campaign for the presidency was the health care reform of the U.S. health care system. It was not until a month later into his presidency in the year 2009 that President Obama addressed the issue of the high rising cost of health care and the millions of people in the United States being uninsured. It was not until March 23th 2010‚ after much debate that President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)‚ the U.S. health care reform legislation. The primary objective
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It is approximately seven years since the inauguration of the famous Obamacare which is widely known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Obamacare is a United States federal statute created and enacted during the reign of President Obama. This statute was mainly created to increase the quality of health insurance and its affordability in the country as well as lowering the uninsured rate through the expansion of insurance coverage and reduce the cost of healthcare. Despite
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Understanding Health Insurance Needs for Small Businesses in the U.S. to Formulate the Information Technology Strategy Executive Summary The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will significantly impact the small business sector of the United States. The case study conducted by Rahul Bhaskar‚ Steven G. Mihaylo‚ and Yi “Jenny” Zhang focuses on health insurance needs for small businesses and information technology strategy. The cases analysis discuss the problems
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Nightingale is the most recognized name in the field of nursing. Her work was instrumental for developing modern nursing practice‚ and from her first shift‚ she worked to ensure patients in her care had what they needed to get healthy. Her Environmental Theory changed the face of nursing to create sanitary conditions for patients to get care. Biography of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in Italy to a wealthy British family. She was raised in the Anglican faith‚ and believed the
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Self-Care Management Plan for Hypertensive Teachers Key Areas | Recommendation | Evidence | Strategies | Detection/Diagnosis | Nurses will take every appropriate opportunity to assess blood pressure of teachers in aides to facilitate every detection of hypertension.Nurses will utilize correct technique‚ and appropriate use of cuff size properly maintained calibrated equipment when assessing BPNurses will be knowledgeable regarding the process involved in the diagnosis of HPN | Category Systolic
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IMPORTANCE OF SELF CARE FOR HEALTH AND STRESS MANAGEMENT Many of us have so many responsibilities in life that we forget to take care of ourselves. And while it’s hard to prioritize something like taking a bath when you have so many other priorities in life‚ self care is an important aspect of stress management. A massage‚ soak in the tub or other forms of pampering revitalize you inside and out. And taking time out to treat your body like the temple it is has other benefits: Self Care and You Physical
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Having empathy with the patient can increase the comfort and trust in the provider-patient relationship and can also psychologically be better for the patients. Participants in this study were students from different universities. They watched a DVD simulation-based empathy workshop and then self reported their sympathy through a survey. The background section of this article goes over the differences between “emphatetic medical care” and just general care. In emphatetic medical care‚ the caregiver centers
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- Law and Management in Occupational Health and Safety Patients in the Perioperative environment are often required to be repositioned on the operating table and most of these patients have had a regional or general anaesthetic‚ making it impossible for them (the patient) to assist staff in that repositioning. The added risk in any repositioning is loss or damage to the patients’ airway‚ and maintaining the patients’ musculoskeletal alignment‚ so as to not cause any damage to nerves
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DOROTHEA OREM’ SELF-CARE DEFICIT THEORY OF NURSING Dorcas Gray NUR/403 January 13‚ 2014 Marilyn Moorhouse University of Phoenix Material Nursing Theorist Grid The chosen theorist is Dorothea Orem. Description of key points of the theory The self-care deficit theory “provides a way of looking at and investigating what nurses do” (Blais & Hayes‚ 2011‚ p. 102). It speaks to activities that individuals can perform independently to maintain life‚ health‚ and wellbeing. The theory
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for both the day surgery and the person who has been hospitalised for several days following surgery‚ incorporates an assessment of the persons and family’s abilities for self-care‚ financial resources and the need for referrals and home health services (Berman‚ 2014). Seeing as though Mrs Green lives at home on her own‚ health care professionals need to ensure that Mrs Green has access to the appropriate services throughout her recovery. If her family or friends are unable to assist her to organise
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