Essays on Health Page 258

Virginia M. Axline (1911-1988) was an American psychologist. She was a student of Carl Rogers (1942), who is the founder of non-directive therapy and today referred as person- centred therapy. Axline developed non-directive play therapy, which applied Carl R Roger’s person-centred therapy principle in play therapy. It based on theory that the child’s behaviours is…

“In 1953, a polio epidemic struck my suburb of DeWitt, NY In our first-grade classroom of twenty-four children, 8 children contracted the disease. My twin brother, Frankie, died.” These are the words of a polio survivor who lost her brother Frankie because of Polio at a young age in the 50s, Medical research involving animals…

A large crowd of spectators was gathering around the frail, almost lifeless body of a man who had just collapsed and was lying on a gravel driveway. I yelled for someone to call for help as I noticed that the man was barely breathing. The gravity of the situation then hit me. I began to…

INTRODUCTION Nowadays, there is an escalating recognition for nurses that produce evidences illustrating how nursing endeavours in both clinical and community settings are efficiently improving the health status of patients, decreasing death rates and improving the quality of life not only of patients, but the larger community, as a whole. In most instances, when these…

Nursing has in the last century made a lot of progress thus it has become recognized as a profession as well as an academic discipline. One of these accomplishments was the development, articulation, and testing of various nursing theories. It has been made more meaningful and significant by the theory based practice which has shifted…

One must identify current legislation, guidelines, policies, and protocols that are applicable to the administration of medication. The Medicines Acts of 1968 and its subsequent amendments establish the legal framework for medication management. While care staff do not require extensive knowledge of these laws, it is important for them to grasp the legal distinctions between…

The responsibility of Desdemona’s death falls on many different individuals throughout the play. Othello feels that it is entirely his fault and commits suicide while Cassio, Rodrigo, Emilia, and Brabantio all contribute to Iago’s plot and Desdemona failed to save her own life. However, one character, Iago, manipulated all of them. Othello was driven to…

Scraping off our dishes after a big meal because we’re too full to finish the leftover food shows that we don’t fully grasp the magnitude of food waste. We don’t realize the damage this causes to both our planet and society, as many people globally are currently experiencing starvation. It’s crucial that we tackle this…

Death of a Pig by E.B. White is an essay which comprises both irony and humor, demonstrating the author’s love for animals which is strangely combined with compassion towards them. Stylistically the author encloses his essay into two similar paragraphs at the beginning and at the end, each of them explaining the reason for his…

In today’s society, there are millions of images of what beauty is supposed to look like. Billboards and advertisements tell us how we should dress, what is in style and in trend; how ‘perfect’ people look. Body image has become one of today’s hot topics of discussion. Whether your are beautiful or “ugly”, thin or…