Healing Article Reviews Samples For Students

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This is a summary of the three religions Buddhism, Wiccan, and Jehovah Witnesses. This paper gives an insight into the healing perspective adopted by three religions: Buddhism, Wiccan and Jehovah’s Witness. It is a summary and what their faith is based on and how each faith approaches their healthcare. The paper gives an overview of how the three religions approach the subject of healing, and how this fundamental shift can be assimilated by healthcare practitioners for the purposes of improving health outcomes. Also comparing this to Christianity and what this will mean to you and how you will treat patients ...

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Advances in research have brought a substantial progress in the field of nutritional therapy provisions. The current advancement has seen researchers combine Arginine and Proline dietary that have been fed to diabetic rats to accelerate wound healing in these mammals. A combination of the two nutrients has several important functions, which include; enhancement in wound healing and angiogenesis as well as improved repair of damaged tissues, help keep both cartilage and collagen production at optimal levels. It is also important in protein synthesis by working as a primary substrate, triggers cell proliferation when it breaks down to Polyamines and ...

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This paper intends to provide a literature review of the article, Use of Prayer and Scripture in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, by Siang-Yang Tan published in the Journal of Psychology and Christianity in 2007. This article introduces Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as one of the most effective empirically supported treatments that is used for treating psychological disorders. Tan goes on to cite researchers who have found out that CBT has evolved over the generations into what he terms as; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Mindfulness and Acceptance-based Therapies. According to Tan, this third wave-generation CBT is more flexible in ...

- Discuss the impact of science on the rise of conventional medicine. Briefly contrast alternative modern and alternative traditional approaches in CAM.
Alternative modern approaches include homeopathy and naturopathy while alternative traditional approaches include ayurveda, traditional healing, and acupuncture. Homeopathy is the treatment using substances from plants, animals, or minerals. Homeopathic remedies can be purchased as over the counter products. Naturopathy operates on the principle that “nature has a healing power” and promotes treatments that are most natural and non-invasive. This include herbal supplements. Both homeopathy and naturopathy originated in Germany in the 18th century. In comparison, the traditional ...

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Tan (2007), establishes a Cognitive Behavior Therapy technique applying a unifying strategy to improve clinical issues of the patient. By the use of informed consent approach, Tan (2007) distinguishes the suitable therapeutic methods utilizing implied integration, a surreptitious method or precise integration, which is an unconcealed approach, which purposely promotes spiritual dynamics in counseling. Tan (20017) supports the effectiveness of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy technique using empirical data, from historical studies of cognitive therapy. Notably, the cognitive therapy has developed to include therapeutic approaches whereby the love of God is exhibited and uncovered through the Holy Spirit. This technique ...

The therapeutic touch is a nursing technique that is based on a belief but thought to have a scientific foundation. Medical practitioners claim to treat vast diseases by maneuvering the human energy field that is perceived to be above the skin of the patient. This paper therefore gives the results of the study that was conducted to find the truth behind the legitimacy of this medication technique.
In order to find out the clear truth about the therapeutic touch medication process, the study sampled twenty one practitioners with professional experience of twenty seven years. These experienced Therapeutic Touch nurses were, under ...

Kim Taylor explores the influences of the west on modern Chinese medicine. According to Taylor, Western scholarly interest in Chinese medicine pushed for scientification of Chinese medicine, prompting more information on traditional healing method. This marked the westernization of Chinese medicine in which the western publications on Chinese medicine depicting traditional medicine as inferior. Chinese on the other hand maintained a preserved culture, secretive to the rest of the world. When releasing information, China did so cautiously. The released information was interpreted according to preconceived idea of what being Chinese involved. The Western interpretation intended to influence Chinese society ...

In her article, ‘From Pariah State to Global Protagonist: Argentina and the Struggle for Human Rights’, Kathryn Sikkink provides a luminous illustration on the role that Argentina has played in shaping the human rights discourse in the world. Sikkink’s main point is that most of the human rights practices and conventions of the world trace their roots to the Argentina. She notes that while many would naturally expect practices to flow from the more powerful countries to the less powerful countries, this has not necessarily been the case as far as the field of human rights is concerned. This ...

Introduction

The purpose of this study is to compare two nursing articles in terms of their research purpose, research methodology, and research designs. The articles which have been chosen for this study are based the topic of Maggot Debridement Therapy.

Following are the articles which have been chosen for this analysis:

- Larval therapy for leg ulcers (VenUS II): randomized controlled trial – Quantitative Study
- Patients’ perceptions and experiences of larval therapy - Qualitative Case Study
The first article has been written by Dumville. The article was published in the year 2009 in the BMJ journal. The second article Kitching. The article was published in the year 2004 ...

Pressure ulcer is among the most common causes of long term morbidity in patients with spinal cord injury and the leading cause of hospitalization for such patients. The cost of treatment per patient ranges from $2,000 to over $120,000. Pressure ulcers can lead to other complications like local tissue infection, sepsis or amyloidosis. Hydrotherapy is one of the two specialized treatment modalities recommended for wound healing. The two types of hydrotherapy include whirlpool therapy and pulsatile lavage therapy.

Pulsatile lavage treatment uses a pulsatile pressurized stream of normal saline to provide localized hydrotherapy to pressure ulcers. The treatment ...

Healthcare ethics is sometimes also referred to as medical ethics or bioethics and simply defined, is a set of moral principles, beliefs, and values that guide medical practitioners in making important choices about giving medical care. Four core principles that define ethical responsibilities and within which medical professionals must act in the United States are: Autonomy which demands that the professional honors the patients’ right to decide on their own about the medical care to be given, Beneficence which on the other hand tasks the practitioner with the duty to assist the patients to enhance their own good, Nonmaleficence ...

The paper on the different religions and their significance and implications on health and nursing has provided evidence on its claim that spiritual diversity is significant on the provision of nursing care to patients. The details on the differences of the three religions namely Sikh, Buddhism and Bahai have been clearly and succinctly emphasized by the writer. Specifically, the significance on religious beliefs and different health beliefs and practices has been clearly delineated in the paper. The paper, however, has not provided a comprehensive detail on the differences of each religion on health beliefs and practices on varying stages of ...

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Despite receiving little attention from many, the subject of Pentecostal soteriology continues to confuse majority of the congregation with a few of them having little insight, if any on matters of the Holy Spirit and baptism. Often these subjects are tackled by church ministers who often suffer from prejudice, sometimes lacking the expertise to interpret scripts from the bible. Previous studies also do not offer convincing enlightenment on the same subject. Following this trail, this paper refers to some prior studies and continues to guide the reader through a journey on the study of the Pentecost along with its integration to ...

Critical analysis

Acupuncture is a unique alternative therapy in which acupoints on the skin are stimulated using various methods with the aim of treating a host of conditions including pain relief. In this paper, I analyze three articles with a special focus on the following components: mechanism of action, therapy, treatment, side effects, contraindications and usefulness in practice.
The articles under review have been authored by Martin et al. (2006), Rebhorn et al. (2012) and Hutchinson et al. (2012). Hutchinson et al. (2012) conducted a systematic review in order to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture in the management of chronic non-specific low back pain. ...

Sexual assault is an assault of sexual nature or sexual act directed on another person without their consent. Most Sexual assaults are committed by men towards women but it may also involve man to man, woman to man, woman to woman or even towards children. The term sexual assault may be defined as an involuntary sexual act in which a person could be threatened, coerced or even forced to engage in sex against their consent or any sexual touching of a person against their will.
Rape is a form of sexual assault in which there is intercourse or actual penetration either ...