363 Search Results for Health Care Disparities Related to Nursing
Lesbian Health Care
Lesbian Health Issues in a Heterosexual Society
The additional burdens placed on the lives of minorities as a result of social exclusion can lead to health disparities. Social exclusion theory has been used in previous research Continue Reading...
Gender variation in clinical decision-making was measured, including (1) the number, types, and certainty levels of diagnoses considered and (2) how diagnoses vary according to patient characteristics, when patients have identical symptoms of CHD (M Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. The Role of the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in Managing Chronic Diseases:
This essay will explore how Primary Care Nurse Practitioners (PCNPs) are integral in the management of chronic diseases Continue Reading...
Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique
Non-Infectious Disease
Major Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique of the Research Literature
Major Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique of the Research Literature
The World Health Organization (WHO, 2013) est Continue Reading...
Information technology transforms healthcare services. However, the integration of information technology into existing healthcare systems has been challenging. This course has helped me to understand how healthcare workers and their organizations ca Continue Reading...
Today, health care in the United States is characterized by growing demand combined with skyrocketing costs and critical shortages of qualified health care practitioners. In response to these challenges, there has also been a growing consensus among Continue Reading...
Health DisparitiesIntroductionObesity is a health problem that disproportionately affects African Americans over the white population, particularly when it comes to women; as a result, African American women are at greater risk of developing diabetes Continue Reading...
Vulnerable Populations in Union County, NJHealth Statistics and Demographic DataUnion County, New Jersey, presents a complex landscape of social determinants of health and demographic factors that significantly influence the vulnerability of its popu Continue Reading...
Background
The individual is a 26 year-old female living in Bethesda, Maryland. For the purposes of retaining anonymity and privacy, only the person’s initials (MA) will be used to describe her responses to interview questions related to cultur Continue Reading...
CULTURAL AND MENTAL HEALTHCultural and Mental HealthIt would be prudent to note that culture - which includes various aspects which are inclusive of, but they are not limited to nationality, language, religion, class, and gender - can impact many asp Continue Reading...
Practicum Reflective Journal
Nursing Theory
My intended area of practice is the primary care of adults across their lifespan. Therefore, lifespan theory was chosen as the theoretical foundation for this practicum. Lifespan theories provide a framewor Continue Reading...
Nurse-Care Analysis of Sheepshead Bay
The area is 4,074 square miles. Its population is 123,178. The people density of people who live in Sheepshead Bay compared to general inhabitants of Brooklyn of people per square mile is 30,233 to 34,917 (City Continue Reading...
Mental Health Disparities in the U.S.
The most frequently unaddressed and critical matter is mental health in ethnic and racial minority communities. The American Indians/Alaska Natives, Blacks, Asian-Americans, and Blacks are populations that are Continue Reading...
Polypharmacy Low Income Elderly
Poly-Pharmacy Low Income Elderly
The author of this report will offer a brief treatise on several social theories, one relating to nursing and one of them not related to nursing, and how they related to poly-pharmacy Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. The Role of Personal Values in Nursing Ethics:
This essay could explore the importance of personal values in nursing and how they intersect with professional ethical guidelines. It would discuss the balance between person Continue Reading...
Nursing: A Theory for Rural Nursing in Mississippi
The provision of accessible, affordable, quality health care is greatly dependent upon existing structures in society, such as transportation, business, industry, and community location.
The object Continue Reading...
Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioners: Improving Quality of Care
A study published in 1976 helped to establish the meaningful difference between family nurse practitioners and traditional health care providers such as doctors and nurses. Patients repo Continue Reading...
Nursing Theories
Transcultural Care
For the past several decades, nursing theory has evolved with considerable considerations towards transcultural care. The concept of culture was derived from anthropology and the concept of care was derived from Continue Reading...
Nursing and Genetics
As noted by Lea (et al.) "Obtaining a family history is an established and familiar screening activity used by nurses and other healthcare providers across many healthcare settings" (Lea 2010:4). However, the increased commonali Continue Reading...
Health Promotion for End-Stage Dementia
End-Stage Dementia Care
Health Promotion Plan for End-Stage Dementia
Health Promotion Plan for End-Stage Dementia
Globally, an estimated 35.6 million adults are living with dementia, a number expected to do Continue Reading...
Health Policy
government is under pressure to offer quality and affordable health care services to its citizens. Various reform efforts in the country have adopted various approaches with the aim of ensuring that health care system perform well. Th Continue Reading...
Moreover, nurses are in a position to identify cases of poor oral health among patients visiting the primary care unit of a healthcare center. For this reason, Kaylor et al. (2011) recommend nurses as an intervention measure in improving oral health Continue Reading...
Standards of Care/Mental Health/Cultural Competence
EMERGING STANDARDS OF CARE/MENTAL HEALTH/CULTURAL
Sometime in 1999, the Surgeon General released Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Inside this report, it acknowledged that not every Continue Reading...
Community Health Nursing
Galveston, Texas is a city in South Texas that is mostly water and resides in the Gulf of Mexico. The city itself has a relatively small population, but it is close to Houston which is one of the largest cities in the United Continue Reading...
In the future, this will improve quality and it will reduce the total number of uninsured. This is when productivity and the standard of living will improve by proactively addressing these issues while they are small.
Alternatives
To deal with any Continue Reading...
Community Assessment of Kent County Health Needs:
Kent County is an area within Michigan State in the United States of America and part of the Grand Rapids -- Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. In order to identify the County's most pressing pri Continue Reading...
Global Health / Nursing Trends Wealthy Nations
In the era following World War II, industrialized nations, which were the most affluent nations in the world, invested more money into healthcare and social services than in the era prior to the war. Th Continue Reading...
The other dimension is related but is definitely separate. Some end-users are not only uninformed on how to administer electronic health records, they may actively resist and otherwise undermine the setup and these people need to be identified or e Continue Reading...
Standards of Cultural Competent Care
Emerging Standards of Cultural Competent
This research paper is established to explore upon the emerging trends of culturally competent care in general organizational settings. However, the scope of this care w Continue Reading...
Elderly Care in America: A comparison with England's Healthcare System
Healthcare in America vs. Healthcare in England
Different countries have varying healthcare systems across the world and the systems are set to benefit the local population with Continue Reading...
It is evident that poor people, who have a low purchasing power and low production of foodstuffs, will be subject to malnutrition as compared to their counterparts, who have massive income and high production of foodstuffs.
The study of sociology i Continue Reading...
Usability Analysis
Human health is delicate and working in fields that deal with such aspect requires the utmost sensitivity and accuracy among other positive elements. The modern world is, characterized by widespread use of computerized equipment. Continue Reading...
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
History of the organization
The National Institute of Nursing Research is a body mandated with the principal responsibility of carrying out research that relates to the nursing and medical field in gene Continue Reading...
Community Health Nursing
The health disparities in the United States are shocking. There are disparities evident in nearly every factor associated with healthcare such as cost, quality, access, and equity. As a result, a new wave of research has beg Continue Reading...
Therefore, a nurse must be fully aware of these sensitivities when providing care to a patient, especially when the patient is a member of cultural group from outside the U.S.
The third criteria is social organization. For example, most African-Ame Continue Reading...
Cultural Competency in Nursing
The basic knowledge in nursing or medical studies needs substantial facilitation in order to be effective and appropriate towards addressing the needs and preferences of the patients. Watson notes the need to integrate Continue Reading...
Cultural Issues in End of Life Care
In this age of increased social diversity the cultural aspects of end-of-life care have become increasingly important in the nursing profession. This importance is however complicated by technology and the cultura Continue Reading...
Blog: Place Within Populations
Blog -- Place Within Populations
How individual and community social behaviors and responses to the physical environment alter, disrupt, impair and/or damage the ability of human physiology to fight infectious disease Continue Reading...
HITECH Legislation
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act is something that gives the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) with the power to create programs that will improve health care quality, s Continue Reading...