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Adoption is a very controversial topic. However, much of this controversy is caused by misinformation or being ill informed on the subject of adoption. Adoption is a very complicated issue and there are many questions that can be posed regarding the ethics of adoption, but one of the biggest and most overarching questions about adoption is whether or not it is ethical to separate a child from their biological family and place them with a different family and whether the possible emotional strain…

Introduction Self-mutilation is a commonly misunderstood and stigmatized area not only in nursing, but also in society as a whole. Nurses are accustomed to providing care for clients who have been admitted to the hospital due to a physical illness that was not directly brought on by actions of the individual, so when interacting with a client who has intentionally injured themselves, nurses may face moral and ethical dilemmas in providing them with care. According the Cornell Research Program…

Wound healing is a complex dynamic process which replacing damaged cells with cells of same origin or with connective tissue scar. Wound healing has four time dependent phases; hemostatic, inflammatory, proliferative, and remolding phase. In each phase, specific resident cells release growth factors and cytokines to move the healing process from one phase to the other till complete healing occurs. Chronic wound stack in or delayed in one of the healing phases commonly inflammatory phase.…

Anorexia nervosa can be treated by hospitalization (if the disorder becomes very severe), counseling, therapy, visit nurse practitioners, physicians, physician assistants, dietitians, nutritionists, and mental health care providers, according to Medline Plus and Help…

Introduction The paper reviews the difficulties that the new nurse graduate go through at the beginning of the career, and its possible outcomes and implementations. The clinical problem describes how the new nurse graduate could learn to identify priorities to prevent common mistakes. The PICO format is used to identify and define an evidence-based question. The search is conducted at three major databases. Following the search, the literature review is conducted and identified multiple ways…

Everyone would love to live a long and healthy life. It affords to spend more time with loved ones. Unfortunately, there is something called the aging process. Some believe that it 's impossible to slow it down. But there is something out there. No, it 's not the fountain of youth; a supposed water source which can magically cure sickness and reverse the aging process. The fountain of youth is yet to be discovered. What scientist have discovered is how magically our bodies can rejuvenate itself.…

Losing a parent can pull a person 's life in many different directions, depending on the situation. The loss can cause a major crisis in someone 's life and could cause them to have to face every day dilemmas because of what happened in their life. Children lose parents differently and face that loss differently. There are many ways to cope with loss and possibly facing loss with others around you. From losing a parent sacrifice is something many are willing to do. Loss of a parent can affect a…

Results Fifteen peer reviewed articles addressing the clinical research questions were evaluated. Within the 15 citations, a focus was placed on the implementation of a gluten- and casein-free diet (GFCFD) and the behavioral changes (if any) in children with ASD. Table 1 summarizes the (a) participants, (b) interventions (c) comparison (d), and (e) outcome for each of the 15 included studies. Studies are grouped within the table according to their certainty of evidence classifications. Some of…

Introduction Benjamin Franklin stated, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure (Ringwall, n.d).” Although Franklin was referring to fire safety, the excerpt is suitable for health prevention. The objective of a preventive program is to reduce the frequency of a disorder within a population by eliminating the risk of exposure through the accumulation of strategy and regimens. Evidence proposes that effective preventive programs benefit the economy by reducing medical costs and…

Ciffone, J. (2007). Suicide Prevention: An analysis and replication of a curriculum-based high school program. Social Work, 52(1), 41-49. doi: 10.1093/sw/52.1.41 This study evaluates the effectiveness of the South Elgin High School (SEHS) Suicide Prevention Program on changing attitudes about suicide. Researchers selected 421 students from health classes at 2 schools in Illinois, assigned them to the treatment group or the control group, and gave both groups an 8 question survey that measured…