Essays on Growing Concern

Problem Statement

During my practice in the cardiac care unit of 20- bed hospital, I witnessed that most nurses were stressed due to overtime and work- pressure as the ratio of patient to nurse for patient care delivery was 4:1. Such ratios exert huge pressure on the nurse as he/ she has to be attentive to each of her patient as and when needed. Additionally, cardiac care unit’s demands nurses to be highly attentive as most patients admitted need frequent help due to their critical condition. Such situations in which nurses have to handle so many patients’ single- handed increases ...

1. Choose one of the following issues: depression, drug addiction, workplace fatalities, or obesity. Describe a specific way that a community that has a high number of people with that issue could help fix this issue by using methods based on each of the following: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. [6%] Primary care in general is provided by a nursing staff or a physician or an assistant. One is responsible for the maintenance of health and for treating the illness in patients or refers the patient to specialists if needed. Obesity is a growing concern in US and in ...

This project concentrated on the collection, analysis, and review of data based on the needs assessment that explored the benefits of reducing LOS/excess days. The information under analysis emphasized on finding the issues affecting this problem. The target population included all the major stakeholders at the facility, such as the hospital administrator, patients, physicians, and nursing staff. The data collected focused on the needs assessment of LOS as a healthcare issue and all associated factors. Some of the healthcare needs earmarked for further interpretation included the social-economic impact of LOS/excess days on patients, the hospital’s take on the ...

Twelve participants responded to the items provided in the initial assessment. However, in the second week, 1 dropped out because they had a busy schedule. Nonetheless, the following observations were made from the open-ended questions. First, most participants listed education, communication, teamwork as key components to reduced LOS. Second, they also cost to patients and the hospital, caregiver reputation, and nurse burnout as the issues surrounding increased LOS. However, a majority state that the presence of miscommunication, poor management, poor services, and lack of proper tracking mechanisms meant that the hospitals were doing little to address LOS/excuse days. Finally, ...

The period following WWII, known as the Cold War era, spanned form 1945 to 1965, and was defined by the ongoing conflict between the Soviet and American nations. This era was defined by more than tension between two countries, but became an age of constant fear. The American people were afraid of communism and of subversion and aggression acted out on the American people by the Soviet nation. This fear ultimately infiltrated every aspect of American life, heavily impacting governmental policies and political agendas, as the nation’s leaders acted to protect the American people. One of the cultural ...

Abstract

This paper considers the various likely causes of violence and violent behavior within prisons. The causes discussed include overcrowding, boredom, drugs, the gang culture within the prison population, and sexually-originated violence. In addition, the paper discusses two theories that suggest: 1. that the violence can stem simply from the inmate’s psychological reaction to being transported into the restrictive prison environment (the deprivation theory); and: 2. that individual prisoners bring their existing violent nature and characters in with them from their former existence in the community (the importation theory). In addition to discussing the causes of the violence, the ...