Healthy People 2030

Healthy People 2030 sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade. Healthy People 2030 includes 359 core or measurable objectives as well as developmental and research objectives. Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that […]
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) is a type of a RN who has earned a graduate-level degree such as a Master’s of Science in Nursing (MSN) or a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and has been trained in one of the four recognized APRN roles. APRN can hold four major roles, including certified nurse-midwife (CNM), […]
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Precaution Adoption Process Model

Precaution Adoption Process Model a psychologically model that explains how people comes to decisions to take actions to prevent illness, injury, or other types of harm. It explain precautious behaviors to avoid external hazards or health threats. This model assumes that people must pass through a series of six qualitatively different stages on the path […]
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Health Belief Model Constructs

Health Belief Model Constructs are perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cue to action The Health Belief Model (HBM) argues that a person’s willingness to change their health behaviors primarily comes from their health perceptions.  The HBM model was developed in the 1950s by social psychologists Godfrey Hochbaum, Irwin Rosenstock, and Rosenstock and […]
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Emancipatory Theory of Compassion

The emancipatory theory of compassion was created by Dr Jane Georges, it assumes the universality of suffering and the means by which suffering can be alleviated through compassion. Emancipatory is used to emphasize the centrality power relations have on suffering, and the ability to render compassion impossible. The emancipatory theory define compassion as the wish […]
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Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness Theory

Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness Theory was developed by Merle Mishel late 1980s. The theory focuses on the strain and struggle when one gets an acute and chronic illness. It define uncertainty as the inability of individuals to accurately predict or control their health condition and its trajectory. The author noted that uncertainty occurs when a […]
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Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort

Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort is a middle-range theory for health practice, education, and research that was developed in the 1990s. The theory explains comfort as a fundamental need of all human beings for relief, ease, or transcendence arising from health care situations that are stressful. This theory came up when Katharine Kolcaba conducted a concept […]
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Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing

Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing was developed by Sister Callista Roy in 1976. Roy’s model posits that a person is a bio-psycho-social being who’s in constantl interaction with a changing environment. The model explains how people adapt to environmental changes using four components, including person, health, environment, and nursing. According to Roy’s adaptation model of […]
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Middle-Range Nursing Theories

Middle-range nursing theories are frameworks that provide a practical way for nurses to better understand and care for their patients. Their scope is around nursing practice and research and allow nurses to focus on specific areas of patient care. Additionally, these nursing theories allow nurses to test and measure effectiveness of various interventions. Nurses can […]
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Journey of the Tidal Model

Journey of the Tidal Model Tidal model of mental health nursing is one of the middle range theories that was developed by Professor Philip J. Barker in 1996 and implemented in 2000. The model posits that the mental well-being of individuals is dependent on their individual life experiences, including perception and thoughts. The tidal model […]
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) is a nurse who has earned a graduate-level degree such as a Master’s of Science in Nursing (MSN) or a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP).  APRNs also are nurses who have received trained in one of the four recognized APRN roles, including certified nurse-midwife (CNM), certified registered nurse anesthetist […]
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Porter’s Five Forces Forces Model

Porter’s Five Forces Forces Model  is a framework for understanding the competitive forces at work in an industry. The model was developed by Michael Porter through the article ‘How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy’. The five forces are competitive rivalry, the threat of new entrants, supplier bargaining power, customer bargaining power, and threat of substitutes.   […]
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Ventricular fibrillation

Ventricular fibrillation (v-fib) is an arrhythmia or a malfunction of the heart’s normal pumping sequence. It is characterized by contraction of the lower heart chambers in a very rapid and uncoordinated manner. Other symptoms include loss of consciousness and collapsing. Before the V-fic occurs, people may experience  The condition causes the heart not to pump […]
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Cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that affecting movement and muscle posture. These conditions are caused by damage that occurs to the immature, developing brain, most often before birth. Common symptoms of cerebral palsy include exaggerated reflexes, stiff muscles with normal reflexes, lack of balance and muscle coordination, jerky involuntary movements, and writhing movements. […]
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Fever blister

Fever blister are tiny tiny, fluid-filled blisters on and around the lips. A scab can last days and forms after the blisters break and heal in 2 to 3 weeks without leaving a scar. Fever blisters usually occur in groups and cause red, swollen, and sore wounds. Cold sores can spread from person to person […]
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The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)

The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) is a multi-purpose tool for screening, diagnosing, monitoring, and measuring the severity of depression. The PHQ tool rates the frequency of symptoms, which is then used as a factor in the scoring severity index. The PHQ-9 and PHQ-2, components of the longer Patient Health Questionnaire, offer psychologists concise, self-administered tools […]
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Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited, focused, and evidence-based approach to treat mood disorders. The goal of this therapy is to mprove the quality of a client’s interpersonal relationships and social functioning as well as reducing overall distress. The IPT is also effective in managing unresolved grief linked to the death of a loved one and […]
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Norovirus infection

Norovirus infection is a condition characterized by nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, and in some cases, loss of taste. It occurs between 12-24 hours after being exposed to norovirus. Noroviruses are highly contagious and commonly spread through food or water that is contaminated during preparation. It can also spread through close contact with a […]
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Nail fungus

Nail fungus or onychomycosis is a common infection of the nail that begins as a white or yellow-brown spot under the tip of your fingernail or toenail. As the fungal infection goes deeper, the nail may discolor, thicken and crumble at the edge. Nail fungus can affect several nails. When fungus infects the areas between […]
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Gambling Treatment

Gambling Treatment an act of staking money or something valuable in uncertain outcome with the primary intention of getting more money or material thing in return. Addiction to gambling is characterized by  is the uncontrollable urge to keep gamble despite the loss. Many people view gambling as harmless and mostly do it for fun. However, […]
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