Category: Disease
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The Nursing Process: Purpose and Steps
Nursing incorporates self-ruling and collective consideration of the care of all people regardless of their age, family background, social status and communities, debilitated or well and in all settings. Nursing incorporates 3 important components: The advancement of wellbeing Counteractive action of sickness The care of the sick, debilitated and passing on individuals. In addition, the…
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The Social Dynamics of Mental Illness: Challenges and Impact
Mental illness represents a significant social challenge, influencing individuals’ capacity to engage with the world around them. Conditions such as anxiety/panic disorders and social anxiety disorder, in particular, can profoundly affect communication and interaction. Social anxiety disorder, akin to social phobia, renders individuals hesitant or unable to engage in conversation, leading to withdrawal from society.…
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Structure And Function Of The CFTR Chloride Channel
The cystic fibrosis trans membrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a unique member of the ABC transporter family that forms a novel Cl− channel. It is located predominantly in the apical membrane of epithelia where it mediates trans epithelial salt and liquid movement. Dysfunction of CFTR causes the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. The CFTR is composed…
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My personal philosophy of nursing
When I was about fourteen years old my grandfather; better known as “bigdaddy” to me, passed away. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the early stages. He was around 88 years old when his condition started decline just a few short months before he died. He was no longer able to do the things…
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Types Of Commincable & Non-Communicable Diseases
This essay will be exploring the main features of commincable and non-communicable diseases and go on to explain how some of these diseases affect how the body works and how the cause the body to react differently within these various situations. Diseases come in two different forms; commincable and non-commincable. A communicable disease is contagious…
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Do Guns Kill People or Do People Kill People
The answer to this question is, guns don’t kill people, people kill people; however, guns make it easier to kill people and often time in great numbers. The government should create stricter laws on gun control and end the senseless mass murders at the hands of individuals in possession of guns. In the United States,…
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The Concept Analysis in a Nursing Case
Concept is a notion or idea conceived in the mind through studying, observation and listening. Some people perceive it as a generalized idea from a massive instance (Heslop, 2014). Since it appears to be diverge, it can be considered to have variable meaning with regard to the context into which it is applied. In nursing…
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How Infectious Diseases Spread?
Differences between bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites Bacteria is a microorganism, most bacteria is harmless. It is found in soil, water, plants, animals and humans; it can only be seen under a microscope. Antibiotics can help treat bacterial infections. Examples of bacterial infections are TB and MRSA. Viruses live inside other living organisms. They can…
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The Ongoing Battle Between Humans and Pathogens
For as long as humans have actually been on this planet, the microscopic life kinds that we call germs, or pathogens, have been here too. For all this time they have been increasing in the soil, in the water, and in our bodies. They remain in the mouth, on the skin, and even in crucial…