Nurse Practitioner has evolved throughout the decades. It is one that continues to change as health care further develops into a continuum of patient care and continuous educational access. The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) has become synonymous w Continue Reading...
Gordon's Functional Health Pattern (Teen) Adolescent Summary - Gordon's Functional Health Pattern Biographical Data Date of Visit: 8/31/2012, 10:30am. Age DOB: 3/2/1999 Race/Gender Hispanic, Female Weight: 34 kg. Height: 4ft. 7 inches BMI: N Continue Reading...
Pilot Study of Uncontrolled Diabetics In the treatment of diabetic cases, the HgA1C test is administered to determine the patient's glucose level. The test is used to assess the glucose level in the patient's blood after ingesting glucose or after Continue Reading...
Diabetes is one of the most critical health crises of our time. The incidence of diabetes continues to increase, and this disease has significant negative health outcomes. However, there are things that can be done within the clinical setting order Continue Reading...
HR in Healthcare Over time, everything changes. This is truer of some things as compared to others and healthcare is certainly one of those things. Indeed, the last ten years has marked some major changes for healthcare. Among other things, technolo Continue Reading...
Obesity The significance of obesity in American society is hardly unforeseen; evidence of its ugly head is reared throughout all facets of America, including diverse geographic and demographic arenas. One American city lends credence to the glaring Continue Reading...
Community resources must be identified and brought together to meet needs. Actions can be developed to prevent poor health outcomes by: appropriately identifying, collecting, and reporting racial/ethnic group-specific data; identifying where data ar Continue Reading...
Public Health The rate of Caesarian sections has skyrocketed in recent decades in the United States, placing it far ahead of other industrialized nations. Historical overview of C-section rates in the U.S. Breakdown of C-section rates by race and Continue Reading...
Mental Health Policy Issues in Mental Health and Impact Mental healthcare is an area of care that has been neglected by policy makers and by the medical community at some point in its history. Examining how the mentally ill have been treated throug Continue Reading...
Phase II consists of efficacy trials of the drug, which are tested on volunteers of the target population. When everything goes right, the drug manufacturer discusses the development process, continued human testing, other concerns and protocols for Continue Reading...
The FDA also, amongst others, has recommended that clinical trials used to support advertising claims be approved by the FDA and to institute stiff fines against those found gaily of deceptive tactics. (Turning Medicine Into Snake Oil...) There is l Continue Reading...
Diabetes is a chronic and debilitating disease that has long-term consequences for those that become insulin-dependent. One of those long-term consequences is the formation of foot ulcers. Foot ulcers can lead to amputation of an insulin-dependent pa Continue Reading...
Maternal MortalityIntroductionMaternal mortality is a serious public health concern in the United States, with rates that are disproportionately higher among Black and Hispanic women compared to their white counterparts. According to recent data, the Continue Reading...
Letter of Intent What are your short- and long-term career goals and how will this program prepare you for them? My short-term goals are to get a very high quality education in the nursing field, learning as much as I can both with hands-on skills Continue Reading...
So, they have the best chance of isolating the underlying cause from the non-underlying causes. They are well-versed in the structure and classification of the ICD-9 codes as well and this helps them to better report the mortality. Another reason i Continue Reading...
Running head: AYM SERVICE PLAN BRIEFAYM1 SERVICE PLAN BRIEFPAGE 1PAGE 2Service Plan Brief for[Barbour Diabetes Self-Management Education Program]Date[Your Name and Credentials]Western Governors UniversityService Plan Brief for Barbour Diabetes Self-M Continue Reading...
Diabetes-related deaths are impacting Oklahoma minority groups at a disproportionate rate. For instance, the age-adjusted death rates are over 200% higher for Native Americans and over 130% higher for blacks compared to whites. Because diabetes is a Continue Reading...
Fat and its effect on disease [...] Cause and Effect: Linked Again: Fat and Disease, by Eric Nagourney. It has long been known that obesity can lead to adult onset diabetes, known as Type 2 diabetes, but new studies show even more health risks from 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...
Brody states that "When the average fasting level of blood sugar (glucose) rises above 100 milligrams per deciliter, diabetes is looming" (210). A rise in blood sugar level can then cause "an increasing cellular resistance to the effects of the horm Continue Reading...
Mobilize Obesity and high blood pressure pose major health problems for children and adults. Turner County, GA has a growing population of children that could face increased health risks due to unhealthy lifestyles. The Johnson family has a 9 years Continue Reading...
Strategic Planning Financial Plan Explanation Grady's budgeting is done on an incremental basis. What this means is that the budget for next year will be based on the budget for last year, with adjustments for inflation, for changes in the payer mi Continue Reading...
Org Introduction, Mission, Vision The organization that I work for is the Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia. The Grady systems comprises 8 health care facilities in the Atlanta area. The Grady Health System has been part of the Atlanta commun Continue Reading...
Assessing the ability of these individuals to perform basic tasks in their daily lives can also have much significance (Marshall, Warren, Hand, Xie, & Stumbo, 2002). Many older Americans are able to feed and clothe themselves without apparent p Continue Reading...
Obesity is a psychological and physical health epidemic in America, and is leading to skyrocketing health care costs and spending. What to do about the problem is a contentious political issue, though. One side of the argument pushes for government p Continue Reading...
Quest Diagnostics Competitive Strategy Quest Diagnostics is a company that has a lot of potential in Turkey based on its experience in other countries. The company mainly focuses on patients and physician services with the aim of making health care Continue Reading...
When organizations align their goals and objectives with those of employees, workers soon also begin to realize how relevant their role is to the well-being of the organization as an entity. The health and safety phenomenon is not likely to change, Continue Reading...
But by removing the ability of insurance companies to discriminate in their selection of who to ensure, buying insurance -- and insurance premiums overall -- will inevitably increase. Why? "If insurers are forced to sell coverage to everyone at any Continue Reading...
Another factor, which increases the number of working uninsured, is the increase of healthcare costs. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, employees costs have risen by 47% and employers have seen a 20% increase. The employee's higher percenta Continue Reading...
Castor Std, Castor Enhanced, Castor Enhanced Minor policies Constructit E-Editors. Economic issues simulation Castor Collins is currently faced with the need to enhance its presence within the market and, in doing so, it sets out to attract more e Continue Reading...
A third approach in this area is the establishment of new co-pay programs which force patients to bear the costs of more procedures and treatments. This theory tends to shift part of the blame for over treatment back on the patient. Doctors claim t Continue Reading...
hhs-stat.net). Type I diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults and results from the body's failure to produce insulin. Type 1 account for 5% to 10% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes (Centers for Disease Control, National Diabetes Continue Reading...
Philosophy Case Study The Ethical Provision of Health Insurance The current state of healthcare is in crisis. The costs of healthcare are soaring, which has caused many employers to either reduce health insurance benefits for employees or to cease Continue Reading...
Obamacare, or formally known as the Affordable Care Act, is a recent healthcare law that will reach its implementation stage in 2014. Healthcare is certainly a fundamental necessity and indispensable to a growing human population. The United States i Continue Reading...
financial impact vulnerable population. Consider: o the impact age groups, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic education level o Health illness trends, disease morbidity mortality population o Health care service, acute care, long-term care, nursing ho Continue Reading...
morbidity and mortality data in your state to facilitate planning for your community? Morbidity and mortality data enables health professionals to target which preventable health diseases are particularly acute within a given community, and design Continue Reading...
Medicare and Medicaid An important part of health care delivery within the state of Pennsylvania involves access to services such as Medicaid and children's insurance programs. These programs help families in need to obtain health services in order Continue Reading...
The other issue is the poverty that makes the population not access medical healthcare. The most common diseases are asthma and diabetes. This is because the place is damp and highly populated hence no free circulation of air. However, the community Continue Reading...
Communication Electronic communication has become one of the most important methods for people to communicate with one another in recent years. Spielberg (1999) noted that patients have sought to utilize electronic communication with their physician Continue Reading...
