Essays on Kuehn

Quality improvement refers to the process aimed at improving the overall performance of the health care sector. A continuous process aims at attaining quality improvement in the provision of health care services that suit the specific needs of the patients. The paper discusses the activities involved in the quality improvement, the roles of professional nurses in the activities, factors affecting nursing participation as well as strategies that can be used to improve the overall care. Different health practices have an established strategic plan for carrying out the improvements that are considered essential in the clinical setup. The quality improvement ...

In the last years of the 1970s, there was global concern over the discovery of a deadly virus that resulted in outbreaks of a hemorrhagic fever in West Africa (Peters & LeDuc, 1999). The high rate of death and the contagious nature of the disease was a cause of concern to the international medical community and researchers combined efforts to discover the cause, etiology, effective therapies, and methods of control of what would come to be known as the Ebola virus. Although there have been few cases reported outside West Africa, the potential for the spread of the disease prompts ...

1. Introduction a. The outbreaks of the Ebola virus in West Africa have generated significant concern due to the high death rate and contagious nature (Peters & LeDuc, 1999). b. Differences in the fatality rates in Ebola infection over the last decades probably are a reflection of advances in diagnostic accuracy, proficiency in acute care stages, and identification of infection sources (Laupland & Valiquette, 2014). c. Although cases are rare and primarily confined to West Africa, there is concern of a possible pandemic secondary to ease of international transport of contaminated people and goods. d. The transmission is through blood and ...

Gun Violence in US

Statement of the problem Gun violence in the United States has been an issue of concern in the recent past. According to Kuehn (2013) the US has the highest rates of gun violence in the world. For instance, thousands of injuries and deaths occur annually due firearms. Besides,Shuffelton (2015) contends that 1.4% of the total deaths in the US are caused by gun related violence. The increase in the gun related suicide, homicide and mass shooting cast doubts on the effectiveness of the gun control regulations. A study by Brien et al. (2013) indicates that despite the various ...

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The term "opiate" combines substance extracted from opium, the most important of which is morphine, codeine, papaverine, which is widely used as medicines and paramorphine - used mainly in medical industry to produce medications, as well as synthesized derivatives of morphine, which belong to the semi-synthetic opiates and among which the most famous for their narcotic properties is heroin. Substances, differ in structure from the structure of morphine but operating on a similar mechanism (through opioid receptors), are belonged to the opioids (Kuehn, 2007). A rich lexicon of slang in relation to opiates (especially heroin) reflects not only the " ...

The issue of drug abuse and addiction in the United States has become much more relevant in the past few years. Drugs and the drug crisis were for the longest time, something which was limited geographically, socially and racially. Which is to say that drugs were only a “problem” in the inner city. In the 1980s, this was symbolized by the so-called crack epidemic which ravaged the poorer and most fragile communities in the country. The issue of drug abuse in the United States is important because of how much it impacts the lives of people in all different ...

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The photograph made by Donna Ferrato during the workshop with Karen Kuehn exudes power and energy which is transmitted through an attractive female body. There are not many shapes to be seen in this photograph, but it is still very powerful and makes it exciting for observing. The five senses are provoked by the intensity of the photo, by the sight, hear, taste, smell and touch.The model is standing under the chandelier which is located in a farmhouse dates from the 18th century. The style of the chamber is in accordance with this time period and the overall atmosphere ...