Do you ever question what is really in the food you eat? Is a piece of steak really just a piece of steak from a cow’s body? Is a bowl of rice really a bowl of rice grown on a farm? If you answer no to any of these questions, don’t feel bad you’re just like 90 percent of other Americans. The multibillion dollar genetically […]

Exploring Multiple Personality Disorder   In popular culture, Dissociation, and Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder–MPD) is considered a very exotic, rare and enigmatic psychological phenomenon (11). It seems that, especially in the media and entertainment, multiple personality disorder is stigmatized by a number of quite florid and nearly hysterical symptoms. Clinically, however, Multiple Personality Disorder has been recognized for centuries and […]

The psychological perspective views the illness as being caused by underlying conflicts that are rooted in our brains. “Freud believes that events in our childhood can have a significant impact on our behavior as adults. He also believed that people have little free will to make choices in life. Instead, our behavior is determined by the unconscious mind and childhood experiences.” (McLeod 2007) Through this […]

Psychologists’ perspectives play an important role in how they approach research and the treatment of their clients. Today Christian psychologists are trying to figure where their faith fits in with their psychological practices. God has supplied Christians with Biblical answers regarding how one is to live one’s life that can be found in His word, but the question remains “How does one integrate God’s word […]

Transforming Practice, Education, and Leadership The field of nursing is one that has profound impact on medicine, health care, and society. There has been increased interest in the study and practice of nursing in the 21st century around the world. It is a growing field with a solid global reputation of necessity and respect. More and more people are interested in becoming nurses and more […]

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This paper aims to examine the etiology, evidence of lack of utilization of critical thinking, the legal ramifications, Federal regulations, and the strategies that can be applied to boost the utilization of critical thinking in the clinical setting. The paper acknowledges that critical thinking is a key element in healthcare settings and that it should be one of the required core competencies in nursing. Analysis […]

Prior to my experience today, I had yet to see how valuable the simulation-lab could be. Throughout the duration of our morning in the lab I continuously saw importance of clear communication, coordination of care, and critical thinking amongst many of the other objectives of this course. All of the material presented to us, throughout the past three years, is beginning to come together and […]

Ethics Game Simulation Reflective Journal Ethics Game Simulation Reflective Journal Ethics is defined as “the branch of philosophy concerned with evaluating human action… meaning character, customs, or habitual uses, ethics encompasses a process of determining right conduct from wrong.” (Guido, 2010, p. 3). Nurses are confronted with numerous ethical dilemmas that are intertwined with legal issues. Concepts of ethical and legal concepts are frequently interplayed […]