Health & Medicine Essay Examples and Topics. Page 88

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 [...]

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

A rheumatologist is a doctor who specializes in assessment and management of ankylosing spondylitis and other conditions affecting the integrity of the joints.

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 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".

Such a service is possible because according to National Institutes of Health, the organization "Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly " already offers homecare to the elderly and in return "receives a monthly [...]

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 order to evaluate the program accomplishment, a rubric will be developed, which will assess the outcomes of a project and the results of working in team.

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.

The micro-adhesion that is attained in dentin and enamel is due to etching of the tooth surface with an acid. The concept in this system is the etching of the surface of enamel and dentine.

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.

Looking at the current position of the trust using a PEST analysis will increase the understanding of the position of the trust and give context to the changes.

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.

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 Jean Watson, the founder of a non-profit organization called Watson Caring Science, the nurse of the world should be united to revive the veritable nature of healing and caring through love and to [...]

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.

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 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.

One of the most important cells in the blood is the red blood cells. Where there is a decrease in the content of iron in the body, it results into the development of iron deficiency [...]

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.

The sharp drop in blood sugar levels due to the increased absorption of glucose are some of the indicators of Post-Gastrectomy.

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 [...]

In addition, the essay describes the critical stakeholders required to implement the CQI plan, and the importance of establishing a climate of a high-performance organization in the health center.

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

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.

The patient's assumptions about her body functional and biological status need to be made and for the actual revelation of the patient's nature of the problem, direct assessment is required.

The Lao Democratic Republic is a landlocked country, sandwiched between Vietnam to the west, Thailand to the east, China and Burma to the North, and Cambodia to the south.

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 [...]

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.

The lung capacity is usually calculated in terms of the functionality of the quantity of air in milliliters for every kilogram of weight of the body.

Financial statements are a reflection of the performance of a certain hospital. The group of auditors are responsible for making the hospitals financial statements.

This is one of the most difficult in curing, as it may affect any part of the body, and seriously damage the body tissues.

The genetic factor attached to family lines also plays a very important role in the cause of depression. The desire to achieve the best through seeking utmost perfection in one's undertaking is a known cause [...]

Although the procedure can be invasive, the EcochG proves to be valuable in providing a more detailed test of the ear and hearing.

Upon completion of the procedure, Doctor Bolt decides to charge a premium to the bill because the surgery was a success, and also invoices Jasper with a bill for the cost of the prosthesis.

The author concludes 'that hospitals compete on "true" quality of care', implying that reduced hospital costs and use of resources resulting from price competition due to managed care plans and HMOs in California led to [...]

An assortment of insight has been achieved in this concept paper, and it is with no doubt that there are factors that lead to job fulfillment among nurses.

Peculiar to this idea is the mobilization of the spine and at the same time the spine is in a load posture situation guiding the mobilization analogous to the spinal facet planes.

Moreover, the pathogenesis of RA entails proliferation and fibrosis of cells; the destruction of cartilage and bones; and pannus formation. In addition, IL-1 stimulates the movement of neutrophils into the synovial region; the production and [...]

For a long period of time, the definition of metabolic syndrome is not clear even to the medical professionals. The major signs and symptoms of metabolic syndrome vary with age and sex.

Efforts have been made to contain the pandemic but in vain, and that is why researchers are concentrating on the social determinants of health in the context of HIV/AIDS.