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Mental Health Illness in our society often times goes unnoticed. It is a profound issue that impacts our society more than what we would care to acknowledge. Recent tragic shootings like the one in Orlando Florida, and New Town, Connecticut, open the debate for discussions, as to the mental health system and support for our mentally ill. Mental illness does not have a face, race or socioeconomic class, it can happen to anyone. We as a society have to face it head on and realize that it is…

CPH Terminology: Section I – Orientation to the Perspective Population-based: Studies that seek to answer research questions concerning populations; answers are generalizable to the whole population in questions, not only the specific individuals included in the study (external validity); can include case-control, cross-sectional, cohort, twin studies Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): Passed in 1996, US legislation that concerns privacy standards to protect patient…

Introduction Group work and collaboration is an opportunity for every nurse to expand his/her resources to make greater impacts in the community. The final project of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at the University of Washington, Tacoma, involved partnering with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) and the Medical Reserve Corp (MRC). This project and partnership provided an opportunity to collaborate with individuals, groups and public health organizations to address a…

Making appropriate health care decisions depends on a person’s literacy; the ability to process and understand the healthiness information provided by clinicians (U. S. Department of Health & Human Services [HHS], 2008). Only 12% of the American population is able to thoroughly process the exchange of health information; and, the remaining population have medium to low literacy levels with the inability to comprehend all or some of what the clinician is telling them when providing treatment or…

How Can the Best Personal Injury Attorney Help You on Your Medical Malpractice Suit? The best personal injury lawyers will tell you that the most common criminal issues that occurs in a hospital and any healthcare facility is medical negligence. This is a situation where the medical staff have made a mistake and it does not necessarily mean that a case can be made when it has resulted in death only. It could be a situation where the medical history of the patient was not done diligently and…

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a seven step Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) on reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). This paper will discuss both the strengths and weaknesses about this study as well as the authors effectiveness in documenting the results. While the strengths of this study and article are the positive results and reduction in CAUTI, the author’s use of a verbose and complicated writing style left me struggling to…

While working in a clinic on the south side of Chicago with a large African American Population I became concerned as to the incidence and prevalence of hypertension in this group. African Americans have earlier onset and greater severity of hypertension and the majority of clients that entered our clinic were diagnosed with hypertension. The clinic participated in community outreach fairs addressing health issues, sharing educational information to the public regarding hypertension and other…

confidentially store their health insurance information and allows them to transfer that information from one facility to another. HIPAA was originally known as The Kennedy-Kassebaum Bill that originated in 1996. This set of laws was made because healthcare facilities were starting to move patient’s medical records into computerized files. HIPAA also makes it to where any and all patient information cannot be shared by anyone unless that information is harmful to themselves or others. Although…

Whilst it has already been shown that EU nationals will, on average, have a positive impact on the government’s budget a big problem still remains; is there just too many people for British infrastructure to cope? It is widely agreed that massive parts of British infrastructure are being stretched to their very limits by the increase in non-British citizens making use of things such as NHS and education. According to the Office of National Statistics it is very real possibility that Britain’s…

Exposure charts are very important in the radiology field. They provide consistency in the quality of image production (Carlton, Richard R., Arlene McKenna. Adler, and Eugene D. Frank, 2006). Each site has preprogrammed control consoles for each exposure. However, although these are preset, these are just a suggested starting point. The data is collected through different patients acquiring the same exam. For example, I collected data on every foot exam. So for every foot exam, I grabbed…