5 Essential Tips to Find the Best Personal Trainer for You Taking the bold step to engage your body in a regular workout programis not only crucial to your fitness but health as well. With the emergence of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, stroke, hypertension, and obesity, hitting the gym is the only way to go. Do you want to get fit? Having the right person by your side can make a huge difference in your results. Learn how to find the right personal trainer! Certification and Licensing Does your trainer have the right credentials? If no, he is not the right person to spend your money and time on. Best personal trainers must acquire certification upon taking and passing of examination from such bodies as the American Council on Exercise (ACE) or the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). Training with certified trainers is essential because they know how to handle emergencies. A client may experience emergencies like breathing difficulties or cardiac arrest. A personal trainer comes in handy and acts swiftly before medical professionals arrive.. Cost of Training…
The Use of Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals in Healthcare The Use of Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals in Healthcare In biomedical research, investigators rely on hypothesis testing and confidence intervals to draw relationships among several aspects, collect data to test those relationships, and attempt to conclude the relations based on the collected data. Specifically, hypothesis testing is used in medical research to assess the strength of evidence from a specific sample and offer a mechanism for establishing determinations that relate to the population (Rana & Singal, 2015). Besides, hypothesis testing allows for understanding the extent of reliability one can deduce observed results in a study sample to the larger population that provided the example. Lolan et al. (2015) present that confidence intervals complement hypothesis testing in medical research as it allows for assurance (confidence) concerning how precise the data are. Concisely, confidence interval entails a numerical range to describe research data assisting in establishing the reliability of the research data. The confidence level width often shows data reliability. A full critical interval depicts a lower precision and less credible…
Pharmacotherapy for Cardiovascular Disorders Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic influence of drug factor on patient metabolism. Warfarin Its is useful in treating blood clots as it acts as an anticoagulant reducing deep vein thrombosis. Warfarin is fully absorbed in 2 to 6 hours. It divides into small units and is eliminated with a low clearance by hepatic metabolism. A warfarin concentration of 1.5mg/L will inhibit the complex prothrombin synthesis by 50%. The anticoagulant takes an average of 3 days to stabilize at a constant level (Kim, K. Y., & Mancano, M. A. (2003) Aspirin and Motrin It inhibits platelet cyclooxygenase. It relieves pain and significantly reduce the risk of death in the event of a heart attack. An oral dose of 81mg of aspirin has linear pharmacokinetics. Motrin is a Non-Asteroidal Anti-inflammatory drug that relieves headache, dental and muscular pains. It has a high peak concentration and rapid absorption compared to aspirin. It has dominant inhibition on enzyme COX2(Lynch et al., 2006) Metformin and Glyburide Metformin is useful in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus. Its pharmacokinetic profile reaches a…
Wastage of Resources in the United States Healthcare System Over the past few years, the united states healthcare system has witnessed a lot of resource wastage. Notably, the biggest wastage has occurred in most healthcare facilities. Wastage has been happening in the case whereby doctors have ordered tests as well as procedures not based on the needs of a patient. Most of these tests are not based on their need to raise income. The healthcare system has witnessed a loss exceeding $210 billion each year. The problem in the country has been termed as defensive medicine. Reports have indicated that the motive behind the practice is to make more money. Most of these doctors are typically compensated based on the amount they generate. Also, most of these doctors are convinced that doing more tests is the right thing to do. However, a lot of money is spent on a patent, and the practice does not improve the outcome. A huge chunk of resources are usually spent, and the patients end up not recovering. Conservatives in the country have come up…
New Interventions and Old Practices: Paper and Electronic Healthcare Records in Clinical Practice Questions What do you think is the best approach to improve healthcare informatics at present? What concerns do you face while trying to complete your respective mandates? Do you feel that the current technological appreciation in healthcare is enough? What are your concerns towards paper filling in keeping records? Do you believe that electronic healthcare records can be implemented in all the departmental units across the organization? How do the health information technology experts take care of the technical features of managing health information of the patients within the hospital? How HMIS is, is a critical practice within a health care system and the health of the patients? Do electronic systems provide for the relevant data that is critical for policy planning, setting targets, and implementation of policies? In what ways does HMIS require the existence, access, and close scrutiny of adequate information? Do paper fillings have any value in the healthcare faction? Define HER as a tool for improving healthcare departments and units? How is the…
Quantitative research What factors need to be taken into consideration when designing quantitative research? One of the aspects to be taken into consideration when designing quantitative research is how to operationalize the variables to show the relationships. The other factor entails the sensitivity of these variables used in detecting differences. (McMillan & Schumacher, 2014, pp. 113-119). Why would a quantitative researcher want to control error? How might he do so? A quantitative researcher needs to control error because it might affect the relationship variables directly, thereby making it hard to show the relationships. They can control this error by trying to get better estimates of the variables to eliminate this error. (McMillan & Schumacher, 2014, p. 121). What techniques can be used to draw unbiased samples from a population? What are the advantages of these techniques? MAXMINCON is a technique that is used to draw samples from a population. (McMillan, & Schumacher, 2014, p.116). These techniques are attributed to several advantages. This technique ensures that you get the right variables for the research, as well as the direct conclusions to…
Huntington’s disease Health is a paramount aspect of human life. Diseases, however, compromise the overall well-being of an individual. Ailments come in different forms, and some are infectious diseases, hereditary diseases including genetic and non-genetic inherited diseases, physiological diseases and deficiency diseases. Huntington’s disease, also known as Huntington’s chorea is a disorder that results in the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. Huntington’s chorea is mainly characterized by jerky and involuntary movements, a persistent disorder of mental processes, behavioral and psychiatric disturbances. Huntington’s disease is an inherited disorder in that every child whose parent has this disorder has a likelihood of being a carrier of the faulty gene. Juvenile Huntington’s disease is the early onset of Huntington’s disease which affects mostly children and adolescents. Huntington’s disease brings about the motor, cognitive and psychiatric disturbances with a spectrum of signs and symptoms. Symptoms that appear first varies among the affected persons. In the course of the disease, some disorders may be dominant; that is they have a more significant effect on the individual’s functionality. Motor signs and symptoms include…
Changing Nature of Healthcare The healthcare industry is one of the sectors which have undergone immense changes ranging from the delivery of care to payment methods and the legislation. The healthcare provider which aims at providing quality services to the clients must thus embrace these changes to attain the desired levels of customer satisfaction (Flynn et al, 2015). The value-based shift regarding the cost of healthcare is yet another question which the care providers ask as to whether it will better the healthcare services or not. As cost shifting impacts on the affordability of the healthcare, more people will be able to seek medical treatments and consequently, the high number of the caregivers required. The value-based shift to lower the cost of medical treatment has thus enabled the expansion of the pharmaceutical sector. The human resource professionals will, therefore, be on high demands in all the care departments to facilitate the efficiency of service deliveries. The healthcare systems have also changed regarding the communication and information technology. Today there is the integrated use of health information technology where the patient’s…
Psychotropic drugs Psychotropic drugs are medications that boost or inhibit the actions of neurotransmitters to remedy mood disorders and psychosis. Psychotropic drugs help improve social and mental functioning and include mood stabilizers,antidepressants, and antipsychotics. Some of the reasons for non-compliance to antipsychotic drugs include fear of resulting side effects such as weight loss. Also, fear of drug dependence, social stigma, and perceptions of being cured are other reasons for people not taking medication. Proper diagnosis for symptoms that need medical intervention and testing prevents drug non-adherence and relapse in mentally ill persons. People should also understand the side effects and benefits of the drug prescribed to them. In case of relapse, people should also seek help from qualified psychiatrists. Individuals may fail to take medications if they are expensive and not covered by insurance. To solve the issue of medical cost requires additional resources from the hospital. People may also forget to take medications. To help the mentally ill remember, guardians should assist in addition to set alarm clocks on. As a result of stigma, people with mental illness may…
Foundation of mental health counseling & wellness The wellness model involves the full integration of the mental, physical and spiritual well-being of a human being. Positive psychology entails focusing on the strengths and positive events and influences in life. Positive psychology helps in boosting self-confidence and resilience. Positive psychology, however, focuses on specific emotions and behaviors rather than the whole person. A person needs to be understood holistically and give focus on the weaknesses to have a better person. The Keyes research focuses on the different mental illness and mental health, emotional and psychological well-being. Keyes research provides a basis for the evaluation of mental health counseling. Contextualized market work path will help in meeting the needs of the clients sufficiently unlike the psychologized career where the career may not meet the needs of the client as at that time. Contextualized market work path also helps in being at par with the current trends thus more meaningful to the market. Contextualized market work path also gives one the freedom to choose what to pursue depending on the demands of the…