Essays on Blais

Managed care models are strategies put in place to safeguard the functions and activities of the managed care facilities within a country. The managed care models usually have a continuum to guide their activities and operations. The continuum, therefore, is critical to understanding the differences between managed care plans. In particular, the continuum is responsible for the scope of control a managed plan has over the activities of health facility (Martino, Elliott, Haviland, Saliba, Burkhart, & Kanouse, 2016). As a result, it helps in clarifying the main reason behind the differences in the control of the managed care models. In ...

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Abstract

While it is obvious that various cultures and even various groups of people may have different concepts of justice and the way it is exercised, there is probably no such thing as the universally accepted concept of justice. Nevertheless, people tend to respect those who stick to the vision of right and wrong, that is shared by the vast majority of the group. If someone tends to violate those principles, he or she deserves criticism or even punishment. On the other hand, a person who knows, understands and accepts the rules of the game, deserves respect and ...

Genetic and genomic knowledge is a vital part of being a good nurse and meeting all of the competencies that are required to care for patients. There are a large number of genetic diseases, for example, and the field is extremely fast-paced. This makes keeping up-to-date with the information available important but challenging. It was an interesting process learning about all of the various elements of genetic information and how it can be used in nursing as well as generally assisting all health care professionals. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the information that I ...

Introduction

Nursing is a proper administration that helps people to distinguish and create approaches to help in the process of medical intervention and recovery (Blais, 2015). Orem's hypothesis supports a patient-nurse relationship, with consideration being the essential center and a definitive objective is wellbeing reclamation. In other words, it is essential in helping patients recover their health in a quick manner. In this case, it should be noted that patients expect to receive medication that best suits their needs, especially in advanced care. It is imperative to note that stakeholders in this case include patients, significant others, and the medical ...

Nursing is a profession that is heavily rooted in scientific and ethical principles. Nurses of all different educational levels must be well-versed in the guiding ethical principles of their craft. There are differences between the scope of care of a nurse with an associate’s degree and one with a BSN, but like physicians, nurses have a duty to care for their patients and to cause no harm. This discussion will look at the different competencies of nurses with an associate’s degree versus one with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. It will also attempt to identify a ...

SCIENCE/ TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH ETHICS

In this paperwork, I am going to discuss how science and technology can influence health care ethics, and ethical decision-making. Science and Technology are progressing at such a fast rate that the existing narratives are becoming tomorrow’s realism. Scientific research and technological expansion are some of the vital forces changing the face of the existing healthcare ethics. Worries about the rapid growth and its side effects prolong to surface. It is important to note that new ideas, as a result of the continuous growth in both science and technology will, always, present new lawful and ethical challenges when ...

Is this a quantitative or qualitative research article?

Rome, Luminais, Bourgeois, & Blais (2011) article is based on qualitative research with a particular inclination on review of literature and descriptive statistics to explore the aspect of palliative care within the context of end of life. There is no primary data or any form of experimentation within this study (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2015).

What are the problem and purpose of the research article?

Rome, Luminais, Bourgeois, & Blais (2011) indicate that palliative care is an essential component of the nursing process. For patients in end of life care, there is s tendency for patients to die in suffering and pain especially with the notion that death should be treated as an ...

Introduction

Nursing is a very significant medical field, and it is served with the responsibility of defining the type and nature of treatment that is to be provided to a patient. In the contemporary nursing practice, nurses are expected to exhibit elements of leadership, a trait defined as a practice of social influence where a specific individual influence others in accomplishing a common task (Blais, 2006). Therefore, this paper explores elements leadership in nursing practice, and determines how such a culture can be propagated to provide quality nursing care.

Organizational Systems & Quality Leadership

B. Leadership Strategies:

The two unique strategies that enable a nurse on an interdisciplinary team to exert leadership without ...

The National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards in Healthcare was set up to ensure that inequalities in the provision of healthcare resulting from cultural and linguistic differences are eliminated. The need for equal treatment of all persons irrespective of gender, social status, culture or religion, is inevitable in a diverse society (Jeffreys, 2010). Communication between the patient and the nurses or physicians is crucial in the health care setting. This communication can, however, be limited by existing societal or cultural barriers. Professionalism coupled with cultural competence for healthcare providers is crucial in order to understand the patients’ needs. ...

As related by Kristopher Blais, in Chapter 22 (pp.147-151) of Leaders and Influences in Composition Theory and Practice (2007), (Smith, Smith, and Wright, Eds.), Hesse earned a BA (Hons.) in English at the University of Iowa in 1978. Subsequently he gained an MA and PhD in English at the same university (in 1980 and 1986 respectively). He also graduated in 1978 from a University of Vienna German summer course called Zeugnis. His involvement in composition studies commenced at the University of Iowa, where he was involved with Carl Klaus in a writing class that involved composition as well as creative writing, rhetoric ...

Contributor: Thomas L. Saaty

Contribution: He holds the chair of University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering USA. He wrote a paper on “Decision making with the analytic hierarchy process” Details: There are many intangibles involved in decision making which need to be traded off. In order to do that, it is important to measure and evaluate the intangibles along with the tangibles. Thomas L. Saaty, who is internationally recognized for his decision-making process, called as the AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process). It is a concept of measurement through pairwise comparisons and focuses on the opinion ...

Parish nurse role was envisioned to integrate faith and health through enhancing personal health counselling and basic health education. The role also extends to acting as referral agents and advocating sustainable health in communities. According to Health People 2020, the parish nurses have intervened raising the various fundamental objectives in implementing primary health care. Some of the objectives include; anticipating for proper healthcare guidance, protecting and supporting those who have been abused, enhancing spiritual growth and facilitation. Other objectives consist of safe care advocacy, medication management, stress reduction amongst community members, spiritual support, enhancing hope and inspiration amongst community ...

- Introduction As a profession, nursing existed since the early years of civilization. Although nursing in the early days was not sophisticated or complex as it is in the contemporary, various attempts were made to improve on care given to the patients (Parker, 2010). In fact, nursing as a field has its roots in the early attempts by human kind to provide care to the sick and the weak. It was through progressive modifications, adjustments and improvements that nursing or caring evolved into a large field with its roots deeply grounded in various concepts. Nursing concepts since the inception of care ...

Influencing votes for passing nursing-student legislation

Important strategies at the state level - Prove the existence of a gap in the current legislation. It is apparent that if the existing legislation is sufficient, there could be no need for a new law hence the need to show what is not adequately covered (Aikan et al, 2010). - Show the need for the legislation. This will help in showing people that the gap can be eliminated through legislation thus the need of making adjustments (Aikan et al, 2010). - Show the viability and reality of the legislation in terms of the numbers available and the ...

Thank you for your kind words regarding my explanation of my nursing philosophies compared with those of SPC. I’m gratified that you found my views on the value of education and experience of particular interest, and that you agree with my sentiments in that regard. I think we both understand that nursing is constantly evolving and that it is imperative to keep up. Standing still is not an option. It effectively means going backwards – being left behind. Regarding your agreement that the SPC’s and your own personal philosophies are also very close, (Peters, 2010), it encourages ...