The New York City As A Major Obstacle For Receiving Quality Health Care
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Introduction New York City is composed of some of the world’s most unique and eccentric neighborhoods the world has ever seen. Amongst these neighborhoods, one can expect to find Bushwick (Community District 4) and Williamsburg (Community District 1), nestled in in the northern tip of Brooklyn borough. The earliest colonizers included the Dutch, French, Scandinavians, and English farmers. Today, however, the spectrum of racial distribution has changed drastically in which the top ethnic groups include Puerto Rican, African American, Dominican, Ecuadorian, and Mexican, Polish, Italian, and Hasidic Jews. Both neighborhoods have an abnormally large rate of preventable illness and death issues. Reasons as to why these districts are facing such high illness rates could be because of language barriers, economic conditions, and lack of a primary care physician monitoring health. Since the majority of individuals living in Bushwick and Williamsburg are of foreign descent, it is only feasible to hypothesize that language barriers pose as a major obstacle for receiving quality health care. Many of the residents may not know how to read and understand English, therefore, leading to compromised delivery of care. Another justification for the residents of Community Board 1 and 4 to not obtain quality care is because of economic conditions. Individuals living in Bushwick are known to have a lower median household income when compared to Brooklyn as a whole: the difference being $9,000
while others are less demanding. The two health professions that I will be focusing on in this essay, are Long Term Care Nurses (LTC) and Nurse Practitioners (NP). I’ve interviewed two healthcare providers one of each title, and the information that I have been given, I must say is quite interesting.
Let’s begin with nurse practitioners. What is a nurse practitioner? “Nurse practitioner’s (NPs) are advanced practice registered nurses who provide care to patients throughout the lifespan
while others are less demanding. The two health professions that I will be focusing on in this essay, are Long Term Care Nurses (LTC) and Nurse Practitioners (NP). I’ve interviewed two healthcare providers one of each title, and the information that I have been given, I must say is quite interesting.
Let’s begin with nurse practitioners. What is a nurse practitioner? “Nurse practitioner’s (NPs) are advanced practice registered nurses who provide care to patients throughout the lifespan
differently, we all practice to achieve one main goal, and that is to provide excellent patient-centered care. Pharmacists, nurses, physicians, optometrists, and even social workers strive for the better outcome of their patients. Most, not necessarily all of the time, healthcare professionals work together to provide this best care for their patients. This type of care is known as interprofessional care. Some healthcare professionals interact with pharmacists on a regular basis, and others interact with
make an effort to create a safe and supportive learning environment for students with asthma. Research and case studies looked at the best approaches to manage asthmatic children in schools and found schools that collaborate with asthma care clinicians to ensure care, schools that have strong administration that support school nurses and support asthma education for faculty and staff, and schools that support evaluation of school-based programs and use asthma action plans have fewer school absentees’
residing below the minimal standard of what is considered a safe dwelling. The federal definition of homeless is an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, or adequate nighttime residence (HUD, 2011). Homelessness is not just a problem in big cities like New York or Los Angeles, but rather it is a global epidemic affecting small towns and suburbs such as Long Island.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a United States federal department that administers programs dealing with better
doesn’t mean a patient will receive inadequate care, it is hard for employees to buy into the culture of “Radical Caring Love” when the major concern is always the bottom dollar. When employees do not buy in to the culture of healing then they become unconcerned if a loud phone is constantly ringing, or if a another nurse’s patient has had a call light on for ten minutes. Some other obstacles would be location and age of the building. Many inner-city hospitals are located in the heart of some very
Teenage students don’t seek health care for a variety of reasons; therefore bringing the services to the place where teens spend a large part of their day gives an efficient model of health care delivery. School-based health centers guarantee that from elementary through high school, students can have an annual physical, treated for acute illnesses, their eyes checked and their teeth examined, and speak to a mental health counselor during or after class without the barriers that the families too
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DeVry HSM 534 Health Service Finance
February 23, 2013 Week 7
Professor Alison Williams
Background
The United States, being the most diverse society in the world, has a long and unsuccessful history of attempts at healthcare reform. We spend almost $2 trillion dollars per year on healthcare, yet not all American people have medical coverage (Barton, 2007). A huge percent of the population have to rely on outside sources, such as benefit health care from an employer
Will Mohamed
Mrs. Landgrebe
Advanced Composition/ 3
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The Negative Effects of Foster Care: RD
“Family is forever.” Many people believe that this quote happens to be true. Everyone wants to believe that their family will always be there for them, and support the decisions that they make. For a normal family is quote would be accurate. On the other hand, there are families that will not be together forever. This is not just a choice that these certain families make, it is forced upon
Running Head: U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM REFORM
HS543
Health Services Finance
Summer Term 2012
Instructor: Mary Black
Course Project Outline
U.S. Healthcare System Reform
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Project Outline
This project will explore the current state or our healthcare and where it is predicted to cost us in the future. We will also examine the overall health programs and how the uninsured will affect the system entirely. Universal healthcare would alleviate the financial burden on some of