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Surgical oncology is the area that is used to treat patients with solid tumors. Surgery is used to treat children with brain tumors, soft tissues cancers, skin cancers, and central nervous system tumors among other forms of cancer. Though less …

There are different ways to be of service to people. Some would opt for the more traditional way of participating in volunteer work and helping others. I, on the other hand, have opted for something that would also help me …

The title of the research gives an effective and operational indication of the research problem, study population and research design. The key words (sucrose, infant, pain, immunization) enlighten the reader that the study focuses on the effects of sucrose to …

Florence Nightingale, also known as “the lady with the lamp,” has the title of being the mother of modern nursing. She is also an author credited with publishing the first nursing theory: the Environmental Theory. Contrary to popular belief, Nightingale’s …

Diabetes is a disorder wherein a complete or relative insulin deficiency occurs. The two main types of diabetes are type 1 or insulin-dependent diabetes IDDM) and type 2 or non-insulin dependent diabetes NIDDM). Type 1 most usually takes place at …

Birth and childhood weight pose as two of the risk factors in developing diabetes. As Goran and Sothern wrote on their book: “There is ample evidence that birth weight and weight in early infancy have an inverse association, whereas childhood …

Epidemiologic work has two categories: descriptive and analytic. The one used on childhood diabetes epidemiology was descriptive. Undoubtedly, both of these categories are fundamental on understanding diabetes as well other diseases. Descriptive epidemiology involves activities that focus on settings or …

I would not say that ever since I was a kid, I have always dreamt to be a nurse. I never really thought about the profession that much. I was never really interested in medicine or anything that involves taking …

Non physician provider prescriptive privileges are determined by each state government and can vary widely in scope (Cipher, Hooker & Guerra 2006). The delegation of prescriptive authority for nurse practitioners as well as other allied health professional have been controversial …

Batey and Holland (1985) found the nurse practitioners provided effective management of medications for 85. 7% of all patients who presented for primary care issues independent of physician involvement. Patients believe that nurse practitioners would make better prescribing decisions than …