Hand washing

Everyday tasks like checking to make sure the stove is off before leaving the house or washing one's hands after using the restroom are normal tasks unless done excessively. One that does everyday tasks excessively because they have an urge to or one is obsessed with doing the task could have obsessive-compulsive disorder. The definition of obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental disorder in which people have unwanted thoughts, feeling, ideas, obsessions, and behaviors that drives them to do…

decontaminated bleach/detergent which included things like; x-ray tube, cassette, linen and door handles etc. The three radiographers then washed their hands thoroughly at the end. The transporter waited outside with the gloves and apron on to move the patient back to the medical ward where he then could finally bin all of that material and wash his hands thoroughly before leaving. How the experience affected my professional development Theories of infection control had been explained in…

Project, I felt myself becoming anxious about what I would be allocated to do, together with eagerness on assisting in educating the young children of the Oologah/Talala School District about hand washing. I experienced uncertainty of what would be expected of me, nevertheless, I believed to be prepared to lend a hand to the nurses of The Public Health Department in any way possible. I ventured into my supervisor, Kathy’s office. She glanced up and exclaimed, “Good morning Naomi.” I countered…

of these categories: Washers are afraid of contamination, and have cleaning or hand-washing compulsions. Checkers repeatedly check things that they associate with harm or danger. Doubters and sinners are…

Way back in February of 2008, I wrote Washing-Up Buddha, my first Weekend Meditation for The Kitchn. It's been years since I've revisited that post, so I took another look this morning just to see what I was up to back then. I had long forgotten what I wrote and I was a little worried. Would I find that I feel differently than I did then? Did I say something I wished I hadn't? Have I changed a lot or maybe not enough? From Weekend Meditation: Washing-Up Buddha: In the Zen vernacular, when you…

Advertising focused on the psychology of buying appealing to people’s needs, desires and pleasures in the 1920’s. In many ways, in order to be the best, you had to buy the best products. This deals with the theory of “Keeping up with the Jones’s” which deals with trying to be the perfect American family. Ads began to reach out to men and children rather than just women. It would affect what they would eat, what they would wear, and what they would purchase in general. In an advertisement for…

Shakespeare’s literary genius is that he understood the psychological makeup of humans long before Freud. He demonstrates this understanding through his portrayal of guilt’s effect on the human psyche of Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, and Macduff, as well as his depiction of how guilt can be effective if acknowledged. Shakespeare’s clear comprehension of guilt’s effect on human behavior is most obvious in his characterization of Lady Macbeth as a hysteric. Initially, Lady Macbeth is seen as a…

As obvious and rational as it might now be, the act of washing hands to prevent infections wasn’t so apparent up until the late 1800s. Back when doctors and medical students would move from dissecting a corpse straight to performing surgery on a patient, what is now known as infectious diseases were attributed to various reasons, and as every human being is in someway distinct from others, it was suggested that the cause of every death was too (Semmelweis seal., n.d.). In the 1840’s, and due to…

Susan dried her hands and began to throw the paper towel away, but paused. “Looks like the trash can is full,” she said. To solve this problem she positioned her foot over the open lid of the trash can and brought it down, hard, several times. I was shocked. She was stomping…

for Alva as well. Al lived in Southern Illinois, in a little pioneer house. Alva never met Al, but was always fond of the stories his dad would tell of him. Alva was so intrigued by the stories that his father told, that his father finally decided to hand down Al’s old journal to Alva, to fill his curiosity of everything about his Great grandfather Al. “It was a pretty normal day on the plains for the most part, just a little windy, until about mid-day. The sky began to change from a blue to…