Society uses music to distract themselves and ignore the world around them. Students tend to plug in his or her headphones during class to cancel out the noise his or her classmates and or teacher is making, allowing to focus only on the task at...
Introduction Organ transplantation stands as a remarkable medical achievement, offering a lifeline to countless individuals whose organs have failed due to illness or injury. However, the global shortage of available organs has led to a pressing need for innovative solutions. One such solution gaining prominence...
Introduction The act of organ donation stands as a powerful testament to human solidarity and compassion, offering the gift of life to those in dire need. Organ donation has the potential to transform the lives of individuals grappling with organ failure, offering them a chance...
Introduction Organ donation is a medical marvel that saves countless lives each year, offering a ray of hope to those in dire need of organ transplants. However, beneath the altruistic act of organ donation lie complex ethical issues that require careful consideration and ethical reflection....
Organ donation is a pure act of kindness. However, it is often debated about whether it should be mandatory or not. Donating your organ is a social cause which is all together a decision of the person who is willing to donate his or her...
As early as 1987, many authors have associated the terminology ‘cosmetic surgery tourism’ under the umbrella of medical, health and wellbeing tourism. Since then, it has been known as ‘aesthetic tourism’, ‘plastic surgery tourism’, ‘surgery tourism’ and ‘surgery abroad’ by Marck, et al (2010), Melendez...
“The use of CPR dates all the way back to 1740, most Americans don’t know how to perform it.” CPR is a miraculous technique that if given properly and immediately to sudden cardiac arrest victims the more likely people’s lives would be saved. It is...
Low fidelity stimulation is used to teach students basic skills like IV insertion, IM injections, etc. High fidelity is used to teach students critical thinking with different scenarios that may happen to a patient. Most nursing or medical students use stimulation mannequins to learn and...
Palliative care nursing is a speciality where you observe your patients in their most vulnerable moments. Whether it be watching a patient struggle to hold on until their last family member arrives to say good-bye, or accompanying them as they take their final breath. It...
The History of Palliative Care In the late eighteenth century, there was an increasing trend of doctors being around the time of death of members of upper and middle class families. This trend continued to grow as the nineteenth century advanced and new medical innovations...
Abstract Palliative care needs to be demonstrated in a way that makes sense and comes with mutual understanding of the patients and their families to reach its goal. A nurse having strong communication skills can positively influence palliative care patients’ understanding in order to promote...
Introduction Palliative care is a term not unheard of. Bringing exposure to these two words are mainstream media such as television, or more conventional mediums in the form of written language in books and newspapers. Palliative care refers to helping those with chronic illnesses —...
Addiction is an everlasting battle. Most people have either been an addict or had a family member, friend, or loved one battle the cycle with addiction. There are a few things that I am going to discuss around the topic of substance abuse, such as,...
Substance abuse is a tough issue that affects the population. The effects of substance abuse are felt by the whole family, but to know how to reduce drug use we must first find out why people use drugs. The three major categories of perspective on...
Drugs have been utilized for a tremendous number of years, and have been constrained for under 1% of that time. The present War on Drugs has effectively affected society financially and socially. The remedy anticipation endeavors have had little impact on the stockpile of unlawful...
Rationale Technology is taking over our world. With ever increasing coverage and ease of use, we use it not just during our waking hours, but when we are sleeping as well. Does technology have a positive impact always? In case of drugs, it seems to...
The process of apoptosis is an organism’s own internal “waste management” process for getting rid of its own damaged, unneeded, and potentially dangerous cells. It is a physiologic (normal operating activity of a living matter) also referred to as “programmed cell death,” or “cell suicide.”...
Introduction Heart failure remains the concluding communal pathway of varied etiologies that are categorized by reduced systolic and/or diastolic function with high morbidity and mortality. The outmoded description intended for myocyte loss existed as cell necrosis however over the former era, there has been an...
Fascia is a sheet of connective tissue surrounding and binding together structures including nerves, blood vessels and muscle fibres throughout the entire body. In the normal, healthy state, fascia can stretch and move without restriction and by doing so, helps maintain good posture, range of...