Essays on Nursing

Barriers Among Homeless Youth In Health Care Sebastian Henao Conestoga College Homelessness amongst youth is common in nearly every part of the world, including the region of Waterloo. Given these circumstances many young adults have barriers that they must overcome in a daily basis in …

Introduction This work aims to establish a meaning of inter-professional, multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and collaborative working and evaluate its success or failure in the provision of good quality patient care. This work will identify models of teamwork and determine. Historically, health and social care organisations have …

Christine Jorgensen Biography Christine Jorgensen (May 30, 1926 – May 3, 1989) was the first widely known person to have sex reassignment surgery – in this case, male to female. She was born George William Jorgensen, Jr. , the second child of George William Jorgensen Sr. , a carpenter …

Introduction and Background Dehydration is a fluid imbalance in the body caused by too quickly a loss of fluid or by too little fluid going into the body. As the body ages, it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain an optimum fluid balance as the body’s …

“Nurse Betty” is not so much a movie about a nurse, but it is a good depiction of how nurses can sometimes be portrayed by the media. In this film a small town waitress named Betty fixates on one doctor as portrayed in her favorite soap opera, …

The nursing shortage is an issue that has an increase concern in the health care system today and that has been a threat to the quality of care and safety of the patients. “The shortage of nurses is not necessarily a shortage of individuals with …

From birth, various actions I took led me down the long and winding path to my current career as a Labor and Delivery nurse. I became a nurse because I love blood, saving lives and cheating death. I love working weekends and holidays for extra …

A Healthy Work Environment: Essential in Providing Quality Health Care Kimberly Lett DeVry University ENGL135: Advanced Composition Fall term 2010 A Healthy Work Environment: Essential in Providing Quality Health Care The delivery of healthcare has evolved and changed over the years and with the advances …

There are many literature reviews related to quality improvement/ evidence-based practice on reducing falls in the healthcare settings. Three databases were search; namely: EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and SAGE Premier. Five articles were reviewed; and the following four articles were included in the review of the literature: …

A Licensed Vocational Nurse carries out the following: First of all, an LVN takes care of the individuals who are suffering from injuries, sicknesses, disabilities, and even those who are on their way to recovery. They do the aforementioned though based on the physicians, as …

Yaidelyn Alonso SLS1125: Matos 4/20/12 Nurses: “Caring Today For A Healthier Tomorrow” Growing up in a house hold of medical personnel, such as my mother and my aunt and other close relatives has really inspired me to become a Nurse Practitioner, but most of all …

Beginning in the home, a woman’s role is socially constructed from an early age. A woman’s role models are traditionally her parents and many women naturally follow in their mothers footsteps. However, this can often work In reverse and women of whose mothers stayed at …

The teaching-coaching function of the domains of nursing practice is a very important aspect that nurses must practice to be effective. We learn many things from textbooks, clinical environments and job placements; but I think some of the most valuable lessons and skills that I …

Nursing has been called the oldest of arts and the youngest of professions (Donahue, 1996). In ancient periods because of maternal instinct women were considered born nurses. They cared for their own family and trained their daughters and other women in their community in the …

The relief of acute pain in adult postoperative patients continues to be a common problem despite the use of pharmacologic therapies. Unrelieved pain can cause various effects including: increased heart rate and blood pressure; increased need for oxygen; tachypnea; increased susceptibility to infection; and anxiety/fear …

During my childhood and early teenage years, I can remember my English teachers asking things like what do I want to be when I grow up? What to you want to study in college? As a child I would give a quick sentence or a …

Practice in the domiciliary health care environment             A multi-disciplinary health care team consists of physicians, nurses, and other personnel in the field of health care who are collaborating in the health care of a patient who is being cared for at home.  Other personnel …

While growing up we have ideas about what we want to do with our life when we graduate from high school. These decisions include: going to college, picking a major, and figuring out where you want to go after college. I wanted to go to …

What is Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement. In this paper you will see a glance of funding issues each province has when working with reimbursement issues. The Medicaid plan administered by single provinces but besides involves federal support and is the beginning of medical coverage for …

Abstract The scenario in which I will discuss within my paper consists of an LPN student and a preceptor working a busy 12 hour shift on their acute care practicum. Both Patty (student) and Mary Lou (preceptor) worked very hard one evening and had not …

Inequalities in health between social groups have long been a dominant feature of British Society. Evidence suggests that people in the lower social scale suffer from ill health more than the middle and upper classes. This essay aims to address the reasons for this trend …

Even if you aren’t a baseball fan, it’s easy to relate to this dugout exchange between two Chicago Cubs players — 27-year-old first baseman Anthony Rizzo and 39-year-old catcher David Ross — during the tense final game of the World Series matchup between the Cubs …

The biggest con would be that It goes Into a lot of unneeded Information when considering my audience Is nursing students. There is a lot of Information that nurses don’t necessarily need to know. Imperativeness. (2014, January 3). Oxygenation of the Respiratory System for Nursing …

1. Introduction to Nursing Dissertations This guide gives you some ideas for dissertation titles. Nursing covers many areas, so there should be plenty to whet your appetite here.Nursing dissertations typically take one of two forms, focusing either upon collecting and analysing primary data or upon …

Global Health Nursing Primary Health Care/Primary Care This discussion will cover the demographic trends that impact global health today, look at patterns of health and disease that impact global health, explain the difference between primary health care and primary care, and review the World Health …

A transactional leader is that who has only management and positional authority over others. He’s positional wise superior to the employees and all other working under him. There are no necessary skills needed to lead people. He’s in charge of their salaries and other finances. …

Hello there. I understand you are thinking of entering the care profession as a support worker. As a support worker we all have a duty of care to clients. The duty of care is to ensure that we act in the best possible way to …

Calculation of Labour Utilization Time used by assistant supervisors for production process = 100% -10% = 90% Therefore, the total available labour = 18 + 0. 9*4 = 21. 6 Maximum labour hours/ month = No. of days*labour hrs available/day*total available labour = 20*8*21. 6 …

Introduction: This literature review will be based on finding evidence for the support received by carers of people with schizophrenia, the focus of this document will be specific to 24 year old male diagnosed with schizophrenia and living at home with parents. For confidentiality purposes, …

Assessment and Management of Pain Introduction Pain is among the most complex and at the same time the most threatening of all the domains of ordinary human experience. The quotation above highlights the very personal nature of the pain experience and the bleak sense of …