Essays on Nurse

1. Identify each cause of action that is pursued and the plaintiff and defendant to the lawsuit The general procedure of the case will involve investigating the concepts of the case and applying the legal scholarship to the facts that are demonstrated. The specified facts that will allow the families in the case to bring a case against the hospital include a major lack of consideration regarding the potential hazards that were made evident in the report filed by the Joint Commission. The failure of the hospital to develop solutions to these problems resulted in various medical issues This ...

The Expanding Roles of Advance Nurse Practitioners

The roles of advance practice nursing have continued to develop around the globe in response to the need for specialized nursing care offered at advanced practice levels (Kleinpell, Scanlon, Hibbert, Ganz, East, Fraser, Wong & Beauchesne, 2014). Kleinpell et al., (2014) also acknowledge the development of roles for advance practice nursing to encompass components such as to perform diagnosis, prescribe treatment regimens, prescribe drugs, perform and interpret tests to aid in diagnosis. These expanded roles are also recognized by the International Council of Nursing (2013). Their definition of advance practice nursing is the practice by a registered nurse who poses ...

Introduction

Pressure ulcers (PU) are also known as decubitus ulcers occur due to the presence of pressure on a particular location of the body for an elongated period of time leading to scarring or other skin injuries. They have been one of the major concerns for several years for nursing professionals especially in the intensive care units because the physical consequences associated with it ranges from mild to severe tissue damage. The major risk factors of HAPUs are long term immobility, old age, sensory deficiency, abnormal circulation, inadequate nutrition, dehydration and other comorbidities . Internationally, PU is a patient safety issue ...

Nurse Home Visiting Programs

Nurse home visiting programs are used by public health nurses who work with families in communities. The nurses make visits to assess the needs, health status, and the environments in which the families are living in order to make the appropriate interventions and provide the available resources (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Hanson, 2015). The nurses assess the environmental status, such as paint conditions, aged houses, and dangerous equipment in playgrounds that pose safety hazards. The families benefit from the visits by getting recommendations such as the installation of fire extinguishers and smoke detectors in the houses. The nurses also ...

Application of Integrated Theory of Health Behavior Change (ITHBC) in Health Promotion Challenges

Application of Integrated Theory of Health Behavior Change (ITHBC) in Health Promotion Challenges

Introduction

Theoretical models of Nursing encompass a broad scope when it comes to applying such theories into a certain issue or concern. A nurse practitioner would be able to achieve his or her professional goals when applying the theories involved towards a better outcome of the patient. Thus, these theories may also be used to address various issues and concerns within the Nursing practice based which category the theory belongs to. However, outside the categorical scope of nursing theories, there is one theory that can be used ...

Though often forgotten by the nursing community and the medical community in general, major depressive disorder is important to address for several reasons. Firstly, it is the most common mental disorder among older adults residing in the United States, as well as worldwide. It is also associated with a handful of other debilitating impairments related to physical and psychiatric health that may be considered more serious. These side effects often force major depressive disorder to take a backseat when a patient is being diagnosed; a doctor may not notice the symptoms. If nurses are trained to notice the signs, ...

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Critics have questioned the authenticity of medical-related to industries support towards reforms in healthcare reforms. One might argue that these industries have decided to forgo profits in the future to gain in regarding public relations rather than support the efforts being made towards providing healthcare services access to all. According to Brody (283), a conflict of interest can be seen clearly by examining the reaction of medical professionals to these reforms. Professional medical organizations have made no promises towards reducing medical costs. Ironically, some physicians have offered to support the reforms on the condition that their income is not ...

Teaching is a rewarding process and for that and other reasons, nurses often perform as a faculty and advance teachers. “Successful transition into an academic setting requires faculty to develop expertise consistent with the college or university’s specific mission and philosophy” (Penn et al, 2008). The particular case study looks at a new nurse educator and his entrance into the teaching realm. From my personal knowledge base, I consider the nurse we are examining in this study as partially successful in his role as a teacher and faculty member. For one, he has a strong motivation to teach ...

One program that has been developed to help in the transformation of the work environment of nurses is Magnet Recognition Program. This program aims to establish a culture where excellence when it comes to nursing care and even professional practice is prioritized and valued. Survey results showed that there is higher satisfaction for nurses and a high performing work environment when a health care institution reaches the Magnet recognition (Morgan, 2007). There are 14 forces of Magnetism namely: Nursing Leadership Quality, Structure of Organization, Management Style, Policies and Programs, Professional Models of Care, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement, Consultation ...

Part 1

Chronic diseases are the leading cause of deaths occurring in the country as far as the current statistics are concerned. The most common chronic diseases include; stroke, heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes and arthritis (CDC, 2016). Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that about 117 million people of the total adult population have at least one chronic disease (CDC, 2016). This statistic translates to one in every four adults having, at least, one chronic condition (CDC, 2016). In 2010, seven out of 10 disease-related death cases were as a result of chronic diseases (CDC, ...

The globalization phenomenon has led to increased diversity in regards to the type of patients that a nurse can come across while discharging his or her professional duties. Globalization has led to the breaking down of racial and cultural barriers which hitherto segmented various aspects of human interaction including the provision of health care services. With the increased patient diversity due to globalization, a need has thus emerged for cultural awareness training within nursing education and development realms (Campinha-Bacote, 2011). However, this is not the case as a majority of nurses who are churned out of the nursing education ...

In this final paper, I would like to summarize all the previous information about handoff process. First of all, it is necessary to remind the definition of handoff. “Handoff - is the transfer of patient care from one health care provider to another or from one health care facility to another” (Medical dictionary, 2009). There are many kinds of patient handoffs, including: “ physicians transferring responsibility for a patient; physicians transferring on-call responsibility; nursing shift changes; temporary responsibility for staff leaving the unit for a short time; anesthesiologist report to recovery room nurse, nursing and physician handoff from the emergency ...

United Healthcare Group is the single largest health delivery service in the country offering insurance services to the bulk of the American population. The company is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota in the United States (Sandy et al., 2013). The company has received high ratings from Power and Associates and the Business Insurance magazine as far as employee satisfaction and best health plan provisions are concerned. United Healthcare for providing insurance services that fall into four categories namely united healthcare employer and individual which are healthcare programs that are not in any way connected to government entities (Sandy et al., ...

The aim of the DNP program is to nurture and train nurses to become specialized in the field of advanced nursing practice which require them to have certain qualities necessary for a leader and clinician. Moreover, DNP-nurses are also expected to engage in evidence-based inquiries and research (California State University, 2014). Due to the dynamics of the health care system, experts who are skilled and trained with the highest level of scientific knowledge and practice expertise are necessary to be able to improve patient outcomes (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2006). Currently, a study by Nichols, et al. ( ...

Interprofessional collaboration has been one of the growing trends within the health care sector lately. It involves interdependence of the different health care professionals such as nurses, physicians, laboratory staff, and even patients. The complexity of the patient-care concerns that need to be tackled by these professionals can be efficiently and effectively addressed through appropriate collaboration among the professionals. However, the various evidenced provided by different researches on the benefits of collaboration are yet to be seen and applied in the activities in health care institutions (Porter-O’Grady, 2011). As mentioned, nurses are one of the stakeholders who are ...

Part 1: Response to Classmate’s Post

National Governor's Association (2012), “NPs and other health professionals are trained to and already do deliver many primary care services and may therefore be able to help increase access to primary care, particularly in underserved areas” (p. 1). One of the factors which allegedly spurred the increase in demand for primary care services is the apparent growth of the aging population . Moreover, one also believes that the dynamic external environment that influences health care adds to the increasing relevance to expand the NPs role, beyond what it was traditionally believed to encompass. Concurrently, it was commendable that recognition was ...

Overall score

After completing the game, I obtained and overall A grade for this case study.Decision This case presents a scenario of a unit that is faced with the dilemma of under staffed registered nurses. Even so, it would not be necessary to request and get approval from the CNO for one nurse to extend their working hours. Registered nurses are expected to have adequate time of rest; hence, making a nurse to work overtime would be subjecting them to the possibility of fatigues, which could hinder them in delivering their nursing care duties (Butts, & Rich, 2014). In this case, the ...

“The case that occurred in 1970 with a minor child had sustained irreversible injuries due to the negligence of the hospital and the physician” . The physician who seen the boy the first time around has misdiagnosed him. It was apparent that he had severe head trauma, and was showing all the signs of having internal skull injuries. The physician should have seen the signs and rushed the boy for surgery. The admissions office who had mixed up the orders for admitting the boy should have double checked the admissions policy, and never let the child leave the hospital. The ...

Introduction

Pain is one of the common problems that affect many old people worldwide (Tse, Leung & Ho, 2012). Despite the high number of old people who are affected by it, this condition is normally undertreated. According to the Maslow Hierarchy Model of Needs, the high pain prevalence is likely to affect negatively the fulfillment of the psychological needs (Tse, Leung & Ho, 2012). This challenge comes in the wake of an increase in the life expectancy of senior citizens aged 65 years and above in the past few decades. Since 1999, the life expectancy of these group has improved by 11 ...

Introduction

The increasing number of ill elderly or frail elderly is a significant challenge in western countries. The elders can be given care by the parents at homes and sometimes by nurses. The problem is mainly found in western nations that have developed homes for elderly people. The number of the patients is increasing thus reducing the bed spaces in the available hospitals, hence forcing many of the families to take care of their patient at homes. Paying for the forma care caregiving can be too expensive for most families and hence with improved education and awareness the care can ...

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General Patient Information:

Source: Daughter, reliable Marital Status: Married. Occupation: Retired Nurse Primary Language: English and Spanish Presenting Complaint: Substernal, toothache-like chest pain with duration of 12 hours. History of Presenting Illness: 83 years old Caucasian retired nurse presented in the ER with chest pain. She has a chronic history of hypertension formerly controlled on diuretic monotherapy. She was admitted in the hospital with the same complaint few years ago as well. The EKG showed first degree heart block with pulmonary congestion evident on the chest roentgenogram. Cardiomegaly was also ...

Ratios are important in the health organization in that they show the efficiency and utilization of the assets used in the organization (National Nurses United). In addition, ratios are used to point out the relationship between some variables which in are used to evaluate health organization effectiveness and performance regarding patient’s outcome, asset utilization and public evaluation (National Nurses United). For instance, proper staff ratio in health organizations regarding nurses available and the patients to be attended to by caregivers is one such area where ratios can be used. Maintaining adequate staffs in health organization will determine the ...

Reflection of Personal Student Experience:

Introduction: This report examines the moral and ethical dilemmas encountered by nurses in practice. The healthcare environment is increasingly becoming complex and continuously presents nurses with moral dilemmas. This is especially true when the ability to do the right thing is stalled by inconsistent values and beliefs of other healthcare providers. Across the nursing field, different personalities prevail. The level of success in the nursing practice, and the drive to achieve the projected results, vary with personal attributes, and the inclination to take risks in conflicting situations. The paper will focus on the Dominant (D) personality, as well as, ...

A nurse in a nursing home care facility observed that there is an increasing incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) among its elderly residents. Most of those who got infected happened to be using catheters. Thinking that the UTI may be caused by catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), the nurse looked up the Internet to see if there are ways to minimize the incidence of CAUTI among the residents. The nurse discovered that CAUTI is one of the types of infections in long-term health care facilities that are most common (Nicolle, 2014; Matthews & Lancaster, 2011). Fortunately, the nurse saw ...

The episodes in ‘The Magic School Bus’ by Bruce Degen and Joanna Cole display a series of pediatric issues through an equal display of various adventures that children experience in a magic bus. ‘Gets Lost in Space’ is among the episodes in the series (The Magic School Bus) that vastly display an array of pediatric issues in the event of children’s development (Cole & Degen, 2009). The episode unfolds in both DVD and VHS media channels, which equally facilitate for the expression of development issues in children. The VHS media version runs for a maximum time of thirty minutes, ...

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Question 1 The results of the Commission on Inquiry Report are somewhat depressing and dismal which is not the objective of a hospital or health care institution. The complaints from the report were as follows: assaulted, neglected and left to die patients under grave conditions; uncaring healthcare providers; and lack of sufficient care for patients who need more than medication. These are clear indications of the hospitals’ lack of concern to the welfare of their patients and lax and sloppy hospital administration. However, there are times that the administrations of ...

In April 2002, three hospitals combined to establish the King Edgar Hospitals NHS Trust with the objective of enhancing the services and decreasing duplication. The Trust was under a tremendous pressure to reduce waiting lists and sorting out of other managerial issues such as delays in discharges, inaccurate admissions of patients to wards, poor relationships with social services, high number of patient complaints. In response to this situation, the Executive Director of Nursing, Tracey Burns, was appointed to take the lead .

Team Work

Burns in concert with three assistant Directors of Nursing formed four groups that targeted a varied aspect of ...

Conceptual Framework and Purpose of the Paper

Virtue ethics has been chosen as the framework to guide the stand to be taken. Virtue ethics recognizes the critical role of moral character, emotions, and experiences in moral judgment (Robichaux & Parsons, 2009). Virtue ethics goes beyond acting in accordance with a certain set of ethical rules into having consistently habitual pattern in acting that way when providing care, interacting with colleagues, and in life (Robichaux & Parsons, 2009). Under virtual ethics, the concern of the nurse is on what kind of the nurse they should be (Day, 2007). The major concepts in virtual ethics are compassion, fidelity, fortitude, veracity, ...

The healthcare system has never been under immense pressure to perform than it currently experiences. This is based on the increased population and demographic figures which have in effect signaled a significant increase in the cases presented at the healthcare facilities. Further, the increased prevalence of chronic and acute illness within these populations has forced the healthcare system to work to the expectations of the society to help met their health needs (Puetz, 2013). In order to manage these expectations on of the major revolutions that have occurred in the healthcare sector has been the expansion of the role ...

In the event of a disaster, there is a general and deep lying impact on the fabric of the community that is affected. This includes the practices, rituals and beliefs of the community all which define the spiritual life of that particular community. These spiritual aspects have a significant meaning on life and are the foundation on which the psychosocial modes of a community are built. In such events of a disaster, people do react differently even within this spiritual perspective (Bryant-Davis & Wong, 2013). Some people will feel as though the meaning of their spiritual beliefs has been lost ...

Alzheimer Disease

Nowadays the humanity suffers a wide range of different diseases. Very often from news we hear about the epidemic of that or another illness which slowly kill the mankind. One of the diseases, a modern black death for aged people, is Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer disease may be characterized by affecting human’s brain, the section responsible for memory, thinking and language, and this way it influences the performance of the simplest daily activity of a person. It is well known that mostly aged people suffer from this illness. Those, who are over 60 years old are in risk of ...

Handoffs in Nursing Communication

The advancements in the healthcare setting has resulted in the prevalence of the specialized clinicians due to which the occurrence of the handoffs has been increased even in the simple healthcare setting. The inadequate handoffs in the healthcare settings can effect the quality of the healthcare services and can incorporate medication errors, patient deaths and wrong-site surgeries. The handoffs comprehend the transfer of information during the provision of the healthcare services in a holistic manner so that the procedures related to the sign-out, handover, cross-coverage, sign-over and shift report can remain effective (Blouin, 2011). The technological advancements have exalted ...

Skin cancer is a growing epidemic around the world and rates of incidence rise every year (between 1992 and 2006, the increase was up to 77%). Skin cancer is usually directly related to ultraviolet radiation, especially from the sun and tanning beds. Additionally, there is a misconception that winter sun is less harmful than summer sun, which indirectly leads to numerous cases of skin cancer. Many skin cancers are treatable if detected early; however, prevention of unsafe sun exposure would decrease the number of diagnoses. Nurse practitioners have a great role in health promotion and skin cancer prevention, simply ...

Social Justice issues:

The Verdict captures the growth of Frank Galvin, a character who goes from being a keen law graduate to a chronic alcoholic after being framed by his firm’s senior partner for jury trampling, when Frank tried to expose the corrupt practices his firm employed. Post this incident, Frank loses interest in his career. He defines a person who has given up on his life. The defining moment in Frank’s life occurs when he takes up a case of medical negligence in which, a woman developed complications during child-birth and was rendered permanently vegetative due to lack of ...

The Affordable Care Act is regarded as one of the major revolutions that the US healthcare system has experienced over the years. With its major objective set at increasing care access for populations in an equitable manner, including the disadvantaged groups, the ACA has been mentioned as an entity that has impacted on individual, family and community or public health (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2016). At the helm of the ACA has been the focus on public health and its revamping in a bid to rescue the currently ‘sick system’ to a desired ‘health system’. The ACA’ ...

Overview

The global disease epidemiology and control provides information on disease surveillance activities. The sector conducts research about communicable disease outbreak and provides the public with necessary information about causative agents, prevention, and control strategies. The purpose of this paper is to investigate epidemiology in public and global health by analyzing an article about factors influencing the spread of Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa and the impact of the research on nursing practice.

Article Summary

The article was written by Gambacorti-Passerini, Mussolin, and Brugieres on January 7, 2016. Authors aimed at investigating the role of different cultural factors and the physiology ...

Introduction

Bousso, Poles and Cruz (2013) refer to a concept as an abstract image or a representation formulated in the mind. Therefore, it may mean one thing to one person and another thing to someone else. Concepts are important in the work of research in that a probe into their occurrence leads to the development and formulation of theories (Bousso, Poles, & Cruz, 2013). Thus, the development of theories in nursing practice and research is heavily dependent on the analysis of concepts; which are the structural elements of theory, which inform nursing practice and research (Bousso, Poles, & Cruz, 2013). Examples of ...

Questions that spark the spirit of enquiry

<<Author>> <<Date>> Questions that spark the spirit of enquiry Who can I seek out to assist me in enhancing my evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge and skills and serve as my EBP mentor? EBP is an invaluable practice that brings to bear a systematic combination of clinical expertise, evidence based research and patient preferences and values; and helps improve patient experiences and outcomes (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2011). It is important to understand that administrative support and role of the mentors in an EBP program is critical. The selection of the right mentors will ensure ...

Introduction

The discharge planning process is highly imperative in ensuring a smooth, rapid and even rapid transition of the patient from one healthcare environment to another. The discharge process entails the arrangement of necessary resources, social work evaluation, high-risk screening operations, patient advocacy, chart documentation, collaboration/consultation, family and patient awareness and most importantly counseling. The process is, therefore, complex and seriously requires a personnel with a large assortment both organizational and clinical skills to tackle the diverse patient needs, healthcare schemes, and patent's families and also to promote the optimum functioning of support systems, patients, and families. Delay factors may ...

The institutional affiliation

The nature of modern medical services requires nursing leadership professionals who can establish and maintain an efficient atmosphere for the health care delivery. The position of a nurse administrator has a managerial function within a medical setting. Working on a nursing leadership post requires a strong educational background. The most widely accepted way to become a nursing administrator is a Master of Science in Nursing or a Master of Health Administration with an emphasis on leadership, management or administration (Graduatenursingedu.org, 2016). Moreover, the unique qualification that is inherent for the nurse administrators is that they can mix business and ...

HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a communicable pathogen majorly responsible for the prevalence of AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in a majority of the population. According to the report generated by WHO (2013), there were over 35 million people infected with HIV. When compared to the general populations, the virus is most common in gay and bisexual men, Caribbean and African communities, Aboriginal populations, women and people injecting illicit drugs . HIV is present in the semen, blood, breast milk or vaginal fluid of the infected individuals. While the likelihood of contracting HIV through the casual environment is ...

Nursing Autobiography

My nursing philosophy is informed by numerous and diverse experiences in this noble profession. In addition to the concepts learnt in class, I have had experiences in practice that have helped me perceive nursing in an entirely different perspective. While the concepts learnt in class are important, my experiences in practice have taught me that a lot more than then the knowledge of the nursing process is required to be a professional nurse. I have seen nurses driven by compassion make unimaginable sacrifices for well-being of the patient. For instance, I remember an incident where a nurse who had ...

Powerpoint Outline

I. Brief Overview of the Theorists Background (Slide 1)

A. Education

B. Career and Appoinments II. Introduction to Transcultural Nursin Theory (Slide 2) A. While working as a clinical nurse specialist with disturbed children and their parents, she observed recurrent behavioral differences, among the children, and finally concluded that these differences had a cultural base. B. Leininger emphasizes that culturally congruent care is vital for satisfactory outcomes. C. She maintains that nurses cannot separate world views, social structure, and cultural beliefs from health, wellness, illness or care when working with cultural sub-groups because these factors are closely linked. D. Culturally congruent ...

Low health standards and lack of effective medical initiatives in Kentucky have created the need for private intervention in the health sector. Precisely, organizations have taken part in multiple initiatives to secure the healthcare of the citizens and to heighten their awareness on the need to constantly seek medical intervention. The video, Remarking Rural Health gives an overview state’s health status. Precisely, it is focused on the need to create essential preventive care initiatives for the betterment of the people’s health concerns. The video mentions that Kentucky has alarming rates of obesity, cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular related ...

Effective Approaches in Leadership and Management (Benchmark Assessment)

Introduction Leadership is an art as well as a discipline that guides, motivates, directs and inspires an organization towards fulfillment. The nursing leadership, therefore, has much to do in today’s healthcare environment, that undergoes intense and continuous reforms. Gifted nurse leaders and managers strive hard to impart higher quality of life in patients, while accelerating the health care systems to inspire the next generation of leaders (Edmunds, n.d.). The Magnet Designation is an important step in achieving such competences among the nursing workforce. Magnet hospitals are hailed for their high quality care delivery and innovative nursing environment. The ...

Abstract

The extent of cesarean and forceps delivery has been increased over the last decade due to which the health related risks to the infant and mother has been increased. The procedure of cesarean delivery can incorporate the nerve damage whereas, the process of forceps delivery tends to cause the cerebral trauma on the infant, which eventually hinders the quality of life of the infant and also enhances the mortality rate. In this paper, the effect of the forceps delivery on the occurrence of cerebral palsy among the infants has been determined with respect to the cesarean delivery. The PICOT ...

Introduction

Nursing as a career requires an effective communication, which is an essential skill in such a consultative careers, which involves a direct interaction with the client. behavioral nursing not only requires a good communication skill but is requires the art of communication which involves finding a style that is well suiting to the clinician and also yields fruits fir the doctor and patient. A nursing phenomenon of interest (POI) can therefore be defined as any factor that influences health status and is relevant to nursing. These phenomena relate to all the different aspects of human behavior and functioning; the ...

One of the most important facets of human interaction is communication. Communication is an essential element to building personal and professional relationships. Furthermore, it can make or break a person in the professional field. Exchanging feedback with someone is bigger than being able to say “hi” and “bye”. Communication is not one-dimensional. It should be liquid and pliable like the endless options of professions in the world. There is no one way to master the art of communication. That fact alone is common knowledge. There are plenty of reasons why communication as a professional is important, and there are ...

Nursing

The Mission Statement of the University clearly addresses the the standards, values, vision, and service goals of our nursing program. The goals are an ethical guideline to use as as nurses as well as during our time as students. I tried to apply the goals to my learning experiences as I reflected on the expericence. I always knew that positive interaction as a community requires good citizenship behaviour. Although, thinking about citizenship online was a new idea for me to consider, necessary because I could only reach my MSN by taking classes over the Internet. Strickland, Adamson, McInally, Tittanen, ...

1. Abstract The emergence of home healthcare as an industry could be attributed to the growth of modern communication technology. As the term indicates, the concept refers to patients’ scope for getting quality care within their own comfort zone. Healthcare organizations today strive to meet customer requirements in this regard considering the growing completion and changing customer choices alike. Hence, innovations are likely that can enhance the quality of overall care provided. This paper will closely examine the implementation of home healthcare applications by Florida hospital. This will also give specific focus to the aspects like organization information, information ...

According to the World Health Organization (2014), one of the most important public health issue globally is patient safety. Surveys have shown that approximately one out of ten patients are harmed while receiving hospital care and treatment in developed countries. On the other hand, heath care infections are more common in developing countries than developed countries with seven in 100 for the former and ten in 100 for the latter. The increasing number of individuals affected by hospital related infections and harms led to the recognition for the need to improve patient safety. Some of the concerns when it ...

Introduction

Natural disasters are inevitable catastrophes that disrupt the normal livelihoods of people causing property destruction, devastation, injuries, illnesses and loss of lives. Most natural disasters such as earthquakes occur suddenly and are the ones that cause the most damage. Although disasters like hurricanes have advanced warnings, they still end up causing hazardous effects though of lesser magnitude than the ones without warning since people will tend to get injured while scramming to prepare for the disaster or during the evacuation process. The number of people affected by disasters has tripled in the last decade to two billion people, yet ...

Ischemic Heart Disease in Older Adults

Ischemic Heart Disease in Older Adults Older patients frequently suffer from ischemic heart disease either in isolation or in combination with other processes (Butler, 20120). As a common clinical syndrome, heart failure is the result of impaired cardiac functioning of the action of pumping the blood through the body. Signs and symptoms of ischemic heart disease include fatigue and an inability to tolerate exercise and edema of the abdomen, legs, ankles, and feet. Although heart disease has a poor rate of survival, early diagnosis and treatment may improve life expectancy. The goal of nursing intervention is to extend life ...

The health sector is unique and requires a systematic approach that begins from the lowest level of abstraction to the very highest levels of the society (Holden et al., 2015). Individual health nursing: At the lowest of abstraction is the individual health. This encompasses the health as presented and visible across individuals in the society. It focuses on how each plays a role in managing their health and how well they respond to the environmental changes. Family health nursing: Family health nursing encompasses the family as the client. The family as a unit determines the health manifested by the ...

Cancer of the cervix develops in the lower parts of the uterus due to the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), transmitted through sexual intercourse. Treatment involves Radiation therapy with chemotherapy or chemotherapy followed by surgery. However, the best treatment plan can be by stage of the disease, for the stage 0(carcinoma in situ) treatment may include laser surgery or conization, internal radiation therapy that best suits those who cannot undergo surgery and hysterectomy for those who no longer want to bear children. Total hysterectomy and conization work for Stage IA1 while radiation therapy and chemotherapy for stage IB and IIA. ...

Watchdog organizations

Health advocacy and consumer protection has evolved with the emergence of technologies. The availability of resourceful channels of communication and reaching the masses has facilitated the vibrancy with which consumer health watchdogs can now impact policymaking, educate and create sensitization across communities (W. A., & Johnson, 2013). The Center for Food Safety is one organization that has emerged as a watchdog and an advocate in the healthcare sector with a view to imparting knowledge to the populace to help them make appropriate health decisions (Center for Food Safety, 2016). For the Center for Food Safety, their major role has revolved ...

End-of-life care becomes an issue at some point for elderly clients

End-of-life care is an inevitable part of the life of elderly clients and should be treated with a particular attention from the nurse's perspective. Observing the recent trends in the end-of-life care one can not but mention the fact that elderly people decide to die not in their own home, but prefer to move to specialized institutions (BBC News, 2016). In this pepper we will highlight the main reasons of this trend and, furthermore, focus on the ways nurses can support the client during end-of-life care. The possible reasons for people preferring not to die at home can be ...

Over the years, there have been several concerns regarding the threats posed to the patients by different errors when it comes to health care services and its delivery. Thus, it has always been a goal of different health institutions and organizations to reduce the risks and harms to patients and health care providers associated with care delivery through improved performance of professionals and increased effectiveness of the system. Some of the barriers to increase safety of the system include systems that have unexpected consequences due to high risks, absence of the difference systems linked with verbal, written, and electronic ...

Patient safety is a concept that continues to arouse debate in healthcare, as stakeholders in this industry try to delineate ways in which this can be achieved safety can be achieved. Hospital Associated Infections, HIAs, is one of the challenges facing the efforts of maintaining quality and patient safety. WHO (2015) observed that 10 out of every100 people receiving in-patient services acquire HIAs, which consequently leads to longer hospital stays, increased medical expenses, and fatalities and/or disability among the patients. Calfee (2012) estimated that Medicare and Medicaid spend thousands of dollars every month in treating HIAs. Unlike the common ...

ASSIGNMENT 01 (UNIQUE NUMBER: 863996)

1. If you want to know whether the university has received your assignment, you must contact 1 your lecturer 2 assignment department 3 the secretary 4 student registration department 2. The first assignment is important because it 1 gives you entry into the examination 2 contributes to your year mark 3 indicates important areas to study for the exam 4 enables the university to keep track of you

Choose the appropriate combination (questions 3-6)

3 Thevideo conference is important because a you will meet the lecturer b you will meet your fellow students c it is compulsory d the examination demarcation will be discussed e ...