Pastoral care

Part A: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan is how our food choices affect our health greatly. Pollan’s purpose for writing the book was simple- if nothing else, inform readers about what they are putting into their bodies and possibly change their eating habits entirely. The book was published in April of 2006 and healthy eating has been a debate for many many years. People have questioned if they should be vegan, vegetarian, etc. for many years and this book explores why eating habits…

Hope Jahren has spent the majority of her life becoming one of the world’s leading specialists in geobiology. The extent of her knowledge makes her research extremely difficult to understand for most people. In order for her memoir, Lab Girl, to be compatible with a large audience, she describes her work in a way that a non-specialized reader can connect with. Jahren’s two objectives in her memoir are to make her academic work and thoughts accessible to a non-specialized audience as well as to…

Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia have been a huge ethical conflict throughout time. PAS and Euthanasia has been one of the most controversial topic in the health care industry. As future Health Care Administrators and patients, we need to be aware of the state laws, moral and ethical issues that arise with administering PAS to occur in our hospitals. We need to analyze each case carefully and look into the specifics without rushing to a decision. PAS is often confused with Euthanasia…

Each year the nurses provide essential care to the millions of people who are hospitalized as a result of illness or injury. So that in theory, the care provided by theses nurse, must be safe and competent. Nursing, which is one the forefront of patient care in hospital, is faced with the challenge of determining how to ensure nurse competence. This task is very complicated because of the lake of…

Many people stop and tell themselves that they need to get into shape, but they do not have the time to do it. According to Health (2013), 69% of adults 20 years old and older are considered overweight or obese. Have you ever really wondered what the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle could bring? Living a healthy lifestyle does not mean going to a gym every day, and there are simple ways to incorporate fitness into a busy lifestyle. Along with the personal health benefits to living a…

In "Children of Affluence" author and physiatrist Robert Coles discusses what children of wealthy families go through and explains that all wealthy Americans exhibit a sense of entitlement. This article is part of one of the five Pulitzer Prize-winning volumes in Children of Crisis (1967-1978). Cole is qualified to discuss such a matter for he studied the issues of children, and got hired as a professor of psychiatry, at Harvard University in medical humanities, as well he did researches. Coles…

Abstract Overpopulation is an unwanted condition where the number of existing individuals population exceeds earth capacity. Overpopulation is caused by several factors. Decline in death rate, better medical facilities, more hands in fighting Poverty, technological progress in fertility treatment, immigration, lack of family planning are few of the causes which results in overpopulation. Growing population with each coming year has affected humanity in many ways. One of these has been loss of…

Getting your vaccinations is almost a routine in most of our lives. At each birthday receiving particular vaccinations is required. Vaccinations maintain serious disease outbreaks from happening and keep the lives of Americans healthy. What comes as a shocker is that some Americans do not believe in vaccinating themselves or their children. According to Jane Fullerton Lemons, there is scientific evidence that vaccinations prevent deadly diseases from entering our body. Research published by…

special¬ized entities within the executive branch to pursue the goals of population health and safety. The modern role of the federal government in public health is broad and complex. Public health functions, which include public funding for health care, safe food, effective…

If we can assure these are being done the impact that can be made in reducing health care organizations risks to such potential attacks are evident. According to Simpson (2013), nurse executives often lack the continuing education required to maintain competency…