From personal experience it is clear that including the healthcare professionals' feedback in each of the five phases of the SDLC model leads to systems that better align to patient's needs and streamline information delivery and knowledge managemen Continue Reading...
Obesity in Los Angeles County The United States, while being one of the most technologically developed countries in the world, is not a healthy nation. Typically, when we think of disease pandemics we think of things like Swine Flu, Ebola, Lyme dise Continue Reading...
Schneck Medical Center Provide a description of the company, its mission, and values SMC (Schneck Medical Center) is a nonprofit healthcare organization that provides specialized and primary care services. The center was established in 1911 with a Continue Reading...
Communications Effective communications between doctors and nurses has always been a high priority in the medical field, especially in an arena such as a hospital, health clinic or hospice. Communicating effectively between the nurses and the doctor Continue Reading...
Though still worthwhile if it leads to an improvement in nursing or medical standards, whistle-blowing can be damaging to the profession (Fritko & Jackson 2005). Whistle-bowing can also empower nurses, however, with successful instances of whis Continue Reading...
(Cole; Ramirez; Luna-Gonzales, 1999) The Nurse Practitioner -- NP is a registered nurse -- RN having additional education in health assessment, diagnosis and management of illnesses and injuries, inclusive of ordering tests and prescribing drugs. N Continue Reading...
Knowles stated "The richest resources for learning reside in the adult learners themselves" (p. 66). An instructional strategy like gaming may help to facilitate tapping into the adult learner's experience. Through collaboration during the play of a Continue Reading...
Program Outcomes Previously, the author has presented the vision and the mission statement for the Balsdon School of Nursing. The vision of the Balsdon School of Nursing is that it will transpire as a leadler in educating professional registered nur Continue Reading...
Nurse Informatics The era of Information technology and knowledge explosion that introduced the comprehensive and complicated information systems has brought drastic changes in the health care sector like all other industries. The attention towards Continue Reading...
BSN Degree: Pathway to Professional Nursing BSN Pros and Cons Nursing education goals must adapt to changes in healthcare policy in order to better serve the needs of patients. Beginning in 1965, the American Nurses Association took a position that Continue Reading...
nurse-manager for a hospital floor and focuses on a proposed change to that floor: the addition of a certified wound care nurse. It begins by describing the benefits of a specialized wound care nurse, the existing conditions on the hospital floor, a Continue Reading...
The objective is to impede rumination. 3. In the third stage -- relapse prevention or rehabilitation -- Mr. Thomas will be encouraged to participate in activities (such as hobbies that he enjoys, listening to music, socializing, his work and so fort Continue Reading...
psychosocial smoking cessation interventions for coronary heart disease patients effective? The association with smoking and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been well documented. To prevent further heart attacks, as well as to preserve their life, Continue Reading...
Moreover, I feel that patients must empower themselves to become healthier. New technologies and access to a wealth of information on the Internet is helping patients learn more about their bodies so that health care becomes accessible to everyone. Continue Reading...
In addition to the above the authors are very cognizant of the fact that surgical patient wellness is also directly attributable to patient-nurse ratios. According to the authors this ever-important factor impacts the patient mortality and failure Continue Reading...
Pharmaceutical industries have to operate in an environment that is highly competitive and subject to a wide variety of internal and external constraints. In recent times, there has been an increasing trend to reduce the cost of operation while compe Continue Reading...
Medical Management The primary goal of both private- and public-sector medical organizations is, of course, to provide the highest standard of medical care to their patients. This requires, of course, professionals who are trained in the latest scie Continue Reading...
Hiring a Nurse Practitioner reduces wait times (overcrowding) in the Emergency Department estimation of the ED (Emergency department) compromise with care afforded to patients because of overcrowding from the perspective of the provider of services. Continue Reading...
System Design Considerations and Workarounds Implementation of an informatics system in nursing The nursing profession continues to evolve with the advancing technology, ensuring that it maintains standards of quality in service. In the endeavor Continue Reading...
evidence-based practice use in nursing for making decisions using evidences to provide care to patients. This assignment has highlighted five main principles of EBP. These principles should be considered while implementing EBP. Moreover, there are c Continue Reading...
Staffing in Nursing Staffing and Other Nursing Issues The main topic of this paper is staffing related to the field of nursing, here it is very important to realize a correct balance between the demand of nurses and available nurses at any medical Continue Reading...
Participants filled out a Short-Form McGill Questionnaire, an Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale, and Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire in order to measure their levels of pain over the past few weeks. What the researchers found through statistical analy Continue Reading...
Still, the concept of guided imagery tends to stray far from traditional methods of pain management. Pharmaceuticals have long been a major method of treatment for pain, but have resulted in major backlashes in regards to patients becoming addicted, Continue Reading...
IOM Future of Nursing Recommendations When it comes to the transformation of healthcare in our country, the role of nurses cannot be overstated. The IOM future of nursing recommendations highlight the steps or measures that should to be taken to fur Continue Reading...
Nursing The greatest challenges facing nursing leadership and the profession as a whole include, but are not limited to, "highly political environments, budget reductions, changing reimbursement patterns, staffing shortages, and rapidly evolving tec Continue Reading...
The questions on legal liability issues were minimal as the field of legal issues is new in nursing. The questions addressed a theoretical part regarding the legal liability issues. They were no need of clarification since the questionnaires were ea Continue Reading...
The Affordable Care Act means that health coverage will be required for almost every American and will be partially subsidized. However, it will not change the employer-centric, private-insurer-based system of financing and coverage. Demand for care Continue Reading...
This is the strategy used in Canada, where drug costs have been substantially reduced. The challenges presented by this law have spilled over into the current health-care reform debate. Many people and many legislators who might have been more open Continue Reading...
UK Healthcare Within this section of Chapter One, a historical perspective of NHS will be provided. This discussion will identify problem areas that have emerged in relation to NHS with an attempt made to address the manner in which such problems ha Continue Reading...
Hemodialysis on End Stage Renal Disease Patients and the Increasing Role for the Nurse It is a difficult condition of a kidney failure when one's kidney could no longer carry out the proper metabolism system to eliminate waste products. Kidney is t Continue Reading...
Workforce AdvocacyImpact on My Role as a NurseIssues affecting the nursing workforce will affect me as an individual include staffing shortages and ethics considerations. I was really disappointed with my profession in 2020 when COVID requirements ro 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...
Quality Analysis Healthcare Quality and Cost Despite the fact that there is a comprehensive policy agreement that both cost control and quality enhancement are vital, the relationship between health care costs and quality is one of contention in d Continue Reading...
This reduces response bias for better reliability of the information gathered and a higher anticipated response rate for an adequate sample size. A one month time frame gives better assurance of an appropriate response rate adequate analysis of resu Continue Reading...
Information Systems and Computer Technology Has on the Practice of Nursing Innovations in telecommunications and information systems have revolutionized the delivery of health care services in many ways in recent years in general and on the practic Continue Reading...
Political Activism in Nursing There exists a dire need and urgency for a change in political and legislative advocacy in health care system. It has been observed that most of the female health care workers including nurses are facing problems with t Continue Reading...
Healthcare Partnership in the Community Discuss an example of healthcare partnership in your community and specifically cite examples that show how nurses, both individually and collectively, influenced the care provided. What obstacles were confron Continue Reading...
Nursing Home Report on Conditions at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust The following report is based on extensive observation of the conditions for patients living at the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. While so Continue Reading...
The first point addressed by Clark's review determines that a fundamental change in medical perspective had begun to transpire with the assumption of varying clinical research investigations on the subject. This would contribute to what Clark ident Continue Reading...
The subjects were adolescents 14-18 years old. They were recruited from schools and health clinics. The subjects completed an in-depth survey and interview at baseline and again 6 months later. The subsequent analyses were limited to adolescents wit Continue Reading...
