Healthcare Reform "Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital" The case of Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital was a case that attempted to end the segregation of African-American and Whites in the U.S. hospitals and medical professions as a Continue Reading...
Her condition was not beyond my ability, but just because the client needed more attention and supervision, which I was not able to provide at my facility. However, the ethical code requires that the correct procedure be followed. For instance, I ha Continue Reading...
Merck Compensation The author of this report is asked to analyze and summarize the compensation plan of Merck Corporation, how it can be better, what they are doing right and what they are doing wrong. Inclusive in that will be an overall evaluation Continue Reading...
Pelvic inflammatory disease, a critical problem Occurence or recurrence of pelvic inflammatory disease or PID has been linked to STIs such as C. trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Patient education and simplified guidelines are needed to develop Continue Reading...
Government-Mandated Microchip Implantation Government-Mandated Chip Implantation in Citizens: Technological Breakthrough or Privacy Disaster? Government-Mandated Chip Implantation in Citizens: Technological Breakthrough or Privacy Disaster? In a Continue Reading...
USPTO website and pick a patent related to medical device or drug Review the patent and write brief summary of the finding Patent #7,828,438 Method and apparatus for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's using non-invasive eye tomography by Terahertz, pr Continue Reading...
Nursing Administration-Staffing A strategy for recruiting nurses for the acute care units The effect of the nursing shortage crisis combined with higher patient acuity has become a crucial concern for the nursing management team. This relates large Continue Reading...
Beyond the critical incident itself, which will be described and looked at as part of this report, I will also bring in a number of major themes and analysis methods. The two major tools that will be used in this report are Carper's Fundamental Patt Continue Reading...
Being forced out of one's job due to firing or constructive firing is also possible. Moral Agent Fulfillment Being able to be a proper moral agent would include the knowledge of when to take a stand and when to recognize that the person making the Continue Reading...
Women Are More Faithful Than Men The libraries and bookstores are overloaded with published books about love and relationships, and television programs deal with those topics on a daily basis. One of the most frequently addressed topics in these boo Continue Reading...
" Long-term use may develop psychoses, like schizophrenia and severe depression. The use of MDMA may produce psychological difficulties, like confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, severe anxiety and paranoia, even weeks after the use o Continue Reading...
Substance / Alcohol Abuse among the Elderly Substance/alcohol abuse among the elderly 60 years and older Alcohol and substance abuse among the elderly is a significant social problem, not only because people in this age group tend to have very perm Continue Reading...
Public Health: Countering Opioid Overdoses Problem The opioid epidemic is a severe public health crisis that must be attended to with urgency in the U.S. It has spread in due part to the problem of care providers over-prescribing strong and addictive Continue Reading...
It has been argued that despite this fact, because substance abuse treatment has been developed by men, for men, it emerged "as a single-focused intervention based on the needs of addicted men." (Covington 2008). Without empowering substance abusers Continue Reading...
Anxiety Co-Occuring Disorder The following paper gives information about the ailment known as anxiety and its relationship with co-occurring diseases. The paper also highlights the history of this disease and focuses on the important personalities i Continue Reading...
Depression, Diabetes and Obesity This is a case study on a 58-year-old male, Mr. H.Y. who worked at a supermarket and is now retired. He has a supportive wife who works full time and children who are all independent .He has a history of smoking, but Continue Reading...
The presence of cardiac enzymes in the blood often indicates myocardial necrosis. Medical experts generally view MI as one among acute coronary syndromes. Unstable angina and non-ST-elevation MI are among the syndromes. Statistics said that approxim Continue Reading...
While there is no direct indication of exactly what information or perception caused the patient to make the decision to withdraw from medication, it is clear that the patient's delusional state has prevented her from properly weighing the implicati Continue Reading...
Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana or Cannabis is actually a plant, which has the scientific name 'cannabis sativa' and was originally used for ordinary purposes such as for fabric making and cloth weaving. Some are of the view that it was also use Continue Reading...
The different practices studied varied a lot in how often and how intensely they participated in anti-tobacco activities with patients. The conclusions drawn by the authors of this article were that there are not enough tobacco control activities t Continue Reading...
Falls THE ISSUE OF ACCIDENTAL FALLS At some point, anyone who had learned how to walk has had the experience of falling down -- it is a universal experience for infants as they gain ambulatory ability. In hospitals, however, the accidental fall is Continue Reading...
co.uk 2001). Of those 1,795 reactions, "23 were fatal, 14 being actual suicides," the pressbox Web site reported. More than 200 of the "adverse reactions were psychiatric with 20 reports of suicidal thoughts of suicide attempts." Additionally, 80 rep Continue Reading...
Health Threat of Medical Ionizing Radiation Impact of Nuclear Medicine Exposures In October 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted all healthcare facilities involved in performing brain perfusion computed tomography (CT) to ensur Continue Reading...
For instance, a decline in peripheral vision may impact the ability to pass approaching vehicles safely, and the decreased range of motion in an older person's neck may impair the ability to look behind when backing up. Also, reaction time decreases Continue Reading...
Cigarettes Why do people smoke? All of know that smoking is a dangerous, even potentially lethal habit - and one moreover that now carries an increasing weight of social stigma. And yet still people do it. There must therefore be compelling reasons Continue Reading...
Ethics of Good Business vs. Gender Inequality in Health Care In excess of any other organization, concerns that deal with patients and their well-being are of utmost significance in the healthcare industry. This is since; individuals in this busines Continue Reading...
Masters-prepared Nurse's Role: Questions Describe the masters-prepared nurse's role as advocate for the nursing profession. Historically, nursing has seldom garnered the respect it deserves as a profession. A masters-prepared nurse is capable of pe Continue Reading...
Mr. H Korea Mr. H case study What is the client's most prominent presenting issues (that is, what seems to take priority as being wrong)? Mr. H has shown a sharp decline in cognitive functioning. He has quit his job without warning and without co Continue Reading...
qualify as a nurse practitioner in the state of Florida, one must have completed the required education and training for expert knowledge and skills. The process entails acquiring a bachelor's degree or a diploma and associate degree from accredited Continue Reading...
Business Ethics Palmeri, C&Rupp, L 2013, May 3, Disney Bangladesh Exit Pressure on Clothes makers Who Stay, Retrieved from http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-03/disney-bangladesh-exit-puts-pressure-on-those-who-may-stay-1-.html The work of P Continue Reading...
Schizophrenia When people think of what it means to 'go crazy,' quite often the common image that comes to mind is that of someone with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious mental health disorder that can be physically, socially, and personally Continue Reading...
young, most of us do not think about making a conscious decision to die. We look forward to years of long and healthy life, and if death ever seems appealing it is as an antidote to depression. It does not often, if ever, occur to us that there will Continue Reading...
Alcoholic Liver Disease CAUSES AND IMPACT Causes, Incidence, Risk Factors, Impact Alcohol use has been linked with liver disease mortality and increased social and economic costs (NCBI, 2014; Bruha et al., 2009). Most recent statistics say that di Continue Reading...
Pharma The first thing that needs to be done is to understand how bioavailability helps with patient outcomes. This feature of the product needs to be translated to something concrete. There are two main outcomes of this class of pharmaceuticals. Th Continue Reading...
Risk Management Applications in Hospitals The concept, usage and learning of risk management phenomenon are important for all institutions in healthcare industry. The most important purpose of risk management in healthcare industry is learning from Continue Reading...
Future Reform Predict the form and function of medical health records in 2030 (provide specific example to support your response). Models for healthcare delivery are changing, the institutions that deliver it are transforming themselves or being tr Continue Reading...
Moreover, fully three-quarters of the surveyed nurses reported that the lack of adequate assessment of cancer pain was a significant barrier to effective pain management, and almost as many (72%) reported a lack of clinician knowledge as representin Continue Reading...
Microbiology Please develop your own strategy for TB prevention. The Source of the Disease As mentioned in the above question, tuberculosis is a complex disease that has ravaged society for centuries. Whereas in the Western countries, it is now po Continue Reading...
Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, Depression Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, and Depression: A Case Scenario Mr. P is a 65-year-old Hispanic male who presents to the clinic with a symptomatology that leads to three broad closely associated di Continue Reading...
Those participants in the high-risk groups were found to significantly associated with certain psychiatric conditions. These included: anxiety/tension, depression, having serious thoughts of suicide, experiencing hallucinations, and difficulties con Continue Reading...
