Introduction Ever since the COVID-19 disease emerged, many individuals have had different theories around infectious diseases and the importance of vaccination. Many people have died in the wake of the pandemic, while others who survived had to adjust to a different life. For instance, since the disease is transmitted faster...
Environmental Theory Self-Care Deficit In Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory, there is a strong focus on the environment, namely clean air and water. The practical application of compliance with such sanitary standards, supplemented by the need for cleanliness and interaction with nature, is bearing fruit. Working with the environment is highly...
Introduction Every person deserves successful and satisfying aging despite various weakening conditions that develop with age. To ensure that people age with dignity, long-term care facilities have begun to adopt person-centered care (PCC). This paper will describe PCC, strategies to implement PCC in residential care homes, and the Canadian Gerontological...
Any researcher must use specific research methods to structure a study and gather and analyze the information relevant to the study. A researcher typically would use a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed version of both research methods. The usage of the quantitative research method usually entails strict following of a plan...
Introduction The person-centered care (PCC) approach has been gradually receiving more attention both in the academic and clinical fields of medicine. In general, this concept refers to the treatment that focuses on the patient as an individual with unique needs, wishes, and beliefs (Santana et al., 2017). The conceptual framework...
Introduction Mental illnesses affect people of all races and present a significant medical issue. However, the Black community representatives are, on average, 10% more likely to suffer from severe mental health problems (Hannor-Walker et al., 2020). Moreover, the number of suicide cases among black children is almost twice as high...
Reason(s) for Selecting Topic Since cell phones are highly widespread, with over 5 billion individuals worldwide using them, there is a need for research on the likely health effects of their usage. The purpose of this study is to explain the adverse effects of cell phones on people’s health as...
My particular community, which is the object of this project, is White, Black, and Hispanic populations. It considers both males and females determined as White Hispanic or non-Hispanic and Black Hispanic and non-Hispanic ones. This community is known for the tendency to possess a variety of health issues that make...
One of the most critical tools available to hospital epidemiologists and healthcare practitioners is the antibiogram. By definition, an antibiogram is an assemblage of epidemiology data, which is presented in a table format (Carlsen et al., 2019). It summarizes the percentage of pathogenic organisms that are receptive to various antimicrobial...
Congestive heart failure (CHF), popularly known as heart failure, affects a significant population globally. According to Mayo Clinic (2020), CHF refers to a chronic condition, which adversely affects the heart muscle’s pumping power. Specifically, it denotes the stage when the fluid accumulates within the heart, causing it to pump inefficiently....
Introduction First responders continue to play a critical role in managing COVID-19 cases across the United States. Various elements are likely to contribute to the severity of the pandemic’s impact on the staff dedicated to saving people’s lives. First, the scale of the illness in terms of countries affected and...
Introduction Wakeland et al. (2016) carried out extensive research on the system dynamics simulation model of the opium system to evaluate critical points and relevant medical policies for intervention without restricting the use of opioids for medical purposes. The number of deaths caused by the abuse of pharmaceutical opioids has...
The prevalence of depressive disorders calls for standardized and concerted efforts to handling the disease, thus, there is a need for a resource on how to manage the ailment. The guide by Gundlach and Dampier (2010), published by the American Psychiatric Association, identifies the symptoms to mind when diagnosing patients...
Egoistic suicide has likely increased somewhat with the advent of COVID-19 and the circumstances that it has created. People who engage in this type of behavior tend to be emotionally isolated from the rest of society, which is why they choose to end their lives. Whether they are physically close...
During the primitive times of human history, professions did not exist whatsoever, and people did their individual chores within a closed community. However, men and women still fulfilled different functions – men haunted animals, constructed shelters, and made various tools, weapons, and vessels. Women were responsible for raising children, preparing...
Introduction Administering drugs is one of the essential tasks of healthcare professionals. It is a complex procedure that involves “counting, calculating, measuring, mixing and ensuring that the right person receives the right medicine in the right dose, at the right time, by the right route, and for the right reason”...
Introduction Depression can affect the well-being of all people regardless of their age, gender, or social status. However, older adults are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, which can be explained by a variety of problems faced in this period of life. For instance, physical health issues, movement from...
Nursing professionals try to provide high-quality care to meet patients’ needs and ensure the best patient outcomes. One of the ways nurses at our hospital use to achieve this goal is close collaboration with peers and different healthcare professionals. We work in cross-functional teams in close contact with physicians, pharmacists,...
Nursing practice is associated with diverse challenges associated with demographic and economic aspects. The COVID-19 pandemic made these problems in the U.S. healthcare system more pronounced. Some of the most burning issues American nurses have to face are nurse understaffing and workplace safety which are considerable obstacles to the provision...
Epidemics of viral and infectious diseases are fairly common, although not many of them reach global proportions like the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite many difficulties, most countries’ leaders took measures relatively quickly to avoid the spread of the virus and the death of many people. However, a comparison of the current...
There are several approaches for conducting a research study, including quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as a literature review. These approaches differ considerably in terms of their underlying epistemological and ontological assumptions, theoretical paradigm, and methodological frameworks (Yilmaz, 2013). Researchers need to select an appropriate approach to improve the...
Introduction Euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide, is a controversial issue that divides people into its supporters and opponents based on their moral values, interpretation of human rights, or religious views. It is also a major ethical problem because the right to live is fundamental, and deprivation of life is considered a...
The delegation has proved itself as one of the most substantial parts of any process that includes management and employees. Delegation allows reducing the time needed for different processes by sharing some of the responsibilities with subordinate workers. The probability of successful time and tasks management is higher if more...
Introduction It seems reasonable to state that pressure injuries are a considerable issue within the scope of the elderly’s health. There has been a significant number of investigations related to the topic. A plethora of scholars from the medical dimension dedicates their efforts to the identification of the best prevention...
Introduction Timely diagnosis and treatment of pressure ulcers will ensure a life without arduous rehabilitation. This work is aimed at studying the problem of bedsores in difficult-to-treat patients and finding solutions to it. In addition, it is possible to achieve significant improvement by applying for high-quality care programs. No less...
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...
The Black Death was a deadly and devastating global pandemic of the Bubonic Plague that is still mentioned and depicted in various movies and books and remembered by people with great horror. The plague was peaking in European countries from 1347 to 1351, taking the lives of millions of people...
Aerophobia is the fear of flying that prevents people from traveling via airplanes. The process of classical conditioning can explain the development of this phobia. People tend to associate things they do not fear, airplane or height, with something that triggers their responses, airplane crash or falling. Here, airplane or...
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a condition that has been affecting an increasingly large number of young people and children, including middle school students. Due to urban noise pollution, as well as the active use of technology that has a particularly detrimental effect on the hearing ability of the target...
Topic Summary Nursing practices are essential in any patient’s illness treatment plan. Those practices are impossible without the proper technical equipment. Technological advancement positively influences nursing and health care because it provides valuable tools to alleviate the pressure and responsibility put on the nurses and doctors. Emerging technologies such as...
Many articles can be found on various sources nowadays, and each of them has its purpose. However, all pieces of writing are intended to provide readers with some information. If an article writer wants to do successful work, they have to follow particular rules and consider writing specificities associated with...
Counseling is a treatment domain that can help promote the woman’s recovery from substance abuse addiction issues. Abstinence-based counseling and skills-training strategies are combined with addiction treatment and coping techniques to offer drug counseling. Improved inspiration for change, learning non-chemical effective coping strategies, and drug psychotherapy are the critical parts...
Nowadays, healthcare institutions cannot handle their performance without the help of management and governance. High-quality technologies are highly expensive and should be looked after by specialists; a single person cannot manage the budget for buying them. In turn, various services that modern hospitals and other healthcare organizations provide require numerous...
Introduction The purpose of documentation in a behavioral health setting is: To meet ongoing patient needs (CMS, n.d.); To create appropriate communication between professionals; A required document by Federal and State laws to maintain records (Social Security Act, n.d.); To protect from challenges to furnished treatment, different types of penalties,...
Type 2 diabetes, a disease caused by the impairment in the way body regulates and uses sugar as a fuel, is one of the most widespread diseases in the world. In particular, the United States has one of the highest rates of type 2 diabetes (T2D) due to the high...
Often, life circumstances develop so that a person has to choose such a professional activity, which does not always positively affect their emotional and physical condition. These types of work include the professional training of medical personnel, which involves vibrant saturation and psychophysical stress. This can lead to the emergence...
Dementia is a term mainly used to refer to various brain changes such as loss of memory, thinking, and behaviors. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the major causes of dementia, which involves damaging cells, leading to their inability to community and normally. Healthcare professionals argue that the likelihood of developing...
Plague is an acute infectious anthroponotic disease caused by Yersinia pestis, characterized by severe intoxication and damage to lymph nodes, lungs, and other organs. Plague usually affects rodents, which infect humans. In humans, the disease has different forms: when infected through the skin develops a bubonic or septic form, when...
Introduction The paradigm of evidence-based practice in clinical research has now become one of the central notions in terms of implementing quality clinical practices and meaningful interventions. The notion of evidence-based practice is commonly defined as the process of applying scholarly findings to the daily clinical practice (Wilson & Austria,...
The traditional approach to statistics declares that every experiment requires a sample size that would produce statistical significance for the effect. The Type I error is a chance that a null effect will be declared significant, and this error is usually chosen manually and fixed so that any modifications to...
Introduction Nurse turnover is one of the main problems in healthcare that is only growing exponentially over the years. Especially with the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, nurses have become even more of a valuable resource to society because they provide vital care to patients. The approach to this problem...
Introduction There are numerous health conditions and illnesses that have plagued society for many years. The severity of communicable diseases differs, with some being declared pandemics. Tuberculosis (TB) is among the bacterial communicable diseases affecting the lungs, kidneys, and brain. According to reports by Alameda County Public Health Department (2018),...
There is no possible way of understating the role that nurses have been playing in the management of the coronavirus and its effects. With drastically increased workload and shift length, nurses have been on the frontline of providing assistance to patients with COVID-19, risking their own lives and providing support...
Nowadays, it is more evident than ever that the healthcare system has entered a new era of development. First, care providers have started to integrate efficient co-management systems to optimize the work of medical staff. Second, the United States has initiated a number of programs focusing specifically on health equity...
Public emergencies like the Covid-19 pandemic may negatively influence the health, safety, and well-being of individuals and communities. There were economic losses, work and social closure, inadequate medical service, and other factors affecting the health and emotional condition of people (Pfefferbaum & North, 2020). Moreover, new addictive behavior may emerge,...
Introduction One of the essential aspects of life is to ensure we live a quality life free from stress. To achieve this goal, there is a need to encourage fitness, positive and good nutrition, develop better disease prevention mechanisms, and ensure better departure. Every person’s dream is to live a...
Introduction Different cultures have diverse traditions, beliefs, morals, and values in the world. Healthcare professionals should understand and embrace cultural diversity (Coleman, 2019). The reason is that knowledgeable clinicians can provide competent care to all patients, not considering their ethnicity, gender, or religion. The Jews are among the people with...
Maternal health has a lot of effects on women and the well-being of born and unborn children. In Cuban heritage, the catholic and other religions greatly influence the beliefs concerning childbearing and pregnancy termination. Some of the views in Cuba entail the role of women in childbirth. The mother, as...
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. More than two-thirds of its population has a living wage of less than US$2 a day (Caporiccio et al., 2019). One of the results is that many women cannot afford maternity services, with fatal consequences for both mothers and...
Introduction Due to the global integration of the economy, and the increasing migration of labor resources, intercultural interaction begins to prevail. When cross-cultural interaction between a medical worker and patients belonging to different nationalities, it is necessary to consider the peculiarities of the national character, the national specific features of...
Introduction Ethical dilemmas normally occur when a problematic healthcare issue cannot be addressed to satisfy all the involved parties or when choosing from equally unpleasant options. Most ethical dilemmas arise from shared decision-making, inappropriate resource allocation, practitioner-client connection, and maintaining privacy. Healthcare administrators should be focused on overcoming ethical dilemmas...
Public health program and planning project Along with other lifestyle diseases, heart diseases have attracted increasing concerns to the global population due to the increasing yearly deaths. According to the American Heart Association (2019), in the United States, over 610,000 people die of the disease each year. While health professionals...
The high dynamism of both the external and internal environment puts the organization’s management before the need to implement the process of adaptation and some changes in the organization. Change management is one of the critical factors for the successful implementation of the quality system and development. The analysis of...
Introduction Epilepsy is a condition that is simultaneously known for a long period of time, yet still widely misunderstood and often stigmatized. It is a neurological disorder that causes abnormal brain activity, resulting in seizures, unusual behavior, and periods of lack of awareness of one’s actions. When poorly managed and...
Positive changes in the demographic situation, as well as the multinational composition of the population give rise to particular concerns about cultural issues in medicine. Effective doctor-patient interaction is associated with increased patient satisfaction, adherence to recommendations, and a subsequent health improvement. Many people think of cultural competence only as...
Introduction Certified Nursing Assistants’ (CNAs) primary role is to help patients with their daily activities, such as bathing, toileting, eating, and moving. In addition, nursing assistants are responsible for checking the vital signs of the patient. According to Walton & Rogers, approximately 1,420,570 people work as nursing assistants in the...
Main academic area(s) and sub-area(s) Research how the introduction of smartphone technology into provider-patient interaction can change the principles of healthcare delivery. Explore innovative ways to use digital communication channels and provide examples from developing countries to find out the effectiveness of the existing methods. Context and rationale The ease...
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected the world with its suddenness and uncertainty. Although now people can be vaccinated, new coronavirus variants prevent society from fully coming back to life as it was before the pandemic. The history of the current generation would be separated into periods before the pandemic...
As slow food with its focus on the mindful process of eating, slow medicine is opposed to recent tendencies of unnecessary overcomplication and industrialization. Nowadays, health professionals have to be productive and quick in their decisions, but sometimes it is important to slow down and think deeper about work performance...
Activity: Summary Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the key health issues in the U.S. Causing a significant percentage of deaths in the U.S. and lading to a quick deterioration of health and the quality of life in patients, CVD needs to be examined more thoroughly. Thus, one can develop...
A registered nurse (RN) is responsible for treating patients, providing advice, and emotional support to them and their relatives. Depending on the specialty, nurses can operate in various settings, such as pediatrics or critical care. Some RNs can work in multiple specialties or provide both primary and specialty care to...
Introduction Immunization programs earned popularity in the 20th century as they contributed to the eradication of various infections in many regions. The spread of infectious diseases is properly controlled as the vast majority of people is vaccinated. Lee Ventola (2016) reports that approximately 80% of the global population is vaccinated....
Introduction The concept of moral distress has been broadly researched in various contexts in the healthcare sector. The dynamics facing healthcare organizations resulted to the emergence of complex issues relating to moral distress. On the other hand, the emergence of cutting edge health care innovations have led to numerous developments...
Overall View of Empathy Several essential interpersonal skills are fundamental to any nurse in practice. However, empathy is considered to be among the principal skills that a practising nurse should embrace. This paper today will focus on the topic of empathy and how it is incepted and conceptualizes in our...
Evidence-based practice for patients with Congestive Heart Failure is perceived to be one of the most effective forms of healthcare, leading to consistentlty positive outcomes. When evaluating the factors that contribute to the likelihood of a CHF patient developing an exacerbation, a range of independent and dependent variables may be...
The medical system requires constant reassessment and improvements to meet the demands of today’s society. First of all, the need for change arises as a result of technological development and industrialization. Medical organizations have to work with new sophisticated equipment and people of different races and moral principles. Researching the...
Introduction Various professions have serious challenges affecting how they operate, one of which is incivility. According to Geldart et al. (2018), incivility within the healthcare metaparadigm is the expression of rudeness, violence, bullying, and any other unacceptable behaviors within the working healthcare environment. Geldart et al. (2018) posit that incivility...
The Importance of Staying Up to Date with Federal and State Health Policies Healthcare is a professional area where compliance with up to date standards and policies influences the safety and effectiveness of a caregiver’s work. Such policies can be divided into federal and state laws: in the US, federal...
Diabetes is one of the common chronic illnesses which people have to accept and keep on living with. People who realize they are terminally ill cannot embrace this problem morally and find the strength to fight the illness. In such situations, the coping approach to the problem should be applied...
Global health policies on trade are crucial for raising public health. Current international trade deals incorporate traditional trade rules (such as restrictions like tariffs and quotas) and insurance, health, intellectual property, environment, and other matters (Rodrik, 2018). Due to such a vast array of subjects that are impacted by trade...
A traumatic event can cause emotional damage to its participants, even if it did not lead to physical injury. A remarkable result of dramatic events is the loss of the ability to overcome stress. Service professionals who assist survivors of trauma play an essential role, as they help people survive...
Reimbursement and the Revenue Cycle What Reimbursement Means to a Healthcare Organization The U. S. healthcare system is rather complicated due to the existence of several approaches to paying for the provided care. Private payers (insurers and individuals) as well as the government (through Medicare or Medicaid) pay for the...
Traditionally, nursing has been treated as a female career and job. However, from the 1960s, the percentage of men in the field has risen from two percent to over 13% (Miller). Factors such as the decline of jobs, higher nursing salaries, and expansion of gender roles have attracted more men...
Part One: Summary of Completed TERCAP Report Taxonomy of Error, Root Cause Analysis, and Practice Responsibility, abbreviated as TERCAP, is an improvement framework that analyzes performance in the different healthcare sectors to identify the root causes of malpractice. TERCAP enables researchers to assess various healthcare departments such as administration, finance,...
Introduction The provision of quality healthcare in society is hindered by different issues. The article highlights the four main issues in the community that affect health care. The cost has been a major issue for concern in society, and it continues to present challenges to people. Cost can hinder access...
Welcome to Nyp Nursing Unit Thank you for choosing New York-Presbyterian Hospital—a nursing profession leader. As a prospective nurse practitioner, I believe the medical, educational process at NYP will offer you a great chance to develop your knowledge, abilities, perspectives, and ethics fundamental in your healthcare profession. This handbook was...
The scenario under analysis demonstrates that a specific leadership style is necessary to achieve positive outcomes. Since many patients are mistakenly sent to an Emergency Department, it means that the unit’s healthcare professionals fail to make efforts to assess the patients’ health conditions more thoroughly. Consequently, it is necessary to...
Team Structure and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS) is a framework used in healthcare provision systems to promote optimal teamwork for better performance. TeamSTEPPS encompasses the following key principles; leadership, team structure, communication, mutual support, and situation monitoring (Chen et al., 2019). Leadership focuses on ensuring that...
Introduction The given assessment will primarily focus on the issue of lateral violence in nursing, which is a form of non-physical violent behavior and bullying taking place between healthcare workers, such as nurses. When new nurses enter the profession, they often hear the expression that “nurses eat their young” (Christie...
Studying the characteristics of individual communities’ life is the topic of many research projects. In her book, Boyd-Franklin (2003) describes her experience of interacting with the African American population from the perspective of both therapeutic interventions and outside observation. According to the author, the topics that are essential to study...
Speaking about the person-centered approach, that is essential to note that the main focus of this approach is on teaching activities. It is based on related concepts, ideas that allow the client to navigate the self-knowledge and self-realization of the individual for its development. It is with the help of...
Journal Name and Year Published Li, J., Haardörfer, R., Vu, M., Windle, M., & Berg, C. J. (2018). Sex and sexual orientation in relation to tobacco use among young adult college students in the US: a cross-sectional study. BMC public health, 18(1), 1-11. General Epidemiology of the Issue Young adults...
Different communities have depended on nurses for an extended period to perform vital services during labor and delivery, injury, and severe illnesses. Murdaugh et al. (2019) explain that healthcare providers have started to focus not only on an individual’s health but on the improvement of societal well-being and safety. Public...
Faith community nursing is of high importance for the physical and mental health of a community of faith. The daughter of the 86-year-old apparently “burned out” due to the high workload and continuous stress. Although she is a nurse, it cannot be easy to remain physically and mentally charged for...
Lotta, L. A., Sharp, S. J., Burgess, S., Perry, J. R., Stewart, I. D., Willems, S. M., & Wareham, N. J. (2016). Association between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol–lowering genetic variants and risk of type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis. Jama, 316(13), 1383-1391. General epidemiology of the issue LDL is low-density lipoprotein, also...
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) is rare and severe extrapyramidal complications when using potent antipsychotics with predominantly prolonged action. It can occur due to prescribing antipsychotics of various chemical groups, regardless of their dosages. However, most often, the development of complications was noted when prescribing a traditional antipsychotic. Regarding the patient’s...
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory that explains how human needs dictate and affect their behavior. The psychologist Maslow presented this hierarchy as a pyramid, each layer of which denotes human needs. The bottom layer is basic physiological needs, the second layer is safety needs, then it is...
The intervention designed for the patient is an evidence-based strategy that also considers relevant individual information. The presented problem to be addressed concerning Miya, the patient, is to help improve her relationships with her mother while also rebuilding sobriety and reducing the adverse influence of depressive symptoms. The intervention entails...
Introduction The health status of people worldwide is predetermined by a variety of factors that result in a particular level of morbidity, life expectancy, and satisfaction with life quality. Mental health is considered one of the essential attributes of well-being, which is why it has obtained much attention from international...
Learning about one’s HIV status can be scary, which has led to many people avoiding going for the test. Knowing that one is HIV positive now becomes the most challenging burden one can carry, and one is left with many questions lingering in their mind. People forget that being positive...
Strategic planning in a healthcare organization is a critical component in guiding it towards achieving long-term objectives. A clear and well-stated plan promotes communications, enhances teamwork and cooperation between employees for high-quality patient care and treatment. Strategic planning aligns the future organizational goals with its mission and vision (Esfahani et...
What is PrEP? Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or simply PrEP, is a medicine aimed at people who are at risk of contracting HIV, which prevents this from happening. Who can take PrEP? Adolescents and adults who weigh at least 75 pounds and face a risk of contracting HIV from drug injections or...
The case study that is the basis of this report is the case of Rupert, who is a 90-year-old patient admitted for a routine checkup with a diagnosis of UTI, prostate cancer, and heart failure, whose eyesight is also impaired. Recently, he has slipped and received a bruise on his...
Over the past few years, medicine has been developing at a rapid pace. Future technologies, people’s particular attention to their health, scientific research, and discoveries set the trends in the development of the industry. Among them, there are several main directions in which the health care of future will move....
Introduction COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted economy, social and political factors resulting in mental instability among global populations. During COVID-19, approximately 4 out of 10 people across the United States reported symptoms of depressive disorder or anxiety, a share that has increased tremendously from 1 out of 10 who reported...
Stage 1 Topic: Physical activity in the reality of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Understandings: COVID-19 has had a powerful impact on practically all aspects of life, including the physical and psychological well-being of individuals. The restrictions imposed by many counties do not allow for the same amount of training and exercise...
Introduction The management of nutrition requirements in large schools such as the Houston Independent School District (ISD) is a significant challenge. The daily meals served are 280,000, an exercise that incorporates 2,400 workers and fourteen departments (Lengyel et al., 2015). The school is trying to ensure that students attain essential...