Partners In Health

Obama in 2010, and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, together is taking healthcare, and the professions, such as nursing to greater heights and expectations by transforming “its health care system to provide seamless, affordable, quality care that is accessible to all, patient centered, and evidence based and leads to improved health outcomes” (Institute of Medicine, 2010) . In order to achieve this, the IOM offers recommendations…

Health Prevention Initiatives Managed care focuses heavily on health prevention initiatives as a critical component to decrease overall health care costs, as preventing disease has a direct cause and effect relationship with healthier populations, which result in lower overall health care costs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) defines preventative care as health care that includes “immunizations, screenings for common chronic and infectious diseases and cancers, clinical and…

that have health problems and need treatment, while wellness travel targets healthy people that are willing to change the way they travel. Most people look forward to travel, but sometimes it can feel like you need a vacation after you’ve…

result of the rise of multi-billion dollar food-marketing business and the “shifting grounds of nutrition science” (268). Michael Pollan believes that Americans focus too much on the scientific aspect of food that they fail to concentrate on their own health and happiness. Americans have misconceptions on the way Americans eat because of the rise of nutrition science, flawed data on healthy eating, and the redefinition…

communication with my spouse are a many of those habits. However, walking through life can be a very unpredictable journey and during the process I might come across many roadblocks. For example: A death in the family, children making poor choices, and health issues. Many of us cannot handle many of these tragic events, however keeping focus and taking life as it comes, it will make us emotionally stronger. Knowing that there are things in life we don 't have any control over, as a result, we…

The databases that have been used were Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, and Science Direct. The search was done using the following key words: leadership, nursing, goals, goal-setting, setting goals, and influence. The importance of setting goals must be addressed from the very beginning of…

A person’s body is what makes them who they are. Everyone is unique due to a physical trait they have. Even though everyone has a different opinion about what his or her perfect body would be, changing one’s physical features would take away from the uniqueness and specialty of that specific individual. I personally would never even think about getting plastic surgery for myself, because I really do not see any point of changing the way God created you, just so you become content with changing a…

Methods to achieve a heathy lifestyle Fat,huge, and gross are all words that people think when they hear the word obese. Obesity is something that effects many people, according to the NIH “More than two-thirds (68.8 percent) of adults are considered to be overweight or obese”. Now with that being said you might ask yourself how is that possible? Well, people become obese because they lack motivation to workout, they have unhealthy eating habits, and people not knowing how to live a healthy…

nutrition is a public health issue because it’s almost nonexistent, it’s not being taught as much. It is still important to embrace the benefits of physical activities and nutrition. In this new day there are a lot of processed products that have come along in order to satisfy families that are always on the go. Physical activity and nutrition the old fashion way like outside play and going by the food pyramid has become almost none existent. Even though in the US the importance of health in…

would live a healthy life for most of up to five years, and after that her downfall would begin. Throughout those five years, not a single person could tell that my mother had cancer. However, looks can be deceiving. After a few months, my mother’s health began to deteriorate. She began to feel continuous severe pain. My father took care of my mother to the best of his ability. He took her for treatment from one hospital to another despite knowing that soon we would lose her. My mother left me…