Essays

The biomedical model and the biopsychosocial model are both representations of health commonly accepted in modern society. The biomedical model considers the absence of disease is physical wellness. This model is good practice but it has limitations. On the other …

Mitosis and Meiosis              Walther Flemming, a German scientist, was so fascinated with cells. He gathered information about cells using his microscope and later found out a process known as mitosis. Mitosis is a form of cellular reproduction wherein a …

The readings cover the topics of evidence-based medicine, its benefits and limitations, and teaching it to medical students. In particular, evidence-based medicine is defined as “a way of combining the best available scientific evidence, the practitioner’s clinical judgment, and the …

Evidence-based nursing practice is defined as the “conscientious, explicit and judicious use of theory-driven, research-based information in making decisions about care delivery to individuals or groups of patients and in consideration of individual needs and preferences” (Ingersoll, 2000). Evidence-based nursing, …

A working group at McMaster University published an article advocating the use of research in teaching medical students and originated the phrase evidence-based medicine (Lewenson and Truglio-Londrigan, 2007). While in 1989, a British medical group, headed by Murray Enkin, published …

There are major criticisms associated with the use or implementation of evidence-based nursing. First of all, the nurses are already doing it, as such, many nurses engage in evidence-based practices to some extent that this is possible given the constraints …

In support of this, the position statement of the American Nurses Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) affirms that, “nursing research worldwide is committed to rigorous scientific inquiry that provides health policy and impact the health of people in all countries” …

Generally, funding is a scarce resource in health care and some health care treatments involved working in uncharted waters. If funding follows the evidence in terms of the purchase and distribution of services, it means that in situations where there …

Evidence-based nursing, starting back sine the 1970s, continuously influences the use of research in nursing practices. Archie, a British physician, started the trend towards an evidence-based nursing and it was further developed and improved through several studies conducted by universities …

Influenza or flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease of mammals and avian species that usually occurs during the fall and winter months and is caused by an RNA virus belonging to the Orthomyxoviridae family (Earn, Dushoff and Levin, 2002). …