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Role and Experience within the NHSIn the last 13 years I have gained invaluable NHS experience, the most recent being the role of Rehabilitation Support Worker/Assistant physiotherapist (RSW) for 37.5 hours a week from September 2014 (Appendix 1: NHS Trust employment certificate). Prior to that, I worked part-time for five years as a Clinical Assistant Practitioner (CAP) and a further five years part-time as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) in acu...

2.2 Global HIV EpidemiologyThe Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is among the communicable diseases that have been in existence for long despite the increased focus on it by both scientists and stakeholders on how to prevent and manage its overwhelming prevalence. It is clear that up to date there is no specific cure for HIV infection, meaning that the only effective intervention is preventive and control of the transmission. Current global ...

BackgroundPharmaceutical policy deals with provision of medicine and health care facilities within a medical institution. Vaccines, drugs and natural health products are mainly used for the treatement of diseases and ailments and these are produced by the pharmaceutical companies and informed by health researches. After a health research has been done on causes of diseases, the results are then taken to pharmaceutical companies for d...

The Medical Model of Mental IllnessIn the context of psychiatry, there is always an emphasis on the functioning and symptoms that is advanced to elaborate valuations in addition to the interviews along with the rating scales that is used to document as well as monitor psychopathology (Jacob, 2015). Such appraisals were measured by the positive and negative symptoms of psychotic nature including depression and anxiety, and the other c...

Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in Young AdultsDiabetes mellitus is defined as a health disorder which is a group of metabolic disease. It is characterized by hyperglycaemia which is related to the dysfunction and long-term damage. The main objective of this report is to identify the cause of diabetes and discuss the impact of this health issue on human health. There are mainly two kinds of diabetes occur in the human body system, for example, t...

Leadership and Its Importance in HealthcareLeadership holds a central role in any organization. Any organization is as strong as its leaders. The success and failures are highly influenced by the attitudes and cultures that are a product of the leadership(McNamara et.al 2011). The leaders are tasked with the responsibility of setting the objectives and then introducing measures to influence the employees to work toward the goal (Covey,2013). L...

Introduction on Public Health NursingThe term “public health nursing” or community health nursing refers to the practice of nursing which is focused on public health. The community health nurses chiefly integrate community involvement as well as data about the population with clinical as well as personal understanding of illness and health experiences of people and families within the population. The public health nurses chiefly pe...

Overview of the Criminal Justice System in the United StatesThe efficiency of criminal justice system relies on the fairness to have the fate of the people. However, in a culturally diverse nation like the United States, it is possible that the cultural adversity of the country can work against the idea of unbiased and fair justice system. There are a lot of people who hate jury duty, but it can be considered as the most common ways in which ...

Part I: A persuasive thesis statement on overcoming the ill-effects of brain drainIn this Competency Assessment, you will create a persuasive, problem-solving thesis statement and evaluate the effectiveness of that thesis using the rhetorical situation and the rhetorical triangle. There has been an overload of immigrant professionals flocking to developed nations to use their education and professional skills to earn money and recognition i...

NMC Code of Conduct: Protecting the Public and Upholding StandardsNursing is a profession which is regulated by nursing and midwifery which is an organization set by the government to protect the public by ensuring that nurses and midwife provide high-quality healthcare service to the patients. According to NMC, healthcare professionals are accountable for their actions which they perform in the process of attending a patient. NMC provides edu...

The effects of job demands on employee health and productivityToday, competition among organizations is increasing due to the increase in global economy. This has created a difficulty for organizations in order to maintain their success and growth. To achieve the objective of the organizations and to compete with its business rivalries, organizations are pressurizing its employees. This increased in job demands from the employees is affecting ...

Overview of RESTORE UKPolemics and debates regarding leadership and management have existed for quite some time with various views being put forward against as well as for the concept of the two being distinct (Avery, Witte, Hilb & Bell, 2004). Management is considered as a social discipline which entails the people’s behavior and human institutions. A manager organizes, communicates, develops and motivates people. A manager comes up...

Clinical Guidelines on Depression Screening for Stroke PatientsEvidence-based healthcare guidelines for the United States and other four countries have recommended that stroke patients should undergo screening for depressive disorder. Caregivers should also monitor and evaluate the symptoms of depression during the development of stroke and after hospital discharge. However, despite the clinical guidelines, caregivers cannot recognize, diagnos...

Fundamental Concepts of NursingThe following paper intends to discuss the nursing metaparadigm concepts in an elaborate manner. The nursing metaparadigm comprises of theoretical ideas which provide a structural framework on nursing discipline taking in to consideration various nursing theories. The theories describing metaparadigm revolve around four fundamental concepts centred on patient as a whole. These metaparadigm concepts gives a holist...

Behavior analysis using theories of learningThe Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a visit to India in February this year with focus on creating jobs and strengthening ties. Citizens of both the countries for various reasons had criticized the trip. The Prime Minister was attacked not only for his choices of outfits during the trip but also for his connection with separatist groups like Khalistan. After returning to Canada, Trudeau was ...

Synopsis of the movieThe aim of the essay is to understand the mental health issue that the main character suffers from in the movie Silver Linings Playbook. The essay will follow a systematic order starting with a brief synopsis or summary of the movie. This will be followed by providing an initial diagnosis of the main character. The next step will be to rule out those diagnoses that do not associate with the main character wile gradually un...

Defining Type 2 DiabetesDiabetes mellitus has been recognised as a chronic disease that affects the process by which the human body uses glucose present in the blood. This long term metabolic disease is primarily characterised by increased concentration of sugar in the bloodstream, insulin resistance, and a comparative absence of insulin (American Diabetes Association 2014). Some of the most common symptoms of the metabolic disorder include freq...

FindingsThe purpose of this audit is to help in the identification of some of the areas of no-compliance at Awesome Landscape Pty Limited Office so as to recommend on areas of improvement (Messier, 2010). It’s also aimed towards verifying that employees and the whole management team is engaged in the whole safety program, identify areas of potential hazards and recommend on means of dealing with such hazards. The organization Awesome ...

Welfare System Relevant to the Case StudyFrom the case study it can be understood that Laura being a victim of a violent marriage is presently under severe trauma. Moreover, it can also be understood that her financial condition making it difficult to survive. In addition to this, it has also been monitored that Laura is unable to find any housing rent. This in turn is affecting the studies and schooling of her children. Moreover, the violent ...

PurposeThis aim of this report is to maintain effective health and safety standards and controlled safety management policies in order to ensure the well-being and safety of the workforce and the guests in Radisson Blu Plaza hotel at Sydney branch in Australia. The report develops a health and safety management plan for guiding the development, implementation, and ongoing improvement and maintenance of the compliance health and safety manageme...

Background of the StudyThe International Association for the study of pain as defined pain as a hostile sensory and passionate experience that is related to potential tissue injury (Loeser and Treede, 2008). Pasero (2009) describes pain assessment as a necessary procedure which involves examining the location and intensity of pain. The role of providing the most appropriate ease for severely sick patients is an overall aim for doctors and nurs...

1. Explanation of the identification of each organismOrganism A: The organism has shown positive reaction on gram staining and appeared round shaped, which indicates identification of gram positive cocci. On catalase test positive result has been found which ensures enzyme catalytic nature. Strong clumps during staph latex test and positive result on tube coagulase test has been found. Further, grey colonies have occurred on blood agar wh...

Introduction of Familial HypercholesterolemiaFamilial Hypercholesterolemia is a disorder that causes low-density lipoprotein or bad cholesterol levels to be very high1. This genetic disorder is caused by a defect on chromosome 19. Familial Hypercholesterolemia first case was described a hundred years ago. Its inheritance from generation to generation was more implicit in the 1930’s by Carl Muller. The actual proof about it was unveiled i...

Deep Venous ThrombosisDeep venous thrombosis is caused by blood clots in the veins, specifically those found in the legs. When blood clots are dislodged from a vein, they move through blood and eventually find their way to the lungs, causing a condition known as a pulmonary embolism (Thompson 2015). Deep vein thromboses together with pulmonary embolisms make up a condition referred to as venous thrombo-embolism (VTE) (Stone et al. 2017).  T...

Sustainable development goals and Health PromotionThe conductance of the United Nations General Assembly in the year 2015, witnessed the creation of ‘Sustainable Development Goals’, which aimed to establish principles for the enhancement of the health of the global population along with the initiation of developmental achievements at an international level within the year 2030 (Lu et al., 2015). Further, the National Health and Fam...