Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical therapy refers to a brain surgery that is meant to implant electrodes that send electric signals to areas in the brain responsible for body movements (Weerasinghe et al., 2019). Although DBS is considered safe, it has a lot of negative effects. The negative effects associated with DBS surgery […]

Physical exercise among middle-aged adults can help reduce the risk of various health problems. Some of the health conditions that be prevented and managed through physical exercise include obesity and type 2 diabetes. This paper aims to discuss how the prevalence rate of the two conditions in society today and recommend health promotion measures to […]

Piaget’s theory of child development; Formal operational is the fourth stage of Piaget’s theory of child development. The stage begins at the age of 12 and lasts into adulthood (Ghazi & Ullah p. 10). During the formal operational stage, children begin to think abstrusely and hypothetically. In other words, adolescents in the fourth stage have […]

Obesity is a complex health condition involving more than required body fat. Conditions that increase the development of obesity include stroke, type 2 diabetes mellitus, gallbladder disease, and hypertension. One of the misconceptions surrounding obesity is that it is caused by imbalances between the amount of energy intake and expenditure. The homeostatic theory of obesity […]

Barcode medication administration (BCMA) is the use of barcode technology to improve the administration of medication. Health care workers use this technology to confirm a patient’s medication at bedside to ensure that the five rights of medication administration including the correct dose, patient, time, drug, and route. The barcode medication administration technology also helps prevent […]

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 in the primary law in the United States for protecting imperiled species. There are three things that caught my attention about the original Endangered Species Act that I will share in this paper. The first thing is that the ESA law was to a greater extent inspired by the […]

Multidisciplinary Team Approach  Ms. Tuckerno has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS)- a condition in which the protective covering of the nerve is eaten away by the immune system. The patient has over time been receiving treatment at an internal medicine clinic. Her internist who has been taking care of her was not in the […]

Leadership development programs expand the capacity of individuals to effectively perform in leadership roles within an organization. Leadership development is a common phenomenon in succession planning, which entails producing leaders of high-calibre to take up senior leadership positions when they fall vacant. It is estimated that over $150 billion is spent on leadership development every […]

The transtheoretical model (TTM) is a model that was developed in the late 1970s by Prochaska and DiClemente. The model evolved through studies examining the experiences of smokers who quit on their own with the smokers who require further treatment to understand why some people were capable of quitting on their own (Nigg et al., […]

Abdominal pain is the pain stemming from the inside of the abdomen or the outer muscle wall. Abdominal pain is felt in more than half of the belly and ranges from mild, temporary, and severe. The possible causes of abdominal pain include pregnancy, urinary tract infection, inflammation of the gallbladder, ulcers, and appendicitis (Bickley, 2021). […]

Shadow Health Assessment is a course in nursing that helps students to improve their communication, documentation, and physical assessment skills (Shadow Health, 2021). Researchers believe that Shadow Health Assessment also plays a critical role in enhancing nursing students’ reflection and necessary thinking skills (Shadow Health, 2021). Reflection means the art of analyzing one’s experiences to […]

Differential diagnosis (DD) is the process used by doctors to differentiate between two or more health conditions that could be behind a person’s symptoms (Loriaux, 2017). In differential diagnosis, doctors list all the possible health conditions that could be causing the chief complaint. Doctors may then narrow down the selection using the patient’s medical history […]

A global health agenda is a 10-year vision concerning the future of health (Mensah, 2016). A global health agenda involves three activities. The first thing is to assess the state of the world’s health based on scientific research and analysis. The second thing is to investigate the challenges the health sector faces and the third […]

Community correction refers to the supervision of criminal offenders as opposed to confining them in correctional facilities (Yang, 2020). The community corrections supervision can either be through probation or parole. Parole is where criminal offenders are conditionally released from confinement to serve the remaining sentence in the community (Yang, 2020). A prisoner may be released […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) means the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. A chatbot is a rule-based engine meaning designed to act in a certain way. Conversational AI is focused on being able to handle unexpected variants in a conversation. The first expectation of a […]

Intergenerational trauma among Australians Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are indigenous groups of people living in Australia. They are descendants of people who experienced violence, rape, substance abuse, forced relocation, slavery, and loss of land (Armstrong et al., 2017). Consequently, the indigenous groups continue to suffer the negative effects of intergenerational trauma many years after […]

Intergenerational trauma or transgenerational trauma as often called, is a trauma that can be transferred from one generation to another (Menzies, 2019). This means that a generation that has experienced trauma can transfer the trauma to their children and the children pass it on to their children. Intergenerational trauma was first observed in children of […]