Category: Health & Medicine 13691

I understand social justice as the fair distribution of resources among the members of society. Stanhope and Lancaster (2020) view social justice as a reasonable allocation of benefits and burdens among individuals. Socialized healthcare is a controversial topic because it ensures universal access to care but eliminates the competition between healthcare providers, which might undermine…

Table of Contents Introduction Epidemiology Burden Summary and conclusion References Introduction The name of the disease (Malaria) may be simple but its implications are not, especially its economic burden. Children under the age of 5 are more vulnerable. The malaria causing parasite called plasmodium was first discovered by Alphonse Laveran in 1880 in Constantine, a…

Food ingestion and digestion are essential functions of the organism, and many factors regulate hunger and satiety. The associated processes result from the interplay between the human brain and the gastrointestinal tract, or GIT for short. Researchers believe that various gastrointestinal mechanisms, namely motilin release and gastric accommodation, are key factors regulating hunger and satiety…

Introduction CHF stands for congestive heart failure. This comes about when less blood than normal is pumped by the heart, leading to excess fluid’s accumulation in the body. This excess fluid causes congestion in the lungs due to leakage, and can result to swelling of the feet (Albert et al., 2007). Background Information The number…

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen that is one of the most common bacterial pathogens of the respiratory system. The main models of transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae are direct contact between two persons, where the transmission occurs through respiratory droplets. The transmission can also happen through an autoinoculation process in a person who carries the…

Table of Contents Introduction Compassion Advocacy Resilience Evidence-Based Practice Summary References Introduction Many healthcare settings embrace the idea of interprofessional teams to meet the changing demands of their respective patients. The targeted work setting for this discussion is that of a pediatric ward in a small clinic with six beds. The unit provides timely services…

Table of Contents Overview Problem Solution Opportunity Program Competencies Addressed References Overview Being a participant of the RN-to-BSN program, I have to participate in specific scholarly activities or some kind of professional practice in order to improve the already gained knowledge and share my personal experience. Today, there are many scholarly practices available to students,…

The Los Angeles Medical Center is one of the Kaiser Foundation hospitals operating in Los Angeles. The institution offers a wide range of healthcare services to the community. The Los Angeles medical center offers both general medical care as well as surgical services. The American health industry encourages linkages and alliances among healthcare facilities to…

In long-term crises like Covid-19, Jennifer Cramer (2020) asserts that changes in oral history fieldwork in inevitable. Therefore, before engaging in any activity that might result in more harm, Jennifer shows that following the law might be the one thing that prevents or minimizes the effects of an ongoing crisis. Relative to Covid-19, the main…

A concussion (Mild traumatic brain injury, mTBI) is the impairment of brain function after an injury without damage to blood vessels. There is a loss of consciousness because the communication between neurons is disrupted. The Glasgow Coma Scale is used to assess the victim’s consciousness. Although a concussion is a severe nervous system disorder, timely…