana for HIV-Associated Anorexia and Wasting”. It is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation of the effect of smoking marijuana on the appetite of HIV patients, conducted in an inpatient setting. The primary objective of the study is “To evaluate the safety and...
Introduction This essay aims to critically review the ten selected primary research articles. Studies were collected based on their ability to answer the research question. Therefore, their appraisal will be based on multiple inquiries relating to the topic. First of all, the collected information will be examined to show the...
Introduction Lyme disease is an “infectious disease caused by three species of Borrelia. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is the main cause of Lyme disease in the US, Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii” are responsible for most European cases of Lyme disease (Higgins, 2004). Lyme is one of the most prevalent...
Literature Review In the CCU setting, patients are especially vulnerable due to the vastly negative effects that specific external factors may have on their health status. The changes in end-tidal (ET) CO2 levels are particularly important to determine since they allow improving the opportunity for performing the return to spontaneous...
Introduction The promotion of safety for patients is one of the primary goals for clinicians and medical workers. It reflects specific values and norms of communication, as well as error management and transparency (Weaver, Marsteller, Wu, Ismail, & Pronovost, 2017). The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a variety...
Introduction The process of resuscitation to encourage the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) requires constant supervision in the setting of a Coronary Care Unit (CCU). Therefore, it is critical to study the opportunities that capnography provides for detecting the threat of heart failure and facilitating a successful. For this purpose,...
Introduction There are many ways to advance the knowledge about intestinal disorders in people of different ages, and communication among different healthcare professionals and researchers remains one of the most effective methods. Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of colon cancer were developed by the American Society of Colon and...
Introduction In the environment of a coronary care unit (CCU), maintaining a focus on creating a sustainable environment for patients, noting signs that indicate change, and introducing immediate measures in the case of any worsening of a patient’s condition are all important. The issue under discussion is especially critical when...
The creation of healthcare policies hinges on a careful analysis of crucial external factors defining the development of health issues within communities. Health policies appear as a response toward the issues faced by community members and, thus, need to address root causes of the problems that affect the well-being of...
Introduction The books by Corey (2016) and Yalom and Leszcz (2005) are dedicated to the topic of group therapy, including its theory and practice; they share similar titles. However, the authors do not agree on everything, and their positions differ when discussing “difficult” or “problem” clients. The present paper will...
Introduction The process of designing and implementing a quality improvement (QI) program in a nursing home requires significant effort from all involved specialists. Apart from financial needs that follow every QI initiative, members that want to enact change in an organization have to consider the theoretical framework behind their program’s...
Introduction Sustainability in health care and nursing is an integral concept that defines the quality of care, directions of possible development, and appropriate changes. The relationships between quality outcomes, safety measures, and nursing science are close enough, so they determine the work of different facilities, including people, programs, and protocols....
Introduction The necessity to measure and assess the levels of glucose in patients is one of the key challenges that diabetes represents. Due to the need to respond to changes in a patient’s glucose levels rapidly to prevent the adverse effects caused by insulin loss from taking place (Kunttu, 2017)....
Introduction Today, much attention is paid to the development and improvement of nursing science due to its initial goal of promoting high-level patient-centered care. Nurses have to demonstrate their knowledge and make sure to apply different theories and frameworks in practice. Nursing theory is based on a group of interrelated...
Population and Sampling Veterans of military service, especially those with a history of deployment in combat-intensive areas of operations, are considered a vulnerable population in a variety of ways. Failure to readjust back into civil society, memories of violence and death-related experiences, survivor’s guilt, and various other psychological stressors often...
Introduction Problem Statement The wide spread of diabetes is noted worldwide, especially in the United States. The Hispanic population living in Miami-Dade County is twice more prone to developing diabetes compared to other ethnicities (Kenya et al., 2015). Since the symptoms and consequences of the mentioned disease are rather critical...
Social Inequality at School Each student enters an educational institution for a reason. Be it career, pleasure, new skills, or new acquaintances. In either scenario, students have to understand that in a few years, their education will be finished and there would come a time to plan everything anew. Therefore,...
Introduction In any organization, recruiting and retaining the right staff are the major issues facing the organization’s policymakers (Cosack 1). With the currently registered nurse shortages, concerns about nurse turnover and retention have heightened. To solve these challenges, health care organizations aim at improving their nurse retention. In so doing,...
Introduction Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) are a modern health care technology that is employed to help users with clinical decisions (Musen, Middleton, & Greenes, 2014). CDSS design requires the consideration of human factors, and their adoption and usability are highly dependent on the development of an appropriate interface (Miller...
Executive Summary Home- and community-based services are becoming increasingly popular in the United States as effective and inexpensive ways of offering quality care to senior citizens. The statistics in this study show that the state of Michigan is underperforming in funding HCBS, spending only $0.72 per person in contrast to...
SimChart is an Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) system that was developed to teach nurses to work with EHRs (Elsevier, 2013). The evaluation framework should take the specifics of SimChart into account. It is noteworthy that there appears to be a shortage of frameworks meant for EHR simulations; the present research...
The professionals in any occupation are exposed to a particular level of conflict inside the workplace. The tension and psychological oppression, or bullying from the side of managers or co-workers often become a reason for leaving the place of employment or the profession in general. When viewed from the perspective...
The history of nursing Nursing is the ability and science of supporting individuals in learning to care for them whenever possible and of caring for them when they are unable to meet their own needs. Nursing developed into a scientific profession from an unorganized way of caring for the ill,...
Every professional requires his or her knowledge to be up-to-date to stay competent, which cannot be truer in the sphere of nursing (Dyson, Hedgecock, Tomkins, & Cooke, 2009). Rapid changes and the constant arrival of new challenges in practice and theory dictate the need for continuous data refreshment and replenishment...
Introduction Aims of the Project The following purposes were formulated to be addressed during this capstone project: To evaluate the effectiveness of telemedicine in the University of Maryland Medical Center as a mode of providing high-quality care with reference to the standard that is equally applied to all programs. To...
Introduction One of the most important and widely recognized public health issues is that of access to care (Perwira, 2014). In the field of oral and dental health, the persisting challenges of poor access to care can be found all around the world in developed, as well as developing countries....
Introduction Blood transfusion is a common approach used in the field of medicine especially in the treatment of chronic as well as acute illnesses such as anemia (1). Despite the significance of transfusion therapy, there are negative impacts associated with the practice such as pathophysiologies like incompatible transfusions and hemolytic...
Introduction Psychotropic drugs which are also known as psychoactive drugs are used to control the functions of the central nervous system where the medication affects the functions of the brain changing the mood, perceptions and cognitive behavior of an individual. Psychotropic drugs are used for either recreational or medicinal purposes...
Introduction Anxiety is an adaptive response of the human brain to stimuli that is perceived to be of danger to the individual. It is a vital protective response that develops early in life usually during infancy. Under normal circumstances, its main aim is to protect or warn an individual of...
Overview Safety Together Training is a workshop that has been developed by RWJBarnabas Health for clinical professionals in order to train them on how to avoid any preventable harm and provide the high-quality care without errors. This specific training is based on resolving clinical and non-clinical cases, problems, and examples...
Introduction An advanced practice nurse must provide high standards of care for any patient. The utmost professionalism and personal approach to caregiving are expected from the advanced nursing staff (Carney, 2016). Therefore, I need to participate in the Medicare Reimbursement Program to be adequately prepared for the provision of care...
Legislations on nursing practice Legislations on nursing practice.all countries have legislation to determine the practice of the health professions. Legislative and regulatory practices and mechanism vary between countries and within them, where regulation is the responsibility of a country or province. Countries such as Norway have detailed requirements for mandatory...
Almost every profession has its cultural peculiarities that are unique to each field of professional activity. Such characteristics include specific vocabulary, body language, behavioral patterns, ethics, rules, values, and many others. All of these are more or less present in each profession. In this paper, specific patterns of nursing group...
Origin and history of generic drugs Generic drugs have been around for decades. However, their regulation was necessitated by several controversial occurrences within the market. In 1937, there was an incident associated with Elixir Sulfanilamide. It caused the death of approximately one hundred and seven people and eventually prompted the...
Nurses are guided by nursing theories that are recognized as organized and systematic claims concerning principal issues in the nursing profession. Nursing models aim at describing relationships between nursing problems, predicting impacts, and improving care. In other words, a theory can be viewed as a way in which reality in...
Nurses use technology in the form of electronic health records to collect, manage, analyze, and communicate patients’ information. The chief goal of using nursing informatics is improving the care offered to clients. However, the use of technology in hospitals may result in ethical concerns that should wisely be handled by...
Introduction Healthcare systems all around the globe are focused on the monitoring, research, and maintenance of oral health and the issues related to it as some of the major dimensions of public health (Maxey, 2014). Oral health is a broad field of medicine that covers a wide variety of problems,...
Length of stay is a persistent problem in a healthcare setting. The increasing complexity of treatment processes, the growing cost of care delivery combined with a decrease in reimbursement, and the increasing pressure created by regulations lead to a situation where length of stay (LOS) significantly increases both the complexity...
Introduction Social determinants of health allow healthcare providers see whether the patient has adequate access to healthcare, possesses enough financial resources to afford health care, and can independently maintain health (Healthy People, 2017). The strategy used for asking questions about social determinants was personal interactions in an informal atmosphere between...
It is acknowledged by healthcare practitioners around the world that patient-centered care (PCC) is central to the philosophy of holistic care. The phrase ‘patient-centered care’ is in common use in the modern nursing discourse. However, despite a growing recognition and acceptance of the concept and its role in the enhancement...
Introduction Bipolar Depressive Disorder is classified by the National Institute of Mental Health as a mental disease that significantly alters a person’s mood, energy, mental and social activity, as well as the capabilities for independence and performance of daily tasks (“Bipolar disorder,”2016). Typically, this disease appears in adults and is...
Introduction Based on parents’ attitudes as well as public health opinion, it is possible to formulate the problem in the following way: misconception regarding childhood immunization causes parents to reject it, thus spending more money on health care issues and increasing the risk of the infectious diseases (see Appendix A...
Introduction Nursing is part of the healthcare profession that deals with the care of individuals to ensure their optimal health and enjoyment of quality life (Faulkner, 1996, p.). In various parts of the world, various health care facilities are faced with the problem of inadequate number of nurses. Consequently, it...
According to Charalambous and Goldberg (2016), professional nurses work in settings that require proper documentation for effective communication with other members within healthcare facilities. They prepare records that are utilized by doctors or other personnel providing care to patients or assistive workers whose primary role is to provide services that...
Stressful situations can slow down the flow of feel-good oxytocin hormones, which are essential for the nursing process (Smith, 2014). The stressful environment brought on by conflict in Juanita’s home means that she always mitigates or attends to conflict situations and is, therefore, less stimulated to produce breast milk. Breaking...
The key items in delivering high-quality patient care are excellent skills of health care professionals and detailed analysis of the incidents, resulting in better understanding of the current needs of the existing system. Therefore, all possible decisions should be taken into account to improve patient care. It is advisable to...
The purpose of my essay is to identify several possible opportunities in a locale I’d like to work if I’d be graduating from nursing school in 90 days. Also I will highlight the most important factors in choosing an occupation and bring up some examples of questions that may help...
Introduction As conceptualized in the theories of nursing, self-care, and persons, the organizing framework is a tool that purposely reflects the necessary training and expected outcomes of students who enroll in the RN-BSN program (Campeau, 2015). A brief synopsis of the domains where the framework has been applied reflects outcomes...
Involvement Over the last decade, childhood obesity has remained a serious global public health concern. This problem affects people at all levels, including the citizens of low- or middle-income countries or populations exhibiting high income levels. According to the World Health Organization (2017), the number of obese or overweight children...
Introduction Patient safety is an important tenet of the healthcare service model. The concept refers to the absence of preventable harm or a reduction of risk in healthcare service delivery (Azam, 2018). Despite the importance of maintaining high levels of patient safety, medical errors still occur. For example, some pharmacists...
Theoretical Framework It is possible to examine the proposed question of using quality assurance scores as an early diagnosis measure for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) through two frameworks for health promotion. The first involves the Health Promotion Model (HPM) introduced in 1982 by Nola Pender (Khodaveisi, Omidi, Farokhi, & Soltanian,...
Introduction Several studies have highlighted the role of inter-professional relationships in improving patient outcomes (Alhawassi et al., 2017; Isetts et al., 2016; Rathbone, Mansoor, Krass, Hamrosi, & Aslani, 2016). They suggest that interprofessional collaboration improves information sharing and quality checks. This paper discusses pharmacist-doctor relationships in Saudi Arabia and their...
Answering the Research Questions To effectively test the research hypothesis and answer the research questions that touch on the need to create environmental awareness and scarcity in the Australian health sector, the proposed study will utilize a mixed methods approach in which both quantitative and qualitative methods are applied contemporaneously....
Introduction The role that nurses play is critical in determining the quality of treatment that people receive in healthcare centers. While other medical practitioners in a facility may frequently check on the progress of patients, nurses spent most of their time with them. In fact, they act as caregivers and...
Rationale and Importance of the Study The study is based on the rationale that the migrant Chinese women, share common health patterns with their counterparts from Mainland China. Given that cervical cancer is significant health challenge in Mainland China and is further compounded by lower testing rates, Chinese women born...
Blood transfusion is an important part of healthcare. It is one of the common interventions applied to save lives. South, Casina, and Li explain that in any health facility providing transfusion services, the top priority is always to make the transfusion process safe (81). Blood transfusion involves a process that...
Organizational Overview, Service Charter, Objectives, and Mission Organizational Overview M&Y Care, LLC is a home health care agency, specializing in Medicaid community-based services and Medicare certified home health care. Founded in 1999, M&Y Care, with its corporate headquarters in West Bloomfield, Michigan for the past 16 years, now has (6)...
The report analyzed the state and needs of the population under NSCCAH. In a wider context, it juxtaposes the results with those of the whole New South Wales allowing the paper to remain useful in health service planning. The division of NSCCAH into four separate Health Services – with borders...
The health status of individuals and communities depends on a large number of influential factors. They are interconnected between each other and determine the overall well-being of people. The majority of scholarly approaches to the classification of the determinants of health define three groups as social, environmental, and cultural. Within...
Introduction Cardiovascular diseases are a common problem of modern cardiology, and the whole sphere of medicine since the number of people who suffer from this ailment is increasing every year. In order to cope with the consequences of damage to the heart muscle, doctors have to constantly look for new...
Introduction According to the majority of the research studies, information technology is believed to improve patient safety and increase the accuracy of diagnosis (Bowles, 2015). Nevertheless, the case of Springfield General Hospital clearly showed that implementation of IT system only “made it worse”, and a computerized physician order entry (CPOE)...
The Role of Lipids, Triglycerides, Phospholipids, and Cholesterol in the Diet Lipid is a collective term for biomolecules that are commonly referred to as fats. They consist of different molecules that share the common feature of being insoluble in water. There are three main categories of lipids with nutritional value:...