Essays on Medicine

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‘Institution’ Introduction Diabetes mellitus is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a chronic disease characterized by the lack of insulin production by the pancreas or when the insulin produced by the body is not effectively utilized. Uncontrolled diabetes can result to hyperglycemia and may lead to severe damage to different body systems over time. Diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves. (WHO, 2016) Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin. Common symptoms of Type 1 diabetes include polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (thirst), and polyphagia (constant hunger). Other symptoms are ...

Geisinger Health System is a non-profit organization that focused on the delivery of high-quality, innovative health care products to 2.6 million people living in Pennsylvania. The initial goal of the project is to increase performance by improving the quality of the products and services as well as the satisfaction of the patients by redesigning the delivery of care. The main idea was redesigning care processes in a package-priced portfolio of services called ProvenCare. As a result of studies and innovative practices, which included changes in coordination, administration and management, Geisinger Health System reached significant success. The system invested huge ...

According to the Betty Neuman's theory, a human being is an open system which interacts with both internal and external environments (Alligood, 2014). In addition, a human is always exposed to constant stressors and he/she must move in the direction where there is holistic stability. This theory views both environments as stressors which a person is exposed to on a daily basis (Sitzman & Eichelberger, 2015). In accordance with Betty Neuman's theory, the external factor which affects the health of Mr. Reynolds include the state of being hospitalized, being a widower, living in isolation and environmental risk factors for falls. ...

Complete the following questions:

What factors contribute to malnutrition in both developing countries and developed countries? Answer: The causes of malnutrition are diverse in developed and developing countries. The factors are determined by the availability of food, types of food and demographical influences. In developing countries, the main reason is unavailability of food. On the other hand, the reason for malnutrition in developed countries is high calorie diet lacking in essential vitamins and minerals. Obesity and overweight are also forms of malnutrition (Mandal).

What foods might be economically introduced to these diets to help address the problem?

Answer: For developing countries, the need of the hour is to provide Protein and Calorie rich food. Pulses can act ...

Nursing care models are distinct frameworks used in care settings to deliver care services. The type of framework adopted in an organization is determined by various factors, including economic factors, leadership, recruitment and retention of staff members, and type of decision-making models used in the organization (Fairbrother, Jones & Rivas, 2010). The type of care model used determines the quality and effectiveness with which care services are delivered. There are four main types of nursing care models, which can be broadly categorized into task-oriented or patient-centered. Team-nursing and functional care models are task-oriented, while primary-care nursing and total patient care ...

The field of health care is an extremely sensitive and critical field. Given the fact the practitioners of this field deal with the lives of people, it is of utmost importance to critically evaluate every decision and action made towards a certain case. This is because a single, small action can either make or break the condition of the patient. Which is why, I believe that the interviewee’s view that marketing food and healthcare products is the same, is actually very naïve. Health care marketing can be similar to marketing other products and services, in the sense ...

Abstract

Obesity is a major cause of concern for many health professionals due to its severe impact on overall health condition of the affected person. The condition, which is usually caused by unhealthy living conditions, over-reliance on fast foods, genetic structure of the obese person, and their underlying health issues, is present in a large portion of Americans. The paper looks at the influence this health condition is making on the life of its patients and how it can be treated. The paper begins by looking at the social and mental health and productivity changes in the individuals who suffer ...

The article "Prioritizing alcohol prevention: establishing alcohol as the gateway drug and linking age of first drink with illicit drug use, reports the findings the research study. Several lecturers conducted the research. The goal of these lecturers was to examine data obtained from a sample population of 2835 12th grade students in the United States. Firstly, the research aimed at determining the first substance youth use. Secondly, the research aimed to determine the sequence followed by these young people in their use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana. Thirdly, the study sought to examine the effect of user’s initial ...

The main goal of the article by the authors was to appraise the perception of nurses on the ethical climate in their workplaces. The article was influenced by the fact that due to major and rapid advancement sin pharmacological interventions and therapeutic technologies, the nurse’s environment faces countless moral and ethical dilemmas. The article thus seeks to establish how nurses view such ethical issues including whether such ethical issues have received attention as essential factors n making decisions in the nursing workplace. The article also appraises the nurse’s experience with medical errors and how this affected their ...

Worries about a decline in the birth rate are nothing new, at least in many developed nations. As early as 1909, Hoffman made it perfectly clear that a love for babies was not the reason that some in the U.S. fretted over the declining number of births. Rather, it was concern over the decreasing rate of births among “native white married women” while the “rate of reproduction [was] materially higher among the foreign element” (p. 676). Similar concerns are in evidence today in places such as Israel, where the comparatively high rate of births among the Arab population has ...

Concept of cultural competence nursing

Changing demographics in most nations require that nurses offer culturally competent care. Due to diverse populations, medical professionals have started to address the essence of creating a way to promote cultural competence in different healthcare situations. Primarily, cultural competence involves creating an appreciation of a person’s existence, consciousness, notions, and situation without permitting it to have an inappropriate effect on people from different backgrounds. Additionally, cultural competence demonstrates understanding and comprehension of the patient’s culture, embracing and accepting cultural diversity, and personalizing care based on the patient’s culture (Flowers, 2004). Public health nurses should pay attention ...

Critical Thinking

In this video, an experiment was conducted to investigate how majority group’s social pressure affects people’s conformation. Seven students are put in a stable room with another naïve participant and a task on line judgment is used. Before the experiment, the seven confederates had decided on which response to adopt when the task is presented. However, the naïve participant is not familiar with this plan and believes that, every other participant is real. In all the criminal trials made by the seven confederates, the naïve participant follows their opinions. If I was a naï ...

Preceptors play a significant role in enabling the clinical student to gain the necessary clinical skills required. In normal occasions, the preceptor act as the student's role model. It is through the preceptorship program that the clinical instructor gets to pass on his or her skill to the student and in turn, the student strives to acquire these skills (Oermann & Gaberson, 2015). As with any clinical endeavor, challenges are bound to be meet both by the clinical instructor and student as well. This paper highlights the challenges faced by the clinical instructor and the strategies set aside to mitigate ...

Describe the Stages of Novice to Expert

Describe the Stages of Novice to Expert Nursing is a profession that plays an important role in healthcare by assisting patients, families and communities in recovering and maintaining optimal health. As a science, nursing aims at promoting quality of life by meeting the health needs of individuals, families and communities. It is important to note that nurses use expert knowledge to provide health care throughout their career life. This expert knowledge comes from evidence-based practice, which involves research, clinical knowledge and patient values. Clinical knowledge is what influences nurses’ clinical judgment and quality of care in the various clinical ...

Bedside reporting has currently replaced the nursing shifts that used to be time-consuming and sources of medical errors. It has helped in improving health by saving time and allowing patients to participate in their treatment. The reporting has also led to the development of strong relationships among the staffs as well as between the nurses and patients. Additionally, it creates a sense of ownership and accountability among the employees. However, successful implementation of the change requires good leadership and theory application. Therefore, the paper discusses the leadership style that can be used and theories that can be applied in ...

Deer have become a growing problem in the world. The reason, is because although they live in forests, they can also become traffic hazards as well. Moreover, they can become hazards to those who drive through deer-inhabited forests, that cars pass by. This is not only a common problem in many places of the world, but it is also an issue in New Jersey as well. In fact, it has become such an issue, that there have even been article addressing why the situation happens and what to do about it. Well, when it comes to New Jersey, one ...

Luis Jimenez was injured in a car accident that left him “with brain damage and he is now a paraplegic which means he is not able to walk. Luis Jimenez is an undocumented immigrant who did not have insurance when he had his accident (Ludden, 2009)”. So, when he was sent to Martin Memorial Hospital after the accident he was taken care of at the expense of the hospital. Martin Memorial Hospital was kind enough to take care of him for seven years before it became a problem. Some of the expense was taken care of by Medicaid for ...

Introduction

People all over the world live according to their own preferences and needs, but try to orienteer better in the society by reading current newspapers and analyzing the environment around them. This way, news is extremely important in our lives, as it performs a variety of functions, beginning from the one of informative pattern and ending with the educational achievements. This paper is to evaluate the level of influence, carried by news into people’s lives along with mentioning changes in awareness throughout society in the form of the role of social determinants of health (SDH), which are mentioned ...

Previous studies reveal that mental health conditions affect a significant percentage of the population. For example, statistics of mental health in England in 2014 showed that approximately one in three men was suffering from mental health with women reporting higher incidences than men (Rise in Mental Healthcare, 2016). The figures are too large to ignore. Studies of populations at risk of mental health have taken different dimensions. While some studies have focused on the prevalence, other studies have attempted to investigate the risk factors associated mental health disorders. According to Bitsko et al. (2016), a combination of sociodemographic, community, ...

Introduction

Exom sequencing is also known as whole exom sequencing (WES). This sequencing technique is used to sequence all the expressed genes in a genome also called as exom. It is one of the most widely used targeted sequencing methods. The exom which is the protein coding region of the human genome consists of less than 2% of the genetic code. This region is responsible for containing more than 85% of known disease-related variants. Thus, whole exom sequencing is a cost-effective alternative to whole genome sequencing (WGS). This technique is efficient in identifying coding variants across a wide range of ...

Ethiopia is a land-locked nation, and it is situated in the Horn of Africa. In 2013, the country had a populace of 94.1 million people. The life expectancy in the same year was 62.77 years while the GDP was $47.53 billion. The GDP and GNI per capita are $505.05 and $129.6 billion respectively by the year 2013 ("Ethiopia | Data," 2014). Malaria is a severe pandemic in Ethiopia whereby 75% of the country's land is prone to malaria while more than 54 million populates are at risk of contracting the disease. The disease-causing parasites prevalent in this country are the ...

Abstract

The real estate industry is widely known to be stressful for its professionals, and especially for those working in New York City. This paper will examine causes for stress in the real estate field and how this stress could be exacerbated by working specifically in NYC real estate. In particular, this study will focus on the concept of burnout in the work place, relevant to real estate professionals. It will also address some of the physical and psychological symptoms that work stress can bring about in an individual.

Introduction

Stress is generally understood to be mental or emotional strain, brought ...

The USA is currently ranked among the countries with the high number of aging population in the world. However, the presence of aging population comes with consequences and a responsibility to the state and the society in entirety. Principally, the aging population is associated with myriads of limitations ranging from healthcare to the higher dependency level. Thus, the aging population does not command the power and energy to produce positively to the economy of a country. Ideally, the broader societal views have shaped the old age policies in the USA, and this becomes the backbone of the essay. Principally, ...

Ethics & Corporate Responsibility at the workplace and the World

All companies big or small have a responsibility towards its stakeholders for ethical execution of its operations so as not to hurt their interests or trust in the company. These responsibilities exceed beyond the workplace and must focus on improving the working and living conditions of its workers and other stakeholders. This paper is an attempt towards addressing the issues in Ethics and CSR with reference to a pharmaceutical company, PharmaCare with its Head Office at New Jersey. It is reputed to produce life saving and life improving drugs and is ethically inclined towards poorer sections of society to ...

Introduction. 2

Strategic Plan3 Program Description.5 Leadership Challenges..6 Ethical Implications..7

Engaging communities and building constituencies.7

Budgeting, financing, and human resources.8 Performance management & Health Informatics..9

Appendix 1 SWOT Analysis10

Appendix 2 SMART Objectives..11 Appendix 3 Budget..13 References15 Introduction In the past decade, chronic lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart/cardiovascular disease and stroke have increased exponentially in the state of Minnesota. Sedentary lifestyle and poor diet has led to an increase in obesity which in turn has led to an increase in heart disease and stroke. Most adults in Minnesota have poor lifestyle which has increased their risk to heart disease and stroke. As per the Minnesota department of health, ...

Overview

The paper will present a case study of the terrorist attack on the United States – US on 9th September 2001. The terrorist attack will be analyzed in the area of upcoming events, actual attacks and its consequences. The primary perpetrators of the attack were members of the terrorist group al-Qaida. The goals of 19 affiliated men from different countries were attacks on the American symbols. The targets chosen include the capitol White House, World Trade Center and Pentagon. A tactic used was plane hijacking and the larger issues at stake went beyond the domestic politics into the international politics, ...

This discussion is a review of the protected health information (PHI) regulatory requirement as advanced by the state of Florida, the federal government’s HHS, and the Joint Commission (TJC). I believe that this regulatory measure stemmed out of HIPAA (1996) requirement that facilities restructure their electronic exchange, security, and privacy initiatives concerning PHI. The HHS, therefore, would direct, through Sections 261-264, that hospitals publicize their adherence procedures pertaining these issues. The following is an analysis of these three entities. The state of Florida, through Statute 456.057, advice that hospitals treat PHIs with the respect they deserve. Here, such ...

Regulation plays a significant function in driving the health care system. The federal government has instituted a series of regulatory agencies tasked with the protection of the public from risks that arise from facility-based activities. This discussion looks at four regulations that affect the LOS/Excess Days program at CGH.

• HIPAA

• HITECH Act • Affordable Care Act (ACA) • CMC’s Rule 1599-F Implemented under CMS, HIPAA requires that CGH reduces costs while providing better healthcare in a patient-centered environment. This regulation works to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of any program that falls under CGH’s jurisdiction (Miaoulis, 2010). The regulation is ...

I have learned that in the free market medicine, the price of healthcare goods and services is determined freely by the agreement between the patient and the medical providers and that there is no government intervention to control demand and supply of the healthcare goods and services. In particular, this has helped improve the efficiency in providing the healthcare services by reducing cases of mismanagement as observed in the government controlled healthcare services. Additionally, the free market medicine has helped reduce the waiting time, and therefore patients can see the medicine providers more frequently (Stossel, 2013). Currently, the free ...

The role of community health nurses in ensuring population’s health cannot be understated. These healthcare professionals are usually tasked with seeing to it that all the safety and quality of the health care and the needs of a particular population have been thoroughly addressed. For them to achieve this objective, they ought to have a proper understanding of disease histories, symptoms and the presenting characteristics which may indicate that an outbreak has occurred. Therefore, this realization requires health practitioners to take the center stage in seeing to it that the patterns of such a disease are kept on ...

I interviewed TJ, a 59-year old male of Hispanic descent and a staunch believer of the Buddhist religion. The following is the transcript of the interview and the responses from my respondent and a patient a facility where I had been working at some point.

Do you think that spirituality has a significant or any influence on physical health?

TJ: Over the years, I have been raised in a family where spirituality was regarded in high value. I have never known any other way to achieve wellness and peace if spirituality is not included. For me, the association with a higher being is important especially for the mind because in any case, the ...

Critique of Systematic Research Review (SRR)

How the Research Problem Addressed in the SRR is Relevant to Practice SRR critique is aimed to provide a clear understanding a nursing article, through an in-depth analysis of the research findings incorporated. For this study, the article under critique is, ‘Systematic Review of Studies of Nursing Education Outcomes: An Evolving Review’ by Nancy Spector. Essentially, the knowledge of nursing education outcomes will help to establish strategies to improve quality provision in the medical profession. In a way, the SSR is likely to identify weaknesses in nursing education. As a practice of advanced medicine, the review is set to ...

Executive Summary: Eliminating Discharge Delays

Executive Summary: Eliminating Discharge Delays Bed capacity has emerged as a critical issue in hospital quality management with evidence indicating that inefficient discharges contribute to slow care and patient flow while further increasing costs. Changes made to the prospective payment system by Medicare in recent years have increased pressure on hospitals to cut costs through, among other ways, reducing patient length of stay (LOS) (El-Eid et al., 2015).

‘Eliminating discharge delays’ is a quality management project that focuses on reducing patient length of stay and as such improving hospital throughput. The project entails implementation of several strategies that collectively ...

According to the 2012 census, the United States total population is estimated to be over 313 million; this represents a 9.7% increase within a period of 10 years (Thomas, 2014). Moreover, the composition of the population is one of the most diverse in the world; it’s made up of people with different racial and ethnic backgrounds ranging from Caucasians or the Whites, the Blacks or African Americans, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders, and the Hispanics or Latinos. As a result, the diverse U.S. population has serious implications on the United States ...

Milestones in Public Heath Informatics

There are several milestones in public health informatics history and one of them is specialization. The health field is vast and has many fields of concern to help the patients recover from various health complications and illnesses. Initially a doctor was supposed to be able to handle any health complications regardless of any aspects. Currently, the various areas that medical practitioners can specialize are such as disease prevention, epidemiology, laboratory health informatics, epidemiology among others (Yasnoff, O'carroll, Koo, Linkins & Kilbourne, 2000). With specialization in different fields and progress in information technology, the various areas of health concern can be ...

Research Method LSS 2533

Assignment 1 - H00225779

Research questions and hypothesis

Q1:

RQ *How does smoking cause deaths?

H *Smoking causes deaths. Q2:

RQ*Why do smokers have bad breath?

H* Smoker have bad breath. Q3:

RQ*Can smokers be effected financially by smoking?

H* Smoking effects the financial status of smokers. Q4:

RQ* Are friendships with non-smokers a social treatment?

H* Friendship with non-smokers are part of social treatment. Q5:

RQ* Does smoking effect the smoker’s mood and make smokers angry?

H* Smoking effects the smoker’s mood and make them angry. Background research report and justification Smoking is one of the most impactful public health dangers worldwide. It is considered a leading cause of death, illness and impoverishment (WHO, 2016). Tobacco is a highly addictive substance with a well-documented impact on health. It can lead to serious respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, such as lung ...

Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index (BMI) Introduction Historically, the use of the Body Mass Index (BMI) has been the standard method of measuring obesity among the adults. The standards of BMI were created using population samples, which were calculated from the measurement of the weight and height of Caucasians. Recent research has proved that BMI alone cannot be an appropriate way of measuring obesity. The main reason for this is the differences in ethnicity and the genetic make-up of individuals. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has evaluated the trend of the BMI and the result is that the African ...

Question #1

The major problem, in this case, is poor implementation of the new electronic clinical documentations system by the end users. The problem is likely to have been caused by the hurried implementation, inadequate training, and minimum involvement of the end users during the early stages of the project.

Question #2

I agree with the nurses’ views regarding the differences existing between pediatrics hospitals and intensive care units, and adult hospitals. The conditions handled as well as the workflows in each respective setting are different, and each one should be treated independently. There might be some similarities between adult and pediatric settings, ...

Essay

Needs Assessment and Rationale Falls are a serious public health issue in the United States because it is the main cause of trauma-related incidents and injury-related emergency cases, and the leading cause of unexpected deaths among the elderly. People aged 65 and above comprise the majority of casualties from falls (Al-Faisal, 2006). The prevalence of falls rises continuously with age irrespective of gender and racial/ethnic affiliation. As reported by Stevens and colleagues (2010), “each year, about one-third of all older adults fall. In 2007, an estimated 1.9 million fall injuries among persons aged 65 years and older were treated ...

Question 1

Jim used the first leadership style under the situational theory of high directive-low supportive. In the leadership style, the manager addresses goal achievement and communication levels. However, he or she allocates minimal time in developing supportive behaviors amongst the employees. The leader attempts to outline instructions concerning how and what his or her subordinates should do and then supervises them (Thompson and Vechio, 2009). Jim formulated a training program for the workers in the pharmaceutical company. Unfortunately, while developing the initiative, he did not take into consideration the interests, motives, and goals of the employees. Even though the training ...

Critical analysis of The Influence of a Post discharge Intervention on Reducing Hospital Readmissions in a Medicare Population by Costantino, M. E., Frey, B., Hall, B. & Painter, P. October 2013 16(5), 310-316.

Interventions Reducing Readmissions

Abstract Discharging patients from a hospital is a complex and intricate process that should be handled with a lot of attention and care to avoid the unnecessary readmission of patients. The study states that some reasons cause hospital readmission in Medicare patients between 30 days of discharge and they may include failure to follow the physician’s directions, reoccurrence of the condition, lack of follow-up care ...

Types of postmodern therapy 4

Benefits of postmodern therapy 5 3. Family therapy 5

Techniques 7

4. Conclusion 7 5. Reference 9

Introduction

Therapy is very important because it helps people cope with some of the psychological and emotional problems that prevents them from living life fully. These problems come from a wide range of issues that occur in everyday life. There are many issues that therapy concentrates on during the sessions. This is because it addresses people’s problems through making them understand their issues. Hence, the therapist helps the patient to formulate alternative solutions for their problems. Most of the problems addressed in therapy are ...

Medicare

What are the purposes of Medicare regulations other than the one mentioned above? Medicare was signed into law in 1965 with the intention of providing better healthcare to the citizen through medical insurance. It provides protection to its recipients, and it is a government program intended to provide insurance to the aged and people living with certain disabilities (Moon, 2006). It is mandated by the law to provide hospital insurance, medical insurance and cover drug prescription for its recipients. How will the federal government enforce compliance in the Medicare Advantage program? Which two other Medicare regulations do you think ...

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Speech Therapy Options

INTRODUCTION Certain neurological or developmental weaknesses can result to difficulties in communication and social interaction skills. Fortunately, speech therapy has experienced relatively strong development in the last decade, which led to the development of various therapeutic approaches that had shown scientifically documented efficacies. Three articles are reviewed to provide a general appreciation for the scope of therapeutic resources available today, particularly approaches used in pathological conditions. Moreover, these articles are presented as valuable resources in any speech textbook that includes interventions for speech problems. One article came from WebMD.com, while the other two ...

In my research on the topic of Human Trafficking, I have learned the following: that there are an estimated 600,000 – 800,000 people who are trafficked across international borders each year. I have also determined that human trafficking represents a significant criminal underworld, that takes away personal liberties and undermines community and safety.

These observations lead me to ask the following question:

How can human trafficking be prevented or stopped? This question has several plausible answers. For example, according to Chuang, the issue of human trafficking must be considered from the global perspective. More specially, he suggests that while trafficking is made up of a series of ...

The significant loss of blood calcium commonly characterizes the condition of hypocalcemia. In particular, the loss of calcium is common in the extracellular fluid, and it occurs in greater quantities though it is replaceable by the intestine or the bone (Watad et al., 2016). The condition is a consequence of various clinical entities with the signs and symptoms of neuromuscular irritability. The common conditions of the neuromuscular irritability include the paresthesia, laryngospasm, muscle cramps, seizures as well as tetany. The same instability of the neuromuscular structures appears in the elicitation of the Chvostek’s signs and the common Trousseau’ ...

Assignment Executive Summary

Introduction Delivery of quality services is a priority in healthcare as excellence determines patient outcomes. Various factors affect quality service delivery in health facilities. Healthcare facilities employ the most competent healthcare professionals yet patients continue to receive poor quality services. The hospital setting is dynamic as different personnel are responsible for the patient’s well being. Proper communication structures between health professionals reduce chances of information misinterpretation or conveyance of erroneous information. Both medical and non-medical factors affect the quality of service. According to Hughes (2008), delivery of poor services occurs because of errors within the healthcare system. For ...

A Summation Of The Safe Medical Devices Act

The SMDA Act is an act that sanctions the progressive reporting as well as tracking the regulations for the use of the medical devices. The medical devices defined under the Act involve the devices classified within the consent of the Medical Device Regulation Act. The Act is responsible for the mandate of reporting the requirements made by the manufacturers of medical devices. The requirements hold with regards to the safety events as well as the product efficiency of the said devices. Based on the Act, the devices are classified with a substantial equivalence to the class II medical devices ( ...

ISP Instructions

Use this form to develop your Individual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-490, the Professional Capstone and Practicum course. An individual success plan maps out what you, the RN-to-BSN student, needs to accomplish in order to be successful as you work through this course and complete your overall program of study. You will also share this with your mentor at the beginning and end of this course so that he or she will know what you need to accomplish. Application-based learning assignments are listed in the course syllabus with a Practice Portfolio Statement requirement element noted within the assignment itself. ...

Response to #POST 1

The management for nurses’ compliance initiative is a sure and effective way of ensuring protection of patient information. Similar to your experience, nurses at my facility are also mandated to uphold security and privacy of patient information. In order to ensure this, audits are used frequently. As Schneeweiss, (2014) notes, it is essential to be knowledgeable of the existing rules governing patient information. Implementation of policies and regulations at the facility level can only be effectual once such knowledge is acquired. The mobile Iron app used by your organization to protect access to patient information is however a novel ...

Public Health

Public Health Today, many diseases, which emerge can be transmitted to a large number of population in different parts of the world. Everyone is vulnerable, even though technology and other health care informatics are evolving every day. However, there are efforts from different professionals in the medical field to address all health concerns and diseases that target the human species. In 2015, the Zika virus disease has been identified as a local transmission in Brazil and continue to spread through different areas of the United States. In the following year, travel-associated cases have been reported to increase. In addition ...

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What is Beer’s list, what is the purpose? Beer’s Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Elderly, or more commonly known as Beer’s Criteria, is the list of medications that are not recommended to use for the treatment of the older patients. The main purpose of this list is to prevent the negative reaction to drugs, avoid the adverse drug interactions, and exclude medications that are not necessary for the elderly. It is important for the health care providers to consult the list in order to prevent the adverse consequences for the older adults.

What commonly used medications appear on the list that is ordered routinely for your patients?

There are ...

The ethical dilemmas associated with the advocacy campaign are both micro and macro in term of the scope of coverage. The micro level of the ethical issues involves the individual level, while the macro represents the societal level. Therefore, the essay will entail an analysis of the ethical dilemmas in the first section, paying adequate attention to the same based on the wide information base. Firstly, the ethical dilemma arises in determining when to embark in the execution of the advocacy campaign. In particular, it is necessary that the campaign takes place at a time when all the necessary ...

In countries around the world, children are suffering and dying from malnutrition, disease, and poverty secondary to drought or flooding. Changes in climate create many risks to the lives of children and their families as they struggle to survive in areas where food is difficult to grow and workers are poorly paid. Due to the increase in temperature and extreme weather conditions brought on by climate change, many communities are expected to suffer scarcity of clean water with the result of perilous diseases and health complications. Disasters and humanitarian crises may bring long-term displacements and disruption to educational, health, ...

Muslim & Christian Perceptions

References Bhavsar, V. & Bhugra, D. (2008). Religious delusions: Finding meanings in psychosis. Psychopathology, 41, 165-172. Crockett, C. (2007). Interstices of the sublime: Theology and psychoanalytic theory. New York: Fordham University Press. Gearing, R. E., Alonzo, D., Smolak, A., McHugh, K., Harmon, S., & Baldwin, S. Association of religion with delusions and hallucinations in the context of “schizophrenia.” Implications for engagement and adherence. Schizophrenia Research, 126(1-3), 150-163. Kéri, S., & Kelemen, O. (9 April 2016). Christianity and schizophrenia redux: An empirical study. Journal of Religion and Health, 1-18. Lin, A., Hoek, H. W., & Blom, J. D. (July 2014). The attribution ...

Principles of Delegation

It would be easier for me to engage in the delegation process, using the principles of delegation, with an aim of ensuring that each of the patients receives the best quality of medical care while in the facility. In addition, these principles will also play a central role in building an environment of trust and confidence between members of the team, thus, allowing them to engage in effective performance.

Determination of Duties to Delegate

The first principle that would apply to the case is a determination of what is to be delegated based on the number of patients that the team would handle at ...

Cost-containing strategies used by the U.S.A The rising cost of healthcare continues to claim a large portion of the United States of America's budget leading to the introduction of cost-containing strategies. One of the costs-containing strategies used by the U.S. health sector is the price option strategy. The price option aims at controlling the amount of money paid to the provider. For example, the introduction of Medicaid and Medicare programs that control the cost of delivering care by reducing the number of allowances paid to providers. Second, the U.S. health sector utilizes the quantity option strategy to contain high ...

Abstract

Scholars across the board have been persistent on the need for the near perfection of the concept of vital signs monitoring. Prior contributions to this field of knowledge all seem to bend towards correcting the wrongs that at times overwhelm the nursing practice, while at the same time constructing updates and ingenious suggestions towards the bettering of methods of monitoring vital signs. This paper cuts across the dimensions of nursing practice as applied in a reflective situation, and the evaluative outlook into the perks of vital signs monitoring as a physiological assessment process, its outcomes, and its repercussions both ...

Abstract

Stress is one of the most prevalent psychological conditions in the contemporary world, yet also one of the most misunderstood. Millions of people suffer from some form of stress in their lives, but few understand that not only is it an abnormality but it can also be successfully managed to lead quality lives. The most common catalyst for stress is work, where people are subjected to high-pressure situations that, if poorly handled can trigger the onset of short-term or long-term susceptibility to stress. For emergency response personnel, stress is a part of routine operations, and research has shown that ...

Medicare and Managed Care

The U.S. government started initiatives to make medical assistance to as many citizens as possible. This program is one such initiative by the government. Medicare is a health program under the federal government that covers individuals who are 65 years and above. It also includes younger people with various disabilities. Also, people with renal diseases that require dialysis and any other medication are covered by this program. Medicare was created in 1965, ("What is the History of Medicare? | National Academy of Social Insurance", 2017). At this time, many people above 65 had difficulties accessing health care. In essence, this ...