Category: Caring

  • Cost Of A HIPAA Violation

    Patients share critical health related information with caregivers and Health organizations. They do so with a belief that their data would be kept confidential. Any breach of data confidentiality can lead to critical patient information being leaked to unwanted agencies and can cause severe trust deficit between health agencies and patients. To protect the sensitive…

  • The Role Of A Paramedic In The Unscheduled Care Agenda

    The role of the paramedic within the NHS unscheduled care agenda relates to direct urgent or emergency patient care. In context to paramedics, it is directly about urgent care and emergency care, both types of care requiring assessments and planned interventions. (Making connections with the challenges of unscheduled care, 2012). Paramedics have the duty when…

  • Essay on Dementia

    In this essay I will use the Rolfes Reflective Model (Rolfe et al. 2001), which by asking three question what, so what, then what, will help me to self-reflect on my nursing practise. I will also focus on using 3Cs from the 6Cs framework launched by Department of Health in 2012 (Baillie, 2017), as they…

  • The Essence Of Diabetes Management

    Diabetes Mellitus can be a tricky disease. I use the word tricky because of all the complications that can be associated with Diabetes to include Hyper/Hypoglycemia, Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA), and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic State (HHNS) to mention a few. Not including how blood sugar is directly affected by overall patient status and wound healing or…

  • Caring: Maria Elena Cox Personal Nursing Philosophy

    Nursing theories are important to the practice of nursing. More importantly, theory-guided practice is important, as a nurse in any role, particularly in the role as an advanced practice registered nurse. It enables the nurse to deliver effective, efficient, and holistic care (Saleh, 2018). Theory guided practice is becomingly increasingly important in nursing that it…

  • Key Concepts Of Care And Importance Of The 6Cs Within The Healthcare Profession

    The following essay focuses on the principle purpose of care and discusses the importance of the 6Cs within the healthcare profession. The 6Cs of nursing were established so that care is delivered to the patients in a constructive and structured manner Secure Healthcare Solutions, (2016). Nurses who function on these core values ensure that the…

  • Ovarian Cancer: Biomarkers-Emerging Applications of Biomarkers in Healthcare

    Biomarkers are small protein or peptide molecules which are part of cell receptors, cell signalling molecules involved in cell-cell signalling or cell protein kinase activation and transfer of signal to the nucleus with the regulation of gene transcription. Biomarkers have functional significance in the recognition of different stages of cancer, therapy for cancer, and identification…

  • Reflection On My Own Beliefs About Caring And Caring For Others

    Caring Reflection Paper Values and attitudes inform the way in which health services are delivered and received. To achieve this, nurses should have the ability to perceive the independence and diversity of clients in different steps in their journey. This paper tries to explain the definition and the necessities of caring. This article also considers…

  • Ethical Dilemmas In Robot Care For The Elderly

    Robots can assist in medical-related situations, for example, supplying and handling medication, reminding them to take medicine, or monitoring medicine usage. Additionally, they can act as a bridge for communication to doctors or nurses, and regularly inform and observe their health. Robots can provide physical assistance as well, such as household tasks including lifting, moving…

  • The Ethics of Circumcision in Medicine

    If you were to ask parents why they might have their son circumcised most would probably answer hygiene. This decision is also almost always made directly after birth or in other words neo-natal. The consenting parties in most cases are the birth parents who are in most cases told nothing by a doctor and themselves…