Mentions can enhance the quality of an individual’s care and develop the self-awareness of the nursing practitioner. For the reflective element of the assignment I have chosen to utilise Gibbs (1988) reflective model (appendix) I will not strictly adhere to the model. Nevertheless‚ I will aim to describe my situation‚ explore my feelings‚ evaluate and analyse my practice together‚ conclude on the experience and explore what I would do if the
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MALARIA Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by protists (a type of microorganism) of the genus Plasmodium. It begins with a bite from an infected female mosquito‚ which introduces the protists via its saliva into the circulatory system‚ and ultimately to the liver where they mature and reproduce. The disease causes symptoms that typically include fever and headache‚ which in severe cases can progress to coma or death. Malaria is widespread in tropical
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each year because of malaria in Africa that is caused by a mosquito. Many of these deaths from this disease become unknown by the world. Malaria is a disease that kills many travelers and africans every year. Many wonder “what is malaria?”. Malaria has been studied by Malaria No More and they’re article says “Malaria is a disease of the blood that is caused by the Plasmodium parasite‚ which is transmitted from person to person by a female mosquito.” (“MalariaNoMore”). Malaria is transmitted by only
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Compare and contrast the medicines used in the prophylaxis of malaria The bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito can cause protozoan parasites which when passed on from human to human can generate the well known tropical disease known as malaria. The prophylaxis of malaria‚ a vector borne infectious disease‚ is vital as prevention for this disease is very necessary. Malaria can be infected in humans by four separate species of plasmodium parasites. These parasites are Plasmodium falciparum
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into the wrinkles of an elderly man or woman‚ a story can be uncovered. But in Africa‚ people are lucky to make it to such an age; every 30 seconds a child dies of malaria ("Fact sheet n°94‚" 2010). The problems don’t stop there. The world is affected by the many impacts of such a disease. As one of the number one killers‚ malaria has caught the attention of many organizations. Many other countries‚ mostly those that have a subtropical climate or that are islands‚ have overcame and reduced the
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II 12/10/13 Malaria VS. The Black Plague In the fourteenth century‚ death and devastation swept from Asia to Europe in the form of the Black Plague‚ killing nearly one third of the world’s population. The Black Plague was one of the most horrid pandemics in history. Arguably‚ other modern day diseases such as Malaria‚ have‚ and continue to impact the world in many ways. While the medical responses‚ based off knowledge and economic results differ from the Black Death to Malaria‚ social classing
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Page 1 of 6 Life Cycle of Malaria Page 2 of 6 Malaria is an ancient disease transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito that predates recorded history. Historically it was common in the swampy areas around Rome‚ and was believed that the tainted air in those locations made people very sick‚ the disease was therefore named malaria for the Latin root words bad air. Malaria is caused by small parasitic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium which infects both humans and mosquitoes in a cyclical process.
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Cultural Views on Health HCA/230 Communication Skills for the Health Care Professional (AXIA) Cultural Views on Health The world is different in many ways and one of the ways is the difference in culture. For instance in Malawi young women get AIDS more prevalently than men because they are not allowed to ask for the use of protection (Hawthorne‚ 2003). A set of practices‚ rules‚ and beliefs and practices that are shared by a group of people is referred to as being culture. The
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Gibbs model touches all aspects of the past incidents and which contains description‚ feeling‚ evaluation‚ analysis and conclusion. I would need to descript by understanding what had happened in the past and review the causes and actual outcomes as it is related to an incident that is being reflected upon. Next‚ based on my description I can determine if the incident was a good or a bad one and at the same time I would be able to understand the actual factors that contributed to my feelings. Basically
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The term `Malaria ’ originates from Medieval Italian Mala aria which mean “bad air”; and the disease was formerly called Ague or Marsh fever due to its association with swamps and marshland‚ (Watkins‚ 2001). Scientific studies on Malaria made their first significant advance in 1880‚ when Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran a French army doctor working in the military hospital of Constantine in Algeria observed malaria plasmodium parasites inside the red blood cell of people suffering from Malaria. Documentation
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