Nursing and Healthcare Essays

Biography of Heather Whitestone
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2020
Introduction: Heather Whitestone, who is most famous for becoming Miss America’s first winner to have a disability in 1995, is profoundly deaf. However, it hasn’t prevented her from reaching her dreams and spre...

Analysis of the Kuhn-Popper Controversy
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2020
Introduction: The controversy of Kuhn’s “puzzle-solving” characteristic of science and Popper’s falsifiability of science had been ongoing since Kuhn’s publication of “The Structure of Scientific Revolu...

Gaps to Treatment for Chronic Illness
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2020
Introduction:  If you have a chronic illness you are not alone, thee are 133 million people who are affected by a chronic illness within the United States every day. According to the National Health council 40...

The Risk Factor of Age on Ovarian Cancer
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract This research paper explores one risk factor of ovarian cancer, expose the pathogenesis of age correlation with ovarian cancer, state the risk factors’ effects on epigenetics,  as well as ...

Urinary Tract Infection and Osteoporosis in Women
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction: Introduction  Urinary tract infections, also called cystitis or infectious cystitis, is an acute infection that occurs within the upper, or the lower urinary tract. Women are at greater risk of d...

Individuals with a Family History of Hypertension and the Effect Diet and Exercise has on Preventing End Stage Renal Disease
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Individuals with a family history of hypertension are at a higher risk for developing chronic kidney disease which can lead to end stage renal failure. By utilizing a good diet and committing...

Critique of the ANA Code of Ethics
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Nurses are faced with ethical dilemmas every day. The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics provides standards for nurses to react within those ethical dilemmas (American Nurses Associat...

Cystic Fibrosis: The Importance of the CFTR Protein
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction:  Cystic fibrosis is a rare autosomal recessive disease that affects roughly 30,000 individuals in the United States. Cystic fibrosis causes damage to the lungs, digestive system, and other organs...

The Impact of Social Media In Healthcare
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Introduction: The Impact of Social Media in Healthcare  The term social media is defined as a method that individuals can utilize to share content and data through discussion and communication using various d...

Cognitive Approach to Improving Auditory Comprehension
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction: Cognitive Approach to Improving Auditory Comprehension Aphasia is a communication disorder that results from damage to the portions of the brain that are responsible for language. It usually impairs t...

Alcoholism: Disease or Moral Dilemma?
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction:  Is alcoholism a disease or just a moral dilemma? That is a question that many people still ask today. There are doctors, lawyers, professional people and everyday citizens that   ...

The Impact of Shift Work on the Health of Nurses
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction: According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, about 15 million Americans are night shift workers or regularly rotate in and out of night shifts and this number will continue to increase. In the hos...

Decision-Making Process in Nursing Delegation
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Introduction: INTRODUCTION   The level of competence and efficiency within the healthcare industry, is founded on the execution of the respective roles and responsibilities of the registered care providers. Th...

Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation, a Movement to Impact the Health of Nurses and the Communities They Care For
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction: Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation, a Movement to Impact the Health of Nurses and the Communities They Care For  In May of 2017, the American Nurses Association (ANA) introduced the Healthy Nurses, He...

Midwifery Practice: Pre-Existing Pathphysiology and Pharmacology Principles
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction: Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnancy Anaemia is a condition caused by a reduction in the number of red blood cells or the haemoglobin concentration of blood, resulting in an insufficiency in the body ...

Medical Cannabis: A Review of the History, Pharmacology, and Clinical Implications
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Introduction: Medical cannabis: A review of the history, pharmacology, and clinical implications The recent resurgence of cannabis as an alternative treatment modality has been of interest to the American public, a...

Healthy People 2020: Increase Juvenile Residential Facilities that Screen for Mental Health
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction: Healthy People 2020: Increase Juvenile Residential Facilities that Screen for Mental Health Abstract Healthy People 2020 (HP 2020) defines mental health as being vital to personal well-being familial ...

Bioethical Debate on Assisted Suicide
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Introduction: Bioethical Debate on Assisted Suicide In his book Practical Ethics, 2nd edition, Peter Singer states that “voluntary euthanasia occurs only when, to the best of medical knowledge, a person is suffer...

Use of Cultural Competency Training for Accessibility and Effectiveness
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction:    Cultural competency is an extensive concept used to define a diversity of interferences that aim to improve the accessibility and effectiveness of health care services for people from rac...

Alzheimer’s Disease: Important Issue in our Aging Society
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction: Alzheimer’s Disease: Important Issue in our Aging Society Dementia is the most common disease in older adults more than any other age group (Miller, 2019).  Approximately forty percent of those ove...

Issue of Vaping in Schools
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction: Issue of Vaping in Schools  Vaping or e-cigarette usage seems to be all over the news recently.  We have seen and heard about teens that now have health issues related to their vaping. ...

Barrett’s Esophagus: Pathophysiology and Clinical Information
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Introduction: Barrett’s Esophagus: Pathophysiology and Clinical Information Introduction Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is “ a metaplastic change of the esophageal mucosa from squamous to columnar mucosa (Halland, ...

Resilience and Mental Health Care in College Students
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction: Introduction  When we think about resilience and mental health, we want to be able to understand that life has many challenges and barriers to overcome that causes setbacks for each individual. W...

Benefits of Music Therapy for Dementia Patients
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction: Introduction  Music has the ability to bring you back in time. You are able to relive moments from your past and feel all the emotions as you did when the event first occurred. When hearing a par...

Arguments for the Regulation of Sugar
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction: Many governments around the globe are increasingly concerned about their citizens’ decreasing health owing to bad diet. According to world health organization,” health is the state of complete phy...