Oral Health Seniors have specific oral health needs. Meeting those needs requires an increase in personal hygiene, an improvement in lifestyle habits, and an increase in oral health service use. When these core needs are met, the specific oral healt Continue Reading...
Strokes and African-Americans African-Americans are reported to be nearly twice as likely to experience a stroke as their white counterparts however, African-Americans are much less likely to know the risk-factors and symptoms of stroke or to seek e Continue Reading...
Introduction Gallbladder disease, especially cholelithiasis (gallstones) affects over 20 million Americans every year. The condition often goes undiagnosed because cholelithiasis rarely presents symptoms. Abdominal discomfort, nausea, jaundice and bi Continue Reading...
The patient is in a diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) state if the following conditions apply: (a) Hyperglycemia—blood glucose > 11mmol/L, and (b) Metabolic acidosis— venous pH < 7.3 or plasma HCO3 < 15 mmol/L plus (c) ketosis—ke Continue Reading...
1. Subjective Patient’s chief complaint: A man aged 69 comes to the emergency room with a sharp pain to his chest’s left side, lasting between 30 and 40 mins and then subsiding. History of present illness: The pain has woken him up thrice Continue Reading...
A Concept Analysis in Behavior Management: Self-Management in Psych Nursing Introduction In nursing, when it comes to behavior management—i.e., helping individuals to alter their behavior in order to achieve a positive aim—various strateg Continue Reading...
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy In their article, The Effect of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Morbid Obesity and Obesity-Related Comorbidities: A Cohort Study, Cetinkunar, Erdem, Aktimur, Aziret, Ozdas, Yurekli, and Yetisir seek to assess how ef Continue Reading...
The Impact of Physical Activity in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention The relevance of regular physical activity cannot be overstated. A review of current literature clearly demonstrates that physical activity not only promotes the overall wellb Continue Reading...
Chronic Kidney Disease CKD, or Chronic Kidney Disease, refers to the impairment a person suffers in his/her kidneys, which may result in their reduced function, as time progresses. Chronic Kidney Disease is used as a replacement for previously held Continue Reading...
Best Practices in the Management of Congestive Heart Failure In recent years, diagnostic testing and treatments for cardiovascular diseases have improved survival rates and the quality of life for many patients, with the sole exception of congestive Continue Reading...
Community Health Nursing One of the most important aspects of healthcare today is prevention. Some of the many preventable diseases within the American population today include diabetes and kidney disease. Often, a key to such prevention is medical Continue Reading...
Cutaneous Candidiasis: A Case Study Candidiasis This case study involves a 35-year-old woman diagnosed with candidiasis of the inner thighs. The goal of this report is to provide the patient with information about the most likely cause of her condi Continue Reading...
He has just recently had surgery. What are the likely results of his deficient protein intake? D. His surgical wound will heal effectively and he will grow normally because he can live off fat stores 85. When protein consumption is in excess of bo Continue Reading...
marathon is among the most fabled athletic events of all times. The modern-day Olympic Games, arguable the largest athletic spectacle worldwide, are rooted in ancient rites more storied than the traditions of the major religions. While the modern-da Continue Reading...
In some cases, doctors can prescribe weight-loss medicines along with a program of diet and exercise." Researchers believe that anyone with a BMI of 30 or higher can improve his health through weight loss (Gilles, 2003). This is particularly true f Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Focused on 6 to 11-Year-Olds in Tyler, Texas Obesity is associated with a condition of calorific imbalance in which the ratio of consumption of calories consumed and the ones expended is skewed such that the amount of the ones spe Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Practice Translation of Research in Evidence-Based Practice Nursing involves men and women who are willing to help the patients with their skills like health maintenance, recovery of ill or injured people and the treatment. They deve Continue Reading...
Community development is concerned with tackling inequities, and with understanding the interconnections and pathways between the various determinants of health for particular communities. The effectiveness of community development in health is enh Continue Reading...
These studies demonstrate that there are several factors associated with patient noncompliance, regardless of the disease being treated. Medication side effects represent only one of these issues. Nurse practitioners could help to resolve many of t Continue Reading...
Nephrotic Syndrome is not a disease. It is a condition that is characterized by damaged glomeruli in the kidney. This damage might be caused by one or more disease. These diseases can be related to the kidney as in Familial Focal Segmental Glomerulos Continue Reading...
Clinical Outcomes of Patients with ST Elevated Myocardial infarction (STEMI) based on Mode of Transportation to Tertiary Healthcare Facility Private transport vs. Ambulance services. A study by Scherer, Russ, Jenkins et al. (2012) evaluated the effe Continue Reading...
Figure 1 portrays the state of Maryland, the location for the focus of this DRP. Figure 1: Map of Maryland, the State (Google Maps, 2009) 1.3 Study Structure Organization of the Study The following five chapters constitute the body of Chapter I Continue Reading...
Obesity: An Overview What is the disease? Obesity is an increasingly prevalent metabolic disorder whereby a patient's BMI or body mass index, defined as the patient's weight in kilograms divided by the patient's height in meters squared in kilogram Continue Reading...
Synthroid, Drug Profile SYNTHROID® (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP) is an important drug, used to treat hypothyroidism. Synthroid has been extensively studied for over 42 years. It is the most widely prescribed thyroid medicine in the United Continue Reading...
It is a collaborative program that discusses several priority issues and then subsequently uses those disease issues as markers for improvement. The work does not specifically address nutrition, nor does it specifically address the ageing population Continue Reading...
Self-Learning Handout List any topics on which this lecture / web site expanded your knowledge: Briefly describe the way in which the lecture / web site expanded your knowledge: This information will impact my decision to vaccinate because: Thi Continue Reading...
Psychopharmocology: Psychotic Disorders Psychopharmacology: Psychotic disorders Accepted psychological and biological theories regarding the causes of each disorder Psychosis is an undefined syndrome that manifests in delusions, bizarre behavior, Continue Reading...
The genetic factors were also excluded as having a major influence in the medical condition according to studies that showed that genetic factors that may influence the illness are overcome in proportion of 3:1 by environmental factors (Guaranaccia, Continue Reading...
DNP PROJECT : Project Vision, Mission and Objectives, PICOT Question (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Timeframe), Feasibility, Sample and SettingProject Vision, Mission, and ObjectivesVision:A future where minority communities disp Continue Reading...
AGING It is a generally known fact that some weaknesses in the body start developing that directly or indirectly affect one's mental health. Since physical health is related to its impact on the mental health visible in later stages of life, olde Continue Reading...
Abstract In order to gather the challenges, it is necessary to rehabilitate organizations into learning institutions at the first step, so as to make them superlative. To make a change from a traditional to a learning organization, the main factor is Continue Reading...
Etiology of Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic cancer has emerged as the most lethal human cancers. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has termed it an unresolved health problem of the 21st century. The disease presently causes about 30,000 deat Continue Reading...
Depression in the Elderly Although many of the elderly citizens in the United States in the future will enjoy better health than in years past, many will still suffer from various age-related healthcare and mental health problems as they grow olde Continue Reading...
Wound Care Chronic wounds represent a devastating health care problem with significant clinical, physical and social implications. Evidence suggests that consistent, meticulous and skilled care provides the primary means by which successful wound ca Continue Reading...
Chapter Four: Factors Affecting Selection of Antihypertensive MedicationsDiscussionAlthough every case of hypertension is unique, the first step in prescribing medications for this disorder is to carefully evaluate clients overall health status, incl Continue Reading...
An Overview of Acute and Chronic PyelonephritisPyelonephritis is an inflammatory condition affecting the human kidneys and upper urinary tract that can manifest in both acute and chronic forms, representing significant challenges for healthcare pract Continue Reading...
Coding Case1. The potential ICD-10 codes for this case may include: N76.0 Acute vaginitis N76.1 Subacute and chronic vaginitis N39.0 Urinary tract infection, site not specified Z30.09 Encounter for initial prescription of other contraceptives Z87.891 Continue Reading...
