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Uninsured and Under-insured in America, 2008.
An analysis of the factors contributing to the uninsured or under-insured status of many Americans today.
2,236 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper discusses the prevalence of uninsured and under-insured people in America. It focuses on the phenomenon that these people may have to choose whether to buy food, clothing and pay rent versus paying for health insurance coverage. The paper analyzes the exorbitant costs related to health care insurance as the major factor contributing to whether Americans are uninsured or under-insured today.
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"In tune with Navarro's report, Jones (1992) notes that even people with health insurance coverage contend with concerns they not be covered due to having a particular condition or they may be concerned that they may not be able to afford to pay deductibles and/or copayments. Some, with adequate grounds, may fear they may lose their coverage if/when their insurance company or employer raises premiums, changes or withdrawals their coverage, goes out of business or merges with another company. Other individuals may be afraid to change jobs for fear they may lose their health insurance. When a person's health coverage depends on his/her parents or employed spouse, he/she may lose his/her insurance coverage with a change any change in status, such as turning 18 years old or being withheld or divorced. (Jones, 1992)"
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Health Care Informatics, 2008.
A review of the importance of pursuing enterprise content management (ECM) systems and the implications for advanced practice nursing.
1,803 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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The paper illustrates through research how the adoption of an enterprise content management (ECM) system can revolutionize the accuracy and quality of long-term care strategies for patients in the healthcare facility. The paper states that, in pursuing the best practices in patient care through the development and refinement of an ECM system to manage data on patients, the processes healthcare professionals rely on for completing their tasks will also be made more efficient. . The paper details the resultant efficiency, and costs and time saved by the implementation of such a system.
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Executive Summary
How would you envision using information and communication technologies to support and augment your role as an advanced practice nurse in their health care facility?
What clinical information tool would you recommend to them as important for use in their organization to enhance or improve patient care?
What evidence is there that this tool will enhance the quality of care? Are their any limitations or concerns about its use?
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"This isn't simply about being able to see more patients or dispensing treatment plans, it's about being able to have a more comprehensive view of the patient treatment plans for advanced diseases and conditions that optometry specializes in treating. This includes drug interactions that clinicians and specialist MDs both need to have instantly as they prescribe treatment plans for patients. Currently advanced practice nurses and specialist MDs have to look either through multiple systems or through a series of books to figure out what if any interactions there are to medications. Appling IT strategies to this unmet need would include integrating all databases internally to the practice in addition to subscribing to external information sources, all unified with a common search technology that would, from a single query, provide the medical professional with the information requested. Another aspect of this unmet need of increasing productivity is the scheduling of appointments between advanced practice nurses and specialist MDs in addition to those with patients. Moving away from manual systems in this area is also a critical step for higher levels of productivity for advanced practice nurses, specialist MDs and staff at clinics and hospitals alike."
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Natural Healing in Pain Management, 2008.
A research proposal identifying specific natural healing methodologies and an analysis of which natural healing methodologies tend to work best with specific pain-causing conditions.
1,802 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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This research proposal discusses the use of natural healing methodology in pain management as a realistic and acceptable alternative to the use of traditional pain medications in today's society. The paper identifies specific natural healing methodologies and discusses which natural healing methodologies tend to work best with the different pain-causing conditions. It also provides a brief overview of the etiology of pain as it relates to various health conditions and discusses what researchers conclude must be accomplished to alleviate these conditions. The paper includes an annotated bibliography that is followed by a description of the methodology to be used for the study.
Table of Contents:
Problem Statement
Background
Annotated Bibliography
Proposed Methodology
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"Natural healing methodologies are not without their detractors, though. In spite of numerous scientific studies that suggest these techniques are effective, many healthcare providers argue that some healthcare consumers may not recognize which ones are legitimate and which ones are not. Furthermore, to the extent that such inefficacious healthcare alternatives are pursued will likely be the extent to which the consumer fails to receive any benefit as well as missing out on the opportunity to receive the potential benefits of other natural healing methodologies with proven track records or a combination of such techniques with conventional medicine approaches. In this regard, Mccracken (1999) emphasizes that, "The pursuit of a useless remedy, even if it is in itself harmless, may close the way to an efficacious course of treatment" (p. 24)."
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Health Care Marketing Issues, 2008.
An analysis of the trend toward marketing in health care and the issues that it must address.
1,907 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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This paper discusses the transition of health care into a recognized competitive market. It describes how this has caused there to be many good and bad changes to health care as whole. The paper focuses on, foremost, the evolution of marketing in health care. It describes the issues that health care marketing must address in order to entice the consumer.
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"The resulting awareness, that has brought some serious public health enemies to the forefront of the consumers mind must be bolstered by the health care delivery system, through its own "social marketing" as it applies to everything from opportunities to access complementary medicine, to a refocused attention on preventative medicine expressing healthy lifestyle changes in a positive light, rather than in the traditional manner that admonishes the individual for making bad choices through scare tactics and unhealthy pattern viewing.
"In conclusion, to meet the need of any health care institution through marketing one must establish a base that reflects the desires of the "market voice" not simply the stakeholders. The balance between the current technology and advancement must be made to remain a leading power in health care and marketing must introduce the consumer to changes that have already occurred and drive changes that will occur in the future."
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Palliative Care, 2008.
A proposal to study perceptions of palliative nursing care by patients and nurses.
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 43.95
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This paper proposes a study to compare nurses' and patients' attitudes and beliefs about palliative care nursing and decision-making processes. The paper relates that the study will also explore contradictory beliefs about palliative care held between nurses' and primary care providers. The paper further relates that the researcher intends to explore whether there are prominent differences between nurses' and patients' perceptions of palliative care and which factors influence perceptions about palliative care among nurses, patients' and doctors. In addition, the research will also analyze what role doctors' preferences have in palliative care treatments offered to patients and which criteria are used to determine patients' choices and involvement in palliative care decision-making in a hospital or other long-term care environment.
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Abstract
Introduction
Background to Study
Significance of the Study
Literature Review
Overview of Palliative Care Studies
Method
Theoretical Framework
Participants
Design, Setting, Instruments
Ethical Implications
Dissemination of Results
Work Plan
Budget
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"Carmel, Werner & Ziedenberg (2004) note that often decisions about palliative care are deferred to doctor's and nurses, and relate to their preferences more so than that of the patient, especially in cases of elderly patients or patients with poor health prognosis. Solomon et. al (1993) conducted a study involving over 600 physicians and 700 nurses working in five hospitals, finding that significant differences existed between the needs for palliative care and preferences between doctors, nurses and even patients (Carmel, Werner & Ziedenberg, 2004). Most notably, there is evidence suggesting more attention need be paid on "prognoses or patients' preferences" instead of the attitudes and beliefs of the healthcare providers involved in care (Carmel, Werner & Ziedenberg, 2004, p. 27)."
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD), 2008.
An examination of the growing incidence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
2,295 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 17 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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The paper explains that ADHD is a neurological condition characterized by inattention and restlessness and is commonly diagnosed in early childhood. The paper states that there is a growing belief that ADHD is growing in incidence. The paper confirms the fact that attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has increased in incidence over a 10-year span in school-aged children.
Outline:
Introduction
Current Status of ADHD in the United States
Conclusion
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"In November of 1998, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invited 44 experts from across the United States in psychiatry, psychology, epidemiology, biostatistics, and pediatrics to "develop a consensus statement addressing key diagnostic and treatment issues" on ADHD (NIH, p. 1). What came out of this conference was a confirmation that ADHD is a valid disorder that may be measured, that impairs "functioning caused by inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity." They found a 3% to 5% incidence among school-aged children and noted a need to improve diagnosis, to enhance treatment and for better follow-up. There is a need for parents, teachers and healthcare providers to cooperate better in order to bring about the best assessment and treatment for these children. Stimulants appear to be the best treatment to relieve the symptoms of ADHD, though "the threshold of symptoms most appropriate for stimulant therapy had no consensus among the experts."
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First Aid Training for Employees, 2008.
This paper looks at the importance of first aid training in the workplace.
1,049 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that every workplace environment, regardless of the amount of hazards or type of environment, should have a basic first aid, CPR and blood born pathogen training program or, at the very least, an emergency response plan. The writer maintains that the benefits and needs for proper employee training and precautions in such areas as first aid, CPR and blood borne pathogen protection are essential in today's business world. Not only may such training save a life, it will ensure that all employees are properly protected and, if all standards are properly followed, may protect the employer from potential areas of liability. The writer concludes that for this reason, all employers should, at a minimum, offer its employees a basic course in first aid and CPR.
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"Cariopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is an emergency first procedure used on a victim of cardiac arrest. Although CPR is part of the emergency medical provider's chain of survival, which includes early access to emergency medical services, early CPR, early defibrillation and early advanced care, it is a procedure that can be performed by laypersons. In fact, because CPR is such a vital component in saving a person's lives, it is highly advised that all people become fully trained in CPR procedures. This is especially true in the workplace setting.
"CPR is a skill that must be learned from professional training and through regular practice and review courses. Typically training involves hands-on practice using a resuscitation mannequin. Like all first aid procedures, CPR is a skill that should be learned at the beginning of an employment relationship and not as a reaction to an employment emergency situation. Because CPR is such a specific procedure, it is best if it is taught by an expert, which will allow the person to perform CPR in an effective and safe manner."
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Community Health Systems, 2008.
An overview of Community Health Systems
4,900 words (approx. 19.6 pages), 20 sources, APA, $ 124.95
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This paper discusses the Community Health Systems (CHS) - large corporations that own and operate full-service hospitals in non-urban areas. It sets out the history of CHS, how it is managed and how the company analyzes its mission and its operation to see how the two mesh and to determine the population served, the various services that are most needed, and ways of reducing costs and laws that may apply to the operations in different states.
Outline:
Introduction
Community Health Systems
Company History
Company Management
Management Chart
Medical Technology
Conclusion
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"Materials management is another important function in healthcare facilities, and computer programs have been developed for this purpose as well. There are some two dozen materials management systems available from various vendors today, and these are compared by Adams (1996) to show the features of each and the ways in which they can be used. Adams notes that the extraordinary quantities of data generated from medical supply contracts requires the implementation of materials management programs so that this can no longer be seen as an option but a necessity. These systems offer considerable advantages which contribute to their value, and these systems can supply virtually instantaneous access to all pertinent data, including revenue projections. The systems can help control costs to a significant degree, making materials management a critical aspect of any integrated health care environment (Adams, 1996, pp. 63-65)."
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Standards of Care, 2008.
This paper looks at the cultural competence of long-term health care as it relates to the Latino population.
1,979 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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In this article, the writer notes that a current positive trend in health care is to establish systems that are open and receptive to cultural diversity. The writer discusses that culturally competent is the designation that is utilized to describe a hospital or other health care facility that answers the needs of a diverse population through services and training that recognizes cultural diversity and helps to guide those individuals through access points, and services to achieve a better outcome. Cultural competence is defined in a number of ways but includes linguistic recognition and training for the region and or service area of the health care facility, religious and social sensitivity to a variety of diverse issues with particular interest in regionally dominant minorities. This work addresses the Latino population and uses the example of a long-term care facility to demonstrate cultural competence in this area.
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"Mutual understanding on both parts is broken down and can create problems of health risk and even emotional and physical safety. This translates to the skilled and certified staff in a long term care facility. When a CNA is unable to convince a patient that restraints are necessary for their safety, and that all their needs will be met if they are restrained, the person may seriously resist restraints to a point of their own peril. Though restraints are an unfortunate aspect of long term care they serve an important role, especially in the case of extreme frailty or dementia. Within the long term care setting restraint is unfortunately essential but often contrary to cultural and personal beliefs, even for those who are of the culturally dominant race, but to someone with limited English skills they can seem like the most offensive and unacceptable form or torture imaginable. Nurses and CNAs recognize that patient must do things to achieve greater health that are contrary to anything they do normally in their own element and yet if the nurse or CAN is unable to communicate this need and its importance to the patient the patient is left at risk of falling and or physically damaging themselves to seek to achieve unrestricted movement, that they are often physically unable to perform."
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The Concept of Disease, 2008.
This paper looks at the concept of disease from a general medical practice and homeopathic medicine perspective.
7,480 words (approx. 29.9 pages), 28 sources, MLA, $ 164.95
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In this article, the writer provides the relevant background and comparison of general medicine and homeopathic concepts of disease. Further, the writer discusses how their similarities and differences affect the choice of treatment modalities and their effect on the patients involved. The research shows that general medicine concepts of disease relate to dysfunctions in the body that are characterized by specific symptoms that can be diagnosed and treated. In contrast, the research also shows that in homeopathy, practitioners consider disease symptoms as the body's own attempts to heal itself. The writer maintains that in most cases, homeopaths use medicines that mimic the symptoms of the disease but do so in such attenuated amounts that these active ingredients are virtually absent from the prescription with most observers suggesting there is a powerful placebo effect at play. The writer concludes that it would seem reasonable to assert that many general medicine practitioners could take a lesson from their homeopathic counterparts by paying more attention to establishing therapeutic relationships and a rapport with their patients rather than ruling out one possible cause after another without regard to what patients have to say about their personal concepts of the disease involved.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Scope of Study
Rationale of Study
Methodology
Chapter 2: Background and Overview
Chapter 3: General Medicine Concepts of Disease
Chapter 4: Homeopathic Medicine Concepts of Disease
Chapter 5: Summary and Conclusions
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"Christopher Boorse criticizes the idea that health and disease are evaluative concepts. In his view, this relativizing of the concepts leads to absurd consequences. Assume, for instance, that one defines disease in terms of unwanted things which are candidates for medical treatment. He claims that many recognized diseases are not really treatable. On the other hand, practices such as circumcision, termination of pregnancy or plastic surgery are not good reasons for considering the possession of foreskin, being pregnant or having ears that stick out to be diseases. Another possibility is that one invokes pain or suffering as a criterion for calling something a disease; however, Boorse emphasizes as well that medical textbooks frequently describe instances where the absence of subjective discomfort is accompanied by serious internal injury; by contrast, some people tend to experience severe pain and discomfort during entirely normal processes such as menstruation, teething and childbirth."
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Trichomoniasis, 2008.
A review of the facts and issues of the sexually transmitted disease known as Trichomoniasis.
781 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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The paper discusses the infection known as Trichomoniasis and states that it is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases that affects both women and men. The paper highlights the incidences, causative factors, symptoms, occurrences of this disease and its treatment.
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"The central causative factor that precipitates the disease is the single-celled protozoan parasite, Trichomonas vaginalis. The most common site of infection is the vagina in women and in the urethra in men. The virus is "..."sexually transmitted through penis-to-vagina intercourse or vulva-to-vulva (the genital area outside the vagina) contact with an infected partner. Women can acquire the disease from infected men or women, but men usually contract it only from infected women" (Trichomoniasis - CDC Fact Sheet). There is a comorbid factor as well and Trichomoniasis is commonly associated with co-infection with other STDs, such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae. "
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