Essays on Chronic Disease

Sicko is a documentary film that focuses the healthcare problem and insurance related frauds happening in the U.S. The documentary was released in 2007. During this time, 15 million Americans in the U.S did not have insurance. It was heart moving to see Fill having to choose among his two fingers, as he could not afford to have both the finger, even when healthcare has the ability to restore both the fingers. As Fill did not have the money to get both his finger attached following the accident, he let go of one. This documentary is an eye opener ...

Promoting Health Care

According to the article “National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and health Promotion,” Chronic Disease causes the highest death rate in the United States. 86% of the nation’s health care cost is Chronic Diseases, and CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) definitely played an important role in this field. As a result, it reflects a major concern on the national health care sector. However, the mitigation of such expenses on health care can be avoided by adopting preventive measures to limit the occurrence of these illnesses. Ideally, control of chronic preventable diseases involves an understanding of ...

Assignment 2: Middleville Regional Healthcare

Assignment 2: Middleville Regional Healthcare

The Governing Board is objectified towards determining the organization’s strategic direction by means of identifying the external challenges and opportunities and utilizing the internal resources in such manner that it enhance the outcome and efficiency of the organization. The strategic initiatives are incorporated under the strategic plans that are developed by the board members which encompasses the strategies, budgets and responsibilities that are further delegated to the respective departments. In this manner, the continuous analysis of market and the forces that effect the organizational efficiency and productivity takes place and the Governing Board ...

Narratives are extremely important as they act as windows to our soul. In a narrative, a person describes his true the hidden feelings. He takes the listeners or the readers through the emotions and feelings he has been going through with the help of the narrative. Basically, narratives are the picturization of one's thoughts, emotions and experiences. Narratives play great role in the medical field especially for the nurses. It becomes highly important for the nursing professionals to understand the patient in and out in order to portray the true picture of the disease and the patient. Increase in ...

Introduction

Tobacco smoking is considered to be a major health issues around the globe and is also claimed to be the most preventable cause of death in current time (Borgan, et al. 2014). Tobacco smoking is associated with 6 million deaths per year around the globe and is considered as one of the biggest public health issues by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Behbehani, et al. 2014). Based on current evidence and a report published by the WHO, 5 out of 6 million deaths are associated with direct tobacco smoking while nearly 600,000 deaths are due to non-smokers exposed ...

Evidence-based practice dictates that nursing interventions must be based on research findings supporting its effectiveness. Nurses must be adept in appraising research so that decisions to adopt interventions are informed by the quality and applicability of the findings. The PICO question approach was used to ascertain whether residents diagnosed with mental health conditions after they enter assisted living receive better care than residents who have pre-existing mental health conditions and received care outside assisted living. A search was made on PubMed to locate an article that would elucidate this topic. The purpose of this paper is to appraise and ...

The program design on the evaluation of health promotion and disease prevention focused on the state of the chronic disease. It was intriguing to learn that the effect of the chronic diseases has been appreciated to a negligible extent by the society and the various health institutions in relevance to the severe social and economic impact on the population (Fuster & Kelly, 2010, p. 26).The chronic disease is a national problem and as a result, consideration was in regards to the entire population from kids to the elderly, women to males. Chronic illnesses account for 60% of the total ...

The health of U.S. racial and ethnic populations In this article, the author David R. Williams presented different patterns of health differentials with the help racial and ethnic disparities within the United States. For that, he used racial statistics to describe the health condition of the United States. It also presents the immigrant status on the basis of their race and socioeconomic status (SES) and their impact on the patterns of the diseases. Therefore, the focus of this article is on the research of those social factors that lead to the change in the health status of a country ...

Based on the clinical vignette, this patient is anemic and presents to the emergency department for symptoms relating to her condition. Based on the past medical history and the preliminary workup, one can have an idea of which type of anemia is occurring in this patient has and its underlying cause. Anemia can be divided into three categories based on the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of the red blood cells: microcytic, normocytic, and macrocytic. In the physician’s report in the emergency room, it said that the patient’s red blood cells appeared microcytic and hypochromic. This information would ...

Dear USDA Food and Nutrition Service,

I am honored to submit the following proposal on behalf of our Community College where majority of our students are Hispanics. “Healthy Hispanics” was launched this year to deal with high incidence of overweight and obesity that has resulted in prevalence of disease-specific mortality rates for diabetes mellitus (USDHHS, 2011). In response to the School Wellness Policy Program of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, I am submitting my proposal for $200,000 grant fund. This will be for a 4-year period starting January 2017. The following is a detailed review of what the “Healthy Hispanics” program is about ...

Yoga, A holistic approach to chronic health condition: A review of literature

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of leading causes of mortality and morbidity around the globe with its clinical presence affecting the economics of most developed nations. Hypertension, chronic low back pain, diabetes, dyslipidaemia, and depression are all lifestyle related health conditions which can be easily prevented. Based on current evidence, chronic psychological stress is associated with glucose intolerance, hypertension, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and dyslipidaemia which are risk factors for cardiovascular disease (Bali. 2013). Based on recent evaluation on complimentary and alternate treatments that are associated with the psychosocial factors of chronic disease such as diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia. ...

A Case Study of Coca Cola Inc.

Coca Cola Inc. is a multinational beverage company with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. It has many managed and private bottlers globally. As the largest beverage producer in the world, Coca-Cola sells to more than one billion consumers every day. Its well-defined distribution has been the cornerstone for its global positioning. The head factory produces the concentrated syrup, which is transported to its local distributors. The syrup and the production process intellectually protected by the intellectual property laws. As such, the head office controls all its products, including safety concerns. The organization produces a variety of carbonated drinks among ...

Introduction

The present scenario evidently indicates the requirement of safeguarding protected health information (PHI) of the patients undertaking treatment across various medical facilities. The qualified nurse in the existing scenario surpassed the legal, ethical and professional conventions while encountering a traumatized lead singer in the clinical setting. The transfer of the protected health information of the singer through the smart phone to an unauthorized person and the social web sites, even in a good intent converted the scenario as the subject of a lawsuit requiring legal intervention. The selling of the significant information of the admitted patient to a famous ...

Diabetes is a chronic illness characterized by absent or reduced pancreatic production of insulin and decreased cellular sensitivity to insulin. The result is a rise in blood sugar levels which does harm to body tissues. Obesity, or a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater, accounts for up to 85% of an individual’s risk of having type 2 diabetes (T2DM), which is the more common type (Eckel et al., 2011). Statistics show that obesity occurs more in older adults with more than a third of adults 65 years old and over considered obese (Eckel et al., 2011). ...

One of the major challenges facing healthcare administration is the problem of diversified care. The modern world and all the technological improvements that are found in medicine mean that levels of care are better than ever, but this is not without challenges for administrators. An increasing number of specializations in medicine, for example, mean that administrators must prepare for an increasing number of units and specialists, which in turn leads to problems with funding and human resources. There are also issues associated with the fact that patients are generally more aware of technological advances in medicine, and may be ...

Abstract

The current government has consistently been trying to reduce the costs of healthcare and at the same time improve its quality. This paper focuses on the current state of healthcare through an extensive research on the population. The research uses a cross sectional design to collect data and come up with relevant conclusions. The research project aimed at using a homogenous population to come up with accurate results. Such a population involves participants who have the same knowledge about the subject. Such participants are easily obtained through a referral process where one participant refers another. A total of 50 ...

Background to study

Various factors contribute to increased health care costs, which include inefficient use of medical advancement, improper payment system, the high cost of health care services, and failure to align the health care objectives of the facilities with those of national government. The rationale behind improving the sector is that it provides diverse opportunities for everyone to engage in healthy lifestyles. Scholars such as Frank-Lightfoot & Davis (2016) have linked effective control of the health care costs with better health outcomes. For instance, in the U.S, the health care spending has increased rapidly over the past century, yet the quality of ...

Healthcare facilities nowadays offer online services through their intranet services. Many patients however prefer researching about their healthcare conditions through the internet and knowing what they are suffering from before making the big step of going to the hospital. The Internet is however flogged with medical precisions which include symptoms, diagnosis and possible curative measures ("eHealth Initiative | A Report on the Use of Social Media to Prevent Behavioral Risk Factors Associated with Chronic Disease", 2016). For instance, there are medical institutions, which have Internet channels on YouTube for instance. They use these channels to air surgical procedures or basic ...

It is safe to say that in the recent decades, the topic of health has become a subject for heated discussions around the world. As the ecological situation on our planet gets worse, people start looking for different sources of health. One of such sources is proper nutrition also known as a healthy diet. There are different approaches to defining what kind of diet is actually healthy, and different experts provide their own ideas on ideal food pyramids. As a result, people get confused about what types of food are safe to it and what types of products should ...

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Acknowledgements

This project paper demonstrates the integration of the knowledge I acquired from the courses in Master of Health Administration and Leadership Program and the collaborative application with this project’s community partner, MidMichigan Health to improve the community health in Gratiot County, Michigan. I am thankful for getting this valuable opportunity to work with a large healthcare organization. First and foremost, I would like to thank my parents who worked really hard to financially and emotionally support me in pursuing further education overseas. They comfort me every ...

Defining and describing the issue

The school-aged children experience many health challenges caused by poor diet. Children and young adults spend most of their time in school, and many have meals made in schools. The nutrition quality of these meals has a lot of impact on the health outcome of the child; hence, need to create a standard nutrition guideline that determines the type of food, the type of ingredients, and amount served to children during lunches. Many governments have implemented policies and legislations on school meals to prevent children from consuming unhealthy and unbalanced diets. The following paper uses the Local School Wellness ...

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) refers to a chronic bacterial infection of cattle that distresses some species of mammals. It is a substantial zoonosis that may spread to humans, mainly via the consumption of unpasteurized milk or the inhalation of aerosols. In developed nations, eradication initiatives have eliminated or reduced tuberculosis in cattle. As a result, human disease is currently rare. Nevertheless, reservoirs in wildlife may cause eradication challenging. Bovine tuberculosis remains popular in underdeveloped nations, and severe economic losses may take place from livestock mortalities, trade restrictions, and chronic disease. In some circumstances, this disease can similarly be a grave ...

Fitness is defined as a state of well-being. Fitness affects a person’s physical, mental and social health. Fit people are always ready to face challenges and opportunities that life offers, when compared to ‘not fit’ people. A person who is physically fit, has a body that can work efficiently and effectively. Physical fitness will help the person carry out activities at work and in personal life, and still have energy left to face emergency or enjoy leisure activities. As a nurse, I need to carry out a lot of physical activity. I walk, run and stand around a ...

The aging process occurs during a person’s lifespan. Nobody can escape this process and it happens to everyone. Aging is associated with maturation, growth, and discovery (Cohen et al., 2015). Many abilities of human beings peak before the age of 30, but there are other abilities that continue to grow and develop throughout the life of a person. Most people who are over the age of 65 are healthy, fully independent, and happy while others start experiencing signs of deterioration. These changes are normal and not harmful. The hair thins and start turning gray and skins thins and ...

Transtheoretical model of nursing in Obesity Management

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Introduction

Health promotion and nursing theories are strategically proposed to make people and health practitioners aware of managing and controlling different health related conditions. These approach mostly focus on primary and advanced care of a disease. Nursing theories and models are proposed in an expanded form of care that interferes with the whole environment surrounding an individual and involves a range of social and behavioral interventions. There are various nursing theories and models proposed from time to time to manage the health related issues. In this essay, the Trans Theoretical Model (TTM) based nursing intervention ...