Nursing 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 ...

In lieu of the growing number of people with chronic disease, increasing aging population and the need for care coordination, the country has been facing a necessity for a more competent and qualified workforce in the health care industry. Nurses constitute a substantial fraction of this workface- 3 million nationwide. With this number of nurses and their impact on sustaining the health needs and accomplishing the heath goals of the general population, appropriate measures have to be undertaken to further improve the profession in order to address the aforesaid public health issues. These measures include increasing the level of education of nurses ...

Introduction

This discussion focuses on graphical representation of surgical operations in the 19th and 21st Century and how surgery has evolved in years.

Eakins’ paintings depict the doctor getting assistance from Penn professors. This emphasizes on how doctors, nurses and physicians work together during surgery. This is also demonstrated in a 21st century media image.

In both clinics, the doctors are seen to be carrying conservative operations as opposed to the amputations they performed in earlier decades. We see the surgery being carried out in a cleaner, brighter, surgical theater. In comparison, there seems to be advancement in understanding the prevention of ...

Philosophy of Nursing Leadership

A good nurse can be described in many words. An outstanding nurse should be someone who shows care, who is compassionate and very kind. They should always be engaging, good listeners, good bedside manner and thorough in their duties. The philosophy of nursing is simple and straightforward. It comprises of the responsibilities and functions of nurses. It simply defines the nursing program (Sanford, 2012).

As a nurse, I do believe that I should lead by example. I base my leadership style on the philosophy of collaboration and teamwork. In this style, members of a team utilize each other’s strength and ...

Performance appraisal is the process by which the performance of an employee in a particular workplace is evaluated. This is part of career development and these checks are often done for employees across all fields. There are different performance appraisal methods in existence some of which include graphic rating scales, behaviourally anchored rating scales, forced-distribution methods, and learning goals/management by objectives method and peer review. Different appraisal methods have different advantages and limitations in their use.
The graphic rating scales are one of the most commonly used appraisal methods. Under this method, an evaluator is established in order to ...

Dialysis is a way of replacing kidney function for people who have kidney failure. There are two common types of dialysis; haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis (Quantrill, 2001). Haemodialysis involves passing a patient’s blood through an artificial kidney where it is cleansed and waste products removed (Lai, 2009). Peritoneal Dialysis involves the use of a thin membrane called Peritoneum in the internal lining of the abdomen to act as an artificial abdomen. CAPD involves the continual draining of fluids into the peritoneal cavity; the fluids are allowed to absorb waste products for a few hours and then drained out.
CAPD can serve ...

Abstract

Organizational structure influences the service delivery of the organization. Different organizational structures are used in healthcare organizations. These include bureaucratic structure, matrix, flat structure and hybrid organizational structure. Common in most health organizations is the bureaucratic structure that uses a top-down approach of management. However, due to certain challenges, organizations are using a hybrid organizational structure, as it eliminates the problems of using a single organizational structure.

Bureaucratic Organizations

A bureaucratic organizational structure consists of four basic characteristics. According to Finkelman and Kenner (2013), division of labor is a distinguishing characteristic of bureaucratic organization. Division of labor involves the specialization of tasks. Each employee is ...

Introduction

Family is the most basic and fundamental unit of the society. The strength of the family units determines the overall welfare of the society. Social progress and the stability of the family units are inextricably intertwined. The health of the family determines the general welfare of the society. Rules and regulations have been promulgated in different jurisdictions to protect the family from unqualified medical practice. In relation to this, mental health practice for a long time had been encroached by quacks and untrained medical practitioners. For the last twenty give years, therapy has been confined to individual and family therapy ...

Increasing the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree by 80% will be a key motivator in my education. This will be an increase in the employment opportunities and will guarantee me a job in the medical field. A baccalaureate degree will also ensure that patients receive quality health care which has been my focus in my healthcare career. Many patients are currently losing their lives due to lack of quality and essential health care, however after the employment nurses this will no longer be a challenge.
Doubling the number of nurses with doctorate reason to further education and also a chance to ...

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 ...

- What is the Topic?
The objective of this paper is to discuss a selected topic in the field of ethics. The selected topic to be discussed was the ethical validity of the principle that suggests that the good of many outweighs the good of one. This paper will revolve around this ethical dilemma and its applicability in Henrietta Lacks’ case, perhaps even in the case of her family.
- How is Henrietta and her family involved?
The bottom line that makes this paper relevant to the principle that suggests that the good of the many outweighs ...

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. CDC has categorized skin cancer as an epidemic (CDC, 2013). It has been reported that more than a million cases are reported each year in the US, with approximately 120,000 cases of melanoma, the deadliest among all forms of skin cancer. The incidence of skin cancer has shown to be rising most rapidly in young adults between the ages of 18-29. It has been hypothesized that this increase in the incidence of skin cancer is due to change in behavior of young adults, including, exposure to ...

Colorectal cancer, which is also commonly known as colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the US. According to statistics retrieved from the centers for disease control, approximately 100,000 new cases of colon cancer are detected every year. The incidence of colon cancer is observed more commonly in patients that belong to higher socioeconomic background. Furthermore, colon cancer is most commonly detected in patients who are 50 years or older (CDC.gov). It was observed that approximately 49000 deaths occur annually on account of colon cancer. The death rate for colon cancer has been ...

Introduction

Homicide is defined as the act in, which a person kills another person. There have been times when people have compared homicide with murder. This is the reason that has caused many researchers in the society to try to investigate the difference between the two terms. Some of the findings that came out were that homicide is much more than just plain murder. The truth is that murder can be said to be another form of the homicide, which is stated to be in the criminal homicide characteristics. The other types of homicide can be stated to be capital murder, ...

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 ...

Religion and spirituality continue to be unrecognized as effective strategies for coping against tragedies and life pressures and as essential factors in self-protection and psycho-emotional resiliency (Bryan-Davis, Austria, Kawahara & Willis, 2014). Despite that, these concepts constitute key pathways towards the holistic health and well-being of women (Bryant-Davis, Gray & Bhang, 2014). This paper explores the influences of religion and spirituality on women’s wellbeing, the few specific forms of nontraditional spirituality (such as Astrology, Hinduism, Gnosticism, Yoga, and Meditation), the seven markers of spiritual wellness according to Pazzino (2014), my personal definition of spirituality, my personal spiritual wellness self-assessment, and ...

Nursing is a profession within many sectors in the various organizations such as the health care. The nurses’ duties is to care for the individual, families and communities. The nurses divided into various duties according to their professional practice and level of prescriber specialist in each organization . The nurses develop a plan of care for working under the instructions of various qualified physicians, therapists and in some point; they follow the instructions of the patients while focusing on treating illness to improve their quality of life.
In Nigeria traditional nursing are highly motivated because every individual believes that the traditional ...

Introduction

Pregnancy is a momentous event in a woman’s life. However, it can also be overwhelming because of the changes that is undergoing through a woman’s body that generally involves a significant amount of hormonal changes. Given all these physical, physiological and emotional changes, it is natural that a pregnant woman could experience significant amount of sensations and discomforts. One of the causes of this discomfort is the increase in weight that a pregnant woman has to put up because of increased appetite and the additional mass associated with the growing fetus. However, there are instances when the weight gain becomes uncontrolled and it ...

Introduction

There had been many innovations for developing equipment that could deliver nutrients or even doses of medications inside a person’s body. One of these developed medical devices is the infusion pump. Infusion pumps are used to deliver nutrients and medications, such as antibiotics and pain killers. They can also be used to administer chemotherapy drugs which, if not administered properly, can be the difference between life and death for the patient (Brady).
Infusion devices are usually classified based on the power source used and could be either of two types: gravity controllers or infusion pumps. Gravity controllers, which ...

Effectiveness of written, verbal, nonverbal and electronic communication

Communication is the exchanging of ideas, conclusions and data among individuals by discourse, written work or signs. Different individuals communicate in different ways. Viable communication is integral to all restorative association and is progressively recognized in norms of wellbeing and social forethought. The right of a single person to utilize their dialect of decision is additionally perceived. The nature of communication that an individual exercises is important, and especially in nursing since it affects the interaction with clients.
Verbal or oral communication uses spoken words to impart a message. Simply put, verbal communication is talking and listening. Verbal communication is ...

Introduction

Handling drugs and alcohol addicts require specialized care. The therapeutic approach requires that the members of the patients’ social circle confront the person with regards to the damages experienced as a result of the drinking behavior. Families normally procure services of interventionists to assist them, and advice on the actions that the members should take if the patients are to under a given treatment. Mainly, it is the family members and close friends who confront the addict. During the conversation, the patient is informed about the negative impacts of the drinking habit to the family and what the behavior is likely ...

Cultural Overview

Leila is a woman aged 34 years old. She is of Haitian descent, and she resides in the State of Connecticut. She is married with four children: two girls and one boy. She is also five months pregnant. Leila lives with her husband and children in the same house. In addition, her Uncle and two siblings also reside in the same neighborhood as she does. They meet quite often and even share some meals together. Leila also has no friend apart from members of her ethnic group. Besides, she spends little time with her friends. The only people with whom ...

Pain Management for the Obstetric Patient

Pain is subjective and individual responses to pain vary. The response of every client to labor pain is also unique. Perception and expression of labor pain is influenced by a number of factors. These factors include cultural factors, individual pain tolerance, anxiety, level of education, attitudes of the client towards pregnancy, age, and parity. Management of labor pain is a key goal of intrapartum care (Simkin, Lockwood, Eckler, & Klein, 2014). This paper will discuss pain management for the obstetric patient. It consists of two parts. The first part will focus on the causes and management options for pain and discomfort during ...

Summary of Parts 1, 11 & 111

Section 1 outlined the PICO problem. It stated that human errors and poor communication among members of the preoperative, the operative team and the surgeon were the main reasons for these irregularities. Surgical time-out, accurate site marking and effective channels of communication among medical attendants are among the major guidelines to correct or lower incidences of wrong site surgery. While these guidelines are apparently effective theoretical; it is important to understand that the wrong site surgery cases are mainly caused by small errors during surgery and preoperative procedures. Thus, it is critical that an organization focuses on identifying the ...

Interview

Healthcare and diversity of cultures are inseparable entities. They all have a direct influence over each other. As such, nurses and other healthcare providers are required to practice a significant level of competency to achieve quality outcomes of the care process (Diller, 2014). In a bid to understand the role of cultural competence in healthcare provision, I interviewed one JT an LPN working in New York at a renowned Nursing home. JT is born to a Mexican father and a Polish mother, and she has significant experiences living in the two parent countries before the family relocated permanently to the USA. JT says that she ...

Discussing the Causes, Symptoms, Treatments, and Prognosis through Modern Medicine

INTRODUCTION
In the modern world we have clear knowledge of so many of the diseases, disorders, conditions that can negatively affect our lives at the day-to-day and long-term levels. When it comes to the brain, the center of our mind and control center of the entire body, it becomes all the more serious. Some of these conditions and disorders have serious neurological effects like Alzheimer’s in the aging and elderly. While many neurological disorders are easily diagnosed or have a slow progression allowing the patient to prepare for future problems, some can appear almost instantaneously (Indiana University of ...

Mood disorders are divided into manic episodes (“manic depressive illness”) and depression (“unipolar depression”) (Kluwer 2). Patients with mania are extremely energetic while those who suffer from depression are inactive and apathetic. The World Health Organization identified the basic symptoms of the mental disorders. Hyperactivity, irritability, unreasonable optimism, decreased sleep are signs of manic episodes. Loss of interest, loss of appetite, feeling of worthlessness and helplessness, sleep disturbances, poor concentration are depression symptoms. During the diagnostic of the mental disorders, the physician should determine the basic psychopathological symptoms, their type and the possible causes. For example, sleep disturbances and ...

IntroductionChildbirth classes, provide education in understanding the natural way of human birthing. The process has had positive outcomes and birth satisfaction for many women for decades. The education helps the women by building their confidence and enhancing their health. The education is also paramount in extending the coping strategy of pregnancy as well as reducing the pain associated with labor and delivery (Perry, Hockeneberry, Lowdermilk, &, Wilson, 2014 ). Childbirth classes help one to get well prepared for the big day ahead to deal with the physical and psychological outcome of birth. Perry et al. (2014) explained that the main purpose ...

Fall 2014

Assignment Questions
- Identify TWO medications that the doctor might prescribe to you to help relieve the pain you complain of in your legs? Describe what each of these medications is prescribed for, the form they are available in, their side effects, possible adverse effects and the contraindications. You MUST choose medications that would be safe for you, the client to use (consider the current health issues). (8 marks)
Pain medications help relieve pain and can have side-effects. Acetaminophen is an example of a common pain reliever. NSAIDs (Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) and narcotics are other types of pain ...

- Scope and purpose of the clinical practice guideline
Surgical infection is a healthcare associated infection where a wound infection occurs after an invasive/ surgical procedure (Gruendemann & Mangum, 2001). Other types of infections that occur especially for surgical patients include urinary tract infection, bacteraemias, anti-biotic- related diarrhea and postoperative respiratory. Surgical infections are usually experienced with the first seven to ten days after the operation/ surgery to a life threatening postoperative complication. Some of these include a sterna infection, which occurs after an open heart surgery. Surgical infections, at least most of them, are caused by contamination of an incision with micro-orgasms ...

1970-1980’s (Newman, Parse, Watson, Rogers) iv. Development of the metaparadigm per Fawcett

v. Development of paradigms
1. Simultaneity and Totality
2. Particulate-Deterministic, Interactive -Integrative, Unitary Transformative
III. Discuss knowledge development in nursing (10 points)
a. Carper’s Ways of Knowing
b. Emancipatory Knowing
c. Ways of unknowing
d. Role of research
e. Role of the socio political environment
IV. Application/Synthesis for Advanced Practice (10 points)

Describe how the new advanced knowledge, in the course to date has informed and influenced your own perspective on nursing:

i. Philosophic
a. What philosophy is most congruent with your own personal philosophy and why?
ii. Paradigm of Nursing
a. Discuss the congruence between your nursing philosophy and your nursing paradigm
b. Describe ...

Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a drug that is often abused along with other drugs like heroin and cocaine. Due to its beneficial nature in some circumstances, some states over the world have decided to legalize medical marijuana. Although, benefits of using marijuana are posited, it is an open secret that people tend to abuse this drug once they start using it. Its short and long term effects are too severe and grave to be ignored. Some effects of this drug abuse can be irreversible, thus resulting in permanent damage to a person.
According to a study by the National ...

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 ...

Application of the Nursing Process

Part 1
Nursing process is a systematic, organised, and holistic patient-centred approach in delivering care to patients. The nursing process has five steps that include assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
The second step in the nursing process is diagnosis. In this step, registered nurses make clinical judgments based on data gathered in the assessment step about the client’s health problem and the potential health problem of the client. Nurses also make judgements on the ability of the clients to adopt practices that can improve their health. For instance, the assessment of the old man in the ...

Introduction

Congestive heart failure is a condition whereby the heart is not able to pump enough oxygenated blood to the body (Kulick & Shiel, 2013). It is a common heart condition which is experienced all over the world. People with kidney, liver or lung problems are more predisposed to the condition than people without those problems. It can be a fatal disease if not carefully managed. Patients with congestive heart failure usually have to undergo a lot of treatment procedures to avoid fatalities. Nursing care can be administered at home for cases that are not severe. There are a variety of drugs used in treating congestive ...

In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became law. Its purpose was to update healthcare information records so that they were in keeping with the digitization practices of modern record keeping. Privacy was another issue. Many people involved in patient care, administration, and insurance had access to patient records. Before HIPAA, there were no federal regulations that addressed patient record privacy. Through HIPAA, Congress sought to protect health records because there were so many people who had access to them. Keeping records in a digital format would allow even more people access to health records, which is ...

Introduction

Strategic Management is an important, albeit an often taken for granted part, of organizational management . What most people do not realize is that trends and changes in consumer behavior and preferences exist in any market and so successful implementation of major initiatives and goals as elected by the top management, in behalf of the owners and members of the board, are imperative for a continuously successful and evolving company . As many of us know, a company that fails to change and evolve is a company that would eventually fail to survive. The objective of this paper is to discuss the overall organizational ...

Introduction

This is a hereditary disease that has slow brain striatum atrophy (Gil and Rego). For several years, a Huntington’s disease patient may go through unrestrained movements, mental impairment and behavioral commotions. Finally, Huntington’s disease patients get totally reliant on a caregiver. The disease is an autosomal dominant condition that affects the equally two genders.

Statistics

The statistics of the Huntington’s disease indicate that out of 100,000 individuals globally, 5 to 10 will have the condition. The disease can attack males and females of every ethnic background (World Health Organization). It is prevalent globally, but, there are geographic regions where ...

Introduction

Holy Spirit is a 1000 bedded eye hospital that is located in the heart of the city. Being the only speciality hospital in the city, its services are very much in demand. Earlier, the hospital was known for its prompt services and excellent facilities; however, its reputation over the past two year has been eroded due to some serious internal problems among its employees. The employee turnover rate has more than doubled since last two years and the profitability has been reduced by almost 50%. Being an HR manager of the hospital, I studied the behavioural patterns of the employees. ...

Caring for the sick is the core of nursing. As a matter of fact, nursing profession evolved from the task of caring for the sick which was initially mainly performed by women (American Association for the History of Nursing, 2006). I believe that nursing profession is a calling rather than just a job that only offers motivation from paycheck. One working in the nursing profession is not only motivated by remuneration but also by one’s attitude towards the profession. It is my philosophy that kindness, patience, devotion to the service of mankind, collaboration, and determination are necessary for success in the ...

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 ...

NURS 6052, Section number here, Essentials of Evidence-Based Practice

Month, Day, Year
Indoor tanning nowadays is so trendy and everyone, particularly the Caucasians are really into it. It started in 1980 with an inspiration of Coco-Chanel, the famous designer with deep brown skin. Soon after this, the indoor tanning increases the number of interested people undergo on the procedure all-year-round. It becomes a “$2.6 billion industry” worth with approximately 28 million people are tanning every year. But on the other hand, many cases of indoor tanning exposure have been encountered at emergency department. According to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), there are approximately 30,000 hospital ERs ...

Nursing Shortage and Nurse Turnover

Nursing leaders and managers are an integral part of the working environment that makes sure that work goes on smoothly. Although some people still use the leadership and management interchangeably in nursing practice, these two concepts of nursing leadership and nursing management are actually different. Therefore, nursing leaders and managers approach issues differently. It is pertinent to examine the definition of both nursing leaders and managers in order to relate their functions to the topic of discourse.
It is often said that a leader is capable of being an effective manager. However, the reverse is not always the case ...

Activity diagram

- New order
- Fulfilling order

Sequence diagram

New order
Closing order
Statechart
Application architecture of the system
Menu Hierarchies
For Reliable employees
For nursing home employees
Dialogue steps
When the nursing home employees want to enter new data to the system, there are systems that they have to follow in order to achieve this. The first step in this process would be to enter the login information for the employee in the nursing home. This is the authentication process that is required for the person to use the system. This is a ...

Theory and the rationale for selecting the theoryEnvironmental theory is one of the nursing theories by Nightingale. This theory incorporated the restoration of the standard health status of both nurses and clients into the delivery of healthcare. The theory has its bases on the fact that nursing is an act of environmental utilization of the patient so as to assist him in his recovery. That means that the nurse has to be initiative so as to configure the environmental settings that are appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient’s health as well as the external factors that ...

I have a very great passion for nursing profession. One of my biggest objectives is to become a distinct nurse with strict adherence to the nursing code of ethics. This will enable me to make a positive change in peoples’ lives. I wish to become an example to many and show them that it is possible to provide quality health care to the patients despite high demands that our patients could be having. Another objective is to expand my knowledge base through pursuance of academic advancement. My aim is to be a holder of a bachelors degree after which I will enroll for a master’ ...

AUDIENCE ANALYSIS

The target audience is the groups of patients and their guardian with complicated ailments that require operation at the clinic. They want a surgical procedure that is safe, less painful, and takes less time to heal with minimal scarring. This population ranges in age from approximately 20 for college going teens to 80 for retired and semi-retired elderly members. The gender ratio is approximately 50% male and 50% female. All the audience is knowledgeable of normal surgical procedures and posses at least a high school diploma, though many adults have a college degree. The group comprise of many different ethnicities: approximately 40% ...

Introduction

Medical and healthcare issues are corporal responsibilities and duties for all parties that are concerned and affected by health care issues that might prevail. In the case of the implantation of the breast implanted on women in the UK, the moral duty of care lies amongst all the parties that were affected by the issue. The National Health Service, the private manufacturers of the implant, the Government administration through the department of health and finally the patients have a moral responsibility too. However, due to the specificity of this matter the moral duty of the various parties extends to some ...

Introduction

In nursing, leadership is very important as it sets out a chain of command of how the nurses will be allocated different duties. Leadership may be defined as the process of socially influencing people to follow ones’ way. It can also be taken as a group of people who are influenced by a common goal to achieve a collective gain together. Thus nursing as a professional should be well managed as its operations affect the society in its quest for better services and medical care (Dreher & Glasgow, 2011). This paper seeks to establish how to combine leadership and advocacy in the nursing professional and ...

Health information exchange is a concept that came into existence after the realization that there is high mobility of people. A person working in another state or area can have serious health problems or emergencies. It is important for the new doctor handling your case to have information about you. The doctor needs information about your prior treatment or chronic diseases, what allergies do you have and the current drugs the patient is currently using. Despite the fact that such information could have been stored very well in electronic formats in your primary health care, the new doctor much have a ...

Drastic changes in the health sector of the United States have taken place and these have adversely influenced the quality of health sector. Issues of insurance reimbursement along with high cost of insurance have made most of the US citizen to remain uninsured (Sharan, 2007). As a result, most health care providers, like DR. Green are facing the challenges of assembly line medicine and the fierce competition, increased number of uninsured patients, declining reimbursements, and high operation cost are jeopardizing the future of primary care providers who cannot afford to hire additional workers to meet the increased demand for primary ...

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 ...

Questions and answers

- Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis involves formation of lesions in the central nervous system, destruction of myelin sheaths and inflammation. These features get to interact in a complex manner and finally lead to breaking down of the nerve tissue causing the signs and symptoms characteristic of multiple sclerosis. The white matter is the part of the nervous system mostly affected. The tissues affected include the brainstem, the optic nerve, the basal ganglia, and the spinal cord. The white matter carries signals between the grey matter and the other body parts. Lesions in the optic nerve causes vision changes, ataxia ...

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 ...

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 ...

6.9% of adult population suffers from diabetes in the US. However, the percentage of African American population with diabetes is almost double. According to the National health interview survey almost 13% of all African American over the age of 18 have diabetes (minority.health.hhs.gov). Additionally, as opposed to other population groups, more African Americans suffer from diabetes related serious complications. It has been documented that a well developed educational intervention program improves patient’s understanding of disease, self management proficiency and disease outcome. However, there is a need for development of novel and potent intervention strategies especially adapted for racial/ethnic minority and ...

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 ...