Medical staff performance The medical profession requires all the doctors and nurses observe high standards of behavior while carrying out their duties. Good medical practice involves the establishment of trust, respect, confidentiality, honesty and accountability between the professions in the field and the patients. Staff members may involve themselves in unethical practices. Such practices include giving out sensitive information to a third party without the […]

EVALUATING A PUBLIC POLICY-PROGRAM, BLACK BOX OF POLICY EVALUATION In order to effectively evaluate a public policy or program is it necessary to open the black box of policy evaluation? Evaluation is the act of fixing or ascertaining worth or value of an entity. It is an appraisal of value considering a policy, program or something by the application of a criteria or preset standards […]

Topic: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)   Introduction Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is demonstrated as a viral contamination originated from previously unrecognized germ of coronaviridae family, hence being confirmed as SARS related corona -bug (SARS – CoV). People affected by this malady obviously develop headaches, flu-like fever, dry cough, malaise, and also experiencing breathing hardships. This illness had started in Guangdong County located in […]

The Use of Re-Infusion Drains in the Surgical Setting Transfusion of blood provides a means of increasing the blood oxygen capacities. However, this has associated inherent risks and complications. Risks of transmission of viruses via allogeneic blood transfusion have been reduced to low and safe levels. However, transfusion-associated acute lung injuries are associable with blood transfusion; haemolytic transfusion reactions are also common with blood transfusion. […]

The world health organization provides that the estimates provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) illustrate that an approximate 50,000 individuals are infected with HIV annually between the years 2009 and 2006. in aIDition, there were 48,100 new infection in the year 2009 which is considered as the recent estimate of the infection in the united states. The HIV incidence was at […]

In late 2004, Ms N was a 77-year-old retiree. She had completed high school and worked for many years as a nursing assistant and a factory worker. Ms N lived alone in a modest senior housing apartment in a miIDle-class urban neighborhood. She received income from Social Security and support from her only child, a daughter who lived nearby. Her health insurance consisted of coverage […]

Child and Adolescent Depression in the Family Kevin D. Stark, Kelly N. Banneyer, Leah A. Wang, and Prerna Arora University of Texas There are numerous individual, familial, and environmental factors that impact the onset of depressive disorders in youth. This article presents an overview of these factors and describes our own research evaluating a possible model of how disturbances in family functioning could lead to […]

NURSING SHORTAGES I am working in 715 bed hospital with more than 500 physicians working as medical staff. The hospital includes several units like medical surgical floor, emergency dept, ICU, or, Pediatrics, maternity ward, new born unit, as well as the women department. The hospital also offers physical therapy, cardiology, and diabetes management ands laboratory services. The hospital is considered as being one of the […]

Introduction Infections acquired within the hospital environment have been on the rise despite the fact that hospitals are supposed to be one of the most hygienic areas. There are various reasons and causes that contribute to hospital acquired infections commonly referred to as nosocomial infections which endanger the lives of patients. One of the most important staff in the clinical setting is the nurses who […]

Pharmaceutical Companies Intellectual Property and the Global AIDS Epidemic The main objective of running a business is maximizing on profits; this is not exempted to pharmaceutical companies. However, the corporate social responsibility and the ethics regarding the health of individuals remain paramount. For this reason, pharmaceutical companies have a responsibility to distribute drugs for free or at low cost in developing countries. This is driven […]