Health & Medicine Essay Examples and Topics. Page 85

JW claims that she is in a happy marriage and she is mutually monogamous with her husband and intended to get pregnant again in the next 6 months.

The sole purpose of any nursing activity during any given kind of illness and end-of-life stage is to maximize the quality of life and functioning for individuals, families, and the community at large.

The purpose of the council is to enlighten the public on issues concerned with food, nutrition, lifestyle, substances, drugs, general health, and the environment. Most of the specialties cited in the article are not majorly [...]

Managing of stress is a complicated thing due to the connivance of life course, daily activities, stress and the way the three intermingle with each other.

The behavior and performance of an individual are affected to a large extent by the individual's interaction with the environment. Fuller has osteoporosis; therefore, she needs to take a lot of calcium to restore the [...]

She is alert and aware of persons, place, and time and is verbally responsive. The second born is a 32years old and she is a teacher, married with two children.

The objectives of this study were to explain the occurrence of hypertension in the US among mature persons above 60 years using NHANES data.

The objective of the study was to determine the measures to regulate HBP and recommendations from doctors for the regulation of blood pressure amongst mature persons on the basis of their race and residence.

Esophageal Cancer mainly refers to the growths that forms within the tissues that line the walls of the esophagus; the tube composed of muscles that aid the passage of the food from the exterior opening [...]

The site is very instrumental as the sharing of information could enable doctors in Japan to reduce the hospital admissions from four years to weeks as it was being done in Canada.

The Rh antibodies attack the RBCs of the foetus causing hemolysis, better known as the hemolytic disease of the newborn. The rhesus antibody is primarily the etiology of the hemolytic disease of the newborn.

The key question is whether health care is the individual right that cannot be disputed and which is not determined by the income level, or the individual responsibility of the person, who has to take [...]

Applications for the post should be given a deadline and measures taken to ensure there is equality and objectivity in receiving the application.

Through the diversity program at John Hopkins, staff members have now been empowered by skills trainings and this has led to improved productivity within the institution.

The National Kidney Task Force on Cardiovascular Disease reported a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease.

However, on interviewing the nurses involved in routine site surgical shaving, I realized that just like research has shown, the routine based shaving has not been effective enough and surgical site infections have been on [...]

Increasingly, the prevalence of obesity in the United States has been cited by health practitioners and the government as a major health issue that needs health policy enactment and reform.

However, several factors have been deemed to contribute to the risk of developing ovarian cancer, for instance, the lesser children a woman has and the later in life she bears children, the higher the chances [...]

The relevance of the key points in this paper has to do with the increased stress experienced by nurses working for more than one agency and serving many clients.

This is because the paper relays the findings of a specialized study on the topic in question. This is because the contents of this center on data collected within the four-year period within which the [...]

The methods he used in this research and conclusions were documented in the New England journal of medicine on the 5th of July 1990.

In spite of this background research on ADHD, it is vital to carry out a more thorough character evaluation of a child diagnosed with the mental condition.

Research has also found that the increased temperature resulting from the brain injury or ischemia evidently aggravates the level of damage to the brain and also contributes to prolonged hospital stay. The process and duration [...]

Statics also show that each individual uses extra money on healthcare in the United States than in any other nation in the world, and the United States is only second to East Timor on the [...]

This paper looks at the theory in terms of its scope, the context within which it developed the content of the theory, the significance of the theory, internal consistency within the theory, the testability of [...]

This system is referred to as the Gordon's Functional Health Patterns and it's a very comprehensive approach of collecting information from a patient so that nurses and doctors can use the information for diagnosis of [...]

Cherry insists that, one of the rewards related to being a professional nurse is the steady issuance of monetary motivational factors by the employers.

Thus, these microbes may help to prevent the condition that is continually on the rise in the western countries. Other researchers argue that probiotics help to lower the levels of cholesterol circulating in blood.

One of the criteria for selecting individuals that need to be compelled to join the treatment programme is that they should have been convicted of a sex offence and that they should be due for [...]

Even as there is a lot of published work on the ethical debate of palliative care research, nonetheless, there still lacks in literature a synthesis and exploration of the quality of the central debates.

The most common cause of food poisoning in the United States is the bacterium going by the scientific name Campylobacter jejuni.

In this manner, the researcher will be in a position to determine which of the two indicators is strongest, and then later, the indicators can be narrowed down to the most basic and relevant.

The hemoglobin distorts the figure of the red blood cells giving them a sickle cell form due to low exposure to oxygen.

The form is provided by the supervisory body of pharmacies and it is the one responsible for all the work it has to do.

The effect that alcohol has on an individual has been noted to be a function of the body fatigue, the amount of food in the stomach, medication being taken, the rate of consumption, the body [...]

The health personnel played very significant roles in the dissemination of the health information that was needed to the public. The press as a resource helped in passing the relevant information and the updates to [...]

This section also highlights the instruments that were used in the study and the pilot testing of the instruments. Demir conducted a study to examine the opinions of nurses about family presence during resuscitation.

To get narcotics out of a hospital, the nurse may work in collaboration with the store manager who permits some narcotics out of the store without proper documentation. The nursing code of ethics requires nurses [...]

Nurses are some of the professionals that need to communicate with their clients to promote understanding between them because it is only through communicating that they get to know the needs of their patients enabling [...]

During the secondary response, there is a rapid rise in the concentration of antibodies reaching its peak within a very short period due to the presence of memory cells Natural immunity refers to any immunity [...]

The results of the study showed that bioimpedance cardiography can be used to effectively measure and evaluate hemodynamic parameters in patients that have been subjected to stressful conditions such as the hemodialysis session.

When the in-patient is being discharged he/she gives her/his medical documents to the receptionist who then takes the following steps: The health facility submits the medication claim to the insurance company that is supposed to [...]

When the food or the drink is finally consumed and once the bacterium reaches the stomach it appends itself onto the wall of the intestines.

However, most studies note that the most unique suicide warning signs include suicide threats, having a history of suicide attempts, and revealing statements insinuating the longing to commit suicide.

According to the American Nurses Association, corrective staffing of nurses per unit cannot be attained through legislation; rather, the decision on the number of nurses per unit should be made with special reference to skills [...]

The essay discusses the history of health assessment and the continuing efforts to improve healthcare. Therefore, issues of quality and cost must be assessed on a regular basis in order to protect the consumers of [...]

The essay discusses occupational health assessment and how it can be used to enhance the quality of health. Occupational health refers to a specialty in the field of medicine which is concerned with understanding the [...]

The socio-cultural factors, according to research, have been known to influence the interpretation of disease onset, the probable course of illness, the ease with which treatment is accepted, retention of patients, as well as treatment [...]

The pattern and the size of the wound are taken and then outlined on the place to the donor the skin before the surgery is conducted.

In this essay, a review of the literature of three journals will be put in perspective with a view of knowing the definition of health promotion, and the roles of the nurses in the overall [...]

The regulations of the Food and Drug Administration were found to be central for the implementation of proper information technology applicable to patient safety.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of symptom cluster using the Schwartz-Barcott and Kim's hybrid model of concept development.

Downey and Zun conducted a study to identify the relationship between pain management in the emergency department and patient satisfaction. By including studies that focus on these two different approaches to pain management in ED, [...]

One of the conflicts evident in the case study is that the Chinese patient does not give the nurse a hard time and this makes it difficult for the nurse to determine whether the patient [...]

Majority of the campuses in the United States try to offer the best services to their workers and students. The funds are always enough for the performance of the agency to provide the best health [...]

Another relationship based on disease and pain is that disease cause is the root source of pain and when there is the surgical removal of a certain disease, the pain is also removed.

This study shows that environmental hazards, in this case lead, increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and that the development period is crucial for determining future vulnerability to neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease.

The other persons targeted by this guideline are the postmenopausal women who are vulnerable to osteoporosis, for the purpose of treatment and prevention.

This article describes the use of an antiserum of the sialoglycoprotein of rat cells Golgi apparatus, in the analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The LDV virus persists in the mice "despite the production of neutralizing antibodies and the induction of effective helper and cytolytic T lymphocytes".

The onset of alcoholic cirrhosis is proportional to the amount and period of ethanol intake. Alcohol breakdown in the body occurs in the liver and partly in the alimentary canal.

The program has guiding standards and steps that do resolve the CDC basic approach to program."The program also emphasizes on continuity and commitment for the improvement of overall community health" and this has been the [...]

In the last two decades various studies have shown that Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is one of the major contributors in the development of destructive periodontal disease.

This paper critically analyzes the findings of a research presented in the article "Association of suicide attempts with acne and treatment with isotretinoin: retrospective Swedish cohort study" where the link between the patients using isotretinoin [...]

Further, Smith notes that the exercise regimen employed in Snyder's study limits the relevance of the results. Smith also notes that in Owen's study, the young age of most of the participants evidently tilted the [...]

The goal of palliative care is to enhance the quality of life of the patient as he awaits the inevitable death.

There have been conflicting ideas about the effects of caffeine on the body especially in relation to the development of cardiovascular diseases. The increased prevalence of cardiovascular diseases is mainly due to the changes in [...]

The focus of this paper is the current condition of the national health care system; I will observe the sources devoted to the problems in it and thus define the gap between "is" and "ought" [...]

A sum ranging from 0 to 24 of the score on the eight items makes the total score of the ESS.

Prior to the start of the study, Mr.G.stated he did not remember the information the researcher had discussed and did not remember signing the consent.

In the past, the government had attempted to adopt the European free medical care, a move that led to the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid for the elderly and disadvantaged in 1965.

However, certain types of glomerular disease are essentially diagnosed by electron microscopy and in other cases renal studies by light microscopy and immunofluorescence findings require the confirmation of electron microscopy.

It is important to note that since lateral epicondylitis is a condition that affects the tendinosis located at the origin of common wrist extensors, the ECRB, the EDC, the extensor digit minimi as well as [...]

According to the theorist, the interactions that occur between the nurse and the client lead lead transactions, which results in the attainment of goals.

These are pharmaceutical products produced and sold with the intention of misrepresenting their active ingredients, efficacy, safety, and authenticity. These include the pharmaceutical products, which are produced and approved in the U.

Conversely, differences in the cultural contexts of the nurses and their clients can influence therapeutic communication because different cultures have different ways of communicating and attach different meanings to various aspects of communication.

In the medical center, the nursing administrator is eager to answer a number of questions, and in the hospital, it was the health care administrator of the finance department who agrees to communicate in the [...]

Among these complications is that there will be development of "pelvic inflammatory disease" in between ten to forty percent of the infected women.

Among the people that have an immune system that is normal, this disease remains in the body for a period of about ten days.

However, the true number of the infections may not be well-known and may even be more than twenty times greater for the reason that there is no reporting of the cases that may be mild.

It comes about seasonally and commences in the course of the fall and stretches in to the spring. A drug that has been approved to be used in the prevention of the RSV infection is [...]

The moment an individual is infected with this disease and the immune system has fought the hepatitis A virus successfully; this individual will never be infected again since his or her body is now permanently [...]

Primary osteoporosis is the accelerated bone loss and reduction in the bone density of individuals who are past menopause or are at an advanced age.

The geographical area plays a major role in the distribution of the prevalence of asthma and its predisposing factors. There is scientific evidence that the presence of a history of asthma in parents is a [...]

As for the study In Mader et al, the limitations in the study might prevent the generalization of the described case to other settings.

His wish not to involve his wife in the audiological services can pose a significant barrier to the rehabilitative process since his wife is the person most often around him and she will be greatly [...]

This paper will provide a detailed assessment of the initial and ongoing costs of the proposed PACS adoption, as well as of the cost savings and other benefits that this technology will provide.

The paper will touch on the background of Somali immigration into the US and their eventual settlement into these states, the barriers they face while accessing healthcare, and the proposed solutions to these challenges. To [...]

Pulmonary arteries receive deoxygenated blood from the body and also transports deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs while systematic arteries transport oxygenated blood to other parts of the body through the arterioles.

This paper explores the use of abbreviations in the healthcare field and how this interferes with the communication process among different players in the sector, the possible resultant errors, and possible remedies.

This specialty is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases afflicting infants, children, and the adolescent. Pediatric cardiology deals with the treatment of heart and circulatory illnesses of children.

A physical examination of the patient reveals no signs of illness, obesity, no signs of acute distress and she is wearing appropriate dress and is hygienically fine. The eyelids are normal and the conjunctiva is [...]

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic disease that damages axial joints adjacent to the midline in the spinal cord and those in the pelvis sacroiliac.

The participants in this study willingly shared their perceptions and experience of risk for HIV/AIDS within the context of their social and ecological environments and, in so doing, embodied other models of interaction and behavior [...]

This is usually a function of the variation resulting from the desired, perceived, and actual quality that the department has to offer.

The HIPAA's primary role was established in order to give people the authority to share their personal medical information, and again gain more accessibility of information about their health status healthcare.

However, some opponents of the move to legalize advance decisions in England and Wales are of the idea that legalizing advance decisions will be tantamount to euthanizing the patients illegally.

When determining the provision of PGD as a sex-selection procedure for autism, the authors of this article argue that it should be clear that the risk of having a child who has the disorder is [...]

These problems have caught the attention of the media which has, in turn, relayed the situation to the public and the government. The media is one of the external threats that the hospital has to [...]

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 along with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 offered measures for changing the Medicare principles and the system of practitioners' reimbursements.

It has been proposed that the fundamental pathways are alike and that the expression of gene sets, instead of that of individual genes, may give more information in predicting and understanding the basic biological processes.

The sudden reduction in deaths resulting from cardiac diseases led to the increased interest in the potential anti-arrhythmic properties of fish oil. The researchers hypothesized that the use of fish oil causes a significant reduction [...]

The Georgia Alliance for Tobacco Prevention is therefore urging the governor and the legislature to increase funding for tobacco prevention in Georgia to curb the increasing consequences of tobacco consumption among the citizens of Georgia.

Orthokeratology involves the use of contact lenses to re-mould the Cornea; this is done for the sole purpose of reducing or correcting Myopic and Astigmatic effects in the eye.

The reforms understate the role of the Joint Commission in ensuring that patient safety and the quality of service delivered to them is of the utmost priority to health caregivers. The objectives of the goals [...]

The research aims to provide a reliable meta-analysis of the researchers dedicated to the application of EMLA creams for decreasing Venipuncture and Intravenous insertion pain.

In the case of avian flu occurrence, it must be reported promptly to the authority in charge to put up measures of preventing further transmission, and care of infected persons.

When the machine is acquired, it will fulfill the objectives and vision of the hospital. Capital budgeting in a hospital setting has two benefits they are; Monetary gain; this is the gain that the hospital [...]

Advocates for the withdrawal of treatment for severely deformed infants base their arguments on the fact that treatment for severely deformed infants is futile.

Each source introduces a separate attitude to the problem of acute otitis media in children; the diversity of suggestions should help to define what kind of treatment is more appropriate in this case and how [...]

The difference between passive smoking and active smoking lies in the fact that, the former involves the exposure of people to environmental tobacco smoke while the latter involves people who smoke directly.

Labor productivity is the number of output units or services produced within a given time that can be improved to increase the overall productivity of the healthcare firm.

Over the last year, the members of my family had to use the services of health care organizations on several occasions.

The healthcare sector in the US for along time stuck to capitalistic ideals which exploited the population and denied millions of people their right to access to decent healthcare.

The main objective of PIH to provide health facilities to the poor regions of the world, the organization is active in 12 countries around the world.

The review on the clinical findings provides the nature of malaria in relation to its symptoms. Change in the occurrence of malaria can also be detected through the definition of a baseline distribution and climatic [...]

Diarrhea can be treated a number of ways. Nutrition therapy can also be used for treatment of diarrhea.

In the anatomy while having intercourse the vagina is very susceptible to tears and irritations when engaging in sex and thus with the tears and the irritations the exposed flesh offers a good penetrating surface [...]

For one to act professionally he/she is required to be knowledgeable, remain aware and informed of the role of ethics in professional practice and at least perform rightfully in his/her work, further say that clients [...]

Due to high concentration of the drug in phagocyte cells, it is mediated through active transport to infected cells. It is used to treat various bacterial infections of the skin and respiratory tract.