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Watson calls caring the ethical principle or standard by which curing interventions are measured (Alligood, 2006). Watson’s caring theory evolves in a global state no longer limited to facility settings. Watson’s theory is the development of a caring fluid experience expanding from the person to the community onward to society. Her six Caritas process uses…

Is it addictive or not addictive? That is the question. According to Marie Winn, the author of “TV Addiction,” television viewing is comparable to substance abuse in the sense that once you start, it becomes difficult to stop. Winn firmly holds the belief that television is so addictive that it has the potential to ruin…

Dengue is an infection caused by a virus. You can get it if an infected mosquito bites you. It does not spread from person to person. It is a tropical disease and is commonly spread during rainy seasons. In the Philippine, dengue is reported as one of the leading causes of childhood hospitalizations. And even…

Parkinson’s disease usually affects people of late middle age. Most run between the age of 50-60. The symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are usually subtle and occur gradually. Some examples of symptoms a person may have, are feeling shaky or having trouble getting up from a chair or a couch. Others may notice that their speaking…

A Summary of The Nature of Philosophical InquiryA Summary of Robert Johann’s “The Nature of Philosophical Inquiry” Philosophy has made advancement through the development of specialised methods that fragment the cognition that doctrine everlastingly seeks. Johann seeks to lucubrate on the nature of philosophical enquiry through the method of Pragmatism. more specifically Ontological Pragmatism. This…

Your patient is a 75 year old male admitted through the Emergency Room w/ cough, SOB and fever, Chest x-ray revealed left lower lobe pneumonia. Past Medical History: Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus –Type 2, Gout, chronic renal insufficiency. Allergies: PCN Current medications: Avandia (rosiglitazone) 2mg BID Glucophage…

Regurgitation occurs when stomach contents reflux into the esophagus, pharynx, or oral cavity but do not enter the lungs. Many patients have gastric esophageal regurgitation that does not result in pulmonary aspiration. Aspiration occurs when this content is inhaled into the airway or respiratory tract. Aspiration may be asymptomatic, or with symptoms which include coughing,…

Have you ever tried to interact with someone but they are too distracted on their phone? In Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, he depicts a society where technology has turned into an obsession. People no longer read due to the fact that books are banned so they are constantly depending on technology to entertain themselves. This…

Jonathan Safran Foer was born in the splendid year of 1977, in Washington D. C. He was educated at Georgetown Day School, a private high school. Around this time, he wanted to be a brain surgeon, and one could argue that his fiction does indeed mess up your mind. He claims to have been the…

INTRODUCTION In every nurse’s career, thenurse is faced with many legal or ethical dilemmas. One of the professionalcompetencies for nursing states that nurses should ” integrate knowledge ofethical and legal aspects of health care and professional values into nursingpractice”. It is important to know what types of dilemmas nurses may faceduring their careers and how…