Essays on Health Page 71

            Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a death foretold is a unique novel. Its uniqueness is its narrative and in the way it successfully unites all the elements of storytelling in a powerful inextricable web to recount how justice is rightly dispensed, in a story where the murder of the protagonist is known beforehand by…

Amoebiasis: An infectious disease caused by a free-living amoebic parasite called Entamoeba histolytica. The organism infects the bowel and causes gastroenteritis. Infection occurs through ingesting contaminated food or water. It is more common in countries with poor sanitation. The incubation period may last from days to weeks before symptoms appear. Diagnosis of Amoebiasis / Amoebic…

Commercialisation in health care basically means setting up private owned hospitals which in turn are the ones set on the business ethics of profit. But this does not mean that there is no proper treatment. Its true that the charges are more and in India where there are so many poor people cannot afford such…

What is your major, or what are thinking about majoring in? Why have you chosen this area of study? I am majoring in Dental Assisting. Since I was a little girl my dream job was to be a Neonatal Nurse but as high school was coming to an end and college was approaching, I decided…

            “Even the Frontier Nursing Service hasn’t yet reached that section of the mountains,” he told Bertha. –From Cherry Ames, Mountaineer Nurse, p. 8             Mary Breckenridge was a pioneer in not only the development of women’s midwifery in America but also a leader who founded the Frontier Nursing Service.  The contributions that Mary Breckenridge…

It would only be expected for an individual to naturally attempt to escape from death if given the chance. In a similar sense, it would only be appropriate to assume that individuals would have an innate tendency to refrain from wicked acts as much as possible. However, despite certain similarities, escaping death and avoiding the…

Stress is the mental or emotional strain or tension caused by adverse or demanding circumstances. It can manifest as anxiety in uncomfortable situations. Although most definitions portray stress negatively, there are two variations: eustress and distress. Eustress refers to stress that is considered beneficial and brings a sense of fulfillment. The stress that drives a…

When I look back, it seems like I’ve always wanted to pursue such a career due to my mother who was and still is in such a profession. I remember, ever since the seventh grade, my plans of being a successful registered nurse. I can still remember my seventh grade project. It was to write…

Screams, yells, laughter shouting filled my ears Just making it even more nerve racking. When I was ten years old, I spent a week at Sandy cove Camp for Girls, a sleep away camp in Virginia. From cannoning in the brisk waters of a small river to horseback riding through deep forest trails, there was…

Psychological disorders affect a person’s everyday life, as well as the lives of the people around them. “Psychologist typically define abnormal behavior broadly, considering it to be behavior that causes people to experience distress and prevent them from functioning in their daily lives” (Feldman, 2009, p. 518). In order to diagnose psychological disorders we need…