AbstractIn Australia, the overwhelming numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the prisons are one of the urgent human rights issues that the country is facing today. Essentially, as, Attorney-General Senator the Honorable George Brandis acknowledged laws and legal frameworks are a significant fact to over-representation amidst other several factors such as economic, social, and historical. He also noted that the imprisonment rates of […]

Justifying a Research Question and a Research Approach Introduction  Outline of Problem Context and Background There are worldwide concerns over obesity and overweight largely to the high and ever growing prevalence rates in different parts of the world. The World Health Organization and other authorities in global public health expect prevalence rates to go even higher following the increase of unhealthy lifestyles in the current […]

Trauma informed care is an approach to mental health service delivery and nursing practice. Trauma informed practice recognises that diverse emotional (and physical) problems, conditions and disorders are trauma-related. Clinicians who use this approach recognise the complexity of the impacts of trauma and work from the foundational principles of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration and empowerment. How does this approach help guide and inform the provision […]

Introduction  Outline of Problem Context and Background There are worldwide concerns over obesity and overweight largely to the high and ever growing prevalence rates in different parts of the world. The World Health Organization and other authorities in global public health expect prevalence rates to go even higher following the increase of unhealthy lifestyles in the current generation (Pulgarón, 2013). Indeed, the population of obese […]

How Equity and Access Issues affect Aboriginal and Strait Islander People in Chronic Disease Part A: Summary of Journal Articles HealthInfoNet (2017). The above source summarizes the health status and issues facing the Australian Aboriginal and Strait Islander people from their estimated population, births and deaths, common health problems, health risk and protective factors. More importantly, the paper gives significant focus to the chronic diseases […]

Purpose of assessment task 1  Poor health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is an effect of equity and access issues. Nurses can support better health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by promoting equity and access in healthcare. This assessment task will provide you with the opportunity to increase your knowledge of community nursing practice.  Assignment question:  Using Case Scenario 1, […]

1.0 Introduction The culture of change in the clinical laboratory environment is important in the health care system. It ensures that the environment is always up to date with the most recent medical needs of patients at any given time. It is also the best way to ensure that technology has been embraced and is beneficial to the health sector. The laboratory environment is one […]

CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 2 The culture of change in the clinical laboratory environment is important in the health care system. It ensures that the environment is always up to date with the most recent medical needs of patients at any given time. It is also the best way to ensure that technology has been embraced and is beneficial to the health sector. 1.1 Abstract 1.2 […]

Introduction Technology is a commonplace in the 21st century with cross cutting applications in a wide range of disciplines. Healthcare has not been excepted, with a number of processes, practices and principles of nursing and medicine significantly transformed by the introduction of different technologies in the healthcare system. The effects of technology have been extremely positive with better quality of health outcomes, increased efficiency in […]

Christensen, D. L., Bilder, D. A., Zahorodny, W., Pettygrove, S., Durkin, M. S., Fitzgerald, R. T., … & Yeargin-Allsopp, M. (2016). Prevalence and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder among 4-year-old children in the autism and developmental disabilities monitoring network. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 37(1), 1-8. The article highlighted the prevalence rates and characteristics of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among 4 year old children taking part […]