Category: Health & Medicine 13691

Practice Issue What practice issue has been identified related to the chosen topic? Standard hospital-discharge plans are often insufficient in the information they provide to the patients with chronic illnesses. Aspects such as emotional well-being of the patient, the use or creation of a support network and even daily activities may need additional attention that…

R.T. is a 45-year-old woman and new NP. She has just joined a new primary-care practice and is working with three physicians—two men and one woman. She does not take calls or go into the hospital. She sees mainly the patients with urgent problems in the office and collaborates and consults with her physician colleagues.…

Abstract In this paper, the description of a randomized controlled trial will be given to clarify if it is possible to reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers on day 3 of hospitalization if patients with a high risk of developing a pressure ulcer are provided with a treatment plan that is based on a…

Evidence-based programs become more often required and necessary in almost all areas of activity. The field of healthcare and mental health is most in need of such programs, since the introduction of new treatment methods requires accuracy and a high probability of their effectiveness because their main aim is people’s health and well-being. However, despite…

The Process of Selecting and Locating an Instrument A researcher should consider three factors when choosing an instrument for research: validity, reliability, and comparability with data from other studies (Bastos, Duquia, González-Chica, Mesa, & Bonamigo, 2014). The validity of an instrument is its ability to create results measuring what it is intended to measure. Internal…

The HIT pro examinations are developed with the objective of evaluating the competency, knowledge and skills of workers in the Health Information Technology (HIT) subsector. Such skills include their ability to change health records from text to electronic form. The HIT pro examinations are divided into six categories in liaison with six health subsectors. These…

Table of Contents Overview of the Article Relationship to the Current Situation in the Community Conclusion References One of the most burning issues of contemporary society is that children learn early about drugs and unprotected sex. These problems affect teenagers at an age when they are not supposed to know that from their own experience.…

The purpose of this literature review is to analyze a peer-reviewed quantitative article dedicated to effectiveness of isolation precautions techniques and the use of personal protective equipment to determine how these measures can be used, both together, and individually, to drop hospital-acquired infections among male and female patients between 70 and 90 years of age.…

About 1 in 2 of women and 1 in 4 of men over the age of 50 years are reportedly at a risk of developing osteoporosis (American Bone Health, 2014). Further, the American Bone Health Organization reports that about 52 million people of the American population have or are at very advanced stages of developing…

Table of Contents Rationale Facility Information Discussion References My practicum project involved the implementation of an evidence-based practice strategy at Kendall Medical Regional Center to reduce the Door to Balloon Time in STEMI Patients. The need for the intervention program was caused by a high DTB time at the facility as reported by patients. The…