Implementing Structured Contraception Counseling to Increase the Contraception Knowledge of Women of Childbearing Age Seen in a Private Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic: A Quality Improvement ProjectAbstractThis is an evidence-based project that is a Continue Reading...
DESIGN FOR CHANGE PROPOSAL Re-hospitalization of older adults has become prevalent in most of the health facilities in Canada, posing financial challenges for the health system as well as the older adults. Besides the rise in healthcare expenses that Continue Reading...
AbstractThe problem is extended wait times among paediatric patients at the selected Paediatric Emergency Department (PED). This is a result of failure by nurses and clinicians to effectively educate patients at discharge, which causes many patients Continue Reading...
Type 2 Diabetes among Asian Americans: Effectiveness of a Culturally Tailored Diabetes Education ProgramPICOT question: In Asian Americans with type 2 diabetes (P), does a culturally tailored diabetes education program, including patient-specific die 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...
Synthesis/Summary of Evidence Based Practice Articles Introduction A life-long disease, diabetes tends to affect the way an individual’s body handles blood glucose. In essence, type 2 diabetes happens to be the most prevalent kind of diabetes. Continue Reading...
PICO Question: Bariatric Surgery As the obesity rate continues to be an issue of great concern in America, the question arises as to the best ways to reduce the BMIs of individuals already suffering from the condition, as well as how to enact prevent Continue Reading...
Myocardial Infarction Minimizing Hospital Readmission Phase 1: EBP for Effective Patient Care Transition Donald, an acute myocardial infarction (MI) patient, has undergone angioplasty, a procedure in which a catheter is inserted into clogged arteries Continue Reading...
Hand Hygiene PICOT The revised PICOT statement for this proposal is: For hospital patients (P), how does the use of a visual cue to stimulate hand hygiene compliance (I) compared to no visual cue usage to stimulate compliance (C) affect hospital acqu Continue Reading...
Running head: DATA COLLECTION, RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY DATA COLLECTION, RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY 8AbstractReliability is a measure of consistency; that is, how well a measure or instrument measures something. Validity, on the other hand, is a measur Continue Reading...
ADDRESSING THE DIABETES EPIDEMIC IN PATERSON, NJ Addressing the Diabetes Epidemic in Paterson, NJ: A Comprehensive Case StudyA. IntroductionDiabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by elevated blood glucose levels resulting fro Continue Reading...
COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCYComplications of PregnancyIntroductionDuring pregnancy, there are a wide range of health problems and complications that women could experience. To a large extent, the said complications and health problems could have a nega Continue Reading...
Hypertension Management Synthesis of Literature, Practice Recommendations, and Evidence-Based Practice VerificationHypertension, or high blood pressure, is a growing global health crisis affecting over one billion people worldwide. It's a silent but Continue Reading...
Abstract In recent times, there have been coordinated efforts across the world to rein in new HIV infections. It should, however, be noted that despite the said efforts, HIV continues to be a major health concern across the globe. Further, it should Continue Reading...
The impact of stress on physical health has been fairly well documented, with emerging research detailing possible pathways or mechanisms of action. Such research has a tremendous impact on disease prevention strategies and best practices in healthca Continue Reading...
Discussion: Anti-Psychotics in Depression, Seizures, and PsychosisMajor Differences Between Atypical and Typical AntipsychoticsFirst-generation antipsychotics (FGAs), also called typical anti-psychotics, and second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs), k Continue Reading...
In essence, The Notebook is an interesting story of love, understanding, and care. It brings to the fore interesting facts relating to family caregiving, aging, and dementia. With regard to the physical parts of aging and its influence on mental heal Continue Reading...
Hypertension: PICOTPractice Issue (Foreground): HypertensionHypertension, or high blood pressure, is a prevalent condition that poses significant health risks, including heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure. It is often called the \\\"silent kil Continue Reading...
Running Head: QUITSART MOBILE APPLICATIONS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EVIDENCE MATRIX9QUITSART MOBILE APPLICATIONSThis paper seeks to identify and explore available literature of relevance to a project that concerns itself with the development and deploym Continue Reading...
Quality Improvement Program Needs Assessment and Quality Improvement Plan Paula Stechschulte, PhD, RN Quarter This paper discusses the process of drafting a quality improvement plan at a community level medical facility, a plan that is aimed at Continue Reading...
Introduction, Problem Statement, Objectives and Aims, and Significance of Practice Problems: HYPERTENSIONAs previously reported, hypertension is a pervasive public health concern that affects millions of individuals worldwide (Fang et al., 2021). Des Continue Reading...
Chronic Kidney Disease Over the last several years, the issue of chronic kidney disease has been increasingly brought to the forefront. This is because when someone becomes older, the more likely they will develop this condition. According to the Ce Continue Reading...
pneumonia is a recurrent mechanical ventilation complication affecting almost 25% of ventilated patients. This type of pneumonia is referred to as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and it accounts for up to 90% of nosocomial infections among the 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...
causes for Medicare and Medicaid patients to be readmitted to hospitals within thirty days of a prior discharge. This is a fairly pervasive and major problem and it is one that demands solutions. As part of this capstone, there will be a number of f Continue Reading...
Intradialytic Weight Gain Management for Dialysis Patients The project seeks to improve intradialytic weight gain (IDWG) management in hemodialysis dependent patients by 10% through an education program in 12 weeks. The projects aim is to develop a Continue Reading...
Pathophysiological Analysis Diabetes Self-Management must first begin with understanding Diabetes Mellitus. Microaneurysm formation presents as the earliest expression of diabetic retinopathy. Chances for microaneurysms to form are due to the releas Continue Reading...
PICOT -- Arthritis & Obesity The Healthy People 2020 objectives for people who suffer from arthritis are focused on reducing the number of individuals who experience pain, limited activity in general, limited capacity to attend to daily affairs, Continue Reading...
Another group demonstrated that when insulin infusion was initiated in patients in the operating room before sternotomy and continued until the third postoperative day that there was improved glucose control. There was a 57% decrease in mortality ra Continue Reading...
HHS Prevention strategies that is of interest to you and relevant to advance practice nursing I CHOSE DIABETES PREVENTION Diabetes disease management in the setting of a clinic is a multicomponent, proactive and organized approach in order to deli Continue Reading...
Al-Sawai, A. (2013). Leadership of Healthcare Professionals: Where Do We Stand?. Oman Medical Journal, 28(4), 285-287 3p. doi:10. 5001/omj.2013.79 This study defines leadership as behavior that drives a group towards an identified goal, and it desc Continue Reading...
