Category: Health & Medicine 13691
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The Qualified Nurses Shortage in the United States
Population/Patient Problem The healthcare system of the United States experiences a shortage of qualified nurses. The situation will only worsen with time. By 2020, the country’s health care industry will lack about 1 million of the qualified nursing personnel (Krans, 2015). Intervention The situation requires immediate intervention as the shortage of qualified nursing personnel would…
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Synopsis of Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Special Issue Article
The concept of how biological compounds influence the health status of an individual is intriguing for research. For instance, how assimilated substrates such as glucose and amino acids induce obesity and other metabolic disorders make in-depth knowledge of nutritional biochemistry important. The article’s topic captivates attention since it informs the reader of the journal issue…
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The Human Research Protection
Table of Contents The Killing Nurses of the Third Reich Research Ethics Involving Human Subjects The Belmont Report (Part One: Basic Ethical Principles) The Belmont Report (Part Two: Applying the Principles) Guiding Principles of Institutional Review Boards References The Killing Nurses of the Third Reich The documentary is about nurses during the Nazi period who…
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Predicting Pressure Ulcer Risk
Table of Contents Type of Research Purpose and Problem Hypothesis and Research Questions Quality of Literature Review Framework Reference Type of Research Serpa, Santos, Peres, Cavicchioli, and Hermida are the authors of the article written in 2011 about the validity of the Braden and Waterlow subscales that are used to predict pressure ulcer risk among…
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Sublingual Immunotherapy Analysis
Allergies are treated in various different ways and sublingual immunotherapy is one of them. The exact way the sublingual immunotherapy works is not yet known but evidence show that it activates action of cells. Administration of SLIT induces secretion of interleukins by sublingual cells. At the same time, Dendritic cells present antigens to the T-cells.…
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Medical Case Assessment: Treatment Guidelines
Table of Contents Differential Diagnoses Physical Examination Findings Diagnostic Testing Treatment Guidelines References Differential Diagnoses Crohn’s disease exacerbation is a severe chronic inflammatory issue in the human gastrointestinal tract that can affect all its parts from one’s anus to the oral cavity (Lemberg & Day, 2014). The examined woman said that she had been feeling…
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Restrictions on Gifts and Perks
Despite the seemingly innocent practice of a business lunch, it has become one of the central means of influence that pharmaceutical representatives have over physicians. Before the early 2000s, the situation was much worse when doctors were offered expensive things, vacations, and experiences. It was not money, but it was indirectly a bribe because it…
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Decreased Visual Functioning Among the Elderly
Table of Contents Glaucoma Cataract Age-Related Macular degeneration (AMD) References Vision loss is a common health care problem among the elderly in different countries. Research shows that one in every three individuals aged 65 years and above may be experiencing visual loss. The aim of the paper is to discuss the three main causes of…
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Details About Managed Care
Introduction Health care services are the most essential as they cater to the health conditions of the individuals in society. There is a need for proper management of the health centers to ensure that the services delivered are of the best quality and the most reasonable costs. Managed care Managed care refers to any system…
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The Need for Lowering Insulin Costs in the USA
The disproportionate and rapid increase in insulin costs, also known as insulin inflation, is a well-known problem in the American medical community. The affordability of insulin is a source of great concern for patients with diabetes, their families, healthcare providers, insurers, and employers. The price for insulin has nearly tripled between 2002 and 2013 (Cefalu…