In our modern society, mental health has become a big subject for debate. The issues of mental health awareness has been ingrained in political and social movements that attempt to change the way society looks at mental health. Around the world dissociative disorder is well…
Essays on Nursing & Health
Introduction Cardiac arrest is a commonly known serious health condition particularly in the western world as the heart ceases to beat causing various complications; such as sudden cardiac death (Pruthi, 2018). Cardiac arrest is a serious health issue that causes abruption in the heart function,…
Dissociative Identity Disorder is characterized by someone who has more than one distinct personality states which are present at different times. The person usually has no cognitive recollection of what occurs while the other personality was active. I personally have a fascinating relationship with close…
Everyday there are countless injuries, growth of the elderly, and babies born with neuro-disease and trauma. With numerous medical studies and treatments amongst our society, the one area most patients end up in the possession of physical therapist. Physical therapists (PTs) are movement experts who…
Dissociative identity disorder, also called multiple personality disorder, may be a very rare disorder, but by no means is it one that should be overlooked. It has a history of being doubted and it took several decades before the medical community accepted it as a…
Education The first step as mentioned before for becoming a New York City Police Officer is taking the NYPD test. The test is offered by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services. The minimum qualifications for taking the test are candidates must be at least twenty-one…
Concussions have been a hot topic for the past few years, with more evidence coming to light all the time of the damaging and long term consequences that come from them. The most popular definition of a concussion is “any disturbance in brain function caused…
The article Physical Therapist Assistants’ Perceptions of the Documented Roles of the Physical Therapist Assistant: A Response to Lippert’s Reply by Andrew J., Robinson Mary Turner DePalma, and Michael McCall highlights the perceptions of the listed roles of the physical therapist assistants. There is a…
It is 0300 hours and you and your company have not had a single call all night… suddenly, the tones drop. You are dispatched to an unknown aged subject not conscious and not breathing. Dispatch is working on getting the caller to start CPR and…
The physical therapy profession has being practice from early time to present. However, two major historical event has brought to what it is now the profession of physical therapy to its highest point. During the time from those major events to present some organizations were…
Abstract This brief was prepared for the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) hearing on rural health. It serves as an analysis of the health issues affecting the Delta Region (DR) of Arkansas; also known as the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. This…
Access to quality healthcare services is important in promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing the disease, reducing disability and premature death, and achieving health equity for all Americans (Access to health services, 2019). Though oral healthcare is necessary for everyone yet, there are several…
In our world today, the second most leading cause of death is cancer which was recorded in 2015 (Zuber, 2019). The two health disparities that are associated with this cause of death is socioeconomic status and underserved populations (“Examples of Cancer Health Disparities”, n.d.). Socioeconomic…
It was a crowded coffee shop and I was nervous to make an appearance. I had just started taking a course in American Sign Language (ASL) and one of my very first homework assignments was to attend a Deaf event- a social gathering where you…
And finally, a female author as the source for season titles: Donna Haraway, a feminist intellectual whose popular and much-anthologized “Cyborg Manifesto” perfectly matches Orphan Black’s ethical themes and concerns. Her “A Cyborg Manifesto” considers how a cyborg—an enhanced person with added mechanical capabilities—symbolizes being…
