Category: Health & Medicine 13691

  • Roy’s Adaptation Model vs. Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory

    Introduction As valuable and useful guidelines used in nursing practice, special theories and models are utilized, which are designed to address specific cases and promote the necessary principles of work. The evaluation of individual concepts can reveal their significance in relation to a specific care environment, thereby helping to choose an optimal approach. As objects…

  • The Birth Control Methods Overview

    The modern healthcare sector offers numerous ways of birth control women can use. Their choice depends on the physiological peculiarities of a female and her personal preferences. Alondra is a 33-year-old woman with three children who does not want any more kids. For this reason, one of the first possible methods is tubal ligation. It…

  • Physical Activity and the Rate of Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis

    Table of Contents Introduction Main Methodological Approaches Strengths and Weaknesses of the Study Conclusion References Introduction Protein metabolism is an important property of the human body and largely determines the physical condition of a person. However, the body’s ability to restore protein proportions and maintain normal muscle tone can be slowed down or even weakened…

  • Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Change’s Elements

    Table of Contents Hard and Soft Elements of Change Facilitators and Barriers for the Change Story to Support the Change References The chosen change plan is connected to Preventing Pressure Ulcer Occurrence in hospitalized patients at Intermediate Care Units. Achieving positive change regarding pressure ulcers is crucial since it is an injury that breaks down…

  • Missed Care and Nurse-Sensitive Indicators

    Introduction Missed care is “nursing care that is delayed, partially completed, or not completed at all” (Patient Safety Primer, 2016, par. 2). It is a problem that is usually faced by professionals because they need to interact with a great number of people who are supposed to remember about all interventions prescribed by other health…

  • Medicare Patients’ Readmission Rates Reduction

    Table of Contents Introduction Strategies Results Conclusion References Introduction This paper is devoted to the possibilities of reducing the readmission rate through transitional care among Medicare patients with heart failure. The reduction might allow reducing the financing of the hospitalizations in particular, as well as overall expenses on healthcare. The previous three stages of the…

  • Corticosteroids and Growth Relation

    Table of Contents Introduction Literature Review Article I Article II Conclusion References Introduction Asthma, like many other respiratory diseases, is often treated with corticosteroids. The inhaled type of this medication is considered the most effective as compared to other forms. However, while the adult organism has a developed defense system against the external drug threat,…

  • Roy’s Adaptation Model vs. Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory

    Introduction As valuable and useful guidelines used in nursing practice, special theories and models are utilized, which are designed to address specific cases and promote the necessary principles of work. The evaluation of individual concepts can reveal their significance in relation to a specific care environment, thereby helping to choose an optimal approach. As objects…

  • How Some Gut Microbes Awaken ‘Zombie’ Viruses

    A news story published by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute claims that some gut bacteria have superpowers. This means they can resuscitate dormant viruses lurking in other microbes. A bacterial product of particular importance to human health is colibactin, a low molecular weight genotoxin produced by intestinal bacteria. Quite a lot is known about how…

  • Ayurvedic Medicine in T. R. Reid’s Documentary

    Table of Contents Introduction Background Evidence-based practice Benefits/ Contraindications Recommendations Conclusion References Introduction Ayurvedic treatment grew in India and is well-thought-out to be the world’s firstborn healthcare organization. It is labeled for the Sanskrit term Ayurveda, which may be interpreted as the “knowledge of life.” It is a comprehensive classification. Ayurvedic medicine is completely all-inclusive.…