Alopecia areata belongs to recurrent non-scarring forms of alopecia, and any area of the scalp can be involved in the pathological process. Hair loss lesions that form within the framework of the disease can take any shape: round, oval, or point. The balding process is benign, which does not exclude...
Ethics is one of the most important parts of the healthcare industry, and every medical worker must understand what role ethical principles take and why they are crucial in this sphere. Ethics is closely related to morality and the choices that greatly impact doctors’ and patients’ lives. This term usually...
Introduction Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is used to record health, remedial, and analytical processes and services to parties such as clinicians, indemnity companies, and certification organizations. The term ‘category’ in CPT refers to how the code set is divided, and these codes are classified into three groups (Kirouac, 2018). Within...
Background Pediatric speech-language pathology involves the diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders among children below the age of 18 years. Conversely, pediatric speech therapy involves understanding associated developmental problems among pre-school children, toddlers, adolescents, and school-going children (McKay, 2021). Fiori et al. (2021) say there are many different tools that...
Childbirth is an essential but rather stressful event in the life of parents and mothers in particular. There are many different childbirth methods: some prefer to go to the hospital, and others stay at home. The impressions and complexity of the process also depend on various factors that determine the...
Introduction When making a decision concerning one’s diagnosis and potential treatment, clinical professionals often address alternative opinions, including other clinicians and scholarly research. In order to facilitate the process of these decisions, clinical decision support (CDS) was created. CDS stands for “any system that assists health personnel in clinical decision...
Compassionate care is one of the fundamental and essential aspects of nursing practice. According to British experts, merciful care is a professional standard, a behavior model of competent, qualified nurses (Henderson & Jones, 2017). It is an attentive approach to solving the patient’s problems, the desire to relieve their pain....
Treatment withdrawal is common in critical care, where patients get exhausted with interventions that do not lead to improvement or recovery. While both healthcare providers and patients can choose to stop the therapy, the decision is challenging following the impact of legal and ethical principles (Lyu & Zhang, 2018, p....
Introduction Background Information The medical industry is one of the most important parts of society, and an incremental part of people’s lives, safeguarding their wellbeing and ensuring continued prosperity. The healthcare sphere is constantly changing and developing, creating better outcomes and solutions for problems present in modern times. Historically, modern...
Summary Culturally sensitive healthcare has been described as one that considers the feelings, attitudes, and circumstances of groups of patients with the same race, ethnicity, language, nationality, religious, and cultural heritage. It is also the kind of care that is delivered according to the client’s preferences and expectations (Smaradottir &...
1. The concerns I have over reliability and validity are related to the trustworthiness of the study, and a way to overcome any concerns is to ensure that both reliability and validity are credible and confirmable. Reliability data will be collected with a large sample of patients and health care...
Electronic health records enable healthcare professionals to provide high-quality and cost-effective care. Nevertheless, this technological advancement is not utilized in some facilities, so healthcare practitioners may need to use diverse instruments to elicit the necessary data. The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is one of the measurements that...
Adjodah, D., Dinakar, K., Chinazzi, M., Fraiberger, S. P., Pentland, A., & Bates, S. (2021). Association between COVID-19 outcomes and mask mandates, adherence, and attitudes. PLOS ONE, 16(6), e0252315. This source is arguing that lifting mask mandates is a logical measure due to the current vaccination rate, but in case...
In the time of globalization and active international cooperation, concerns about human health status around the globe have become a pertinent issue. Specifically created United Nations’ agency called the World Health Organization (WHO) is in charge of monitoring health and health care related issues around the globe through local departments....
Introduction The dialysis method is the latest in an arsenal of therapeutic agents to be performed in cases where there is no other option to prolong a patient’s life. Today, peritoneal dialysis practice has one of the leading places in the therapy of patients with the terminal stage of chronic...
Introduction Worldwide, demography is changing, with a steady rise in the aging population seeking better care in nearly every country. The United States Census Bureau estimated that the adult population aged 65 and above would be at 1.5 billion by 2050 (Gates & Cooke, 2011, as cited in Albougami et...
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) is a widely used strategic analysis tool that can help identify and evaluate the internal and external factors that significantly impact an enterprise. Strengths and weaknesses are internal components under the control of a company. Strengths involve the positive, unique aspects that highlight the...
Introduction The current medical scene develops and grows at an unprecedented pace, allowing it to re-adjust and better meet the demands of the public. By continuously changing for the better and implementing newer technology in healthcare, Medical companies are able to maintain and improve their standards of care. The adoption...
Accreditation Standards Impacted Work at a medical facility is always associated with a variety of risks, both for the staff and the patients. During the process of care for a human body, many procedures and practices require interventions that are difficult to fully control, regulate, or perform to ensure that...
Introduction This case study will critically explore the person-centered, evidence-based care of the patient SJ and analyze an aspect of pain management with lower back pain to develop an appropriate plan of care that is safe, compassionate, effective, and holistic. The case study will also consider the most appropriate health...
Ireland offers one of the highly competitive healthcare structures and systems for the citizens. One of the proficient indicators for the concept enshrine the determination of the taxation rates among the citizens. In a report, it is established that Ireland is ranked lowest among other European nations based on the...
Introduction The major forces affecting the delivery of healthcare in present-day organizations are numerous and, therefore, should be carefully analyzed for proposing strategic plans. They primarily include the increase in prices of medical goods, adverse customer feedback, the complexity of services, technological innovation, and emerging regulations (Wake Forest School of...
In the year of 2020, countries from around the world were in total lockdown to prevent the speared of Covid-19 that threaten the lives of people. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (World Health Organization, 2020). People infected with Covid-19 experience extreme or moderate...
Introduction Nurses are an essential component and driving force in improving health care and people’s health. They work closely with patients and see their needs, which gives them a unique experience and the ability to propose the most appropriate incentives. For this reason, this paper will consider one of the...
Introduction The problem of errors in prescribing and administering drugs remains relevant for many medical organizations throughout the country. Given that there have been cases of misuse of medications with adverse patient outcomes in Minnesota, a plan to improve the quality and safety of nursing services is required. The critical...
The concept of cultural sensitivity is widely used in nursing and health care. Cultural sensitivity can be defined as awareness of cultural differences in values, beliefs, and norms and appreciation of these differences in health care practice. Although many developed and developing countries have already implemented this concept in their...
The pandemic of COVID-19 started two years ago, in November 2019, and it has taken the lives of thousands of people all over the world till the present time. Even though self-isolation, social distancing, and wearing masks prevent people from getting infected, people cannot stay at home forever. One of...
The Theory of Caritative Caring Caritas as the motive for caring The caring process incorporates love and mercy Alleviating suffering as the mission of caring Helping patients to become the desired kind of person Emphasis on the concept of human dignity Note: Katie Eriksson began developing her theory of caritative...
History and Purpose of the Theory Madeline Leininger developed the theory in 1978; It is also called Culture Care Theory (CCT); The Sunrise model was added in 1997; The theory explains interdependence between care and culture; It discovers culture-related meanings, patterns, and practices. The theory was first introduced by Madeline...
Gene therapy is a relatively new topic for investigation and implementation in medical practice. Its main idea is to modify gene expressions and alter biological properties (Belete, 2021). Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is one such option to treat cancer. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA, 2017) approved...
Introduction Acne vulgaris is the most widespread skin condition that most people encounter, especially in adolescence. Facial skin diseases are the cause of both physical problems and various psychological sufferings of the patient. It occurs in 85% of people aged 12 to 25 years and 11% of people over 25...
Adaptive Strategy An outpatient surgery center that is faced with one major competitor needs to establish an effective adaptive strategy to remain relevant and strong in the surrounding service area. The strategy would enable the surgery center to achieve its vision by understanding its operating environment and learning how to...
Introduction One should note that amputation is a highly traumatic and serious process, which has a long-lasting impact on a person both physically and mentally. The main three psychosocial aspects of the procedure are centered around emotional, social, and behavioral adjustments. Main body Firstly, behavioral adjustment is the most visible...
Introduction Poliovirus is a human enterovirus, which causes a highly contagious, viral, and life-threatening disease called polio or poliomyelitis. The name poliomyelitis originated from the Greek words “polio” and “myelon,” which mean grey and marrow, respectively. The disease mainly affects humans, and it is transmitted through the fecal-oral route from...
Nursing is one of the most critical components of the patient’s recovery path. It includes the examination and the maintenance of a constantly stable condition of the patient (Barnett et al., 2020). In this paper, Katharine Kolcaba’s comfort theory in the practical application during COVID-19 will be used as the...
Introduction Salmonella has been a pathogen of public concern over recent years, especially in the Caribbean area. The issue has received less attention, mainly because of the inadequate resources in this region. Nonetheless, Salmonella enteritidis has become one of the major causes of human Salmonellosis. It can also lead to...
Introduction The rapid development of vaccines amidst the COVID-19 pandemic is generally seen as a tremendous and unprecedented scientific breakthrough that will contribute to building herd immunity and decreasing caseloads across the United States. While the effectiveness of the vaccines may be high, there are also questions and hesitancy, including...
Schizoaffective Disorder Schizophrenic disorder is characterized by an abnormal interpretation of reality. It is accompanied by hallucinations, disordered thinking, and delusions. Among other symptoms, there can be strong inappropriate emotions and loss of interest in life. This kind of disorder usually demands a lifelong treatment, which includes taking medicine, in...
In the modern world, technology is constantly changing and seems to advance and transform the way people live and work. For example, technological progress has considerably impacted the medical field by assisting and allowing doctors to better communicate with their patients and providing a new way to practice medicine. By...
Introduction Medical facilities should consider the best strategies to continue delivering sustainable health services. The identified ambulatory surgery center (ASC) intends to retain its 12 workers. Such professionals are presently compelled to work elsewhere to increase their hours. This issue is capable of affecting organizational performance. Organizational Issue The absence...
Nurse practitioners are often key change agents contributing to important transformations in the U.S. healthcare system. Being a nurse means being an advocate for the rights of the patient, other healthcare professionals, and oneself (Marquis & Huston, 2021). The proposed project is concerned with the implementation and evaluation of a...
Citizens are concerned about keeping their health data protected and protected. That is why the U.S Department of Health and Human Services determines policies, according to federal law, on who can get access to one’s health information. With limited exceptions, the HIPAA Privacy Rule gives individuals the right to access,...
Introduction In the contemporary world, many famous movies’ characters are displayed as individuals with a certain type of disorders that enables to master the skill of diagnosing through analyzing them. Once of instances of such persons is Lord Ramsay Bolton, the fictional antagonist from the fantasy drama television series “Game...
Introduction Retirement home standards and staff hiring are two important areas related to residents’ overall safety and care quality. The first one covers essential procedures to ensure that the environment is appropriate for hosting older adults and does not affect their well-being. The second aspect concerns the approach to preparing...
The Internet was supposed to be a giant equalizing force that would provide unprecedented access to information and free speech. Instead, it has become a cesspool of conspiracy theories, misinformation, and anti-intellectualism (Mian and Khan). Due to content overload and the public’s increasingly fragmented attention span, political sensationalism becomes the...
Cancer is one of the most common illnesses in the world, with millions affected by it directly or indirectly. According to the American Cancer Society (“What is Cancer,” 2020), 1 in 3 Americans is affected by cancer. Since cancer happens on the cell level, and there are trillions of them...
Morbidity and mortality rates are important factors in medicine, especially in cases of epidemics. It helps both doctors and researchers, for example, when developing a vaccine. It also helps in calculating risks for specific populations, as it involves dividing patients into categories. In addition, it is essential to know the...
Abstract The paper examines the impact of juvenile arthritis (JA) on the lives of people affected by it. The term “juvenile arthritis” includes a number of diseases that affect joint tissues and reveal themselves in childhood or adolescence. The disease limits one’s motor skills and has a significant toll on...
MCO: Managed Care Organization A managed care organization (MCO) is a popular way for US citizens to use medical services. MCO can be a health plan, health system, physician group, or hospital responsible for managing the health of various enrollees who decide to contract with them. In the case of...
Hormones are the substances making the living body alive; their mechanism of action is quite simple: they bind with their receptors and make them react in a particular way, initiating subsequent reactions. Hormones are produced by glands of the endocrine system of the organism and regulate all other systems. They...
Religious beliefs heavily influence life philosophies and value systems at the individual and collective levels, making the studies of spirituality crucial in various populations, including people diagnosed with schizophrenia. In their non-systematic literature review, Grover, Davuluri, and Chakrabarti (2014) summarize the global psychiatric community’s knowledge regarding the connections between spirituality,...
The process of bone formation in living organisms is called osteogenesis in biology. It begins at the embryonic stage in humans and reaches its peak from adolescence to young adulthood. After the age of 25, the natural gradual loss of bone mass starts. Bone formation is performed by osteoblasts, osteoclasts,...
Introduction Developing evidence-based care practices for patients requires setting the right clinical question and conducting an extensive literature search. The PICOT framework, which stands for a population of interest, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time, can be applied to formulate the question correctly (Boswell & Cannon, 2015). Colon cancer is the...
Introduction Nursing decision-making depends on numerous factors to take into account to provide patients with qualified and ethical care. These factors include effective communication, the sustainability of leadership practices, teamwork success, employee personal readiness, and some other aspects. In conditions of constant interaction with the population, nurses should be aware...
Some alternatives are based on the aspect of centralization and changes within the organization. In total, they include developing a common WHS culture and policies, missions and values, training programs, as well as teamwork and consistency of the entire team, including managers and employees, to ensure the above principles. In...
Health insurance currently provides coverage for both high medical bills and preventive care. In the United States, healthcare reform mandated that all insurance cover entirely preventative treatment to promote good health. In an emergency, hospital stays, doctor visits, medicines, and other medical expenses are covered if both the employee and...
Introduction The nursing profession imposes various moral obligations upon practitioners since it often includes interactions with vulnerable members of society. This statement may sound pretentious, but sometimes nurses have to deal with matters of life and death. As a result, their decisions may make the difference between the former and...
Each medical organization should have a patient care policy. One of the main principles of patient-oriented care is advocacy. The patients’ advocacy in healthcare is correlated with protecting their rights, ensuring the safety of the patients providing them with the opportunity to participate in the treatment plan. Basically, there are...
Background information Bisphenol-A is commonly used in dentistry, fissure sea lands, hospital instruments and tools, thermal papers, containers of beverages, and cans of food. The chemical has been found to harm the reproductive system of the human body (Rochester, 2019). Ways to contact BPA include inhaling, ingestion, and skin interaction...
Abstract Cancer is one of the most common and currently incurable diseases worldwide. Nevertheless, some professions predispose to acquiring such a disease, including the fire department. It is necessary to understand the main causes and factors of cancer in firefighters and to identify measures to influence this situation. In addition,...
Obesity is a severe healthcare care issue throughout the globe. Cercato and Fonseca (2019, p. 1) mention that more than 650 million people suffer from this problem. Even though this condition is harmful on its own, it also contributes to additional health problems. In particular, obesity is challenging because it...
Famine is characterized by an inadequate food supply that causes starvation, malnutrition, disease, and death. Famine is caused by various factors, including natural calamities, war, and poor food policies. For the past five years, Yemen has struggled with internal conflict and war, with no indication of immediate peace. The World...
Florence Nightingale left behind a legacy of teachings that have become the cornerstone of the modern style of nursing. The current nursing trends are aligned with her environmental theory and philosophy. She advocated for holism in nursing, which cannot be achieved if the nurses do not understand all the aspects...
Introduction Sickle cell disease is a hereditary condition affecting the red blood cells. It is more common in people whose family origins are African, African Caribbean, Asian or Mediterranean but rare in people of North European descent (Ware et al., 2017). Normal blood cells are round and flexible, an adaptation...
A paramedic is a specialist with a higher medical education who specializes in providing emergency medical care. Such a specialist can save a person’s life before his hospitalization. They are responsible for complex medical manipulations, in particular, artificial ventilation of the lungs. In addition, the paramedic is able to take...
Introduction Medical errors remain in the list of serious problems that the modern healthcare industry is facing. Notably, the amount of fatal cases that result from not adhering to standards or prescriptions is slightly smaller than 100,000 per year (Saljoughian, 2020, p. 10). Work injuries, vehicle accidents, and AIDS, which...
The article “The effect of nurse staffing on patient safety outcomes: A cross-sectional survey” is an original scholarly research involving human subjects, conducted by Wang et al (2020). The authors clearly possess the necessary qualifications for performing the study, having Doctorate and Master’s degrees in Medicine and practicing as registered...
Understanding Cultural Values Consent involves getting permission to undertake a particular action or coming into an agreement with the involved parties. Leticia has to ensure that the father is requested and informed about each procedure conducted. Informed consent allows easy decision-making and an adequate flow of activities. It creates a...
Evaluation of DLNET for Usability of Health Information according to CLAS The Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU) and the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation made forty patient educational materials in English and Spanish. The handouts are available for download and can be distributed freely. The ACU and Home Diagnostics created education materials...
Nursing practice standards reflect the degree to which individual capabilities are evaluated based on actual performance. They define the professional competencies as applicable at every level of the nursing process during patient care (American Nurses Association, [ANA], n.d.). The Texas Board of Nursing (BON) regulates the practice in Texas by...
Introduction Breast cancer is a condition that causes breast cells to proliferate uncontrollably. The lobules, duct, or connective tissue are all possible places for growth to begin. The lobules and ducts are where most growth begins. It is possible for cancer to spread to other regions of the body via...
Introduction Cancer can affect the same livelihoods of millions of people if they are service users, household members, or mates, even though the incidence and death have proceeded to trend downward. As of the 1990s, more than sixteen million people with cancer have already been reported in the United States....
Abstract An autopsy is a procedure performed surgically that involves a thorough examination of a deceased body by dissection. The main aim of the autopsy procedure is to determine the mode and manner of the death or the cause of the death (Padar et al. 5). Currently, there has been...
Health care, in general, is a complicated field that involves making informed decisions, choices, and options on how to handle situations when faced by them, whether individually or when with the clients and their families. Nurses worldwide experience many ethical challenges when offering patient care, and in many cases, they...
In most cases, both patients and caregivers or physicians have the right to protect their privacy and confidentiality and not to disclose their HIV/AIDS status to other people. However, there are also cases when disclosure is required for caregivers and physicians because of the high risks of transmitting the virus....
Hon. Xavier Becerra, The Cabinet Secretary-Ministry of Health and Human Service, 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC-20201, United States. Dear Hon. Xavier Becerra, Since the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak in 2019, several measures have been employed to contain the disease. The adoption of social distancing in public places, sanitizers,...
The Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018 may serve as an example of the regulation that can successfully lead to improving patient safety and care. This regulation is currently implemented in several states in the United States. The Act was initially oriented toward improving the nurse-to-patient...
Tuberculosis (TB) is linked to morbidity, mortality, and devastating economic impact on healthcare systems, so medical professionals should be able to take urgent action to combat the disease. The issue of potential TB spread in the community presents a threat to public health and requires the nurse to follow a...
In the United States, the percentage of wasteful health care spending is often regarded as the highest one in the world. Researchers and experts have examined this issue with reference to the fact that the United States expends significant resources on health care, and much lost or wasteful spending can...
Implementations and changes that are oriented toward hospital improvement play a critical role in maximizing positive outcomes for patients. In this context, effective clinical and business solutions need to be proposed and realized to improve the quality of provided care. The improvement of patient outcomes along with the improvement of...
Errors occur in all spheres of human activity, and healthcare is no exception. From a professional point of view, there are two categories of failure, active and latent. The active ones are apparent; it is easy to identify the person responsible for them in such cases. In other words, these...
Today, there are numerous methods available for the process of delivery. One of them is water birth, which is characterized by a woman remaining in the water during all the stages of labor until the actual appearance of the baby. During the last decades, this option has gained popularity in...
Journal Reflection My reaction to an experience involving delegation of tasks that are non-nursing related was disappointing and humiliating. I was delegated cleaning tasks which I considered the role of ancillary personnel. Although I was able to work on the required tasks, I felt that it was unprofessional and uncalled...
Cross-training techniques tend to be a beneficial way to improve teamwork and collaboration among healthcare workers. Moreover, cross-training provides the small groups’ functionality in underemployment, even if the key workers get sick or take a vacation. This essay will provide details on some of the cross-training and whether they would...
Overview of the Event Hurricane Katrina is a deadly storm that resulted in terrible damage especially in New Orleans and the surrounding areas on the 29th of August 2005. The calamity led to unprecedented loss of lives, thousands of casualties with severe injuries, and severe destruction of property (Fussell, 2015)....
Abstract Every worker in each field is susceptible to injury in their workplace. However, health workers face a higher risk of injuries in developing many disorders such as back pain, muscle pain, and soft tissue-related pain known as musculoskeletal disorders. This population is experiencing higher rates of occupational accidents compared...
The case study presents an ethical dilemma in healthcare provision. It accounts for an older man named R.L. who had several conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, and kidney problems. His doctor noticed that he had reduced enthusiasm for activities he previously enjoyed and diagnosed him with depression. Soon afterward, he...
Interprofessional teams can be regarded as an approach widely accepted in the clinical setting. Different professionals work in teams to provide high-quality patient-centered care to a particular patient, which has a positive impact on their health outcomes. Being a nurse in a family primary care unit, I also work in...
Performance improvement models were adopted by the healthcare industry to assist in the process of systematic improvement, solve recurring problems, and enhance manager-employee communication. The models share similar steps towards quality improvement, including goal definition, analysis of current practices, improvement design, implementation, and success measurement (Spath, 2019). The FADE model...
The scenario describes a year-long campaign initiated by the inpatient geriatric medical nursing unit to improve patient satisfaction scores related to pain management. The unit received the lowest performance score on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers (HCAPHS) survey among all divisions in the hospital. The interprofessional team working...
Introduction There is global recognition of the need to increase patients’ satisfaction with their services in health care organizations. The quality of medical care will always take precedence over the quality of food or other hospital amenities. If patients do not get decent medical care or have an adverse event...
Executive Summary On top of being a health crisis, COVID-19 is also a socioeconomic and information crisis. The pandemic has caused a global recession that has caused many people to end up in extreme poverty. Different actions need to be employed to curb the danger of spreading the virus. Vaccines...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) website provides a journal of reports on technology impacts on healthcare provision and cyber-attacks. On 17th November 2021, a report argues that the Protected Health Information of about 127,800 patients may have been compromised after a ransomware cyber-attack, according to a notification...
Healthcare systems are complex frames, which require the implementation of elaborate strategies to contribute to the development. It is especially urgent for the management bodies since they are responsible for the decisions made and the strategies implemented. Therefore, today, one can identify seven main problems leadership faces in the healthcare...
The new primers’ analytical sensitivity was compared to that of previously reported N gene primers. 348 respiratory specimens were examined using this RT-PCR-hybridization approach, and 12 human coronaviruses were identified. RT-PCR-hybridization was used to amplify the M polypeptide sequences of HCoV-OC43 and the other strain of coronavirus, HCoV-229E. This strategy...
Introduction The study of episodic and autobiographical memory has been researched for decades. Technology advancement has enabled scientists to understand brain activity and processes clearer than in previous centuries. Autobiographical memory is the ability to remember one’s history, including the place of birth and childhood. It can be episodic (recollection...
Compared to Switzerland, the US spends twice as much on health. In 2019, the average cost of health care in the US was $11,582 per person (Chen et al., 2020). This expenditure is a result of the increased pay-outs to physicians and hospitals. Moreover, the expense also results from higher...
Summary In the article “Regenerative medicine breakthrough: “Dancing molecules” successfully repair severe spinal cord injuries,” Northwestern University (2021) introduces and shortly discusses the study conducted by its researchers under the leadership of Samuel I. Stupp. The latter author and his colleagues could successfully develop a new injectable medicine that allegedly...
The clinical site of my practice is East Orange General Hospital of New Jersey, and working there contains opportunities to involve in multiple specialties. The facility has three main Centers of Excellence: Family health, Weight loss, and Female health, and includes diagnostic, emergency, behavioral, and outpatient services (East Orange General...
The thyroid gland is located at the lower frontal neck region, and its function is to produce thyroid hormone secreted to the blood. Thyroid hormone helps the body keep warm, use body energy, speed up or slow down the heartbeat and keep the brain and muscles functioning correctly. The pituitary...
Nursing strengths Nursing strengths are essential in making a nurse practitioner’s career successful. They include time management skills, communication skills, compassion for the patients, flexibility, reliability, and critical thinking (Al‐Yateem et al., 2020). A nurse must know that patients need quick attention because the patients’ lives lie in the medic’s...
Shock is categorized as a medical emergency and occurs when the tissues and organs fail to receive adequate oxygenated blood. Therefore, burn shock is used to describe specific signs such as “decreased cardiac output, increased vascular resistance, hypovolaemia and hypoperfusion” caused by severe burn injuries (Curtis et al., 2019). Such...