Category: Health & Medicine 13691

  • Nurse-Led Email Reminder for Hypertensive Patients

    Research title and authors The article under analysis is called “Efficacy of a nurse-led email reminder program for cardiovascular prevention risk reduction in hypertensive patients: A randomized controlled trial.” It was written by Cicolini et al. and published in 2013. Research problem and purpose The article targets the issue of hypertension management. The issue is…

  • Fournier’s Gangrene Case Study

    The diagnosis shows that JC is suffering from Fournier’s gangrene. This is based on the patient’s systemic symptoms and physical examination, which indicates a rapid heartbeat, high fever, and blood pressure, as well as intense pain and swelling in the genital regions (Joury et al., 2019). Conversely, the differential diagnosis that narrows down this working…

  • Augmented Reality in Surgery: Barriers to Change

    Change is an inevitable element of progress and development since it signifies the work on the drawbacks of the past for better achievements in the future. In the field of health care, continuous change based on the latest evidence-based practice research drive performance excellence and lead to the improvement of patient health outcomes in the…

  • The Use of Physical Status Modifiers

    Physical status modifiers codes represent the way a patient’s physical condition affects the procedure. In other words, physical status modifiers for anesthesia describe the level of risk of the procedure taken. Hence, by using modifiers from P1 to P6, an anesthesiologist is able to include it into a formula for the procedure and a unit…

  • Somnambulism: Symptoms and Plan of Care

    Table of Contents Introduction General Description and Possible Causes Symptoms Plan of Care Conclusion Works Cited Introduction It should be noted that somnambulism is a condition in which a person can perform complex and purposeful actions during sleep; however, after awakening, he or she, as a rule, does not remember committing any actions or movements.…

  • Vaginitis Diagnosis: Discussion and Analysis

    Table of Contents Subjective Data Objective Data Assessment Plan of Care Evaluation of Priority Diagnosis Facilitators and Barriers Conclusion References Vaginitis is a common medical condition among women in the reproductive age group and is responsible for numerous visits to healthcare facilities and much distress due to its capacity to negatively impact the overall quality…

  • Hypothesis Testing and Probability Theory

    Probability is the likelihood that an event will occur in the future. The creation of the mathematical theory of probability by Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat was preceded by a gambler’s dispute in 1654 (Franklin, 2015). The point is, a well-known player Antoine Gombaud asked Pascal whether or not to bet money on the…

  • Proper Hand Washing Technique Barriers

    Hand hygiene is a critical process in ensuring patient safety and quality treatment outcomes in health care facilities. As such, it is necessary for health care facilities to initiate and implement hand hygiene proposals to help in the reduction of infections acquired at the hospital like Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI). While the process of…

  • Pressure Ulcer Prevention with Soft Foam Dressings

    Table of Contents Introduction Evaluation Conclusion References Introduction Pressure ulcers are a growing issue in the world of medicine and the main research problem of the article. One of their worst aspects is that they can develop in hospital settings due to the prolonged recovery period of some patients. One of the proposed solutions is…

  • Databases With Articles on the Nurse-Patient Ratio

    Research databases with journals and articles on the nurse-patient ratio Description: Wiley Online Library is a collection of online research journals and books. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell, the online publishing business arm of John Wiley and Sons, Inc. The site is not named as a database, but it qualifies as such because it contains…