Category: Health & Medicine 13691

Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder. The leading cause of this disease is a mutation of the X chromosome, which disrupts blood coagulation processes. A thrombus does not form when the vessels are damaged, making it impossible to stop bleeding on time. Depending on which blood coagulation factors are impaired, there are three types of…

Calcium is an essential mineral for people to build healthy bones and control blood clots. Calcium plays an important role in “skeletal muscle-regulation and maintenance, and contributes to the neuromuscular command and regulation of intracellular myosin fibers for skeletal muscle contraction and relaxation” (Harvey et al. 447). In other words, people need this element to…

The nervous system is made up of two main parts: the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). For the purpose of this paper, the discussion will revolve around the central nervous system— an essential part of the human body that controls most functions of the body and mind. According to Quinn…

Introduction: South Africa Regular improvements in the fields of health care, medicine, and nursing are observed in the modern world. Several years ago, the South Africa region experienced a serious Ebola outbreak and the increase in infectious diseases that resulted in 69% of death (Jimenez, 2015). Bearing about 1/4 of the worldwide disease burden, the…

In the American healthcare system, organizations use a special set of codes to specify the type of performed medical assistance. Procedures on the skin, subcutaneous and accessory structures are grouped under their own code range. This subheading is divided into the following categories, each one is further separated into subcategories. Additional coding information depends on…

Acute Patient Assessment Emergency Departments are dynamic healthcare settings in which time and effectiveness pose significant challenges to the delivery of the necessary level of care. Unlike other hospital wards, where nurses will have more opportunities to efficiently conduct patient assessments, acute settings require appropriate time management skills in addition to assessing and observing patients…

Table of Contents Expected Outcome for the Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal Data Collection Tools Associated with the Research Design Statistical Test for the Project Methods to Apply to Data Collection Tool Strategies Applicable if Results are Uncertain Plans After Implementation References The nurse-to-patient staffing ratio is a critical subject for delivering healthcare services to patients.…

Changes are transforming the U.S. health care market to the insurance coverage system. Employers are increasingly seeking to shift responsibility for health care costs to employees, that is direct consumers. In turn, this is causing a shift in the industry balance as not all consumers are willing to increase medical costs — as a result,…

The video discussed in this essay depicts a panel of various people who have had experiences with transgender-affirming therapies, whether applied to themselves or others close to them. A number of different speakers make speeches in order, including a mother of a gender-dysphoric child, an endocrinologist, an emergency medicine specialist, and a former transgender individual.…

Table of Contents Introduction Methods Findings Discussion References Introduction The selected article for this critique is a mixed-methods study, using qualitative methods for data collection and quantitative tools for statistical analysis and categorization. The article’s title is Attributes of a good nurse: The opinions of nursing students, which was written by Er R. Aydin, Mine…