Essays on Medical Field

Public Health

Public Health Today, many diseases, which emerge can be transmitted to a large number of population in different parts of the world. Everyone is vulnerable, even though technology and other health care informatics are evolving every day. However, there are efforts from different professionals in the medical field to address all health concerns and diseases that target the human species. In 2015, the Zika virus disease has been identified as a local transmission in Brazil and continue to spread through different areas of the United States. In the following year, travel-associated cases have been reported to increase. In addition ...

Level of Education in Nursing

Level of Education in Nursing The nursing profession plays a huge role in delivering evidenced-based, safe, and high quality health care to patients. To be able to this, nurses must have the knowledge and skills that must be updated with the latest development in the medical field (Boz Yuksekdag, 2015). In the year 2010, the Institute of Medicine released a report that contains recommendations for the future of the nursing profession. It technically recommends the nurses’ continuance of knowledge through educational programs (Gooch, 2015). As a nurse, it is important to follow IOM’s recommendations to be aware of ...

In the recent times the result and outcomes of health care systems, the well-being of patients and quality of health care given to populations is determined by outcome research. Public health research which often involves outcomes research sets to measure the result of different intervention methods and medical treatments that are offered to patients and populations. The study usually utilizes the basic sciences of statistical data and epidemiology with public health, clinical and policy orientation which draws from fields of psychology, sociology, economics and management sciences (Krumholz 2005). It is meant to help the stakeholders in the health sector ...

Background of the Study

The problem of HIV and AIDS has become a global one in the short time since the identification of the virus. Although there is no vaccine to protect against the virus, knowledge and education are two powerful shields against infection—and it has become clear in recent years that impoverished women in the developing world are particularly heavily impacted by HIV transmission and development of AIDS (UNAIDS, 2016). The goal of finding a way to slow or completely halt the spread of HIV and the development of AIDS has been an epidemiological conundrum for many years. Promoting health and ...

Abstract

The field of Nanoscience has evolved due to the other advancements in the other fields of study such as the Nanotechnology. While the latter is a subset of the former, there is credible evidence that points to the fact that Nanotechnology has been developed thanks to various areas such as biology, material science, engineering physics, chemistry and much more. It is the foundation on which the Magnetic Nanoparticles have been embedded. MNP is nanoparticle that has the magnetic manipulation ability. Thus, this paper focuses on the study of the Magnetic Nanoparticles especially how they are formed or synthesized and ...

Part 1

Objective: in this critical analysis, you are expected to demonstrate an understanding of public health ethics and legal issues. Also, you are required to actively engage with the subject and come up with a substantial perspective on it.

Introduction

This critical analysis will outline the main purpose of the public health ethics and legal issues for protecting and upholding public health. Public policies and social programs are some of the aspects that constitute a good public health. Also, some patients with distinct issues contribute to the wellbeing of the public health, especially in a situation of unethical event regarding health ...

Abstract

The paper involves the study of the implementation of management accounting in the business environment as a way for companies to attain competitive advantage. The aspect of the paper is of high importance because every business needs to succeed or be ahead of a competitor and the only way to achieve that is through use of the competitive advantage. Competitive advantage can be difficult to obtain especially if a firm does not implement Porter’s competitive resources to analyse and understand the market environment. The paper will also briefly describe the aspect of management accounting and the activities it ...

Overview

Technology has both positive and negative implications on the lives of the people. The proliferation and advancement of technology tools have enormous effects on the lives of the people with respect to the odds of space and time thereby influencing the nature of social interactions. In particular, the technological advancements have direct effects on social evolution and social interaction across the globe, especially on the internet. The relationship between technology and social development results in the new realities of the individuals and the society. In particular, the relation between the society and technology encompasses the social networks sites, modern ...

Article #1

Source: Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved from http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse574-08/ftp/medical/ Summary: The article was about the use of wireless technology in the medical field. It has grown to become part and parcel of medical practitioners. With a broad range of capabilities, wireless technology has not only impacted how hospitals run but also how doctors administer treatment to their patients. Apart from having its merits, wireless technology in the medical sector can be disadvantageous as well. In operations, wireless technology has proven handy as it has enabled doctors to remotely monitor their patients as they note even the slightest change ...

Coursename The rivalry in the medical field becomes more and more challenging nowadays. If in the middle of the last century medical personnel could technically limit their education with a formal academic degree and stop learning, in the modern time standards of the medical help change so quickly that self-education became essential. The need for self-education does not depend on work experience, age and degree. Doctors and nurses must learn so much more and, therefore, it is harder for them to maintain a high level. Continuous development of professionalism and skills are the basis of quality health care. Self-education ...

Introduction

Organizations are systems that consist of highly integrated groups that aim at accomplishing shared goals. Organization inputs, processes, outputs, and outcomes need to be handled with business professionalism. As a result, all organizations need ethics to ensure that they achieve their objectives without being at loggerhead with the law. Statistics proves that managing ethics in businesses holds a tremendous benefit for managers and leaders both practically and morally. In this essay, I choose a hospital as my organization because hospitals need ethics to understand and manage the diverse values and patients.

Rationale for Selecting the Organization

I have chosen the above organization because nurses ...

Certified Health Education Specialists

The medical field, for the past decades, has been undergoing improvements and breakthroughs. Continuous innovations in the field of health care is being made and discovered, and obviously, the human race will benefit from this the most. However, though this may seem like everything is in its good place, there are also controversies, issues, and challenges that are surrounding the medical field. One way to address these issues are through Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES). These specialists have seven responsibilities in order to fully provide the aid needed by medical specialists.

Responsibilities of a CHES

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Transitioning from one career field to another can be a daunting task. Apparently, specific work place political issues should be understood to ensure that everything works out smoothly. In my situation, I was transitioning from the medical field to the corporate niche of business in the US. Clearly, the change involved in such a situation brought about some conflicts that strained the laid down power structures in my new place of work. In this paper, I will be analyzing the way the situation occurred, the political structures and frameworks that were overstretched during its occurrence and the strategies that ...

The decision to transition from a medical field to corporate America resources is not an easy one considering that the health sector has been hesitant in implementing the principles of corporate America. The resources available for health facilities to facilitate the hiring of a qualified human resources individual are meagre. Consequently, this has led most management teams to opt to overlook the recruiting of HR qualified persons and concentrate on more vital organizational issues. However, organizations are beginning to consider success in the pay-for-performance environment, which has led to the management going for human resource strategies that encourage working ...

When it comes to the issue of healthcare in the community, there are always gaps that must always be addressed in order to be able to combat the issues and barriers that affect the community. This annotated bibliography will look at the various sources that have been able to address the issue of needs and assets assessment. Citation: Arellano, N., Davis, S., Tyer-Viola, L., Sullivan, M. M.,Mihovan, M. E., Costa, K.&Palazuelos, D. (2015). Towards la clinica de mis sue? os: Findings from a needs and assets assessment among rural nurses in Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Nursing Education and ...

Introduction

Society nowadays uses the reward system to promote efficiency in a certain line of work, and this includes physicians,who are the primary health care providers. The laws and regulation in the United States suggest this kind of system in the medical field, to prioritize patients with health insurances. The doctors have already agreed, stating that this is an advantage for them (Fellows, 2014).

Body

In other words, the article states that US laws encourage physicians to deal with risk-based contracts. In the current state of the medical field, risk-based contract is defined as a negotiation wherein the type of ...

The Nursing Practice Today and Beyond

In order to provide the most efficient methods of health care delivery, the field of nursing continues to modify itself through the years, In fact, several practices have been developed in the previous years in order to meet the necessary health care for the patients, as well as to improve its quality. There are several approaches, each of which has different specialties and provide different roles for the nurses.

Continuum of Health Care

The concept of continuity refers to the relationship that exists between the health care provider and the patients professionally and beyond (Haggerty et al., 2003). Improvement of relationship is believed ...

Introduction

Part One: View and Analysis Professionalism is crucial in any organization and upholding of the expected characters, attributes, and standards portray an individual as a professional in any given field. Different fields have various professionals whose professionalism is measured in various ways. The professionalism of a person in health care administration can be expressed in different ways such as the attire, personal presentation, and communication. This essay will discuss various aspects of professionalism and what make an individual a professional in a particular field.

What make a health care administration individual a professional?

Every field has its unique mode of dressing that identifies people with different professions. The ...

Introduction

This report has been structured and submitted to give insight regarding issues in health that are related to lighting and specifically the cost-benefit analysis that accrue due to the use of LED devices in the medical facilities. This is having in mind the fact that the research is linked to the people who serve as the medical practitioners and or engineers in the medical facilities. It applies the scholarly findings and analysis of these findings in a way that aims at coming up with clear reasons as to why the LED lighting should be considered as the best alternative ...

Smart watches

It is evident that smart watches have revolutionized the contemporary and highly technological world tremendously. However, the current use of smartphones only offer a glimpse of what smart watches can do in the future when its application is fully embraced. Consequentially, the application of smart watches is postulated to stretch beyond its current range of use that merely involves the retrieval of data from other devices and the collection of information from both external and internal sensors. Given, smart watches are invaluable wearable gadgets when it comes to the collection of personal information including blood pressure and heart rates. ...

Life today is not as difficult as it used to be during the earlier times. During those times when technology was not yet fully developed, people spend too much time in doing their activities. Not only time was extensively spent but also energy. Sometimes, this resulted to problems due to human errors. To perform the activities effectively and efficiently, development of technology is conducted. Development and research activities have led to various technologies today. Thanks to technology and the continuous development, human activities are done easier. This purpose of technology has made people to have great dependence with it ...

List of Figures

Figure 1: Personal Hygiene advocacy Figure 2: Creating awareness on HIV Figure 3: EMS Ambulance in Action

Executive Summary/ Abstract

SoCal-Care is an organization which was formed in the year 2011 by a group of twenty medical students from the Texas Medical School. The main aim of this group was to help the people in the society, especially women, and small children, by giving them assistance to attain medical care. The group of students came together due to the various medical problems that women and children faced in various parts of the world. The group of students sets their mission to assist ...

English 1B

The field of medicine will continue to move forward (Worboys 117), and this has been indicated by the products produced by laboratory sciences, as well as the development of significant medical products like penicillin, which was made possible through the discovery of ‘macromolecularization’ (Lowy 117). Like the industrialization since the post-World War II era, the field of medicine will continue to move forward (Worboys 117), as was indicated by history, specifically the industrialization period, which shows “development of hospital and laboratory medicine, public health, and the rise of the asylum took place” (Worboys 109). However, when discussing the genomics ...

The medical field have experienced many changes and innovations for a long period. Nursing, in particular, have evolved from being a field for uneducated assistants in the wartime to an essential part of the healthcare system. Today the health care system continues to grow and change, as healthcare equality continues to improve. Today nurses are considered as a vital part of the health care profession who are the leaders when it comes to executing change within the system. They are the conduit between patients and their physicians. They are also the point of reference when patients are seeking or ...

Biofeedback, according to Mayo Clinic Staff is the process by which one gains control over some of the involuntary body functions and this later translates to healing. It involves measurements of a person’s physiological and biomechanical aspects that are taken and then utilized in the treatment of various illnesses. These measurements include the cardiovascular system, respiratory, or neuromuscular aspects. One of the tests that are likely to be carried out is ultrasounds. These tests are mostly carried out immediately a patient checks into a health clinic having either an accident or health condition such as hypertension or cardiovascular ...

The career of a Registered Nurse (RN) is in the health care industry. I am interested in becoming an RN because I enjoy helping people and would like a career in the medical field. When I was younger, there was a time when I was very sick in the hospital. I was so frightened and scared. I vividly remember the nurse who cared for me, greeting me with a smile each day and bringing me ice cream. She definitely made my stay at the hospital much more enjoyable. I would like to give back and help care for sick ...

Reader Response Based on Film and Readings- Pioneer Women in Medical Front

The book A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard based on her diary, 1785-1812, was written by the historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in reference to the diary of an 18th century American midwife and healer, Martha Moore Ballard (1735-1812). The documentary film, The American Experience, was based on the Ulrich’s book. During the period of 3 decades (from 1785-1812), Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her life as a midwife and healer and housewife with children. Her records illustrate struggles and tragedies that she faced within her family and the society as a whole during ...

Medical Equipment: MRI Machine

Over the past few years, technology has advanced significantly in almost all fields. The medical field has witnessed comprehensive technological advancement. It can be attributed to different factors, such as an increase in complicated diseases that call for comprehensive examinations and need for efficiency in medical operation. One of such products of technology in the medical field is the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. The equipment presents a lot of benefits to patients and the overall medical fraternity. MRI technology has advanced rapidly over the past few years. The current paper discusses the significance of MRI machine, the types ...

ABSTRACT

A combination of harmonic, melodic and rhythmical sounds make up music, which has now been used for centuries for a variety of medicinal purposes. The therapeutic intervention of using music to ease the pain in patients in various conditions has been used for a long time and has been shown to be effective in relieving pain. As an element of pain control, music has stirred an interest amongst various researchers to file exactly its effect in various health conditions in which patients may be experiencing. While doing this, it is necessary to appreciate the fact that pain felt by an adult ...

Introduction

The struggle that many people undergo everyday has in one way or another affected their health. The thoughts that usually occupy the mind from time to time are unnecessary burden that can have far-reaching effects on one’s health. These thoughts are otherwise known as worry. Considering the fact that the world is full of demands, it goes without saying that worries will never cease. Individuals tend to worry literally about everything: debts, family, lives, friends, property, work, and themselves among other things. Surprisingly, thinking about worry is in itself a burden. Worrying a little is not bad, however, too much ...

Personal Statement

As a senior house officer in the surgical department at Second March Hospital, I have received a principally well-rounded education in the Medicine field, complemented by various researches based on several scientific activities. In November 2008, I was appointed an administrator in the same faculty, a position I have held ever since.

My interest in the health care field started whilst I was in secondary school. I was initially introduced to many diverse features of the medical field as a member of the Libyan board program for medicine. My additional research experience in the Sebha University under the Faculty of Medicine inspired me ...

Introduction

Medical malpractice, which is also termed as medical negligence, is the failure of a medical professional to meet the customary of good medical practice in the turf in which the medical professionals practices. Medical malpractice comes about when a health-care giver, be it a doctor, hospital, HMO, nurse, or persons licensed to give medical care or treatment and does something that any proficient doctors would not have done, or fails to do what a competent doctor would have done, ensuing in personal injury or wrongful death. The Medical malpractice law is complicated and therefore it is essential to engage an experienced malpractice ...