Essays on Health Care

Anyone familiar with Grey’s Anatomy will agree that the show is over dramatized. The show writer, Shonda Rhimes, tries to add more drama to the show to make it more interesting. The show can be misleading on how hospitals run. Although it has not been...

Medicine has come a long way from its origin in ancient times. As humanity and society has evolved, so has our knowledge in medicine and medical practices. Discoveries throughout the ages have influenced and contributed to the improvement of today’s healthcare, especially including nursing. Nursing...

“Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.” An incredible surfer of her time, Florence Nightingale completely changed the nursing game. She is best known as “The Lady with the Lamp”, a nickname...

The biggest profession and the one that has consistently been ranked as one of the most trusted practices in the U.S have been nursing. The bare foundation of nursing was laid down by one of the greatest figures that nursing history has ever had, Florence...

Successful government institutions attribute their accomplishments to great governance which entails monitoring the public affairs and standard maintenance of public resources. Finance is the most crucial resource in all public institutions and the best way to ensure it is put into use meaningful use is...

Introduction A challenge condition of the work environment may cause temporary pain or long-term disability. Also, a poorly constructed work environment will lead to lower efficiency work, and a decrease in production, which will result in the company losing profit and an increase in workers’...

Introduction The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) was formed in 1994 with a mandate to reduce accidents and fatalities, to promote safer workplaces and safer working practice. EU-OSHA collects data in order to monitor existing problems, as well as thinking ahead...

Erectile dysfunction is common in post-priapism clients with sickle cell disease. Evidence has shown that sickle cell disease has been linked to several reproductive issues, such as low sperm count and decreased testosterone levels. This can create challenges between the client and nurse. Sickle cell...

“The Effect of Diabetes on Hospital Readmission” discusses the effect of a diabetes diagnosis on hospital readmission and ways to decrease potential readmissions. A large study of hospitals also showed that being Hispanic, along with hypertension and congestive heart failure, were additional predictors of readmission....

As health care workers we are sometimes faced with ethical problems in our careers. We must make sound decisions based on our moral values and principles. In the ethical principles of health Care ethics, we are guided in using four main popular principle approaches in...

The Protestant Reformation has impacted and reformed a variety of things such as science, religion, art our mentality and even reforming parts of healthcare. The Protestant Reformation has greatly impacted healthcare by increasing awareness of a new logical ideology and how it leads to the...

Health Information is a massive field that is extensively regulated with specific laws for each aspect of the profession. This comes as no surprise as the information that HIM professionals handle is sensitive and extensive. No matter where a professional goes within HIM, the professional...

Everyone is going electronic! And this includes the Health Industry worldwide, and with the advent of health providers turning to more convenient, cost effective ways of storing and accessing patients medical information, it only makes sense that agencies would seek to make sure that this...

In today’s society, the use of smartphones and social media has become second nature. Most people are so quick to turn to their mobile devices and share photos and information about anything and everything via social media networks because it has become to be a...

After researching the various coding and billing regulations, I feel that the biggest and most important ones are Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Affordable Care Act (ACA). HIPAA has set standards across the board for electronic health transactions. This also involves the...

Caring is a feeling or showing concern for or kindness to others. We use caring today and many different aspects in life. Some examples of caring are parents taking care of their children, older siblings caring for their younger siblings and older adult children taking...

Introduction Nursing theory is nothing new it had developed over time. There are many theories devoted to different areas of nursing. Walker and Avant developed the method of concept analysis. The method was focused on strategies that were for theory development in nursing. It consists...

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational corporation based in New Brunswick, NJ founded in 1886 that develops medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods. The company was founded over 130 years ago by three brothers: Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson, and Edward Mead...

On March 19, 2014, 26 year old Jessie Yasenchok was found dead in her apartment by local police in Elizabethtown, New York. Further investigation revealed the cause of death, an accidental overdose from her mother’s fentanyl patches, stolen from her car. The patches, which help...