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Crowding of Emergency Departments (ED) is a major problem that not only effects the patients seeking medical attention, but the hospital staff trying to provide effective and quality care. With so many factors contributing to the overcrowding issue, it is impossible for nurses to resolve the situation without assistance. “The intense and continuous work overload, combined with the lack of response from organizational management, can compromise the work process and the quality of the healthcare…

It is important to have a collaboration of team work within any healthcare setting that you are working in. Individual needs can be complex and require an interdisciplinary and/or interprofessional team to work together to achieve optimum health for an individual you are caring for. At Healthcare and Rehabilitation Services we deal with many participants working with individuals in the home and in the community. A large amount of our patients have mental health and/or developmental…

experiences, I would like to continue to expand my understanding of emotion regulation and mental processes in special populations, specifically multicultural and youth populations. This would allow for a better understanding of these clients such that interventions can be better tailored towards them. I would like also to better understand community health, and improve accessibility of mental health services for youth and multicultural populations. In order to do so, I would like to…

to their doctors when requesting medication was dealing with wanting control over their final days (Death with Dignity, 2014). Patients want to take back control over an illness that has controlled them for so long. Perhaps terminally ill patients who chose Death with Dignity are trying to claim their lives from an illness that robbed them of life. If people have the right to abort a pregnancy due to complications or simply because the pregnancy is unwanted, then a terminally ill person…

The nursing profession can reflect on one pivotal moment in 2010 that will influence the future in all dimensions of advanced nursing for years to come. This world changing moment was the signing of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Also known as the Affordable Care Act. The signing of this statue was the beginning of change in health care in our country. For the first time since the implementation of Medicare in 1965 many Americans were eligible for affordable health care.…

The woman interviewed is a single, 38 year old mother of 3, from Warner Robins, Georgia. She indicated that her profession is a licensed practical nurse. She stressed the fact that she was previously had health coverage provided by her job; however, due to unforeseen circumstances she was left uninsured. She emphasized that her current financial circumstances prevents the purchase of insurance. Her source of healthcare is limited to her knowledge in nursing. She clarified that she uses it…

While death seems like a distant thought to most people, death is inevitable to all regardless of a person race, gender, or class. There is no way to escape death, as it will someday reach everyone, Mosri 2 of 5 but in all technicality it is illegal to take one’s own life…

At 21st Century Solutions Health Care Hospital we pride ourselves with diversity of leaders in our governing body. In order to unify our hospital we have unique committee’s that comprise of various skill sets throughout the hospital. Instead of limiting our committees to educated health administrators and physicians, we look to train and educate nurses and other professionals throughout the hospital to gain better perspectives and innovative ideas for our hospital. We also utilize the latest…

Each year one in four people aged 15 to 20 will be diagnosed with a mental illness in Canada., but only 25 per cent will seek help. For too long, Todd Devlin was a part of the majority. After dealing with his parents’ divorce and his transition to university, Devlin noticed something different about himself. The McMaster undergraduate stopped attending classes only to sit at home in misery. “In my third year of university, I struggled big time,” said Devlin in an email interview. “There…

When we look up the word nursing we tend to find something along the lines of “protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” (Lundy, 2014). But, there is more to nursing than that simple definition. Nursing is a profession that takes responsibility for assuring the good primary health…