Category: Health & Medicine 13691

  • Factors That Prevent People From Engaging in Contraception Use or Use That Is Not Perfect

    Contraceptive’s perfect use is the method of correct utilization of it all the time. Typical use takes into consideration the human factor, which manifests itself in making mistakes while implementing. Several factors affect how people use contraception and whether they use it at all while engaging. First, insufficient level of sex education, especially among young…

  • Self-Care Problems in Elderly Patients

    Table of Contents Overview of the Selected Evidenced-based Practice Project Identification of the Nursing Concern to Be Improved PICOT/PICO Question and Literature Search Process Theoretical Framework Conclusion References The purpose of this paper constitutes several principal aspects. It is essential to overview the principles of research and evidence-based practice. Further, based on the identified nursing…

  • Epidemiological Rationale for Unsanitary Living Conditions

    More than 11 percent of Mexicans living outside Mexico. This has made the country have the highest number of emigrants in the world. Moreover, the highest number of these emigrants, live in the United States. That is why between 50% and 90% of U.S. emigrants have a Hispanic origin (Bean, 1997). It is significant to…

  • Fall Prevention Program for UHealth Tower

    Table of Contents Introduction Aspects to Take into Consideration Interventions, Their Goals, and Patient Training Expected Outcomes Items Needed for the Program and the Estimated Cost Conclusion References Introduction Patient falls are one factor posing a threat to an individual’s health due to the high likelihood of injury from the effects of falling. Although it…

  • Testing and Comparing Two Self-Care-Related Instruments Among Older Chinese Adults

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Reference Introduction The modern healthcare sector is focused on the provision of care to all groups of patients, regardless of their age, race, culture, and gender. For this reason, with the growth in the number of older adults, the problem of the appropriate provision of care to this…

  • Should Preventive Care Be Restricted From High-Risk Patients

    Table of Contents Introduction Evaluation Conclusion Works cited Introduction The paper is aimed at a constructive argumentation of whether preventive care should be restricted for high-risk patients or patients nearly to be ill or not. In this respect, the research deals with the authoritative opinions of therapists and observers of the issue in a nationwide…

  • Medicaid and Medicare: Benefits for Florida

    Federal medical assistance programs are implemented to guarantee decent medical care and treatment of the part of the country’s population that needs this type of assistance. Among the most widespread are Medicaid and Medicare, which are sponsored by the government and have high enrollment rates throughout the United States. The purpose of this paper is…

  • Falls Prevention in the Elderly and Risk Assessment Tools

    Due to the fact that the risk of falls among elderly patients in emergency departments is high enough, it is necessary to find a way to reduce the number of victims. As a potential solution, the use of appropriate tools can be considered as a technique of effective intervention. As a rationale, the Ace Star…

  • Kin Support and Elderly Care in the United States

    It is important to note that various nations and cultures care differently about their elderly members of society. Some, more individualistic and westernized ones, rely on nursing homes to provide the necessary elderly care for the older groups. Whereas others, more collectivist and conservative ones, consider it as a child’s duty to take care of…

  • Improved Transition Procedures After Patient Discharge

    Table of Contents Introduction Theoretical Framework Review of Literature References Introduction The current research proposal is aimed at investigating the impact of improving the transition procedures following a discharge of a patient from a hospital on the rates of hospital readmissions. Therefore, the purpose of the proposed EBP project is to investigate the impact of…