Wound healing

For this assignment, I analyzed couple of theories to observe how I can relate these theories to my clinical nursing practice. The first article A Review of the Use of the Health Belief Model for Weight Management by author Daddario (2007) is based on researched of several different categories of theories and behavior change models. These models provide goals to lose excess weight and prevent weight gain and to maintain a healthy living through understanding of patient's psychosocial factors,…

Animal testing, also recognized as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments. The universities, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies, farm where the research is conducted. It includes pure research such as genetics, developmental biology, and behavioral studies as well as applied research like biomedical research, drug testing, including cosmetics testing. There is about 1.4 million animals die each year from animal testing.…

person as early as he or she stepped in at school. The sheer importance of knowing what to do over a specific situation that concerns health and wellness is very much necessary to everyone. We have been acquainted with the basics of treating minor wounds, soothing accidental burns or even putting cure on broken bones. The scope of first aid procedures, if not huge, is something that a person can put forward on situations where it is deemed necessary. We have been oriented with the contents of a…

and even through the process of end of life, but it doesn’t just stop there. Nursing has come a long way and entails many more aspects than they are even given credit for. A nurse wears many hats and is required to perform duties outside of healing obvious wounds. They are highly skilled and educated individuals, scientists and innovators, who work in many different divisions, all for the best interest of their patients. They require a deep commitment to their work and patients as well as a…

“You will never influence the world by trying to be like it” (Unknown). This quote really impacted me, because I had always felt different like I did not fit in and I constantly tried to do so. But this quote motivated and encouraged me to be true to myself, it helped me finally understand that there is nothing wrong with being different. The world is messed up and I like most people was looking for answers in the wrong way. I was looking for love, acceptance, happiness etc. When I thought the…

This probably was mainly influenced by numerous unwanted complications which can occur during and after implant removal. The complications after hardware removal are impaired wound healing, infections, refractures, neuro vascular damage, or sometime an incomplete removal. In the literature general conscience is lacking regarding implant removal [6,7,8,9]. Therefore generalized recommendations regarding its removal cannot be established…

The song “The Globalist” by MUSE emphasizes the message that monstrous human behaviors are byproducts of humanity itself. The subject of this song is about human nature in the context of wars and dictatorships. Through the use of changes in tones throughout the piece like going from a cinematic to a harsh and then a melancholy tone, MUSE really wants people to hear the rise and fall of an empire both lyrically and musically. They use heavy drumbeats to really express this. MUSE emphasizes three…

affect the first line of defense for the body. This creates a risk for a lot of other problems for patients. There are stages to the progression of the severity of ulcers. When the sore progresses to the last stage, the wounds and sores created become very difficult to heal. An open wound is always a risk for infection. A…

A healing nation can take considerably long time when trying to heal from the pangs of the massacre they underwent in a dark time. In addition to the healing wounds, countries spent millions of money and in the end billions were wasted and some countries ended up losing face and trust from fellow and neighboring countries (Duignan and…

Nursing Care Preoperative care for a patient with appendicitis, the nurse would focus on relieving the pain and preventing infection. For relieving the pain, the nurse would monitor the pain level and note the location, extent and if there was any pattern to the pain. The nurse would assist the patient in finding a comfortable position such as “semi-fowlers and knees up” (Huether & McCrance, 2017). This would also include attempting to reduce any activity that induced pain such as “coughing…