Annotated Bibliography1:- Gibson, P. R., Elms, A. N. M., & Ruding, L. A. (2003). Perceived treatment efficacy for conventional and alternative therapies reported by persons with multiple chemical sensitivity. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(12), 1498. All The authors are working at School of Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA. Therefore,This research is based on the stability of chemical treatments “conventional medicine” to check whether its…
of Africa than anywhere else. Drug programs that can treat AIDS in rich countries are very expensive so therefore the African nation cannot afford to treat a large group of their population due to lack of wealth. Short-course drug programs might help because they are much less expensive. Finding a short-course drug program will help prevent infected pregnant women from passing AIDS onto their unborn children. Some say it is unethical to compare a short-course drug program to use a placebo…
Now’s the Time to Legalize Medical Marijuana! In society today, there are many ways that a patient can relieve pain. One being going to the local pharmacy and get an over the counter pain reliever or going to their primary care physician and receive a prescription for something a little more stronger. But what about those patients who don’t like all those unknown chemicals in their body or those patients who are just tired of spending millions on medications that the prices are continuing to go…
creating harmful side effects. This new treatment is already on the market. Legalizing marijuana for medical use provides many health advantages. Medicinal marijuana can relieve symptoms, prevent diseases, and has been proven an effective, healthy drug through several real-life stories. Marijuana has been proven to relieve several different types of health symptoms. “Legend has it that the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung discovered the medicinal properties of marijuana almost 5,000 years ago,…
The morning medication pass is when one of the med nurses at Mountainside Residential Care goes from room to room providing each patient with their medications. A computer is attached to the medication cart that provides a certain program that indicates the specific medications each patient receives. Each drawer of the cart is sectioned off for different patients containing various medication boxes that is specific to each patient. Everything within the cart contains a label that includes the…
Running head: VITAMIN AND HERBAL DRUGS Vitamins and herbal drugs should be regulated by the FDA Abigail Nyarko George Mason University Introduction Vitamins and herbal drugs are also known as dietary supplements. Dietary supplements can include ingredients such as: vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and enzymes (Center for food safety, n.d). Vitamins and herbal drugs are the main supplements that make up the supplement market. Many people use these supplements…
Thalidomide went out on the market claiming to be animal tested. Due to it was safe many pregnant woman consumed it to help their babies be strong and healthy yet at birth many babies were being born with severe defects.That was caused because the drug was tested on genie pigs, rats, chimps, and rabbits, etc..and didn 't show defects when they gave birth but on humans it did…
permitted based on the numerous beneficial values: for medical use, to liberate the money the government spends due to the judicial process dealing with marijuana arrests, increase the revenue from taxes as well as production, and reduce the war on drugs. One of…
I am nervous about entering the psychiatric nursing world. My nervousness stems from fear of the unknown. I worry that I may use the wrong words or that my facial expressions may betray my feelings. I have worked with children with mental health problems on a smaller scale, and I have witnessed the emotional effect it has on their parents and due to this reason and I often wonder how health-care professionals are affected when working in a psychiatric environment. However, I have resolved to go…
medication errors. Nonetheless, by making the prevention of medication errors a priority in their practice, nurses can limit causes of medication errors such as “unclear directions, incomplete orders, lack of resources or information, similar drug packaging, drug names that sound alike, nurse fatigue and nurse interruptions” (Richardson, Bromirski, & Hayden,…