Pharmacy Research Proposals Samples For Students

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Rehabilitation of mentally ill in prisons and jails: issues and concerns

The California Department of Corrections (CDC) in 2005 added the term “rehabilitation” as a part of the agency’s official title, becoming the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or the CDCR. However, the change in title did not result in a change of philosophy in the treatment of prisoners in the United States. Though the reintegration of the methodology of rehabilitation officially entered the regime of the CDRC, there is little or no evidence that the methodology has significantly changed (Berkeley- University of California, 2009, p. 277).
Berkebile (2010, p.1) reported that by 2009, California’s penal facilities ...

Background

Type II diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder found in adults that involves high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) due to insulin resistance as well as an insufficient amount of insulin. Type II diabetes differs from Type I diabetes, which is characterized by a complete lack of insulin. Symptoms of Type II diabetes include thirst, frequent urination and hunger. Long term complications include heart disease, strokes, vision problems and kidney failure. Today, there are close to 300 million people in the world who have been diagnosed with type II diabetes, an increase of 10 fold over the past 30 years. This increase in ...

- Introduction
- Pharmacy and technology
The use of up to date communication technology in relation to software and hardware components is gradually becoming a vital role in the evolution of the community pharmacy from a business perspective. This is because of its efficiency in pharmacy, profitability and professional reasons1. The recurring manual dispensing process is quite labour intensive. Pharmacy dispensing roles in the United Kingdom comprise of inventory management, counting of tablets, record filling of patients’ details in registers, manual dispensation of prescriptions and drug interaction detection2.
Most of the medications being developed by manufacturers comprise of ...

Problem

Diabetes has become a major health concern throughout the world; Lewis et al. (2007) state that in the United States (U.S.), an estimated 20.8 million people (7% of the population) have diabetes mellitus, and 41 million more people have pre-diabetes. It has become the fifth leading cause of death in America. The major goals of diabetic management are the reduction of symptoms, promotion of well-being, prevention of acute complications of high glucose levels, and the prevention or delaying of onset and progression of long-term and lasting complications. These goals can only be reached with patient compliance to prescribed treatment regimens. ...

Introduction

While the knowledge economy gains momentum, knowledge management is coming up as an important corporate discipline for all businesses, regardless of the economic sector to which they belong. However, the adoption and implementation of knowledge management is not similar in all industries and vary depending on the industry (DeTienne and Jackson, 2001). For instance, the organizations in the pharmaceutical industry are fighting with many challenges that are of their own kind in the field they are specialized in. In a similar manner, the advantages knowledge management can bring in the organizations operating in the pharmaceutical industry vary to a level ...

Introduction

Nutrition or nourishment is regarded as the provision of body cells with materials vital to support life. The food one eats tends to have an effect on their health, and research shows that majority of health problems and ailments can be averted by eating a healthy diet (Scarlet 23). Supplements and vitamins, nutritional diet and mild exercise have shown that they can go a long way in preventing cancer, heart disease, obesity, and make an individual look and feel great On the other hand; medication is regarded as a substance or drug that is used as a medicine (Shils, et al 11). Medication ...

To Investigate Knowledge Management as a Source Competitive Advantage in Pharmaceutical Companies

Introduction

While the knowledge economy gains momentum, knowledge management is coming up as an important corporate discipline for all businesses, regardless of the economic sector to which they belong. However, the adoption and implementation of knowledge management is not similar in all industries and vary depending on the industry (DeTienne and Jackson, 2001). For instance, the organizations in the pharmaceutical industry are fighting with many challenges that are of their own kind in the field they are specialized in. In a similar manner, the advantages knowledge management can bring in ...

Amongst mentally ill patients at high risk for early readmission, does the utilization of a multi-component transition care plan as compared to usual care help to improve early readmission rates?

Abstract

The early hospital readmission rate in a 30-bed psychiatric unit in California is 25%. This figure is higher than the 13% reported in the literature for high-income countries like the US (Vigod et al., 2013). Early readmissions are problematic as they are costly and disruptive to the personal and professional lives of patients and their family members. In addition, they are construed to be negative patient outcomes and negative indicators of ...

- Introduction
The pharmaceutical industry is one that has been seeking to enhance efficiency in customer relationship management through strategies that involve a transition from the traditional sales force to Key Account Management. However, the transition requires organization changes and is subject to several factors. In that respect, this analysis refers to the case of pharmaceutical companies in Greece for the purpose of analyzing change management that relates to the transition. To achieve the objective, the analysis will provide a literature review and an empirical analysis seek that seeks to answer a number of questions that define the research thesis. Those ...

Introduction

Throughout their lifetime, about sixty percent of men and fifty percent of women in the United States experience some form of traumatic events. This predisposes them to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition that results when the body remains alert to any other possible cause of trauma that may reoccur (Marion, 2010). This has resulted to a situation where about eight million people suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, commonly known as PSTD. The disorder results when the body is too shaken to withstand the shock form the traumatic events, and instead of a person getting over the event, the body keeps all ...

Hypothesis statement

There are many ailments that are often associated with old age. Reduced immunity and other factors lead to the susceptibility to diseases at old age because of increased risk factors. One of the most ailments in people of advanced age is Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer is the most common form of dementia which is a term that denotes sets of symptoms that causes problems in intellectual abilities coupled with memory loss, language, thinking and disorientation, lack of motivation, mood swings, and problem-solving abilities. In some cases, some behavioral issues can be observed in a person who is reporting symptoms ...

Step I

The health promotion goal
The U.S. health care system’s goal is to maintain health-related quality of life and well-being by evaluating the emotional, physical, mental, and social functioning of an individual. The focus aims at determining the impact of the health status of a person the quality of life in additional to other measures such as causes of death, life expectancy, and population health (Healthy People 2020, 2016). The project aims at improving the health, function, and quality of life by promoting healthy prescription filling behaviors in the elderly adult to prevent Polypharmacy.

Proposed intervention to address the goal

Health care organizations record many ...

Diabetes in America: Research Proposal

Given the recognition and on-going research into the disease of diabetes, there has probably been thousands and perhaps millions of books and articles written on the subject. The most commonly recognized types are type 1 and types 2 diabetes, but others include gestational, monogeneic, and cystic-fibrosis related diabetes (NIDDK, 2017). It is impossible to determine how many people in the world have diabetes or how many will develop it. The estimates of the amount of money spent in patient care and research are only guesses, and the suffering by diabetes and their loved ones is incalculable. However, this paper ...

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
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Abstract

Objective-To study under treatment of pain in dementia patients living in assisted care and nursing homes.
Design-Randomized controlled trial. Dementia patients with a pain related diagnosis once identified, ten random patients among them identified to be subjected to the study
Setting- A home for assisted living hosting dementia patients picked at random and the required study population among the patients chosen
Participants-Ten residents who have pain related diagnosis such as arthritis picked at random using the randomized controlled trial method of sampling.
Intervention- Qualify patients on a mild pain reliever dose routinely for two weeks. After the ...

Description of the Chosen Organization

One of the most important points to learn in public administration courses is the way how nonprofit and government-related organizations work. The first thing that has to be remembered is that they work differently compared to for-profits mainly based on the fact that their actions and behaviors are often not motivated by profit. However, critics would suggest that all organizations, be it nonprofit or for-profit may at some point, be validly considered as a form of for-profit organization because they both rely on a steady stream of income paired with sound and effective forms of budget management in order ...

Abstract

The research highlights the reasons why the role of Transitional Nursing Services has become increasingly important of late. The particular focus of the research is on determining the potential benefits that an elderly patient can receive from a Transitional Nurse, which will in turn, automatically improve their overall health and well-being.
The limitations of the physician in actively engaging in transitional medical care has also been emphasized, in order to establish that it is the Transitional Nurse who is in a unique position to act as a bridge between the physician, the patient as well as the patient’s ...

Introduction

Perinatal depression is increasingly becoming a worldwide mental illness that affects expectant mothers. Although depression has always been categorized by world Health Organization (WHO) as a silent killer disease, perinatal depression continue to attract more attention due to its adverse effect on an entire family support system. It puts both the health of the mother, unborn baby, and the newly born at risk, and this risk is gradually transmitted to other family members who are taking care of them. More disheartening is the fact that this disease is more prevalence among the low-income mothers and those in the underserved ...

Introduction

System integration is a significant component and process for enterprises which have many systems in place. One of the requirements is to have system integration in order to have a single coherent service for the customer in an environment that is distributed. This paper will focus on system integration for Triamun Company which deals with healthcare services. The company will require to have system integration because of the different systems that are found to be the system (Bernardo et al., 2012). There is a need to have system integration because of the many systems which are known to be running within the ...

Abstract

The safety of the healthcare provider (s) and that of its clients (patients) remains to be of uttermost importance. The increasing incidence of acquired infection within the health facilities due to the use of contaminated materials as well as transfer of communicable diseases is become notably identified scenario. Dealing with the incidences of acquired infection through the process of healthcare delivery is becoming a world health organizations’ (WHO) major concern, (Weston, 2013). Over the past decade the rising complains on the diseases related from acquired infection was identified. This shows that there is need to draw a close attention towards saving ...

Introduction

Acute myocardial infarction is a complication of the heart that in which patients complain of heaviness or discomfort of the chest area. This complication is mainly as a result of a decrease in blood flow into the lungs or increase in perfusion. Diagnosis of this complication is done with great detail of the family history as well as physical examination to ascertain the levels of complication (Kapfhammer et al., 2004). In most cases, the treatment involves combating the possibility of re-infarction with much focus being given on the need to reduce any further damage of the cardiac tissue.
Treatment procedures in ...

Introduction

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the term used to describe a wide range of malignant tumors originating in the upper aero digestive tract (9). HNC imposes acute suffering on the patients while swallowing, breathing or speaking. Tobacco and alcohol are the primary causes in majority cases of HNC (18). Cancer is the second leading cause of death with estimates of 1.66M and 0.58M in 2013 for new cases and deaths respectively (15,16). Endoscopy, biopsy, mirror scan and CT/MRI imaging are commonly used methods for diagnosis in the last 20 years.

Ways of treating HNC

The treatment methods (10) vary from medication, abstinence ...

Water Contaminants from Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Industries

Water Contaminants from Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Industries

Abstract

In industrial processes, the generation of waste waters is unavoidable sometimes. It is therefore important to develop process for decontaminating this water. The treatment of toxic effluent that contains pharmaceutical and industrial chemicals cannot be satisfactorily attained through the use of conventional processes. Advanced oxidation processes (AOP) have been very vital and successful in their application to degrade these toxic compounds found in water. The high generation of extremely powerful oxidizing agent like the hydroxyl radical forms the back bone of the AOPs. This method is capable of destroying organic compounds until ...

Executive Summary

Description of Organization
The Wexner Medical Center is run by Ohio State University. It was formerly known as the Ohio State University Medical Center. Although it has a number of branches, the main headquarters is located in Columbus, Ohio at the main campus of the Ohio State University. The institution boasts of a progressive performance that has seen it rank among the top healthcare providers in the United States of America. The institution offers a wide range of healthcare services through its multidimensional approach to healthcare. It is imperative to note that the institution also suffices for the teaching and training ...

The global burden of diabetes is high and the prevalence of diabetes is increasing. Diabetes is a major disease with significant side effects and complications resulting in shorter lifespans. The problem is greater with type 1 diabetes because this type of diabetes cannot be prevented and there is no cure for the disease. However, clinical studies have shown that education, adapting to the disease, and nutritional therapy can reduce the complications of type 1 diabetes. Parents are the most important members of the diabetes management team in pediatric patients and any impact on the quality of life of the parent ...

Thesis statement

Modern research in science can be traced to the 16 and 17th centuries. However, the most astounding discoveries were made from 18th century to the mid-20th century. Achievements made in science and technology (especially in the fields of production, transport and communications), gave birth to the industrial revolution. Industrial growth was experienced not only in capitalist states, but also in the communist Russia and other backward countries like Mexico. These changes have come to be associated with the modern global civilization. The rapid progress of science and technology has been associated with the enormous use of raw materials that ...

Afrezza Product and Company Overview

Afrezza is an ultra-rapid-acting form of inhalable or mealtime insulin that is currently in its late stages of clinical investigation. Afrezza is purposely developed to provide treatment to adults suffering from type one or type two diabetes mellitus and Afrezza will be suited for the control of hyperglycemia. Afrezza is a drug-device that is combined with Afrezza inhalation powder that has been measured into meter level representing single dose cartridges and the Afrezza inhaler (Datamonitor Report 4). Afrezza is a proprietary product being developed by MannKind Corporation.

MannKind Corporation is a US based biopharmaceutical company involved in the discovery, development, and commercialization ...

Statement of the Problem

The current Australian medical policy aimed to provide its citizens with cheaper healthcare services and products through the strategy of generic products manufacture, supply and distribution is of a disadvantage to the country and people’s socioeconomic development mainly because of the compromised set of standards and quality of the products and services.

Project Overview

Generic products have proliferated in Australia through legal government support both in policy formulations and financial means to reduce poor healthcare services for riskier diseases .

The introduction of the strategy was geared towards reduction of overdependence on expensive medical products by the poor in healing diseases which ...

Introduction

The focus of the research is on determining how the changing role of the field of Transitional Nursing can affect the quality of healthcare that is provided to the elderly population. Initial research has revealed that people above the ages of 50 are considered to be more at-risk for contracting chronic diseases, and also for relapses because of various demographic and lifestyle factors. The focus of this paper is on developing a study design and sampling methodology for the research, as well as formulating flow charts and maps in order to better understand the dependent and independent variables involved ...

Problem statement for research purpose: Hypertension can be a cause as well as a consequence of chronic kidney disease (CRD). A number of clinical studies have identified the harmful effects of uncontrolled hypertension on the kidney function (Kokubo, 2012; Berlowitz, 2016)). According to NIH statistics, 23.3% individuals without CKD had hypertension in a representative sample. On the other hand, 35.8% of individuals in stage 1, 48.1% in stage 2, 59.9% of stage 3 and 84.1% in stage 4-5 CKD had hypertension (National Institutes of Health, 2010). In stage 4 CKD, the glomerular filtration is the lowest at <15 ...

Healthcare environments are significantly prone to the risk of infection. Apparently, given the many avenues for possible infection that are evident in healthcare environments, there is an urgent need for intervention that such places demand. Several studies have revealed that all the people who participate in such environments stand a risk of getting infected, an aspect that further raises concern on the way those in charge of such places conduct their activities. The current paper identifies where the risk stems from, the possible interventions that should be initiated to curb the involved risks and it provided a reliable model ...

The main aim of this research proposal is to show that the clinical question warrants investigation. The clinical question asks whether toileting patients every hour reduce the incident of falls. Included in the paper are PICO question and evidence proposal. The paper uses Johns Hopkins Nursing EBP Model and Guidelines.

Change model overview

John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Process is an approach used to solve problems related to decision making, and it contains tools that give guidance to users. John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-based practice model involves the PET process which includes practice question, evidence, and translation. Application of the PET process includes ...

Senior seminar of Psychology

Fairleigh Dickinson University
The main point of this paper is to discuss how Cognitive behavioral therapy can be an effective treatment for Posttraumatic stress Disorder. In today’s world we are able to see how this topic is can be relevant to our lives. Not everybody has the misfortunate of having to go through such a tough disorder. But we never know if there will be a time where it might just hit us or significant others. Therefore having knowledge of this disorder is very important especially for those people that are frequently going through tough times in their ...

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Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that is associated with serious kind of traumatic events and can result in the development of suicidal thoughts. The problem of PTSD can develop in any person, but veterans have more chances of getting this disorder. Moreover, veterans may require more effective ways of treating the disorder as cognitive behavioral therapy, Prolonged Exposure, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction are unable to give required results. Therefore, spiritual and religious ways of living a life are considered for treating the patients of PTSD, who have developed the problem as a ...

NR702: Project and Practicum I

Session,
Readmissions in Home Care
Readmission rates in hospitals and home care environments has become a major problem due to the reduction in reimbursement rates. There are several diagnoses that are shown to have higher readmission rates heart failure, pneumonia, and myocardial infarction. If a hospital performs poorly in preventing 30-day readmission rates for these diagnoses, there will be a financial penalty. This research will review the readmission issues with congestive heart failure (CHF) and delineate the significance of the problem with this specific issue. Further, the paper will outline a PICOT question, synthesize the literature related to CHF ...

ON A NATIONAL HEALTH ISSUE

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ROLE OF MEDIA IN SHAPING PARENTS’ ATTITUDE

“One of the most egregious outcomes of marijuana prohibition is that many sick people cannot legally access the medicine that works best for them. For many seriously ill people, medical marijuana is the only medicine that relieves their pain and suffering, or treats symptoms of their medical condition, without debilitating side effects. Marijuana has been shown to alleviate symptoms of a huge variety of serious medical conditions including cancer, AIDS, and glaucoma, and is often an effective alternative to synthetic painkillers.”
- Introduction
Researchers believe that the marijuana can provide relief, even cure for numerously medical ...

Ethics

Lack of Equipment Failure and Potential Resolution
A major problem within a clinical trial is an equipment failure. In a clinical trial related to cardiovascular diseases, Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a major equipment used to study particular heart defects. Failure or inaccuracy of the equipment may lead to improper treatment or even lead to fatal issue and death in rare cases. EKG readings form the basis for interpretation of a particular hear defect. ECG is required for detecting electrical activity in the heart, this in turn if not functioning properly may produce inaccurate results. ECG malfunctioning was reported due to battery failure as ...

Pain management in elderly patients is a challenge, and when elderly patients suffer from dementia, pain treatment becomes even more difficult because of the communication problems with such patients. Almost 50 percent of the elderly patients admitted to hospitals complain of pain, and of these 20 percent complain of severe pain (Monroe and Mion, 2012). However, research has documented the under-detection and under-treatment of pain in patients with dementia (Cunningham, McClean, and Kelly, 2010). It has also been found that systematic use of analgesics in elderly dementia patients can reduce their level of agitation within acute care settings (Hirsch, 2011). ...

Introduction

A person’s alcohol concentration in the body can easily be known. This is achieved by the determination of the blood alcohol concentration taken in by such a person. This involves the measurement of alcohol concentration in grams of alcohol per 100 millimeters of blood. When the women and men are exposed to the same quantities of alcohol at the same time then the concentration of the alcohol in women will be higher. However, even people of the same sex have different concentration of alcohol when tasted despite their drinking levels. A drug therefore is any substance that alters the ...

Abstract

A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) are a group of structurally varied scaffold proteins which are found to regulate the PKA pathway by localizing the protein kinase A and some specific enzymes at sub cellular level. So far several of the AKAPs have been found to play critical role in the regulation of phosphorylation of several PKA dependent substrates which are necessary for the modulating the cardiac function. Abnormalities in these AKAPs genes have been found to cause various forms of cardiac disease. The most prominent AKAPs are the AKAP9 and AKAP13. Mutations in the AKAP9 gene has been found to be ...

Marketing ethics is defined as the area of applied ethics which deals with the moral principles behind the operation and regulation of marketing. Ethical practices in marketing of products affect all aspects of the marketing mix. Marketing ethics is a dimension of social responsibility that involves principles and standards that define acceptable conduct in marketing. Marketers should be aware of ethical standards for acceptable conduct from several viewpoints customers, special interest groups, and society at large. Ethical standards should be upheld all times in company, industry, government and customers . Marketing as a whole is an awareness campaign that touches on the ...