Category: Health & Medicine 13691
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Clinical and Statistical Significance Differences
It is hard to disagree that evidence-based practice (EBP) projects are of extreme importance for the development of nursing practices and medical interventions. These projects are implemented in a sequence of steps and address a clinical issue with immediate practice implications. However, not all evidence-based practice (EBP) projects lead to statistically significant results, and this…
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Physical Exercise and Cognitive Function
Physical exercise is an important aspect of human life. Several available pieces of evidence demonstrate how physical exercise correlates with brain plasticity, which impacts human cognition and wellbeing. According to Santrock (2018), physical exercise induces both structural and functional modifications of the brain, resulting in biological and mental benefits. In this regard, maintained physical exercise…
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Medicare & Medicaid: Comparitive Analysis
Introduction. Medicare Parts A (Hospital Insurance): Eligibility Part A premium-free covers People aged 65 years or older A patient paid Medicare taxes for a minimum of 10 years when working (Grabowski et al., 2017) Must be enrolled for part B However, one is eligible for the cover without paying premiums if they receive retirement benefits…
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New Care Plans and Change Initiatives of Nurses
The nurse influences five medical elements: providing patient-centered care, working in interdisciplinary teams, using evidence-based practice, improving quality, and informatics. Together, these enable an analysis of the nursing process and its effectiveness. A critical approach to nursing care involves evaluating actions and their results: which aspects of performance can be improved and for what purpose.…
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TeamSTEPPS Agencys Principles and Importance
TeamSTEPPS consists of five major principles: the team structure and four other skills. These include leadership, communication, mutual support, and situation monitoring (Zerwekh & Garneau, 2021). The above abilities inter-relate with each other to guarantee that teamwork is enhanced. Communication is one of the significant aspects of Team STEPPS that is vital for strengthening safe…
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Diversity Competent Practice: Teenage Mothers in Foster Care
Giving birth at any age is normally a challenge to women, but it is a more difficult experience for teen mothers and more so for those girls in foster care. Research shows that in the developed world, the nation with the highest number of teen pregnancies is the US (Font et al., 2019). Statistics also…
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Partial Hospitalization Group Observation
Identify the group characteristics: name, meeting location and time, etc. For this observation, I chose a Partial Hospitalization group that meets five days a week for four hours. There is no particular name for this meeting, hence it is recorded as Partial Hospitalization Support. They meet Monday through Friday from 9 am until 1:00 pm…
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Interest Groups in the United States
The American governmental system provides the legal regulation for interest groups which can influence the legislation passage. The interest groups have influenced the legislation many times throughout history. These groups were created thanks to the constitutional amendments and guarantees of freedoms for every citizen. Interest groups mainly aim to represent peoples interests in the governmental…
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Readmission Rates: The Effect of a Discharge Follow-Up Service
Vernon, D., Brown, J. E., Griffiths, E., Nevill, A. M., & Pinkney, M. (2019). Reducing readmission rates through a discharge follow-up service. Future healthcare journal, 6(2), 114117. Web. The primary purpose of this article is to examine how readmission rates influence hospital finances. Ninety-eight Washington hospitals were reviewed from 2012 to 2014. The studys methodology…
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Experiences of Childbirth of African, Indian, and American Women
Pregnant women refugees from Africa face many issues during migration. The mothers felt fear, loneliness and did not understand how the baby would be born because they had no previous contact with the Australian health system. At the same time, the situation was complicated because they did not know their rights and did not learn…