Definition Infection of the urinary tract (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infection. (Swartz, 2010). According to Ronald (2002) UTIs account for up to 8 millions ambulatory care visits and 1.5 million discharges are diagnosed a year in the United States. Urinary tract infections may be classified as...
Introduction The specifics of the nursing environment include its complexity, high level of stress, constricted resources combined with the need for improved performance, and rapid changes (Yi & Park, 2015). These specifics require proper management and leadership, and in the context of a nursing unit, the Nursing Unit Manager (NUM)...
Introduction There is a large variety of mental health problems that can affect a person’s well-being and their ability to partake in society positively. Many of such issues are either acquired throughout one’s life and exposure to different events, or influences outside a person’s control. One such condition is Post-traumatic...
The healthcare industry deals with various medical and managerial issues, the number and complexity of which is always increasing. In this context, chronic diseases occupy a distinctive niche since they require specific approaches of investigation, control, prediction, and treatment. This paper aims at examining the chronic disease process, namely, asthma,...
Introduction The number of international agencies across the world is escalating rapidly courtesy of globalization. With globalization and global warming, the need for better health care systems is paramount as the status of health of individuals across the world is deteriorating due to the repercussions of globalization and global warning...
Long-term care is a term referring to personal assistance helping the elderly in poor health and adult living with disability to live a quality life. Additionally, it helps those living with acute or terminal illnesses be able to manage their lives with the needed relief and security (Gleckman, 2010). Personal...
Long-term care challenge The long-term care is a huge complex design of services that has emerged over a significantly short time. As the system continues to change and grow, new challenges emerge globally and New York in particular. Unstable financing, workforce challenges, insufficient beds, delivery of quality care, measuring quality...
Background Information Congestive heart failure or chronic heart failure “is a condition that reflects the impairment of the pumping action of the left ventricle of the heart” (Maisttison, 2005, p.23). As a result, blood flow from the left ventricle of the heart into the aorta and into the peripheral aortic...
Clinical teaching occurs in the process of taking care of patients. It is an interpersonal relationship between clinical students and teachers. Clinical teaching is necessary, in order to equip nurses with the required knowledge in the field of nursing. Personally, I have experience in nursing for seven years now, and...
Health Information Systems are revolutionizing the way people access medical services. The information revolution brought about by the development of Information Technology in the last half of the twentieth century is responsible for this phenomenon. The advantages of Health Information Systems in medical services include the use of decision support...
Since attaining independence in 1994, the South Africa government has endeavored to improve its health services. It has built new health care centers and upgraded the one’s left behind by the colonial masters. Though much progress has been achieved in the health care sector, challenges such as understaffing, lack of...
Introduction Most countries in the Middle East emphasize on the importance of embracing hygiene practices. However, the level of awareness about hygiene in some countries (in the Middle East) like Saudi Arabia is quite low (Kadi & Salati, 2012). As such, interested parties such as the government need to assess...
Both ethics and medical law emphasize patient consent as a basic right and must be respected in end-of-life situations. Literature on health care ethics has a lot to say on consent to treatment and it is in this context that the discussion of end of life choices will have significant...
Abstract The United States has always faced a myriad of challenges in financing its healthcare system. Most Americans access healthcare through health insurance covers which are normally provided at the workplace (Kronenfeld, 2002, p. 32). A small percentage of the citizens usually purchase health insurance on their own. The government...
Introduction The United States stands out as the developed nation with the most expensive health care system. In spite of this, the health care delivery system is deeply flawed and unable to provide adequate services to many Americans. For this reason, there have been calls for radical changes to be...
In Australia, Type 2 Diabetes is the most common form of diabetes affecting approximately 90% of all patients with this disease. In the previous period of time, Type 2 Diabetes was a disease of elderly people. Nowadays, it is affecting more and more people of middle age, youngsters, and even...
Introduction Diabetes can be described as a health condition that is triggered by malfunctioned metabolism. It is a condition that cannot be cured thus it affects the individual throughout his or her lifetime (Cheek and Oster, 2002). This paper shall offer a critical analysis of diabetes, describe the common experiences...
Introduction Fragile states’ population constitutes 1/6th of the global population. As the World Health Organization (2005) highlights, over a third of fragile states, citizens are malnourished, and 1/3rd of the global AIDS infected population comes from fragile states. In addition, in all global maternal deaths, 1/3rd takes place in fragile...
Abstract Quality, accessible and affordable healthcare, commonly referred to as universal coverage, is the desire of every American. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aims at ensuring that universal coverage is achieved. This paper highlights basic provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with regards to the...
Introduction Mental health refers to the psychological state of an individual at an acceptable level of emotional and behavioural adjustment. This can also be described as the state of an individual’s cognitive and emotional condition. Mental health is closely associated with the feelings and behaviour of an individual. Individuals suffering...
Introduction Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a computer-based system, which allows health care providers to organize and store patients’ medical information electronically. EHR system has replaced the old paper-based record system (Carter, 2008). Thanks to the Electron Health Records system, doctors can now be able to share patients’ data easily...
Abortion, which entails the killing of the unborn, raises so many issues about whether it should be legalized or made illegal. By the use of the right to life of a human being, it is clear that committing murder is illegal, but does that apply to the unborn? This becomes...
Introduction Mainstream medicine otherwise is referred to as conventional medicine is a type of medicine that operates under strict scientific guidelines and tests. It has stipulated mechanisms that are a result of many years of research. Alternative medicine, on the other hand, is the complete opposite. It does not follow...
Nowadays, childhood overweight and obesity is a serious problem, and the level of this disease increases fast. According to Waters and Baur, overweight and obesity affect 23% of Australia’s children and adolescents, with 6% being obese (2003). The new public health approach is a set of measures that can help...
Introduction The World Health Organization defines health as a sound state of the body in terms of social, physical and mental well-being and not just the absence of diseases. This therefore implies that the three aspects of health have to be considered in defining a person’s health status. Variation of...
Why Study Public Health Policy? The urge to take a course in public health policy started in high school. This was after a health awareness seminar by the Provincial Ministry of Health. The seminar sought to create awareness on the importance of adopting healthy lifestyles to avoid communicable and non-communicable...
The following is a discussion on the Long Chain Polyunsaturated fatty acids, found in the human milk as well as in the milk supplements that feed young infants. Earlier on before these supplements came, infants, who were not breastfed by their mothers, could not survive. However, with the development of...
The professional development plan for nursing graduates is a program that was started by the government with the aim of creating a smooth transition from the student experience to workplace experience. Despite having learnt several ethical and professional contents, the professional development plan ensures that all the graduate nurses have...
Introduction Healthcare is fast becoming one of the most important aspects of social life. There is a correlation between the quality of healthcare available and the life expectancy of the population. With a growing middleclass in most developing countries, and with an aging population in most western countries, there is...
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease affecting the lungs. A tuberculosis infection is normally accompanied by extreme inflammatory response. Once infected, the body’s immune system, responds rapidly by activating polymorph nuclear and mononuclear phagocytes stirring up of pro-inflammatory cytokines. A bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis is known to cause tuberculosis. The...
The state of well-being because of the harmonious interaction of the body, mind, and spirit is one of the most important aspects of our daily life. Health is a major factor governing how human beings conduct their social and economic activities. An individual’s health status is closely related to his...
Health policy can be broadly described as the actions that are normally taken by the state, government, nation, and the locals to advance the health of the public. Nurses play a major role in affecting the health policy of the US health care system since they are the backbone of...
Introduction Antidepressant drugs are taken to relieve a cluster of symptoms such as insomnia, extreme mood swings or decreased interest in everyday activities that result from depression disorders (Gilbert, 2010). Antidepressants are prescribed by a doctor if the patient condition is severe enough leading to impairment of their social life...
Introduction Banning of smoking in public places is a very burning issue nowadays. Perhaps, it would be better to say that it is one of the most important matters in question in the contemporary society because it arises a lot of discussions between those who are for and against this...
Breast cancer remains one of the most prevalent forms of cancer in humans. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 230,000 cases of breast cancer had to occur in 2011. Between 1999 and 2005, incidence and prevalence rates for breast cancer decreased by approximately 2% per year (American Cancer...
Introduction Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. As members of the New York State Board of Health, it is highly essential that you be adequately knowledgeable about public health and its policies. The purpose of this presentation is to provide board members with basic information regarding public health and its policies,...
Swartz (2009) defines childhood obesity as a condition in which the child’s body weight is more than the normal weight for the respective age, sex and height. Accordingly, childhood obesity leads to complications like legs bowing, joint pains, sleep apnea and psychosocial disorders (Melinda, 2011). Moreover, Kolata (2010) stated that...
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council Purpose The purpose of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council is to develop national standards for nursing as well as midwifery regulations. It works in collaboration with the territory and state nursing as well as the Nursing and Midwifery Regulatory Authorities to develop...
The evolution of Emotion Intelligence The subject of work-related stress has been studied widely since the 1950’s. Consequently, work-related stress has been recognized as an epidemic that is widespread across all occupations. However, some occupations are susceptible to higher level of work-related stress than others (Mayer et al., 2002). Occupational...
Abstract This evaluation proposal has been put forth to assess the use of Electronic Health Record system (EHRs) in a hospital set up. Specifically, this evaluation will analyze how the use of EHR system affects issues of patients’ confidentiality or patients’ security. This proposal will outline different methodologies that will...
Abstract The healthcare system is by no doubt one of the global systems that highly depend on human resources for the provision of its services. This paper will address the application and importance of strategic human resource management in healthcare. In this, the paper will begin by first exploring the...
Introduction Quality improvement plays a very important role in ensuring the highest standards of service are offered in health institutions. Since the structure of health systems has many stakeholders, each one of them has to play a role in quality improvement. This paper explores the three cornerstones of quality improvement...
Introduction A good number of health care workers have a low level of compliance with hand hygiene procedures. Observance of hand hygiene practices among health care workers has been observed to range from 30% to 60%, but rarely exceeds 50%. Health care workers who touch the skin of patients while...
Introduction Sickle cell disease is a deadly disease. Sickle cell anemia is considered to be the most common kind of sickle cell disease. It is a critical disorder which causes the body to produce red blood cells that are sickle- shaped. The red blood cells are meant to transport blood...
Introduction Technology advancement and application is an inevitable element that has found application in almost all fields of the economy. Technology is associated with both positive and negative effects depending on a specific situation and what it is able to achieve. Various institutions have adopted different technologies in an effort...
Introduction The medical surrounding is very complex. Doctors and other physicians are used to a lot of paperwork and relying on their memory. The traditional methods do not pave way to an upgraded health care system. The idea of meeting high standards and attaining the required status requires that the...
Introduction Paper-based records have been in existence for centuries, and their gradual replacement by computer-based records has been underway for the past 20 years. These forms of electronic records are known as Electronic Health Records (EHR) and are the future of medical records. An EHR can be defined as a...
Executive Summary Nurses are critical caregivers in hospitals; they affect the quality of service delivery and eventually, the treatment and patient management. Similarly, hospitals search for quality patient service is reliant on a nurse’s responsibility to organizations’ capability to manage the skilled nursing staff. However, the majority healthcare face a...
Abstract Background The infectious disease public health exposure hazard from toilets may include flush-related aerosol generation, yet little is known about it. A necessary first step was to establish appropriate and effective methodology for evaluating flush-related aerosol generation. The goal of this study was to develop and test a methodology...
Abstract Health Information system entails data storage and processing systems that assist in healthcare service delivery. The most common and widely used systems include the billing and eligibility check system for insurance and state programs. However, these systems are not medical support systems since they do not track and assess...
Introduction The world is experiencing rapid advancement in information technology; the developments have been implemented in profit and non-profit making organizations; Medical facilities aim at offering quality medical services. In the efforts of improving its processes, a decision was made to adopt a health information-management system (HIMS). HIMS follows a...
Healthcare provision is increasingly becoming complicated, especially due to the evolution of the healthcare industry. Modern societies are fragmented into various components each with its own unique healthcare needs. Any change in the demographic composition of each of these components has significant effects on the health care system. This paper...
Introduction Obesity results from excess body fat. It has become the major and most common health challenge in the US and other developed nations. The body mass index (BMI) scale measures obesity in people. People with over 30 BMI are obese. The condition affects both old people and children. According...
As a matter of fact, the sphere of medicine should receive the priority on the governmental level as the life of the nation and generations is highly dependent on the quality of care that is provided in the medical establishments. Moreover, it seems especially important to note that every hospital...
Introduction The introduction of electronic health records was a promise of massive changes in the healthcare industry and for nurses in particular. However, despite extensive investments in modernization of the record-keeping technologies, not much statistical improvement of health care was recorded. This conflicted with trial data, which showed that in...
Introduction This paper outlines key tenets of an ethical code of conduct for those in governance, management, and professional staff at the Behavioral Health Center of Nueces County, Texas. The code of ethics addresses key tenets of the organization’s operations, including its structure and professional conduct. From this background, this...
Introduction The transcultural nursing theory that was developed by Madeleine Leininger is one of the nursing theories that have become widely relevant in modern society. Cowden and Cummings (2012) define the Trans-cultural nursing theory as a cognitive specialty in nursing that focuses on comparative cultural caring and nursing phenomena. According...
Introduction Managed care refers to a health provision platform that emphasizes wellbeing management, proper health care utilization, and affordable and quality treatment cost among other l benefits. This form of care is enhanced through contracted agreements between managed care organizations, which are also referred to as MCOs, and the government...
Introduction There has been an ongoing debate about whether the concept of mandatory minimum nurse-to-patient ratios has a positive impact on safer patient care and motivation of nursing professionals (Aiken et al., 2010). While some states in the U.S. have implemented the statutory ratios with the view to benefiting from...
Assessment The targeted population is characterized by veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Veterans with PTSD encounter a wide range of health problems such as suicidal thoughts, depression, and social problems. Statistics indicate that over 10 percent of veterans tend to portray signs of PTSD. Women have higher chances of...
Introduction Obesity is associated with high levels of an individual’s body fat. Obesity is usually confused with being overweight, which implies that one has too much weight as expected. However, both concepts are based on one’s weight and height meaning that the computation results of the two variables exceed the...
For a long period of time, mental disorders remain to be a serious social problem that causes disabilities among the Americans and Canadians (Rogers, 2015). The governments of these two countries pay much attention to this issue and try to develop a number of effective and efficient ways on how...
Abstract The health care system in the United States is supported by numerous facilities providing different types of medical care for patients. Analysis of the whole spectrum of health care facilities in the U.S. helps to identify the specifics of each type. The spectrum of health care facilities in the...
Nursing theories have always been of extreme significance for health promotion. All of them aim at enhancing the overall condition of human health. Besides, nursing theories suggest numerous variants of the efficient decision-making in the health care environment. Nola Pender developed a theory that provided the insight into the connection...
Article Analysis Selected Primary Research Article: APA Format Battie, R., & Steelman, V. (2014). Accountability in Nursing Practice: Why It Is Important for Patient Safety. AORN Journal, 5(1), 537-541. Visual Representation Accountability is a powerful practice that can support the needs of many patients. The practice also increases a caregiver’s...
Annotated Bibliography Gallacher, K., May, C.R., Montori, V.M., & Mair, F.S. (2011). Understanding patients’ experiences of treatment burden in chronic heart failure using normalization process theory. Annals of Family Medicine, 9(3), 235-243. The main purpose of this qualitative study was not only to evaluate the burden linked to treatment among...
Chosen Policy Issue In this day and age of globalization, people from all over the world come to this country in search of a better life. Consequently, there is a significant increase in the cultural and ethnic groups that need health and medical services. Health professionals like nurses who are...
Introduction Leadership is arguable the most challenging aspect of management in all spheres of life. Theories of leadership have been evolving over time. From the 1930s trait theory to the 1960s contingency and mutational theory, nursing students have had a robust lifeline on which to explore the faculty’s leadership structure....
In the contemporary world, health services refer to all the public services with the responsibility for providing medical attention. These health services include but are not limited to diagnosing and treatment of diseases, maintaining and restoring health among individuals among others. On the other hand, social care services refer to...
Introduction The cost of healthcare has been on the rise in the recent past. The situation persists in spite of the programs and policies put in place by the government to manage the problem. Experts predict that the trend will continue if steps are not taken to change things (Canning,...
Introduction In this day and age of globalization, people from all over the world come to this country in search of a better life. Consequently, there is a significant increase in the cultural and ethnic groups that need health and medical services. Health professionals like nurses who frontline in the...
Introduction The core competencies possessed by Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) are critical towards the delivery of evidence-based care. Cooke, Gemmill, and Grant (2011) believe that “APNs have the potential to improve the health outcomes of many patients” (p. 216). They reduce most of the complications and readmissions associated with various...
Introduction I work in a nursing home in a rehabilitation section as a floor nurse. In some instances, I supervise the floor. In regards to my personal growth and development, I consider myself to be within the level of expert practice because I have advanced my education, undertaken thorough career...
Abstract Diabetes is a serious ailment that affects over twenty-five percent of American population. Proper treatment focusing on glycemic control, blood pressure, and lipid management is essential for reducing mortality levels of patients diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Lifestyle adjustments that involve regular exercise, good health eating habits,...
Introduction The human pancreas, which is a lobulated gland that is located opposite the liver along the gastrointestinal tract, functions in two unique modes. In one mode, the organ fulfills an exocrine function, which involves secreting digestive juices and enzymes that aid in the digesting process in the stomach.1 These...
Introduction Chronic kidney disease refers to the “progressive loss of kidney function over time” (National Kidney Foundation, 2015). It is a potentiate for global disease burden, and more than 26 million adults in the U.S. have the disease, and million others are at risk. Diabetes and high blood pressure are...
Article 1: Becker, D., Kessler, D., & McClellan, M. (2005). Detecting Medicare abuse. Journal of Health Economics, 24(1), 189–210. This research was initiated through a collaboration of authors from the University of California in Berkeley, Stanford University, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The purpose of the research...
Introduction The contemporary health care industry is very dynamic, especially for professionals in the nursing practice. This led to the development of a nursing concept called cultural diversity (Starr, 2008). The main contributing factor to the development of this concept is the inefficiency of nursing practices centered on a specific...
The United States of America is still grappling with the challenges posed by obesity. The latter is a gross health challenge not just in the US. Both the developed and developing nations have secured some significant amounts of finance to cater to the healthcare budget on obesity. It is crucial...
Introduction This paper examines how caregivers can handle conflicts in their workplaces. The targeted conflict is bullying. The paper describes the best approach to dealing with bullying. The essay also explores the benefits of using proper conflict management strategies. The discussion also explores how conflict management styles relate to effective...
Abstract The study by Sharma, Lebrun-Harris, and Ngo-Metzger (2014) sought to establish the link between quality of care, which they defined as health center penetration, and Medicare spending in low-income populations. They hypothesized that high penetration was associated with reduced Medicare spending. The study was successful in proving the hypothesis...
Introduction Pressure ulcers are localized areas of damage on the skin and tissues due to the applied pressure or friction (Nijs et al., 2009). The incidence of pressure ulcers in hospitals ranges from 2.7% to 29%. The incidence depends on the status of the type of care extended to the...
Accurate data makes it easier for doctors and nurses to provide evidence-based care to their patients. Caregivers “should use the best evidence to make accurate nursing decisions” (Eizenberg, 2011, p. 39). The collected data makes it easier for nurses to offer evidence-based support. Nurses should also use appropriate methods to...
Introduction The Ministry of Health’s Pharmacy and Supplies Services department is divided into the Pharmaceutical Control and the Pharmaceutical Suppliers sections. These sections operate concurrently within the ministry. Thus, this analytical paper presents a comprehensive practicum observation report of the two sections. Observation The Ministry of Health’s Pharmacy and Supplies...
Introduction Nowadays, the health care environment undergoes a number of changes and challenges. Medical workers face various ethical dilemmas, delivery systems should consider the last achievements of technological progress, and each country needs to pay attention to its own cultural, economic, and political issues to offer the elderly population the...
Introduction The US President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law on March 23, 2010. Commonly known as the Obama Care, it represents a major regulatory revamp of the US healthcare system. The ACA has various provisions that pertain to the improvement of the...
Diagnosis and staging of cancer Staging of cancer is the classification of severity of cancer. It is an important step towards evaluating the progress of cancer treatment and helping in devising a treatment plan for the patient (National Cancer Institute, 2015). The concept of cancer staging is founded on the...
This paper is aimed at discussing the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment which highlighted the importance of ethical norms that researchers should comply with. It should be mentioned that this study was supposed to examine the progress of this disease and possible complications. The main problem is that the patients were not...
Introduction Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia) due to insulin inadequacy or resistance. The high disease burden of diabetes is due to comorbidities and strain on financial resources. This paper aims to discuss diabetes mellitus with a special focus on type 2 diabetes. Types...
Introduction Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) play a key role in the future of healthcare (Holly & Salmond, 2011). The professionals include nurse practitioners, clinical specialists, and anesthetists. In Florida, they are the core healthcare providers. The reason is because they are at the frontline with regards to the provision...
Innovative Nursing Care Models Innovative Delivery Care Models (IDCMs) have made it possible for caregivers to become effective health coordinators (Sullivan, 2013). The first IDCM is “taking a team-leadership strategy to interdisciplinary care” (Sullivan, 2013, p. 28). This model encourages caregivers to embrace the power of leadership and teamwork. This...
Introduction Diabetes refers to a category of metabolic conditions that are characterized by an increase in the level of glucose/sugar in the body. Diabetes is mainly “caused by the body’s inability to produce insulin consistently” (Laureate Education, 2012). Insulin’s main task in the body is to facilitate the movement of...
Introduction Emergency healthcare centers are the most sensitive healthcare places of all the hospital departments across the world (Patrick & Puterman, 2008). In the hospital emergency centers, cases of increased waiting time are gradually raising concerns in the healthcare centers across the world. Waiting time makes the emergency health care...
Abstract Educational interventions for chronic kidney disease patients requiring dialysis treatments can result in a multitude of positive outcomes. This literature review has evaluated an existing body of evidence on the effect of educational intervention that influence the quality of life of dialysis patients. Many studies show that, patients have...
Introduction Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease. Symptoms include coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. It can be brought about by genetic and environmental factors (Arcangelo, 2013). It is the most common chronic disease. Over six million children and twenty-two million adults are affected by the condition in the USA....
Introduction Modern healthcare centers are frequently experiencing challenges relating to the ethical and legal dilemmas involving the overall mandate of the physicians in handling uninformed patients. Whereas some people perceive marijuana as an effective psychoactive drug that may be useful in relieving certain pains and emotional anxieties, there is a...
Introduction Every health care provider need to be concerned about burnout and compassion fatigue because of the detrimental effects on the well-being. Compassion fatigue, a special type of burnout, does not only affect the physical well being of the caregiver, but also emotional, psychological, economical, and social aspects of health....
Definition of Health Promotion Health is the complete physical, social and psychological well being of a person within any environment that he or she lives in. Therefore, health within the aspect of fitness promotion has been described as the existing resources within a particular community, which give a person an...
Introduction People may experience mild stages of distress over time brought about by loss; it could involve family, job losses and even broken relationships. Sadness may diminish over time, while clinical depression may persist over longer periods of time. Depression is a disorder in an emotional state just like sadness;...