Category: Healthcare

  • Staffing Matrix in Healthcare Setting

    Table of Contents Introduction Description of Our Staffing Matrix Adjustments Based on Patient Census Reallocation of Resources Based on Variance Conclusion References Introduction A staffing matrix is a tool that aids in comprehending the levels of all staff groups required in a consensus-based hospital setup. The staffing matrix in nursing serves as guidance for making…

  • Balanced Scorecard for Healthcare Organizations

    Healthcare organizations are formed with the aim of providing high-quality and timely medical services to the targeted patients. Leaders of such organizations can rely on the power of balanced scorecards to turn operations around and solve some of the existing challenges. Managers using the framework will be in a position to identify some of the…

  • Concerns Related to Complex Adaptive Systems in Healthcare

    As a complex adaptive system, healthcare is associated with several issues on different organizational levels, or all of them at once, since the complex nature of the health system has its consequences. One of the corresponding concerns is related to leadership, as this element of the healthcare system may be significantly affected on multiple levels…

  • Quantitative Research Designs in Healthcare

    There is an amplified prominence on evidence-based practice (EBP) to demonstrate medical decision-making. The EBP is demarcated as the reliability of superlative study evidence with clinical proficiency, patient values and requirements in the conveyance of high-quality, cost efficient healthcare (McCay, 2019). Globally, EBP has become a significant preoccupation or researchers and nurses engaged in the…

  • Quality of Life and Its Application to Healthcare

    Introduction This analysis aims to reach a clear definition of the term “quality of life” by studying the way it has been applied in healthcare and other fields. This clarity will ensure effective communication about the quality of life between nurses and patients. Apart from that, clarifying what quality of life means will determine treatment…

  • Exploring Theories Across Multiple Disciplines in Healthcare

    In terms of sociological sciences, the first theory that I remember learning about was the Social Network Theory, which studies how people, groups, and organizations interact with others inside the networks that are relevant to them. The theory has been shown to apply to a broad range of other disciplines and settings as it enables…

  • Promoting Social Change in Healthcare through Student-University Alignment

    Carolyn’s goals in Walden University are solid and can stand on their own. Any nurse should strive to provide healthcare to individuals from underprivileged, neglected, and abused backgrounds, as they need it first and foremost. There is a great deal of inequality in modern healthcare in the US and in the world in general. Over…

  • Differential Statistics in the Healthcare: The Z-test

    A speculated statement that evaluates a study outcome is called the research hypothesis. By implication, an experimental design is under a research hypothesis. Thus, a research hypothesis can be evaluated with prediction, deduction, induction, test of predictions and observation. However, a research hypothesis for an experimental design must be testable or falsifiable. To understand hypothesis…

  • Healthcare Access and Its Importance for Community

    The importance of access to rendered necessary medical services within the field of healthcare is conditional upon their impact on the population’s health and long-term initiatives developed for improving the situation. Their relation to the studied concepts can be viewed through the lens of social determinants and economic stability in the first place since these…

  • Quadruple Aim: Enhancing Healthcare Efficiency

    Working in the healthcare field is associated with a high level of responsibility and carries the ethical value ​​of helping people, which for some professionals is already a reward but not for everyone. At the same time, working in healthcare is associated with high moral and psychological pressure affecting health, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic,…