Essays on Healthcare Professional

Introduction

Migraine is a common type of headache disorder which is characterized by moderate to severe recurrent headache. Migraine headaches are generally severe and could last up to 3 days, wherein the pain affects half of the head but the pain is pulsating in nature. People with acute migraine headache may have suffer from sensitivity to light, vomiting, nausea, and sensitivity to smell and sound. In some cases, the pain may become severe and worsen after physical activity. In 1/3rd of patients with migraine, a short period of visual disturbance or aura occurs which is an indication that the pain ...

The Hippocratic Oath is a sacred oath taken by all healthcare professionals, one which underscores their responsibility for the privacy of their patients. However, there are circumstances where this privacy must be breached. Even the modernized version of the Hippocratic Oath makes little mention of such circumstances (Tyson, 2001, p. 6). Moreover, such privacy violations can be justified with sound reasoning derived from philosophic theories. In cases of patients who are diagnosed with HIV, the healthcare professional also has a responsibility for public health. According to Thiroux & Krasemann (2015), physicians are charged with the responsibility to inform the spouses ...

ABSTRACT

Ethical issues are something that is a reality in modern medicine. This is certainly true when it comes to religious, spiritual and philosophical belief systems. Sometimes these strongly held beliefs are on the part of patients, but there are times when beliefs are held by healthcare workers. There are ethical codes in place that protect a patient’s right to refuse treatments, like blood transfusions, if they ethically or morally feel that are not what they wish to do. There are also options available for healthcare workers who feel that they cannot ethically be involved in certain treatments or ...

Reflection Paper

Introduction Like a humble farmer feeling pleased at a bumper yield after a year of toiling in his field or a passionate architect proudly gazing at her inspired engineering marvel, as a nursing professional who has successfully completed her DNP Project and Practicum, I am excited at my academic and practical accomplishments. As I write this reflection paper on the DNP competencies I have acquired in keeping with the fundamental skills as described in the AACN Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice, I look back how this practicum course has guided me to apply my newly developed ...

Define HIPPA. Why is it important in this digital age?

The acronym HIPAA is used to stand for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Wu, Ahn, & Hu, 2012). It is a law in the US which is meant to offer standards of privacy aimed at protecting the medical records as well as other information regarding the patients, which is availed to doctors, health plans and other providers of healthcare. The importance of HIPAA is that it readily allows patients to access their medical records and it also extends the control of the patients concerning how their personal information on health is disclosed and also used. HIPAA levels the federal ...

My philosophy of nursing is centered on giving a healing touch, driven by empathy, to my patients and their family members. Obviously, a genuine interest in my patients always guides me to give first priority to their welfare, regardless of my pressing personal problems or the compensation I receive from my employer. Secondly, I believe being trustworthy to my patients is the best way I can serve them; my trustworthiness in turn will help my patients and their dear ones to take the best possible decisions in the process of recovering from their illness. Therefore, as a nurse practitioner, ...

Prenatal Testing and Screening

Prenatal testing and screening have raised the number of ethical issues related to diagnostic testing in relation to special circumstances of pregnancy. The concerns related to the diagnostic testing involve greater ethical concerns for the parents with disabilities that need to be effectively addressed. It is debated that the prenatal diagnosis in contemporary society has enhanced the testing process to make right decisions about the pregnancy. However, there are number of concerns that evolve within our society concerning the cultural, religious and other social pressures. In the case of people with disabilities it is argued that the people often ...

Tort reforms have been repeatedly argued in many medical malpractice cases. Tort reforms are regulations that make it difficult for average people to sue medical malpractitioners that assault, harm, or injure them (Doroshow, 2010). These laws were formulated by insurance companies, manufacturers of dangerous products, tobacco manufacturers, medical professionals, and other industries to help avert responsibility for their malice. The tort reform movement has enormous backings in the form of massive cash deposits into conservative “think-tanks”, polling and lobbying firms, and public relations organizations. They hurt consumers, patients, and other average individuals and are dangerous for the general population. ...

Introduction:

Healthcare professionals work in the community and members of the community have diverse cultures. There are practices that are acceptable in different cultures and those that are not. It is important for a healthcare professional to be aware of the cultural factors of healthcare professionals so that they can remain respectful of the consumer’s culture as they provide their services. Furthermore, according to Lie, Lee-Rey, Gomez, Bereknyei & Braddock (2011) it helps improve patient outcomes. Description of the relevance and relationship between culture/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and cultural competence: Cultural competence is the awareness that a person possesses about different ...

WGU

A. Table of Contents Professional Resume – presents my clinical knowledge, skills, experience, and philosophy to potential employers Executive Summary – provides an overview of the contents of the portfolio Professional Reference Questionnaire – presents the objective and subjective evaluation of my key behaviors and clinical performance by one of my professional references Importance of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – discusses the need to develop knowledge and skills in quality leadership in order to improve the quality and safety of patient care and promote holistic, patient-centered care

Copy of IHI certificate of completion – serves to validate my completion of the IHI Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership course

Evidence-based Practice – summarizes an evidence-based research project on hand hygiene Applied Leadership – summarizes my ...

Part 1

A: Imagine you are working as an aged care support worker for an individual who receives support in their home. You spend a lot of time at the house and have developed a great rapport with the whole family; they treat you like part of the family.

On one occasion, the family tries to give you a gift.

B: There are many other potential ethical issues that may arise from working closely with a family or an individual. Identity one (1) other potential ethical issue or dilemma that may arise. Complete the table:

C: Imagine that the family asks you to do some extra weekend cleaning or other support work for cash:

1. What is the potential conflict of interest?

The situation leads to personal and professional conflicts of interest.

2. What action should you take? (50-100 words) According ...

Throughout the history of the world hitherto, monotheistic religions have been the source of numerous discordant debates more so in critical life and death moments regarding patient care. A patient’s religious or personal beliefs remains a hindrance in the provision of healthcare services despite the mercurial rise in scientific research leading to evidence based practice. The existence of different religious beliefs means that the belief systems of patients are equally varied and thus providing certain medical procedures and care to patients is a challenge as Mendes, (2015) opines. Medical practitioners and nursing professionals working with diverse patients having ...

Introduction

Outreach programs led by a registered nurse are known to have a significant impact on the quality of care and health outcomes of patients (Toyce, et al. 2015). Nurses involved in post-discharge care such as home safety evaluation, medication compliance, and patient education have a positive impact on patient outcomes (Toyce, et al. 2015). Most patients do not follow instructions laid by the healthcare professional post-discharge which leads to non-compliance and readmission. This problem can be solved by a nurse-led outreach program that helps patients in various activities at home, thus improving health outcomes and reduced readmission rates. Nurses ...

Effective communication is overly important in the operation theatre. It is one of the ideal ways of ensuring that the operation theatre is operating efficiently. However, this has emerged to be a challenging task with the vastly changing healthcare system and the heightened complexities in patient care. Rather than having one individual conduct a surgery, modern healthcare requires that the joint efforts of the healthcare professionals in the operation theatre take play. Given this, communication is primal to coordinate the teamwork efforts. Healthcare professionals find this to be a challenge, and hence, leading to unintended morbidity (Weller et al., 2014). Research shows ...

Healthcare professionals remain an indispensible component in healthcare sector as they provide quality, effective, reliable, and affordable medical services to their patients. However, in rapid and dynamic healthcare environment, healthcare professionals experience challenges and complex choices related to what they consider as appropriate for their patients. In most cases, healthcare professionals are torn between a hard place and a rock when the choices they make conflict with the values, beliefs, traditions, and customs of their patients and patients’ families thus culminating to ethical dilemmas. In the same vein, not only does the choices healthcare professionals make conflict with the values, beliefs, ...

My mission as a healthcare professional is to provide exemplary healthcare for every patient without bias. I promise to provide continued physical and emotional healthcare to every patient. I also plan to fulfil all the promises through equity in the use of resources. Furthermore, I plan on creating a work environment where each of my colleagues will be comfortable in.

I get a lot of satisfaction by creating genuine smiles on people. This is why I joined the healthcare profession. Ensuring that the health of a person is taken care of is the most effective way of touching people’s lives. In this ...

In navigating the Practice Fusion EHR website (Practice Fusion, 2012), I found the interface to be very helpful. The site could be easily navigated and the interface was simple enough for users to understand. The interface was also very intuitive, making it easy for users to determine how to perform a certain function or how they can access a particular type of information. Similarly, the site provides all of the patient information that a healthcare professional would need to know. In addition, the system logs the user’s activities within the system, which make it easier to ensure accountability. As well, the ...

Position Paper on the Feasibility

Advancement in technology has become widely spread all over the globe. Implementation of utilization of technology in everyday life applications is increasing at a high rate. Technology has been seen to improve the quality of life of the elderly people. In addition to that, it is evident that technology enhances, the safety, independence as well as the security of the elderly people. It has been noted that the technologies involved in the limitations that people face in their old age has, for a long time not drawn the interest it deserves.

The main aim of this paper is to give the ...

Medication processes entail the cooperation of healthcare professionals such as a physician, pharmacists and nurses that play major roles in medication processes. The procedure usually starts from the physician's prescription, towards pharmacist’s administration and then the nurses' contribution towards monitoring and administration to the patients. We need to understand that along these medication processes is where medication errors tend to occur. This is a major concern for both the patients and healthcare professional. According to the definition of the American National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP), the medication error can be defined as "as ...

Introduction

The use of technology in the field of healthcare is becoming more and more prevalent. E-therapy is one such technology and it is proposed that this service be added to the services being offered by the UCLA Psychology Clinic. The clinic provides assessment/testing services and low-fee therapy for families, couples, children, and adults (UCLA, n.d.). It also serves as a research and training center for diagnostics and psychotherapy. The clinic therapists use treatment methods and approaches that are validated by research and that correspond to the clients’ individual needs. With the addition of e-therapy to the clinic’s ...

Health information refers to any personally identifiable information about a person’s health, medical records, and history of illness, treatments and examinations. A person’s health information is some of the most private information a person “owns.” Health information is unlike other personal information such as your credit card PIN. Health information is much more intimate and provides a comprehensive picture about an individual other than just the products they bought online. Unwanted disclosure of a person’s health information can lead to embarrassment, shame and ridicule. Public knowledge of your health information can also have an important impact on how people view ...

Implementation of a Patient Fall Prevention Program

There are a number of steps to be followed to implement the patient fall prevention program. Nurses would first need to address the issue to the administrators and hospital staff. It is the duty of the nurse to communicate with the administrative staff about the serious consequences of patient falls in the healthcare setting. Apart from getting approval from administration for implementing the program, nurse would have to deal with a number of healthcare-associated issues to commence the implementation of the program. (ACSQHC, 2009). Operationalizing a patient fall prevention program to prevent patient falls involves a number of steps. It needs to ...

Chapter One: Introduction 1

Background 1 Statement of the Problem 2 Research Objectives 2 Research Questions 3 Significance of the study 3 Chapter Two: Literature Review 4 Introduction 4 Theoretical Literature 4 Empirical Literature 5 System Barriers 5 Healthcare Professional Barrier 7 Social Barriers 7 Patient Barrier 8 Chapter Three: Methodology 8 Introduction 8 Research Design 9 Model Specification 9 Study Area 9 Target Population 10 Data Type and data Source 10 Data collection 10 Data Analysis 10

References 11

Chapter One: Introduction ...

Essay Assignment for Basic Health Professional Skills

Essay Assignment for Basic Health Professional Skills

Introduction

Ever since my daughter spent 92 days in the NICU at Bay hospital area, my urge to join the medical profession has never been watered down. I have since come to value life more and appreciate healthcare professionals who work hard to ensure that they save lives. My experience at Bay Hospital made me generate a lot of interest in Physical Therapy Assistance. My goal is to work with children who are disabled as a result of being premature. Physical Therapy is the treatment of an injury or a physical dysfunction through the use of a ...

Treating Mental Health Illness – A Literature Review

ABSTRACT The following literature review explores the capabilities of the nurse practitioner treating varieties of mental disorders as comorbidities of primary care patients. The NP interface with the primary care and outpatient services of different people living on the fringe of society with specific barriers to quality health care connected to mental illness proves valuable. The efficacy of the NP in treating mental illness in patients according to the literature emerges as a valuable intervention with screening, diagnosing, and therapy options for specific patients often isolated from medical care access with mental illness including homeless, geriatric, pediatric, and the ...

REGISTERED NURSE

Their Scope of Practice Registered nurses (RN) are responsible for the provision and the coordination of heath care. They are also bestowed with the role of educating patients and also the public about an array of health conditions, provide both emotional support and relevant advice to patients and their families. As an RN, one is in the line of defence between the patient and the misunderstanding that may be facing the patients since most of the patients do not like asking the doctor questions but prefers to ask the RN. Additionally, an RN specialises in a certain line of ...

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 ...

Facilitator:

Progressive development in the Information Technology has raised diverse professional dilemmas among nurses on the issue of patients’ confidentiality. As stipulated in nursing code of ethics, patient confidentiality is a critical aspect in healthcare professional. The concepts of patient confidentiality are clearly enshrined in nurse contract of employment and in NHS codes of ethics (Gallagher, 2010). However, despite being clarified in the nursing contract of employment, some nurses are confused on the most effective means of implementing the policy on patients’ confidentiality. Recent studies further affirm that the issue of patient privacy and confidentiality has been a major issue of ...

Introduction

Since the late 1960’s, Physician Assistant (PA) profession have been an important occupation in healthcare fraternity. Although the profession is relatively younger compared to other professionals in healthcare systems, Physician Assistant profession has turned out to be a decisive component in health delivery systems. However, just like any other healthcare professional, Physician Assistants have some outstanding opportunities and regrettable challenges. Contemporary Physician Assistants operate in an environment that is completely different from the one that existed 30 years ago (Colwill, Cultice & Kruse, 2008). The knowledge on some of the future opportunities in Physician Assistant profession is therefore critical for ...

- Introduction On September 2008, American football player, Anquan Boldin, had a violent helmet-to-helmet collision, while he was on field. While attempting to catch a long pass, he was hit in the back by another player and then suffered a blow on his face from another player, knocking both of them unconscious (Bolohan, 2011). While the other player regained consciousness after a few minutes, Boldin was placed on a stretcher and had to be carted off the field. A few days later, his coach announced that he would be out for an indefinite period and that due to the blow; he has suffered a ...

Is the survival rate in ‘sudden death’ cardiac patients increased

when automated external defibrillators are used?

Introduction

Synthesis of Literature: Studies 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 - Aim of study - Methodology - Results - Conclusion

Synthesis and Relevance to Research topic

Conclusion - Summary Table

Is the survival rate in ‘sudden death’ cardiac patients increased

when automated external defibrillators are used?

Introduction

This literature review encompasses five studies relating evidence based practice regarding survival rates in ‘sudden death’ cardiac patients. These rates would be examined in relation to the use automated external defibrillators. Assessments of the research aims, methodology, results/ conclusions will be embraced.

Synthesis of Literature

Study 1 Aim Comilla Sasson; Mary A.M. Rogers; Jason Dahl and Arthur L. Kellermann (2009) ...

Unproven Remedies for Insomnia

The popularity of home remedies has risen, so it is important for people to be aware of the various risks, costs, benefits, and other issues regarding these products. The investigation included a variety of criteria to compare the ingredients, dosing instructions, warnings, costs, and other things regarding easily available products claiming to treat insomnia. These products have vastly different ingredients as well as costs and risks associated with them.

Unproven Remedies for Insomnia

The popularity of natural, homeopathic, herbal, and alternative medicines with the public has increased greatly over the years. This rise in popularity may be because many people do not like going ...

Musculoskeletal pains are common and disabling condition to the elderly. Conditions predisposing people to rheumatic pain such as osteoarthritis and conditions of the soft tissue which include tendonitis are generally incurable. Pain management being paramount to maintain quality of life is diverse and unique for each patient. Management involves a combined use of non-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical treatments which begin with educating the patients.

They are then encouraged by healthcare professionals to practice personal goals and be attentive to healthy habits including exercise and weight control. Although Studies on the efficacy of herbals and supplements on the elderly have proven limited, ...