Hospitalization Research Papers Samples For Students

Introduction

Acute cholecystitis mainly occurs from the complications of the gallstones. Usually, it results from blockage of the cystic duct further resulting to the accumulation of bile into the gallbladder. This could often lead to an irritation and swelling. Patients with this complication usually undergo a medical procedure to remove the gallbladder. Post-operative care is always critical as these medical procedures to eliminate the gallbladder usually lead to abdominal pain and frequent re-hospitalization where adherence is poor or the post-operative procedure is not responsive (White, 2005).
Question: Among female Hispanic, age 20 and above, with acute cholecystitis, from surgical floor, ...

Abstract

The use of influenza vaccine has both advantages and disadvantages. Its low efficacy rate has resulted to several questions being raised on whether it is necessary to have the vaccine. This paper aims to discuss whether it is beneficial to obtain influenza vaccine in terms of its safety and effectiveness. The topic will also go beyond science by focusing on the cost effectiveness of the influenza vaccine. The study was done by looking for other peer-reviewed sources and doing an assessment of the information presented. The studies have shown several benefits of using influenza vaccine such as efficacy, safety ...

Medicine

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a chronic disease which is increasing in the United States. On the one hand baby boomers are aging and have become at risk for CHF. People are also living longer. (Ideal, 2009, p. 2) The rate of people under 65 years old entering hospitals for CHF has increased. (Hall, Levant, and DeFrances, 2012, p. 1) In 1900 the number of people over 65 years was approximately 3 million but in 2010 the number is over 34 million; in 2020 the number is predicted to include about 20 percent of the US population. (Quaglietti, Atwood, Ackerman, ...

A descriptive theory would be a good approach in addressing the acute Cholecystitis medical condition. This theory would be of great significance due to the approach it takes in addressing the problem. This would be achieved through using a quantitative method. This is because the method looks into all the relevant details that may need to be changed in order to acquire the desired results. Through this theory, medical practitioners are in a position to carry out a survey to establish the number of cases that are being recorded in relation to acute Cholecystitis. This would help in laying the foundation to develop ...

Crohn's Disease (CD): A Historical Background

Crohn’s disease is a persistent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that may impact any part of the gastrointestinal path, however, normally impacts the ileum (Yamada, 2009). It usually occurs to individuals of age 21 or under (Wilson et al., 2010). The CD may affect the quality of life (Baumgart & Sandborn, 2007; Morrison et al., 2009). It may need surgery (Pihl-Lesnovska et al., 2010).
There is a steady global rise in the occurrence of Crohn’s Disease and it represents an increased hospitalization (Gibson, 2009; Morrison et al., 2009; Wilson et al., 2010). In 2009, the CD cases in Australia were ...

Introduction

The cost of health care in US has been rising for the past several years. According to Medicare report (2010), government budget on expenditures in the last two years has tripled compared with the amount spent in 1990s. In 2008 the government spending on health care was about $2.3 trillion which represents 16.2 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). According to this report, the percent is the highest among all the industrialized countries in the world. The annual rate of growth of government expenditure on health care is 4.4 percent and it is predicted to increase ...

Abstract

Food safety remains a serious issue in public health. Foodborne disease is the main threat to public health. It occurs when food gets contaminated with pathogens and is then ingested into the body. Food contamination occurs when there is a flaw in the food handling process that allows food to get into contact with the pathogens. Many efforts have been made to deal with food contamination. However, the food industry still faces many challenges some of which are emerging challenges. The dairy sectors are one of the sectors in the food industries facing numerous challenges. Nevertheless, it is one ...

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Often times we associate chronic illness with old age and elderly people. Childhood is a time of beautiful memories, vibrancy, choices, determination and not having a care in the world. But this type of memorable childhood is not the dream of the children with some chronic illness. Their goals are simple and short term. They pray to God to reduce their pain, they pray to see the next Independence Day, they pray for their therapies to work, and they pray that they do not die today.
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Slide 1: Canadian Health System

Slide 2: History: Canada Health System
1820: First medical school in Montreal.
1892: William Osler wrote “The Principles and Practice of medicine”, which served as the basic handbook for Canadian doctors for decades.
1946: Saskatchewan passed “Saskatchewan Hospitalization Act” to ensure free hospitalization.
1957: Canadian government created “ Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act” which covered 50% of all expenses.
1984: Canada Health Care Act was passed to start a publicly funded Medicare system.
Slide 3: Government Involvement
As per 1867 Constitution Act government was not responsible for Healthcare.
After 50 years of ...

Abstract

Home Health Nursing has been a dedicated profession since the introduction of visiting health nursing profession in 1916. The practice has been widely appreciated; particularly in treating those patients who suffer with some chronic ailment and prefer their medical aid to be taken at their homes. Home health nurses visit their homes and meet their needs, as required and desired by them to soothe themselves. The profession is now supported with proper guidance teams which include physicians, social workers and technicians, and thus there is a good scope of home health nursing in the coming future too.

Meeting the Needs of Chronically Ill by Home Health Nurses

Nursing has been a dedicated ...

The primary care providers have the key responsibility of maintaining and providing first contact medical services to all the patients and it is expected that they are responsible for the overall ordination of medical services. The emergency Department is responsible to handle cases in the first contact if they are referred and require emergency attention which is available 24 x 7 and is only a one-time service and may not provide a continuous support like the primary care provider team. There is a specialty care Department is then which cannot be a first contact and is only used for patients in cases where ...

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. ...

Abstract

Numerous attempts to reform health care in the United States on the federal level have been made since the 1930s, but differences between each state represent a significant barrier to every previous federal health care reform. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, but the current implementation and effects of the law are not the same across different states. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the effects of the health care reform in California and Florida, as well as the positions of the two states. It was found that the insurance ...

Background of the problem

Childhood asthma is among the major widespread chronic illnesses affecting the pediatric population. According to CDC, about 6.3 million children in the United States have asthma (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Essentially, childhood asthma is mainly characterized by the inflammation of the lungs as well as the airways due to exposure of children to certain triggers that include respiratory infections and inhaling of airborne pollen. Pediatric asthma is associated with various bothersome symptoms that usually interfere with engagement of children in the daily activities such as sports, school and play. In addition, asthma contributes to incidences of ...

Abstract:

Mental illnesses altogether place a significant burden of disorder on young people. They induce adequate negative outcomes short- and long-term in several domains. Many youths with mental illnesses such as Bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia fall into the clutches of the criminal justice system (CJS) due to their risky behavior. This leads to a problematic quality of life. The main objective of the paper is to highlight about the mental illnesses in youth and the criminal justice system. A web search was conducted and quality articles were retrieved. It was observed that mentally ill youth encounter trouble with regard to ...

Introduction

Healthcare organizations in the United States strive to achieve quality in every area of operations to meet the National Quality Improvement Goals. An analysis of different hospitals demonstrates how each tries to maintain quality by developing different strategies and creating new departments to help serve the community effectively. The report shows a comparison between two hospitals located in Texas State, Las Colinas Medical Center and Amarillo VA Health Care System. The comparison analyzes the performance of each hospital regarding fulfilling National Quality Improvement Goals.

Quality awards received by each hospital

Las Colinas Medical Center
The hospital received the Top Performer on Key Quality Measures Award ...

Introduction

In the United States, Medicaid was launched to provide social security (social health programs) for individuals and families in the low income group. The main objective of Medicaid was to provide comprehensive healthcare services at low-cost for individuals with limited resources. As per the Health Insurance Association of America, Medicaid is defined as a government funded health insurance program aimed to provide healthcare services for individuals of all age groups irrespective of caste/creed/ethnicity and those with low income and limited resources. It is the largest source of funding in the US with respect to medical and health-based services. It ...

Introduction

The article “predictors of fracture from falls reported in hospital and residential care facilities: A cross-sectional study” is a detailed analysis of a study conducted to identify the predictive association between fall related factors in health facilities and the fracture outcomes for those clinical fall incidents that are routinely reported. The study is a retrospective study with findings analyzed through logistic regression analysis. The study was done on a total of 197 public health care institutions in Queensland, Australia. The study had two sets of participants picked from these institutions. The first group of participants was comprised of 24, 218 adult patients admitted ...

Abstract

The thesis describes an eating disorder called Anorexia that is predominant in men and women of all age groups. Achievement of happiness by reducing weight than ideal weight becomes the focus off a person affected. The paper describes the symptoms and signs of the disorder. The anorexia preoccupies the person’s mindset and negligence towards life is predominant. Health professionals and doctors pursue various methods of medication and counseling which are briefly described in the paper. Recovery from the disorder strongly relies on the commitment of the patient towards treatment so that the risk of re-elapse of the disorder is ...

A group of severe conditions known as eating disorders. An abnormal eating pattern is described as an "Eating Disorder”. Such pattern help in satisfying the psychological needs instead of physical requirements. The three most common eating disorders recorded are named as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating. Another condition is a dangerous desire to look thin and high fear of weight-gain. This fear lead to limited food intake. In these conditions, patients are worried about food and weight that is checked by the patients on a frequent basis. Many young people use other compensatory techniques to lose weight as vomiting, ...

The Scenario

Jeff had been working in a local cereal store as the lead procurement officer for the last fourteen years before April 2013. Jeff has been the breadwinner of his two brothers and sister, who all depended on his salary for their upkeep and education. He recently lost both parents to a road accident, and unsuccessfully sought for insurance compensation, as the conditions surrounding the accident did not merit compensation. He has faced several life challenges in his family that greatly affected his performance at the office that led to his eventual dismissal in April 2013. After conducting several assessments on Jeff ...

Identifying a Problem: Falls among Elderly Patients in Health Facilities

Identifying a Problem: Falls among Elderly Patients in Health Facilities
Falls among the elderly population is fast becoming a societal concern. The World Health Organization projects that unless there is a concerted effort to address the issue, incidents of falls among the elderly will reach epidemic proportions (Homann et al., 2013). In health facilities, despite the presence of nurses and other health personnel, incidents of falls are still taking place. The time of day that such incidents occur is in the morning when patients wake up and go to the bathroom. It has also been noted that patients who are older, ...

This article address the problem found to relate with the management of chronic disease in primary care settings. This relates to increase in demand for better management and improved health care. The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of those specialized nurses in managing the patient with chronic diseases in the area of primary care settings. This simply wants to find out if their services are at optimal settings or not.
This research was done by performing some literature searches on different databases. The result of research was based on randomized controlled trials and systematic ...

Introduction

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in infants and young children. The infection is also seen in adults and old individuals, but infants and children are more commonly affected (Krilov, 2011). Infection with RSV accounts for more than 100,000 hospitalizations every year in the US. In US, RSV is a ubiquitous pathogen infecting virtually all children at least once by the time they are three year old. Globally, RSV is associated with 160,000 to 600,000 deaths per year in children alone (Howard, 2000).

Etiology

Prematurely born infants (at 36 ...

Introduction

This paper will be focused on the hospital-acquired condition of surgical site infections (SSI)
. Surgical site infections are considered preventable. Because such infections are considered preventable, there are legal consequences directly connected to such a condition. Surgical site infection (SSI) continues to represent a significant portion of healthcare-associated infections. The influence on illness, death, and cost of care has caused in surgical site infections reduction being recognized as a highest national importance in the United States Department of Health (D, 2008). One of the good news about the whole thing is that the mainstream of surgical site infections are mainly avoidable ...

MEDICARE

Scenario 1
- Medicare PART A,B,C
Different countries have distinct systems of healthcare put in place for providing diagnosis and treatment of health problems. In the United States, financing of healthcare is fundamentally via Medicare Insurance and it is categorized into Medicare Plans A, B, C, and D (Christiane, 2005). Individuals’ eligible for Medicare includes persons aged 65 years and over, the disabled, and individuals with end stage kidney problems.
Therefore, this is a case of Mrs. Zwick, a 77-year-old widow, admitted and booked for inpatient care for five days after she experienced a mild stroke. After ...

- Introduction
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are disease associated with obstruction and chronic inflammation of the airway (respiratory tract). Though the two conditions are separate and different, they are so similar to the extent that misdiagnosis of either condition is highly likely. Some scholars have called for a re-evaluation of the two disorders in terms of their symptomatic differences, their coexistence and their overlap. Gibson and Simpson (2009) extensively studied the overlapping diagnosis of COPD and asthma and introduced the concept of the overlap syndrome. The major difference between the two conditions has to do with ...

Introduction

An eating disorder is a condition that is characterized by problems in an individual’s eating behavior. An eating disorder could involve over eating, lack of eating or unhealthy feeding such as stuffing. Therefore, eating disorders can be referred to as serious conditions related to food and body weight. There are different types of eating disorders that affect human beings. They include bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa and binge eating disorder. Eating disorders have become a major problem in society today because the number of people affected has shot up since the turn of the century. Eating disorders are known to cause ...

A brief analysis of healthcare and its social and economic impact

The contemporary world has several issues, many of which are attributed to the majority world. The healthcare scenario in particular, is in a pathetic state which has seriously affected its growth. Despite suffering immensely from communicable and non communicable diseases, high rates of maternal deaths, the prevailing situation is worsened by the lack of infrastructure and development. The relationship of health and economy is immense and is evident in the majority world, which sees poverty and poor health. The role of the global pharmaceutical companies too needs to change to provide relief to the effected sections. Cooperation and investments by ...

Aetna, Humana and the United Health Group provide care by combining quality coverage and well-planned premiums. The coverage in the form of health insurance includes the preventive care, immunization for children, visits of doctors and hospitalization expenses. All these companies have recognized providers in every area and the formality of filling out the claim form is not required with these providers. The network of each company is spread across the country and has many doctors and hospitals included in it.

The plans offered by Aetna are Preferred Provider Organization Plan, Managed Choice Plan and Preventive and Hospital Care Health ...