Chronic illness

The medical model of disability is a model which identifies the impairment of a disabled person as the problem, of which, the aim is to fix or cure this impairment by means of medical professionals whereas the social model of disability is a model which identifies that society creates barriers in the environment that do not allow disabled people from participating fully and equally to those who are able bodied and looking at ways that can remove these barriers for disabled people. This essay…

Introduction As a pediatric nurse, one must understand the stages of development for a child to better assist in promoting health and well-being. It is very important to keep the family involved and recognize the family as a major part of initiating the plan of care. Without understanding the development of a child it will be a challenge to assist the child and family in the best way possible. The pediatric nurse must continually support the patient by promoting health, understanding the…

I will discuss argument for the naturalistic definition of disease and health. “Health regards the body being free from diseases and disease cases the body not to function well”. Also for normativist definition that disease is a chracteristic which is considered by society and the patient as harmful or a hinderence to their life and health their satisfaction over their body dependant on jubjected view. I will mention the limitation of both and propose that instead of a pure naturalistic…

Nurses are the backbones of any clinic or hospital sites. They provide health care in the best of their ability to help their patients but also be there for them as a person. Compassion and tolerance is key to being a nurse. There is no point of caring for other human beings especially those who are ill, if you can not be CARING. Nurses are just as important as any physician, just because they didn't earn a PhD, nurses are still just as helpful as any doctor in the medical field. I will want to…

the idea of Contagion or contagious diseases would be the light source in our analogy, and Dr. Falwell and Susan Sontag would be the people. They would express their individual ideas in their works published such as: AIDS: The Judgement of God and Illness as a Metaphor respectively. Their views are radically different as Sontag is focused on the concept that terrible diseases are romanticized until we find a cure for them or understand the pathology behind them and in turn, the once enigmatic…

The ethical dilemma between Dr. C and his patients Katherine K. is that he is deciding whether or not to inform his patient about the possible risk her treatment can bring upon her. This brings in conflict the principles of Beneficence and Respect for Autonomy. This ethical dilemma puts Respect for Autonomy and Beneficence into conflict because if Dr.C doesn’t tell her about the risk of her treatment it will compromise her decision of whether she wants to go with the treatment or not which would…

Why balancing rights is important. Balancing rights is important because the service users will feel safe and are not being abused or neglected as their human and civil rights are being met by the healthcare professionals. Steven Hoskin case study In the Steven Hoskin case study his rights were not met as he was being abused. Steven Hoskin had repeatedly called up services such as the police and care services, for several matters including threats. The murder of Steven Hoskin could have been…

wound up in the hospital due to her escalated symptoms. Help-Seeking Fatima did not take her health seriously enough to seek medical help until she fainted. Thus, Fatima’s symptoms have to be debilitating for her to consider seeking medical help. Illness is sometimes seen as out of an individual’s control and thus blame is easy to place on biological factors (Ogden, 2017). In Fatima’s case, she could have sought medical help at the first signs of her symptoms. Now, Fatima has a diagnosis of…

around them to recognize their illness, and the healthcare providers…

According to Joyce Giger and Ruth Davidhizar health is affected by culturally specific behaviors in illness and wellness. They state that a persons’ culture, values, and beliefs all contribute to their health (Giger & Davidhizar, 2002). It appears health, the working of the body, is inextricably linked to culture. To heal someone, a reasonably prudent nurse must consider a patients’ cultural needs. Every nurse should be knowledgeable about what culture is and how it can affect their patients’…