Introduction The cost and quality of healthcare will vary substantially from one country to another. Such a difference explains why governments should consider the best model to transform the delivery of sustainable medical services. This paper offers a detailed comparison of the US health system with those of Canada, the...
The US healthcare system is complex, and its efficiency is questionable due to high costs, low health indicators, errors, and other issues affecting the population of the country. While the practices applied by the US medical professionals are considered to be among the most effective in the world, the high...
Introduction Complications during birth result in various disorders that affect children’s development and health in future life. Perinatal asphyxia is among these complications, and it often leads to developmental or neurological disorders. Some of the children who had this condition require long-term mental and physical health care. The present paper...
Universal insurance solving “market failure” in health insurance The question of universal insurance is rather controversial, and it is associated with a lot of the economic issues such as the questions of equity and efficiency which can be discussed with references to the market failure (Sloan and Hsieh). Mandating universal...
Immunization of children is a significant public health topic that has been widely studied and discussed. Despite the advocacy of healthcare agencies and organizations, such as CDC and WHO, many parents still perceive vaccines as either dangerous or unnecessary in today’s world. Immunization proved to decrease children’s mortality and disability...
Introduction Achieving a DNP degree will be an important step in my academic career, as it would allow me to progress towards my future goals. I chose to focus on family nursing practice in order to be able to help in resolving a variety of health problems found in people...
Identify one cause of childhood obesity in a London borough. There are quite a large number of children in the London Borough of Merton who are overweight or obese. Considering the lifestyle popular among children and adolescents in the United Kingdom, there can be a few reasons why childhood obesity...
Foreground and Background Information The PICOT question focuses on the use of recreational activities to reduce the risk for stroke, hypertension, and cancer in overweight and obese persons aged between 18 and 40. This intervention will be compared and contrasted with various educational campaigns targeting behavioral and lifestyle changes. In...
Introduction My field internship clinical practice was conducted in First Home Care in Portsmouth, VA. During the course of the practice, I worked with two clients in Day Support Treatment for Autism Adults. I established two main objectives as guidelines for my practice. First, I tried to identify the areas...
Introduction The case study under consideration involves a cultural aspect of nursing because a patient is a Mexican American woman (Galanti, 1997). There are two groups of players in this situation, relatives of the patient and representatives of the healthcare facility, a pharmacist and an IV nurse. All the players...
The choice of Healthcare in America The author wrote about the managed care program and its relationship with network restrictions (Emanuel par. 2). The author attempted to explain the two types of networks available to Americans under managed care. Americans, in general, seem to be highly divided along affordability lines...
Abstract The absence of adequate literature focusing on human resources (HR) in healthcare makes it impossible for managers to achieve their potential. HR leaders have to deal with numerous challenges if they are to support the sustainability of medical services. The suggested proposal seeks to analyze such HR challenges and...
I am writing to draw your attention to the problem of health and fitness centers accessibility for individuals with disabilities. I would like you to pay particular attention to the problem and provide people with disabilities with equal access to health and fitness centers. I am deeply concerned about the...
Abstract African American families represent a large percent of the US society, and nurses working with the members of these families should follow the unique approach to care and treatment because of the necessity to address the African Americans’ health and social needs appropriately. A variety of factors influence the...
Introduction The National Public Health Performance Standards (NPHPS) framework is useful in improving public health practice in a country (CDC, 2013a). These standards strengthen the public health systems at local, state, and national levels. In addition, the NPHPS helps in assessing essential services provided in the public health system. This...
Importance of Weighting in Secondary Data According to Pike (2008), the weighting is often done in secondary research studies that involve multiple values of assessment. Weighting allows us to understand the importance of different facets of analysis. In public health research, the weighting is instrumental in aligning a study’s findings...
Description of Selected Article The selected article for this paper is by Chirowa, Atwood, and Van der Putten (2013). They analyzed the relationship between gender inequality, health expenditure, and maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their unique analysis explored gender inequality using the Gender Inequality Index (GII). Health expenditure and maternal...
Initial Post The article ACA’s Performance-Based Health Care Standards – Accreditation Based on Results by Kathleen McKim is devoted to the changes in the health care program. In particular, the author pays attention to the ACA Performance-Based Health Care Standards, which have been developing to coordinate the work of the...
Concept of Insurance in the US health care Health insurance refers to an arrangement involving payment of medical expenses for patients (41). Under this concept, the entities involved in catering for the expenditure are private insurance companies, social welfare organizations and social insurance schemes (Niles, 38). Thus, some insurance programs...
Introduction From what I saw at Ester Seals day care, interacting with the elderly who suffer from a combination of old age and degenerative mental illnesses requires a lot of time, experience and most importantly patience in making sure that their needs of this particular class of patient are met....
My long-term objective is to become a skilled family nurse practitioner (FNP). This profession will make it possible for me to provide evidence-based services in a primary health care setting. In such a situation, a FNP will focus on disease prevention and wellness. Such a caregiver will also diagnose and...
A project requires adequate project management to be successful, where the Advanced Practice Nurse Project Manager (APN PM) can build a roadmap, support the project team, define the tools, and implement the project tasks. In modern nursing, it is not uncommon that Informatics Nurses (IN) and Informatics Nurse Specialists (INSs)...
Introduction Health care has been improving over the past decades, and patients expect quality services and products from medical institutions. This is only possible if these institutions maintain good records about their patients. Health information for use by the medical personnel should also be available to ensure that personnel is...
The healthcare system of a given country dictates the quality of medical services available to its citizens. The United States and Canada have adopted diverse models and policies to ensure that more people have access to superior care. This paper compares and contrasts the health care systems of these two...
The worldwide epidemic of prescription drug abuse is largely affected by the role of nurses caring about patients. Historically, nurses were vital to combating opioid through the anticipatory guidance. Today, they also remain essential in providing health care services to those who are addicted and those who are newly prescribed...
What are the largest expense categories incurred by health care services organizations? America’s health care spending has increased at an alarming rate over the past few years. Cleverley, Cleverley, and Song (2010) note that government spending on health care has almost doubled in recent times compared to its spending in...
Introduction Commitment in a team can be described as a sense of free-flowing excitement and passion, where members are willing to anything that is required to enable the team to succeed (Larson & LaFasto, 1989). To provide effective health care, teams of health care providers need to work together as...
Introduction HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa has been a matter of intense debate throughout decades. Admittedly, various social and cultural issues contribute to the spread of the infection in the region. Therefore, cultural settings should be taken into account while developing prevention programs. Pen-3 Model within the dimension of cultural empowerment...
Introduction The complex cognitive frameworks within an individual subject the mind to various processes. Psychologists seek to explain human behavior based on these cognitive frameworks (Stahl & Goldstein, 2010). However, in-depth approaches to the study of mental processes gave rise to the concepts of neuroscience and neuroplasticity. The brain plays...
Out of all the small treats, one can offer to others or buy for oneself, candies have always been the most popular ones. Chocolate, fruit, or jelly, sweet or sour, soft or hard – there are so many types of this product that a lifetime is not enough to try...
Louise Fresco (2009) presented her views on the challenges related to food production that can jeopardise the development of human societies. The TED speaker made several important points associated with the production of food, farmers’ perspectives and concerns, and the role food (and bread, in particular) plays in people’s life....
Eric Morgan (2018) aims at developing a framework to predict the flow of parasites from wild animals to domestic species in Kazakhstan and Botswana. The researcher examines the way parasites adapt to the changeable environment, as well as the migration of wild animals that is often unpredictable. The limitations of...
Overview The concern for an adult’s mental health in regards to suicide should begin at the age of sixty, as at this period the issue is the most prevalent. Additionally, Shaha, Bhatb, Zarate-Escuderoc, DeLeo, and Erlangsen (2016), conducted a study to determine suicide rates for adults aged from 60 to...
Evidence-Based Project: palliative care I have always been interested in investigating ways of improving the patients’ quality of life and their overall state. Especially, this is relevant to palliative care because I understand that these patients may be exposed to numerous health problems that are connected not only to their...
Overview of the Case Story Andrea Kennedy Yates “drowned her children on June 20, 2001” (Resnick, 2007, p. 3). According to experts, Yates suffered from depression and psychosis. The legal test for insanity known as the M’Naghten Rules was used during the case. The court eventually convicted Andrea Yates of...
Savant syndrome is one of the most mysterious phenomena in the modern world. It represents the condition when the brain damage may reveal the hidden genius. The savant abilities are unique by their nature. The person expresses mastery in particular activities without the necessary knowledge or training. Stephen Wiltshire is...
This review focuses on the barriers in Nursing associated with the introduction of Evidence-based Practice. Evidence-based practice is relatively a new concept that involves a change from the traditional practice. The human tendency is always to resist first to changes. The resistance is what this review proposes to consider as...
Robert Johnson is a 60-year-old man who is experiencing severe pain and numbness in his left leg. After tests and examinations, he went through spine surgery. During post-surgical procedures, the patient suddenly lost consciousness after complaining of chest pain. He is unresponsive to stimuli, his pulse is not palpable and...
Introduction Nowadays, many people suffer from hypertension and the inabilities to control the changes of their blood pressure. People have headaches and do not know the reasons for such pain. One of the possible options to check your blood pressure is to buy an automatic blood pressure monitor and use...
According to the Health Belief Model (HBM), what is the Decision-Making Process that a Person goes Through before Taking a Health-Related Action? The Health Belief Model (herein referred to as HBM) is used to explain the behavior of patients with regard to accepting or rejecting preventive healthcare or adopting healthy...
Corpus Callosum is a band of white matter that connects the right and the left hemispheres of the brain. This band acts as a pathway through which communication takes place. In addition, the development of agenesis in the corpus callosum results in congenital disorder (Hetts et al., 2006). Agenesis is...
Even though following the prescriptions of doctors and strict adherence to the course of treatment are mandatory conditions for the recovery process, excessive attachment to certain drugs may become a problem. In particular, prescription drug abuse is the issue that is relevant today and should be discussed at the state...
Indians came to America in three major waves of immigrations and brought their authentic culture and traditions. Despite the assimilative processes which had a significant impact on the Hindu Americans, Indian culture still has a substantial impact on different spheres of their life. For example, Hindu Americans demonstrate some peculiarities...
Introduction Postgraduate education is aimed at enhancing one’s knowledge skills, and it is frequently a means of gaining better professional results. Nurses, as well as specialists working in many other spheres, have an opportunity to enter doctoral programs through which they can obtain greater expertise. The present paper will analyze...
Nurse practitioners (NPs) should use various theories to develop appropriate care delivery models. Adult-gerontology nurse practitioners (AGNPs) possess adequate competencies that guide them to provide comprehensive medical support and care to adult patients. This discussion describes how I can apply Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring in my practice as...
Introduction Because dementia has no cure, quality of life acts as a vital treatment objective for patients with the condition. Non-pharmacological treatment methods to cope with the behavioral and emotional variations linked to dementia are essential, attributable to the adverse impacts of pharmacological approaches. Depression in people with dementia could...
Introduction Nurse practitioners (NPs) use their competencies and philosophies to meet their patients’ health needs. In order to function optimally, these professionals should borrow numerous ideas from existing theories and models. Such a practice can empower them to become skilled providers of exemplary medical services and care. The paper below...
Introduction Quantitative and qualitative research articles provide different types of data and results to analyze and apply to practice. It is important to critique the effectiveness of these two approaches with reference to the articles which address the topic of spreading infections while using central venous catheters in acute dialysis...
To organize powerful strategic management within a health care organization, its leaders need to realize the extrinsic environment surrounding their hospital. They need to comprehend and promptly react to the crucial changes happening in this environment. Companies that are unable to prepare for alterations, disregard the external factors, or confront...
Dependent and independent variables Variables Socioeconomic status and susceptibility to diabetes. Reasoning In the case of the proposed research, the socioeconomic status of a respondent is the independent variable. On the other hand, susceptibility to type II diabetes is the dependent one. The rationale behind identifying these two variables is...
Tobacco smoking is among the leading causes of death in the United States as well as in other countries (Hammaker 220). Therefore, it is necessary to find ways of resolving this problem. Much attention should be paid to individuals, who use tobacco products for more than five years because they...
Abstract This speech will throw light on the relationship between childhood obesity and sustainability. In particular, it is possible to say that the increasing prevalence of overweight children can be one of the factors which can eventually threaten the economic sustainability of the country. Furthermore, this issue can adversely affect...