The Heritage Assessment Tool is a way for health care providers to get a better understanding of their patients’ backgrounds and heritage. This information can be used to provide better care and tailor treatment plans to the individual. The tool can also help identify potential health risks that may be more prevalent in certain populations. … Read more
Evidence-based practice is an important step in the current health care evolution. Model guided practice change provides clinical effectiveness with the best available research information, which affect positive patient outcomes. “EBP is a problem-solving approach to clinical decision making that integrates the best evidence from well-designed studies with a clinician`s expertise along with the patient`s … Read more
One of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020 is to help Americans achieve longer, quality lives—unencumbered by preventable diseases, disabilities, injuries, and premature death (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2010). Debilitating or chronic back pain is a public health concern as it is often associated with negative health consequences and … Read more
This paper examines numerous published articles that speak about the benefits of oxygen therapy, its medical uses, and its palliative values. This paper discusses two differing possibilities in oxygen application, and various conditions that can be managed with oxygen (Sharifipour, 2011). This study will also explain tracheostomy use, when it is indicated, and how it … Read more
Abstract Today healthcare industry is becoming challenging due to health reforms and competitive pressure. The only valid business strategy can manage the cost and quality of patient care. It is imperative to understand the concept of cost accounting to accept these challenges. Cost accounting models can be used in different areas which could be cost … Read more
B3. Opportunities: Healthcare has been and will always be a place for controversies and augment. The weakness of the organization can open up opportunities for the organization to grow and impact the community. One of the opportunities Nebraska CHI can utilize is making use of telemedicine technology for areas lacking certain medicine specialties. This is … Read more
The goal of this brief review is to investigate potential applicability of electrical stimulation modalities to early mobility treatment of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA or “stroke”). Rehabilitation clinicians working in the acute neurological settings see a diversity of diagnoses, a majority of which is stroke. Orders to treat patients post stroke prioritize early mobility focusing on … Read more
Introduction: Having a sound understanding of pathophysiology is imperative for all allied health practitioners within the Australian healthcare system. Pathophysiology is defined to be the functional changes associated with particular diseases (Webster, 2016). Knowledge of pathophysiology and its related mechanisms is essential as it helps with the thorough understanding of certain diseases, its aetiology and … Read more
It is very important for the health care workers to invoke the reflexive question when working with the Hmong elderly. The reflexive question asks, where am I in this encounter with culture? What is my point of view? How is that perspective affecting my view of these events? How is this inquiry changing my understanding … Read more
The purpose of this review was to outline and evaluate pain assessment techniques and tools commonly used in the postoperative recovery room to assist in pain management. Problem Identification and Evidence Pain after surgery is stressful to patients and is a major problem in post anesthesia care unit (PACU). Recent data suggest 80 percent of … Read more