Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic childhood illnesses, affecting 18 to 20 per 100 000 children a year in the United Kingdom. The term type 1A diabetes for immune mediated diabetes with its destruction of the islet β cells of the pancreas.2 Non-immune mediated diabetes with severe insulin deficiency is termed type 1B….
History of Drugs and Addiction
Drugs and drug addiction have been around for thousands and thousands of years. Drug addiction is when one who uses any type of addictive substance becomes dependent on that substance, and cannot properly function without it. Addiction is a combination of environmental, behavioral, biological, and genetic risk factors. The word is Latin for “enslaved by”….
Leadership within a Residential Care Home
In our society it is rather common for every person of diverse backgrounds and experiences to converge and interact with each other. It is a challenge for a group of heterogeneous nature to act efficiently and to act as an organic whole. Thus, here comes in the challenge of an efficient leadership. This essay will…
NHS Developments and Impacts on Health and Social Care in the UK
“How has the NHS developed over time and what affect has this had on the Health and Social Care of the general population in the UK?” NHS Report This report will explorethe NHS over time and how it has affected the Health and Social Care of the general population in the UK. The report will…
Social and Economic conditions and their impact on NHS Funding
Introduction: In the middle ages, access to health care and sanitation facilities was only available to people belonging to a sound socio-economic background. Hill, Griffiths and Gillam (2007) state that in earlier time, even ensuring the supply of clean water and sanitation facilities was a tough task for municipal authorities. It was not until eighteenth…
Financial Management of the National Health Service (NHS)
Introduction This academic paper described a public sector in health care particularly on its financial management. The chosen public sector is the National Health Service (NHS). A description of the sources of funds and expenditures of NHS is provided. Financial decision-making, control and monitoring in public sectors are analysed within the context of this organisation….
Strategies and Materials for Health Education
Health Literacy Assessment Abstract Educating patients is an integral part of a nurse’s job. While this might seem to be a simple task, it can, in fact, be quite challenging. As nurses, we care for patients from a wide variety of ages. Although a patient’s age can be a barrier to their ability to learn…
Case Study: Adolescent Type 1 Diabetes
Mary is 19 old female as she just come for higher studies in university. She was diagnosed diabetes type 1 at the age of 11. Her objective data shows the symptoms of uncontrolled diabetes. Diabetes have many complication include diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperglycemia, hyperosmotic non-ketotic state, and hypoglycaemia. In Australia 3.2% of female and 4.0 %…
Aims And Benefits Of Performance Appraisal In NHS
The performance of staffs in an organization needs to be evaluated over a period of time on a regular basis and one of the ways to review, is by the process of performance appraisals (Mullins 2002).Performance appraisal in an important part of performance management, it is not performance management in itself but an important process…
Holistic Assessment and Management Strategies of Diabetes
This essay will focus on a patient referred to District Nursing (DN) Service via the Trust’s Triage Central Booking Service. Patient was referred for the management and support of Blood sugar monitoring and Insulin administration. The essay will be structured under the following sub-headings of introduction dealing with Patient’s demographic and morbidity The core of…