LEECHES: Bloodsuckers, Life-And-Limb-Savers "Nothing works as well as leeches when we need to get blood out of a (body) part." Concannon). Blood clotting is a life-saving body process, but when it endangers life or prevents the resolution of a tor Continue Reading...
HIV in the Older Population To Congress: It has come to the attention of the medical community that enough is not being done to help the older population of HIV-infected individuals. This population makes up 1/4th of the total population of persons Continue Reading...
Bacterial Meningitis) Namani, S. A., Koci, R. A., Qehaja-BuAaj, E., Ajazaj-Berisha, L., & Mehmeti, M. (2014). The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in Kosovo. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 8(07), 823-830. The article aim Continue Reading...
Prevention and Management of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Hospitals Ventilator-associated pneumonia is an infection in the airways that develops more than 48 hours after a patient is intubated. While the prevention and management of pneumo Continue Reading...
Given the frequency of pressure ulcers, the strategies used in mitigating those wounds must be effective. Sherman reports that 61 ulcers in 50 patients got maggot therapy and 84 ulcers in 70 patients did not receive maggot therapy (instead, those wo Continue Reading...
The Importance of Informatics in Patient Fall PreventionIn order to improve anything, it must first be measured in some fashion to establish benchmarks and evaluate progress and this is certainly applicable to healthcare settings where there are mult Continue Reading...
Huntington's disease (HD) was the first autonomic dominant disorder for which genetic prediction became possible" (Harper, et al., 2000, Journal of Medical Genetics, p. 567). HD is a disease that occurs due to an inherited disorder leading to the dea Continue Reading...
Room Size Matters in Behavioral Health Outpatient Facilities Importance/Relevance of Problem Patient housing facilities have a crucial role to play in their smooth recovery, in both nursing homes and hospitals. Outpatient healthcare clinics' reside Continue Reading...
Sigma methodology to help lower patient length of stay while simultaneously improving financial and patient health outcomes. This paper first discusses the theoretical basis for this, outlining the Six Sigma methodology. Its history in health care a Continue Reading...
Pathopharmacological Foundation Asthma Analyze the Pathophysiology of Asthma The complex chronic inflammatory disease known as asthma, involves several inflammatory cells, more than a hundred distinct mediators of inflammation, and various inflamm Continue Reading...
Pathopharmacological Foundation Asthma Analyze the Pathophysiology of Asthma The complex chronic inflammatory disease known as asthma, involves several inflammatory cells, more than a hundred distinct mediators of inflammation, and various inflamm Continue Reading...
Staffing shortages in nursing are a consequence of poor nurse retention and nurse satisfaction. Being a nurse requires a lot of dedication, patience, and ability to keep updated in a constantly evolving world. When hospitals and other medical facilit Continue Reading...
Shortage of staffing in the nursing profession is a crucial situation for the healthcare centers that is needed to be addressed in order to get the desired health related outcomes. The increasing trend of burnout among the nursing professionals is fo Continue Reading...
A study in this regard by Ainslie Nibert, entitled, Teaching clinical ethics using a case study family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, states that Critical care nurses often find themselves in the midst of challenging ethical situatio Continue Reading...
Measles OutbreakIntroductionIn 2019, the United States experienced a significant measles outbreak that swept across various states, including the CDC\\\'s Region C, with a notable impact in Florida. This paper discusses the Measles outbreak in CDC Re Continue Reading...
Technology in Medicine: Distant Medical Surveillance Technology for Diabetics in the Less Developed Area of Texas An estimated 26 million Americans live with diabetes. When not properly treated, diabetes could be fatal as it occupies the seventh po Continue Reading...
Hospital Emergency Plan According to a study, about 99% of hospitals have plans to cope with disaster, and 95% of them even had committees for that purpose. There were reports from 90% or more of the hospitals which showed that they were in collabor Continue Reading...
Nurses in New York State Verses Nevada Nurses in different states often have varying scopes of practice in as much as there are some basic nursing standards that are universally adhered to across the globe and the U.S. in general. The state specifi Continue Reading...
clinical cases and examine malpractice perspectives. Background Info Concerns over mounting healthcare expenses have resulted in increased inquiry into medical practices. With the rise of malpractice risk and medical liability to unprecedented lev Continue Reading...
Institutional Code of Ethics Today, the healthcare industry is faced with rising costs, increasing regulation and growing numbers of patients with age-related conditions as the Baby Boomer segment of the U.S. population enters their retirement age. Continue Reading...
Nursing Knowledge Annotated Bibliography Evidence Based Annotated Bibliography on evidence-bases educational program that will advance nursing knowledge on stress management methods and techniques that meets their assessed learning needs Annotated Continue Reading...
Role of Nurse Leaders in Disaster Planning Politics of the Hospital and Disaster Planning The politics in hospital settings surrounding nurse leaders and any functional change is likely associated with the hierarchy of the hospital systems, where i Continue Reading...
16). Some of the options available to patients are (p. 16): What it Is Colgate Total Over-the-counter tooth- triclosan and fluoride paste containing the anti- toothpaste bacterial triclosan Peridex or generic Prescription mouth rinse chlorhexidi Continue Reading...
Nurses perform their job in almost all portions of the country, irrespective of the locality of cities, small towns or remote rural districts. Nurses are also required in many of the foreign countries for assisting the rehabilitation programs. My P Continue Reading...
HEALTH AND NURSING Health and Nursing: Practicum on Caregiver Role Strain and Nurse BurnoutThe role strain principally refers to the incompatibility of the social role that an individual has to face when expectations and obligations have to be met. A Continue Reading...
Pharmacogenetic Medince and Ethical Issues: Testing for HLA-B*Pharmacogenetics revolves around a pre-determined range in how individuals react to certain drugs, in regards to both their beneficial and adverse results. This concept had emerged when ta Continue Reading...
intended public audience for this opinion piece includes stakeholders in the healthcare industry, including educators, researchers, nurses, physicians, and hospital administrators. One of the goals of this opinion piece is to persuade members of the Continue Reading...
In principle, the EBP concept relies on fundamental areas of focus within a total-process approach to delivering the highest quality healthcare services (Hardcastle, Usher, & Holmes, 2006; Williamson, 2009). In clinical medicine, that begins wi Continue Reading...
Nursing Shortage Background and Current Reality The shortage of nursing staff in the workforce has become a global crisis. Numerous research articles and even books have been written on the subject from all around the world, all giving causal facto Continue Reading...
Like other researchers, the CCOHS notes that allergic reactions including inflammation, redness and formation of blisters may only appear after prolonged exposure to possible allergens; for some this may mean exposure to a substance for a few days Continue Reading...
But there will also be situations where clinicians are asked to discuss with a patient whether they want to or should have resuscitation if they have had a cardiac arrest or life-threatening arrhythmia. The potential likelihood for clinical benefit Continue Reading...
Trauma and the Effects of the Pandemic on TeachingIntroductionIn one of the rare expectations in global history, more than 1.5 billion learners suffered a learning disruption due to the Coronavirus pandemic (Bozkurt et al., 2020). While at its peak, Continue Reading...
Introduction Public health as a field comprises the convictions, science, and skills relating to the preservation and improvement of the health of the general public through preventative endeavors instead of curative ones. One of the basic sciences t 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...
Etiology of Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic cancer has emerged as the most lethal human cancers. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has termed it an unresolved health problem of the 21st century. The disease presently causes about 30,000 deat Continue Reading...
Baker, 2000).The measurement of project effectiveness, an element of project impact evaluation, is crucial for the success of every proposed project. In this section, we present the method/mechanism for evaluating the effectiveness of the proposed s Continue Reading...
The hospital used for the study already had protocols in place to prevent patients from getting pneumonia. Published data was provided and posters were placed in all units. However, the nurses chose not to follow the protocols set forth. This is th Continue Reading...
Bedsore prevention was not given priority in the 'benchmarks' used to grade nursing effectiveness and insufficient care and attention was devoted to ensuring that nurses followed standardized preventative procedures. Nurses themselves cited many per Continue Reading...
