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Healthcare costs are projected to reach 19.3% of the country’s GDP in 2023 (APHA,2018) . This increase in spending is attributed to increased demand and the increased costsassociated with healthcare delivery. Some of the healthcare policies in effect, such as theHealthcare Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) and the Patient ProtectionAffordable Care Act (ACA) are […]

Psychotherapy generally refers to the treatment of mental health issues by talking to apsychologist or a psychiatrist. During psychotherapy sessions, the psychiatrist debunks mental healthand explains different aspects of the condition including feelings, moods, thoughts, and behaviors.The goal is to help a patient take charge of their life and learn coping skills that can help […]

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that affects up to around 90% of human beings during theirlifetime. Insomnia is defined as repeated difficulty with sleep involving trouble in initiatingsleep, maintenance of sleep, consolidation, or problems with the quality of sleep. Insomniaoccurs despite the patients having adequate time and opportunity for sleep and that can result […]

How does the data relate to the project?Hawa Kun posted Mar 5, 2022 8:28 AMSubscribe What data from the practice site will support the project development? My selected clinical site is owned by a dentist in the Haymarket Virginia area. Dr. Lowe and herteam works with all ages. At this practice, some of the services […]

Throughout history, there have been numerous constructions of the body leading todifferent conceptualizations of the embodied self. As meanings of the body changed throughtime, so did the diverse discourses on what reflects the social body. For instance, Plato arguedthat the body was a ‘tomb’, while Descartes believed that the body is a ‘machine’. Bodies aredifferent, […]

Cardiovascular disease is one of the top causes of disability and death in elderlypatients aged above 50 years. In most cases, elderly patients diagnosed with hypertension areprescribed hypertension medications that are key to maintaining a normal blood pressure, aswell as reduce the risk for other cardiovascular risks. Son et al. (2017) posit that high bloodpressure […]

The fashion industry is one of the biggest industries globally and it has growntremendously in recent years. While the boom has been driven by low cost of production andhigh demand, there are still concerns about sustainability and environmental issues such aspollution and fair wages. I have always been passionate about fashion from a young age, […]

IntroductionThe Miller-Dieker Syndrome (MDS) is a rare genetic brain disorder attributable tochromosomal defect, which results in malformation of crucial parts of the brain. In patientswith MDS, the exterior of the brain is characterized by microcephaly and lissencephaly,meaning that the brain is smaller and the neocortex is abnormally smooth with fewer groovesand folds, respectively, compared to […]

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) definesnursing informatics as “the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple informationand analytical sciences to identify, define, manage and communicate data, information,knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice” (What Is Nursing Informatics?, 2019) . From thisdefinition, it can be deduced that nursing work is presently executed around technology.Therefore, […]

Mastering solicitation of bids and proposals is a critical skill required of procurementofficials, and factors such as the quality and financial requirements of the products or servicesplay a key role in the competitive negotiation process. Some of the most commonly usedsolicitation approaches in the healthcare industry is the Request for Proposal (RFP)document, whereby organizations aim […]

Chen, J., Yin, X., & Mei, L. (2018). Holistic innovation: An emerging innovationparadigm. International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2(1), 1-13.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijis.2018.02.001This article is written by academic experts in the open innovation field, and exploresthe various innovation paradigms and their associated shortcomings, drawing from bestinnovation practices in the 21 st century. Specifically, the researchers debunk holisticinnovation and the theoretical […]

This narrative analysis demonstrates how the Chamberlain University Masters ofScience in Nursing (MSN) program Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) prepares the graduatenurse practitioner student to meet the program outcomes (PO) by accomplishing variouscourse learning outcomes to specific program outcomes. Herein, my growth and developmentthroughout the course. Each artifact included in the ePortfolio further showcases mycompetency as […]