Category: Health & Medicine
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree
Finding oneself in the field of healthcare means bearing responsibility for becoming a better professional every single day for the sake of providing proper patient care. Thus, when working as a nurse, it becomes evident that enrolling in a BSN program is one of the best ways to enhance knowledge and competence in the future…
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Discussion of Nurse-Patient Ratio
Providing patients with proper care and offering them effective and timely services are among the main objectives that nurses must meet in the clinical setting. Therefore, it is vital to assign a restricted number of patients per nurse so that a nurse could pay enough attention to each of the patients. However, with the current…
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“In Defense of the Traditional Nurse” by Lisa Newton
Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Works Cited Introduction “If the unborn are human persons, the principles of justice and non – maleficence (rightly understood) prohibit every abortion; that is, every procedure or technical process carried out with the intention of killing an unborn child or terminating its development.” (Kuhse & Singer, 2006, p.13). Analyzing…
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“Mandated Benefits, Good or Bad? At N.Y. Hearing, Reviews Are Mixed”: Article Review
Mandatory healthcare benefits are states’ legislations that cover essential treatment and help citizens, employers, and care providers evaluate insurance costs. Beller’s article (2014) discusses the coverage for substance abuse issues in New York. The author claims that the current selection of specific medical services is hazardous for the city’s insurance and business and offers alternatives…
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Analysis of Josie King Foundation
I have recently watched a few videos and read some articles concerning the Josie King case that occurred in 2001. Josie King was 18 months old when she suffered an accident due to drawing a hot bath in which she sustained serious injuries in the forms of second-degree burns. She was taken to the John…
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How Data Analytics Revolutionizes Healthcare
Data analytics can be used to identify opportunities for improvements in health organizations. The healthcare industry generates a massive amount of data. Still, it faces challenges in converting such data into valuable means of improving client outcomes and enhancing efficiencies in its operations. Data analytics in healthcare organizations will help healthcare providers overcome the obstacles…
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Discussion: Acculturation in Nursing
The essence of the nursing practice is complex and nurses can frequently consider their workplace demanding and substantially different from what they initially anticipated while deciding to pursue a career in nursing. In order to shift from the restrictive setting of schooling to the diverse environment of the profession, nurses need a significant amount of…
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Identifying Malnutrition: Why Is It Important?
Table of Contents Introduction Article Search Article Findings Evidence for Practice Sharing of Evidence Conclusion References Introduction The article chosen for this paper is Comparison of the Prevalence of Malnutrition Diagnosis in Head and Neck, Gastrointestinal, and Lung Cancer Patients by 3 Classification Methods. The problem that the article deals with is identifying those with…
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Beneficial Health Effects of Cumin Spices
Spices are substances extracted from a plant and are used to flavor foods. They can be a seed, root, fruit, or bark used for coloring a diet. They are different from herbs that include leaves, stems of plants, or leaves that are used in garnishing or flavoring. Sometimes they can be used in religious rituals,…
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Medical Awareness and Identity
I have worked with many patients of different cultures, social strata, and historical backgrounds during my nursing practice. Treatment of each patient required a good awareness of individual characteristics in the context of the position in society. This essay will give an overview of one of my practice cases as a nurse, covering patients’ final…