Category: Patient

  • The Decisions for Managing Patients with Paranoid Schizophrenia

    The Decisions for Managing Patients with Paranoid Schizophrenia Introduction Assessing and treating patients who have been diagnosed with psychosis and schizophrenia often creates a challenge to the PMHNP, as one has to choose the most appropriate treatment approach that would not cause any harm to the patient. This study involves managing a 34-year-old Pakistani female…

  • Placebo Effect in Cancer Treatment

    Placebo Effect in Cancer Treatment Simply, a placebo can be described as an inert substance which has no medically proven healing ability or positive physiological effect yet can improve the receivers symptoms of a condition. However, the definition of a placebo has become murky in recent times as we are becoming more aware of other…

  • Lack of Follow-Up as a Major Reason for Readmission

    Lack of Follow-Up as a Major Reason for Readmission When a patient is admitted to the hospital the issue to tackle is not necessarily only the immediate course of evaluation and treatment, but to also address what lies ahead of the initial admittance. The lack of follow-up care post hospital discharge is a matter of…