Richard Paul on critical thinking Critical thinking as a concept was developed more than 200 years ago and has continued to evolve. The phrase critical thinking first use was in the mid-late 20th century. Various definitions of critical thinking form a comprehensive concept into understanding the interdisciplinary interpretations of what it is. Michael Scriven & Richard Paul define critical thinking as the process of skillfully and actively conceptualizing, analyzing, applying, synchronizing, and evaluating information gathered through experiments, observations reasoning, communication, reflection, or experience. Arriving at conclusions is influenced by various factors such as beliefs, universally recognized values, the topic of interest, relevance, consistency, and alternate viewpoints. Critical thinking is self-guided and attempts to apply the highest level of fair-mindedness. Critical thinkers are rational, reasonable, and empathetic s who seek to make the best conclusion that is mutually beneficial to them and the society at large. To be a critical thinker is to be aware of the inherently flawed nature of human thinking when left unchecked. Hence, a critical thinker needs to understand their egocentric and sociocentric tendencies and balance them…
Central sleep apnea (CSA) Central sleep apnea (CSA) is a respiratory disorder that causes difficulties in breathing during sleep, and it affects about 30% of people with congestive heart failure (CHF). Also, heart transplant, which cures CHF and CSA, has proved effective in some patients and ineffective in others. As a result, this study aimed to test whether the normalization of heart function effectively abolished CSA. The materials and methods applied in this study included patients selected for heart transplantation assessment at a university hospital. A computerized system (polysomnography) monitored and determined signs of respiratory discomfort during sleep among the sampled patients. In addition, urine volume and renal function were also examined from overnight urinary norepinephrine excretion (UNE). Results showed that 13 patients with severe CHF and who underwent a heart transplant were included in this analysis, and the control group consisted of 9 patients. Moreover, there was a significant reduction in CSA symptoms after transplantation, marked by a shortened cycle length (about 65 to 31 units). The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and UNE also dropped significantly due to normalized left…
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Overview Cognitive Behaviour therapy generally referred as CBT is an overall category of psychotherapy. The CBT is a psycho-social intercession that aims at enhancing the mental health of the relevant patient. Further, CBT concentrates on challenging and modifying the unessential cognitive distortion such as beliefs, thoughts and attitudes and behaviors thus promoting emotion regulation and the growth of individual coping mechanisms that aims at solving present issues of the presented patient. Initially, CBT was structured to treat depression but its importance within the healthcare arena has stretched to incorporate treatment of various mental health disorders like social anxieties relationships and sex concerns, eating disorder, mood swings, sleeping issues, drug use and alcoholism and anxiety attacks (Seyffert et al., 2016). Additionally, the CBT incorporates various cognitive psychotherapies that treats specific psychopathologies employing evidence-based strategies. Correspondingly, CBT is centered on combination of the core principles from cognitive and behaviour psychology. Nevertheless, CBT various from the historical viewpoint to psychotherapy like the psychoanalytic method where medical specialists searches for unconscious definition behind a defined behaviour and then establishes a diagnosis.…
Obesity in US Introduction Obesity is the excessive fat in the body of a human being that affects one’s health. In the USA it has increased over the last several years and is now a serious public health problem. In recent data, almost one-third of children and teenagers are obese. This is approximately 23 million in number. Causes Many of the children have an energy imbalance. This means that they are taking a large number of calories than burns. This has been a result of spending most of the time watching television, playing video games, and also using other types of media. Furthermore, aged children walked that is most of the children are taken to school by use of cars, bike, and also due to either wrong weather distance and even fear of crimes leading to short walking paths that contribute to obesity. Moreover, only a few of the schools provide daily physical education; this is because most children don’t like co-curricular activities such as playing football and athletic. Also, most of the schools have a small field or even…
disease control approach Question 1 Primary prevention is a disease control approach which aims at preventing disease before it occurs. A cervical cancer screening program can promote sexual health. It will help to detect the possibility of cervical cancer in women, and this will, in turn, enhance the sexual health of women. Question 2 Secondary prevention is the disease control approach, which focuses on early detection and treatment of an infection. Opioid risk tool prevention program relates to prescription drug abuse and opioid epidemic. It assists in screening people in the primary care setting to assess their risk for opioid. Hence it would help in the prescription of the most appropriate medication to treat the opioid crisis. Question 3 SDOH are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, and work. SDOH relates to non-communicable diseases through economic factors, which makes the treatment of non-communicable diseases expensive. Thus, it usually increases the prevalence of NCDs in the world. Question 4 The core functions of public health include assessment, policy development, and assurance. Assessment entails monitoring environmental and health status…
Topic: Proposing a Private Public Partnership for a Healthcare Organization Subject: The Hospital and the Community Benefits and disadvantages of the PPPs for the new clinic The benefits that will accrue from the PPP model outweigh the cons. The renovation works to make the building ideal for the clinic will be delivered on time, within budget and done more efficiently. Better management and operations of the clinic will be observed as the private sector is best suited in such. The company delivering hospital supplies and equipment will enable the clinic to run efficiently, having all the supplies available, to serve the community better. Who to approach and why? The major challenge that would present a stumbling block to this partnership is knowing the ideal persons to approach. The viable options present for the new clinic will be a company dealing with hospital supplies combined with the supply of hospital equipment. The other persons to approach will be the local solo practitioners providing health care privately to the community. The reason behind settling for these players is by the virtue…
Coyote Valley Early Settlement. Thomas G. Andrew begins by saying that no one really knows when and how humans started inhabiting the Coyote valley. Studying archaeological structures and ecological evidence is the only way to tell when the Valley was inhabited. This evidence say that the first people started life there at about 13,000 years ago. The coyote valley being a mountainous region, posed difficulty to those who settled there for it required them to be well suited and ready to adapt for them to be able to settle there. The early settlement of people began in a time that archaeologists call the Clovis period. This is a time that was marked by increase temperature that caused the glaciers in the area to melt, exposing some land. Many animals went ahead to colonize the newly exposed land as well as animals. The first people followed thereafter in groups of about fifty or less people. All the artifacts that have been collected about this people show that the Clovis people moved seasonally into the Colorado River from the winter camps…
Arab, Iranian, and Baltic people Overview of the article The Arab, Iranian, and Baltic people share common cultural values and communication style that causes a lot of misunderstanding among Western health care professionals. Despite the fact that the people of the Middle East differ ethically, they share common behaviors and values, which are attitudes towards health and illness, the importance of family and affiliation and interaction style. According to Donnelly et al. (2016), the problems that arise among the Arab, Iranian, and Baltic people when providing health care include difficulty in obtaining adequate information. Besides, there are conflicting beliefs concerning the issues of planning for the future, the demanding behaviors that are caused by the patient’s family. Also, the difference in the patterns in which the bad news and the death of a patient are communicated to the family members. The health care providers need to understand and have competencies to handle the different cultural practices,which will help in improving the provision of health care services. Culturally competent health care professional helps in reducing the gap and health care disparities…
Personality Traits Personality traits reflect peoples characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Personality traits imply consistency and stability.an individual’s behavior towards others,attitude,characteristics, mindset makes his personality. The big five personality traits have an impact on individual difference as well as contributing positively to an individuals The following are the big five personality traits Openness Openness is one of the big five personality traits. This trait has some characteristics such as insight and imagination. The people who have this trait will also be open minded and have interests in knowing and learning about the world around them as well and learn new things and also new experiences that they encounter( Deesilatham, S., & Hosany, S. 2018, June).. This trait will contribute positively to individual performance where by a student possessing this trait will excel in his academics because they will always be willing to learn new things especially education wise and also they will always be open to new ideas and concepts that they encounter every day in the learning context. Conscientiousness This is the second trait among the…
LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY AND REFLECTION Name Course Date Introduction Personal Leadership Philosophy (PLP) is a guiding principle that consists of the values and beliefs of a person. These values can help one solve different types of challenges in life. These principles can assist one in decision making. PERSONAL LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY Leadership priorities As a senior nurse leading the junior nurses, I have several priorities that I consider to be very important. My leadership priorities are time management, communication, patient satisfaction, excellence in nursing, and satisfaction of the staff. To have the ability to improve the experiences of patients, I need to understand all the factors which influence the nursing environment (Messina and Wilde, 2017). As a nurse, I also prioritize making other nurses satisfied. As a leader, the junior nurses expect me to be honest and also to be a good time manager. They expect me to provide the necessary materials to foresee excellence in nursing care and patient satisfaction. On the other hand, I…