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Breastfeeding- Overview
Breastfeeding is the act of feeding a baby from the breast of a woman, specifically it’s mother. Human milk is species-specific. In 2003, the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding called for all mothers to have access to skilled support to initiate and sustain exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and ensure the timely…
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The Untold Tales Episode 39 (Breast cancer at age 22??!!)
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, I am a general nurse currently working in the surgical unit of my facility. In my 6 years practicing as a registered nurse in the various hospital units, I have never come across a breast carcinoma in a female anywhere below the age of 35 years. And so encountering this…
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It’s a blessing to walk into a new month with y’all…… From we all at @TNSDiary…… we wish you a wonderful new month
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The Untold Tales Episode 38 (Girl dies from an unsuccessful abortion)
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, how well can we ever educate our younger siblings?? What best can we do?? When it seems they know more than we even do?? And aren’t just a single bit ready to listen to us?? I’m a General nurse, at the emergency unit in my facility, and when you get…
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The Untold Tales Episode 37 (Man dies exactly 10 days after his wedding)
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, being a healthcare worker isn’t really easy I tell you. Sometimes your entire day gets spoilt not because something happened to you but simply because you witnessed something you could just not act indifferent to. Such was the incident of the 33 year old young lady that came to my…
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia or Hypertrophy (BPH)/ Prostate Gland Enlargement
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) much more commonly known as prostate gland enlargement is the non cancerous growth of the prostate gland causing it to expand and enlarge to the point of causing symptoms which usually are bothersome. The prostate gland is a walnut-sized gland located between the bladder and the penis. The prostate is just…
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Uterine Fibroids/Myomas/Leiomyomas/Fibromyomas.
Myomas, commonly Uterine Fibroids are non cancerous growths in or on the uterus or womb of the woman, usually the woman in her reproductive age. Fibroids result from uncontrolled hyperplasia of the uterine cells (hyperplasia is the abnormal increase in cell number going against the body’s regulatory mechanism). But fibroids have no direct known correlation…
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Drug abuse in relation to Crime
Let us take note that, TNSDiary does not talk specifically on just “Drug use” but “Substance abuse”, which is a broad general term for any form of substance overuse and misuse. Cigarettes, marijuana, Indian hemp, alcohol, etc. are all examples of substances that can be abused. Substance use for therapeutic reasons is very healthy, but…
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The Untold Tales Episode 36 (I’ve been smoking for 26 years; not quitting)
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, just came across your episode 14 and reading further through all the drug abuse posts on your blog, well I must say you’re doing your job as a healthcare person and it’s good. But I want you to understand that smoking isn’t so evil. Using myself as a personal example,…
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The Untold Tales Episode 35 (The Confessions of an HIV patient)
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, not like I’m surprised anyway but hearing this beautiful lady recount her story gave me goosebumps as large as the stones David threw at Goliath. And honestly, I wish most people would take a lesson from this tale. This tale is about a young lady of age 28 years, beautiful,…
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