Essays on Practitioner

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 ...

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, ...

INTRODUCTION

In its most basic form, counseling is about helping other people to help themselves. Professional school counseling is a specialized form of counseling which focuses on the specific needs of students and helps them to achieve the highest and best levels of their potential. The purpose of this report is to provide a 3-step analysis of the career of professional counseling. It is a final project which synthesizes and presents a practical exegesis into the concept of school counseling and how it occurs in American high schools. This report will be focused on the state of New York and ...

Abstract

An immigrant Somalia woman with bipolar disorder leads an impoverished life with her three children in an estranged living environment. This case study report aims to illustrate how occupational therapy emphasizes cultural needs and addresses strategies to cope with occupational injustice through health literacy and intervention model enabling the client to perceive her problems and take steps to transform.

Introduction

Karly is a 30-year old woman recently emigrated from Somalia. She is able to speak and read a minimal amount of English. She works three part-time, minimum wage jobs to maintain her family. She is a timid woman, who neglects ...

This paper would be dedicated to the assessment of the major stages of the nursing competence (proficiency) - as they are represented in the scientific work of Patricia Benner. These stages of professional development are also referred in the scientific literature as the basic student socialization. Five following stages have been defied by the author of the theory as the most critical for the professional competence enhancement. They are the following: “novice,” “advanced beginner,” “competent practitioner,” “proficient practitioner,” and “expert practitioner” (Black, 2013). In addition, it was claimed by Patricia Benner that the advancement of the professional competence of ...

This is a student scholarship essay for a Surgical Technology/Surgical Assistant Practitioner program. In this essay, I outline my goals, background, abilities and competencies as well as how the scholarship will add up to all these things to make me a useful person in my generation. This essay demonstrates how the scholarship award will assist me to reach my educational and career objectives. My ultimate goal of being a Surgical Technology/Surgical Assistant is to help to provide the highest quality of surgical services to those who need it. I hope to provide this service through a high standard of ...

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 ...

Summary

Autonomy is a principle that surrenders ability to make critical health decisions to the victim. It is a sector of service provision characterized by several ethical issues. The practice of nursing and other health related services is often subject critical decision making that may not always conform to the wishes of the stakeholders but are rather significant. In all fairness, there are several cases of entanglement and ethical horn-locking that face practitioners every day. In many cases, those at the decision-making end often experience cases of ethical dilemma in which they are normally forced to take actions that can ...

Introduction

Individuals’ demographic factors can greatly influence the way they live or respond to life stressors. Hence, sociologists and psychological practitioners give particular focus to individuals’ demographic background while helping them manage their life stressors. This paper will use a hypothetical client case study to create understanding of the roles of a human services professional in a problem solving context.

Description of the Client’s Demographics

Kathy Jain, a 36-year old housewife, is living in the city of California. Kathy belongs to Hispanic ethnic background and follows the religious teachings of Christianity. Kathy’s mother has a Mexican origin and her father is a US-born Hispanic. ...

IDENTIFYING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS TOWARDS TAKING UP AND SUSTAINING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH TYPE II DIABETES

(PART 2)

Introduction

Type II diabetes mellitus has a wide prevalence in the UK and across the globe, with significant impact on the aging population. Literature reviews have been consistent to define the disease as a growing epidemic with lifestyle implications. Lifestyle modification has been considered to be an important preventive measure against the development of the disease. Feinglos and Bethel (2008, p. 337) supported this view, indicating that behavioral and lifestyle changes should be included in the treatment program for diabetes mellitus, not only as a treatment approach but also as a preventive measure as well. However, it is ...

Transformative Care; Treatment of Mental Illness

It is the courage and strength of both the sick and the health care providers who fight so valiantly for their future that has fostered my dream of pursuing a career in healthcare and my application to the University of Alabama. The opportunity to learn from a vast array of talented individuals is inspiring. Exposure to the unique backgrounds of my potential peers and professors will be invaluable in lending to innovation and compliment my own experiences. As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, I seek to increase my knowledge and acceptance of behavioral health issues, effectively removing the stigma of ...

Informed Consent and Ethical Challenges

Informed Consent and Ethical Challenges

The major ethical consideration in this case is the idea that Mrs. G had a chance at recovery and, instead, is opting to allow her illness to take her. In this case, it is important for the medical practitioner to understand the obligations that they have towards the patient in regards to her right to make the decision for herself. In this case, while the treatment has a chance to help her, it also has very low odds of doing so. Furthermore, the costs that the family will be left with seem to outweigh ...

The Advanced Nurse Role

The nervous system is a critical system which plays a vital role in every function of a human body ranging from sensations, thinking to movements (Nurse without Borders, 2016). As such, the system is instrumental in coordinating and regulating human body activities. This complex system is a network of fiber, nerve cells, and neurons which are spread throughout the human body. Thus, any injuries and trauma on the spinal cord, head, nerve cell or diseases such as meningitis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and encephalitis on any part of this system can have devastating effect on the body ...

Rugby union participants continuously grow in magnitude and potency from 1995 due improved professionalism of the sport. The study indicates that the muscles increase the strength, body weight and muscular fortitude of the participants. As the members have changed in potency and acceleration, the sport has become increasingly bodily with contact rising in rate and might. A concussion is the most common sport associated damage. The collective result of an increase in dimension, physicality, might and figure of sports participated has lead to a rise in the threat of concussion and recurring of the same in skilled participants of ...

Part 1

Labelling thoughts, feelings and behavior as psychological disorders is inaccurate and unreliable. Psychological disorders are associated with a combination of symptoms and sign considered to be abnormal. Normal people have many thoughts depending on the prevailing circumstances. These thoughts are not constant and are influenced by many factors sometimes beyond the control of the person. Similarly, feelings and behavior and behavior can vary among perfectly normal people. Feelings of hate, love or simply liking are influenced by the relationship between people. It is also normal for the feelings to change such as from love to hate based on changing ...

Robert J Katenbaum compiles some writings that fall under the bracket of death, human experience and perception of the society. Chapter nine of the book looks into assisted death, euthanasia, right to die and abortion. These four items characterize as the most controversial issues present in the current times. People have different opinion towards them especially on abortion and the right to die. The main reason is that they center on an individual’s perspective and will without thinking of the environment. For instance, abortion is a crucial talk in most human rights convention in that there are people ...

Literature Review

Chairman: Committee member: Committee member: Masters of Arts in Psychology 2016 Introduction With childhood obesity on the rise, there is increasing concern about the prevention and treatment of obesity. Current national data on childhood and adolescent obesity show 16.9 percent of 2-to-19-year-old children and adolescents are obese (Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2014). An effective intervention to manage obesity is essential. The current weight management practices involve dietary modification, behavioral change therapies involving exercise, pharmacological therapy and surgical intervention. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the current research on Motivational Interviewing (MI) as an effective method for ...

Introduction

The research article “Service User Involvement in Social Work Research: Learning from an Adoption Research Project”, created by Jeanette Cossar and Elsbeth Neil in 2013 starts unwieldy employing abundant jargon language, but it rapidly reshapes in a comprehensive and informative text. The article consists of six sections, across which the authors elaborate on the matter of using service users, namely birth relative consultants, in the adoption process, investigating both the process and the impact of their involvement in this process. Cossar and Neil place their article in the context of a governmental project meant to assess the cost, challenges ...

In nursing, the role of a care provider comprises a collection of core aptitudes pertaining to his or her specialization of work. If the advanced roles of direct care provider and indirect care provider are compared, there would be a wide range of similarities as well as differences in their fundamental aptitudes as per specializations (UTC, 2015). To further show the contrast of core competencies relevant to the Nova Southeastern University College of Nursing and Public Health, in this paper the following specializations were analyzed: Nurse Informaticist as an example of an indirect care provider role, and an Adult ...

Introduction

Handling an angry or uncooperative patient can be a challenge to any healthcare professional trying to perform a medical procedure on the patient’s behalf. When a patient is faced with a sudden illness, he or she may experience overwhelming fear about the outcome of any testing or procedures that have to be performed. For many patients with no medical knowledge, testing brings with it more fear about what is going to happen during the tests. The role of the radiology professional is to maintain compassion while educating the patient about the procedure that is to be performed. In ...

John, a 50-year old man, visits a convenient care clinic complaining of fatigue, increased hunger, increased thirst, and frequent urination over the last two months. He also reports increased episodes of itching. Clinical examination reveals the presence of dark patches on his skin in the neck and armpit areas. Physical examination reveals a weight loss of 5kg over the last one month. Laboratory test show the following results: A1C= 7.1%, FPG= 127mg/dL and OGTT= 202mg/dL. John is single and currently stays alone. He has one sister whom he last met two years ago. He is also not employed currently. ...

Becoming a pilot is a dream for many young people. Piloting is one of the fascinating careers to pursue in the entire planet. Its lucrativeness is founded on its incomes, benefits, and privileges that accompany it. In the society, being a pilot earns a person a significant level of respect and several accolades. It’s a society’s high-class job irrespective of the country in which someone lives. The experience of flying is a thrilling thing that captivates the youth, both males and females. However, it is imperative to appreciate that, just like every other real thing in life; ...

A master’s student reflection paper about the leadership and human development course and the overall experience in the University of Greenwich

My experience in the University of Greenwich has been very educative. The University of Greenwich has influenced my perspective in life. The leadership and human development course has enabled me to explore my leadership qualities by being involved in team work. I was very shy and could not stand in before people to deliver a speech or even pray. I would use someone to say it for me. The confidence to address people and issues came as a result ...

Abstract

This study analyzes the benefits and challenges of implementing an electronic medical system in both hospital and clinic environments. The overall research problem addressed in this study is determining how to effectively manage and communicate expectations associated with perceived benefits and challenges derived from a new install of an electronic medical record. The purpose of this study is to analyze perceptions associated with both the benefits and challenges derived from installing an electronic medical record system. This problem is relevant to many such as those who ...

There are two types of offenses that an individual (i.e. a defendant) may be charged with. The first one is a civil case and the other one is a criminal case. Civil cases are charges that are based on allegations that an individual or an organization (i.e. corporation or a government-related entity) has failed to fulfill his legal duty leading to damages or lost opportunities. Criminal cases, on the other hand, are where an individual is charged with an indictment for serious forms ...

An investigation into whether polypharmacy in hospice and palliative care patient population can be reduced, thereby affecting quality of life

Introduction Polypharmacy simply refers to the use of several medications by patients. Sometime patients are prescribed several medications than what is clinically allowed or a patient may be given too many pills of drugs despite being clinically indicated. In addition, sometimes the drugs given to patients may not be evidence based but their use is only based on the speculations. Polypharmacy has been described to have a lot adverse effect on patients despite the patients being on medication. Instead of improving the quality of life, polypharmacy may sometimes prove to be adverse on patients. Common consequences of polypharmacy include negative ...

- Narcotics are legal if the person needs them for their job and is a licensed dealer, pharmacist, or practitioner. Practitioner that uses narcotics for emergency practices only. Hospital employees. Has obtained a narcotic for their own use from a practitioner, prescription, or pharmacist. Employees from law enforcement. - Test kits must be registered with manufacturing details. The purpose of kits should be medical, laboratory, industrial, educational or research use. - No one but a licensed dealer can produce, export, sale, or provide narcotics. - Section 8 of the Narcotic Control Act, R.S.C. 1970, c.N-1. States, “provided that those in ...

Unequal reimbursement to Nursing Practitioners (NP) compared to physicians.

I would like to address the state and federal health officials over the unequal reimbursement to Nursing Practitioners (NP) compared to physicians. The present situation is that NP are reimbursed up to 15% less for provision of primary care services while physicians get 100% of the total cost incurred. This is despite the fact that there is no clear justification for this kind of discrimination. NPs provide the same quality services, and in cases which require personal communication, even better care than physicians. The healthcare reimbursement system should be changed to promote equality and fairness among all primary healthcare ...

- Healthcare Data Quality

Data quality has become a center of focus for any organization when setting up data warehouses, putting more emphasis on the customer relationship management. This is true for healthcare organizations where cost pressures and the grave of improving patient care force efforts to incorporate and clean organizational data. This is due to the fact that data is a focal point to efficient healthcare and to financial existence. Data concerning the accuracy of diagnoses, the effectiveness of the treatments and the practices of healthcare providers is vital for any healthcare organization that works extra hard to excel ...

In the case study examined, the patient was vomiting intermittently in postoperative care while receiving Morphine intravenously. The patient’s nurse Pamela is not responsible or trained for prescribing medication, so she decides to seek advice from a senior nurse. The senior nurse Jane orders Pamela to cease the Morphine administration and changes the protocol to 10mgs of Metoclopramide. While Pamela stops the Morphine administration, she refuses to administer Metoclopramide without a prescription. Despite the warnings against administering regulated medication, Jane proceeds to act on her decision and administers the Metoclopramide intravenously, which causes the patient to respond with an allergic ...

Evidence based nursing creates a manual in health practice, which leads to generalization. The use of standard guidelines to handle health conditions is characterized with various risks. This practice puts both the patient and the nurse at risk of being infected. Evidence based nursing assumes that health and medical conditions are similar; thus, need to be treated in the same manner. Health and medical conditions should not be generalized because patients present different conditions (Facchiano, and Charlene 4).

Evidence based nursing assumes that a healthy practitioner acquires experience through practice. A nurse is better placed to make a clinical decision based ...

Abstract

Technological inventions in the healthcare sector are ever-growing. Healthcare providers are always looking for advanced technologies that will help in the efficient and effective delivery of healthcare. There are numerous technology-based healthcare solutions, and most are striving to reduce the common face-to-face practitioner-patient interactions. There are numerous benefits of this such technologies, as well as a host of limitations. Technology has modernized healthcare delivery because modern technologies help empower patients to be in charge of their health, and this in turn minimizes doctor consultations (Katz, Nissan and Moyer 2004). Technologies such as telemedicine, internet, robotics and telecoms have revolutionized the ...

This research identifies public relations as an essential element for nations. Under public relations, the study identifies Jordan as a potential region of study. This research identifies various avenues of image management during crises in Jordan. The study of Jordan and its practices of public relations, especially image management involve different stages. First, the study provides an overview of public relations and image management to foster the understanding of the topic. Image management is all about maintaining the reputation of a ...

Interdisciplinary relationships are a joint communication and decision-making process with the aim of better health care need of the target population. Effective interdisciplinary relationships reduce costs and advance patient satisfaction, while humanizing overall health care worker satisfaction. Working together as a team brings specific capabilities of each discipline that focuses on the care of patients and eliminates any weaknesses of other teammates. The interdisciplinary relations enhance fast and accurate medical performance. This relationship may include a physician and non-physician provider team and a physical assistant and a nurse practitioner. Interdisciplinary relationship becomes a compound process that needs deliberate knowledge passing and combined sense of for ...

Part 1 - Questions

1) Reflective practice can be defined as the habitual and judicious use of communication, knowledge, technical skills, reasoning, emotions, values and reflection in daily practice for the benefit of the individuals and communities being served. (Epstein, 2002). This means that one needs to consider continual learning and decisions in daily practice. One must also take a more critical look at what is being learnt and how this learning is used in practice. I believe reflective practice can be useful in my chosen career because I am learning constantly and must be aware of applying learning ...

Language is an integral part of health care, and it’s paramount that the patient and the nurse have a clear understanding of each other. A healthy Communication between a nurse and patient enable a nurse to get hold of accurate information on patient's health history, symptoms, and any allergic reaction. With this information at hand, a health practitioner can formulate a treatment plan and evaluate the outcomes of the treatment on the patient (Kroll, 2014).

Therefore, it is paramount for a health practitioner to find a translator to make sure there is no miscommunication between the practitioner and the patient. This is because if ...

Abstract:

The ever-increasing demand for health care services and the decreasing workforce number has made it possible to recognize the services of nursing practitioners. NP’s are individuals licensed under Australian law to conduct advanced assessment of patients, prescribe medications, order diagnostic tests, and as well refer the patients to other health care practitioners. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC, 2006) requires NP’s to undertake further training to gain accreditation for a minimum of three years after being registered. The work of a NP also includes working in a collaborative capacity and a wide range of other health professionals to achieve positive ...

1. List the five steps of the hacking process.

Answer: The five steps of the hacking process are: Reconnaissance, Scanning, Gaining Access, Maintaining Access and Covering Tracks.

2. To exploit or attack the targeted systems, what can you do as an initial first step to collect as much information as possible about the targets prior to devising an attack and penetration test plan?

Answer: To collect as much information as possible, we must follow the first phase of hacking, that is, the Reconnaissance. Sources like Internet searches, Social engineering, Dumpster diving, and Non-intrusive external or internal network scanning are ...

Introduction

One of the most important elements in leadership is continuous personal development. This is achieved through engaging in professional development and from feedback and experience (Zuzelo, 2010 p. 3). Through this, this paper will discuss the development of problem-solving skills. Driscoll’s model of reflection will be used in this case. This is because Driscoll’s model allows for asking of the “what” question (what happened in the situation). This is then moved on to the so what (what was the feeling, was it a good or a bad one) and now what (if the situation ever occurs again, what ...

Having passion for any profession is always something that drives one through the challenges of school life as well as the challenges that one encounters late into their career. Thus, the institutions that one attends will have a profound impact on the career and ability to deliver. It also forms the platform where one can practically transform their dreams into reality and work towards those dreams. As I venture into the Nurse Practitioner role, my dream is to work for my home community top provide them with the much needed safe, quality and effective care for all without discrimination on ...

Malpractice actions can only proceed once basic requirements contained T.C.A. § 29-26-115 has been met. Firstly, the burden of prove is upon the claimant to provide the standard of professional practice within the community which defendant practices. As a claimant, therefore, prove that I am well vast with the standards of professional practices that should have upheld at the time when the injury was committed. I will also prove that defendant failed to act with reasonable in light of the aforementioned professional standard. It will also be important for me to prove that defendant acted with less care than what ...

Nursing is a well-known profession of the health care sector that focuses upon taking care of the patients, individuals, and even families in the absence of the doctors. In addition, they also support the doctors in their various medication activities of the patients, which in turn would help in the recovery of the patients. The profession can be differentiated on the basis of their approach to patient care, scope of practice, and other recent developments (Bartels, 2005). I want to extend my nursing education and want to get certified myself as A Family Nurse Practitioner. I would like to enroll ...

Achieving the objective for this particular course can be considered as an important skill to develop, especially having a role of a Family Nurse Practitioner. Several measures are considered in validating the effectiveness of the objectives as against its application in practical Nursing. Moreover, it is necessary to achieve Nursing competencies with interpersonal conditioning before working with its principles in a group or organization. With the help of new learnings, new ways of applying this to one’s self and further enhancing my knowledge base, are developed to fully maximize the benefits of this course. And, with the help of instructional methods, ...

Portion 1

Patients with Heart Failure: Quality Improvement Strategies that Helps Prevent Readmissions The objective and goal of this paper will be to evaluate a quality improvement plan, and strategies implemented in LMC to reduce readmissions of patients with heart failure. In the United States heart failure is the main reason patients 65 years of age or older are hospitalized (Joynt, & Jha, 2011).

Medicare spent over seventeen billion on these patients due to being hospitalized (Setoguchi, & Stevenson, 2009). Medical treatment of patients has improved since CMS began publishing heart failure readmissions through the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) in ...

In health practices specifically mental health issues, ethics form the backbone of its services and its operations as it governs the way things should be conducted, not just in any way. It can be noted that mental health issues are a sensitive matter hence the need to handle such issues with care and secrecy. This bring the need for a code of conduct to be set upon the practitioners and the clients in order to set the right environment for the operations in the health department to be carried out effectively. All these said, it is seen that it is for ...

Focus Activity 2

Job listings in the health sector

Health care Assistant: The professions in this position work in both the hospitals as well as the community setting. Their role is usually very diverse depending on the health sector’s settings. This people are at times known as the nursing auxiliaries. They work with both the nurses as well as the midwives. Their duties include but not limited to serving food to patients and aid in feeding them when necessary, monitor various patients’ conditions such as temperatures and heart rates, and enhancing the comfort of the patient. The healthcare assistants work for a ...

My name is Eno Akpan and I am a Nigerian. I am currently taking nursing classes at Clarkston campus. I endeavor to be a nurse practitioner in future.

My interests outside schoolwork entail dancing, singing, modeling, and reading. My objective is to complete this course at the end of the semester and perform well in class.

I intend to pursue Psychology as my major and a career choice. I have heard a short stint with the course in the past and I got interested in the subject. I am interested in finding out the development of human mind in comparison non-humans. I relish ...

Introduction

Nursing is one of the most endowed and marketable careers in the entire world. However, discovering ones potential and the desired area of specialization are important factors in determining the future workplace of a nurse. There are several areas of nursing specialization, one of them being that of a Family Nurse Practitioner. When seeking for a job, it is very important for an individual nurse to come up with proper strategies on how to tackle tactical interview questions from the employers. This is because of stiff competition in the job market, making the employers to focus on very bright minds in the ...

The book provides most of the learners with various skills relating to clinical health care. These enable them to make the correct decision in various levels. In essence, every individual needs a healthy and a balanced diet in order to acquire a healthy living. In most cases it takes the intervention of the medical practitioner to give some guidelines on the kind of the food one can use in order to acquire a healthy being. Normally there are many choices that make the foundation for the healthy diet.

With reference to the article, one must have the best attitude towards a better healthy diet. ...

The role of the paralegal in the legal industry has evolved over the years. Traditionally the paralegal was viewed as a glorified secretary, with no official licensing body to govern standards of the profession. Routine tasks that required basic knowledge of legal systems and procedures were performed by the paralegal under supervision of an attorney. Matters such as simple probating of estates, bankruptcies, preparing and answering interrogatories, and uncomplicated procedural motions are the day-to-day tasks that are performed by the paralegal.

The advent of the information age has had profound effects on the legal world and the functions of the ...

1. Human performance technology is characterized by the four principles given as focus on results, taking a system view, creating value for the individual or organization and establishing partnerships with clients and other professionals. Essentially, HPT begins with the analysis of the desired results and then moves backwards towards determination of behaviors that guide the achievements of such results. Similarly, HPT explores the differences in leadership in terms of the degree of fluency. Just the same way people exhibit different leadership practices in different degree, HPT treats leadership fluency as it would treat any other kind of fluency. As such, ...

Managing and maintaining a hospital, and ensuring that the patients get the highest quality medical services possible at the same time is, in reality, more complicated than how most people think it is. In fact, this is one of the biggest ethical dilemmas that not only hospital administrators but also allied medical practitioners face in this era of contemporary medicine.

Hospitals are technically classified as businesses because they would not be able to exist, operate, and offer medical services to patients that require them without money. Like businesses, these medical institutions cannot do without revenues and profits; they have a financial ...

n the article Stress Management Techniques: Evidence-Based Procedures that Reduce Stress and Promote Health published in the Health Science Journal in 2011, Varvogli & Darviri (2011) examine techniques for reducing stress. The article generally examines the aspect of stress, stress coping methods and stress management techniques. It draws its definition from WHO’s description that, stress is the situation whereby the homeostasis of an organism is threatened or the organism perceives a situation as threatening. As such, stress affects both the mental and physical health of people. It is a qualitative research article that draws its conclusions from the review of ...

Since I was a child, I had dreamed to become a successful medical practitioner or someone that works in the hospital or aid institution. But because my parents can’t afford to send me to medical schools, I’ve shifted to a more convenient and close to my passion of care giving. I have managed to finish my nursing assistant short course and had my certificate in no time. I had my first job at a prestigious hospice for cancer, and that was my most memorable all time experience. First day of my work, I was a little nervous and anticipated to future patients ...

In carrying out a patient assessment, important components such as patient health history and physical health should be examined using a holistic approach. A nurse would require information from the patient, friends and family, diagnostic tests and patient medical records (Jarvis, 2004). A comprehensive assessment should include a detailed survey of physical signs such as weight and height, an assessment of the patient’s body systems and organs. On the other hand, a priority assessment is a short evaluation, normally completed within 5 minutes, which gives an overall evaluation of the patient. However, a more in-depth assessment of the patient is required to make a diagnosis.

First Chart Case

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Introduction

Knowing that there are different types of culture is essential for every type of healthcare practitioner, especially for those who are required to treat and interact with patients. Examples of these professions are physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical technologist, physicians, and allied health nurses. These medical professionals treat their patients by either introducing an intervention to them, such as administering comprehensive exercise programs for rehabilitation specialists and prescribing medications and therapies for physicians and physiotherapist. Most, if not all, of these treatments require that the patient cooperates. In fact, patient cooperation is considered as an important determinant that medical ...

Introduction

Specialists in nursing have existed since early 1900s with nurse anesthetics and nurse midwives having been the pioneers. They lay formative foundations in early 20th century for advanced nursing practice. The roles of advanced nurses have not been clear historically. There was and still there is a lack of clarity in roles of different advanced nurses. This paper delineates the roles of clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioners.

Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists are two of advanced practice nurses with nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists constituting the rest. Clinical nurse specialists provide care in a wide range of specialty areas, ...

Introduction

It is essential that nurses understand the issues related to health care, which are local and state financing, national healthcare policies, and initiatives that affect healthcare delivery. As a patient advocate, the professional nurse is in a position to work with patients and families to access available resources to meet health care needs. Nurses also have an ethical responsibility to be fiscally prudent in all practice settings to eliminate inefficiencies, and to promote best practices. 

Task: Scenario 1: Note: For parts A and B, the suggested length is a combined total of 1–2 pages. 

Mrs. Zwick, a 77-year-old widow and permanent resident of the United States, was admitted as an inpatient and hospitalized for five days following a mild stroke. She was ...

Diagnosis of the gastrointestinal conditions is important in that it ensure appropriate intervention. It is important for the medical provider to adhere to certain protocols that would guide him or her manage the condition successfully. The first section that should be considered is the history of the present illness. History is very important. Some gastrointestinal conditions are heredity. The practitioner should ask the patient to clarify about the etiology of the disease (Walker, 2008).

The practitioner should also find out about the past medical history. Dietary history of the patient is very important as far as gastrointestinal system is ...

The advanced practice nurse, or APN, has an advanced scope of practice in the nursing field, having been equipped with advanced training in clinical and educational practices. “Most states allow APNs to prescribe medications, including controlled substances,” and they “work in clinics, nursing homes, and hospitals to provide primary and preventive health care services, prescribe medication, and diagnose and treat common minor illnesses and injuries” (Prater and Hall, 2008). This often involves a much higher level of education than a normal RN, and they are given greater responsibility regarding the care of a patient, often under their own practices ( ...