Essays on Institute Of Medicine

Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the ADN versus the BSN

The nursing curriculum has been evolving over time to meet the needs and demands of the population which have been changing over time. In a bid to ensure that care delivery meets the optimal goals of recovery, restoration and sustaining a high quality of life, the basic foundation for the nursing profession has been on ensuring that the curriculum adequately prepares the nurses for the tasks ahead (Auerbach, Buerhaus, & Staiger, 2015). A particular response that the profession can refer is the Future of Nursing Report by the Institute of Medicine which required that nurses be allowed to the highest ...

Breaking Barriers: Towards High Quality, Effective and Safe Health Care

Breaking Barriers Towards High Quality, Effective and Safe Health Care With more than 3 million in numbers, nurses comprise the largest section of health care professionals in the US. They spend a huge portion of their time to deliver healthcare services which makes them a viable force in ensuring and safety of care. A careful examination of the nurses’ capacity to support the health reform is essential, especially with the passage of laws such as the Affordable Care Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, among others, which aim to improve the design, financing, and delivery of health services (Sochalski ...

Introduction

Abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs is a nettlesome problem, as its incidence has risen since the beginning of the century. Long-term regular alcohol abuse sooner or later leads to alcohol dependence, mental shock, nervous system and internal organs diseases. Despite the commonly held belief, active-duty personnel in the military are not quite as tough as to be completely immune to the substance abuse problems that blight civilian populations. However, the exact number of the alcohol abusers is very difficult to determine because people tend not to share this information. Thus, the numbers among civilians are very rough as ...

The Role of Advanced Practice Nursing

As much as advanced nursing practice has continued to develop over the years across the globe, there is a prejudice in regards to the qualification, education preparations, roles, and competencies that nurses gain to qualify them for independent practice. However, research has consistently shown that APNs give patient care that is better or equal to what physicians offer, and at a reduced cost (Jokiniemi, Haatainen & Pietila, 2015). In this regard, it is vital to encourage advanced nursing practice among all registered nurses so as to ensure they all utilize their full potential independently without physicians’ supervision. Certainly, this process ...

Medical genomic can be defined as the utilization of genome-based information in the making of clinical decisions. A broader concept, personalized medicine, is often used to describe the models of healthcare that emphasize the application of an individual’s unique environmental, genomic, genetic, and clinical information to the treatment and prevention of diseases (Brunicardi; Offit). In their practice, doctors combine the results of patient data, which include individual genomic information, family history, medical history, conventional test results, and symptoms. The combination of the data allows the physicians to diagnose diseases accurately and personalize treatment strategies (Alzu’bi et al.). ...

Problem Statement

Nurse residency programs prove to be an effective means of facilitating the smoother transition of the qualified nurse professionals to clinical practice. This critical analysis explores the systematic requirement of developing the nurse residency programs with the objective of helping the nurse graduates in joining nurse residency following the successful accomplishment of their advanced practice degree program.

Recommendation

The configuration of multiple stages of a nurse residency program requires the systematic development of the program infrastructure in the context of evidence-based literature. Consistent execution of the nurse residency program requires its periodic evaluation and dissemination of the findings between the ...

Introduction

Health policy can be defined as a plan or decision combined with actions to achieve specific healthcare goals by implementing key strategies within the society (WHO, 2016). As per the World Health Organization (WHO), an explicit health policy is known to be associated with several success factors such as development of a vision for the future and establishment of key targets for the short and long-term. Health policies enable organizations, institutes, societies, and groups to define outline, propose new goals, and inculcate different roles across various healthcare sectors (Záliš, et al. 2016). Healthcare policies are known to unite ...

Introduction

The Institute of Medicine, U.S.A, identified global health problems as health concerns that transcend national boundaries. These health issues are influenced by environment prevailing in other nations. Thus, there is a need for cooperative action from countries across the globe to find solutions to these concerns. With the kind of high mobility seen today, an epidemic outbreak in Africa, can readily spread to rest of the globe, if measures to contain its spread are not taken on a global scale. Polio eradication, containment of influenza virus, policies to restrict tobacco use are examples of policies that were instituted to ...

Introduction

In the recent past, medical errors have been on a sharp increase whereby cases of medical negligence reported daily in our healthcare system have been on the rise. As a key pillar in the economy, there is need to address various challenges and health care errors for the well-being of our society. In addition, healthcare is growing at a rapid rate as more complex and new developments in technologies emerge that allows care healthcare professions to work remotely. This new technology and medical advancement is a new fertile ground for more errors that are likely to occur. Though many ...

The Implementation of the IOM Plan in the Field of Nursing

The field of Nursing reveals a summative view of future of development with the documentation of this report. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine authored the comprehensive and innovative report entitled The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (Altman, et al., 2015). This report is a response in some respect to changes in nursing which also came with the Affordable Care Act, and concerns for the protection of patients (Altman, et al., 2015). The report includes ten recommendations that effect the nursing industry, diversity in nursing, cultural awareness, and many other factors (Altman, et al., 2015). This report ...

Impact of the RWJ IOM report in New York State

The role that nurses play in ensuring that the needs of patients have been satisfactorily addressed cannot be understated. These are the individuals ensure that only the best in terms of care, medically, spiritually; mentally ands physically has been achieved. It is important that workable strategies be put in place to assist in achieving these outcomes on patients. A key element that has to be taken into consideration is by ensuring that customized form of care is created to address the needs of each specific patient. To oversee such an objective, nurses play a significant role in improving the ...

Introduction

Professional nurses play essential roles in providing quality health care to the people. Different nurse organizations are developing strategies as to how nursing profession can significantly contribute to the success of every campaign towards a better future of nurses as professionals. The purpose of this study is to discuss the goals of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in relation to the future of nursing, which influenced the creation of Institute of medicine (IOM) report about the nursing’s future. Such report is important in relation to nursing practice, education, and even on the workforce development. The study will also discuss ...

The evaluation of obesity prevention programs is based on outcome data that are related to the risk factors for obesity. Some of the outcome data that can help in the evaluation process include the following: behavioural risk factor indicators, the level of environmental conduciveness to healthy behaviours, physical activity indicator, nutritional indicators, and the level of nutrition knowledge. Behavioural risk factor indicators are crucial in evaluating the success of a health promotion program aimed at preventing or reducing the prevalence of obesity within any given community (Institute of Medicine (U.S.) et al., 2005). In this case, it is important ...

The complex healthcare system has faced a range of challenges over the past. In this regard, the most affected group of healthcare providers in the industry are nurses. According to the Institute of Medicine (2010), nurses represent the biggest segment of providers in the healthcare industry, totaling to more than 3 million practicing nurses. In this regard, the complexities and barriers existing in the system hinder the effective performance of nurses in healthcare delivery to the population. In an effort to improve the quality of healthcare, the government, through the 2010 Affordable Care Act, aimed to introduce drastic changes, ...

The general perception among the public is that hospital workers are at the forefront of receving adequate and quality healthcare by virtue of their working environment. However, recent studies have proven that this assumption could not be further from the truth. According to Taylor and Bithoney (2012), healthcare workers represent one of the unhealthiest group among the general population. This shocking trend has been attributed to a wide range of reasons such as unhealthy eating habits and general lifestyle practices as well as the nature of their work. However, it is not easy, or realistic to expect healthcare workers ...

Physician and nursing shortage has devastating implications for health care quality. Recent studies reveal that healthcare facilities with fewer patients at a particular time depict considerable and better health outcomes. Shortages of nurses also influences the delivery of the long-term care that also integrates various care such as those in nursing homes.

Significance

This topic intends to improve the understanding and awareness about the implications of shortages of care givers on the healthcare systems. While it is agreeable by the experts that there is the shortage of certified nurse midwives in the country and the current consideration is likely to ...

Owing to the different types of nursing practice available, it is easy to confuse these on consideration of all being professional nursing practices. However, this concept is based on the assessment of various contributing factors. The context of professional nursing practice is premised on the definition of ‘profession.’ According to Masters (2014), a profession refers to a chosen occupation that is guided by standard rules of practice and one that requires formal qualification and prolonged training. In this case, professional nursing practice is explained on the determination of the accepted nursing standards at this level, the requisite nursing educational ...

How Biofuels Affect Our Society

Health Impacts of Biofuel The term biofuels is no more used in simple term, as it has become a matter of government policy and business. Earlier, it was due to government initiatives and policy matters that the support to the growth of biofuels was provided by the governments worldwide, but things have become complicated with biofuels affecting populations on the health, social, and environmental aspects, which need urgent attention. It requires good policy-making with a clear goal. According to Lawrence (2010), the present U.S. biofuels authorizations are not loaded with exact and efficient tools to fulfil a policy-specific aim. ...

Introduction

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops because of exposure to a traumatic experience. According to the Institute of Medicine (2012), the vital element of PTSD is the development of the characteristic symptoms that follow exposure to extreme traumatic stressors, including personal experiences. For an event to cause PTSD, it has should have had an actual or implied dire injury or near death experience to the victim. Such events could also threaten one’s physical and psychological integrity. The most common traumatic events happen during military combat, hostage situations, violent assault, torture, terrorist attacks, and disasters. While PSTD is most common ...

Introduction

Many nurses take pride in the practice of their nursing career. They are committed to advocate for the safety and quality patient care and they are supporting any reform of health delivery system that can go an extra mile to promote the nursing practice. The Nurses Day celebrations are received by a large population in a well orchestrated, thus, showing that nurses are the largest trusted workforce in the United States of America. The report released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the year 2010 in their article entitle ‘The Future of Nursing: the Leading Change, Advancing Health’, ...

The professional nursing practice incorporates many elements that individual nurses should implement to achieve the acceptable patient outcome. The nursing professional holds the largest number of employees in the U.S. healthcare workforce and continues to grow as professionals introduce more initiatives and goals aimed at improving the quality of care. However, the presence of many barriers in the practice inhibits the ability of nurses to respond to changing health care settings and the expanding health care system. An effective evidence-based management practice promotes the overall practice of nursing by managing these barriers through the paradigm of Theory-Research-Practice-Policy. Robert Wood ...

It is imperative for nurses to develop communication competence in order to discharge their duties efficiently and create a good rapport with patients and colleagues (Kourkouta & Papathanasiou, 2014). Therefore, nurses ought to strive to expand their communication skills adequately and master ways of delivering important information efficiently and induce the positive immediate reaction to the message delivered. Notably, efficient communication strategies both personal and interpersonal in the professional setting or at informal environment promote a healthy environment where a nurse can express his/her needs and concern effectively (Kourkouta & Papathanasiou, 2014). This, in the long run, have the effect of ...

After the enactment of the Children Act of 2002, there was a increased incentive for pharmaceutical companies to perform studies where they test their drugs on children in order to determine the safest doses of medication that has already been approved as effective and safe in adults. Part of this legislation also required the Institute of Medicine to research into the desirable practices regarding ethical research when children are involved, hence this report. This report delves into several ethical issues regarding studies on children, some of which include payments that are related to the participation of children in clinical research, ...

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine conducted a study showing that medical errors contributed to the morbidity rate of hospitalized patients in the U.S. by as many as 44,000 to 98,000 deaths (Woo, Ranji & Salganicoff, 2008). Ranking as 5th to 8th among the major causes of deaths in the country, medical errors surpassed the numbers caused by motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer and AIDS at that time. The IOM study caused a snowballing of further research and policy making with regard to medical error reduction. More than a decade later, preventable medical errors persist. One such case involved the ...

Developing an Implementation Plan

Method of Obtaining Necessary Approval(s) and Securing Support from Organization’s Leadership and Staff The obtaining of the required approval or approvals and the securing of the support from the leadership and staff will be of great significance because it portrays the viability and the validity of the information being presented in the implementation plan. The healthcare industry is sensitive and critical and requires the ample attention for the addressing of the issues affecting the sector, such as the nursing leadership challenges. In addition, the importance of the healthcare industry to the health and the wellbeing of ...

How do providers influence the decisions that patients make?

Health is a sensitive matter in any part of the world. In the US, the importance of better health is reflected in the huge budgetary allocations (around 20% of the entire budget goes to health (GUWS Medical, 2015). Of course, the budgetary allocations have been increasing year in year out as a result of the push and responses from both the patients and healthcare providers respectively. However, one of the most forgotten aspects is the influence that the healthcare providers have on the choices that the patients ultimately choose or have. The Institute of Medicine in 2010 put the figure for ...

Introduction

The health status of the American population has continuously been affected by disparities in healthcare distribution. While some populations have dominantly been able to access and acquire quality healthcare, other groups have been sidelined from accessing and acquiring such care. This has been caused majorly by individual and group factors which have at one instance or another affected the distribution, access, provision and acquisition of quality health care. Health disparity refers to the overall difference related to prevalence, incidence, mortality, disease burden as well as other unfavorable health determinants that exist unequally among individuals or populations. These factors are ...

IOM Recommendation on Nursing Education

IOM Recommendation on Nursing Education The American population is increasingly diverse and aging. This demographic shift has implications for the health care system. Chronic disease experienced as comorbidities with attendant disability among older adults increases the demand for acute and long-term care. Chronic disease is also prevalent in the younger population and increasing among children. In addition, there are issues regarding the safety and quality of care with the high incidence of preventable complications in many health care settings. The disease burden accounts for the U.S. being one of the countries with the highest spending in health care. ...

Achieving of higher levels of education and training for nurses.

In the healthcare practice there are various groups of professionals who work together to ensure efficient delivery of services to the patients, they include the nurses, physicians among other health care professionals. They all work together to come up with ideas on what clinical practices issues should be considered in an organizations systematic agenda. According to a report by the Institute of Medicine (2013), some of the key practices recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) are; - Registered Nurses (RNs) should practice to the full extent of their education and training there should be no constraint on their ...

Medical error refers to wrong administration of medication with the intention of healing. Medication errors have serious direct and indirect harm to the patient. The medication errors arise from various parts but mostly they arise because of system breakdown. The medication errors lead to many costs. The direct costs include direct harm to the patient. It sometimes even leads to loss of lives and disability. It leads to loss of income through the need for replacements. It leads to loss of assurance in the health care professionals. The satisfaction of the patients and the practitioners reduces. The patients who ...

United States Senate Member

28th Wells Avenue, Building 3 Yonker, NY 10701 Dear Senator Steward-Cousins I would like to urge you to support the Compassionate Care act as envisioned in the senate bill S-4406 and Assembly bill A-6357 (NY: Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced: Assembly Bill 6357 and Senate Bill 4406). As constituent of district 35 and a resident of the larger state of New York, I believe that this act would provide a pragmatic framework for controlled use of medicinal marijuana. Medicinal marijuana is a term used to refer to the use of cannabis sativa to alleviate the symptoms of diseases such ...

Nursing is a continuously evolving discipline. Consequently, there are many changes and advancements that are expected in this discipline over the next couple of years and indeed in the long term future. These changes and advancements are expected to make the overall process of delivering care to patients to be easier and more efficient. Being a relatively wide discipline, it would be virtually impossible to articulate all the changes expected to be experienced in the discipline in the future, but there are some few elements of the discipline whereby change and growth will be pronounced. One of these elements relates ...

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Company Overview Trinity Mothers Frances Hospitals and clinics include Mother Frances hospital-Jacksonville, Mother Frances hospital – Winnsboro, the Louis and Peaches Owen Hospital. They are affiliated with the health south, Tyler Care Hospital a facility that is a long-term acute care facility and trinity Clinic. It is preferred by multispecialty media groups as it has over 350 physicians and mid-level provider that represent 40 specialists in 36 locations that serve east Texas since March 1937. It is a 404-bed acute care facility that is located in Tyler, Texas. It offers a wide range of services; emergencies and trauma care, surgical and medical care. ...

Introduction

Collaboration with health care professionals is crucial for enhancing enhanced better patients’ outcome. That is because each member of the healthcare team is usually trained with specific skills that allow them to offer their service efficiently in their particular discipline. Thus, bringing together the professionals provides strength for each discipline by supplementing its weakness in treating patients. In addition, effective interdisciplinary teams results in decreased costs and improvement in patients’ satisfaction, as well as a reduction in mortality and morbidity through error reduction and patients’ safety. (Institute of Medicine, 2001) In that view, this report presents an analysis of interdisciplinary ...

1.0 CHAPTER I 1.1 Combating Criminal Narcotics Activity along the Southern Border Drug trade has been rife with violence for decades, though the level of violence we experience today are extraordinary. Without working on minimizing the severity of the problems that confront us today, it is critical to understand the background of the culture of violence and the cyclical nature of the violence epidemics. Substance abuse is one of the major problems facing nations while costing them a lot of money in health care costs, lost productivity, related crimes, and other social costs. It also contributes to high ...

Technical Writing

Introduction Many hospitals go against the practice of sustainable of development and environmental conservation. They contribute to pollution and environmental destruction through emission of carbon into the atmosphere, water wastage, unhealthy food and misuse of energy. These actions not only destroy the environmental but also contribute to high disease prevalence (HealthIT 2012). The concept of green hospitals has evolved over time to offer answers to some of the challenges.

Problem

Waste Toxins: many hospitals contribute to environmental pollution through toxic wastes. The used and expired drugs and packaging materials if not properly disposed of may lead to environmental pollution. ...

Effectiveness of written, verbal, nonverbal and electronic communication

Communication is the exchanging of ideas, conclusions and data among individuals by discourse, written work or signs. Different individuals communicate in different ways. Viable communication is integral to all restorative association and is progressively recognized in norms of wellbeing and social forethought. The right of a single person to utilize their dialect of decision is additionally perceived. The nature of communication that an individual exercises is important, and especially in nursing since it affects the interaction with clients. Verbal or oral communication uses spoken words to impart a message. Simply put, verbal communication is talking and listening. Verbal communication is ...

Employee health benefits committee assist in making decision concerning employee health care (EHC) because small or big; governments experience challenge of offering benefits, which satisfy workers' medical needs or requirements at a sustainable cost. Many local and state governments are seeking the assistance of EHBC: voluntary groups of non-union and union employees or workers that find out what benefits are significant to workers align the with available resources and help with benefit negotiations. Moreover, some EHBCs have the duty of educating workers on annual changes, including costs (Cheryl et al., 2012). Employee health benefits committees do not substitute human ...

Introduction

A sentinel event involves the occurrence of an unexpected event that may involve death, a serious physical/psychological harm or a big risk thereof. A serious injury in this case may involve a loss of an organ such as limb, hand or a particular function. A sentinel event may also involve severe temporary injury that may require intervention to sustain life. Such events are referred to as sentinel because their occurrence calls for a quick response as well as investigation. A wrong sight surgery (WSS) is one of the sentinel events in healthcare. A wrong site surgery refers to a surgery procedure that is carried ...

I. Introduction In this research paper, the relationship between science and religion is examined in terms of the potential for a harmonious coexistence. This is an old debate and currently it is a vitally significant one. The view of science and religion as warring enemies has historic roots. The Catholic Inquisition was known to persecute and execute people considered heretics because of their belief in science and scientific things. The Church found science as an explanation offensive. Galileo Galilei is one of the most well known of the victims of the Inquisition. He was imprisoned and forced to do penance ...

Drug trade has been rife with violence for decades, though the level of violence we experience today are extraordinary. Without working on minimizing the severity of the problems that confront us today, it is critical to understand the background of the culture of violence and the cyclical nature of the violence epidemics. Substance abuse is one of the major problems facing nations while costing them a lot of money in health care costs, lost productivity, related crimes, and other social costs. It also contributes to high death rates annually. There are promising strategies and programs used to reduce substance abuse ...

Increase of PTSD in the Military

Psychology Increase of PTSD in the Military

Introduction

In the post cold war era, there was widespread hope for the end of armed conflict. However, such hopes were belied. Instead of long-drawn standoffs between the major powers of the world, the nature of conflict became more variegated and localized. Added to the larger number of smaller scale conflicts was the new phenomenon of a ‘clash between civilizations.’ Islamic movements challenged the supremacy of the United States, which had emerged as the sole superpower on the global stage. The new realities have forced the United States to continue to deploy military ...

Introduction

The growing workforce shortages is a major challenge facing the healthcare industry in the U.S. Currently; the nation is struggling with improving the healthcare system to take care of the increasing number of patients and to provide better health care services at an affordable price. Primary care providers work hard to look after their patients as they influence the treatment, diagnosis, prescriptions and the overall quality of healthcare services. However, Americans especially those in rural areas are at risk of getting inadequate healthcare services due to the present and the ever increasing health workforce shortages. Currently, the U. S. is ...

Safety is a one of the essential elements that stand out in the definition of quality health care by the IOM.Quality health care must also be patient centered, equitable, efficient, timely and effective. Health care providers strive to meet these essential elements in providing health care services as well as in the management practices. The International of Medicine Website provides stakeholders within the health care sector with key guidelines that need to be used towards delivery of safe and quality health care. In nursing practice, the elements of quality health care can easily be applied in nursing since the ...

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Introduction Several medical and health organizations have recognized marijuana’s medical value. In fact, some of these medical organizations and other prominent associations have favorable medical marijuana positions such as the AIDS Action Council, American Academy of HIV Medicine, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, AIDS Project Rhode Island, just to name a few (Logos). Medical experts say that there is substantial evidence that have proven that marijuana is safe and effective for some patients (Ethos). My point is that marijuana is not to be considered as a purely illegal substance because of its medicinal value (Metacommentary). Essentially, I am arguing ...

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Introduction Several medical and health organizations have recognized marijuana’s medical value. In fact, some of these medical organizations and other prominent associations have favorable medical marijuana positions such as the AIDS Action Council, American Academy of HIV Medicine, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, AIDS Project Rhode Island, just to name a few (Logos). Medical experts say that there is substantial evidence that have proven that marijuana is safe and effective for some patients (Ethos). My point is that marijuana is not to be considered as a purely illegal substance because of its medicinal value (Metacommentary). Essentially, I am arguing ...

Food as a matter of choice is ruling the planet. We eat what we like and that which appeals to the eyes, tongue or brain. We survive because we have good food, water, and air. The line between what is good food and bad food seem to be contentious. Most consider good food as that which sits well with our pallet. Ages ago food was hunted, gathered, and stored for survival. Now food is stored for our cravings, whims and fancies. That’s because there is surplus of food around us, available year long and cheap too. We need to ...

Introduction

As people are becoming gradually more thoughtful with healthier lives and living longer, the harmful effects of live style and habits are becoming matters of significant considerations. One of the issues of lifestyle that are controversial today is matters of smoking in public places. In the pursuit of achieving healthy and clean environments, banning of smoking in public places is essential. The adoption of laws that will ban smoking in public places will mean that smoking will a thing of the past in health facilities, workplaces, parks, religious areas, educational grounds, sports and recreational facilities. Essentially, such policies aim at ...

Dissemination of Evidence into Practice: Medical Errors

While to err is human, there are other causal factors, which do result in the myriad of medical errors experienced. Accordingly, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) provides that more than 100,000 deaths are recorded in the USA alone, on an annual basis. This is in addition to a million plus injuries, all of which are attributed to the prevailing rates of mistakes and medical errors. Various measures exist, with regard to preventing and alleviating the resultant negative effects of medical errors. However, there is need for a coordinated effort, towards finding long-lasting and practical solutions to such occurrences. One of ...

Introduction

According to the Institute of Medicine (2004), part of the National Academy of Sciences, there are more than 43 million uninsured Americans, based on data for year 2002 alone (p.1), while data from the US Census Bureau report that the number of uninsured has risen to a record of 46 million, in 2009 (census.gov). The enormous number of uninsured individuals, which is as large as the population of 26 states combined, brings harmful effects to the uninsured, their families and the entire country too (Institute of Medicine, 2004 p.1). Despite the fact that medical technology has significantly advanced over the ...

The alarming report on patient safety crisis in the United States has brought tremendous public awareness which calls for improvement in the quality of care as well as significant changes in the U.S. healthcare system. In 2001, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a program called “A New Health System for the 21st Century” which focused not only on patient safety but on bridging the gap between the right health care and the actual care that people may receive. To modify the quality of care, the Institute of Medicine set the Six Aims for Improvement which served as the framework ...

IOM Future Nursing Recommendations

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) deals with leading change, advancing healthcare and the future of nursing in general. This group is reported to have a membership of over three million memberships in the country. It is reported that nurses make up the largest section of the nation’s healthcare working professionals. Thus, the future of the American healthcare greatly depends on IOM’s leading mandate to improve not only the lives of nurses, but also the greater health care unit. One of IOM’s objectives is to increase the number of nurses. Therefore, recommendation four, which deals with increasing ...

Over the last few years, people tend to notice an increasing number of “no smoking” signs in public places. Many countries the world over have imposed public policies, laws and regulations that ban smoking in public places and workplaces. Indicatively, smoking on public transport has been prohibited in South Australia in 1994 (Drug and Alcohol Services for South Australia) and gradually the rest of the world’s countries have enacted similar laws, while countries like England and Wales are considering a pilot ban of smoking within prisons, for 2014 (BBC News UK). Ireland was the first country to ban smoking ...

Introduction

What is business stress? It is a state of mental and emotional strain experience by both employees and business owners. Work and business is felt during times of conflict, loss, boredom or anxiety. Stress is one of the frantic paces of business life. Business stress is a major problem and is becoming increasingly common due to stiff competition in the market and financial crisis ,(Bronner, R. ,2009).. People react in different ways to stress. Others find the pressure to immense and buckle under whereas others easily melt it and walk a stride. Stress is majorly due to a feeling that our lives ...

Abstract

Medication errors is a more common situation that imagined. With 1.5 million American sickened, injured or killed annually, due to medication errors, it is essential that we move forward with a solution that could save people’s lives and the nation’s extra $3.5 billion in medical costs. Medication errors occur for various reasons, mainly due to dose mix-ups, harmful drug interactions and unclear prescriptions, during the prescribing medication process and during patient transitions. Good news is that all medication errors can be prevented with proper measures and education for both health care providers and patients alike. A win-win, two-way sided ...

Introduction

This document illustrates in detail an analysis of veterans health administration strategic planning and the evaluation of the organization. This will incorporate issues related to overview and assessment of services, demographic served financial and operational outcomes and identification of stakeholders. Additionally, it will also involve a competitive marketing analysis, current and future direction of the organization of choice and competencies and resources being used. Inclusion of a conclusion will entail what has been analyzed, and hence giver the reader the outcome of the paper (Schwartz and Kenneth, 2009). Additionally, the analysis is meant to show how the veterans’ health administration ...

Section A: Food Analysis

6-12 months I would consider diet to be too much for 6-12 months infants. As opposed to the high protein, carbohydrate ,vitamins, fats and omega -3 fats in my diet , an infant at this stage would require much lower levels, that is, 95 grams of carbohydrates, 30 grams of total fat and 11 grams of protein every day. My Omega-3 daily intake was far below the daily requirements of an infant within this age bracket. My Omega-3 intake was 137 mg per day and the average protein, carbohydrate and fats intake was 164mg, 346mg and 500mg respectively.

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Abstract

- Objective The objective of this study is to analyze UCLA Medical Center Health System in Los Angeles: Its goals, plans and dashboards that incorporate people, service, operations, quality/safety, finances and strategic development. - Executive Summary UCLA Medical Center is the largest provider of outpatient care services in Los Angeles, serving a diverse patient population of over 5,000 which reflects the socioeconomic, racial and ethnic diversity Los Angeles (Tulchinsky, 2009, p. 145). It is a health organization that seeks to improve the health and healthcare of individuals, families and communities in the metropolitan area of Los Angeles ...

Question 1

- Carbohydrates are organic compounds. They are made up of Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. They are the ideal energy source for the body since they are readily converted to glucose, which is the basic form that sugar is transported throughout the body. They are found in two forms, Complex carbohydrates and simple carbohydrates.

The recommended amount of carbohydrates, according to the British Nutrition Foundation, is:

- 230g of carbohydrates daily for women, which should make up 47.7% of the daily energy consumption. - 275g of carbohydrates daily for men, which should make up 48.5% of the daily energy consumption. - Proteins are biological molecules that contain multiple chains of ...

In the last three days, my meals have consisted of my own version of a balanced diet. I took a total of about one gram of fruits, half a kilogram of vegetables, seven liters of plain water, two liters of vegetable soup, a handful of Brazilian nuts and one and a half kilograms of meat. Additionally, the meals consisted of three bananas, two oranges, a piece of pineapple, three large potatoes, two large carrots, half of a cabbage, a handful of Brazilian nuts, five hundred grams of chicken and one kilogram of beef. This constituted the three daily meals and also in between meal snacks. The ...