Demographics on Long-Term Care ES HCS/490 June 25‚ 2012 In the target area of patients requiring long-term care‚ the demographic area is increasing yearly due to the fact that people are now living longer due to medicine and preventative health care measures. These have a major impact on the changing demographics on the healthcare market today. It will further change due to the increasing population thus changing the ever-growing health care field. “Long-term care is when a patient has a
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A chronic illness is long-term. It is an illness that lasts for more than three months. A chronic illness is persistent and generally can’t be prevented by vaccination or cured by medication. Dealing with a chronic illness is very stressful and may change a person’s daily living. Some examples of chronic diseases include heart disease‚ cancer‚ type 2 diabetes‚ stroke‚ chronic respiratory problems and obesity. According to the CDC‚ in 2012 about 117 million people had one or more chronic health conditions
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the placebo‚ whereas‚ only about 35% of the depressed patients benefited from the drug. This led Dr. Brown to realize that there are other factors in treating depression. He found that the persons with short-term depression responded more favorably to the placebo than those with long-term depression. Other doctors also performed “placebo experiments” to realize if it really works.
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Continuum of Health Promotion Significant changes are required in health care‚ and the profession of nursing in particular‚ to meet the mandates required by the 2010 passage of healthcare reform laws. Such new options for illness prevention and wellness through health promotion will provide greater opportunities for nurses to work outside the traditional hospital settings. Nurses are best equipped to provide safe‚ quality‚ patient-centered care in an affordable and accessible manner. Appropriate
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to mention‚ euthanasia will change our doctor-patient relationships. One of the most important developments in recent years is the increasing stress placed on health care provides to contain cost. In many countries‚ thousands of people have no medical insurance‚ especially the poor‚ generally are not given any access to available treatment. Health care provides are even offering doctors cash bonuses if they don’t provide care for patients as the stress being placed on health care is increasing
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A terminal illness is an illness‚ such as cancer or heart disease‚ that has no cure and will eventually lead to death within a short period of time. A child with a terminal illness is not the only one that is affected; each family member is too. The whole lifestyle of a family changes when a child is diagnosed with a terminal illness. The changes in their lifestyle includes their relationships with others‚ school‚ work‚ and the roles within the family. The child with the terminal illness will experience
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Atul Gawande’s book Being Mortal and the corresponding Frontline Program described many examples of individuals being diagnosed with terminal illnesses and how they and the medical professionals responded to their diagnoses (2014). I was surprised to learn that Gawande‚ who is an oncologist‚ and many of his colleagues did not want to tell their terminally ill patients that they are dying. Informing someone that they are dying would not be a pleasant task to undertake‚ however I thought that doctors
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A1. Short-Term Advantage As the CIO of this novelty shoe company‚ I am selecting proposal 2‚ to present to our chief executive officer. With the help of my team of employees from marketing‚ sales‚ and IT‚ we have come up with the plan for Proposal 2 to be the use of a hosted wiki service. I believe that this proposal will present to our company the short term advantage of increased communication. Communication will be increased amongst not only our employees in. With the increase of effective communication
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Professional Background Responsible‚ dedicated‚ and resourceful Medical Assistant with excellent communication skills demonstrated 6 years of experience in health care. Patient focused and experience working in a busy medical office with diverse populations having strong people skills. Completed Training in clinical‚ and laboratory procedures as well as medical administrative skills on-the-job. Skill Highlights Strong medical ethic Performing EKG’s Strong clinical judgment Phlebotomy
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Introduction to the concepts of community practice The aim of this assignment is to write a report on a chosen topic of interest that demonstrates the knowledge and understanding of the factors that shape community practice. The topic that will be discussed throughout will be palliative care. I feel passionately about this topic‚ as I sometimes find myself consoling family members on the death of their relative as the role of a student nurse. Part of me wishes that if we as a larger culture stood
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