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Immediate impacts of funding cut to health care delivery in AustraliaNursing and Midwifery Board of Australia It registers midwifery and nursing practitioners as well as students It approves the accredited courses of study and accreditation standards. It handles investigations, complaints, notifications as well as disciplinary hearings. It develops guidelines, codes, and standards, for the midwifery and nursing profession. It also ass...

Different perspectives of qualityQuality is an important and a key concern in the area of health and social care for the stakeholders that determine satisfaction level and leave a positive impact on its stakeholders. Therefore, quality should be the primary objective of healthcare organisations. There are various factors that determine the level of quality in the services of a particular organisation but in healthcare organisation, it mainly d...

Case Study 1: Alex1. According to the case study Alex has not been meeting the guidelines provided by Australian dietary guidelines. Alex should limit the consumption of discretionary food he is consuming at the moment and increase the amount of nutritious food such as vegetables, fruit and whole grain etc. Moreover, he needs to increase physical activities to maintain a healthy life style. Guideline 1: Alex is not meeting guideline 1 because h...

Positive and negative impacts of technology gadget addictionThe word technology has derived from the word “techne”. The meaning of this word is the skill to solve a problem. Technology basically means to use the tools and machines to solve the problems. There has been a tremendous change in the technology over the last century. Industrial revolution has been a key factor for technology. The main aim of technology is to make the lif...

What is Constructability?Constructability is an idea that has been considered to have the potential of making very noteworthy savings the constructed facilities without necessarily causing a variation in its quality or design. Constructability could be described as the “integration of construction experience and knowledge into all life cycle stages of a project.” Construction industries in several countries while maintaining the ...

Incompatibility of nursing theories with evidence-based conceptNursing theories should provide the principles that underpins the practice and help improving nursing knowledge. This paper aims to discuss about the roles of the nursing theory in modern nursing practice. The application of the nursing theory is important as despite the efforts to increase the academic credentials in nursing, the profession still lacks distinct expertise. It&rsquo...

Importance of patient involvement in communicationAn operative teamwork is important for the safety of the patients as there is a minimal occurrence of adverse events. These events might be as a result of misunderstandings and miscommunication among the health specialists when caring for the hospitalized individuals. The patients are required to be part of the process of communication as their healthcare is of interest; the patient’s pro...

Components of care bundlesPART 1 Are ‘care bundles’ (example sepsis or other) helpful or a hindrance? Care bundle can be defined as a set of different types of interventions that results in providing more effective output when being utilized together in comparison to when each of these types of  interventions are delivered in an independent manner. This approach helps in providing better outcome to a non-structured procedure...

Client BackgroundIt is a case of a 44 year old women Susan who has gained 10 kg of weight and now wants to try the detox diet in order to reduce the extra weight. Her nutritionist advices her to try gut dysbiosis and liver detox as an initial intervention. This intervention was based on her recent diagnosis that highlighted that she was suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) (Trovato et al., 2015).   As per the case s...

Explain the general purpose of conducting a root cause analysis (RCA)A). Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Root cause analysis (RCA) provides a framework for comprehensive systematic analysis of a scenario. RCA is defined as process that identifies the basic or causal factor that lead to variation in performance (Charles et al., 2017). The variation in performance lead to undesirable or unexpected outcomes those are adverse. Root cause includes risks...

Executive SummaryThe case study that is evaluated provides an idea of the potential value and the benefits offered by the electronic health records. However, there are a number of issues associated with the use and maintenance of electronic health records (Parsons et al., 2012). Although the concept of electronic health record is not new, the use of electronic health record system has considerably increased over the years. The case study gives...

DiscussionEXECUTIVE SUMMARY Dementia is a disease which affects a vast number of people worldwide, especially the elderly. It reduces the retention and the cognitive abilities of the people and sometimes, the people are not even aware of the fact that they are suffering from the disease because of a lack of awareness regarding Dementia. The purpose of the project is to understand and analyze the work done by Dementia UK, a medical and nursing...

Dialectic of DementiaDementia is a neurodegenerative disorder causing progressive decline in the mental and cognitive function of the individual suffering from it. Research indicates that dementia’s fit with the social model of disability implies that care for dementia patients goes beyond clinical approaches. The hallmarks of person-centered care are approaches for addressing physical dexterity, loss of recognition ability, and cognitive ...

Part 1: About East SussexThe idea that happiness should or can be measured is rather controversial. When it was announced that the government Office for National Statistics (ONS) was planning to measure national well-being, the announcement faced a lot of criticism from all directions. However, the ONS released the 2014/2015 measures on personal well-being and, the report suggested that more people feel positive about their lives. People's hea...

Portfolio Entry 1Exploring the Theory and Application of Law and Ethical Reasoning in Nursing Practice The assignment aims to evaluate the ethical issues abounded in nursing practice. The assignment is defining how the nurses should make ethical decisions either in their daily nursing practices or helping the patient’s family to make the decision making. The paper aims to identify the appropriate ethical decision-making process model fo...

Cross-sectional studyEcological study Cross-sectional study Retrospective cohort study Cross-sectional study Prospective cohort study Period prevalence Maintaining high rates of follow up can be difficult The disease should be severe, relatively common and perceived as a public health problem Relatively quick and cheap to conduct Can investigate a wide range of possible risk factors Can be used to effectively identify and study cas...

Understanding Notch Signaling PathwayCancer is one of the world's greatest killer disease with a slow recovery period. A large proportion of the people have been affected by the negating effects of cancer. The quality of life is significantly affected. Cachexia, muscle and weight loss, a weakened immune system among many other health effects have been found to be associated with cancer. However, the advancements in science and technology hav...

Impact of Aging Population on SocietyUnited Kingdom consists of a mixture of cultures, religion and societal norms. The United Kingdom has always tried to combine four separate countries under one umbrella. The aim of the report is to highlight upon the changes in the changes within the demographic patterns of and the trends within the UK society. The same will be compared with that different cultural locations, social groups and ethnicity. It...

Scenarios for DiscussionA case study of a child named Eve is undertaken in this report suffering from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The disorders were diagnosed at the age of 11 and the child has been suffering through it till yet at the age of 18. The problems of the child have gotten worse with age due to lack of awareness towards the issue by her parents as she also has two young...

Stakeholders' Perspectives on Procter and Gamble's Sustainable ConsumptionTopic: Sustainable Consumption of Procter and Gamble Procter and Gamble is positioned as a company that develops diverse products and its motive is to attain consumer demand. The company has branches in more than 70 nations and its environmental science department has an exceptional function in making sure that the products are safe for the consumers to use (Boboc, Ar...

Sleep DeprivationSleep deprivation is a disorder where an individual does not get the required amount sleep; it could be chronic or critical. A persistent sleep-constrained state could lead to exhaustion, sleeping in the day, ineptness and weight fluctuation. It negatively impacts cognitive function and the brain. Sleep deprivation happens when a person sleeps less than they required staying awake and attentive. People differ in te...

Strategic Management PlanHillsboro County Home Health Agency came into operation in 1946 as a community based home health agency. The agency rooted in the heart of Florida is a non-profit organization. The Joint Commission of Hillsboro County has accredited the organization as the only Medicare certified home health agency. The organization is popular because of the deliverance of high quality care backed by positive attitude and prudent ...

Target audiencesBreastfeeding plays an important role in the maintenance of both maternal and infant health. Breast milk is known to contain all the nutrients that are able to provide a complete nutrition to the infants. It provides benefits with respect to growth, health, development and immunity. Breast fed infants are less likely to develop medical conditions like respiratory illnesses, obesity, among others (Victora et al., 2016). Moreover...

DiscussionPrimary hypothyroidism is one of the most common hormonal diseases that affect United States. The treatment of hypothyroidism is considered easy by practitioners, but a large number of patients suffering from this condition are unsatisfactorily treated. Western countries suffer from Hasimoto’s thyroiditis or due to iodine deficiency (Pellegriti et al., 2013). The aim of this report is to analyze the case study provided about a ...

Historical Content of Learning Disability Nursing Role from 1980'sLearning disability (LD) can be understood as a lowered intellectual capacity and an increased challenge dealing with day to day activities like household work, socializing or finance management, and it affects the individual lifelong (Maki, Burns and Sullivan 2017). The UK National Careers Service describes Learning Disability Nursing as a career that promotes the wellbeing, he...