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Increasing the Nurse-patient Ratio Nurses are the largest group of regulated health care providers and each one is pivotal in patient care delivery. The nurse patient ratio determines the quality of care and patient outcomes. But inappropriate nurse staffing levels are a serious threat to patients. In the absence of a formal mandated nurse- patient-ratio in Canadian health care facilities, nurses are struggling to give universal care to the Canadian population. The rate of

continually reflecting on past interactions, and applying concepts. I am dedicated to improving my own abilities, as it directly affects the level of care that I am able to provide, and the well-being of the client. Being responsible for the client’s health, I try to optimize every interaction to create a more positive environment conducive to growth. Seemingly inconspicuous actions such as warming the bell of a stethoscope, asking the patients if their current bed position is comfortable, and informing

Most Canadians are very proud of their health care because it provides citizens universal coverage on the basis of need. However, in the recent decade, Canadians have observed obvious deterioration in the quality of the system in regards to waiting times, availability of the best technology, and adequate numbers of doctors and nurses. The apparent decline within the system has made many Canadians more open to a variety of options than they were a decade ago, provided that the core elements of the

Global Health Socio- Biography On March 21st, 1998, I was born as a premature baby, who looked extremely weak and was experienced shortness of breath. My parents were concerned as I was coughing my lungs out day in, and day out. However, the doctors were not too concerned as my asthma was typically seen in premature babies, and assumed it would be temporary and would leave overtime. Nonetheless, these predictions were inaccurate. As time slowly progressed my asthma began to get worse. I was having

Prof. Lauren Spito Second Week Paper’s “The Health Care System in the United State and Canada” The health care system is a program which is offer by the government in some country. This institution has different roles in society, but the most important are: to keep, maintain and provide all mental health to all citizen providing especially medical services. In the last decade, the Heath Care issues have been very controversial in America. The Health Care program modification and news implementations

First Nations Health and Wellbeing: Government Enacted Health Equity Programming Health care is a major focus of both the federal and provincial Canadian governments. Policies and programs are created, revised, and implemented in order to improve the overall health and wellbeing of Canadian citizens. Canada’s publically funded health care system offers access to quality health care services and treatment to most citizens. However, extensive research demonstrates that despite government attempts

Canada is currently sitting at a population of over 30 million people and is ranked 11th in the world in terms of exports (Canada: Economic Freedom, 2017). The economy in the country seems to be thriving very well with many skilled workers and plenty of jobs for most individuals in the civilian labor force. For the most part, Canada has always done pretty well in terms of having a successful economy. Starting in the early 50s Canada was thriving primarily off of the waterways unlike today the country

The U.S. health care system is the subject of much differentiating debates. On one side we have those who argue that Americans have the “best health care system in the world”, pointing to our freely available medical technology and state-of-the-art facilities that have become so highly symbolic of its system. On the hand we have those who criticize the American system as being fragmented and inefficient, pointing to the fact that America spends more on health care than any other country in the world

considered the model for the U.S. health care system. Both countries ' health care systems are very different-Canada has a single-payer, mostly publicly-funded system, while the U.S. has a multi-payer, profoundly private system but both countries appear to be similar and suggesting that it might be possible that the U.S. to clone the Canadian health system. Much of the appeal of the Canadian system is that it seems to do more for less. Canada provides universal access to health care for its citizens while

Wong’s Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, the main goal of a pediatric nurse is to improve and promote the quality of health and wellbeing of a child. (Hockenberry, 2012). Pediatric nurses work with children of all ages in a variety of settings, such as the intensive care unit, emergency department, surgical floor, and basic inpatient settings where they promote and improve children’s health and wellbeing through various treatments and support. The purpose of this paper is to understand the roles of pediatric