Essays on Medicine Page 42

The invention of vaccines has impacted health care over the course of history by curing diseases, preventing sickness, and creating advancements in medical technology. Through their research, a numerous amount of scientists have contributed to the vaccinations we have today. One of the many diseases of the time was smallpox. Studies show that about five…

As a parent, you make choices to protect your child’s health, safety, and overall well-beingevery day. You find the best daycare and schools for your family, make sure to buy the best and safest equipment, and make sure that visitors are safe and healthy. Your choice to immunize is no different. Making an informed choice…

“Vaccines save lives; fear endangers them. It’s a simple message parents need to keep hearing.” – Jeffrey Kluger Vaccines have lived in a gray area for a long time in parent’s minds. Parents are conflicted on whom to trust and are confused about what is right for their kids and community. People are experiencing an…

Since the beginning of life, there has been a fight against disease, but humans have only recently been able to understand and gain a slight upper hand through vaccinations. Vaccinations are a relatively new, but simple solution to an age-old problem. A vaccination is “a substance administered through inoculation, ingestion, or nasal inhalation to stimulate…

Today I am working as a registered nurse at a specialty hospital for behavioral health clients. I am preparing to meet with a newly admitted client, F.A., whom has been medically diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. Social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia “is a chronic anxiety disorder marked by fear and excessive self-consciousness…

Anxiety has been one of the worst experiences of my life. Writing this reflection, generates feelings that I have bottled up daily dealing with this disorder. Anxiety has ostracised me from so many things since I received my diagnoses in 2014. At 21, I thought I was on top of the world; the birth of…

More than 1 in 20 US children and teens have anxiety or depression (Wolters Kluwer Health). Teenage depression and anxiety is one of America’s most prevalent issues that parents can’t seem to get a hold of. Students all over the nation are struggling day to day with this mental illness. Given how common this issue…

Anxiety is an issue that can quite literally happen to anyone during select stressful situations, but in some instances, it can become a much greater issue when it turns into a generalized anxiety disorder and begins infesting into your daily routines and activities. It can occur at very sudden moments even when you’re feeling perfectly…

Introduction The nature of working in healthcare entails exposure to death. Death anxiety, according to Doenges (2016) is a nursing diagnosis defined as a “Vague uneasy feeling of discomfort or dread generated by perceptions of a real or imagined threat to one’s existence” (p 219-222). Lee & King (2014) add that “Caregivers who experience death…

Anxiety is an issue many African American children face. According to the Compton et. Al (2000) African American children scored high on separation anxiety and low on social phobia; the opposite of white children (Gray, Carter and Silverman 2011). Anxiety sensitivity refers to the fear that symptoms of anxiety (e.g., racing heart) are beyond someone’s…