Nursing and Sustainability
“Better management of the environment and wise investments in sustainable development are critical weapons in the battle against many of the world’s most serious diseases, and essential interventions to ensuring health for all.”(Chan,n.d).In my endeavor to pursue medical science, I’ve always felt this was the perfect profession to promote sustainability; but how can I promote something so beneficial to us all, if you aren’t quite aware of what sustainability is in the first place. As defined by Cambridge Dictionaries, sustainability is the causing of little to no damage to the environment, for mutual gain, and therefore making able to continue for a long period of time. Nurses are responsible for engaging global
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(Gillaspy, 2003) Hypothetically speaking, Jim see an apply he wants from his tree. Jim’s two options are to grab a ladder and pick the apple he wants, or to grab an ax and cut the apple tree down. Like many of us, Jim only see his immediate need and decides to go with his second option of cutting the tree down to get access to more than just one apple. However, what Jim neglected to consider is that he just jeopardized the future of his tree to bear fruit for himself or others. Likewise, world health organizations argue that the existing climate change due to man’s contributions of environmental imbalances will affect the ability to maintain god health for future generations. Health care organizations should take climate change seriously. Climate change is a constant growing cause of limited food and resource availability, which contributes to malnutrition, and pollutions which assist in the spread of harmful waste, affecting normal human development. Therefore upcoming nurses like myself and other medical teams, should bring awareness of these and other health hazards that may be affecting climate …show more content…
Holism and conventional science have been two very important aspects of good health that for ages and even today, cannot come to agreement that it’s possible they can both co-exist. Holistic medication takes into considers of the whole person care, physically, psychologically, socially and spiritually, in the management and prevention of disease. (Wright, 2014) The whole person take into consideration the individual and the world in which they live in. It is person-centered. The whole person care means time understanding each person. Thereby reducing duplicate, repetitive, or unnecessary treatments, tests, or visits. Whole person care helps patients avoid expensive complications and adverse events by using holistic treatments and self-care recommendations. The most common misconception of holistic medicine is that it’s solely an alternative. However holism doesn’t dismiss the premises of conventional medicine; Holistic medicine more so compliments them. For example, the Annona muricata fruit or the sour sop, is used as a compliment or catalyst for the chemotherapy of breast
I work in this field trying to understand more and more the underlying problems and not superficial situations. My role a few years ago as Manager in Nursing was to seek to overcome the conflicts generated in patient care or the administration of resources and to be able to lead a group of people with different points of view over the same issue. My position must be a policymaker. My commitment is to be a creator and driver of sustainable health policies and not only idealised ideas or projects.
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In today’s world, many people assume that the latest medical technology and treatments are always the best option. However, all over the world, different techniques for curing diseases and aliments are being used. These methods fall under the category of complementary and alternative medicine.
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There are many different uses of alternative medicine and that can be used in a variety of situations. Some people may be skeptical of alternative medicine since they are not aware of the facts and statistics. By homeopathy becoming more popular people will not be as skeptical. “Despite the successes of many alternative therapies, the phrase "alternative medicine" has not acquired a completely respectable air. To many, especially doctors trained in conventional medicine, "alternative therapies" seem unscientific and dangerous” (Badertscher). As the author shows that although alternative medicine may seem skeptical to people, there are many reasons to prove that alternative medicine is an overall better solution. Badertscher also explains the many benefits to his view of alternative medicine of seeking to work with the body 's own natural healing processes” (Badertscher). For example, a person may suffer from chronic back pain may decide to go to a chiropractor instead of using medication such as oxycodone. In this Badertscher shows the benefit that using the body’s natural healing does and that it puts the person in control of their
For many centuries, humanity has been on an eternal quest for cures and treatments for many chronic conditions. At the present time, conventional medicine is mostly performed by doctors and other health care professionals, with the extensive use of pharmaceutical drugs, surgery or radiation treatments for disease treatment. Conversely, even though not as popular, complementary and alternative medicine and treatment options are slowly gaining popularity and becoming an addition to traditional medicine.
These alternative treatments include acupuncture, meditation, and therapy among many others.There is growing evidence that the desire for alternative medicine is expanding because people undergoing procedures in today’s health care system has had unmet needs as well as feelings of being uncared for (Acari & Flanagan, 2015). Alternative medicine is able to provide patients with treatments that provide relief for hard to cure problems such as back pain, neck pain, and arthritis. Many of these alternative treatments have been shown to be successful for various problems. The use of complimentary and alternative medicine as well as the open ended communication that holistic nursing provides is gaining popularity from patients who are fed up with traditional care and hospital
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There are varying descriptions from Holistic Medicine, Alternative Medicine, Natural Medicine to Complementary Medicine. They all embrace the concept of interconnectedness and that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. All aspects from the animal to human bond, environment, and lifestyle are considered when treating the
The first part of this essay discusses what the human species has done to deal with the problem of climate change. While some improvements have been made, the problem has not been addressed aggressively enough to stop the damage. What is amazing about this is the denial of so many people that problems exist. If they do realize the risks, they are simply not taking actions to contain the damage.
In an era when the resources for health promotion are limited and the expectations as to what can be achieved are high, sustainability has become a familiar catch-cry (Swerissen & Crisp. 2014.) Health and sustainability are parallel challenges (Cunningham et al. 2010) as the economic, social and environmental characteristics of a sustainable society are the same as those of a healthy society (Griffiths 2006.). The precise definition of sustainability is still subject to debate. It has no single or universally accepted definition. It is not easily captured in a concise definition and means different things to different people or concepts (Auditor General of Victoria 2004). In this case sustainability will be the development aiming to maintain or sustain conditions in order to provide improved long-term economic health and a stable social and cultural quality system to preserve and protect the environment (Gremm et al. 2008). A crucial focus to sustainability includes preserving the environment so that the needs of future generations can also be met indefinitely in the future. Public health programs constitute an important method of improving health and program sustainability (Pluye et al 2004) as partnerships between health organisations and local authority planning departments concerning spacial planning are important to ensure the design of healthy sustainable communities (Griffiths 2006.).
Every year, approximately 230, 000 to 400. 00 deaths are caused by iatrogenic deaths ( in other words, these are deaths caused by wrong medical treatments). Two of the prominent yet some what contrasting types of medicine are, Ayurveda, the Indian traditional medicine, and Modern (aka western) medicine. Both of these have their own processes and methods of healing, which over the years have created their own followers. While Ayurveda addresses the root causes of the disease through identifying the imbalances in the elements, called “Doshas”, it also emphasizes on a spiritual lifestyle which for most people in today's world is a sea change. On the other hand, western medicine addresses the symptoms and provides instant albeit temporary relief for suffering. Needless to say there are more followers of the western medicine due to its immediate impact on subsiding the pain. Out of lack of awareness to the significance of traditional medicine, especially Ayurveda, many doctors and researchers are against the use of Ayurvedic and traditional medicines, which limits the potential of curing certain ailments of patients without additional side effects.
I define holistic health in this way because holistic health has numerous ways to attain a health and to approach the analysis of an illness. The modalities I learn in my holistic health class have made me to realize that there is more than one way to achieve the health and western medicine is not the only hope to reduce or cure the symptoms of any di...
According to the University of California San Francisco, “nurses can learn and then practice and lead others on their personal and institutional practices, implementing the principles of reduce, reuse, recycle, recover and re-educate at home and in the workplace” (Vlahov). The aspect of nursing for global warming is a lot bigger than what the average human would think. Not only to us nurses have to do the best we can with how the environment is but also we have to deal with it and inform the patients on how they can help