Abstract This brief was prepared for the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) hearing on rural health. It serves as an analysis of the health issues affecting the Delta Region (DR) of Arkansas; also known as the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. This…
Essays on Nursing & Health
Access to quality healthcare services is important in promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing the disease, reducing disability and premature death, and achieving health equity for all Americans (Access to health services, 2019). Though oral healthcare is necessary for everyone yet, there are several…
In our world today, the second most leading cause of death is cancer which was recorded in 2015 (Zuber, 2019). The two health disparities that are associated with this cause of death is socioeconomic status and underserved populations (“Examples of Cancer Health Disparities”, n.d.). Socioeconomic…
It was a crowded coffee shop and I was nervous to make an appearance. I had just started taking a course in American Sign Language (ASL) and one of my very first homework assignments was to attend a Deaf event- a social gathering where you…
And finally, a female author as the source for season titles: Donna Haraway, a feminist intellectual whose popular and much-anthologized “Cyborg Manifesto” perfectly matches Orphan Black’s ethical themes and concerns. Her “A Cyborg Manifesto” considers how a cyborg—an enhanced person with added mechanical capabilities—symbolizes being…
Emotions are a negative or positive experience that associates itself with a particular pattern of physiological activity The thought of being in control of your emotions is different with everyone The extent of you being in control of your emotions is dependent on you and…
There are four phases to enforce translational research. However, there is a hidden phase. The preliminary phase (T0) involves all activities prior to clinical research (Gannon, 2014). Typically, T0 could be combined with T1 phase (Gannon, 2014). Phase one (T1) research involves groundwork and pre-clinical…
“Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Usually, we try to avoid misunderstanding others or being misunderstood. However, misunderstanding happens between all people without them noticing. Without talking and expressing how…
Overthinking, it is something that we always do, not just me. I am sure that we have all been in bed trying to sleep, but instead, we lay there, overthinking every single thing about your life. Now I’m not saying it’s terrible because some of…
The Situation/Challenge: Currently at the skilled nursing facility (SNF) where I work at, recruiting, hiring, and retaining registered nurses (RN), licensed vocational/ practical nurses (LVN/LPN), and certified nurse assistants (CNA) is difficult. The organizational challenge of high turnover affects quality of care for the residents…
Variations of the Job Guarantee Program have been already employed in countries such as India, Argentina, South Africa, Bangladesh and Morocco as well as certain states in the US (T. Fullwiler and Meyeraan, 1082). Although this idea was propelled by American economists, it is said…
Mental health and illness have had a negative stigma on the African American community for decades. It is a conversation that has been ignored and looked over, but when are we going to face the real issue? Most people don’t understand the definition of mental…
Problem Statement For years now, discrimination within the criminal justice system has indubitably contributed towards the mass incarceration of African Americans. During the late 60’s President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on crime, however, this was nothing more than a discreet way target the black…
The aim of this paper is to identify the ethical agents that were involved in the Terri Schaivo case. What were the ethical principles that were considered and which ones were disregarded. What were the motivations that invoked the decisions that were made? It will…
According to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition American Psychiatric Association (2013), it specified two major characteristics of impairment in autism spectrum disorder which are deficits in social interaction and social communication, restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities. Children with…
