Category: Health & Medicine 13691

  • Analysis of Perceptions of Long-Term Care

    Long-term care is a major site for people who have severe chronic conditions and are close to death. However, most people do not enter long-term care sites willing to receive end-of-life care, and many older persons stay at home to receive their long-term care (Sussman et al., 2019). According to Pratt (2015), the greatest need…

  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    The nurse spends more time with the patient than other specialists and understands his needs better than many. Nurses and nursing assistants help the patient perform basic procedures that people cannot commit themselves to due to their physical condition. There are many nursing care sections, each aimed at specific work with patients of different groups.…

  • The Pressure Ulcer Prevention Education Plan

    Table of Contents Introduction Strategies Advantages of the Pressure Ulcer Prevention Education Plan Limitations of The Pressure Ulcer Prevention Education Plan Ethical issues Related to the plan Results Conclusion References Introduction The Pressure Ulcer Prevention Education Plan aims to address incompetency issues among nursing staff that is mainly contributed by lack of proper knowledge. Prevention…

  • Telemonitoring Blood Pressure in African Americans

    Table of Contents Background Information: PICOT Question Current Research Findings Proposal References Background Information: PICOT Question What is the impact of utilizing telemonitoring blood pressure (BP) (I) in African Americans with hypertension (P) relative to conventional treatment (C) on BP control? (O). In the United States, approximately 45% of adults have high blood pressure, and…

  • Using a Pico(T) Framework and Evidence to Develop Care Practices

    Introduction A PICOT design is an excellent technique to outline research questions that look at therapy outcomes. The (P)-population is a sample of participants for a study that a researcher is looking for, including patients. It may be required to strike a delicate balance between defining a sample that is most likely to react to…

  • Florida House Bill 607 and Its Missed Opportunities

    Nowadays, many people related to anesthesia are concerned due to the recent executive order, which occurred in 2019. Because of the possibility of canceling the strict anesthesia requirements and inclusive implementation of a new medical unit in this market, some of the medical representatives noticed interesting possibilities for professional growth. For instance, when a certified…

  • Malaria: Nature, Symptoms, Treatment, and Control

    Malaria is an alarming defect believed to have originated from early primates of Africa throughout the 21st century. It widely escalated and became a lethal communicable ailment to humans and infested continents such as Asia, Europe, and North America. The plasmodium vector conveyed by the female Anopheles mosquito found in swamps or near water bodies…

  • Treatment of Medical Device-Related Pressure Ulcers

    This comprehensive study by Dan Bader, Peter Worsley, and Amit Gefen (2019) presents a detailed review of the newest bioengineering tools, contributing to evaluating the damage to skin and tissues caused by medical devices. It also proves the need for collaboration between academics, clinicians, and industrialists to develop new effective ways to prevent device-related pressure…

  • Quality Assurance Standards, Staffing and Interventions

    Staffing Since one of the primary purposes of this Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) is to provide high-quality treatment for people with mental disorders, it is necessary to pay close attention to recruiting talented psychologists and psychiatrists. Several funders and the programs developers finance this QAP; therefore, standards related to staffing are established by both sponsors…

  • The Local Birth Experience in a Hospital

    New childbirths are recorded daily in almost every hospital and local clinic, both nationally and globally. Some also take place at home with the help of a nurse-midwife in a situation where the mother is unable to access the medical facility. Such births are known as home births. Pregnant women are required to start visiting…