According to the 2013 annual report from the National Commission on Certification of PAs‚ 85.6% of certified PAs indicated they were white. Given that diversity matters to healthcare and treatment of patients‚ many minority groups still experience health disparities despite the overall improvement in the healthcare system. Being an American of Vietnamese descent‚ I want to be a part of the nation’s movement in making PA become
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When talking about health it is not just about the overall condition of a person whether physical or non-physical such as psychological‚ spiritual and social well-being and not just the absence of illness or disability. Health can also be the ability to manage and adjust to different situations and achieve optimistic holistic understanding. Health inequalities is the dissimilarities of a well-being status among person or groups‚ as measured by factors such as lifespan‚ death or sickness. It also
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elements necessary to prove a negligence case are duty of care‚ breach of that duty‚ injury‚ and causation. The first requirement in establishing negligence is for a plaintiff to prove the existence of a legal relationship between himself or herself and the defendant. Duty is defined as a legal obligation of care‚ performance‚ or observation imposed on one to safeguard the rights of others. This duty‚ for example‚ can arise from a relationship between a physician and a patient which may be as simple
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Affordable Health Care Act Name of Professor Institution Affiliation Affordable Health Care Act According to the journal ‘The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing’ Sorrell attempts to ascertain how legislature‚ individual and communities struggle to enact health care reforms that are upheld constitutionally in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The health care act was first enacted in 2010. The Affordable Care Act outlines important ethical reforms of justice that provide
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Infection control The different routes‚ through which infection can get into the body‚ are: * You can get an infection through the respiratory tract and into the lung‚ by a cough‚ cold‚ influenza and any other common airborne infections that are contracted in this fashion. * You could get it through a cut or wound that has broken the skin‚ one of the main functions of the skin is to act as a barrier against any infection. Anything that penetrates the skin or for that matter the mucous membrane
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Tallahassee Ear‚ Nose‚ and Throat-Head and Neck Surgery‚ P.A. Dr. Becker has enjoyed working with Tallahassee Ear‚ Nose‚ and Throat (TENT) for the past nineteen years. TENT specializes in the care and treatment of adult and pediatric otolaryngology which entails the care of diseases of the ear‚ nose‚ sinuses‚ face‚ mouth‚ throat‚ the upper airway and the neck. They also offer facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. TENT not only offers care in otolaryngology they were fortunate to team up with Audiology
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the care they need. It is the administrator’s job to run and manage the healthcare organizations. Examples of these companies are the local doctor’s office‚ hospitals‚ nursing homes or home healthcare agencies. Healthcare administrators have endless opportunities but I personally think that long term care is a great option. Long term care is always growing and evolving. According to OHCA‚ by year 2030‚ 33 million people will be seniors and one in five will need some type of long-term care. Long
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Healthcare reform or as it’s formally known‚ the Affordable Care Act‚ is a volatile and polarizing issue among healthcare insurers. When President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 it sent ripples throughout the healthcare insurance industry. No other single issue has caused so much controversy in recent years among insurers and politicians alike. It is a multibillion dollar enforcement that will affect nearly every American at some point in their lifetimes. Opinions vary from enthrallment
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are losing a big part in their lives that was valuable. The value of losing something that was part of the life of the individual could affect their self-esteem in way that they feel like it is hopeless to do anything else. For example someone who has Dementia would easily be affected by their condition because they can barely remember anything that happens in their life. Their self-confidence would be affected because everyone surrounding the individual would know that the individual suffers from
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1.3 understanding how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and social care workplace 1.1 Review systems‚ policies and procedures for communicating information on health and safety in the health and social care workplace in accordance with legislative requirements 1.2 Assess the responsibilities in a specific health and social care workplace for the management of health and safety in relation to organisational structure. 1.3 Analyse health and safety priorities appropriate
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