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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Among mood disorders, modern psychiatry singles out a group of bipolar disorders which are characterized by a single or multiple occurrence of abnormally elevated mood (mania or hypomania) giving place to depressive (mixed) episodes. Bipolar I disorder is diagnosed on the basis of presence of one or more manic or...
Chen et al. (2009) described a preterm infant (33 weeks) born to an alcoholic mother. At birth, the infant showed facial dysmorphic features, optic atrophy, and sensorineural hearing loss characteristics of the fetal alcoholic syndrome (FAS). When the infant developed respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), it was put to CPAP therapy....
The analysis is centered around the article Jogging Is the Best Weapon Against ‘Obesity Genes’ by Rachael Rettner (2019). The article muses about the issue of obesity’s connection to the specific genes and counteracting the problem. The author presents recent scientific findings regarding the influence of exercise on obesity gene...
Disseminating Findings of the Practicum Project My observations regarding collaboration and patient safety characterized my practicum project experience. Patient safety refers to the prevention of errors that would have adverse effects on patients when they seek medical services in the healthcare setting. Relative to this assertion, McVay, Stamatakis, Jacobs, Tabak,...
Nursing has been influenced by such basic philosophical directions as positivism and naturalism. It should be stressed that these two dominant aspects built paradigms used in nursing practice. Scientists tend to use these basic aspects as the background for their medical researches and studies. The paradigm of naturalism takes the...
In a nursing home setting, a safety culture should be focused on effective rehabilitation and appropriate transitions among care environments. A set of values and beliefs that is to be applied to challenges and overall organizational management reflects a home’s common understanding of safety. Sollecito and Johnson (2013) state that...
Utilizing the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) approach to bettering healthcare environments may be possible within any surroundings. An essential part is sustaining its continuity by not stopping at a single rotation through the four steps and preparing for long-run revisions and innovations (DemingInstitute, 2012). As such, highlighting a potential PDSA process improvement...
Introduction Personal health records are a technology that enables patients to access, document, and monitor health-related information. The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF, 2019) notes that PHRs are often confused with patient portals. While connected PHRs may take the form of patient portals, but standalone PHRs are not linked to...
Introduction The concept of theory in any discipline implies a set of interrelated ideas and approaches which help to systematize the existing knowledge. Theories base on definitions propositions, models, etc., which are directly or implicitly connected to the discipline. For example, the conceptions of nursing theories include patients and communication...
Introduction Research performs an essential role in many life spheres, and nursing is not an exception. It helps scientists collect and analyze existing information as well as generate conclusions that would be beneficial for many people. That is why every piece of research meets particular criteria to be credible. In...
Why did You Select the Article? The article named “The Challenges of Nursing Students in the Clinical Learning Environment: A Qualitative Study” was selected. Learning in the clinical environment can be difficult, unpredictable, and unstable for students (Baraz, Memarian, & Vanaki, 2015). Therefore, this article was chosen because it contains...
Introduction An article Use of Repeated Intravenous Ketamine Therapy in Treatment-resistant Bipolar Depression with Suicidal Behavior: a Case Report from Spain describes the efficacy of ketamine as a treatment for bipolar depression with signs of suicide (López-Díaz, et al., 2017). Main effects of ketamine The authors point out that “ketamine...
Introduction Nowadays science and medicine are developing quickly, and new methods, ideas, and trends appear quite often. They are intended to meet the requirements and needs of the modern world. Remote medical care and solutions for the opioid epidemic in the USA belong to the most important issues. The purpose...
The case under review involves treating depression with person-centered therapy (PCT). The patient is Joanna, a 50-year-old woman complaining of feeling lonely and unworthy of love. She has been divorced for 8 years and has two children of 21 and 24 years old who do not live with her. Joanna...
Computer science provides humans with multiple useful tools to work with large amounts of information, and it is used in all spheres of human activity. Genomic medicine is a new discipline that can apply this technology to study human genetics and treat genetic diseases more efficiently. Clinicians can utilize information...
It is wrong to think that competition between medical personnel within one hospital is the impact of current trends in health care. Doctors, as specialists, will always have their own opinion about a particular problem or treatment process of patients. If two professionals are involved in the treatment of one...
The specifics of the anatomy and development of the liver with reference to the vasculature that can be examined with a focus on embryogenesis need additional research because limited information is available on this topic. In their study, Lhuaire et al. (2015) investigated the details of developmental morphogenesis of the...
The leadership skills in the nursing practice are vitally significant for accomplishing the mandatory tasks. These include the education of the patients, obtaining the time management skills, and patient care that is carried out by the appropriate health care provider. However, the ability to lead might also have a harmful...
One can think of the situation when the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) results have shown to be below 50%. Such a case is very realistic and indeed occurs from time to time in institutions of healthcare. To deal with such a situation and raise the...
A nurse-led EBP intervention inevitably has to interact with healthcare systems at a local level. The majority of nurses do not have the pull and the resources to solicit a large-scale intervention. At the same time, any EBP must first be generated at the local level. The purpose of this...
Changes occur gradually, so the results are not always immediately noticeable. The situation can become complicated if the participants have different ideas about the proposed changes, methods, and strategies for achieving them. The same is valid for nursing practice, as the nurses are the primary agents in delivering care and...
It is considered that high costs of care primarily stem from it being largely uncoordinated. In turn, the growing prevalence of chronic diseases increases the expenses incurred to deliver healthcare services to patients. Health information technology (IT) is expected to enable an organization to coordinate care better and reduce healthcare...
Introduction Organizational planning in the health care area is a regular process, which affects the efficiency and economic reasonability of the relevant institutions. I would like to emphasize that appropriate organizational planning requires the identification of a management system to be applied subsequently. The management system provides guidance on aspects...
Virtual workplaces are widely used in almost every field of activity. In clinical practice, however, it is not possible to perform surgery remotely, but today entire virtual communities are being created, where everyone can consult with a doctor online. The way of virtual work allows more efficient use of time...
Taking responsibility for occurrences related to one’s work performance is an essential part of professional life, as it indicates both honesty and integrity that stems from a desire to better one’s work ethic. In medicine, the accountability of healthcare specialists is an essential prerequisite to increasing the quality of provided...
The quality of healthcare is a major concern around the globe. According to Ransom, Joshi, Nash, and Ransom (2014), the quality of US healthcare is not satisfactory enough since many scientific findings are not implemented into practice. Additionally, the differences in standards of methods and the occurrence of unnecessary or...
The self-medication of minors can have negative consequences, and research on the topic indicates that particular groups of children are especially likely to be exposed to it. For example, Santos et al. focused on a sample of 1382 children from some poor areas of Brazil. Roughly half of them had...
Nurses constitute the vast share of the healthcare workforce in most countries, including the United States. When it comes to primary care, they often provide a range of services similar to that of physicians, which creates the need to evaluate and compare performance between the two professions. The vast majority...
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is a medical condition associated with the aging process in the male population. While it is not regarded as a preventable ailment, its symptoms can be halted by lifestyle changes and medications (Corona, Vignozzi, Rastrelli, Lotti, Cipriani, & Maggi, 2014). The present paper offers an overview...
The role of nurse leaders in the contemporary healthcare environment is increasingly complex due to the variety of issues and responsibilities. The most important challenge for nurse leaders is motivating employees to achieve better performance outcomes. Creating motivated and well-performing teams is crucial to improving patient outcomes and promoting satisfaction...
Introduction In a modern hospital with a complex technological network, building control systems (BCS) are able to oversee and automate many functions. BCS can monitor and adjust environmental controls such as lighting, temperature, pressurization, humidity, and life support systems. Nurses can use BCS to keep maintain the bed and patient...
Introduction Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a healthcare technology meant to monitor patients in their homes which allows increasing accessibility and quality of care while decreasing its cost. This digital technology often collects medical and other data about patients such as location and vitals, using patient health data (Ph.D.) in...
Introduction Failures to incorporate security measures may occur in handling patient information and/or the usage of computer systems in the workplace. These cases may create threats and vulnerabilities, which are ultimately attributed to the employee. To avoid becoming a culprit in the irresponsible handling of patient information, an employee should...
Health information technology (HIT) refers to the use of computerized or digital systems and health information management across the process of healthcare delivery and for a secure collection, storage, and exchange of health-related information. Common examples include electronic health records (EHR), clinical decision support, computerized provider order entry (CPOE), and...
The current major healthcare issue in the U.S. is the healthcare system itself. The nation is more aligned with a sick care system than a health care system, which aims to manage disease than improve health (TEDMED, 2012). Therefore, it gives little consideration to other predisposing factors, such as food...
Introduction Public safety is one of the foundational standards of managing citizens’ needs, yet it is quite difficult to attain due to the multiple factors that affect public safety negatively. Ranging from health issues to disasters, threats to public safety are often uncontrollable and unpredictable (Purnell, 2018). However, with the...
It is a common assumption that mental health is of little importance in low-income countries such as Uganda. However, the body of evidence showed that the East-African country has been making a conscious effort to introduce tools for enhancing mental health to primary help. Uganda’s government recognized deteriorating mental wellness...
If you were a child of an alcoholic would you be concerned about developing your own struggles with alcohol abuse? Is nature or nurture the stronger factor in the development of alcohol dependence? In a situation where somebody of my parents was diagnosed as alcohol dependent, I would pay more...
The term mental illness is used to describe a particular model or behavioral disorder characterized by unusual actions and motifs (Hart & Ksir, 2014). A patient suffering from mental disorders demonstrates a set of symptoms that deteriorate the quality of his/her life significantly. For this reason, there is a great...
In Chapter 24, Polit and Beck (2017) present a discussion about the analysis of qualitative data, which is different from the quantitative one in relying on non-statistical approaches. The authors consider the key aspects of working with data, including its management, analysis, and findings interpretation. The key concepts include category...
The event discussed in this post took place 300 miles north of Granada in the city of Valencia in 1490 (Pérez, Baldessarini, Undurraga & Sánchez-Moreno, 2012). I was visited by a neighbor who confessed to hearing voices. She also displayed sexually suggestive behavior and complained that numerous small insects were...
A balanced scorecard technique could be used to measure performance in strategic planning. Its development requires a translation of strategic goals into actionable and tangible objectives (Kollberg & Elg, 2011). Based on a quest to address rising healthcare costs, the balanced scorecard tool should hinge on four key pillars: financial,...
For many years, the quest for ‘safer cigarettes’ has been of interest to both companies producing tobacco products and their consumers. The development of e-cigarettes is a step in the right direction because even though ‘safer’ does not necessarily meansafe,’ it stands to reason that products with lower neuropharmacological activity...
Introduction Nursing, like many other professions, has metamorphosed over the years due to changes in technology and institutions. In this paper, I look at the milestones in nursing since the 1800s and professionalism in the nursing practice. Difference between Nursing in the 1800s and in the Twenty-First Century Unlike today...
Depression is a well-recognized psychological condition that is experienced by several people at some point in their lives. As with other mental disorders, depression requires medical attention as it may evolve into a life-threatening condition. However, treatment of depression, as well as other mental illnesses, is greatly affected by the...
A cognitive approach to psychopathology is associated with the notion that conscious thought is able to change a person’s emotional state and their response to a particular stimulus (Sue et al., 2013). Cognitive models suggest that individual interpretations of various situations become determinants of behavior. According to the proponents of...
There are multiple screening tests for colon cancer or colorectal cancer. According to the global systematic review of screening interventions and guidelines, there are three major tests including a colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and fecal occult blood test (FOBT) (Bénard, Barkun, Martel, & von Renteln, 2018). As the researchers note, there...
The patient reported shortness of breath, right-sided chest pain, chills and fever, productive cough, and rust-colored mucus. His physical examination showed tachypnea, decreased breath sounds on the right, and coarse rhonchi through the right lung field. Additional Laboratory and Radiological Tests Chest X-ray – it will help see the problem...
Because AG’s body mass index is higher than 25, he is suffering from blurred vision and hypertension and has never had these complaints before, it is logical to assume that he has type 2 diabetes. However, it is recommended to complete a random blood sugar test and an oral glucose...
According to the individual’s history, the pathophysiology of the illness includes the reaction of the woman’s body to some irritant. She has become sensitive to something in the environment, which, as a rule, does not cause any uncommon response in the human body. In the current case, the possible disease...
Female genital mutilation is practiced by different tribes and cultures. It is used to ensure social and moral norms among girls, and it is believed that it symbolizes maturity. It is used to control women in many regions (Simister 247). Africa and the Middle East have recorded the highest number...
Introduction Health-related issues concerning women and cancer are very sensitive. Cancer is curable when detected early, although many people still believe that it is a terminal disease. Various risk factors increase and expose individuals to contracting cancer. Although some of the risk factors are unavoidable, most of them are highly...
Introduction Any dysfunction in the frontal and the prefrontal cortex is assessed through numerous methods. One of the methods is the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task dubbed WCST. The Wisconsin Card Sorting Task test is a set-shifting neuropsychological test. Specifically, WCST is used to assess the human executive functioning (Monchi et...
How important is it to involve users and in what aspect(s) of the design or what stage of the selection process would you seek their involvement? Potential users of computers in a health care facility setting should be involved in all decisions regarding the introduction of computers in their workplace...
Introduction Respiration is the process of exchanging gases between the environments and organisms during which the thoracic volume changes to develop a specific mechanism of pushing the air out of the trachea and pulling the next portion of the air in the trachea. The elements of the mechanism are expiration...
Introduction The immune system is involved in protecting the body against attacks that would culminate in disease. The lymphatic system is composed of thousands of lymphatic vessels responsible for filtering plasma back to the blood. It also interacts with the lymphoid system that is crucial in the immunity of an...
Introduction The cardiovascular system is a collection of organs in charge of the movement of blood in the body. This system is made up of the heart as well as an arrangement of veins, arteries, and capillaries. In this paper, I look at the anatomy and physiology of some components...