Urgent care

knowledge to provide care rather than perform care as task-based orders to be completed” (Lucatorto, Thomas, & Siek, 2016). Nurses make excellent patient advocates because often, it is the nurse who spends the most one-on-one time with a patient. Advocating for a patient with a recently diagnosed genetic disorder can be a very daunting task, but it is crucial that a nurse stand up for the patient’s needs. Shannon’s (2016) article said, …a nurse is often the member of a health care team most…

Background Substance abuse has been called an “urgent and growing threat”. This threat to our nation’s public health is a crisis of epidemic proportions. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans used illicit drugs. Some sources approximate 6.8 million Americans engage in non-medical prescription drug abuse (Abramowitz, 2014). A diverse cross-section of Americans from every region, state, background, and walk of life are touched by this plague. The United States Department of Justice…

occur frequently. Places and settings including emergency rooms, intensive care units (ICUs), multi-casualty incidents (for instance car crashes) and mass casualty incidents (including fire outbreak and natural disasters) can all fall under the umbrella of emergency situations [Hoppes 2011]. These circumstances often involve immediate risks to health, life, property, or environment. In most cases, emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, while facing the…

the sources of pediatric primary care in the United States? Are these sources sufficient for providing health-care services to the pediatric population? Why or why not? Pediatric sources of primary care can be in the provided in many different practice settings. From the conventional pediatrician’s office or primary care doctor’s offices to rural health clinics, community clinics, health departments, schools, and in some cases emergency departments or urgent care centers. According to…

Introduction The Trillium Health Centre(THC), as one of the largest community hospitals in Canada, plans to perform project involve work at Mississauga site and West Toronto site. The mission of THC team is to create an innovative kind of health care for a healthier community, which is the initiative of THC redevelopment project. The capital projects began in March 2006 and is to be finished in 2009. Overall, the hospital’s capacity will increase by 135 beds to 886 beds. The major change…

attention are the ones who can not pay, but the payment is how the companies gain power. Necessity causes people to do be thrity and find new ways to complete simple task. People in countries full of poverty have never had access to advanced medical care, therefore; these people know no other way then living with what they have. In The book Mountains beyond Mountains Kidder tells how Dr. Farm had to treat people in Haiti with the same disease as in American with less money, “Zanmi…

with caring for patients in significant emotional pain and physical distress (Anewalt 2009; Figley, 1995). Hearing and witnessing horrific stories of abuse and other traumas has been shown to be very stressful and trauma experts have found that self-care techniques, both psychological and somatic, can reduce susceptibility to the internalization of traumatic stress…

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…

using examples of famous artists. If students live in a rural area they do not have as many resources. Cities offer the best resources for schools, and therefore they are great places to live. Not only are there educational benefits, one can also find more things to buy in the city. While anyone with internet access can shop, there is nothing like trying things on in a beautiful store in a city. The super malls have hundreds of stores to shop in. The shopping mall is usually applied to enclosed…

This assignment will look at the issues surrounding mental health care, specifically how legislation can affect health care services and funding. In the build up to the 2015 general election much emphasis has been placed on how each political party plans to improve the National Health Service (NHS). Mental health care, a once overlooked area of health care has been brought to the forefront of the agenda by most of the main parties. This assignment will examine some of the factors that can affect…