GI Case StudySOAP Note for Visit 1SubjectiveHistory of the present illness: 34-year-old black female presents with complaints of chest pain and leg cramps. She was diagnosed with Crohns disease after a colonoscopy was performed due to unresolved rect Continue Reading...
VegetarianismAre vegetarian diets healthier, or are vegetarians generally healthier? It's an important distinction.Historically, vegetarianism has been associated with ideas of bodily and spiritual purity or holism, linking it to physical and spiritu Continue Reading...
Health: EpidemiologyQuestion 1Literature and systematic reviews are quite different in terms of method and value. A literature review is generally conducted to explore a research question or a phenomenon, while a systematic review aims to answer the Continue Reading...
Reduce the Proportion of Adults with ObesityI. IntroductionGlobally, obesity is rising to epidemic levels. If current trends persist, it has been estimated that the percentage of overweight or obese adults worldwide will rise from 33 percent in 2005 Continue Reading...
COUNSELING Counseling: OpioidsOpioids are synthetic chemicals that are harmful to the body if taken in an unrestricted manner as they react with the nerve and body cells, creating an adverse impact on the brain. On the contrary, a small amount of opi Continue Reading...
In what has been billed as the largest prescription-drug withdrawal in history, on the 30th of September, 2014, Merck withdrew Rofecoxib (Vioxx) following what Topol (2004) cites as excessive stroke and myocardial infarctions risk associated with the Continue Reading...
Dangers of Alcohol Alcohol has been counted among the group of drugs known as depressants, whose function is retarding vital functions; this leads to unsteadiness in movement, failure to respond swiftly, slurred speech, and distorted perceptions. Wit Continue Reading...
Analysis of Enron Scandal (2001) Background of the Company All through the course of the late 90s, Enron Corporation was widely acknowledged as one among the pioneering firms in the nation. The new-economy individualist seemed to ditch the mildewed, Continue Reading...
Ageism, its Impact, and Proposed Interventions Issue or concern common to my future practice setting: clarifying the proven myths amongst nurses and nursing students regarding geriatric patients In this case, I would be seeking to further expand the Continue Reading...
A detailed description and origins of pay for performance Pay-for-performance initiatives are designed to improve the efficiency, quality and general value of health care. Other terms used to refer to pay-for-performance include pay-for-quality, alte Continue Reading...
Readmission of Hispanic Populations for CHF Abstract Background: The specific phenomenon examined within this paper is the readmission of Hispanic patients for congestive heart failure (CHF). Hispanic patients are representative of myriads of underse Continue Reading...
Introduction Instituted forty years prior to the US’s formation, the Bellevue Hospital of New York City is the first public hospital of the nation, constructed even before medicine became a profession, on the piece of land presently housing the Continue Reading...
Introduction Lack of time and sufficient resources have led to diagnostic errors. Cognitive biases of clinicians, underlying problems with healthcare systems, poor teamwork and communication, lack of reliable medical systems have been attributed to m Continue Reading...
Summary of Two Articles1: Quantitative StudyHospital Readmission Performance and Patterns of Readmission: Retrospective Cohort Study of Medicare AdmissionsProblem StatementThe problem that is addressed by Dharmarajan, Hsieh, Lin et al. (2013) in thei Continue Reading...
Topic: Pneumonia readmissions among nursing home residents 65 years and older in the United States of America. Backdrop of the dilemma Pneumonia remains an extreme health condition in America. It accounts for roughly 1 million medical-center admiss Continue Reading...
Case Study 3 A veteran aged eighty, living alone, diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2D) twelve years ago, displaying normal renal functioning, and prescribed insulin injections besides other oral anti-hyperglycemic drug (OAD), reported hypogl Continue Reading...
Quality of Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners Cost and quality of healthcare access are two inter-related concepts that are central to the healthcare debate in the United States of America. The study will compare the effectiveness of quality and Continue Reading...
Telemedicine There have been a number of important and pivotal inventions, process improvements and new technologies that have changed the medical field forever. Just a few that come to mind are CT scanners, electronic healthcare records and immuniz Continue Reading...
Role of ALS in EMS ALS (Advanced Life Support) represents a complex collection of rules and procedures extending beyond elementary life support, for further aiding ailing or injured individuals in clearing their windpipe, breathing and ensuring air Continue Reading...
Nursing Practitioners In the United States and the United Kingdom, NP (Nursing practitioners) are being used as a point of contact to deliver primary care for patients. Trained nursing practitioners who can deliver in-person primary healthcare serv Continue Reading...
Implantable Cardiac Devices Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death in the United States but there are a number of different implantable cardiac devices (ICDs) available today, including pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resyn Continue Reading...
Determinants of Health Related to Chronic Disease Management of Elderly in Canada It is agreeable that the health of Canada's population is well, particularly in contrast to various developed economies. However, the prevention and management of chro Continue Reading...
Bed and Chair Alarm in to Help Reduce Falls in Short-Term Care Facility In long-term care facilities (e.g., assisted living centres and nursing homes), a fall is one of the single most devastating category of unpleasant events. In consequence, there Continue Reading...
Mr. Coach is a 51-year-old white male who was referred by a primary physician because of his elevated blood pressure during a routine screening. Mr. Coach has had a history of heart issues, including an abnormal heartbeat in 2012 for which he underwe Continue Reading...
Psychology: K2 Drug Use and Addiction K2 Drug Use and Addiction: Psychology K2 use and addiction has, in recent years, grown to become one of the leading social concerns for policymakers in the U.S. It is estimated that approximately 11% of the cur Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Practice, or EVB, is a strategy that uses research, quality control measures, and other forms of evaluation data in order to improve practice methods within the healthcare setting. EVB utilizes innovative clinical research study find Continue Reading...
Intervention for the Improvement of Hypoglycemic Control Diabetes complication is one of the top health problems in the United States, and the ADA (American Diabetes Association) recommends that people suffering from diabetes should control their hy Continue Reading...
A.J., an 82-year-old female, was admitted three weeks ago with acute on chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) after presenting to the emergency department (ED) with c/o progressive worsening SOB, leg edema, and fatigue. She has a history of severe C Continue Reading...
EMS is a critical component within the survival of society. Society is predicated on the productivity of each of its constituents. However, as is often the case, these members are susceptible to sickness and ailments. EMS is therefore needed to provi Continue Reading...
Picture a place where criminals could roam freely, detectives, and police officers went about gathering evidence the same way that they do now, except the one main difference is that they do not use science. Without the use of scientific analysis, yo Continue Reading...
Lochol This prescription medicine is a hard capsule, which comes in sizes 1 and 3 and in 20 mg and in 10 mg (MIMS, 2010). Manufactured by Clonmel Healrhcare Ltd., its active ingredient is fluvastatin. Size 3 has 20 mg of the active ingredient and wi Continue Reading...
Hypertension / High Blood Pressure What are the symptoms of hypertension and what are the reasons that people get hypertension? What ethnicities are most prone to hypertension? The answer is that African-Americans are most prone to hypertension -- i Continue Reading...
Lipitor is a brand name of Atorvastatin, one of the most commonly prescribed medications in the United States. Atorvastatin belongs to the statin family of drugs, which react with specific enzymes in order to lower cholesterol in the body. Lipitor/at Continue Reading...
Mass Spectrometry in Medical Research Metabolics is an emerging approach to cardiovascular biomarker research. Through the use of metabolic approaches based on chemistry, the metabolic properties that underlie a variety of cardiovascular disease (CV Continue Reading...
Atherosclerosis and the various complications associated with this disease, especially towards its final stages, may causes disability and death within Western societies. Although advancement of atherosclerosis is a slow process, beginning in childho Continue Reading...
lucidly stated to orbit around Leventhal's self-regulation theory which suggests that the actions which can help better explain behavioral changes are founded in the patient's unique view of their illness, and how they in turn regulate their behavio Continue Reading...
