Nursing and Healthcare Essays

Intravenous Urography: Use and Risks
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: This paper discusses what IVU is, what it does and how it is done, what are the risk, indication and contraindication of this study and why it has slowly faded into the background....

Definition and Causes of Intellectual Disability
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: The basis of the definition of the term mentally retarded can be found as far back as 1941 when Edgar Doll outlined six elements in which he used to classify mental retardation...

Pathophysiology Processes: Reye’s Syndrome
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: Reye’s Syndrome is a rare condition that results in swelling of the brain and liver as described by Australian Pathologist R. Douglas Reye in 1963. This disease mostly affects children and teens recovering from the chickenpox or the flu....

Exploring Faith Community Nursing
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: Faith community nursing integrates faith and healing to promote health and wellness within the community unlike traditional nursing models focused on curing illness and providing medically prescribed treatments. ...

Impactance of Comfort Theory in Nursing
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: Comfort is an important outcome for nursing care and research. Katharine Kolcaba Comfort Theory, a middle range theory helps the concepts and reflect in nursing practice....

Risks of a Measles Pandemic
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: Measles, believed to have been erased by the year 2000 in the United States because of the measles vaccine efficiency (CDC. gov, 2017).  The movement of immigrants across vast areas globally increased the spread of the disease....

Evaluation of the IUD Paragard
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: The IUD Paragard is over 99% effective at preventing unwanted pregnancy, which makes this a reliable form of birth control. It is more effective than the other types of hormone-free birth control, such as condoms, cervical cap, withdrawal method, spermicide, diaphragm, sponge, and fertility awareness-based methods...

AWHONN Position Statement: Human Trafficking
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery that involves the use of force, abduction, fraud, or coercion for purposes of forced labor or sexual exploitation....

Assessing Professional Boundaries Between Emergency Nurses And Doctors Nursing Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: Nurse is a profession that serves the need of society in the area of health. The roles of nurses have expanded because they carry out multiple roles in healthcare. ...

Role of Triage in Emergency Care
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: There is a consensus on the fact that there has been a significant increase in traffic to emergency rooms which has resulted in rapidly growing demand on the limited resources of emergency rooms worldwide. ...

Readiness Of NursesIn Emergency Situations
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: Emergency nursing is the field these nurses chose to pursue. This field of nursing is one of the most unpopular but is considered very integral part of nursing. Saving lives starts here....

Competency Requirements Of Emergency Nurses
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Oct 2020
Introduction: A 10 year old child with a history of blunt trauma of two hours enters the Emergency Department triage counter. He is encountered by a triage nurse who has 1 year of experience in the Emergency department....

Emergency Nurses Association: Organizational and Systems Leadership in Nursing
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: ENA has a five years strategic plan called the 2020 vision that guides their organization. It is comprised of five strong pillars: knowledge, advocacy, quality and safety, community, and infrastructure....

Lissencephaly: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: Agyria or pachygyria refers to the absence or incomplete development of the gyri and gives the brain an abnormally smooth appearance...

Principles of Evidence Collection and Preservation
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: Physical evidence is a vital tool used in most crime cases to prove a crime has been made. However, evidence is only as valuable as it is kept. The chain of custody must be maintained strict with a minimum amount of people involved...

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is a complex chronic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organ systems. In SLE many autoantibodies are created causing multiple organ systems to be affected and resulting in the inflammatory responses evident in the clinical manifestation of the disease ...

Pyelonephritis : Pathophysiology, Etiology, Signs and Symptoms
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: Pyelonephritis is a kidney infection and is a form of a urinary tract infection (UTI). Urinary tract infections (UTIs) is one of the most common kinds of viruses prone to everyone....

Proposal to Develop Teamwork in Nursing
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: In a hospital setting, care delivery involves multi-disciplinary professionals configured into a complex network of healthcare delivery. Nurses work alongside physicians, and clinical specialists to provide quality, comprehensive patient care as part of an interpersonal team...

Challenges to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dementia Sufferers
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: Dementia is an umbrella term for over 100 diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, affecting the memory, cognitive abilities and behaviour of an individual, impacting the person’s ability to maintain their day-to-day activities. ...

Risk Factors for Heart Disease
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: Abstract This paper explores risk factors of heart disease that the student’s chosen patient had. Each risk factor stated will also have a proper explanation as to why it is a potential risk factor ...

History and Development of Obesity in America
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: Obesity in America is becoming a problem. It has been on the rise since the beginning of the twenty first century, but seems to be getting higher in more recent years. ...

Importance of Implementing Electronic Health Record Systems
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: The government has an important role to play in improving health care quality, reforming payment processes, and reducing barriers of electronic health record (EHR) implementation. This is especially i...

Effect of Sleep on Health and Well-being
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: In this essay, will be assessing what magnitude sleep has on our day to day well-being. Sleep is one of the essential requirements for the human body to function accurately. It plays a crucial role in...

Contextual Framework on the Barriers, Assessments and Treatments
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: Introduction  Everyone experiences emotional ups and downs from time to time caused by certain events in our lives. Mental health related conditions go beyond these emotional reactions to specifi...

Health Care Program Evaluation Plan Health And Social Care Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: The question of how to treat people who are mentally ill is highly controversial. In the not-so-distant past, people with mental illness were confined in insane asylums, where they lived in condition...