Health Care Term Papers Samples For Students

Abstract

The religious traditions of different patients and their families affect their understanding and application in the modern health care context. Health care providers should have an understanding and appreciation of the diverse religious beliefs preferences of their patients for optimal care provision. There is a mixture of many different religious groups in the country that requires knowledge of different health practices. Nurses, physicians and chaplains who are associated with hospices and hospitals frequently encounter with a diverse group of patients with acute, terminal or chronic medical conditions who require necessary contact with the health care system. A significant aspect of health ...

Difference between entitlement program and block grants

An entitlement program is one of the government mechanisms in which public funds are given to people who meet specific requirement. Good example of an entitlement program in the united state of America is Medicare program. In the Medicare program on the part of it would qualify to be an entitlement program. In this program, the people who are unable to meet their medical care cost are given some funds. Other may confuse an entitlement program with social security program during their working day, but this is not a form of an entitlement program. The only time in which the ...

Abstract

Patients put immense trust in the healthcare providers, and in return expect safety in their hands. Healthcare Informatics, and electronic health records in particular goes a long way in ensuring their safety. The EHR improves care through safer, more accurate and complete information being shared among all the healthcare providers. Wait times for appointments - procedures, and access to community care facilities - are reduced. So are for the laboratory test results and clinical diagnosis. The electronic systems also ensure enhanced security of health information through encryption. It also allows doctors access to secured patients’ information. These include patient physicals, ...

Health care reform has long been an issue within the United States given the necessity for quality health care and insurance needed to survive in the modern world. However, while the intension of health care reform is for the benefit of all Americans, positions regarding such idea remains heavily contested even at the present time due to the beneficiaries of such reform and the impact it would have in the health care industry. On the one hand, there might be an increase on taxes to pay for those who do not have their own insurances and cause health care ...

Instruction

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a process of scheduling, selecting/picking, and evaluating a healthcare information system (Agarwal & Mohan, 2011). According to Garmany, Walker and Clark (2005) these four stages have a number of tasks within each stage. Garmany et al. (2005) indicates that, in this stage, problems are identified and picked as opportunity for advancement. Notably, the organization at this level is determined by whether the new system is required and if needed, is it financially feasible in the current time. After determining that the new system is needed, the requirements of the user are put into consideration. The process is ...

Abstract

The core motive of Obama healthcare was embedded with goals of increasing quality and affordability of healthcare and also lowering the rate of uninsured citizens by expanding importance of public and private insurance coverage and simultaneously reducing the costs of healthcare for individuals and government. Along with it, It has also introduced a number of important mechanisms which have included business mandates, subsidies, and insurance exchange programs. These in turn have helped to increase health, coverage insurance, reliability and affordability. The law has also required insurance companies to cover all applicants within the latest minimum standards and must also offer ...

Abstract

Being healthy is the most important part of maintaining a healthier lifestyle. However, it is difficult to maintain good health without efforts and dedication of resources. The US government understands the importance of health and tries to implement a health care system that is beneficial for all. However, the US Health care system is under constant criticism for being uneven and inefficient. The following paper is a discussion of quality of US Health care and a brief evaluation of its short comings in comparison to other health care systems of the world.
Keywords: health, medicine, health care, medical costs, life span

Introduction

Healthy people ...

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The United States of America is known all over the world for its so many names and titles. However, the country with the highest quality of health care is not among those title. In fact, in 2000 the United States ranked 38 among the 101 countries included in the World Health Organization’s list of Health Care System in the world . This rating was earned despite leading the per capita spending on health care issues and concern. In the 2010 online article, it enumerated the United States taking the spot among the seven highly industrialized nations ...

Political Science

Politics Stream
The lack of government response after the passage of Affordable Act of 2010 (ACA) is in relation to the insufficiency of the government funding to provide long-term care for all U.S. citizens. The best way to address this issue is by implementing policies to lower the costs of healthcare and make it economical for all (Patel & Rushefsky, 2014). The actors that are involved in this issue are the Democrats and the Republicans. The competing values and philosophies of policy actors of the Democrats and Republicans sought different actions. On the part of the Democrats, they have ...

The Article on the Standards of Practice for Culturally competent Nursing Care: 2011 update published in the Journal of Transcultural Nursing in 2011, looks into the practical standards that can be applied in the health care setting to ensure safe and effective health care services to the patients. The standards stated in the article reflect a global health care practice environment in terms of clinical practice, education, research as well as administration. Therefore, the standards addressed in the article address different parties for health care services which range from individuals to populations. One such party is the Military population in ...

Introduction.

In the last two centuries when many life changing transformations has been happening all over the world, there has been complete changes in the lifestyle of human beings, as well as mutation of the challenges that make the world a difficult place to live in.Some of the factors that led to the aforementioned transformations are industrialization a factor which made the number if industries grow exponentially in a bid to provide for the ballooning population,Globalization which led to the great transformation of the world to a ‘global village’
The direct effects in human beings of all walks of life are different. ...

Introduction

Over the years, the medical care system in the United States has encountered different challenges. These include high costs, fragmented delivery as well as poor quality services. This has led to the need of the country to focus on restructuring its health delivery system. With this objective, the house bill, affordable health care for American act, senate bill and the patient protection and affordable care act represent the much needed reform. It is expected that there will be a growth and shift in the nursing field. This is because more jobs will be accessible out in the community and fewer ...

Introduction

Health facilities have a primary objective of improving the quality of care services they offer to patients to ensure satisfaction. This effort calls for an administrative, medical, and non-medical initiative geared towards the improvement of the service delivery. However, this cannot be done before the quality officer analyzes and recommends some of the ways through which the administrative heads should adopt to improve the decreased quality of patients care. As a quality officer, I have proposed, analyzed, and recommended the adoption of the following initiatives and procedures in order to mitigate the problem of declining quality of patients care in the ...

Project Description

In the interest of efficiency and efficacy in hospital delivery services, it is necessary for the units to adopt the current technology that would equip its personnel with the requisite techniques and conveniences. In that light, I propose for the Kent Hospital the adoption of integrated systems that would allow for the application of the Electronic Health Records Systems. Under the same, all records of the patients’ history and prevailing conditions in relation to their health would be captured in the database and accessible within seconds of clicking the necessary buttons. Indeed, in light of the controversial proposed health ...

Identification of population (Canada-Women population)

Health issues related to this population
Policies/ laws positively/ negatively affecting population
Historically, what has nursing organizations done to advocate for this population?
Influence of Affordable Care Act on this population?
As a nursing advocate for this population, explain what is your specific main concern that you feel our health policies should address with this population that is presently lacking?
Identify a government politician with their address who you could write to advocate for this group. What office do they hold? Why is this politician a good choice for this population?
Compose a letter to that government ...

The healthcare industry is operating world widely at a level of effectiveness and quality below the required standards of patients, industry supervisory bodies and healthcare professionals. The mainstream of concerns moves around access to care, excellence of care, dominance of erroneous medical diagnoses and increasing costs. Health care field requires many changes and quality initiatives at various levels. First, it should appoint a good number of health care professionals. They will deal with their patients well and provide them with all the necessary care. In this way, patients will feel better and they will not become ill earlier because they have ...

Introduction

The United States stands out as one of the most industrialized and developed nations in the world with world class facilities. Despite its otherwise booming economy, the health care industry seems to be lagging behind other sectors such as transport, security and education. A key problem that besets the health care sector in the United States is the ever spiraling costs of health care services in hospitals as well as health insurance premiums. Several Americans have been reported complaining about the high cost of health care with a sizeable chunk of them admitting that they could not afford the expensive ...

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The Diagnosis and Staging of Cancer
Recent years have witnessed increased cases of cancer complications especially among young people. Although the most and least expensive strategy for curing cancer is yet to be discovered, adoption of reliable means of reducing the pain associated with this complication is critical in facilitating the survival of the victim. Getting the most accurate facts on the impacts of cancer complication on individual physical health is the first and most essential step toward determining the most effective intervention and treatment method. Effective diagnosis of cancer requires incorporation of knowledge and competence from various ...

Introduction

Based in Phoenix, Banner Health is one of United States’ largest non-profit healthcare organizations. Banner Health was formed in 1999 after a merger between Lutheran Health System and Samaritan Health System. The organization operates 20 hospitals and 6 long-term medical care centers in 9 different western states, providing employment to about 25,000 people. Not only does Banner Health offer various specialized services such as cancer treatment, heart care, bone marrow transplants, organ transplants, rehabilitation services, high-order multiple births and behavioral health services but also leads other researchers in the more serious conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and spinal ...

Abstract

Medication errors is a more common situation that imagined. With 1.5 million American sickened, injured or killed annually, due to medication errors, it is essential that we move forward with a solution that could save people’s lives and the nation’s extra $3.5 billion in medical costs. Medication errors occur for various reasons, mainly due to dose mix-ups, harmful drug interactions and unclear prescriptions, during the prescribing medication process and during patient transitions. Good news is that all medication errors can be prevented with proper measures and education for both health care providers and patients alike. A win-win, two-way sided ...

Describe an equity issue that exists in a public health center

The access to effective and quality health services is an important priority that every person needs in a health care centre. Equity forms the heart of all health care centers worldwide, and is a strong social relation between people. Ensuring everyone has access to equal and effective medical services irrespective of age, gender, tribe, color, financial status or religion is an important equity issue that exists in public health centre today (Marmot, 2010). This is also referred to as the issue of universal access to health care services. Most public hospital chose the type of patients to give more attention depending on ...

Inequalities in Public Health Centers occur when services and resources in such centers are not being distributed equally among the populations. Public health enters are expected to offer their services at very low prices or even for free. Mostly the government and the non-governmental organizations finance such institutions.
Resources such funding, personnel, medical equipment, drugs among others are supposed to be shared equally to ensure that each region or center receives a fair share. When the individuals charged with the responsibility of distributing these resources is biased then he or she will also be biased in allocation. Leaders elected ...

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Abstract
In the medical field, health care providers interact with people from different faiths, meaning that caregivers should adapt to the beliefs of people. The Buddhists, Shinto, and the Baha’i present three examples of the faiths in which a person must adapt well to work effectively and efficiently. This paper looks into the unique features of the three faiths with the view of opening the health care providers to the opportunities existent in the three faiths’ arena. The paper also explores the unique similarities and differences of the three faiths and Christianity in relation to health care provision.
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The Computer Misuse Act 1990 is a law that stipulates circumstances under which three additional scenarios are considered as offences in the United Kingdom. They include unauthorized access to computer material, unauthorized access with the intention to commit a crime and unauthorized modification of computer data and related contents.
The act was motivated by hackers such as Gold and Schifreen and laid the foundation for development of information security laws in other countries such as Canada and Republic of Ireland.
The act defines the terms under which an unauthorized access of a computer occurs and the circumstances under which such ...

Introduction

Health informatics is the use of informational science and computers for the advancement of health care. Utilizing computers, medical technology, and communications infrastructure the goal of the field is the advancement of health care and the better delivery of health care services. Many fields fall under the purview of health informatics including: medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacology, occupational therapies, and medical research.
Health management information systems combines “people, data, processes and health information technologies to collect, process, store, and provide needed results – all in support of healthcare” (Tan, 2010, p. 71). Several enterprise level software packages exist in order ...

The confidentiality of information in the healthcare industry is very important. Actually, one of the jobs of health care practitioners is to keep the records of their customers confidential. Any activity which is prone that is moved towards breaching this must be put to a halt. A health care industry must ensure that attacks, both from inside or outside of the organization must be discovered and necessary measures to address such must be made.
In the case of the healthcare organization incident, the first thing to do upon determination that the crime committed by the employee is positive or ...

Abstract

Health care provision is a significant concern in the United States; the signing of health laws by president Obama in 2010 supports this. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act make health care a public concern (Shi & Singh, 2012). The citizen funds in taxes flow into the implementation of various policies and improvement of the quality of; care, medication, and equipment. This occurs in a bid to improve the quality of life; it reduces mortality rates. It also reduces other challenges associated with poor health. With the onset of technology, evident changes occur in the health care system. Patient care administration embraces ...

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The United States expenditure on its health care systems has risen to very high levels in the recent past. However, the nation has not attained the sufficient levels of health care. Many Americans have lost access to health care services because of the escalating costs of the services and lack of health care insurance. Another factor that has led to the insufficiency of health care services is the lack of qualified specialists in the health care system. Consequently, the nation has lost many people who die due to lack of proper health care services. The nation has embarked on ...

Introduction

Mental health defines the well-being level of a person in terms of psychology. A bad mental health is defined as mental disorder. Mental health also includes a person’s ability of enjoying life while creating balance among life activities. This results in achieving psychological resilience. An individual’s mental health is also defined as the expression of his emotions while signifying successful adaptation from demands range.
There have been a large number of mental health related cases which are not properly addressed in United States. No support plans and coordination services are provided so as to cope up with mental problems. ...

Analysis of “Your Pocket is What Cures You” by Foley, Ellen

Introduction
Medical anthropology and public health are fundamental aspects within the global health since they provide adequate understanding on the requirements of global health. Notably, global health includes the health of all the individuals, communities, societies, and nations within the global arena. Nevertheless, like many other aspects of the global economy, the contemporary global health experiences various dynamics and challenges. The dynamics within the health care organizations have continued to pose challenges to practitioners and stakeholders in regards to offering health care facilities and services.
Consequently, there have been interests within the stakeholders in respect to global ...

The Overview

Unlike most countries, the US doesn’t have a uniformed health care system; neither does it have a universal health care coverage, and has only recently passed a legislation that mandates this. Because of this, the system is viable to a great number of possible loss and shady profit as well. It is widely known that back in 2009, the US lost seventy five billion dollars ($75,000,000,000) on fraud alone, fifty five million dollars ($55,000,000) in missed opportunities of prevention and one hundred and ninety billion dollars ($190,000,000,000) in paperwork and administrative cost that nobody ...

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Health care managers or health services administrators are responsible for directing and managing operations in hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare institutions. They are in charge of physical infrastructure, programs, services, staff, relations with other institutions and finances. Initially the above functions were performed by appointed physicians or other healthcare workers with little or no training in management, thus the ambiguity in the roles of healthcare managers. The healthcare managers also represent the institution in professional and community meetings. The educational qualifications and skills for this position vary from one institution to another as well as from one state ...

The core values St. Leo’s represents is applicable to the debate surrounding the ACA. St. Leo represents and firmly believes in community and integrity. The ACA is reportedly designed to provide for the welfare of the community, meaning Americans at large. The issue surrounding the ACA is that many say the provisions lack integrity due to various different reasons. Regardless of these issues, integrity is often defined as doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. World leaders and policy makers have a responsibility to maintain integrity to benefit the communities in which they live, whether ...

Introduction

The American healthcare system is the most expensive in the world as indicated by mirror reports in 2010, 2007, 2006, and 2004 (Davis, Stremikis, Squires & Schoen, 2014, p. 7). According to Bhattacharya & Hyde, (2013, p. 251), by 1960, America’s expenditure on healthcare was low to an extent that it could only spend a twentieth of her Gross Domestic Product on healthcare costs. The U.S. ranks the first in term of cost related problems since the price elasticity of healthcare services in America is relatively elastic. Considering that many people are price sensitive, they opt for alternative care other than ...

Health policy analysis

Introduction
Unquestionably, health is an essential part of life without which human existence is under threat of extinction. According to McLaughlin & McLaughlin (2007), maintenance of mental wellness is fundamental to achieving mental sobriety among the members of the society. Unfortunately, the number of people with mental disorders is growing almost in every society (Walt et al., 2008). In America, adult population with mental illness is over 60 million, the majority of who are Africans Americans. The main barrier to access proper mental health care is the soaring costs and people’s perceptions of mental health (America’s Health, 2016). ...

1.0 Introduction
Medicare fraud refers to obtaining money from the Medicare system under false pretense. Many Americans cannot afford to pay for health services. As a result, the Social Security Act in 1965 gave rise to Medicare in order to finance diverse forms of medical care for the vast number of Americans who cannot afford medical insurance. Different forms of Medicare fraud have evolved in the recent past but the bottom line for all of the forms is to illegitimately collect money from the Medicare system. Medicare fraud is just a fragment of the much bigger and intricate web of ...

Health disparities related to race, culture, and ethnicity

Ethics and Health Disparities

There is no doubt that health disparities are an ethical conundrum to the US health systems despite efforts made to ensure equitable healthcare access to all citizens. Wide range of literature supporting the prevalence of healthcare disparities coupled with the realms of unequal utilization of healthcare services. The Institute of Medicine report (IOM) defines disparities in healthcare as ethnic or racial differences in the healthcare quality not related to clinical needs or access-related factors, appropriateness of intervention, or preferences. On the other hand, the National Institute of Health (NIH) defines disparities as the differences in ...

I. Introduction
The ever rising population demographics in the United States have been a great strain to healthcare. This is because a growth in population means that the number of aging individuals in need of health care has continued to increase over the years. This means that more finances have to be pumped into health care in order to address the demands of the ever growing population. The current population size of the United States is about 300 million people. However, this population size is projected to rise over the next fifty years to about 390 million people. This means ...

The long-term care system in the United States is becoming an increasingly importunate policy issue. With the increasing number of the elderly people in the U.S., there is need for policy makers to incorporate policies to take care of their needs. Despite the fact that long-term care receives little attention than health care, long-term is also of equal importance in the U.S. There are challenges in implementing the long-term care system in the U.S. because of many unmet demands and the chronic illnesses of the elderly. The state and the federal government differ on who should finance the long-term ...

Abstract

Introduction
Nursing practice recognizes altruism through various interventions such as understanding different beliefs and cultures, advocating for vulnerable patients, taking risks on behalf of other workers and patients and mentoring other professionals. In altruism, interpersonal factors such as respect and compassion are considered virtues that cultivate a caring attitude towards others. As such, some people feel that altruism usually places heavy demands on the nurses’ self-sacrifice, thus overlooking the challenges that these nurses face while in practice especially with acute-care settings and psychiatric situations. In this regard, it means that master’s prepared nurses have a role to play ...

Decision-making is a cognitive process that aims at selecting a course of action that is best among several alternative possibilities. Every decision that is made ends up producing a final choice that may or may not prompt an action (Kohlen et al., 2015). The decision-making process should be logical if the best alternative option is to be arrived at. During the decision-making process, a nurse manager must weigh both the positive and negative alternatives associated with each available option before arriving at the best decision. Consequently, a nurse manager must also be in a position to forecast the outcome ...

I. Management Summary
The FM General Hospital aims to develop its growth marketing strategy, and the purpose of this plan is to present a market penetration strategy to address the health care trends projected over the course of the following five years. Specifically, it is expected that outpatient care and sub-acute care (i.e., home health) will be the most important trends in health care delivery and marketing in the future. It is also expected that targeting millennials with different sources of educational health materials, including websites and print materials, will be required to improve relationships between those groups of ...

Criminal Justice Setting: Federal Corrections

Role: Social Worker providing Case Management Services
Of the 114 federal prisons existing today, 27 are for females. The average age of the female inmate is 28. 66% of female inmates are white. 18% of female inmates are not citizens of the United States. 28% of female inmates are Latino, and 29% are black. Women in prison serve an average of 78 months. There are currently 13,033 female inmates in federal prison and they include 6.7 % of the federal prison population. Most of these women in federal prison are poor, single mothers who are undereducated and unskilled.
Every ...

Introduction

The republic of Cuba is an island which comprises one significantly large island and numerous small ones. Cuba boasts and an area of approximately 110,860km2 and can be safely said to be one of the largest states in the Caribbean. Cuba is barely 160km from Florida. In fact, the Straits of Florida separate the country from Florida while the Windward Passage separates the country from Haiti and finally the Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatan Channel separates the country from Mexico. According to the United Nations report of 2005, Cuba has a population of 11,275,000 with an ...

Introduction

The republic of Cuba is an island which comprises one significantly large island and numerous small ones. Cuba boasts and an area of approximately 110,860km2 and can be safely said to be one of the largest states in the Caribbean. Cuba is barely 160km from Florida. In fact, the Straits of Florida separate the country from Florida while the Windward Passage separates the country from Haiti and finally the Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatan Channel separates the country from Mexico. According to the United Nations report of 2005, Cuba has a population of 11,275,000 with an ...

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While any aspect of homelessness is presents problems to its victims, access to healthcare or more precisely, lack of access to healthcare is one of the most serious problems. Indeed, because homeless people are at an increased risk of getting sick, dying early and suffering from a number of health problems and illnesses; lack of access to healthcare make worse an already difficult situation (NHCHC, 2015). Barriers to access for the homeless range from lack of healthcare insurance to transportation issues to ignorance of support services. Despite these barriers, however, there are a number of programs and assistance services ...

Economic Freedom & Free Health Care

Economic freedom is the situation where by the property of individuals that has been acquired legally is protected by government or the authorities from any kind of invasions by any individuals. The owners of this kind of property are free to utilize, exchange or give out their property so long as whatever they do does not infringe on the same rights that belong to other individuals. Economic freedom measures the extent to which the legally obtained property is protected and that citizens are involved in transactions that are voluntary. It helps in carrying out economic activities freely in harmony ...

Abstract

This is an article about HIV in the state of Missouri. The article focuses on the challenges of the current status of HIV infection in the African American community. Focusing in St. Louis, this essay examines the cultural, social, and political challenges that affect both the providers of healthcare and the patients. A snapshot as the main problem is the obvious devoid in educational training among the healthcare providers on the dangers of HIV and the cultural stigma associated with the disease. The article concludes with an array of recommendations that would be applicable in finding solutions for the ...

Implications of Change in Healthcare Delivery System on nurse leadership

Technology drives most of the healthcare delivery system and the changing technology has resulted in the transforming face of modern healthcare system. The practice of nursing becomes quite dynamic when seen in purview of the technological advancements and their implications (Melnyk et al., 2012). For example, genetics and genomic field has encountered a substantial change as large number of diseases, risk factors, therapies and treatments have genomic elements which are influenced by lifestyle and environmental factors, thus having a greater impact on nursing practice. This compels the nurse leaders know more about genomic and genetics to effectually teach and ...

Integration of Health System

Over the years, vertical and horizontal integrated delivery systems have been regarded as the panacea for the many problems that face the healthcare delivery system. In this regard, two integrated health systems will be appraised. For the horizontally integrated health system, the Mayo clinic will be considered while for the vertically integrated health system, the Intermountain Health Care, Inc. (IHC) will be considered.
The Intermountain Health Care, Inc. (IHC), is the leading hospital chain and HCO in the entire Intermountain West (Burns, 2014). The IHC has a capacity of 23 hospitals and it caters for the needs of over ...

Increase in Income as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Canada

Poverty has been a major barrier in proving healthcare services to the general public in Canada and around the globe. Poverty is known to affect over 1.8 million Canadians due to poor economic conditions and rising mental health issues. Based on recent reports, people in Canada experience economic hardships owing to many situations such as job loss, death in family, divorce etc. The loss of income is associated with poverty and the ability to access basic resources such as employment, education, and housing. The poor health of Canadians is associated with social deprivation linked with material and poverty. Most ...

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Introduction
Working trends are considered to be the developments and changes that are found in a place of employment. These are that event that has an effect on the working of an organisation. Normally the trends that are found to exist within a workplace are based on the changes present in the general industry in which the organisation functions.
SHRM is a well-known organisation, which has been involved in the conduction of the Workplace Forecast Survey for the past ten years. With the passage of time, there has been the development of various factors, which have been seen to ...

Leadership is an intricate construct, with widely disparate qualities and definitions. According to Northhouse (2007) and Giltinane (2013), leadership refers to the focus of several group processes i.e. it is a process of influencing group processes in setting and achieving mutually negotiated goals. By implication, leadership is a contextual construct born out of interactions among leaders and their respective followers. Specifically, Rowe (2007) describes leadership as a process of influencing members of a group to agree on, and understand what needs to be, and how it should be done, as well as the process of mediating group and individual efforts to attain shared ...

1. Describe in detail, how each of your goals and objectives, listed on your contract
It was a privilege given by the University of Northern Colorado, School of Human Sciences, placing me at the Human Services Program, as an intern, with the agency-North Colorado Health Alliance (NCHA); which is coordinating the Weld County Community Health Campaign-Make TODAY Count! Supported by, the grants from Kaiser Permanente and the Colorado Health Foundation. This is a three-year campaign launched in June, 2013.
After obtaining internship contract, I contacted the faculty supervisor and the academic advisor to discuss my assignment for internship. I ...

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Overview of Novartis

Novartis, founded in 1996, is one of the leading multinational pharmaceutical companies of the world. It is a healthcare company with leading positions in pharmaceuticals, eye care, generic medicines, vaccines and diagnostics, and consumer health. It is focused on innovating to meet the new patient needs, increasing its presence in new and emerging markets, and raising productivity to generate future and increase shareholder return. According to IMS, the company ranked no. 1 in top 20 global corporations of 2012 by sales with USD 50.76bn in sales.

Novartis has a diversified portfolio of operations having 5 unique divisions. Among ...

Introduction

The healthcare system is undergoing a lot of changes in recent times. There are changing roles of the nurses in care and delivery of services. Nurses are more educated and advanced than the old times where their roles were limited to a narrow scope. There is a need for the nurses to deal with change in a positive way. It must be noted that each change comes with resistance from the workforce but the mangers must apply the best ways to overcome the resistance. There is a lot of changes in the nursing field including: online documentation, staff scheduling rotations, shift change, using arm ...

Introduction: Hurricanes are common disasters in US causing maximum damage in the coastal community. They are the worst and costliest of all national disaster and can sometimes extends to areas far away from the coast. Hurricanes are defined as giant, spiraling tropical storms, with a wind speed of over 160miles/hr. Force generated by the storm, can cause catastrophic damage to houses, buildings and causes landfall. It can kill humans, animals and destroy natural landscape. (Parker & Shapiro, 2008)
Hurricanes in US, has its origin ether in Atlantic or eastern Pacific Ocean. Hurricane season in Atlantic, begins in June and ends ...

Pandemic Plan

The Ministry of Health (MOH), Guinea on March 21st, 2014 informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about the growing occurrence of Ebola virus disease (EVD). The initial report of the cases derived from Gueckedou, Kissidougou, and Macenta in the overseas district, a vicinity that establishes the boundary with Liberia, and Sierra Leone; and late in the principal town of Conakry. The samples of blood gathered from the early cases and after examination revealed favorable results for Zaire Ebola virus (EBOV) species by RT-PCR at Educational Institute of Pasteur in Lyon, France. The MOH of Liberia confirmed the initial infections of ...

Personal Philosophy of Nursing

Nursing is a profession whose primary function is to provide care to patients who need it. As a result, the practice is not inclined towards those who pursue it for a hefty paycheck or fame, but rather those who are ready to provide care and show support to their fellow human being. It is for this I decided to pursue the nursing profession. I believe that I was called to the practice and equipped with requisite skills and values such as honesty, caring, and understanding, to enhance the quality of my work. In other words, the nursing practice chose ...

Phase 3 – Behavioral and Environmental Diagnosis of Vaccinating Children

Vaccination among children is one of the most controversial issues in health care. There are both behavioral and environmental reasons in relation to parents’ decision to accept or decline the vaccination for their children. Using the phase three of precede-proceed model, this portion will provide further ecological assessment that will analyze such determinants of the parents’ decisions as well as the present policy factors that affects the implementation of vaccination for children. The emergence of different viruses call for the implementation of policies that will promote the vaccination of children ages between 1 and 5 years old. However, there ...