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Developing a Therapeutic Relationship1.With respect to nursing care especially in psychiatric or mental health nursing, development of a therapeutic relationship through interpersonal interaction forms the core or the fundamental element of providing mental health care. However establishment of a proper therapeutic relationship requires a great deal of skill set (Townsend & Morgan, 2017). According to a study, provision of therapeutic care...

Interpretation of Brodie's body shape and size1. The ideal body weight for Brodie will be 67.6 - 82.5 kg and the waist circumference will be less than 36 inches that is less than 91.44 cm (Lumb 2016, pp: 32). This from the above observation, it can be said that Brodie is over-weight. Being over-weight is associated with several health-related risks like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus and high blood cholesterol level (Mitc...

What is Cushing Syndrome?Cushing syndrome refers to an abnormal ailment instigated by a high level of corticosteroids in the body either due to continued use of corticosteroid medication or hyperfunction of the adrenal gland (Bornstein et la., 2016). Typically, the illness is characterized by some changes in the body appearance, for example, muscle weakness, fatigue, moon face, hypertension and truncal obesity. Recent studies have shown that C...

Global Prevalence of Cardiovascular DiseaseAs the world population is increasing, the number of people with CVD risk factors such as obesity, poor nutritional habits and lack of physical activity are increasing. CVD has become a pandemic which is evident from WHO recommendation that accelerated action is needed to prevent CVD. As per the WHO report, out 31.1% deaths worldwide, 17.7 million people die every from CVD (World Health Organization 2...

Patient’s brief accountPatient’s brief account The patient is a 71-years old woman called Mrs. Sue Thompson. The physician has diagnosed her with Exacerbation of COPD. She is of an Australian origin and hails from the south. Physiological, social, and economic background Mrs. Thompson is married and lives together with her husband and their children. She has two biological sons and one foster son. She is a former office worker a...

The Growing Problem of Drug AddictionAll across the world, number of drug addicts is increasing at much faster rate. This has become a problem for the countries as it is destroying their future generation. From developed countries to developing nations there are many steps taken by the government for reducing drug addiction in the new generation. It is illegal in most of the countries in the world but still it is very much in use. There are va...

Steps to Understand Clients' Experiences1. Eating disorders are the result of faulty eating habits, coupled with distorted psychosocial attitudes (Brownell and Walsh 2017). Eating disorders have affected 16% of Australians (Da Luz et al. 2017). With respect to my experience - case examples of Ms. X: a fashion model, my female cousin: a student subject to bullying and my female co-worker, Ms. Y – have been most challenging. Considering th...

The Healthcare Service Plan for Cancer CareA health care service strategy helps to articulate the vision set out for provision of quality care service. The directions of the service that the health service plan will include will in a way help to broadly indicate the services that require development in order to meet the health care needs of the common people. This paper aims to develop a health care plan for provision of cancer care. The strat...

Part I: Food Journal Food/Beverage items Amount/Serving size Banana and strawberry smoothie Oatmeal with quick cooking oats and one tablespoon of raisins Scramble eggsin microwave and roll them with wheat tortilla and black peppers I small glass 1 bowl 2 eggs Food/Beverage items Amount/Serving size Tomato and black bean with lentils, squash, carrot, cauliflower or brocc...

Impact of social determinants of health on Samoan migrants in QueenslandSocial determinants of health can affect the health of different individuals and therefore need to be identified by professionals so that they can develop care plans and advise patients with effective lifestyle management. This assignment will mainly help in pointing two important arenas through the case study of a Samoan patient who had been diagnosed with heart disorders...

Introduction to Antibody-Drug ConjugatesAntibody-drug conjugates (ADC) are the monoclonal antibodies that attached to the drugs that are biologically active by linkers with the help of labile bonds. By combining, the specific targeting of monoclonal antibodies with the cytotoxic drug that has the ability to kill cancer cells, ADCs allow the discrimination between the health and diseased group of cells (Lonza, 2018). Over the past 50 years, the...

The Three Types of Healthcare SystemsHealthcare system in Norway is based on the principles of decentralization, universal access and the free choice of the preferred health service provider Healthcare is considered to be a very significant facet of any given nation, as without it, a country would fail and struggle to exist. Thus, the types of healthcare system a nation chooses to depend upon is vital, depending on whether she wants to plea...

CD4+ T-lymphocytes and Th2 cells in inflammation and airway obstruction1. Asthma is a chronic lung disease which has no cure but can be effectively controlled (National Asthma Council Australia, 2017). According to Christensen, Craft, Wirihana and Gordon (2015), the main pathophysiology underlying asthma include inflammation in the airway causing hyper-responsiveness and mucus hyper secretion which results in the obstruction in the airflo...

Distraction Techniques for Managing PainEvidence based practice can be considered as the integration of the best available clinical evidence of each of the patients from systematic research. It can be considered as the integration of the patient values, clinical expertise and research evidences in the decision making method for the care of the patient. EBP helps to improve the patient outcome and helps in reducing the hospital readmissions. EB...

Stakeholders Involved in Malaria ControlSystems thinking is a holistic and critical way of thinking by which the individual parts are analyzed to understand a situation for better decision making (Henriksen K, 2005). The systems thinking approach is different from the traditional analysis that analyses systems by breaking them into various elements. Systems thinking states that systems behavior is as a result of from the effects of balancing a...

Health priorities for City of HorizonThe community health report provides the opportunity for the exact health conditions of the different levels of the community all the while discovering the different external and internal factors acting on the changes in the health status (Feinman et al. 2015, pp. 1-13). This assignment attempts to discuss the community health status of city of horizon with respect to the present community assessment of the...

The Benefits of Summer LegumesSummer legumes refer to species of legumes that were found in East Asia and are grown all over the world for food and other different uses. A report by FAOSTAT (2016) showed that 362 million metric tons were annually produced; the USA, Argentina, and Brazil formed the world largest producers.  Investigations have shown that this type of legumes has a 40% protein content and 20% oil content. This is the reas...

Selected Topic of InterestVital arranging has an imperative job in maintaining activities that permits prediction of the coming ramifications of current choices including getting ready for the progressions which happen in the political condition, monetary, interactive and innovative, capturing openings and confronting one of a kind dangers of these situations. Making associations more proficient requires nonstop arranging and may expect ventur...

Advantages of the Digital Health Record TechnologyDigital Health Technology is defined as a process of electronically documenting the comprehensive health information of the patients and thereby generating patient-centred digital records (Levine, Lipsitz and Linder, 2016). According to the reports published by Jensen, Jensen and Brunak (2012) at present the efforts are being undertaken in order to increase the application of the electronic hea...

Impact of Stigma on Mental Health Service Utilization of Indigenous AustraliansStigma is the primary barrier to mental health utilization among the Indigenous Australians. Psychological health patients fear the discriminative opinion of the society and the caregivers about their conditions (Brown, Rice, Rickwood, & Parker, 2016). A majority of the Aboriginals lack relevant knowledge on mental illness; hence tend to ridicule and sideline th...

The Salient Features of Amnesia and Cognitive TheoryThe faulty cognitive characteristics of ‘Amnesia’ are highlighted by a loss in memory, due to occurrences such as trauma at a psychological platform, damage to the brain or the emergence of any disorder pertaining to the brain (Clark & Maguire, 2016). The following paragraphs shed light on the key aspects of amnesia and cognitive theory, concerning a case study of a 60 year ol...

Nursing Professionals as Key Players in Healthcare OrganizationsNurses are a key player of the healthcare organization that provides health promotion, administrate medication and numerous other interventions for the healing of the patients (Tyczkowski et al., 2015). Making a health-related critical decision of patients, interpreting the medical conditions and improving medical practices in order to get better outcome are also part of her job. ...

Scope of the Problem/IssueIn current clinical practices, there have been many instances where patients are prescribed with urinary catheters without any proper indication (Averch, 2014). Although there is always an order for all clinical practice from a medical doctor or a qualified senior staff, sometimes the decisions are decided without any rigid necessity (Averch, 2014). This problem aims to examine the aspect...

The Importance of Mental Health in Individuals1. Mental health most commonly encompasses the psychological, emotional and social wellbeing and creates an effect on the way by which an individual feels, things, or acts. Thus, mental state examination (MSE) helps in the determination of how a person can handle stress and makes necessary changes, and is essential at every stage of life, beginning from childhood and adolescence, till old age (Jaco...

The Gait CycleThis presentation will be on the gait cycle. The gait cycle is defined as the manner of someone’s locomotion or ambulation leading to the repetition of the locomotion pattern involving strides and steps. In the process of covering the gait cycle, strides are made. One stride covers the whole gait cycle. Contrary to the gait cycle is the run cycle. The gait cycle takes a third longer duration with lesser shock absor...