Category: Health & Medicine

My mission statement as a nurse is to passionately offer complete and competent nursing care to all clients and their family members. I vow to uphold integrity, courteousness, professionalism, and cautiousness throughout my nursing career. I pledge to continuously improve my knowledge of nursing care provided by progressing with my education to acquire relevant and…

Introduction The Ontario Registered Nurses’ Association assembled a group of nurses and scholars to create the Toolkit for implementing best practice recommendations. Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) are devices used by those involved in healthcare, that is, the stakeholders, to ensure that patients receive the best possible treatment and assistance, depending on the organization. For tailored…

The COVID-19 pandemic influenced many aspects of social and professional life. Physical distancing impacted almost every sphere of human interaction, from grocery shopping to business management. However, the medical field is the one affected the most. One of the most significant changes in the system is brought by telehealth. Telehealth refers to the delivery and…

Vaccines are regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most significant public health accomplishments. Vaccination aims to produce a protective immune reaction against a specific pathogen without the danger of contracting the illness and its potential sequelae. The capacity of governments to convey the advantages of vaccination and administer the vaccinations in a secure and…

Health care is one of the essential elements of modern society. It creates opportunities for people to live long, healthy lives. However, it is not equally accessible to different categories of people. According to Hunleth et al., cancer mortality in the United States has decreased. For example, early colorectal cancer screening improves its survivability in…

Table of Contents Facility Description Current Problem Evidence-Based Proposal Knowledge Transfer Plan Results Dissemination Measurable Outcomes Lessons Learned: Critical Appraisal Lessons Learned References Facility Description My current place of work is a tertiary care academic medical facility with 500 beds and a strong reputation for research activities. The acute care facility has 1,200 registered nurses…

The toll that both natural and man-made disasters have on a community are truly devastating. However, when considering the emotional and psychological damage of the specified occurrences, one must mention children as the victims that suffer the greatest consequences. By promoting collaboration between parents, health providers, and community members, at large, one can introduce trauma-informed…

Table of Contents Introduction Overview The main factors of medication errors Current initiatives in reducing medication errors Issues that interfere with the implementation of improvements Communication issues related to medication errors Conclusion References Introduction Although medication errors are infrequent in clinical practice, they present a severe threat to the patients’ safety. To cover all aspects…

The author highlighted essential aspects relating to expanding colposcopy clinics’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Indeed, low-income citizens often pay insufficient attention to their health, which increases the risk of developing various diseases. Thus, expanding the program to this population segment can improve the situation and reduce diseases diagnosed through colonoscopy. Moreover, the author correctly…

Healthcare facilities that seek high standards of care involve their employees in decision-making and management processes. The observation at Hampton VA Medical Center, Community Living Center (CLC), showed a lack of nursing shared governance in the care for dementia patients, which justified the need in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project. The insufficient engagement…