Healthcare

Telehealth Analysis Role as a Telenurse Telenursing is the use of various technological tools to deliver effective nursing care. The role of a telenurse is to use technological solutions to plan, assess, intervene and evaluate the outcomes of the care provided. While technology changes the medium of delivery of nursing care, the scope of practice […]

Clinical Decision Making Medical errors and unwanted outcomes occur due to the environment common in most healthcare facilities that involves complex diseases, technologies, policies, resources, procedures and the human factor. In healthcare settings, medication errors occur approximately in every 1 out of 20 medication administrations (Bates et al., 1995). One such situation occurred in a

Cancer Group Calls for Colorectal Cancer Screening Starting at Age 45 Colorectal cancer accounts to more than 50,000 deaths annually in America ranking second among cancer deaths. Medical groups have for a long time endorsed screening for this cancer to be initiated at age of fifty years. However, the rise in cases of number of

Bedside Handover In the field of nursing, bedside handover is a procedure performed at a patient’s bedside that involves transferring patient information and patient care responsibilities during a nursing shift change (Spinks et al., 2015, p. 1). The goal of this procedure is to improve nurse to nurse and nurse to patient communication (Eggins &

Advocacy Through Legislation Identify a problem or concern in your state, community, or organization that has the capacity to be advocated through legislation. Research the issue and complete the sections below. For each topic that requires the listing of criteria, a minimum of two criteria should be identified and discussed. Add more rows as is

Human Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a common cause of dementia, is a condition that affects the brain by attacking the connective tissues, resulting in tissue death and consequentially affecting brain functions. Naturally, the brain shrinks with age without losing too many neurons. However, with Alzheimer’s, the connections between neurons are severed. The

Absurdism Absurdism is a philosophical concept that explains the conflict that arises from human tendency to find inherent values in life and human limitations to finding it. The contradictory nature of the human mind and universe causes absurd. It arises due to disharmony in searching for the meaning of life and the purposeless universe. Absurdism

Personal Values Impacting Professionalism in Counselling Introduction In the present-day healthcare setting, induced abortion is among common medical interventions. For instance, termination of unintended or unwanted pregnancies is legal in Hong Kong, given it is done within the legal requirements (Lo & Ho, 2015).  The legalisation of the procedure has minimised the ethical challenges by

Surgery for Blocked Arteries Is Often Unwarranted, Researchers Find When a patient is suffering from blocked arteries, stents and bypass surgery is often recommended. However, recent research shows that medical therapy can be used to a greater success. Stenting and bypass surgery have been overused to treat minor cases of artery blockage where medical therapy

Infectious Diseases: Influenza and the Bubonic Plagues Introduction Since the Medieval period, human beings have always been experiencing different kinds of infectious diseases. Different types of the prologue from the past bring the discussion of the emerging infectious diseases, whether their debate concerns the origin of these infections as biological or according to their social