Thank you for taking the time to read about and address the health issues that are prevalent in the 30th District as mentioned in my previous memo. I would be happy to provide additional details and evidence on the rates of readmission to Dallas hospitals for cardiovascular-related health issues. I would like to use health statistics and data from our friends in France to compare their health care system and lower rates of readmissions for cardiovascular-related health issues, despite the...
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End-of-life care and practice has evolved over the years. There has been a shift on the attitudes about death in American society. Age, gender, race, and socioeconomic status all contribute to the attitudes toward death. It impacts everyone individually and it is not a universal grief. Many Americans are uncomfortable in speaking about death. Young older adults have a higher anxiety in death compared to older adults. Older adults are not strangers to death and grief and are more accepting...
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Huntington’s disease is a genetic disease that causes progressive damage to cells in the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex which are both found in the brain. These areas control movement and the way one thinks, understands and remembers. The disease was characterized by George Huntington in 1872. People with Huntington’s disease generally develop symptoms between the ages of 30 and 50. These symptoms include: Cognitive: amnesia, delusion, lack of concentration, memory loss, mental confusion, difficulty thinking and understanding. Muscular: abnormality...
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The oral cavity is increasingly becoming recognised as a window to general health. Hepatitis is a heterogeneous inflammatory liver disease which manifests in the oral cavity and has important implications in the dental setting. Dentists and oral health workers must be aware of the full spectrum of signs and symptoms, as well as how the disease is transmitted, in order to provide safe and effective dental care. Hepatitis A, B and C (HVA, HBV and HCV, respectively) are separate entities...
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Patient Education is a process of empowering patients to be the in charge of their own wellbeing and be more independent concerning their health management (Yeh, Wu, & Tung, 2018). It is one of the most important responsibilities of the nurses to educate the patient properly to prevent hospital readmission, improve patient’s confidence in health care and avoid relapses. Moreover, nurses’ ability to instruct efficiently can optimize patient’s learning, skills, capacities of self-care, and capabilities to make informed choices (Falvo,...
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The Industrial Revolution was the big ‘manufacturing boom’ when Europe and the US transitioned to a new manufactured/ technological age and system. Due to this revolution many citizens of Europe moved into large, cramped cities which had very poor hygiene and living conditions. Majority of people worked on farms or in small communities. They would grow, harvest and make what they would need, earning money off what they had produced. There was not much organisation in the farms until the...
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Nigeria is struggling with many health, infrastructural, economic and political challenges. But the most challenging of these issues is that “major issues seem to be treated as minor issues and minor issues seem to be treated as major issues”. As nationals and dental professionals that should uphold health we are asked to answer the varying questions that hold back on our oral health and oral hygiene. Not many people bother about oral health in Nigeria and not many seem to...
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The provision of health care in the United States (U.S.) does not function as a logical and interconnected system network designed to work together in a coherent manner. Instead, it is devoid of any unity and remains poorly structured in terms of funding, insurance delivery, distribution and payment processes. In a system that is fundamentally fractured and in which the different system components fit together only loosely, there is little standardization. Since a central agency like government does not control...
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As we are in the center of a presidential campaign where several politicians are debating the need for a huge health reform, it is important to talk about the current health care policy focusing so heavily on cost and relatively little on quality. Health insurance remains a big topic in American policy, with critical discussions about affordable care provision and the overall expense of health care. The purpose of health care coverage is to separate individuals from high cost pressures...
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Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is a serious, debilitating condition which affects around 5% of the UK’s population, therefore it is vital that the advice given by health care professionals to help cope with this disorder is accessible to all those who require it. Currently, once an individual is diagnosed with GAD, the main recommended treatment is cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help control their anxiety levels as it is regarded as one of the most effective treatments. However, the lengthy...
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The population around the world is growing in the fast pace every year with significant increase in the elder population. As the population ages, there is growing interest in the health care services for seniors. Nursing homes, also known as Long-Term Care facilities (LTC) or personal care homes across Canada, represent a critical component of our health care system, especially as elderly population increases (Canadian Institute of Health Information [CIHI], 2013). LTC provide 24/7 nursing service and supervision, primary medical...
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The health and well-being of all people should be a number one priority, especially to those veterans, military and their families. Unfortunately, it is not a priority. There has been a lot of research done throughout the years that portrays the negative consequences our veterans and military undergo through the transition of military life to civilian life. I admit that when the Trump administration has taken over, health care for veterans and those on active duty have become somewhat better....
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John Kotter was born in California on 25th February 1947. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of technology in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and a Master of Science later in 1970. In 1972, John completed his Doctor in Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He joined Harvard Business School faculty and in 1981 he received tenure and a full professorship. He retired from full-time faculty member in 2001. John Kotter co-founded a business consultancy firm (Kotter...
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The Crimean War was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856. In the end, the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia. By January 1856, “Russia lost 500,000 troops, mostly to disease, malnutrition, and exposure…” (History.com Editors). In 1855, there was a discovery found stating that poor sanitation levels led to an increase in mortality rates, as seen throughout the Crimean War (Slonczewski et al. 7). Florence Nightingale, the Lady...
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The world health organisation (2014) states that mental health is a condition of mind which includes psychological, social and emotional well-being. Mental health can also be a great factor in how an individual feels, thinks and act thereby determining how a person handles stress, make choices and relates to other people around. The US department of health and human services further state that mental health is a very important aspect of health as it affects every stage of life, from...
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The World Health Organization (1948) defines Health “as a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. This meaning suggests that the health of an individual incorporates much more than just the absence of an illness and includes several aspects of a person’s wellbeing. The World Health Organization (2004) describes the state of wellbeing, to be when an individual knows their own abilities, manages the general stresses of life, and can...
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Medicine has come a long way from its origin in ancient times. As humanity and society has evolved, so has our knowledge in medicine and medical practices. Over the past few centuries, a tremendous amount of medical discoveries, vaccinations and cures, and medical breakthroughs have been accomplished. Discoveries throughout the ages have influenced and contributed to the improvement of today’s health care. Nursing over the years has greatly evolved from caring for the sick in wars, to homes, churches, into...
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Many people know Health care in Scotland is free and people believe that everything under the NHS is provided with this ‘free health care’. This is not always the case. As I was sitting in the waiting room of an orthodontist a young boy came out from his checkup. At the desk, he was told that because he lost his first brace, the second set would have to be bought yourself. Obviously, this would be a shock. Turning up to...
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While scientific evidence, in theory, plays a crucial role in predicting issues that influence the health care policy agenda, its role, in reality, does not always reflect this. Sutherland, et al. (2012) asserted that science and public policy makers have always gone hand in hand, the significance of one to the other has always been acknowledged but in recent times there has been an evolving discussion on how to optimally achieve this. This has continued to the point where ‘evidence-based...
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Abstract: On the exit of Tsars Central Asia including Kazakhstan was plagued with malaria, leprosy, polio, diphtheria, and tuberculosis.[footnoteRef:2] The general mortality rate was 30.2 per 1000 inhabitants and infant mortality rate was 272.0 per 1000 births. In 1913, average life expectancy was under 32.0 years, and 0.4 doctors were available per 10,000 inhabitants in Kazakhstan.[footnoteRef:3] The condition in Russia was not far better and as such soon after October 1917, Communist regime in Moscow established, in June 1918, the...
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Policies regarding health are essentially plans that are subsequently put into action. These policies help to guide health care professionals in providing care to achieve specific health-related goals. (WHO, 2019). My personal interpretation of health policy is basically rules and regulations set forth by various government agencies to guide health care professionals in providing evidence-based, ethical medical care. A health care policy is considered to be successful if it can clearly define goals and targets for both the short and...
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Introduction Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, demyelinating and debilitating autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS),with Overcoming Woman gender which without effective cure and requires Lifetime treatment(1). The purpose of Treatment in MS is to prevent recurrence and reduce the rate of neurologic Destruction.(2). Doctors generally prescribe disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) to reduce the frequency and severity of relapses in Multiple Sclerosis(3). DMDs (injectable drugs)contains IFN β-1a, IFN β-1b, Glatiramer acetate, Rituximab, Mitoxantrone, Natalizumab .The reported side effects of...
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A nursing care plan allows a nurse to identify the most pressing concerns for a client, develop nursing interventions and evaluate them. This report details a nursing care plan for a client with liver cirrhosis presenting with unresolved chronic sciatic pain. My client D.R was a gentleman who presented with this disease. He is 75 years old and quite sharp for his age. He reports that prior to his liver disease and resulting ascites over two years ago, he enjoyed...
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Imagine forty or seventy years from now, you’re in a beautiful home that you built for you and your family. Then your children and grandchildren try to convince you to go to a nursing home saying it’s better for you and you’d be taken care of better. It’s like a slap to the face, it hurts. Your own children that you’ve taken care of for years don’t want to take care of you back and would rather put you in...
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Abstract The study assessed the effectiveness of demonstration, discussion and recitation teaching methods on knowledge and practice of food hygiene among almajirai in tsangaya in Kano Municipal, Nigeria. A quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. A sample of 147 participants was drawn using a multi-stage sampling procedure. Participants were assigned to three groups and lesson on food hygiene was taught to them for seven weeks using demonstration, discussion and recitation methods respectively. Paired sample t-test and Analysis of Variance...
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Introduction The aim of this essay is to explore key concepts impacting on mental health issues and their support. It will start by giving a brief history of the evolution of mental health and its definition. It will explore the definition of theory as well as nursing theory. Once these have been explained two theories will be looked at one Grand Theory, Orem’s Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory (SCDNT), and, Buchanan-Baker and Baker’s Tidal Model, which is considered a mid-range...
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Case Study: CVA A Cerebrovascular accident (stroke) is a rapid-onset medical emergency than can cause neurological damage and disabilities. Many people know of or heard of someone having a stroke before; it is very common in the United States. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stroke kills about 140,000 Americans each year- that’s 1 out of every 20 deaths, also about 87% of all strokes are ischemic strokes, in which blood flow to the brain is blocked. This...
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Aim To provide the relief from pain and care for the patients who are at the last stage of cancer, by creating spaces related to activities which a soothing effect on the inhabitants which eventually acts generate as a stress reliever. Objectives To analyse the factors that affect human and human psychology health and their influences which improves the quality of life. To establish the need for an architectural design in healthcare environment. To study the model centres (case studies)....
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Discussion Questions 1 The benefits of palliative care for a patient with a terminally ill disease are numerous. First, palliative care follows a patient-centered holistic approach that focuses on the mind, body, and spirit. Palliative treatment includes the psychosocial, spiritual, pain management and management of symptoms that are specific to the patient. The palliative care team is made up of physicians, nurses, social workers, and other staff that help formulate a treatment plan to ease the transition from disease fighting...
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The essence of theory in the profession of nursing is to improve practice by positively influencing the health and quality of life of patients. The relationship between theory and practice is reciprocal. Practice is the basis for the development of nursing theory whereas nursing theory must be validated in practice (Saleh, 2018). To bridge the theory practice gap we must regularly review our current practices using latest research and self-reflection. There are several theories that under pins the principles of...
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