The effect of a nursing intervention on promoting self-care agency in breast cancer patients after breast surgery INTRODUCTION Breast cancer is a type of cancer‚ which is characterized by local uncontrolled cells growth and spread of abnormal cells in one or both breasts‚ which is the most common cancer in women around the world (Jemal et al.‚ 2011). In Australia‚ over 12‚614 (28%) women were diagnosed invasive breast cancer in 2006‚ and the number will keep on growing (AIHW‚ 2009). In 2006‚ a
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Response to Intervention can be used in two different ways in a preschool. First‚ it helps children to avoid scholastic failure. Second‚ it provides by observation and overseeing each student to see if they have autistic behaviors early on. This is vital for children that as educators we help them not just scholarly‚ but also observing if they have a disability. Both affect them in their learning and the RTI process helps educators in both scenarios. The reason for RTI is because children who have
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The benefits of hydroxyurea therapy in sickle cell anemia are extensive and well established‚ and were first demonstrated by the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia‚ a double blind‚ placebo controlled trial in 299 adults with sickle cell anemia. The clinical trial‚ which lasted for 21 months‚ showed that patients with sickle cell anemia treated with hydroxyurea had dramatically fewer painful episodes than those who received placebos. Firstly‚ among the 299 adults studied at 21
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Exercise- Physical Therapy The profession of physical therapy intrigues me mainly because physical therapy has had a positive impact on my life and I want to be able to have a positive impact on others. Over the years I have had my fair share of injuries and have been fortunate enough to have a physical therapist work on me. The fact that my physical therapist was able to minimize my pain and expedite my recovery made me extremely appreciative of the profession. Physical therapy is an essential part
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March 19‚ 2012 Components of A Fairytale Fairy tales should illustrate more than what meets the eye. It should incorporate certain elements‚ which can aid in the development to healthy growth of a childhood. In “Fairy Tales and the Existential Predicament‚” Bruno Bettelheim discusses the importance of fairy tales and the elements they should contain in order to fully connect with a child reading a particular fairy tale. Bettelheim considers a successful fairy tale to be one‚ which fulfills
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Laughter Therapy - An Effective Treatment Almost all of us have heard that "Laughter is best Medicine!" How true is this statement? A study conducted shows that 20-25 minutes of laughter every day is healthy for the body. This can make you feel fresh‚ energetic and young for the whole day. What makes us laugh? When we laugh‚ the zygomatic major muscle is stimulated and 15 facial muscles contracted. In the meantime‚ the epiglottis partly closes the larynx and air intake becomes irregular. A noise
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his pain away is a form of maladaptive coping (Zaleski‚ 2015). Bottom-up Intervention: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing A Bottom-up intervention like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be useful in alleviating PTSD symptoms by addressing distressing memories and trauma (Leeds‚ 2016). Developed by Francine Shapiro‚ EMDR as a bottom –down‚ evidenced based intervention‚ relies on engaging the brain’s natural adaptive information
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Holistic Intervention Holistic nursing care involves identifying the patient needs‚ challenges‚ or problems and utilizing the appropriate strategies in which will take care of the patient as a whole. As a nursing healthcare professional‚ this becomes the ultimate goal of holistic nursing care (Doosey and Keegan‚ 2013‚ pg. 5). Florence Nightingale‚ was one of the first holistic nurses and she believed in taking care of the patient as a whole‚ not the disease itself but the environment as well (Practical
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Humanitarian Intervention in Somalia In December of 1992‚ the United States military landed in Somalia. The Somali civil war caused a famine that claimed the lives of three hundred thousand people and threatened the lives of two million more. As word of these gross human rights violations spread‚ the media and general public pressured the government into taking action in Somalia. Subsequently‚ with the United Nations’ consent‚ twenty-eight thousand soldiers were deployed to put an end to the
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PORTRAYING MEURSAULT FROM AN EXISTENTIAL EYE “Meursault is not a piece of social wreckage‚ but a poor and naked enamoured of the sun that leaves no shadow. Far from being bereft of all feeling‚ he is animated by passion that is deep because it is stubborn‚ a passion for the absolute‚ and for truth.” - Camus‚ “Preface” to “The Stranger”. Camus’s antihero‚ Meursault is condemned in a court of law‚ not necessarily for the crime of killing an Arab under a blinding North African sun‚ but rather he refuses
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