Today's Date:
December 16, 2024
Palliative Care : An Examination of Theory and Practice
Under normal circumstances, nursing, especially as it relates to the theory and practice of palliative care, is a demanding profession that requires not only information, knowledge, and skills, but also emotional and cultural competence in working with a diverse population →
What Makes Someone Want to Become a Hospice Nurse? A Review of the Literature
What makes a nurse choose to take the hospice route? Furthermore, what makes some who enters the healthcare and nursing profession more prone to taking this course in their career—are there some nurses who are meant to be or “cut out for” →
Why Older African American Women Are More Likely to Die From Breast Cancer Than Other Groups : Culture, Religion, and Medicine
Research has shown that older African-American women are significantly more likely than other demographic groups to die of breast cancer and several have connected this fact to issues of culture and religion, not to a higher biological propensity. The question →
Understanding Good Versus Bad Cholesterol : HDL versus LDL
Cholesterol receives a great deal of bad press, and for this reason, it is misunderstood. Misinformation and misconceptions about cholesterol can be as dangerous as the truly detrimental aspects of cholesterol such as the risk of heart attack, for instance; this is →
Antibiotic Resistance Following Antibiotic Acne Treatments
Treating acne with antibiotics is a common practice and chances are, no matter how or extreme your case of acne is, one possible course of action your dermatologist will try is a course of antibiotics for an extended period. One →
Safety and Effectiveness of Sucrose for Infants and Preterm Babies – Scholarly Analysis for Nursing
The question that will be explored here is whether sucrose and having an item to suck on can act as a pain reliever for babies, more specifically, for babies who were born preterm. There have been numerous anecdotal stories about →
The Genetics of Eye Color
The study of genetics gives mankind insight on who we are, why we look the way we do, and why we are predisposed to certain diseases, actions, and temperament. Our genes make us who we are, each of individual and →
Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder : Psychotherapy vs. Pharmacological Treatment
One of the ongoing debates in the field of mental health and psychology treatment involves making a definitive determination about the best course of treatment for patients with diagnosed mental illnesses, which include clinical depression and other disorders. Arriving at such a →
The Effects of Eating Disorders on Physical and Mental Health in Women
Although eating disorders do not tend to capture media headlines as frequently as other psychological illnesses, the medical and psychological problems caused by anorexia and bulimia are severe. In addition to common side effects, such as fluctuations in heart rate, blood pressure, disruption in →
The Process of Memory Development in Children
Psychological theory has evolved considerably since the days of Freud, Jung, and even Erikson with respect to understanding the process and trajectory of memory development in children. While these classic psychoanalysts provided insight into the psychological and social influences that shape →
