Understanding Issues Facing Health Care Professionals Nurses play an extremely vital role in the world of healthcare and make up the backbone of the health care system. Florence Nightingale is noted as one of the first trained nurses. She trained at the first organized school of nursing‚ founded in Kaiserworth‚ Germany in 1846. Nursing has evolved exponentially since then. Technology changed the face of medicine and increased the workload for nurses. Currently‚ the United States is experiencing
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| HEALTH BRIEF | Effective Community Mental Health Care in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | | Guadalupe Bernardez-Hicks | 1/20/2011 | | HEALTH BRIEF Effective Community Mental Health Care in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act By Guadalupe Bernardez-Hicks INTRODUCTION: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA)‚ includes expansion of mental health services available
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nothing without it. I never knew money held such clout over human life. The ideal healthcare system would have the ability to provide research‚ care‚ and even basic information to its patients. This health care system would be one that works for the country and the individuals living in that country. In this paper key factors when developing a health care system‚ factors such as researchers‚ trained doctors and nurses‚ teachers‚ and a willing country‚ need to be addressed and some of the ways that
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The Spanish Flu was a world wide epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 50 to 100 million lives between 1918 and 1920. It has been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. The disease first appeared in Fort Riley Kansas on March 11‚ 1918 when an Army private reported to the camp hospital with complaints of a fever‚ sore throat and headache. By noon that day the hospital had treated over 100 sick soldiers with similar symptoms and 500 more by the end of that week. Initially
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Therapy Group for Cardiac Rehabilitation The article titled “Participants Experiences of a Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Group for Cardiac Rehabilitation” explores the experiences of a group of patients recovering with the assistance of cardiac rehabilitation. The participants are recovering from an illness associated with the heart and it is very important that these patients learn about stress and how to cope with the circumstances. Bishop’s article (2004) outlines the operational definition
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Community and Public Health Nursing Reflection Licia Phillips NUR/405 July 8‚ 2013 Professor Cindy Januale RN‚ MSN In the Young’s neighborhood the community is family and community centered. The community nurse and their partners and the individuals of the community come together for the greater good of the community. The neighborhood health clinic offers free immunizations as long as he individuals bring a copy of their shot records. The community also holds annual health fairs to update
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT La’Kesha Wright HCS/405 09/16/2012 Sherida Douglass Introduction The role of financial management in health services primary role is to secure the financing need to meet an organization operating objectives. The role of the financial manager is to plan for‚ acquire‚ and utilize capital to maximize the efficiency and value of the organization. Four Elements “The four elements of financial management are: planning‚ controlling‚ organizing and directing‚ and decision
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within the health care setting is institutional racism. Institutionalized racism is typically defined as biased access to goods‚ services‚ health insurance and opportunities determined by the person’s race (Peek‚ Odoms-Young‚ Quinn‚ Gorawara-Bhat‚ Wilson & Chin‚ 2010). The revelation of institutional racism within the health care industry affects not only the access to health care but also the quality of care received. The manifestation of this type of racism affects delivery of health care‚ financing
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Moral Issues from a Catholic Perspective ‘Withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment’. “And the dust goes back to the earth as it was‚ and the spirit goes back to God who gave it”. (Ecclesiastes 12:7). In order for me to comprehend and discuss the moral issue of withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment from a Catholic perspective‚ I needed to have an understanding of what Bioethics refers to. It is a shared reflective analysis and discussion of ethical issues in health care‚ health
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reactions to the flu vaccine are flu-like symptoms. Fever shills‚ headache‚ muscle aches and fatigue are flu symptoms. Serious reactions include life threatening allergies to the ingredients as well as Guillain-Barre’ syndrome (GBS) which is a severe paralytic disease. GBS can occur up to several weeks after a flu vaccine injection and can be fatal in about one in 20 people. Other reactions reported are encephalopathy‚ brain stem encephalitis‚ polyneuritis‚ arthritis‚ and thrombocytopenia. Flu vaccines
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