This essay will focus on smoking and diet in relation to health promotion within the midwifery profession. Smoking and diet are two main areas of health promotion, which are addressed within the role of the midwife. Smoking and types of diet are both choices which women choose to make, both of which can affect their…
Study on the Effects of Methyl Mercury
KOLIANDRIS Damianos EHS 519 Introduction Methyl mercury is ranked in the top ten groups of chemicals listed as environmental problem globally and is significant associated for public health issues 8, 10 . Published literature suggests that methyl mercury is suspected to have negative effects brain development and the consumption of this compound pregnant woman may…
Transcultural Nursing Reflective Essay
Rose Bonanno ‘Transcultural nursing is a comparative study of cultures to understand similarities (culture universal) and difference (culture-specific) across human groups’ (Leininger, 1991). Introduction Transcultural Nursing is an area in nursing practice that focuses on how the ideals and principals of particular groups influence their behaviour when they are sick. Diverse cultures may express dissimilar…
Causes and Impacts of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Introduction Hearing is the foundation for communication, which is the essence of humanity. It is how people express themselves, how they can show emotion and how they are able to relate to one another. From a very early age, it is how we learn to communicate, and it is the building blocks of our foundational…
Ferropenic Anaemias Essay
There are several levels of consideration when analysing the problem of the ferropenic anaemias. Firstly there is the overall prevalence in the population, which is quite low in the UK when compared to the developing world (see on). Secondly we need to differentiate between the physiological ferropenic anaemias such as those which occur in pregnancy,…
Healthcare Internship Reflection | Cancer Center
Crystal Mullen Last month I received the privilege of being hired to work as a secretary for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. As the name implies their sole focus and overall market involves finding cures and treatments for cancer. In fact they operate on a very aggressive mission to…
Role of the Health and Social Care Worker | Reflection
Sharon Heather Ferguson-Guy Outcome 1 – Understand working relationships in health and social care 1:1 explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship: A working relationship is where your attitude is to be more reserved yet professional. You will be placed with people that you would work with as part of a…
Reflective Essay on Stress Management
Wong Wing Sze Nowadays, many Hong Kong people have stress, which are come from some external factors likes some changes, difficulties or challenges in their life, such as change of job, examination, marital problem whatever in any age group. Apart from external factors, internal factors may also causing stress such as personality, thinking style, attitude…
Is Canada Losing the Opioid Battle
The opioid crisis has been waging a war against Canada’s healthcare system and its people. The use of opioids, including fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine and heroin, often used for pain relief, are attributed to be highly addictive and are lethal when misused (Canadian Institute for Health Information [CIHI], 2018). Consequently, these medications requiring prescriptions can be…
Implementing Doctoral Nursing in Nurse Anesthesia
Full implementation of the Doctoral Nursing Practice (DNP) by 2025 is important to best prepare advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) for the changing demands of the current healthcare system (AACN, 2019). Patient care is becoming more complex which demands higher-level APRNs to ensure patient safety. There have been many efforts to implement DNP education as…