Category: Health & Medicine

The Act is a United States law enacted by the U.S Congress in December 2016, and it authorizes $6.3 billion in funds, mainly to the National Institute of Health (NHI) (Gordon & Mandl, 2020). Large pharmaceutical companies supported this Act, but it was opposed by some consumer organizations (Gordon & Mandl, 2020). The legislation offers…

Medication errors commonly occur in the hospital environment between the time a medical worker orders a medication and when a patient receives it. It is defined as improper pharmaceutical usage or patient harm caused while the medication is under a professional’s or medical worker’s, or hospital’s control (Brown, 2020). Because of the large number of…

The quality of patient care determines the effectiveness of medical services in modern healthcare institutions. Authorities in different countries have established useful motivational models for awarding best practices in the industry (Gupta and Holly 1305). This discussion evaluates the pay-for-performance (P4P) metrics for evaluating the contribution of Coastal Medical Center (CMC) to positive patient outcomes…

Table of Contents Introduction Pharmacology and the Nursing Practitioner Pharmacology and Patient Safety Conclusion References Introduction Pharmacology is the study of the actions of drugs while also incorporating knowledge from other associated scientific disciplines, such as pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The importance of medical treatment in contemporary healthcare places a heavy emphasis on the education of…

Table of Contents Lesson Plan Strategies and Resources Anticipated Types of Learners for Proposed Lesson References Lesson Plan Strategies and Resources Mitigation of patient falls will be the focus of this teaching process. This assessment’s learning context is patient fall reduction for the Latino community, whose requirements have never been considered by fall prevention initiatives.…

In medicine, there are situations when the patient’s life becomes in danger, and simple treatment methods do not fix the problem. In such cases, there is often an element of risk that the doctor strives to avoid. In order to save the patient’s life, he needs to apply specific methods and operations that can have…

Within the healthcare system, interoperability refers to the ability of informational exchange between different systems of electronic patient health data. Interoperability focuses on the integration and use of information from different health information systems to acquire better health outcomes for patients. According to Lehne et al. (2019), interoperability presents a significant step in the progress…

This post aims to evaluate the article by Greenhalgh, T., Clinch, M., Afsar, N., Choudhury Y., Sudra, R., Campbell-Richards, D., Claydon, A., Hitman, G.A., Hanson, P., Finer, S titled “Socio-cultural influences on the behavior of South Asian women with diabetes in pregnancy: a qualitative study using a multi-level theoretical approach”. The article has an easily…

The work of health facilities requires constant monitoring, analysis, and introduction of changes to improve the quality of the services provided. During observation at Hampton VA Medical Center, Community Living Center (CLC), I identified a clinical problem: service providers are negative towards medicating dementia patients. Both doctors and nurses who interact with residents show a…

Table of Contents Summary Conflict Modes Causes of Conflict in the Case Study Negotiation Models and Conflict Management Integrative Negotiation Advantages of Integrative Model of Negotiation Disadvantages of Integrative Model of Negotiation References Summary Conflict is seen as an avoidable and persistent occurrence in people’s daily lives. Further, it happens at various levels, including organizational,…