The supplementary nutritional assistance program, which was previously known as food stamps, is tasked with providing economic benefits through electronic benefit transfer. It is a federal and state-funded program. Eligible families or persons can be able to utilize these financial handouts to pay for their shopping at their local grocery stores which ensures they have access to a healthy diet in their own households like other self-sufficient families living among

A nurse needs to take many factors into consideration before administering to any patient. First, I need to check Jordan for any interactions with drugs or herbs. According to Wang et al. 2016), pethidine is known to be both physically or chemically incompatible with thiopentone solutions or any solution that contains heparin sodium, morphine sulfate, idarubicin hydrochloride, sodium bicarbonate, sulphafurazole diethanolamine, frusemide or acyclovir sodium. Also, pethidine is incompatible with

The body mass index is a valuable measure of obesity and overweight. It is calculated from an individual’s weight and height. Measuring waist circumference helps in screening for potential health risks that are associated with overweight and obesity. The BMI for underweight individuals below 18.5, normal is 18.5-24.9, overweight is 2.5-29.9 and above 30.5 is regarded as obese. BMI is not only a good gauge of an individual’s risk for

It is important to assess the nutritional status of children aged 0-59 months. Anthropometric measurement helps us in evaluating the bodily measurements of children related to their height and weight. The data obtained from these indicators help us to determine three indices which are stunting (child having low height according to his/her age), wasting (child having low weight according to his/her height) and underweight (child having low weight according to

In most care homes, residents share space, food, air, and equipment which can easily cause infection outbreaks of viruses and bacteria. These outbreaks can lead to certain diseases such as respiratory and gastrointestinal infections which can easily cause death if not managed properly. Nurse practitioners are, therefore, required to be trained on how to detect or investigate, prevent, and management of an outbreak. However, the outbreak of infection is transmitted

Breast cancer is a tumor that progresses from the breast muscle. Emblems of breast cancer might include swelling in the breast, a variation in breast silhouette, dimpling of the crust, fluid impending from the nipple, or a red flaking patch of the membrane (DeSantis et al. 2014). In those with distant spread of the illness, there may be inflamed lymph nodes, mandible pain, yellow diaphragm or squatness of breath, Risk

The healthcare disparities are to talk about the higher cost of the illness injuries, disabilities, as well as mortality that is experienced by a population relative to another one. Initially, the disparities were only because of race and ethnic differences, but later on, the economic and financial status of an individual was also considered when providing him with health facilities in the United States. The main aim of the paper

Abortion is an unethical action to end a pregnancy. The United States is a liberal country, and the Federal Government of the United States of America has considered Abortion as a legal, ethical, and non-conflicting action under the flag of liberalism. Currently, in many developed countries, abortion is legal, but there are many developing countries where it is still not encouraged at all. Initially, it was allowed, then banned, after

Introduction The legal guardianship of a child after the separation of parents is known as child custody and support. The person getting custody of the child has the right to make decisions for him and take care of routine matters. Considering modern issues, rather than providing complete custody of the child, one of the parents is allowed to have contact or reside with the child. Here, the procedure of child

Introduction The children suffer the consequences of parental autonomy that rely on spiritual healing rather than appropriate medical treatment. Many children die when they receive no medical treatment because medical institutes and doctors cannot make decisions without parents’ autonomy. Conflicts appear as parents need to choose between child welfare and their practice of religion. In real life, relying merely on spiritual healing is not sufficient, and it results in the

Abstract Nowadays the home health care industry is varying at a very fast pace. This rapid growth in the home care industry gives rise to both challenges and opportunities for future advancement and profitability. It is very important to keep an eye on the growth, and is the responsibility of an agency to accept the challenges and capture the opportunities by gathering more and more private audiences, keeping a healthy

Background Homelessness has existed in the United States since the very beginning and rose rapidly after the Great Recession. Recently, studies have shown that the homeless population in America has increased dramatically in 2017. About 553,742 people in the United States are reported to be homeless, which is an increase of 0.7 percent from last year. (Gee, A. 2017). This can be blamed on the rising poverty, unemployment, and the

Introduction: Constant centered regulation of the restorative administration’s provider and the patient is needed. As a therapeutic worker, you have to know your victims are instructed and educated about their situation. It can provoke consistency in conduct and expectations of complexity. Right, when human administration providers pass on calm-centered care, it, in like manner, empowers victims to feel more in control (Hudon). Having a therapeutic complaint or harm can cause

Pain is a feeling that is caused by provocative stimuli. It is interpreted by the brain after nociceptive stimulation at a peripheral site. Pain can either be classified according to the International Association For the Study Of Pain or the Woolf classification. The IASP classification categorizes pain on the following characteristics: the region of the body involved, the duration and pattern of pain, the intensity, timing, and its etiology. (IASP,