Hippocrates

Nursing is a rewarding field of practice with numerous different job opportunities and the ability to promote health and well being to all. Wound Care nursing is a specialized practice within nursing that specializes in wound, ostomy and continence care. They provide direct and indirect care to patients who suffer from any form of gastrointestinal, genitourinary, or integumentary system problems. The intent of this paper is to discuss what it means to be a wounds care nurse and the roles…

Diet related disease is currently the largest cause of death in the United States of America. Everyone can help decrease those numbers by simply eating right and improving personal health. Eating healthy has multiple benefits besides improving overall well-being. Eating healthy is an imperative decision that anyone can choose to follow for a better quality of life that will control weight, improve mood, combat disease, boost energy, and provide a longer life span. Eating healthy has been…

Basic issues doctors face is deciding how to balance potential good and potential harm. The Hippocratic Oath is an oath that is taken by new doctors stating that they will uphold professional ethical standards. One of the promises within the Hippocrates Oath is “first, do no harm”. How does one define harm, more specifically, how do physicians define harm? Is there less harm done to a patient by trying to fight a terminal illness with a slim chance of success or is there less harm done to a…

According to Samkange-Zeeb (2011) the herpes virus was first recognized by the Hippocrates who wrote about the symptoms they were experiencing as a result of the virus. In the Roman era, a physician named Celsus established a treatment that involved cauterizing open lesions with a hot iron. As time evolved the virus was study and resulted…

something life medicine or teaching. These things aren’t really giving someone meaning though. What these things are do not fall under the category of meaning in life. One could argue that a person’s purpose in life could be to be a great doctor like Hippocrates that is today known as the Father of Modern Medicine or a great teacher like Plato that is the founder of the Academy. Without Adam the secular person is without an answer to if his life has any meaning. This is not to say that the…

Major Depressive Disorder is a mental disorder that involves a constant low mood and sadness as well as low self esteem and lack of interest in various activities. MDD is also often called clinical depression, this can impact how we behave as well as our mood and often times affects various aspects of our lives. Depression has been around for many years now, since the B.C. era, when it was first discovered it was known as “melancholia.” “At this time, all mental illnesses were attributed to…

This is a non-sequitur. Moreover, Hippocrates was against euthanasia, as were Plato and Aristotle. In Plato’s Phaedo, Socrates remarks to his friend Cebes—before his execution—that a true philosopher ought to welcome death; however, suicide is unjustified. According to Socrates, although death…

Two significant events set a precedent for creating reforms and programs for the workplace, which were Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire and Gauley Bridge Disaster. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire took 146 women lives. The incident took place March 25, 1911 in New York City on a Saturday afternoon. Usually on a typical day, the bosses would lock the doors and stairwells so the women could not leave their station and/or sewing machine. The fire broke out on the 8th floor, Eva Harris, one of…

Introduction For some of us, death can be a scary thing. Yet King Solomon once said, “It is better to go into a house of mourning rather than a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man and the living should take this to heart” (ESV, Ecc. 7:2). Often times, a hospital can be seen as a house of mourning. People often go there because of an illness, ranging from severe illnesses like cancer to smaller illnesses like a bad cold. Some doctors will even have to take care of patients…

I had been pondering this question for a while “how will my parents react when I tell them that I have decided to join the LDS church? The worst part of it all is that I didn’t ask permission to start speaking with the missionaries in the first place.” I was literally weighed down by fear as I crossed the threshold of my parent’s front door that evening. “I made this decision and I am willing to deal with the consequences,” I thought to myself. Somehow the brightly colored walls of the living…