Category: Health & Medicine 13691

  • Psychiatric Patients: Context and Its Impact on the Diagnosis

    The issue of stigmatization of psychiatric patients, whose mental activity is considered to be different from normal, has been discussed for a long time in the literature. David Rosenhan’s (1973) experiment has provided compelling evidence that the psychiatric healthcare system cannot always adequately distinguish between “sane and insane.” In the course of the experiment, eight…

  • Second Opinion with T. R. Reid: Inside Ayurvedic Medicine

    Table of Contents Lessons from the Video My New Views about Ayurvedic Medicine Conclusion Reference List Lessons from the Video The video “Second Opinion with T. R. Reid: Inside Ayurvedic Medicine” gives a critical analysis of Ayurvedic medicine. After Reid’s surgeon in Denver suggested that his shoulder should be replaced using surgery, he decided to…

  • Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services: Evidence-Based Project

    The Identified Healthcare Issue One of the major goals of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is the elimination of the level of hospital readmissions. With this aim, the CMS has introduced the disciplinary punishment for those healthcare establishments the readmission rates in which are greater than expected. The prospect of such a…

  • Restraint and Seclusion Evidence-Based Project’s Variables

    Table of Contents Introduction Independent Variable Dependent Variables Conclusion References Introduction Restraint and seclusion are considered some of the more inhumane practices in modern medicine. The presented evidence-based project is designed to address this issue by reducing the instances of restraint and seclusion in hospitals through higher quality of care being provided to the patients,…

  • Catheter Reinsertion and Regulatory Requirement

    Table of Contents Introduction A Complete Description of the Regulation Why There Is a Need for This Regulation How to Communicate and Implement This Regulation The Basis for Determining Regulatory Compliance Conclusion References Introduction The main goal of this project is to develop the activities with the help of which the prevention of complications and…

  • Diabetics: Types, Symptoms, Diagnostics, Treatment

    Introduction Diabetes is a terminal disease that is caused by increased sugar levels in the blood. It leads to a rise in blood glucose (sugar) levels. The food that we eat gets converted into simple sugar i.e. glucose. Insulin is a hormone that is secreted by the beta cells of the pancreas, makes glucose available…

  • Tobacco Product Use Issues

    On the first search, I used the phrase “tobacco product use.” To facilitate the relevance of search results, I ticked the boxes for “full-text” and “peer-reviewed” and indicated that my language of choice was English. From the publication date dropdown, I chose “Last 12 months” so that only articles that were published within the last…

  • Nurse Executives Balancing Financial Obligations and Patient Outcomes

    Administrative professionals’ ability to sort out priorities and strike the right balance between diverse and even partially contradictory aspects of professional obligations is critical to success in multiple roles, including the nurse executive. In my future role as a nurse involved in the nursing workforce decision-making, I am planning to manage both financial obligations and…

  • Description of the Stomach and the Digestive System

    Table of Contents Introduction Anatomical Description Microscopic Description Functions of the Organ Homeostasis Prediction Disease Relationship to the Nervous System References Introduction The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive description of the stomach and the digestive system. The stomach is a muscular organ inferior to the diaphragm and superior to the small…

  • Feeding Children with CHARGE Syndrome by Dobbelsteyn et al.

    Research Problem The research problem that the study attempts to investigate is the frequent and long-term feeding difficulties that children with CHARGE experience (Dobbelsteyn, Peacocke, Blake, Crist, Rashid, 2007). This problem is easily identified in the first sentence of the abstract. It is clearly stated and described in more detail in the introduction. The problem…