The situation involves a conflict between the family’s wish to protect the patient from distress and the patient’s right to know the truth about his condition. The nurse must consider the legal risks including breach of confidentiality, breach of informed consent, breach of professional ethics, and breach of fiduciary duty. The nurse has a duty to obtain informed consent from the patient before any intervention, if the nurse withholds the

The Disease The disease selected for creating the community health promotion resource is Hyperthyroidism. It is a condition where the thyroid gland produces thyroid hormones in an excessive amount in the body that increases metabolism along with the risk of several other health issues including tremors, loose stools, increased appetite, weight loss, or heart palpitations. The overproduction of thyroid hormones in this illness occurs in a small gland located at

I have been working in the Cardiology department for two months and have never been across some of the medical terminologies before. One day, I was in the care facility I work in, and a patient came with a doctor’s prescription in his hands. He wanted me to give him information about the diagnostic tests prescribed by the specialist doctor. I read the prescription and felt embarrassed because I also

Modern healthcare practices need high leveled skills, especially relating to nursing services. In case of lacking such skills, various adverse impacts may occur. The most severe and fatal impacts of deficient skills are Medication errors. Undoubtedly, Medication errors are severe and harmful but are avoidable. During my personal healthcare experience spanning over twenty years, I witness several times that medication errors can be avoided. These errors are not intentional in

Introduction Medicare is a national health insurance program by the federal government, launched in 1965 (Medicare, 2000). The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services is in-charge of its administration (Medicare, 2000). Intentional and accidental acts of fraud are commonplace in the healthcare industry in the U.S (Bauder & Khoshgoftaar, 2020). This brief research essay presents the root cause analysis of the Medicare Fraud Case using the 5-WHYs model and finds that

Rapid changes in medical education have become mandatory to cope with the multi-dimensional needs of modern times. Such adaptation urges to equip the learners with the necessary skills and expertise to ensure quality medical services. Undoubtedly, early medical education in the country was of subsided standards due to insufficient facilities (Young & Kroth, 2018). However, huge development has evolved with time regarding the quality and standards of medical education. All

Etiology- What causes this disease? The etiology of Croup, a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is Parainfluenza Virus (Banasik, 2021). The aetiology of asthma is allergic, viral, or multifactorial, and it affects the bronchioles of children aged 6 months to 3 years and above in their lungs (Banasik, 2021). Pathogenesis What happens at the cellular, tissue, or organ levels? Croup causes swelling in cells and tissues of the trachea of an

What are the key differences between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus? Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus develops early in life and is caused by an autoimmune reaction. However, type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is usually diagnosed in adults due to carrying excess weight and being inactive in life. It usually develops over the course of many years. In people diagnosed with type 1 DM, the body completely stops making insulin

Etiology- What causes this disease? The etiology of Myocardial Infarction (MI) is when the available oxygen supply does not meet the oxygen demand in the body due to oxygen imbalance, subsequently leading to decreased coronary blood flow. The multifactorial decreased blood flow leads to cardiac ischemic due to the triggering stress or chronic anxiety (Banasik, 2021). Pathogenesis What happens at the cellular, tissue, and organ levels? The imbalance of oxygen

The field of healthcare is not as safe as it is expected to be as a sizable number of unhealthy populations are harmed due to the adverse events attributable to medical errors as a leading cause of injury and death. There is a substantial body of evidence present in the field of healthcare that points to people dying in hospitals due to medical-related errors. It is reported that the causes

Novice aspirants, after completing their four years of graduate education, try hard to get into medical schools but face rejection because of many factors. One of them is the lack of research about medical schools in every county, leading to the majority of the medical school applicants’ rejection due to the limited number of medical school spaces available. Other factors include insufficient qualifications, as graduate-level professional educational programs and residency

The healthcare market is different from the ordinary market as it determines whether people have good access to medical services or not when they become ill. In the competitive medical market, healthcare consumers benefit from the incentives that encourage service providers to improve their products and achieve a higher level of service performance. More significantly, competition in the market helps healthcare service providers to keep prices in check (Nichols et

Most of the life-threatening medication errors commonly arise from the fatigue of healthcare staff. These errors tend to be recognized or unrecognized. From the scenario, the nurse is clearly tired after four days of twelve-hour shifts. The fatigue increases the possibility of forgetting to mention opioid administration in their briefs. In spite of a suffering human conscience, one could choose to ignore the error in their relief since the patient

Mrs. J. is a 63-year-old married woman who has a history of hypertension, chronic heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Despite requiring 2L of oxygen/nasal cannula at home during activity, she continues to smoke two packs of cigarettes a day and has done so for 40 years. Three days ago, she had a sudden onset of flu-like symptoms, including fever, productive cough, nausea, and malaise. Over the past

Introduction All living bodies are tailored to attack or get infected by disease- or infection-causing agents called pathogens, which are either viruses or bacteria. However, multicellular living things have a dedicated system to recognize, destroy, and stop those disease-causing agents from spreading diseases and infections. This system is known as the Immune System. (Delves, 2000) Sometimes, an immune response is slower and cannot quickly contain the infecting agent. Hence, the

The American healthcare system can be extremely expensive if the patients do not have health insurance. However, private insurance companies are not feasible for lower-income families, so the federal government introduced Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP so that medical care would become affordable for everyone. The plans offered by these three insurance companies are established either as a block grant or an entitlement. Block grants are given by the federal government

Autism Autism Spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder that appears in the early years of life, usually in the first three years. The word “spectrum” in the disorder means that it can have different degrees of severity, which means that symptoms may be dissimilar among individuals with the same disorder. These individuals are not good at social interactions and communication. They may have obsessive behaviour, meaning they may repeat one

Introduction The morbidity and mortality rate of the population in the United States suffering from heart disease is high, and utilization of computerized surveillance systems can effectively assist in the mitigation and diagnosis of the disease before its occurrence. However, the difficulty facing health practitioners with CHD suggests that the occurrence of heart attack is uncertain, and simultaneously, numerous factors are at play, which are beyond the comprehension ability of

The topic that I chose for the discussion of nutrition-related digestive problems is chronic diarrhoea. This refers to a digestive disorder in which a patient suffers from persistent or constant loose and watery stools that last for a few days to several weeks. The patient with chronic diarrhoea may also suffer from vomiting, swelling, and intestinal contractions. Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are two intemperate disorders that can cause loose

Peroxidase is a group of globular protein enzymes that play a vital role in multiple biological processes. The optimal substrate in such cases of enzymes is hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The peroxidase enzyme converts the substrate hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into products such as water (H2O) and oxygen molecules (O2). It is the specific characteristic of enzymes that speed up the biological process but are not consumed. The substrate attaches to the