Category: Health & Medicine 13691

The success of continuous quality improvement (CQI) efforts depends to a large extent on the level of the efficiency of clinical teams. General CQI approaches are underpinned by a host of philosophies that are specific to their applications in practical terms (Sollecito & Johnson, 2013). However, despite the availability of CQI approaches such as Lean…

Backed by, among others, the American College of Surgeons and the AMA, the Association of Surgical Technologists was officially formed in 1969. However, this professional sub-specialty can really be traced back to World War I (1914-1917). The advent of brutal mechanized warfare at the time made it inconceivable to deploy female nurses in the savagery…

Table of Contents Type and Purpose of the Team Team Membership Advantages and Disadvantages of Using the Team Conclusions References The presented paper will describe a care improvement project that was carried out by an interprofessional team from a small psychiatric practice. The project involved the creation of a program for educating patients with substance…

A tumor is a mass of tissue that originates with different causes, such as trauma. The tumors made of well-differentiated cells grouped together in a single structure are called benign (Norris, 2019). As a general rule, benign tumors do not cause death. The only exception is if their location hurts vital functions from the start.…

Table of Contents Introduction Current Knowledge Conclusion References Introduction Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) or pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTC) is a clinical syndrome characterized by increased intracranial pressure (ICP) with no apparent cause and no hydrocephalus (Ball & Clarke, 2006). The exact reason is still unclear; headache and visual impairment are the most common symptoms, and…

Should an NP who is educationally prepared as an acute care NP work in an adult primary care setting? A nurse practitioner (NP) who is educationally prepared as an acute care NP should not work in an adult primary setting because of several reasons. All NPs have to be certified in a specific way. Klein…

Introduction Affirmation action plays a crucial role in medicine and should be fostered. According to the Legal Information Institute (n.d.)., affirmation action is a collection of processes aimed at eliminating illegal discrimination among candidates, rectifying the consequences of such earlier prejudice, and avoiding future discriminatory actions. Ly et al. (2022) argue that state affirmative action…

Kreiger’s ecosocial approach highlights racial and ethnic discrimination and social research’s importance. Nancy Krieger introduced the ecosocial framework, which investigates how various historical, ecological, and social factors influence public health, such as economic inequality. Briefly, the ecosocial framework identifies the incorporation of racial inequality and its effects on health inequalities. Thus, the framework methods explore…

Table of Contents What is the Chief Complaint? Treatment Plan Hypertension Therapy Lifestyle Modifications References What is the Chief Complaint? The patient’s chief complaint is shortness of breath. The patient also noted the presence of other symptoms, such as unproductive cough, fatigue, and obstruction of breathing at night. She denies other symptoms that can be…

The case under analysis involved diagnosing a patient with the following symptoms: fluttering in the chest, shortness of breath, no traces of dizziness, and the signs of hypertension and high cholesterol, which had been addressed previously. The identified scenario implied several possible diagnoses, which was why communicating with the patient and determining the essential details…