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Rural nursing is recognized as being different to metropolitan nursing practice due to actors such as the broader scope of practice, the professional isolation often experienced by nurses and the heightened autonomy of practice (Hygiene et al. AAA; Elemental et al. 2009; Pope et al. 2010). To cope with such a challenging working environment, nurses…

Alcoholism is a “primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by continuous or periodic: impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial (NCADD).” It’s…

Executive Summary A market breakthrough in the 21st century is measured on how a product will warrant and sustain the needs of customers within its calculable life use.  Apex Pharmamedicals Pty. Ltd. is very confident of the multivitamins / dietary supplement innovation it has developed in its latest offering in the vitamin product genre, called: …

Coronary Artery DiseaseHeart DiseaseHeart disease can take many forms. The form of heart disease I am focusing on is coronary disease. Different arteries supply different areas of the heart with oxygenated blood. If one or more of these arteries become narrowed or clogged as a result of coronary artery disease, or atherscelorosis the artery cannot…

Addiction: A Disease Or A Choice?Several people argue whether drug addiction is a disease or a choice. Today, I will be discussing this argument in hopes to have a better understanding as to why this topic is so controversial. Throughout my research, I easily found information on this topic and I am still not sure…

Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. It is important characteristic to have for anything an individual does, any job an individual applies for, and just anything in general. It is a concept that includes consistency in actions, expectations, measures, methods, outcomes, principles and values. Medical providers, specifically, are asked…

Every year, Twenty million women are diagnosed with anorexia or bulimia. Twenty million, why is that? We live in a world of fashion and media that influence how people, especially women, view the “perfect” body type. They focus on skinny girls causing girls to feel bad about themselves for not achieving an unrealistic goal. This…

Cancer is a disease which results when the cellular changes cause the uncontrolled cell growth and cell division. While breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst women, Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of its subtypes which is characterized by the absence of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) as well as…

Abstract Pulmonary embolism (PE), which can originate as a consequence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), is the most frequent and potentially fatal venous thromboembolic event. Despite the fact that the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Asians is lower than that in the Western populations, a recent epidemiologic study demonstrates an increasing incidence of VTE…

It highlights the illnesses which are currently affecting South Africans Gross Domestic Produce (GAP) The report highlights statistics on the most common disease affecting South Africans today This report proposes a solution to the country to reduce poor health conditions, improve the South Africans quality of Life, enable them to deal with the high violence…