Category: Health & Medicine 13691

Problem for Improvement The modern lifestyles of sedentary work and insufficient physical activity serve as one of the causes of chronic conditions such as cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and diabetes. In order to address the above conditions, it is essential to consider them specifically (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2011). The health concern of diabetes is rather alarming…

Results and Validity Randomized controlled (or clinical) trials (RCTs) are experimental studies that randomly assign subjects to groups, one of which acts as experimental and the other one serves as a control group. Even though RCTs are more characteristic to medical literature, nursing may also benefit from such studies. Large and diverse sample sizes, as…

Introduction Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) can be considered one of the central and significant problems of the majority of medical units today. In accordance with the statistics, at least one in 31 patients who receive treatment in a hospital setting face this problem (CDC, 2018). Additionally, it remains one of the major causes of the appearance…

Introduction This article attempts to evaluate the prevalence of and risk factors associated with the overuse of psychotropic medications among children living under foster care services. These authors examine pediatric psychopharmacology practices that contribute to increased prescription of psychotropic medication among children. Research problem The authors are concerned with the increased use of psychotropic drugs…

Research Question: Can nurse consultation and follow-up on telephone improve self-care and blood glucose monitoring in diabetic patients? Claim: Telephone follow-up is a necessary part of a nursing care plan for diabetic patients, which leads to the improvement of the quality of life, promotes consistent blood glucose monitoring, and increases patient satisfaction with treatment. Research…

Abstract Somatic and dissociative symptoms are associated with the past traumatic experience. Preliminary evidence suggests that their consideration should include a variety of individual factors to provide high-quality treatment to such patients. The importance of this study is conditional upon the fact that the failure to efficiently address these symptoms results in the extended hospital…

Recent groundbreaking medical advances in post-transplant management have significantly boosted the success rates of transplantation procedures. The British Society for Immunology defines transplantation as the process by which viable cells, tissues, or organs are moved from one site to another to replace or repair organs and tissues that are diseased or damaged (Lai et al.,…

Introduction Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the chromosome disjunction and addition of a copy to the 21st chromosome pair. For people with Down syndrome, their major characteristic is intellectual disability. People with Down syndrome present a poor immune system and typically they have increased the risk of many health issues that may…

Table of Contents Data Collection Methodology Analysis Conclusion References Data Collection Methodology This quasi-experimental quantitative research will use convenience sampling to involve participants. A quasi-experimental design is common for nursing research and enables the observational study of some phenomena (Henly, 2016). The expected sample size is estimated at 200 people. Thus, the data collection method…

Table of Contents Objective Data ICD-10 Diagnoses/Client Problems Advanced Practice Nursing Intervention Plan References HPI (History of Present Illness): the patient experiences the complications within last two weeks while he experienced the above symptoms during last two years. The patient received no treatment in the past. He had serious difficulties in starting his urine flow…