many women around the country today and they are taking full force to solve this issue. Alkadrv, Mohamad G., and Leslie E. Tower. “Covert Pay Discrimination: How Authority Predicts Pay Differences Between Women And Men. “ Public Administration Review 5 (2011):740. Academic OneFile. Web. 9 Sept. 2016. In 2011, a study was done about the discrimination women receive through their years of employment. This article describes women and their place in the…
or developments in therapeutic treatment. A rather niche approach, bioelectronic medicine, is particularly attractive to the field of biomedical engineering, relying less on biochemistry than an integration of device and neurology. Georgina Casey, nursing lecturer at Auckland University of Technology, writes that bioelectronic medicine is an internal or external therapy that targets a particular area of the body and disrupts action potentials through electrical impulses, affecting nerve…
Transcultural (2012) explains in Madeline Leininger’s Transcultural Model of Nursing, that it is important for nurses to evaluate their personal attitudes of ethical nursing,…
How can nurses prepare parents to care for their child with a complex chronic illness at home? Brenner, M., Larkin, P., Hilliard, C., Cawley, D., Howlin, F., & Connolly, M. (2015). Parents’ perspectives of the transition to home when a child has complex technological health care needs. International journal of integrated care, 15(3). There is growing number of children with chronic healthcare needs yet little research about the transition from hospital to primary care and home. This study…
strength potency or degree of dilution are indicated by numerals or alphabets X, C or K. In US, there are $ homeopathic organization around 20 homeopathic pharmacies & 5 homeopathic schools. OTC homeopathic drug products does not show any side effects, but the label of it must carry information about working regarding pregnancy, nursing mother and temper evident features. The label of homeopathic drug product lacks expiration date but must meet the all other requirements of FDA &…
PHARMACEUTICAL CARE Pharmaceutical care: Pharmaceutical care is a professional service provided to patients delivered by qualified, registered and trained pharmacist in clinical, community and hospital settings. The main aim of Pharmaceutical care is ensure the best standards of practice while using medicines and health care to achieve the optimized predetermined safety and efficacy goals. Historical background of Pharmaceutical care The emergence of pharmaceutical care begins in 1960s in USA…
Hodgkin 's Lymphoma Hodgkin 's lymphoma (also known as Hodgkin 's disease) is a cancer that develops in the lymphatic system called lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infection. All other lymphomas are classified as non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma. Hodgkin 's disease is distinguished by the presence of large abnormal cells, called Reed-Sternberg cells. The disease is less common than non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma (Simon, 2013). Hodgkin 's lymphoma affects…
quasi-experimental study to test a prevention bundle for catheter-associated urinary tract infections (Blanck, Donahue, Brentlinger, Stinger, & Polito, 2014). The article describing this study was well-organized and easy-to-read; it tested the use of specific nursing practices to reduce catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). The need for the study was demonstrated in the introduction and the problem was identified: Consistent catheter care was not being provided to patients with…
Evidence Based Practice – Pressure Ulcers In today’s era of nursing, nurses practice in an “accountability age.” The quality of care provided to each patient as well as cost issues is what drives the direction of healthcare. Patients are becoming more informed and knowledgeable about their own health as well as prevalence of medical errors within hospitals and other healthcare institutions across the United States. To decrease such errors such as nosocomial infections, medication errors,…
Background of job duty In an interview I spoke with a woman named Janine Cunningham, a case manager/ Service Coordinator in “Office of Long Term Living” (OLTL) at Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living, located in Allentown Pa, serving Lehigh and North Hampton County. Talking with her I had received a lot of information on what level of case management she takes part in, the stages, feedback on what HCBS waivers are as well as HCBS ISP and much more. When asked what the office of…