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Diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Introduction There are estimated to be around 3.3 million people with diabetes mellitus in the United Kingdom (UK), with a further 500,000 undiagnosed. By 2030, there could be as many as 5 million. This increase in prevalence is mainly due to the rise in obesity levels, and an aging population (Bannister 2016). Around 90% of […]
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Introduction Since the emergence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the 1980s, more than 35 million lives have been lost and without available curative therapy, currently, 1.8 million persons are newly diagnosed every year, worldwide (World Health Organisation, 2018). Moreover, it is estimated that up to 70% of persons are unaware of their HIV positive […]
Report on the general nursing management of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Introduction This report will begin by describing what type 2 diabetes is and how it differs from type 1 diabetes. A short discussion on how it is diagnosed will be given. General non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions to effectively manage type 2 diabetes will be discussed from a nursing perspective. This means that the roles of […]
Critically analyse the nurses’ roles and responsibilities within care provision
Nurses have a range of roles and responsibilities in order to provide society with the highest quality of care (Peate, 2016). The Royal College of Nursing (RCN, 2014:3) define nursing as the ability to ‘improve, maintain, or recover health, to cope with health problems, and to achieve the best quality of life’ for patients until […]
Critically analyse the nurses’ roles and responsibilities within care provision
Introduction Nurses play an important role in providing care to patients in the NHS and often serve as the primary point of contact (Royal College of Nursing, 2018a). The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC, 2015) code of conduct has stressed the different roles of nurses, which include providing effective, high-quality, holistic and patient-centred care. Currently, […]
The Effectiveness of Mindfulness in Treating Depression
Introduction Derived from an Eastern Buddhist tradition, mindfulness is a broad and multidimensional concept which is at once a theoretical construct, a meditative practice and a psychological process (Williams and Kabat-Zinn, 2013). To be mindful is to be supremely self-aware and experientially orientated towards the present (Ivtzan et al, 2011). However, while the term has […]
The effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy for eating disorders
Introduction This essay will review the evidence evaluating the effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-E), a transdiagnostic form of therapy for eating disorders (EDs) (Fairburn, Cooper, & Shafran, 2008). According to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5),EDs are “characterised by a persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behaviour […]
How has ‘gaming’ become constructed as a contemporary mental health issue and addiction
Over history, the construction and explanations put forwarded for the cause and spread of disease and ill-health, have changed, in line with social, political, cultural and economic changes (Naidoo and Wills, 2016). This has led to ill-health no longer being represented as just being free from disease, but influenced by the social conditions in which […]
How far can Facebook overuse be considered an addiction?
Behavioral addictions have only been added to the accepted list of mental disorders (DSM-5) in 2010 (Kuss & Griffiths, 2011). Thus far, only pathological gambling has been given a status as a formal psychiatric disorder (Andreassen et al., 2012). However, there has been increasing research devoted to the potential for other behavioral addictions to also be […]
Psychological Explanations of Football Hooliganism
Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to examine the explanations that have been put forward for football hooliganism. This includes subcultural theories that suggest that hooliganism is caused by social learning of individuals in a specific subculture. Social identity theory (SIT) offers an alternative explanation, which posits the influence of the footballing culture […]
