pneumonia is a recurrent mechanical ventilation complication affecting almost 25% of ventilated patients. This type of pneumonia is referred to as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and it accounts for up to 90% of nosocomial infections among the Continue Reading...
Strategic Leadership Impact on Quality The key recommendations are oriented towards quality improvement. First, evidence-based practice has established links between the practice and desirable outcomes. Using evidence to guide treatments and decisi Continue Reading...
HHS Prevention strategies that is of interest to you and relevant to advance practice nursing I CHOSE DIABETES PREVENTION Diabetes disease management in the setting of a clinic is a multicomponent, proactive and organized approach in order to deli Continue Reading...
Initial tests may be culdocentesis, hematocrit, a pregnancy test, a qualitative HCG blood test, a transvaginal ultrasound or pregnancy ultrasound and a white blood count test. An ectopic pregnancy can be distinguished from a normal intrauterine preg Continue Reading...
Health Administration The purpose of this study is to show that there are many reasons why nurses leave their profession, but that financial reasons often rank very high on their list of concerns. Managed care issues and job dissatisfaction also pla Continue Reading...
Critical Appraisal Wet-to-Dry Wound Care There is a need for surgeons and nurses to understand the impact of using a wet-to-dry dressing of wounds. Research on the usage of this method is over 50 years old and this was carried out by Dr. Winters. Alt Continue Reading...
Professional Presence Different Models of Health and Healing Models of health and healing influence patient attitudes and lifestyle, and also impact health seeking and healthcare behaviors. Often, the concept of healing a patient has will come from Continue Reading...
You have been appointed to chair a hospital-wide committee to develop and implement a plan to improve patient satisfaction in your facility. Your Chief Nursing Officer has provided you a summary report indicating a steady decline in patient satisfact Continue Reading...
Ethical Issues in Hiring The author of this report is asked to answer to a nursing hiring dilemma. The question, as presented, could and does happen all of the time in all types of jobs, industries and hiring situations. However, nursing and the med Continue Reading...
Moral Distress According to a peer-reviewed article in Nursing Ethics, moral distress has become an increasingly serious concern in the nursing profession. The implication is that moral distress is associated with "ethical climate"; in other words Continue Reading...
Introduction That there is resistance to the adoption of this new technology should not surprise. There is often a fair amount of inertia within any organization when it comes to organizational change in general, and rolling out new technology in pa Continue Reading...
Opening visiting hours in the Intensive Care Unit Harmful or Helpful to the Patient As the healthcare system starts making that move in the direction of a client-driven model, opening visiting hours are becoming a topic of discussion and interest. Continue Reading...
Hawaiian elder care professionals improve patient eldercare services to Japanese nationals, taking into consideration Japanese cultural norms and expectations Caregiving for elderly parents in Japan Japan has witnessed a significant growth in its Continue Reading...
Health Policy Letter The health policy being proposed Medicines are primarily used to avert chronic ailments, infectious viruses and alleviate pain. If used incorrectly and without necessary instructions, medicines can instigate harmful outcomes in Continue Reading...
health care IT strategy Hospitals form one element of the health care industry, proving medical care for patients. There are three main types of hospitals in the U.S. -- for profit, non-profit and government. While many hospitals operate independent Continue Reading...
Migrant Health Problems Understanding the Migrant Health Problem Currently access to health and social services for the majority of migrants is based on their legal status. Needless to say undocumented migrants have little or no access to health c Continue Reading...
Educated Nurses Matching nurses with the right situation is problematic for medical professionals in today's world where health care demands have taken over many segments of the culture and economy. The ability for quick and easy global travel has a Continue Reading...
Headache One in eight Americans suffers from headaches (Pain, Academy of General Dentistry). As much as eighty percent of all headaches are caused by muscle tension, which may be related to bite problems. Headaches also can be caused by clenching ja Continue Reading...
Breastfeeding Back in the day, when babies were born in homes they were kept close to the mother following the birth. As society evolved and the deliveries started occurring in nursing homes or hospitals, the skin to skin contact (SSC) norm began fa Continue Reading...
Strategic Leadership and Future Delivery Models The issue of life expectancy at birth is a relatively novel one. Before the 19th century for instance, the United Kingdom -- the country with the longest time-series of measured life expectancy -- had Continue Reading...
Quality Development in Advanced Practice field knowledge in nursing: Proposal on Enhancing the dental health of children suffering Congenital Heart Disease One of the most prevalent development abnormalities found in children is heart disease, and i Continue Reading...
However, recently, anesthesiologists have suggest a low to mid thoracic epidural combined with adequate general anesthesia. This anesthetic technique will allow for adequate inter-operative monitoring. After the operation, the anesthesiologist must Continue Reading...
Collaboration in an Outpatient Clinic Setting: Strengthening Care for Patients Interprofessional collaboration is critical to improve the health of patients. According to Tomasik & Fleming (2015), "physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers Continue Reading...
Health Promotion Program Proposal Sexual violence has been a longstanding issue around the world. Women and children face rape, molestation, sexual assault each year. In the United States alone, the annual national average for rape and sexual assaul Continue Reading...
Facility Research and Selection The report describes the facilities, need and services offered in an Ambulatory Care Clinic. VICTIMS RIGHTS MOVEMENT Health practitioners should expect some very dramatic changes in the area of ambulatory care withi Continue Reading...
Workplace violence can be prevented by creating a workplace environment and organizational culture that prevents the problem, protects employees, and pursues strategies for change. The presence of official policies or codes of ethics in the workplace Continue Reading...
Tonsil Problems Surgery is a traumatic and often dangerous event. While tonsillectomies are somewhat common in the history of surgical procedures, it is necessary to investigate the problems of Amy as listed in the case study following a post operat Continue Reading...
Medical Education on Interdisciplinary Staff Practice The research question I am addressing is the impact of continuing medical education on interdisciplinary staff practice. Researchers of the past decade produced systematic reviews of continuing Continue Reading...
In this way, any concerns that could come up and be problematic will be avoided and the information contained in the study can be accepted as being reliable, valid, and unique. As has been mentioned, limitations are too often overlooked in studies, Continue Reading...
Pediatric Asthma Asthma is a debilitating condition caused by unspecified reasons. As such prevention, control and diagnosis becomes difficult. In addition, symptoms may vary largely. Cultural and ethnic beliefs and remedies add to the complexity, m Continue Reading...
Strategic Planning May Successfully Aid the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model's Implementation and Value to Our Health Care System How Using Strategic Planning May Successfully Aid the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model's Implementation and Valu Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Focused on 6 to 11-Year-Olds in Tyler, Texas Obesity is associated with a condition of calorific imbalance in which the ratio of consumption of calories consumed and the ones expended is skewed such that the amount of the ones spe Continue Reading...
Plastic Surgery in America When people hear the term "plastic surgery," they almost immediately think of the negative connotations of that phrase. While it is certainly true that many Americans have had elective plastic surgery, there are far more t Continue Reading...
The brain while expanding pushes the skull outward in the same perpendicular to the closed structure. This will be marked by the occurrence of 'papilledema' 'pseudoproptosis' as also 'optic atrophy.' (39) This results in the orbital socket being sma Continue Reading...
Conventional Tomography outlining the various aspects, issues and methods used. It has 10 sources. The field of medical imaging has been in existence for over one hundred years but new research and scientific breakthroughs have changed both its ima Continue Reading...
