Entries by elias

Review of Barriers to Effective Cancer Pain Management

Pain management is an important indicator of a patient’s quality of life because pain is the most feared of all the symptoms associated with cancer. Unfortunately, ineffective and inadequate cancer pain management remains a major problem in the clinical setting despite the availability of pain assessment tools, and effective pharmacological and technological advances in pain […]

Culturally Inclusive Teaching And Empowerment

For this assignment, create a 15-20 slide digital presentation in two parts to educate your colleagues about meeting the needs of specific ELLs and making connections between school and family. Part 1 In the first part of your presentation, provide your colleagues with useful information about unique factors that affect language acquisition among LTELs, RAELs, […]

Types of Cardiovascular Disease

Jeanette Mullen Abstract Cardiovascular disease (CVD) affects many people throughout their lives, there are some that are living with the disease and don’t even know it because they don’t go to the doctor, and even when they do, many don’t adhere to the warnings. There are a lot of programs out there for families that […]

Womens Health and Gender Bias in Healthcare

Introduction When a patient enters the healthcare system, we assume that the person will be treated with sound judgement and treatment will be based on objective, evidence-based practice parameters set by reliable research. We rarely, if ever, anticipate that the clinical decision making may be influenced by the patient’s attributes such as religion or socioeconomic […]

A patient is diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Which of the following electrocardiogram (ECG) changes should the clinician expect as a manifestation of the disease?

A patient is diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Which of the following electrocardiogram (ECG) changes should the clinician expect as a manifestation of the disease? A patient is diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Which of the following electrocardiogram (ECG) changes should the clinician expect as a manifestation of the disease? a. Sinus bradycardia b. Atrial fibrillation c. Supraventricular tachycardia […]

Life Decisions Moral Dilemmas In Patients Best Interests Nursing Essay

Introduction: This assignment illuminates the use of ethical decision making model in taking decisions while managing patients in their best interest. Ethical decision making is very challenging for the health care professionals while working for the benefits and the interests of the patients. While caring for the dying or the terminally ill patients, health care […]

Aged Care Case Study – Theories of Ageing

Clinical Speciality Assignment – Aged care related case study. INTRODUCTION: For privacy through this case study the writer will refer to the patient as Mrs A. This case study will investigate the health condition of Mrs A. Mrs A is 82 years old and has lived with Parkinson’s Disease for the last 20 years. Mrs […]

Hypertension And Blood Pressure

Hypertension is a common and major cause of stroke and other cardiovascular disease. There are many causes of hypertension, including defined hormonal and genetic syndromes, renal disease and multifactorial racial and familial factors. It is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world and will increase in worldwide importance as a […]

Self Reflection on Communication in Nursing

AMITA KHOWAJA Introduction Reflection is an organized and a planned way to think positively and make better decisions. Reflection allow person to learn from their mistakes and past experiences. This is more applicable to form the fundamentals of healing and therapeutic process in health care field. According to Parker (2006) Reflection in health care profession […]