Category: Health & Medicine 13691

  • National Kidney Foundation’s Educational Programs

    Organization Information The organization I have chosen is the National Kidney Foundation (the NKF). Nurses pay $110 for one-year and $205 for two years of membership; students’ membership costs $25 per year (National Kidney Foundation, 2016). Several meetings are planned, including meetings in Orlando, FL (at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin) on April 18…

  • Early Elective Delivery and Associated Risks

    Which would be the most appropriate researchable population for use in your research project? The researchable population should focus on delivering the objective of the study. In this case, the risks associated with early elective delivery would provide the objective of the study. Therefore, the most appropriate researchable population will be live-born infants of 32…

  • Pressure Ulcers Project: Stakeholders and Barriers

    In the project under consideration, there are two main groups of stakeholders. On the one hand, nurses are the direct executors of an intervention who have to be properly trained, and, on the other hand, patients are the participants whose health can be measured through the offered intervention (Whitty et al., 2017). Also, it is…

  • Plastic Surgery Trend Among Adolescents: Premises and Implications

    Abstract This paper aims to examine the risks of excessive engagement in plastic surgery among adolescents, the factors that motivate this age group to change their appearance, and potential health risks. Unrealistically high beauty standards and the availability of appropriate procedures have become the main reasons for the spread of plastic surgery among adolescents and…

  • Discussion of Extraordinary Treatment

    None of the possible meaning of the distinction explains why the distinction should directly determine whether treatment is morally obligatory or optional. For example, a treatment that is statistically generally accepted or involves the use of low technology might be beneficial to an individual patient in specific circumstances. However, it may not be helpful or…

  • Reference-Test Bias in Diagnostic-Test Evaluation

    Introduction Epidemiology consists of various processes that are similar to other health professions. These processes are like nursing process, scientific process, diagnostic process and quality improvement process. In each process, the epidemiologist entirely depends on accurate assessments of various disease states. This assessment occurs in almost all aspects of their lives, and all epidemiologists know…

  • Newborn Screening Tests Importance

    The orientation of the United States’ healthcare facilities on the promotion of population health is explicitly seen in the first months of children’s lives. Hence, infants are provided with a variety of medical services to ensure the proper functioning of their bodies. In this case, the most critical aspect addressed by the hospital personnel is…

  • Experimental Design to Address Pressure Ulcers

    Table of Contents Study Design Study Setting and Sample Confidentiality Intervention Outline Measuring the Outcomes Data Collection References Study Design The current study is going to feature an experimental design. This is necessary to address pressure ulcers extensively and include the information that was already identified by other researchers (Grove, Burns, & Gray, 2014). One…

  • Systematic Search Strategy: Medication Dispensing Errors and Prevention

    The databases MEDLINE, PubMed, and Embase, were used to search for the relevant literature regarding the PICOT question. MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) database with references to journal articles mainly focused on biomedicine. PubMed is a component of MEDLINE, but it contains extra references to books and chapters and covers a broader…

  • Fooducate Weight Loss Coach for Obese Patients

    Table of Contents Scenario mHealth Application Teaching Evaluation References Scenario Mr. Jasper is a 45-year-old male who has been diagnosed with hypertension. The doctor says that these health problems are caused by obesity. Taking into consideration the age of the patient, he still has chances to overcome his obesity and relieve the symptoms of hypertension.…