Introduction The article under consideration “A rational approach to autonomy in health care” by Susan Sherwin dwells upon the right of the patients to have the last word in their treatment, the importance for the medical therapists to be convincing, and the ethical issues in the question of patients’ health...
Introduction Falls are a major health problem in older adults and they are the 6th leading cause of death among Canada’s elder population. By definitions, falls are incidents which results in an individual being forced to involuntarily rest on a lower level of ground which is in most cases the...
Introduction Primary care has been defined by the American Academy of Family Physicians as the service provided by professional medical practitioners competent to give all-inclusive first contact and sustained care for patients with any unidentified health issue. State agencies have also defined primary care as that care occurring when a...
Introduction The kidneys are vital for the removal of excess fluids and toxic substances from the body. However, there are some cases where they kidneys fail to function normally. Renal failure is a medical condition where the kidneys stops filtering the solid materials in urine like toxins and other waste...
Introduction A number of psychologists have endeavored to provide definitions of virtues and values. To begin with, it would be necessary to consider only the definitions provided by distinguished scholars, or psychologists. Socrates defines virtue as the capability of individuals to consider undertaking the right deeds only. Alternatively, values can...
Introduction Research indicates that low nurse staffing levels tend to cause increased rates of poor patient outcomes within hospitals/nursing facilities. This is because it leads to increased workload which is the main source of poor quality care within a hospital environment. Low nurse staffing is likely to result to exhaustion,...
Innovative Nursing Care Model: Living Independently for Elders (LIFE) I chose the Living Independently for Elders (LIFE) model on the basis that it targets the heavy users of health care, the older adults transitioning from hospitals to homes, or those eligible for admission into nursing homes. Through this model, an...
Introduction Institutional pharmacy refers to an array of services offered to residents of nursing homes, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities (Johnston, 2006, p.2). In an institutional pharmacy, the pharmacy technician gives support to the pharmacist and is responsible for the patient’s prescription-related needs. What’s more, institutional pharmacist identifies, determines, and...
The medical healthcare system has suffered many changes recently. These changes carry both economical and non-economical changes, however, the financial impact is seen in all directions. Reading the 12th chapter “The Changing Practice of Medicine” in the book Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective by Paul J. Feldstein, many aspects...
Introduction Pharmacy is a branch of medicine that deals with the preparation and distribution of drugs (Griffin, 2009). It is a sensitive field since errors made during drug administration may result in people taking the wrong drugs and this may affect body processes. The need to have qualified manpower in...
The fight against malaria in Africa is synonymous with to fight against poverty. Most African states often find themselves allocating considerable amounts of time and money to the fight against malaria. The annual expenditure against this fight costs these states a total of $12 billion. This expenditure has a negative...
Midlands Health Center Financial Policy We would like to thank you for choosing Midlands Health Center as your medical provider. Our aim is to facilitate and offer you with the highest healthcare services in a friendly and cost effective way. To reduce misunderstanding and or confusion between the health facility...
Introduction Since epidemiology is viewed as a problem-solving process that concerns community health, epidemiologists cannot ignore poverty among the people. By ignoring poverty, they would be overlooking the detrimental impact that poverty has on the community at large. In addition, it would show little commitment to scientific rigor as required...
Survey designs usually involve the administration of questionnaires, conducting interviews or written surveys to a population. The data obtained from a survey can be used to determine the similarities, differences and trends that can help the investigator make predictions about the population under study. The two item health patient questionnaire...
Definition of Public Health Explicitly, a public health is an institution owned and managed by the government; it provides medical intervention to the people. It is the entity that is charged with the responsibility of providing medical care for the majority (Turnock, 2008). It also provides emergency support to the...
Since I have been working as a manager for many years, I have gained much experience in motivating and encouraging the nurse staff. More importantly, I have realized the importance of looking at the center development through an innovative prism of development. Being cognizant of current opportunities for professional progress...
Creating a positive work environment contributes to the policy of employee retention at our hospital. In this respect, I believe that such factors a collegiality and collaboration, along with motivational activities and recognition programs, have greatly contributed to creating an optimal setting for work. As a leader, I realize the...
Brief Overview of Conflict Situation Regulating conflict is a very challenging task, particularly when it comes to interaction of culturally and socially diverse groups. It is often impossible to recognize underpinning conflicts due to the differences in statements, values, and beliefs (Rousel & Swansburg, 2006). In this respect, effective communication...
Article 1 aimed to determine the prevalence of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout among emergency department nurses in the United States. Subsequently, the study examined the demographic and work-related components that influenced the variables studied. The self-administered questionnaire used was not a valid measurement of the variables because the...
Medication dispensing errors in infants are among the key threats that the latter may face. Since newborns are extremely vulnerable to the outside factors and need very careful dosing of the required medicine, neonatal dispensing errors can be fatal for newborn children (Sauberan, Dean, FiedeLak, & Abraham, 2010). It is...
This is a reflection paper based on the four elements of Nurse Manager Skills Inventory. It covers both my strengths and weaknesses in Personal and Professional Accountability; Career Planning; Personal Journey Disciplines; and Reflective Practice Reference Behaviors/Tenets. These four elements of the inventory were developed to help nurses to create...
My one-day nursing experience revolved around the cardiac ICU in the department’s pediatric section. I was able to follow an experienced nurse around as they conducted their regular duties in the department’s pediatric wing. This section was reserved for patients who already had cardiovascular problems as well as those who...
The philosophy of clinical evaluation used differs between different individuals and trainers in nursing. The first component of the philosophy used in the clinical evaluation is the definition of the clinical environment. According to Smith and Castanelli (2015), the clinical environment used for training and evaluation should be student-friendly. Additionally,...
Cigarette smoking is prevalent among youths. Many youths are continuously engaging themselves in tobacco abuse, despite the negative social and health effects. Many factors lead to smoking behavior among youths. Peer pressure is the major factor that leads to young adults becoming smokers. Once one becomes a smoker, they risk...
Topic Description Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory is founded on the assumption that in order to successfully keep people healthy, one must assert a control over the environment (Dossey, 2010). The environment, in this case, assumes the role of the great healer with the ability to cure diseases. As such, in...
The evidence base article under critique is titled ‘Home Based Nurse-Coached Inspiration Muscle Training Intervention in Heart Failure’. The research study presented in this article sought to determine the effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) on patients who suffer from Heart Failure (HF). This topic is of critical importance to...
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the article Nurses’ experiences of ethical preparedness for public health emergencies and health care disasters: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. The article provides critical information about the ethical issues faced by nurses during catastrophic public health emergencies. An evidence-based research should...
Abstract This critical writing analyzes the article, “Gender and the experience of moral distress in critical care nurses,” whose author is O’Connell (2015). The author conducted the quantitative research to create understanding of moral distress in intensive care nurses and how it influences male and female nurses differently. This critique...
Abstract This critique employs the quantitative article by Sundborg, Saleh-Stattin, Wändell, and Törnkvist (2012) titled “nurses’ preparedness to care for women exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: a quantitative study in primary health care.” The study was based on the assessment of the preparedness of nurses to address Intimate Partner Violence...
The cells of the human body need nutrients and minerals for energy and synthetic processes requirements (Smith & Morton, 2010). The nutrients and minerals are extracted from raw materials that the body consumes as food. In order to extract the required nutrients and minerals, food must go through the process...
Introduction The mini Mental State Examination is an established and recognized healthcare research tool that is currently used as a means of illustrating the different forms of mental disorders that exist because of old age. This essay is aimed at analyzing and compiling the results of an examination conducted on...
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the problematic diseases that have troubled humanity for decades. The prevalence of the condition is rather low among the western nations, but it is still a major cause of death in the continents of Africa and Asia. During an outbreak, nurses conduct epidemiological analysis to...
Abstract NONPF NP core competencies have been in operation since the early 1990s. Currently, there are nine NP core competencies. Competencies for APNs are different from the entry-level nurses. Currently, competency can be attained through numerous ways comprising of a combination of an effective educational program completion, continuing education program...
The medical staff association is the agency that is relevant in this case scenario. The purpose of the agency is to ensure that its members, the medical staff, work in an environment where they are not exposed to infection of the diseases that their patients suffer from while they are...
Introduction What most of the people do not know is that the history of the nursing education is diverse, and of different origin in each nation. Across the world, different nations have different histories pertaining to the development of the nursing education. In light of the above suppositions, this essay...
Methods of obtaining necessary approvals Nursing workload has been a common problem in many hospitals all over the world. This problem leads to numerous effects on the nurses and the patients (Malloch & Porter-O’Grady, 2006). This paper, thus seeks to offer a proposal to implement a plan that will ensure...
One thing stood out after sharing the expected reforms and the new role of nurses in hospitals, communities, clinics, and medical homes with three other nurses. All the nurses agreed that it is the high time the role of the nurse is revised and taken seriously. There are a few...
The nursing profession is expected to change in the next few years. Nurses will be given more responsibilities and the methods of treatment and care will change (Shalala, 2014). Currently, nurses have their core domain in primary health care. They provide the most basic forms of treatment for the patients...
Introduction Holistic nursing refers to many nursing practices which have healing of the whole man or women as its primary goal. It involves practices that make use of nursing knowledge and expertise. Holistic nursing is often an area of expertise that takes in medical knowledge, practices, know-how along with feelings...
Introduction The growing interest in complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) has seen facilitated an increase in the use of massage therapy in clinical practice. Kim et al. (2012) have defined massage therapy as the manual manipulation of muscles and soft tissues by accredited professionals for medicinal purposes. According to Smith et al....
Pinecrest is a residential center that provides mental health services to adults (18 years and above). Pinecrest is located in Hamilton along the 2030 Princeton Road, and behind the Transitional Living Center. The purpose of this facility is to provide holistic care to individuals with severe mental illnesses, such as...
Introduction Nurses face different types of ethical dilemmas in their profession. The dilemmas are encountered in the process of providing health care to patients (Schroeter, 2014). Addressing these dilemmas requires nurses to make critical decisions that have the potential to affect them and their patients in various ways. The main...
Throughout all the history of humanity people suffered for different illnesses. Moreover, wars were also an integral part of human society. As a result, there always were a great number of people who needed some special treatment, though, who were not able to satisfy this demand by their own forces....
Introduction Technological advancements have changed the way people do their jobs by improving the accuracy of outcomes, the effectiveness of work activities, and individual performance (Carter, 2001). Nursing is a professional field that has benefited from advances in technology through the incorporation of innovation in the manufacture of medical devices...
Tooth decay has been identified as a prevalent pediatric disease in the US. One leading newspaper that has addressed the issue in its publications is The USA Today. An article on pediatric tooth decay was written by Michell Healy for the March 3, 2014 issue. In the article, Healy interviews...
Introduction All citizens have a right to affordable and quality health care services. The government and all other agencies responsible for providing health care should meet all the needs of the population regarding this issue. Communities have different practices and beliefs, and this means that a strategy used in one...
Introduction Hepatitis B is a liver infection that causes both chronic and acute conditions (Shih, 2013). An acute Hepatitis B condition is the initial or the newly acquired infection while chronic condition is one that is caused by the Hepatitis B virus abbreviated as HBV and normally lasts for quite...
Introduction According to Gray, Bowden, Johansen, and Koch (2011, p. 2), “Meaningful Use is an initiative aimed at improving the health outcomes of every American citizen”. This program focuses on the use of Electric Health Record (EHR) technology. Medical practitioners and health organizations should “use certified EHR technologies in order...
The main goal of leaders is to ensure other people achieve the best outcomes. Leaders “should be ready to direct, delegate, and dictate” (Grossman & Valiga, 2013, p. 37). Leadership is a powerful practice that can advance the nature of nursing. Medical practitioners should possess the best leadership skills. This...
Introduction All professions require bodies to represent and fight for their interests. They need people who are committed to ensuring their welfare is protected and enhance the creation of a healthy work environment. Professionals cannot be on the streets demonstrating and at the same time offer services to the public....
Nursing violence is still rampant amid the intensive prevention programs that seek to curb the vice. The main argument of this article is nurses’ exposure to workplace violence. The paper is a comprehensive quantitative research about the main argument. The literature covering nursing violence is insufficient. Therefore, my point of...
The public controversy surrounding measles epidemic in Arizona and California has involved famous politicians with their differing arguments. This has left many questions that encompass the need for the vaccination of all children with a few exceptions, the safety of vaccines, and whether parents have a choice when rejecting vaccines,...
Introduction The article aims at addressing the issues related to patient agitation by evaluating how effective therapeutic interventions are on patient agitation. Waszynski et al. (2013) argues that patient agitation is of importance to nursing as a profession given its frequent occurrence among hospitalized patients due to their increased sense...
Introduction to the 1999-2004 Wayne County, New York, Health Assessment Article The assigned article aims to identify the community health needs of Wayne County, New York. Broadly, it provides an overview of the community’s health needs and services to improve their health outcomes. In line with this goal, the report...
Abstract The proposed research tends to prove that social support affects HIV treatment compliance. To conduct it, a sample that includes African American women with HIV will be recruited. This paper provides some background information about the topic and justifies the study. It focuses on the description of the target...
Impact of information and communication technologies on your practice setting Accommodation and acceptance of innovative technology is urgent necessity for all organizations. Therefore, the healthcare industry should introduce effective training and education to the staff to manage innovation (Roussel & Swansburg, 2006). Much greater responsibility is imposed on nurse managers...
Nowadays, patient safety is a universal imperative. The term implies preventing harm to patients. In general, the patient safety policies aim to prevent medical errors, encourage learning from the occurred errors and develop patient safety culture based on the built knowledge. According to the statistical data, over 90 000 Americans...
Introduction Working in a team requires special kinds of knowledge and skills from a professional. What concerns nurse workers, their collaboration is specifically important as their combined efforts and empathetic communication with clients lead to enhancing people’s health state. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the constituent parts of effective...
PICOT Question In male and female patients aged 70-90, how does the use of isolation measures compared to the application of PPE affect the levels of infection within a month? Descriptive Statement Providing services to the elderly members of the population in the context of an emergency room (ER) setting...
Abstract Patient isolation has been one of the staple procedures for infection control almost since the very conception of medicine. It is implemented to stop pathogen transmission and mitigate hospital-acquired infections. Since the procedure is so intuitive, not many researchers bothered to investigate its effectiveness. The clinical problem for this...
According to the American Dental Association (n.d.) DPH is the field of dentistry that is particularly focused on the population-based dental health care provision, research, policy development, disease prevention and health promotion. Alongside the dental private practices, DPH representatives attempt to deliver accessible oral health services for the population daily....
One Health Need of African American/Black Populations Being one of the largest minority groups in the USA, African Americans and the Black population face a number of health issues. Ignoring the problem may lead to unpredicted and devastating outcomes. According to the research conducted by Kessler et al (2005), African...
The Health Care Quality indicators were developed within the framework of the project launched by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to provide the quality assessment tool. These indicators make it possible to compare the quality of health care systems of different countries (Bristow et al., 2013). One...
Introduction This organization has aimed at achieving better health outcomes and administering cost-effective services to patients. As a result, it has extended its outreach and the capacity to host more patients in the hospital. Moreover, increased acquisition of facilities has been perceived to be significant for numerous reasons. For instance,...
The current issues in the healthcare sector places patient/customer satisfaction at the center of efforts made to realize clinical quality across most hospitals in the United States. Furthermore, the existing healthcare market gives patients the option of choosing a healthcare provider based on the quality of services offered. For many,...
Introduction End of life care in the U. S. and all over the world is a controversial issue that raises many ethical dilemmas and debates. Improving end of life quality has long been an important goal for many policymakers. However, not all of the decisions taken so far have led...
The development of positive student-professor and the dental practitioner-patient relationship is extremely important because it affects their behavior and the outcomes of their communication. Building and supporting it from both sides, learners and teachers, as well as dentists and clients, develop particular expectations targeted at one another. Teacher-student relationship has...
Introduction Hypertension presents one of the biggest danger to people’s lives. If not taken care of, the complications of hypertension may seriously damage citizens’ health. To eliminate the risks of high blood pressure, and Educational Media Campaign. It is necessary to consider the legislative aspects which can promote or limit...