Essays on Hopkins

Assignment Executive Summary

Introduction Delivery of quality services is a priority in healthcare as excellence determines patient outcomes. Various factors affect quality service delivery in health facilities. Healthcare facilities employ the most competent healthcare professionals yet patients continue to receive poor quality services. The hospital setting is dynamic as different personnel are responsible for the patient’s well being. Proper communication structures between health professionals reduce chances of information misinterpretation or conveyance of erroneous information. Both medical and non-medical factors affect the quality of service. According to Hughes (2008), delivery of poor services occurs because of errors within the healthcare system. For ...

Capstone Project Milestone 2

Asthma is the most common cause of in-patient admissions in acute care hospitals. Poor education and training of patients with respect to self-care and symptom management has led to an increase in the number of asthmatic patients reporting to the emergency department (ED) or acute care hospitals. It is empirical to understand the cause or trigger factors that relate to acute exacerbations of asthma. Some of the common triggers that causes asthma include exercise, infections, allergens, smoking, infection, gastric problems, hear burns, and indigestion. Based on current evidence, food allergens are considered as the most common form of allergens ...

After Giving Birth

NR451 RN Capstone Course Term and Year After Giving Birth Even though postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of mortality after giving birth, most health care facilities do not have a standardized measures to assess blood volume loss and rely only on visual estimations for assessing and documenting blood loss. Consequently, blood loss below 250 mL tends to be overestimated, whereas blood loss above 2,000 mL tends to be underestimated (Bamberg et al., 2015). Inaccurate diagnosis of PPH delays treatment and increases mortality risk among intrapartum and postpartum women, so the purpose of the proposed nursing plan ...

Over the next several years, the contributions of Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) to the economic and health vitality of the surrounding communities are expected to grow due to the ongoing changes in the hospital’s healthcare system. For example, between fiscal years 2015 and 2019, Johns Hopkins Health Service (JHHS) has planned to invest almost $797 million in constructing new medical facilities and renovating existing facilities (Appleseed, 2015). The investment is expected to translate into jobs for residents in nearby communities. Most importantly, however, the investment will increase the capacity of JHH to meet the healthcare needs of the ...

Introduction

The management of the health, risks, and the occupational hazards form a crucial component of the organizational operations depending on the nature of the business. Every organization has systems to minimize the rates of adverse events and disasters within the company premises. It is the obligation of the human resources management to ensure that the systems are in place to observe precautions and hence prevent disastrous events which could cause injuries or lead to the loss of human lives. The activities and the functions of any organizations determine the precautionary measures employed to eradicate or minimize the probability of ...

Gang violence is a very major issue in the United Kingdom for it is the Gang members who carry out as high as up to half of the shootings that transpire in the capital, and up to 22% of the hard-core violence. (Gov.The UK, 2015) This is the reason why the UK government is eager to take steps to eliminate the involvement of the youth in gangs, because in addition to breaking the power of the gangs in the cities and country-wide in general, it is also important that we take steps to ensure a better future, for the ...

The purpose of this memo is about our project about the American cancer society. We will make thermo bags and conduct surveys in the field of American Cancer Society.

SUMMARY

The number of cancer patients in the United States keeps rising daily. According to the Cancer Facts and Statistics (2016), cancer is killing many people in the United States today than any other disease. In 2016 alone 1,685,210 new cases of cancer were reported in the United States. 595,690 cancer deaths have already been reported this year (Toore, 2016). My group finds the topic about cancer more ...

People have many religions. One of them is Hinduism. It is the Indian religion with many traditions and philosophical schools. This religion is described as the eternal way and is one of the most popular and the oldest religions in the world. It spreads the notions of samsara, karma, vegetarianism and yoga (Embree 50). The biggest minuses of the religion are burning of the widows and cast system. When one white light is split by a prism, it transforms into a rainbow of colors. This statement can be used for the Hinduism religion. The main god Brahman is the ...

In my opinion, Dove’s promotional campaign is one of the favorable campaigns, because it helped in reframing the way in which people consider and view beauty of a female in a positive manner. Dove used an attractive tagline, ‘Imagine a world where beauty is a source of confidence, not anxiety’ in its campaign (Hopkins, 2015). With this tagline, the company focused on educating girls and women for building self-esteem, and creating healthy perception in them. In the campaign, the company targeted females of 18-34 years age. The company, however, targeted women of upper middle class and high income ...

ANATOMY OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS

The urinary tract, simply put, is the bodies system of drainage through which excess water and wastes are removed from the body. It is a multi-organ system consisting of the two kidneys, two ureters, the bladder and the urethra. The kidneys are small organs that assume the shape of a bean and are equivalently the size of a normal human fist. They are located below the rib cage, each of them on either side of the spine. Wastewater (urine) moves from the kidneys downwards through two narrow tubes known as ureters, and it is then stored in the bladder, ...

‘Love’ is among the majorly debated themes by both the modern and postmodern poets. Fundamentally, love refers to a deep affection for something towards another thing. The poems “A&P” by John Updike, “Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, “a leaf falls” by E.E. Cummings and When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman vividly provides a depiction of love, as some of the major thematic issues. This paper, therefore, provides an analysis and the discussion of ‘” love” as one of the major thematic issues portrayed in “A&P”, “Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord “a leaf falls” ...

Introduction

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, or FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States. He was a Democrat who was a successful politician and who was able to win a total of four presidential elections. He is still perceived as a strong leader who was able to steer the United States through a global depression and through the Second World War (The White House, 2016). Even when he was stricken with polio in 1921, he continued to participate in politics and serve his constituents. This short paper will examine his leadership style, as well as his strengths and weaknesses while ...

Introduction

The John Hopkins hospital is a premier teaching and research-based institute base in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1889 by John Hopkins. It is one of the leading hospitals in the US known for its strong scientific and innovative background in multi-special therapeutic areas (Pronovost, et al. 2013). It specializes in neurosurgery, cardiology, endocrinology, and paediatrics. It is one of the only institutes in the US to have a full-fledge medical college that houses students from 30+ countries. The quality of care and management at John Hopkins is of the highest standards are recognised globally. Quality Measures ...

Brand revitalization is s strategy used to market a business and it is mostly implemented when a business reaches maturity where the profits have decreased and the business management is attempting to bring back the profits of the business. Moreover, product or business revitalization is mostly conducted due to various market forces that cannot be controlled, such as increased competition, when the customers taste and preference changes among others. Concerning Plaza health home services, there was a need to undergo brand revitalization because the one they had adopted was old fashioned and could not sustain the changing market forces. ...

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 ...

NR451 RN Capstone Course

Term and Year Skin-to-Skin Contact for Neonates The separation of mother and neonate for non-urgent medical reasons is a growing trend in nursing practice. However, research has indicated that the practice can have a deleterious long term effect on the healthy infant and mother with regard to breast feeding, cardio-respiratory stability, and blood glucose levels (Moore, Anderson, Bergman, & Dowswell, (2014). The solution to the problem is to initiate skin-to-skin contact at birth (Moore, et al., 2014). The nursing focused plan is to introduce the practice of skin-to-skin contact following birth, which entails placing the naked infant prone on the ...

Abstract

Medical personnel working in the emergency department encounter many cases of patients suffering from life threatening conditions. It is important, therefore, that the healthcare provider determines the exact extent of the injuries before the patient is committed to specialized treatment. In this case, a patient presents to the emergency department with a life threatening condition, renal failure. Assessing the vital signs of the patient is critical in ensuring survival, in addition to reducing or mitigating the extent of the injuries. The assessment was achieved via a primary survey of the patient, which involved assessing the airway patency, breathing and ...

The measure of quality in the health care sector involves evaluating performance according to health care standards using the available data (Bozic et. al, 2010). It helps the stakeholders to prevent the overuse and underuse of health care products and services. In addition, it helps in good decision-making, avoiding disparities, discrimination and establishing strengths. The paper therefore, focuses on John Hopkins Hospital, which is among the largest hospitals that are recognized globally.

Publically available quality measures affecting health care organizations

Quality measures assist the stakeholders in all activities of healthcare institutions, patient perceptions, outcome and organizational systems, which aim at providing safe, equal, timely, effective and efficient ...

Is Edward Snowden a Traitor or a Hero?

In this research paper, we would like to talk about the controversy that chases the society on every corner of the 21st century and how our beloved Social Media can become a reason of the risk. Also, the main topic of our research is a life story of one of the most controversial personalities alive nowadays. He is a true superhero. The authorities hate him, simple people rely on him. The man who was not afraid to disclose the confidential data of the US government in order to protect the people of the whole wide world. One may say ...

BODY IMAGE ASSESSMENT

1). Below is a copy of the Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS). I wish to be more muscular. 1 2 3 4 5 6 I do lift weight so as to buildup muscles. 1 2 3 4 5 6 I often drink protein and also weight gain shakes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 I do use energy supplements. 1 2 3 4 5 6 I always try to take in as much calories as possible daily. 1 2 3 4 5 6 I often have a feeling of guilt whenever I miss a weight-training session. 1 2 3 ...

Satire in The Importance of Being Earnest

The most important role of any work of fiction is not simply to entertain its readers but to teach some moral lesson or convey a message. Each writer seeks to improve bad side of humans’ nature, presenting all their shortcoming and inappropriate behaviour in the images of the main characters of their stories. The best way to do it is definitely by using such genre of literature as satire. It does not only ridicule different vices and faults of particular individuals or society in general, but aims to construct social criticism and lead to further improvement. The Importance of ...

ABSTRACT

Transgenderism is a topic of heated and continuous debate for some time. There are people all around the world every day who are struggling with their gender identity. For adults it is hardly easy, for youths who experience this issues it can be mentally and physically harmful as they struggle. Transgendered youths are a group deemed to be at great risk of depression and suicide. Research shows that much of their issues they face include lack of acceptance, exclusion, physical abuses and discrimination that lead these youths into patterns of social anxieties, self harm and even suicide. The statistics ...

Healthcare policy analysis, one of the scopes of healthcare policy, is mainly involved in the development and evaluation of the different interventions that have been implemented to help in the improvement of the healthcare delivery system. Policy analysis in the healthcare system is mainly associated with the regulation and finance of different healthcare services. Other activities involved in the process of healthcare policy analysis include developing and analyzing data to serve as support for different policies, assessing new initiatives in the field of healthcare by utilizing different techniques which include cost-benefit analysis, evaluation of programs, analysis of implementations, and ...

What ethical issue or dilemma was Bob Hopkins facing?

Bob Hopkins was facing the ethical issue, the essence of which is that he didn’t want to sell the lumber to the customer, because he knew that the lumber will probably be used not on purpose. Bob found out that the ordered lumber will be used as a scaffold plank. He knew very well that grading rules on scaffold plank were very restrictive. Although, his company provides the high quality 3 x 12s lumber, Bob still concerned that they are not intended for use as a scaffold plank.

Who were the stakeholders and what were their conflicting values in Bob’s decision?

Hint: When Bob Hopkins called a faculty member of SUNY-New ...

What ethical issue or dilemma was Bob Hopkins facing?

Bob was a trader in White Lumber Company. One day during a slow sales period, he received a call from Stan Parrish, a retailer who bought his products from While Lumber Company. Stan placed an order for planks that were 3 inches and agreed to the price offered by Bob. However, he said that he would get back to Bob to clarify the details of the purchase. Later on, Bob Hopkins heard from Mike Fayer-Weather about an order for scaffold planks that appeared similar to the one placed by Stan Parrish. After confirming that Stan had asked for 3-inch ...

QUESTION ONE

Background Specifically, the porters five model is a tool that is widely used to identify and understand where power lies in a given corporation or institution. With such understanding, an organization is capable of capitalising on its strengths, improving its weaknesses, and avoiding costly mistakes. The key elements of the model include the buyer power, supplier power, the threat of new entrants, competitive rivalry, and the threat of substitutes (Dobbs, 2014). The healthcare organization that I choose for the healthcare organization that I choose for this assignment is Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Barrier to Entry

Health facilities are confronted with relatively high barriers ...

Introduction

Menopause is a condition that women experience when their regular monthly menstrual cycles end. It is a perfectly ordinary condition, occurring in some women earlier than others, and varying in severity. Menopause is characterized by changes in monthly period, hot flashes, and/or loss of vaginal health or bladder control (National Institute on Aging, n.d.). Menopause occurs normally in most women, but there are situations in which menopause does not occur naturally, such as surgical menopause, when either one or both ovaries are removed (Johns Hopkins Medicine, n.d.), as in a hysterectomy, or it can, it is believed, be brought  ...

NR451 RN Capstone Course

Term and Year Eliminating CLABSIs Through Specialized IV Care Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major area of concern for inpatient care, resulting in thousands of deaths, and billions of dollars in preventable medical cost per year (CDC, 2016). As such, it is important, both with regard to medical responsibility, and with regard to controlling the cost and effectiveness of healthcare to implement policies and procedures that fully prevent, or meaningfully reduce the incidence of CLABSIs in the clinical setting. One means of doing so is to establish specialized IV teams to manage and control central lines, in ...

Pain is a commonly experienced phenomenon among patients. Despite the commonality of the phenomenon of pain, it is a complex concept to describe and explain. There are different types of pain that are diagnosed using different metrics in primary care –somatic, neuropathic, and visceral pain, depending on the location of the pain on the body. Pain can also be acute or chronic, based on the length of time that a patient has experienced the pain. Due to the complexity of the phenomenon of pain, it is poorly understood in the nursing practice. Performing a concept analysis of pain is ...

Summary of the Case Study File

introduction Illness and diseases are part and parcel of humanity since time immemorial. In each age, there has always been a way of dealing with the most common disease at that particular time. Trial and error have been the most common methods that were used in the traditional ways. The results also formed the basis in which the doctors could concentrate their studies to come up with better drugs. The trend is not way different from the modern days. The changes are that there have come up sophisticated technologies that have facilitated research and the production of medicinal drugs ...

1. Anderson, L.V. (2016, May 19). Ethics compliance training is a waste of time. Slate Magazine. This article, despite the cynical title, provides good research concerning the process by which companies implement ethics compliance training programs, including what incentive they have and how the external legal environment influences them to do this. The article begins by stating that the predominant form of ethics compliance training that all onboarded employees typically take in corporate organizations in the United States are in the form of eLearning courses. The article describes the typical mandatory basic ethics, harassment and discrimination training that are ...

1. Introduction Marketing refers to the set of all the strategies utilized for the purpose of promoting or selling the services of any company. It always plays a key role in the success of all types of small, medium and large sizes of businesses. And, without the shadow of any doubt, the success of a marketing strategy heavily depends on how well it is planned and implemented, and how accurately it addresses the needs of the target audience for a business (Kotler & Armstrong, 2006).The current paper aims to analyze the marketing strategy of two different airline companies i.e. ...

<Institution> The adolescence stage is a crucial period in a person’s life. During this time, people begin to explore and establish their own identity as influenced by their personalities. In the field of psychology, many experts have extended effort to help understand the stages and complex process that adolescence go through in terms of the establishment of identity and the development of personality. Among these experts are James Marcia and John Holland. James Marcia developed the Identity Status Theory while John Holland developed the Six Personality Types Theory; both of which contributed greatly in understanding the complexity ...

The struggle to access affordable and quality care has been a challenge to many citizens in the United States for quite long. Many reforms in the healthcare system which have been carried out in the past from the President Clinton to President Bush administration did not managed to provide sustainable solutions to many Americans who were grappling with the high cost of health care and failing economy. However, the President Obama administration has tried to bring to sanity in the health care system and some relief to consumers. The promulgation of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 made it ...

Introduction

Cellular respiration and photosynthesis are vital reactions in living organisms since without the two; there would be no life on earth. Cellular respiration involves a set of metabolic reactions that take place in cells of living organisms thereby converting nutrients like sugar into adenosine triphosphate (ATP) (Osterhoudt & Barhydt, 2010). On the other hand, photosynthesis involves the conversion of carbon dioxide into organic compounds by the photoautotroph in the presence of sunlight. Most animals attain their energy requirements through cellular respiration while on the other hand; photosynthesis is performed by most plants that can make their food. These two reactions ...

EDITORIAL RESPONSE ON A.G. HOPKINS - GLOBALIZATION IN WORLD HISTORY

Introduction

In Hopkins’s first edition, he chooses to focus on Globalization and brings out the importance of varying histories to Eurasia and Africa. Moreover, he brings out the modern version of America and the diversified ways that people appear to understand it. In the second volume, he attempts to put up some level of uniqueness that can be embarrassed by other higher learning institutions. It is through it that many levels of expertise are portrayed such as economic and intellectual history. In these collections, essays are discussed and in ...

A High-Intensity Interval Training, Circuit Training, Zumba and boot camp training programs are discussed below vividly considering the types of workout or classes, the levels of intensity involved, the muscular strength impact of each program and whether the programs give more of health fitness or physical fitness.

High-Intensity Interval Training.

According to Mahady, Pat. (16), High-intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a training idea in which high-intensity intervals are alternated with the slow and moderate intensity intervals. The workout classes of HIIT involves alternating both the aerobic and anaerobic training techniques. Anaerobic training method implies that the consumption of oxygen in the body ...

SOCIAL INTERVENTION.

Introduction. Social work is a discipline or a profession that is practiced by qualified sociologists. It involves seeking to facilitate the wellbeing of individuals, communities or even societies (Siporin, 1975). Social work enhances social change, cohesion, empowerment, and development. Social work is interconnected with social justice, Human rights, and respect for diversities. It involves the provision of social welfare in order to alleviate the economic and social problems that people face. Such difficulties include health care, education, and food security (Sach, 2003). A sociologist connects people and structures so as to tackle the challenges of life and promote the ...

Delivery date

Every country exhibits two kinds of economy, these are the formal and informal economy. However, the formal sector is the most important for every country. It's what determines the country’s position of development as well as growth. Formal economy is made up of all the sectors of the economy that can be taxed. The formal jobs which contribute towards the growth and development of the country and are taxed to make up this kind of the economy. They include companies, industries, big businesses and some medium-sized and small corporations. So long as they pay taxes, the business no ...

Executive Summary

La Brea Pharmacy is a new business establishment expected to be launched soon. The proposed site for the location of the pharmacy is 3rd street, Gardener Avenue. The areas’ traffic flow that leads to the pharmacy’s parking unimpeded and adequate. With the completion of Grove Shopping Mall, Fairfax, and Strip Mall there will be a considerable number of temporary consumers and foot traffic that do not come from the area. There is an option of leasing the facility for five years or acquiring it once it is put for sale. There is well positioning of the facility, and ...

Disasters

Disasters are events that disrupt the normal conditions in a community causing suffering to the people of the society or infrastructural damage beyond the adjustment limits of the community. Man-made disasters are easily preventable through proper policies and effective public awareness programs. However, natural disasters happen suddenly with little or no warning bringing the need for disaster preparedness to minimize their impacts. Hospitals and local emergency services play a crucial role in disasters. This is because, in any disaster situation, the priority is safeguarding human health and life.

Top Disasters to Prepare For

Different parts of the world experience different natural calamities hence every ...

Roman Decadence in the Late Empire

According to history, it is not a secret that the Roman Empire once fell, it was considered to be immoral as well as weak during this time. Decadence is coined with the fall of the empire and is therefore thought to be the sexual excesses that happened. People were more focused on having orgies mostly with their families specifically, sibling; the Romans were also doing heinous activities such as eating parts of animals like the tongues of humming birds, feeding Christians to the untamed lions and they even had the courage to poison their children, partners, spouses and parents ( ...

Analysis of NTD

Summary Neglected tropical diseases (NTD) refer to the diseases that traditionally have received less attention as compared to other global health infections such as Malaria, TB or AIDS. Despite of this fact it is estimated that sixty percent of the globes population- about 1.4 billion people suffers from at least one of the NTDs. Most NTDs are not fatal but this is not to mean that they do not cause any negative effects. NTD have been known to cause disfigurement, disability and for making the patients suffer from other effect such that they become unable to go to schools ...

Food deserts are those areas within cities where the local population has no or little access to fresh fruits and healthy vegetables. There is evidence that the food desert areas are more prevalent in the lower income neighborhoods. Lack of healthy foods leads to obesity and health ailments such as heart disease and diabetes. It is also seen that the neighborhoods with low-income are mostly African American. The essay discusses the Food deserts, what they mean and who is affected and how. Research works on food deserts in Baltimore city are looked into and how a lack of nutritious ...

Modernist movement was the catalyst that opened new ways of interpreting art as a tool for political and social discourse reflecting the rise of ideas and improvisation of imagery/performance through the use of contemporary materials available at that time. The term ‘modernist’ ubiquitously dominated the art critiques from the past decades in an attempt to explain the society’s rejection of the traditional iconography of the previous movements. With the advent of rapid industrialization spurred the growth of ideas that defined the social and political landscape of the 20th century. This changes brought by the modernist ideals revolutionized the ...

Introduction

Quite often, people who smoke tobacco are perceived to be at a higher risk of lung cancer and other conditions associated with the smoking of tobacco than the people who though do not smoke, live with smokers. However, this perception is not necessarily accurate. Individuals who are exposed to the smoke from a burning tobacco have equal or higher chances of developing conditions associated with tobacco-smoking than their counterparts who are active tobacco smokers. The smoke from a burning tobacco can be inhaled by a non-tobacco smoker involuntarily. This kind of smoke is referred to as a secondhand smoke ( ...

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 ...

The era of European civilization was marked by the French Revolution. The epoch was entangled in dialectic movements that tore it between romanticism and rationalism. The period marked the pick of literary works with several artists fronting different ideologies and eventual rejection of classicism. The fronting of romanticism came as a revolt against the intellectual order that had been glorified by rationalism. The critical period gave birth to great artists like Gerard Hopkins who followed in the footsteps of his father became an iconic figure in literary and poetic works that defined the era of romanticism (Caldecott 121-42). The ...