concern for the shortage of primary care physicians in the United States associated with the Affordable Care Act. The Association of American Medical Colleges has brought great attention to the fact that the United States could possibly be short 46,000 to 90,000 physicians by the year 2025. 2 The reality of a shortage of primary care physicians weighs very strongly on me because of the fact that I am pursuing a career in physical therapy. If there are less primary care physicians, there will be a much
It’s not right that primary care physicians are the leading source for opioid dependence/abuse in our country. People are abusing opioid painkillers obtained through a physician’s prescription. So why are we letting physicians increase the addiction rate in our country? People should be treated effectively and not prescribed painkillers and pushed aside. It’s important for primary care physicians to assess and care for the patient by exploring all factors that could affect the presenting health problem
Case Study The shortage of primary care physicians has been a problem in health care system and will continue to the next decade due to increasing of aging population. According to National Governors Association (NAG) (2012), the growth of the aging population combined with the initiative of the Affordable Care Act, the problem of primary care providers shortage is worsening. Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are educated and prepared to perform primary care services as physicians do. More importantly, studies
Literature review Literature review is separated into the following themes: what is job satisfaction, concept of job satisfaction in relation to teaching, job dissatisfaction, job characteristics, meaningfulness of job, secondary school, government secondary school, community government school, Non government school, significance of job, research design methodology theories of motivation and factors influence job satisfaction of teachers, the work itself, pay, promotion, work group, relationship
Summary Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World aims to help people actualize their dreams of an outdoor adventure. Bass Pro Shops is many things; it is a museum, an aquarium, an art gallery, an antique shop, a conservation and education center and most importantly a destination retailer. Bass Pro Shops is the leading retailer of outdoor gear and has more then 1 million visitors a year. Industry retailers agree that Bass Pro Shops is a master marketer when it comes to destination retailers. Destination retailers
I chose to use the Health Belief Model, borrowed from the behavioral sciences, which explain the health behavior of the individuals. According to Rosenstock (1988), Health Belief Model contains six constructs: 1) perceived susceptibility, 2) perceived severity, 3) perceived benefits, 4) perceived barriers, 5) cues to action, and 6) self-efficacy. Rosenstock, Strecher, and Becker (1994) describe perceived susceptibility as whether or not a person regards themselves as being susceptible to an illness
was three years old, I had an accident in my home that almost took my life. My parents transported me to Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Ga. I was then life-flighted to the Children’s Hospital in Macon, Ga. I stayed in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit(PICU) for two weeks under treatment. I was moved out of PICU and into the hospital where I went
theory is the idea that a child needs to form a close relationship with at least one primary caregivers , this theory provided that attachment is necessary to ensure successful social emotional development of an infant. This is a very crucial stage in occurs in the early infant years this factors relationships with the child and the primary child care giver. In this case the parents and the educator can share the primary role. John Bowlby began researching after he graduated, he believed the attached
Acupuncture is considered by many to be an effective, tried and tested healing system which has been used for thousands of years. The various types of acupuncture use needling techniques whereby acupuncture needles are inserted to identified points which can be found all over the body. These points are considered to have little whirlpools of energy (qi) at them and they are all connected to various body parts and organs via pathways or channels which are called meridians. The traditional origins
to implement the law gradually to over a time-period agreeable to physicians. The will enable a compromise with physicians that enables the physicians to have some say in how the new law be instituted. Since physicians believe nurse practitioners are not adequately trained when first entering practice, physician involvement may help ease this fear (Westat. 2015). Perhaps more clinical hours are needed with physicians, so physicians feel they are teaching or grooming nurse practitioners. Of course
evaluation from a licensed Physical Therapist without a referral from a physician, although the commencement of treatment pertaining to the evaluation is dependent on a Physicians referral. Physical Therapists are required to form a Plan of Care to report to a Physician, where the physician grants the final word of approval of treatment. The treatment is also restricted to a specific time constraint that cannot be surpassed without physician approval of extension (Hayhurst, 2012, p. 22). The restrictions
few years of work experience is typically preferred if not required before you can then enter a nurse practitioner graduate program. A majority of NPs complete their graduate degrees for primary care, but they can specialize as well such as public health, family, pediatrics, gerontology, primary care, acute care, and psychiatry. In order to practice, once a graduate program is completed, NP must become licensed. Licensure is available through either the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification
shadow an osteopathic physician during college, I was interested in learning more about the field, and sought out an opportunity to attend an OMM session in Washington D.C. during my gap year as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This experience greatly contributed to my interest in osteopathic medicine as I was able to not only learn of musculoskeletal manipulation techniques but I was also able to appreciate the hands-on approach to patient care. From this experience
The practice of physician assisted suicide is one that has been administered and debated since the ancient Greeks and Romans in the 5th century BCE, which is partly due to the fact that at that time, there were no defined beliefs in the values of individual human life. In the modern world, advances to science, technology, moral philosophy, and perhaps more evidently, to the economy, has greatly impacted the way people view euthanasia, with many organizations already supporting it and others arguing
approached their teenage years. Being the eldest child in an extremely family-oriented household, my participation in the care of my brother and sister was inevitable. I would often be the one taking my siblings to their family physician appointments and was able to witness first hand just how important a primary care physician is in the lives of not only their
It seems that there are many pros and cons to allow Primary Care Prescribing Psychologists (RxP) to prescribe prescription psychotropic medications. There are questions to whether they are knowledgeable enough to do so though. In the next few paragraphs I will discuss these pros and cons. In the end, I will divulge my overall opinion on the matter. It seems like there are many pros to allow RxP to prescribe prescriptions. There seem to be a short supply of psychiatrists nationally. This is due
Physician-assisted Suicide and Ethical Principles The responsibility a physician has to his patients and society is established by medical ethics and is at a greater degree than the law (Sulmasy & Mueller, 2017). The ethical principles, beneficence, autonomy, nonmaleficence, and promotion of fairness and social justice, are the basis for a physician’s duties to his patients. He is a member of a profession with ethical obligations; he is not just a service provider, but a moral advocate. Both medical
Career Issue Research Do the benefits of becoming a sports medicine physician outweigh the possible health risks involved with the career. Sports medicine physicians record athletes’ medical histories and perform and maintain records. They also record athletes’ medical histories and perform physical examinations” (“Sports Medicine Physician”). The three different branches of the sports medicine field are Primary Care Doctors, Orthopedic Surgeons, and Sports Psychiatrist” (Cresswell). “A doctor must
Bailey Owens English 111 002 Physician-Assisted Suicide. The choice to die. In Oregon, physician-assisted suicide occurs when a physician assists in the act of a patient's death by providing life-ending medication for them to take independently. This act allows terminally ill residents to receive a prescription for a lethal medication that will cause their bodies to shut down and allows them to physician-assisted suicides without further pain and suffering from their ailments. To
Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) is where a physician helps out critical condition patients who want to end their lives. This work is disputable, with people arguing that it provides patients another option to end their suffering. Although people who oppose Physician Assisted Suicide say it shortens human lives, it should be legalized since it helps people end their lives easily and effectively. Opponents of physician-assisted suicide insist it contravenes the Hippocratic Oath, which forbids doctors