Plantain Medicine that Treats Everything Throughout years‚ I was taught to believe that the best medicine is not a pill‚ but a folk medicine. The most common folk medicine in my culture was plantain. This herb meant to help in a variety of sicknesses. For instance‚ when I got food poison followed by high fever‚ vomiting‚ and diarrhea‚ my mother prepared a tincture based on plantain‚ vinegar and salt. I had to drink 15 drops of this mixture every hour and after 5 hours the reaction
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Introduction Doctor Patricia Benner is a nursing theorist who is a researcher and highly-respected author. She has published nine books (receiving book of the year from the American Journal of Nursing four times) and many articles. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Pasadena college‚ her MSN from UCSF and her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. In 1982 she published her novice to expert theory. In this paper I will discuss this theory and how it applies to me as a nurse. I will also discuss two
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to Benton‚ Gonzalez-Jurado‚ Beneit-Montesinos‚ and Fernandez (2013)‚ an open system interacts with the current environment. A possible problem that may arise using the open system is due to the changing environment over a period. In a study to explore the nursing regulation in an open system approach‚ Benton et al. (2013) listed several issues that could cause problems. One issue is the unstable workforce within the nursing field. Benton et al. report of a shortage of nurses which causes the government
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Aren’t herbal products safer than pharmaceutical drugs because they are made from natural ingredients? ------------------------------------------------- http://www.naturalmedicinesofnc.org/FAQs.html While the pharmaceutical industry has made important progress in recent decades in developing reliable‚ effective medications‚ the emphasis on proving efficacy has often overshadowed safety issues. So‚ despite federal drug regulations‚ serious safety problems related to pharmaceutical drugs persist
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basis for the development of two different models of care: the biomedical model‚ and the recovery-based psychosocial model. The model of care adopted by care providers heavily influences the nature of the treatment given‚ and the trajectory of a patient’s journey through illness‚ to wellness. Historically‚ the biomedical model of care has been the foundation of Western medicine‚ and has remained largely unchallenged as the dominant model of care used in the delivery of psychiatric treatment. It is
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these clinical conditions that affect approximately 13 million people (Rimmerman‚ 2011). Because coronary diseases are the leading cause of death in men and women‚ nurses need to be involved in the care and education of people with or without CAD. Prevention is the best cure. Nurses play an important role in the treatment of CAD by offering and supplying comfort for anxiety and pain‚ minimizing symptoms and side effects‚ educating patients on the disease process‚ and helping to reduce risks and promote
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Today’s teenagers also face the problem of making right decisions. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish between the right and wrong choice. They are born into this user-unfriendly world. According to the reading “Expert from Swagger‚ by Lisa Bloom”‚ we see that the three biggest challenges/ influences for raising American boys today are: thug culture‚ the education‚ and the harshest economy. First‚ raising a child this day is not easy but still it needs a lot of work‚ to manage their
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Transcultural Nursing and Culturally Competent Care are in society. It will also clarify what these two terms are for those nurse and health professions that are not clear on what it is. Transcultural Nursing is a study‚ research‚ and practice‚ focused on culturally based care beliefs‚ values‚ and practices of individuals or groups of similar or different cultures. Along with it being “directed toward holistic‚ congruent (appropriate)‚ and beneficial health care.” Transcultural Nursing has changed
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Phlebotomist April L. Rosser Ivy Tech Community College Phlebotomist I have always wanted to work in health care and help people but I did not want to be a nurse or directly involved in individualized health plans. I wanted to work behind the scenes. I became a CPhT and went to work right away at my local hospital. Life was wonderful! I was helping sick people feel better and doing something worthwhile that came along with the means to help support my family comfortably. Then that dreadful
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LAGUNDI Lagundi (scientific name: Vitex negundo) is a large native shrub that grows in the Philippines and has been traditionally used as herbal medicine. The Philippine Department of Health has conducted research and study for Lagundi and has suggested that the lagundi plant has a number verifiable therapeutic value Lagundi is an erect‚ branched tree or shrub‚ that grows to as much as 5 m high. Lagundi has a single thick‚ woody stem like a trunk and is usually seen in swamps of the Philippines
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