HOLISTIC APPROACH OF AESTHETIC ONCOLOGY THROUGH DERMOCOSMETIC SKIN CARE AND HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY CERTIFIED AESTHETIC NURSE PROGRAM DONNA F. CARLOS MAY, 2016 (1,983 WORDS) Introduction Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body ("Cancer", Wikipedia. Accessed April 22, 2016. https://en.wikipedia
osteopathic medicine and began to wonder why we had not heard about this type of practice. My sister took the time to explain key factors that distinguished osteopathic medicine from allopathic medicine, and was able to draw my attention to the holistic patient care approach used by osteopathic physicians. Although I continued to learn about osteopathic medicine during pre-medical workshops held at Rutgers University, it was not until I shadowed osteopathic physicians that I truly understood the fundamental
and hospitalizations. SCD is recognized as a health concern worldwide. It affects 90,000 to 100,000 Americans in the United States (CDC, 2011). Optimizing the quality of life QOL is an essential goal in palliative care (PC). PC aims to provide and maintain the highest possible QOL for patients and their families by providing supportive care, pain management and symptoms control (WHO, 2002). The currently available PC models do not provide holistic care to manage SCD symptoms and relief suffering.
Alternative Therapy with Acupuncture in Dentistry Acupuncture is one of the eight traditional Chinese medicine modalities used in holistic healing for dental patients that are affected by temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ), tooth pain, headaches, gag reflex, and anxiety of dental work. In a journal article Acupuncture in the Management of Acute Dental Pain showed research on how acupuncture also has a positive correlation with patients during pre-and post-operational surgery (Grillo, 2014)
Harrington, & Snyder, 2011; Robbins & Dewar, 2011). It is considered a holistic approach as it intertwines many different aspects of health (Robbins & Dewar, 2011). The community plays a vital role in the healing process and is highly valued (Shaw, 2014). Western medicine is based on dividing body and mind and driven by the treatment of an illness or disease (The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, n.d.) Doctors and health care professionals use pharmaceutical drugs, surgery and radiation to
The company is established and served on the foundation of three core values: nature, holism and dedication. Primarily, Holistic Wellness Hanoi aspires to become the first company in Vietnam in general and in Hanoi in particular to provide this type of service. The company wants to show people a new path to optimal health. Bided by the conventional definition of a good health, people consider being physically healthy equal a healthy life (CMH, 2011). The company desires to send a message that being
Nurses and other health care providers are trusted to provide holistic care to all patients regardless of cultural backgrounds. Cultures will have varying beliefs about the prevention, cause, and treatment of illness as well as life and death. For that approach to be culturally and spiritually sensitive it is essential that health care providers be empowered with the capacity, skills, and knowledge to respond to the unique needs of each patient and each family. This paper will define culture and
traditions, spiritual life, lang8uage, health status and social life. Heritage assessment is employed in the healthcare sector for various functions like assessment of a people’s culture, providing awareness with regards to health restoration, protection and maintenance. Heritage assessment is also employed by the nursing fraternity in provision of medical care that is culturally competent. This paper studies different cultural backgrounds with regards to health matters particularly on practices and
coordinated health care services conceived the Triple Aim. Berwick, Nolan and Whittington (2008) put forward three goals they named the Triple Aim in an effort to restructure the healthcare services. The principles are: Improving the individual experience of care, improving the health of population and reducing per capita costs of care for the populations. The Triple Aim is an interdependent and more holistic approach to restructuring the healthcare services in that it emphasizes populations’ health care
This report will discuss the care required for a patient with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the common causes of dementia, it is a disease that causes symptoms such as memory loss and interferes with a person’s intellectual abilities, making it very difficult to perform simple daily tasks. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease, the symptoms are not as noticeable at the beginning but get a lot worse as time goes on. (1) Out of the 5.4 million people in America living with