The child mortality rate is one of the most reliable measures of the quality of health care in developing nations. This measure is relevant to poor communities because it reveals the quality of health care services for children. In most populations, the child mortality rate is a significant indicator of...
Global health refers to the quality of health from a global perspective. Global health is a particular discipline that deals with the development of studies and practices aimed at enhancing the quality of health in the global society. The discipline is actively involved in dealing with health issues that affect...
The topic of elimination as a basic bodily function is very important to discuss and to raise awareness of due to the imposed psychological burden on patients who experience issues with it. Indeed, the health problems related to urinary or bowel emptying in patients of all ages and health histories...
Introduction Modern medical organizations are embedded in the framework of the national economy, as well. Although they operate on special terms, medical providers cannot neglect the generation of revenues and management of costs. Furthermore, this is not the case for the staff’s personal gains and shareholders’ enrichment, which may be...
The process of forming a productive team is crucial for ensuring the efficiency of organizational activities. Of special importance is the procedure of team organization in healthcare, where additions to the usual productivity can significantly enhance the well-being of the patients. Not only do such adjustments improve the quality of...
The primary goal of this discussion is to describe the evaluation of substance use disorder. Firstly, the nature and severity of the substance use have to be established, as these aspects can be observed from the screening tests and the patient’s behavior. One of the tests can be AUDIT, ASI,...
Defined as the correlation between one’s body mass and the square of one’s height, BMI is often viewed as the ultimate tool for measuring the risks of obesity. However, a range of scholars claims that the test lacks the substance to be used in diagnosing a weight problem. When evaluating...
Traditions of Navajo medicine were developed centuries ago and preserved their authenticity. Navajo are concerned about the concept of goodness. They relate it to their ideology of health and make it a component of the Blessing Way healing ceremony. The ceremony is considered to be a “good” event among Navajo...
The Doctrine of Informed Consent refers to the legal right of an individual. It is based on an individual’s mandate to decide what should be done with his/her body during a medical treatment such as surgery. The doctrine is based on the patient’s entitlement to adequate information. The information allows...
The Health Belief Model is a model that nurses use in elucidating and predicting the behaviors of patients in relation to their adherence to healthcare interventions. The model aims at changing psychosocial factors that shape the beliefs of patients and consequently change their behaviors in line with the healthcare services...
A theory and a model are important elements in research are they expound on the application of research findings. In nursing, a theory and a model enable nurses to understand the certain phenomenon and apply their knowledge and skills professionally. Despite their common usage, a theory and a model have...
According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), four areas should be transformed in order to improve the quality of care. The “Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a powerful strategy in order to transform the nature of nursing.” The purpose of the initiative was...
I recently observed a male and a female nurse providing care to a group of patients. I observed that the female nurse was passionate about her work. She was courageous and ready to assist every patient. She appeared to communicate effectively with her patients. Men and women tend to have...
Studies “have shown that the number of malpractice cases against Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) has been on the rise.” Nurses might fail to deliver quality health care to their patients depending on a number of factors. This fact explains why there are several areas of potential liability for these practitioners....
The USA spends more money on healthcare than any country in the world. At the same time, there is no distinct healthcare delivery system. There are non-profit, for-profit, and government-owned healthcare facilities that satisfy the needs of those living in the US. One of the peculiarities of the system is...
The importance of TQM is evidenced by the fact that there are multiple attempts to expand this idea and introduce additional dimensions and visions that can help to attain better results and increase the flexibility available to managers. For instance, Deming’s philosophy is one of the frameworks that help to...
This quantitative study implies researchers’ constant interaction with data. It was important for them to make sense of the information they received without losing objectivity and focus on the facts. First and foremost, it was crucial to avoid confusing rigor related to generalizability. Opting for a more homogenous sample helped...
The paper by Lisanti et al. describes the research conducted by University of Pennsylvania Nursing School fellows. They collected “maternal and infant demographics and responses to the Parental Stressor Scale: Infant Hospitalization and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory” from three major pediatric cardiac intensive units across the United States. The study...
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) and personalized medicine (PM) are two multifaceted approaches with critical consequences for modern medicine regarding medical evidence and clinical decision-making. Each movement encompasses a specific understanding of perfect medicine, including recommendations for clinical practices to reach this ideal. Moreover, their diverse and competing epistemological perspective on the...
There was a case during my practice when the medical team faced challenges in evaluation, diagnosis, and management. The patient fell off the dirt bike from the fifteen-foot wall and felt pain in the elbow; however, he could work for the rest of the day after the injury. The next...
I participated in multiple interprofessional approaches in clinical as many cases require different nursing professionals, physicians, and assistants to work together, and the story below is an example. The patient was brought to the hospital after the metal beam that weighed more than 100 pounds fell on his left leg....
The phenomenon of genetically modified humans is already the reality in modern society, enabled by the emergence of technologies to modify reproductive cells and embryos that bear a genetic ancestry. However, such enormous scientific progress promotes the framework for questions concerning the legislative perspective and its recognition of this technological...
Ethics is a significant phenomenon in health care because it is a medical professionals’ requirement to serve others and meet their needs. Doctorally prepared advanced practice nurses should also follow moral guidelines to ensure that they contribute to achieving better patient outcomes. Furthermore, the ethical behavior of such nurses can...
Community Sentinel City grapples with many social problems, including congestion, poor quality of life, environmental degradation, and various health concerns. The youth in this neighborhood suffers from a myriad of problems, including drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, and crime and violence. The neighborhood is also not friendly to homosexuals, forcing members...
According to studies, “REM frequency reduced in periods of erratic sleep during nights of recovery that arose out of being deprived of sleep partially or fully”. Increases in the need to sleep as a result of manipulating the duration of sleep are linked to this effect. This study was done...
To deliver quality and affordable medical services, governments and politicians introduce various healthcare policies and reforms. One of such significant and wide-ranging reforms was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010, which, already from its enactment, has caused fierce and long-term debates. This paper aims at discussing...
I am currently doing my practicum in a nonprofit health organization. This clinic has adopted a powerful organizational structure. This structure makes it easier for the clinic to provide the best care to its patients. The organization’s Chief Health Manager monitors the activities undertaken by different practitioners. Every department has...
Considering the quote ‘Prevention is better than cure’, it can be stated that the potential contribution of health professionals can be represented by their health promotion strategies and education of the population on how to maintain healthy lifestyles. A lot of people seek care from a medical professional only if...
Health experts argue that male circumcision reduces cases of HIV infection. Researchers and scholars around the world have sought answers to this topic and found compelling evidence, which proves that male circumcision can significantly reduce cases of heterosexual acquired HIV by almost 60 percent. This paper will present and discuss...
Food additives are mainly added to food to either enhance flavors or appearances. Owing to the fact that most additives are made through industrial processes, there are concerns when it comes to their safety. It is for this reason that the FD &C Act was enacted to ensure that all...
The writer chose to compare and contrast the diets and supplemental schedules of two bodybuilders (Arnold Schwartzenegger and Jay Cutler) and two long-distance runners (Ryan Hall and Hal Higdon). The diet of Arnold is similar to that of Jay, as both have comparable nutritional needs. They both consume protein-rich meals,...
Below is a 10-point teaching plan related to Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle for a person in the childhood stage of life.
For the child’s body, it is especial to receive such minerals as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, which contribute to the normal development of bone tissue and teeth. They play a massive role in the processes of hematopoiesis. The largest number of trace elements and minerals is found in the following products....
Workplace violence against healthcare professionals may be a significant concern as it can lead to severe consequences for both personnel and patients. It is vital for healthcare organizations to ensure the safety of workers and clients. My current workplace has several measures aimed to protect employees from workplace violence. First,...
The emergence of modern technologies has delivered new procedures for learning more about human genetics and genomics. Medical professionals are using these innovations to screen, diagnose, and treat a wide range of conditions. Personally, I believe that CRISPR-Cas9 technology is the best innovation that will support or meet the health...
The concept of nosocomial infections includes infections of a different nature. However, its most optimal definition can be presented as follows. A nosocomial infection is any pathological condition, clinically expressed, caused by microorganisms, which arose in a patient as a result of his hospitalization or visiting a health care institution...
The prevalence of cancer types is associated with the specifics of its detection and diagnosis. Colorectal cancer is difficult to diagnose, and most often, it is detected already at advanced stages. The decline in the prevalence of cervical cancer is due to the development of regular screening of women, as...
The Hippocratic Oath is an oath by medics and young specialists ready to take up their duties. The text establishes the ethical principles of behavior of the prospective specialist. However, the Hippocratic Oath in its original form has long since been disused. Many matters of the document no longer have...
The implementation of electronic health records, or EHR, poses both advantages and disadvantages when introduced on both a regional and national scale. EHR can benefit the overall quality of care, as it allows medical professionals to observe better accuracy in the documentation of clinical information. Similarly, such a system allows...
When there is a belief that the patients’ medical records will be used for purposes outside of medical care, the patient must receive a notice that informs them about how their health information will be utilized and shared with other entitles (US Department of Health and Human Services). In addition...
A number of authors agree that there is no definite agreeable cause of autism. However, research has shown that our genetic composition plays a great role in determining the chances of developing that condition that affects development in certain areas of our lives. This is supported by the fact that...
Regression analysis is a statistical method of the estimation of relationships between a dependent variable and one or several independent variables. It is widely used for two main purposes: description and prediction. The second purpose is especially useful in healthcare and hospital settings as it helps in the prevention of...
The alternating periods of Slow-Wave Sleep (SWS) and Rapid-Wave Sleep (REM) are the ones that characterize a typical sleep. Generally, a person starts sleeping in the first stage of SWS. It is difficult to differentiate the EEG of a person in this stage from that of a person who is...
Introduction The increasing role of information systems keeps impacting the nursing practice and all of its derivatives. The main reason for it is that healthcare providers have to store and manage a vast amount of patient data that keeps increasing. Therefore, health information technologies serve as an instrument to facilitate...
Elective surgery It is a non-emergency surgery that is medically necessary, although it is possible to delay it for a minimum of a day. Examples of such surgery include vision correction interventions or procedures that improve heart function. Emergency surgery It is a surgery that is impossible to delay as...
While providing services for children and young people, doctors need to obtain their consent for receiving medical treatment. However, there are certain limitations defining the situations when consent can be obtained from parents or caregivers. There are certain factors revealing whether a child or a young person has the capacity...
When planning for an evaluation in nursing, it is important to ensure that the results are made available to the most appropriate people in a timely manner and in a form that is usable. According to Bastable, the following guidelines are crucial for ensuring that the objectives mentioned above are...
I have been working in a small clinic. This non-profit organization supports the health needs of low-income families. The caregivers, nurses, and medical practitioners in the organization embrace the best health practices. I have identified powerful practices and competencies that have the potential to improve the quality of care. I...
The issue of unionization has several disadvantages and advantages. Such unions “are aimed at representing the socio-economic issues affecting specific classes of people.” These unions can present several benefits to nurses. For example, a union can improve the bargaining power of nurses. This approach will result in new benefits and...
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has been at the forefront of educating and supporting cancer patients. In this aspect, the ACS has initiated programs that have seen their functions implemented effectively. These programs focus on educating the community on aspects such as cancer prevention, detecting cancer symptoms, and treatment. Society...
Across the world, people wage regular battles against food contamination, food-borne disease, and food wastage. Despite the considerable advancements in food preservation techniques, food safety is still a matter of concern in the 21st century. Health experts assert that diseases caused by contaminated food are among the major health problems....
An appropriate fitness plan can aid an individual in easing weight loss. Several fitness plans have been developed. With all these plans, the subjects are encouraged to use more calories than they can consume. Before settling on a specific fitness plan, an individual is advised to adopt specific guidelines that...
My organization is always concerned with every patient incident. This is the case because the facility focuses on the best health outcomes. Patient incidents can produce many challenges that can affect the performance of different healthcare organizations. My health organization uses a powerful strategy whenever a patient incident occurs. The...
The major “health supplies include goods include time, funds, people, and materials.” The availability of such resources determines the quality of care availed to different patients. Changes in human services and technologies tend to affect the quality of health services. Modern technologies also affect the nature of emergency care. The...
Emergency centers are faced with disparities in supply, demand as well as the price for the patients who use these centers for treatment. The genesis of the differences can be attributed to various issues. There is a limited supply of emergency centers despite the high need for their services. The...
CD4 cell counts are used in the CDC staging system to track the development of HIV in an effort to manage the epidemic. A patient is diagnosed with AIDS once the CD4 count of such a patient falls below 200mm3 (or the CD4 percentage is less than 14%), or certain...
The leading cause of obesity is bad dietary habits. Taking foods containing excess fats, starches, and sugars can lead to weight gain. Junk foods often contain large amounts of these ingredients, which the body cannot process in time, causing them to accumulate in the body and lead to weight gain....
Communication is an important part of human life, and it can become vital in clinical settings. However, patients and healthcare professionals often speak different languages, which leads to misunderstandings and misconceptions. For instance, if a patient hears the word depressed, they may associate this diagnosis with such symptoms as suicidal...
Health depends on many social, biological, psychological, and medical factors. When speaking of community health determinants, social ones play a major role. Suppose a community is characterized by social instability and tension. In that case, various social conflicts and catastrophes occur in it, the social sphere is not developed, there...
Studies show that quality service delivery and provision of safety are critical in all healthcare organizations. Quality healthcare is defined as one that aims at improving the living standards of individuals through access to quality medical and other health services in caregiving institutions. For this to happen, the services offered...
Several interventions could reverse the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The first is the consumption of a low-fat and low-cholesterol diet. It is important to maintain a healthy heart diet by replacing fried foods and dairy products with vegetables and fruits. Cholesterol is needed in the body for the production...
Specific The goal will involve personnel within my current healthcare organization. The top management will oversee the execution of the goal. It will aim to build stronger communication frameworks to enhance the quality and safety of care. If better structures of communication were established and followed within the facility, then...
Diabetes mellitus complications develop slowly; they can cause disability and even death. Some of these complications are: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Pathophysiology Diabetes: Hyperglycemia, which is described as: Pre-Diabetes is described as: Diabetes is a metabolic illness typified by irregular fuel metabolism, which particularly results in dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia because...
Chronic diseases are a major concern across the world. In the United States, for instance, the Center for Disease Control estimates that chronic diseases account for seven out of the ten leading causes of death in the country. It is also a known fact that these diseases affect one’s quality...
Using a broad definition of health, an individual’s socioeconomic status needs to be taken into account for making appropriate observations of health conditions and developing effective interventions if needed. Individual’s employment or unemployment as well as corresponding income and access to insurance programs can have health implications for an individual...
While the Hippocratic Oath was written over 2000 years ago and taken by medical practitioners to express their dedication to practicing medicine in an ethical and honest manner, it is still held as sacred by physicians today. However, I am of the opinion that the Hippocratic Oath has become the...
Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning can be applied to health care practice for providing patients with high-quality and ethical medical services and identifying the mechanisms through which doctors can make the most appropriate ethical decisions in their professional practice. According to Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning, an individual can pass...
Intermountain Health Care uses Clinical Quality Guidance Teams (CQGT) to improve the clinical outcomes of patients. The Guidance teams’ vital role is to identify clinical areas that need immediate improvement through analysis of patients’ data. Foremost, Intermountain records the clinical outcomes of patients which are stored in a data depository...
Staff nurses have become an integral component in the learning environment particularly regarding aiding students on clinical placement. Medical training colleges have continually started embracing competent staff nurses who have the capability of offering high quality care while offering mentoring classes to the clinical students. The staff nurses must exhibit...
The US health care system consists of physicians, nurses, dentists, and orthoptists as well as psychiatrists and clinical psychologists among others. Physicians are important in the health care system since they examine the sick, organize and carry out diagnostic procedures and interpret the findings to provide treatment. In addition, they...
All nursing profession practitioners are bound by rules and regulations that govern how they go about their duties. In addition, they are always expected to show a prominent level of professionalism and etiquette while doing their jobs. According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement website, there are rules and guidelines...
Important Concepts in Family Nursing A family is an organism in that it is made up of different units/parts. Although each individual part is concerned with complete in itself, it is a member of the whole system. Just like an organic system, a family functions best when all of its...
The relationships between factors associated with gender and sex and the propensity toward contracting the COVID-19 virus, as well as the opportunity for recovering from it, appear to be very intricate. In her study, Rabin delves into the specifics of how COVID-19 management and factors such as gender and sex...
The threat that COVID-19 has been posing to the global community needs an immediate response along with long-term planning, which, in turn, demands a strictly analytical approach. In the specified situation, illustrating the current connections and correlations between variables is essential to convey the key message and outline the path...
According to the people in America, they are industries that the government should regulate more compared to others. These industries are the pharmaceutical and oil industries. In the United States, the representation of the people who believe pharmaceutical industries are more regulated is 51 percent. The pharmaceutical company is experiencing...
A global health policy that would be the product of the various international organizations, governments, and non-governmental organizations working would go a long way in alleviating global well-being and productivity. Currently, several eminent health issues pose a widespread threat without regard to international borders. Examples include diseases such as HIV/AIDS...
The HIV virus only becomes effective upon the entry into the human body, normally through blood infection upon contact with infected blood. Upon entry, HIV targets the host T-Cells or primary lymphocytes. The T-Cells defend one’s body from common but potentially fatal infections. The HIV virus attaches itself to the...
The health care system of Honduras has worked hard to reduce infant mortality rates from about 5% in the 1990s to about 2% in 2014. Save the Children reports that the infant mortality rate in Honduras is 19 deaths in every 1000 live births. One of the major causes of...
The health care system is grappling with the issue of health inequities because it varies from one population to another depending on their social and economic conditions. One of the effective ways of reducing health inequalities in a given population is improving the health conditions of children from their early...
Several prescription medications are cheaper in other countries than in the United States. The variations in costs may be considerable. Many Americans as well as citizens from some other countries like Canada question why drugs manufactured by companies in the U.S. are less expensive overseas. The reason is that some...
The most difficult tasks for a nurse dealing with geriatric adults are the nutritional evaluation, mental condition, and functional status assessments. Nutrition is important in geriatric assessments since elderly people are vulnerable to nutritional deficiency. The vulnerability to inadequate nutrition comes as a result of lost appetite caused by loneliness,...
The most common chronic illnesses that affect elderly people include asthma, arthritis, and diabetes. Cases of asthma illness are common among elderly people who have attained the age of 65 and above. According to research findings, asthma is very serious in this age group since it is the cause of...
The contamination process of infection follows a specific sequence based on the causative agent. Thus, every infection starts from the locus point of entry. The sequence of contamination includes a causative agent or pathogen, transmission channel, entry portal, and a susceptible host. The diagram below summarizes the sequence of infections....
Several people from a single family are diagnosed with the same cancer type at an unusually early age. Factors causing cancer are either environmental or genetic (molecular). The general indication of cancer is abnormal cell division (when cells do not stick to the predesigned process of controlled cell division). Cancer...
Autonomy refers to the ability to rule oneself and turns out to be a principle of biomedical ethics that claims that patients have a right freely to choose the best option for their health. It means that a patient can decline a certain form of treatment prescribed by a doctor....
A risk pool can be defined as a form of managing risk where different parties come together to form a pool of protection against catastrophic risks like floods. Risk pooling is a term mainly used in insurance. It refers to the act of the parties coming together to hedge against...
Managed care, also known as managed healthcare, entails the provision of quality healthcare services to the community at a reduced cost. Managed care is a program in the Health System of the United States of America. Its main objective is to reduce unnecessary costs incurred by US citizens on healthcare....
The theory of reasoned action, which is a behavioral theory, holds that before individuals perform certain actions, they weigh available options and choose one depending on the prevailing attitudes and subjective norms. Fundamentally, attitudes and subjective norms are parameters of reasoned action that determine behavioral intentions among individuals. In this...
In conflict zones, rape and other forms of sexual abuse are gender-based violence that women experience because they are unable to defend themselves. The rates of violence against women are higher in conflict zones than in non-conflict zones, which implies that conflicts predispose women to sexual abuses such as rape...
Maternal literacy and family wellbeing are two factors that correlate positively. Maternal literacy determines the well-being of a family because women play a significant role in protecting and maintaining the health conditions of their families. Since hygienic conditions in the family are important in controlling contagious diseases, women have the...
Intake of alcohol has been linked to a large number of health impairments, chronic diseases, and death worldwide. Research by the International Agency for Research on Cancer established the carcinogenicity of alcoholic beverages based on the increased risk of liver cancer. Alcohol’s relationship to cancer was established twenty years ago....
The threat of water-borne parasites is a burning question for people of Borneo. For a long period of time, the inhabitants of this island have been eating exotic food and drinking water without paying attention to the possible threats and illnesses. Nowadays, people face an impressive variety of intestinal diseases....
The problem of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has already touched upon many countries worldwide. A number of developing nations suffer from the impossibilities to determine, understand, and prevent diseases. Millions of people die from NCDs annually, and globalization is one of the factors that lead to the spreading of this...
Normally, people suffering from dementia have a problem with their brain function. This is due to degeneration of the brain caused by various conditions. These people are often agitated due to frustration caused by their forgetfulness. They often forget to eat or drink and even have a problem with swallowing,...
Special skills and procedures are necessary in order to collect primary data from patients, families, or community members. Given that the primary data collection scope is limited, researchers should employ the latest methods of data collection. The key informant strategy is one such approach to collecting primary data. Researchers employ...
Computer-based CDSS has the potential value of advancing patient treatment and outcomes. The support system entails the input of patient-specific clinical variables by the clinician and the provision of a patient-specific recommendation. For example, the most common form of support systems are drug dosing calculators which facilitate appropriate doses of...
Nurse’s primary responsibility consists in ensuring emotional, psychological, and physical wellness of patients with regard to the peculiarities of their cultural and social backgrounds. Nurses should be fully committed to the duties they have in front of the managerial staff and patients. Proving high-quality healthcare services should ensure social wellbeing...
Each hospital has a unique set of goals, objectives, and philosophy, which are shaped with regard both internal and external processes. At this point, considering outside influences is vital because external competition has a direct impact on the quality of healthcare. This is of particular concern to patients’ social and...
Morality refers to the principal’s of determining the behavior and appropriate conduct in a setting. Each profession has its own ethics. Ethics are vital for healthcare leadership and require two areas of focus, biomedical ethics and managerial ethics. Biomedical ethics is concerned with the way a health care professional should...
A patient should consult a doctor to establish if a blood test is good for his health. This will help a patient to understand benefits and risks which are associated with blood tests. Patients who undergo blood tests are able to understand their health conditions which allows them to make...
GE T1 weighted GE T1 weighted images usually use the following order depending on the scanner used: SPGR (General Electric), RF-FAST (Marconi, formerly Picker), FLASH (Siemens), and T1-FFE (Philips). The flip angle should be considered when you want to obtain T1 weighted images. Small flip angles, normally those less than...
Biological and behavioral surveillance data about injecting drug users may prove to be very helpful in HIV prevention. First, this data may help in identifying the percentage proportion of individuals infected by HIV through needles. This might help the government to plan a preventive program geared to these individuals that...