Understanding Schizophrenia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Mental illness is a problem that affects a person’s health. It interferes with how a person thinks, behaves and interacts with other people in the surroundings. This problem is also referred to as a mental disorder. However, there is a slight difference between mental illness and mental disorder. Mental illness is, at times, curable after […]
The Right to Effective Treatment for Mental Disorders
Mental health refers to an individual’s emotional welfare. It concerns the way people think, behave, and feel. Mental health also implies a lack of mental disorders. According to (Irwin (2008), mental health incorporates an individual’s ability to enjoy life to balance life activities and efforts to attain psychological resilience. Therefore, mental health can be defined […]
Geriatric Mental Health: Challenges and Solutions
As people grow older, their mental health gets compromised. People 65 years and above are more prone to mental health than any other age. Of the most common mental illnesses is geriatric mental health, which is majorly witnessed in older people. According to a survey by Psychiatric Services, about one in five people over sixty-five […]
Physical Differences and Discrimination among Humans
There have always been differences in the physical appearances of people from different nations. For example, skin complexion has always varied among individuals worldwide. This, however, has not been taken for what it is. For example, people have misused these differences and thus ended up discriminating against one another. The wide range of skin complexions […]
Information and Nursing Terminology in Health Care
Information has been a vital component of delivering quality healthcare services. Since the early 1970s, the healthcare information system has been critical in supporting the drive to manage healthcare resources more efficiently and effectively. The continued technological advancement in healthcare settings increases the demand for information. The information must be available and accessible to many […]
The Use of Voice Recognition Software to Improve Efficiency in Clinical Documentation
Technology is the foundation of nursing informatics. One of the technologies related to this field is electronic health records (EHRs), designed to enhance care. It is becoming mandatory in clinical documentation, and three factors drive its adoption: Federal government initiatives. Hospitals and clinicians who adopt EHRs and demonstrate their use in ways that can improve […]