Health and Social Care

The oncology service has many advances in technology that enables improved patient care in this facility. To improve the quality of the facilities, different systems are coming up each and every day.

Successful communication with a patient with a hearing problem requires both my effort as a nurse and the patient being attended to. Even if the patient utilizes his hear...

Obesity among young people has recorded the highest rates in most parts of the United States. Sadly enough, the kids from the low-income areas are greatly affected by the menace.

A competency is also referred to as ability or a capability. While analyzing a person suffering from a personal disorder, different behavioral sets of a client are required. Such behavior is acquired by identification...

Obamacare is failing: many Americans, especially from minority groups, were brought up knowing that healthcare is a privilege for the elite few. However, the inception of the Affordable Care Act suddenly changed this perception.

A recent newspaper article read in part. Young people in wealthy countries take what they have for granted: they should care more about young people suffering in poor parts of the world, and do more to help them.

Everyone has ever made a crucial decision in their lives such that it ended up changing their lives for good. The situation is in fact real and it is a situation that women has to deal with on a daily basis.

Euthanasia can be defined as an act of putting someone to death through a painless method with the aim of ending pain and suffering resulting from a terminal disease that cannot be cured and will eventually lead to death.

As an ongoing systematic study that focuses on reflecting the present health status of a community and the causes and distribution of diseases in a human population.

In today's fast-changing healthcare ecosystem, decision-makers are now facing an increasing need for both clinical and administrative information to comply with legal and customer-focused requirements.

Upon its enactment in 2010, Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought radical changes in the scope of practice of Nurse Practitioners (NPs). The changes that have come with this act are associated with an increase...

The safety of the patients is an important quality of nursing. However, the health care systems are prone to errors, which can be harmful to safe patient care.

OSHA also referred to as Occupational Safety and Health Act, is a primary and basic federal law that governs occupational safety and health in the federal government and the private sector in the United States.

Chlamydia is a common sexually communicable infection in many countries. The WHO estimates that there are 131 million new chlamydia infections every year, making the disease second in terms of new infections after trichomoniasis.

The health care delivery system has innovated various delivery care models which are intended to elevate the quality of services offered to the patients and at the same time curb the impending crisis...

The American population has grown diversely over the years. According to the 2010 Census report, it was indicated that approximately 36% of the population is attributed to an ethnic minority or racial group.

Theranos was founded by Stanford Elizabeth Holmes has generated catalyzed a lot of talks for coming up with a revolutionary approach to the blood test. The company is built around a proprietary sophisticated diagnostics lab...

The provision os healthcare should be focused on the safety of the patient. As such, it is critical that healthcare interventions that are applied should be intended to i...

The objective of the book is to offer guidance to persons interested or engaged in both planning and implementation of electronic health record systems.