Asthma and ER utilization Asthma Asthma is a particularly debilitating condition. Asthma is characterized by a tightening in the chest with difficulty in breathing and wheezing. This difficulty in breathing can result, at best, in a decrease in qua Continue Reading...
Mrs. M is a 60-year-old who was diagnosed with early onset dementia and has been experiencing brief moments of memory loss. She has been living with her daughter L. L has been jobless since she completed her undergraduate studies one year ago. Mrs. M Continue Reading...
Assessing and Treating Patients with Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder, also referred to as manic depression, is an episodic or chronic mental disorder characterized by fluctuating and often extreme changes in energy, mood, and activity levels, thus Continue Reading...
teaching and learning to patients with dysphagia. The situation involves the researcher's own personal experience teaching a Mom of 16-month-old diagnosis with dysphagia and how to learn how to feed him. This paper discusses the client's background, Continue Reading...
healthy individual is infected with a bacteria or virus, the body identifies the virus as an invader, and therefore produces the antibodies, which is the human body's immune system, to destroy the virus to assist the person to recover and become hea Continue Reading...
Autism is a developmental disorder, as can be seen in the fact that Peter was first diagnosed when he failed to develop speech at the rate of a normal child. Autism is also a spectrum disorder, meaning that individuals will manifest the condition in Continue Reading...
End-of-Life Health Care Imagine this scenario: a patient has end stage heart failure, coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnea. She has refused any invasive treatments for many years, Continue Reading...
Adult Nurse Practitioner Marketing Portfolio "NPs diagnose and treat a wide range of health problems. They have a unique approach and stress both care and cure. Besides clinical care, NPs focus on health promotion, disease prevention, health educa Continue Reading...
"Participants were instructed to drink no more than 3 caffeinated beverages and no more than 2 alcoholic beverages per day" (pg. 2457). Two features from this study that stand out when compared to the previous study (as read about earlier) was that Continue Reading...
DNP ProjectBipolar disorder is a chronic mental condition that is marked by depressive and/or manic symptoms/episodes (Jann, 2014). According to the author, the said condition can occur in early childhood but mainly affects adults with a prevalence r Continue Reading...
persons diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (Cadzow, Vest, Craig M., Rowe, & Kahn, 2014). The medical practitioners have made efforts to improve clinical treatments for patient's life with a lot being left to chance. Recently, it has been seen that p Continue Reading...
The most common cause of death is infection due to immunosuppression, a result in turn of medications intended to manage the disease. Chances are worse for men and children than for women. After the age of 60, the disease tends to turn benign. The o Continue Reading...
Healthcare Application Meditation Aside from a willingness to place one's faith in the unproven, those who adhere to the ancient spiritual beliefs of Buddhism and Hinduism share one fundamental practice with patients who have adopted the increasingl Continue Reading...
Diabetes Management Early Detection and Management of Diabetic Neuropathy in a Clinical and Homecare Setting The objective of this study is to examine early detection and management of diabetic neuropathy in a clinical and homecare setting and spec Continue Reading...
Introduction Why are patients with Medicaid coverage not receiving the best quality of health care? One of the reasons is that physicians do not want to participate in the Medicaid program because the rate of payment from either the state or the fede Continue Reading...
Federal Drug Association is studying to find out if people are getting prescription drugs that they do not actually need. A large number of doctors would like to see the American Medical Association ban prescription drug advertisements across all fo Continue Reading...
Introduction There are many different types of nurses in the field of health care. Nurses can have a lot of education and training or relatively little. They can operate based on a specific nursing theory, or they may operate strictly according to th Continue Reading...
Health Care Roles in Communication Communication is a fundamental piece of health care education and has been shown to improve health outcomes, patient compliance, and patient satisfaction. Quality health care emphasizes knowledge and utilization of Continue Reading...
Healing Hospital: The development of a new hospital basically incorporates an emphasis on the number of beds, location of each department, number of employees and the total cost of the building project. While these considerations are important, the Continue Reading...
Anorexia nervosa is a serious eating disorder that results from an individual's intense preoccupation with body weight. Individuals with anorexia have difficulty maintaining a normal body mass index score, and frequently make continued efforts to los Continue Reading...
(Kirchner, 2000) Summary and Conclusion However, even in the developed world, rickets is not as rare as one would hope. Mothers who breastfeed must be aware that, despite the rhetoric about breastfeeding being the best way to feed a baby, they mus Continue Reading...
liability that a nurse encounters on the job. It provides a discussion about the legal risks involved in various health care settings for nurses. There were eight sources used to complete this paper. For years, there have been reports of a nationwi Continue Reading...
aromatherapy and allergies and the various nursing aspects and implications on the uses of aromatherapy as a treatment for allergies. Aromatherapy is defined as the art of using essential oils taken from leaves, bark, roots, and flowers, to enhance Continue Reading...
Healthcare The term health care refers to the inter-related system of care provided to persons during illness. In most of the cases, healthcare begins with the family doctor who refers patient to specialists if needed or directly order further diagn Continue Reading...
"From an historical standpoint, her concept of nursing enhanced nursing science this has been particularly important in the area of nursing education." ("Virginia Henderson's Need...," 2008) Principles of Henderson's theory, published in numerous pr Continue Reading...
He also has hallucinations about being followed by a federal agent, in keeping with his academic world where the government seeks on the one hand to employ mathematicians and scientists and on the other hand mistrusts them. Many of the encounters he Continue Reading...
Psychological Testing and Assessment There is a distinct relationship between psychological testing and assessment in conjunction with the DSM-IV. First, testing provides a systematic means of assessments that provide insight into the potential ment Continue Reading...
Alcoholism and the DSM-IV-TR Alcoholism is a serious problem in our society. Alcoholism is a "disabling addictive disorder" (Wikipedia, 2011). It is a compulsive behavior by the individual, where he/she is unable to control their consumption of alco Continue Reading...
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...
thirds of the global population lives within the Asia Pacific area where pervasiveness of diabetes has reached rampant proportion. With India and China being the most densely inhabited countries in the world, it is thought that over one hundred and Continue Reading...
Psychology Theory Demographic Information Mr. C, a 38-year-old married male recently contacted a faculty anxiety clinic seeking treatment. At the time he contacted the centre, he self-reported that he experiences social anxiety in different setting Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. Exploring the Psychological Impact of Diabetes on Patients: This essay would delve into the emotional and mental challenges that come with being diagnosed with diabetes. It would explore how constant Continue Reading...
tort case, I will refer to Matsuyama v Birnbaum, which is a tort case involving wrongful death, with healthcare defendants. This is an interesting case because malpractice suits of various types are one of the causes cited by casual observers as bei Continue Reading...
narcolepsy and its treatment. Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that may have its origins as a neurological disorder. Narcoleptics can fall asleep uncontrollably during the day, and suffer from sleeplessness at night. Often, this disease is undiagnosed Continue Reading...
Sickle Cell Disease Recent years have seen a number of different investigations of the issues involved in the transition of care -- from pediatric-oriented to adult-oriented services -- for those who suffer from sickle cell disease. Although differe 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...
ePatient, Social Networking, and Personal Health RecordsThe use of electronic personal health records (PHRs) can enable physicians to easily share patient information, as well as for patients to keep complete records of their own health histories. Wh Continue Reading...
Grand Theory and Nursing PracticeIntroductionAdvanced nursing practice (ANP) and advanced practice registered nursing (APRN) are both important in being able to deliver quality, patient-centered care in nursing. However, they are different in terms o Continue Reading...
