South Asia has emerged as a leading region for sex trafficking. As the trend increases, dedicated efforts are required to eradicate this heinous practice. Human trafficking is the world’s third largest illicit profit-making industry and South Asia remains the second largest region that harbors this practice. A study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health showed an estimated 150,000 girls and women were trafficked each year across the region. Human trafficking refers to forceful transportation, recruitment or harboring of persons for the purpose of sexual exploitation. On most occasions, these trafficked victims are used for forced labor, organ removal, marriage or adoption.
Internal displacement due to conflict, poverty or lack of employment opportunities allows the vulnerable to be trafficked, thereby making cross-border trafficking commonplace in South Asia. Bangladesh, poverty stricken and overpopulated, provides a ready ground for traffickers in rural areas. In Nepal, statistics reveal that on average 12,000 Nepali women and minors are trafficked every year for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Most of these women are infected with HIV/AIDS and also tuberculosis.
On the other hand, most of India’s sex trafficking is internal; with states like Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal and the Northeast leading the trend. Speaking at a South Asia Regional Conference in 2007, Renuka Chowdhury, Minister for Labor and Employment stated, “Trafficking in human beings, especially women and children, is a heinous crime that violates all tenets of human rights and dignity.” Nearly three million sex workers exist in India where 40 per cent of them are children. A study by the Harvard School of Public Health, also released in 2007, shows that women sex-trafficked from Nepal to India were nearly 40 percent HIV-positive. The figure rose beyond 60 percent among younger girls who were sex trafficked prior to the age of 15.
According to UNODC7, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan are ranked at the top in the countries that traffic women and children, making commercial sexual exploitation common in the region.
Existing legislation against human trafficking within South Asia has also been insufficient due to limited awareness. Although the will to speak out against trafficking has increased immensely in the past five years, the movement remains at negligible levels. According to a recent survey by the National Human Rights Commission, in India only 7 percent of the police personnel have received any kind of training until now. The number of registered cases and the percentage of traffickers’ convictions are low. The victims are often ‘re-victimized’ when they are brought in contact with the law and are arrested on charges of soliciting.
On a positive note, South Asia has proven that with modest amounts of funding, focused advocacy targeting law enforcement and the political establishment, remarkable changes can take place. In 2007, New Delhi witnessed a series of brainstorming discussions that deemed sex trafficking a severe crime that must be treated with a holistic approach by the national governments as well as international agencies. Furthermore, local activists, the media and, most importantly, the youth were identified as the leading agents of greater awareness against the crime of sex trafficking in not only their respective countries, but in the region at large.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
South Asian borders: Home to sex trafficking
Trafficking in persons can be explained as the transport, recruitment, transfer, or harboring of persons by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of fraud, for the purpose of exploitation. Trafficking is primarily known to be done for sexual exploitation. Many times trafficked victims are used for forced labor, organ removal and marriage or adoption.
Human trafficking is the world’s third largest illicit profit-making industry where South Asia has emerged as the home to the second largest numbers of internationally trafficked persons. India is among the favored destinations in South Asia.
At the times of hardship, this mostly starts out as an illegal migration which ends up as trafficking. Internal displacement because of conflict in some of these countries, poverty and lack of employment opportunities allow the vulnerabilities to be trafficked.
Mostly, Porous borders with poorer Bangladesh and Nepal intensify the problem of cross-border trafficking. Bangladesh is observed to be a source country for women and children. This proves that traffickers target is mostly in the poverty stricken rural areas.
On the other hand, Nepal is known as a source country in the region where fair looking Nepali young women have to become the primary victims of the trafficking. Besides that, it has been observed that the new trend emerges with attraction for boys too. An unconfirmed statistics has revealed that in average 12,000 Nepali women and minors are trafficked every year for the purpose of sexual exploitation in outer countries. As a result, most of the trafficked women from Nepal were found to be infected with HIV/AIDS and also tuberculosis.
India with over a billion populations has also been observed as a state of transit country for trafficking in persons. According to an estimated research, 90 per cent of India’s sex trafficking is internal; where States like Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal and the Northeast put in their shares. But often, women and children, trafficked from neighboring countries, are sent to the Middle East, Gulf countries and even to the Europe. On the other hand, Pakistan as well as Sri Lanka has also lately joined in the circuit.
According to Ms.Renuka Chowdhury, the Indian Women and Child Development minister, trafficking in human beings, especially women and children, is a dreadful crime that violates all tenets of human rights and dignity. On her address to the Conference, Ms Chowdhury informed that there were nearly three million sex workers in India where 40 per cent of them are children. Statistics has disclosed that children below the age of 10 years are also found in the Indian cities like Mumbai and Delhi.
According to the studies, Nepali women who have been trafficked into the sex trade in India were found to be nearly 40 percent HIV-positive. The situation was found to be even worse among younger girls, with the figure rising beyond 60 percent among those who were trafficked before 15 years of age.
South Asia is one of those worst areas which are affected with AIDS. It includes areas with some 2.5 million people infected with HIV/AIDS in India alone. A report estimated that some 150,000 girls and women are trafficked each year across the region.
United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human trafficking South Asia include countries which serve as high origin, transit and destination countries for women, children and men being trafficked.
According to UNODC7, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan are ranked top in the countries of high origin. India and Pakistan are also ranked as countries with high destinations. Many of the countries in this region are trafficking in women and children. It is a matter of great concern throughout the world. In South Asia, trafficking through Cross-Borders, sourcing, transit to destination has really become a big problem. The movement of persons within the countries for exploitation in various forms is very common. However; there are no definite figures about the actual number of victims. Trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation is one of the most dangerous forms in South Asia.
The response against the crime of human trafficking by the countries of South Asia has been insufficient. There is a limited awareness. Although knowledge and the enthusiasm to speak out against trafficking have increased appreciably in the past half decade, it is still only at negligible levels. Besides the lack in awareness, existing legislation of anti-trafficking in most countries is inadequate. The law enforcement response is also weak and irresponsive.
According to a recent survey by the National Human Rights Commission, in India, it is stated that only 7 percent of the police personnel have received any kind of training until now. The number of registered cases and the percentage of traffickers’ convictions are low. The victims are often ‘re-victimized’ when they are brought in contact with the law as they are arrested on charges of soliciting. This shows that the victims need a better shelter facilities for their safety and there is an immense need of proper steps to be taken against this evil crime of sex trafficking.
At a positive side, South Asia has proved that with modest amounts of funding, focused advocacy targeting law enforcement and the political establishment, remarkable changes can occur in the response of “governance structures” for bringing improvements in the situation.
The United Nations entity has always focussed on the criminal justice element of such crimes, the work that UNODC does to fight against human trafficking is underpinned by the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols on trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling.On the 15th of July 2011, in‘India’s Journey of hope’, UNODC showcased inspiring initiatives to take strong actions against human trafficking. Similarly on the 26th of August 2011, The UNODC Human Trafficking First Aid Kit for Law Enforcement Agencies was introduced to support front-line officers who might come into contact with cases of human trafficking.
Trafficking in human beings is a severe crime that must be treated with holistic approach by the national governments as well as international agencies. There is a great need of awareness and the activities of the local activists including media. Education, awareness and the role of youth must be recognized as the changing agents who can take active steps against the crime of sex trafficking in their region and especially in all of South Asia.
Human trafficking is the world’s third largest illicit profit-making industry where South Asia has emerged as the home to the second largest numbers of internationally trafficked persons. India is among the favored destinations in South Asia.
At the times of hardship, this mostly starts out as an illegal migration which ends up as trafficking. Internal displacement because of conflict in some of these countries, poverty and lack of employment opportunities allow the vulnerabilities to be trafficked.
Mostly, Porous borders with poorer Bangladesh and Nepal intensify the problem of cross-border trafficking. Bangladesh is observed to be a source country for women and children. This proves that traffickers target is mostly in the poverty stricken rural areas.
On the other hand, Nepal is known as a source country in the region where fair looking Nepali young women have to become the primary victims of the trafficking. Besides that, it has been observed that the new trend emerges with attraction for boys too. An unconfirmed statistics has revealed that in average 12,000 Nepali women and minors are trafficked every year for the purpose of sexual exploitation in outer countries. As a result, most of the trafficked women from Nepal were found to be infected with HIV/AIDS and also tuberculosis.
India with over a billion populations has also been observed as a state of transit country for trafficking in persons. According to an estimated research, 90 per cent of India’s sex trafficking is internal; where States like Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal and the Northeast put in their shares. But often, women and children, trafficked from neighboring countries, are sent to the Middle East, Gulf countries and even to the Europe. On the other hand, Pakistan as well as Sri Lanka has also lately joined in the circuit.
According to Ms.Renuka Chowdhury, the Indian Women and Child Development minister, trafficking in human beings, especially women and children, is a dreadful crime that violates all tenets of human rights and dignity. On her address to the Conference, Ms Chowdhury informed that there were nearly three million sex workers in India where 40 per cent of them are children. Statistics has disclosed that children below the age of 10 years are also found in the Indian cities like Mumbai and Delhi.
According to the studies, Nepali women who have been trafficked into the sex trade in India were found to be nearly 40 percent HIV-positive. The situation was found to be even worse among younger girls, with the figure rising beyond 60 percent among those who were trafficked before 15 years of age.
South Asia is one of those worst areas which are affected with AIDS. It includes areas with some 2.5 million people infected with HIV/AIDS in India alone. A report estimated that some 150,000 girls and women are trafficked each year across the region.
United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human trafficking South Asia include countries which serve as high origin, transit and destination countries for women, children and men being trafficked.
According to UNODC7, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan are ranked top in the countries of high origin. India and Pakistan are also ranked as countries with high destinations. Many of the countries in this region are trafficking in women and children. It is a matter of great concern throughout the world. In South Asia, trafficking through Cross-Borders, sourcing, transit to destination has really become a big problem. The movement of persons within the countries for exploitation in various forms is very common. However; there are no definite figures about the actual number of victims. Trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation is one of the most dangerous forms in South Asia.
The response against the crime of human trafficking by the countries of South Asia has been insufficient. There is a limited awareness. Although knowledge and the enthusiasm to speak out against trafficking have increased appreciably in the past half decade, it is still only at negligible levels. Besides the lack in awareness, existing legislation of anti-trafficking in most countries is inadequate. The law enforcement response is also weak and irresponsive.
According to a recent survey by the National Human Rights Commission, in India, it is stated that only 7 percent of the police personnel have received any kind of training until now. The number of registered cases and the percentage of traffickers’ convictions are low. The victims are often ‘re-victimized’ when they are brought in contact with the law as they are arrested on charges of soliciting. This shows that the victims need a better shelter facilities for their safety and there is an immense need of proper steps to be taken against this evil crime of sex trafficking.
At a positive side, South Asia has proved that with modest amounts of funding, focused advocacy targeting law enforcement and the political establishment, remarkable changes can occur in the response of “governance structures” for bringing improvements in the situation.
The United Nations entity has always focussed on the criminal justice element of such crimes, the work that UNODC does to fight against human trafficking is underpinned by the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols on trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling.On the 15th of July 2011, in‘India’s Journey of hope’, UNODC showcased inspiring initiatives to take strong actions against human trafficking. Similarly on the 26th of August 2011, The UNODC Human Trafficking First Aid Kit for Law Enforcement Agencies was introduced to support front-line officers who might come into contact with cases of human trafficking.
Trafficking in human beings is a severe crime that must be treated with holistic approach by the national governments as well as international agencies. There is a great need of awareness and the activities of the local activists including media. Education, awareness and the role of youth must be recognized as the changing agents who can take active steps against the crime of sex trafficking in their region and especially in all of South Asia.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Eid-ul-Fitr 2011
Jewel Time comes across the festivities of Eid-ul-Fitar 2011
Whether it was in happiness, sadness, joy or sorrow, Eid-ul-Fitr was being celebrated around the country, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Observers of Islam around the country started marking the holiday by gathering inside mosques for prayers.
Pakistan celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr after Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee announced on Tuesday, 30th September that the moon of Shawwal had been sighted. In the meantime, Eid was being celebrated on the same day in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and all tribal agencies and Frontier Regions.
Eid-ul-Fitr celebrates the purification gained during Ramadan which is a month of fasting from sunrise-to-sunset, one of the five pillars of Islam. Eid is the first day of Shawwal and a major holiday. As the most significant Islamic events depend on lunar sighting, the timings of festivals can vary in different countries. Many Muslims offer communal prayers, listen to a khutba (sermon) and give zakat ul-fitr (charity in the form of food) during Eid ul-Fitr.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani also greeted the nation on the occasion of Eid, and advised to promote care, tolerance, patience and brotherhood. They said that these principles were needed to create a society according to the principles of Islam.
Soon after the declaration that the Shawwal moon had been sighted on Tuesday night, a wave of happiness surged through the people all-over Pakistan. Many people rushed into the markets and Eid bazaars for shopping and women couldn’t wait to go to the beauty parlors and shops, buying bangles and mehndi and come back home as soon, to prepare delicious food and sweets for the next day. People remained busy in shopping in the markets till late night. The bazaars had been occupied for the last many days and festivities reached their peak on the Eid day, with scores of families turning out in great numbers for shopping. Many people also flocked to Race Course Park and Bagh-e-Jinnah and other picnic points in the city.
For those who go to sleep early, the night was longer than the usual days, dreaming of the joys of the next day; to put on their new clothes and shoes, then to approach their elders and wish them a happy Eid while impatiently eager to get their gifts and “Eidi”.
Specific security measures were also adopted on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Policemen were on duty outside bazaars, shopping centers and sensitive public and private buildings. Strict security measures were also taken outside the Eidgahs.
Big Eid congregations were held across Pakistan. It was good to see the special arrangements that were made to offer Eid prayers throughout the country. On this special event, special prayers were offered for peace, development and prosperity of the country, unity of the Ummah, solution of their problems and liberation of Muslim territories.
The culture of cinemas has also grown immensely in the past few years. People from all walks of life go to cinemas to watch Hollywood, Bollywood and Lollywood movies, especially those in the hit list. It has become a great interest for the audience to visit different parts of the world virtually, that lets them experience other cultures and activities of the life of people living in different countries across the world. One of the reasons for the charm of cinema is that it entertains all types of people, young and old, literate and illiterate. It is a place where one can go to with his/her family or friends or even alone.
The cinema attracts a huge number of people on a daily basis. Keeping in mind the current situation of the country, people want to go out and watch movies to ease their minds and lift up their hopes and spirits. Cinemas have actually become so popular in Pakistan now that some of the cinemas remain open for the late hours, having their last show starting at around 12 am. Just like every year, this year Eid came with all its festivities and pleasure. Cinemas were full of audiences from all walks of life.
Eid has its very own importance and passion. Muslims celebrate to thank Allah for giving them the patience to complete the month of fasting successfully. Besides one’s own happiness and joy, one should always remember their poor Muslim fellows and share their Eid with them.
Whether it was in happiness, sadness, joy or sorrow, Eid-ul-Fitr was being celebrated around the country, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Observers of Islam around the country started marking the holiday by gathering inside mosques for prayers.
Pakistan celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr after Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee announced on Tuesday, 30th September that the moon of Shawwal had been sighted. In the meantime, Eid was being celebrated on the same day in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and all tribal agencies and Frontier Regions.
Eid-ul-Fitr celebrates the purification gained during Ramadan which is a month of fasting from sunrise-to-sunset, one of the five pillars of Islam. Eid is the first day of Shawwal and a major holiday. As the most significant Islamic events depend on lunar sighting, the timings of festivals can vary in different countries. Many Muslims offer communal prayers, listen to a khutba (sermon) and give zakat ul-fitr (charity in the form of food) during Eid ul-Fitr.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani also greeted the nation on the occasion of Eid, and advised to promote care, tolerance, patience and brotherhood. They said that these principles were needed to create a society according to the principles of Islam.
Soon after the declaration that the Shawwal moon had been sighted on Tuesday night, a wave of happiness surged through the people all-over Pakistan. Many people rushed into the markets and Eid bazaars for shopping and women couldn’t wait to go to the beauty parlors and shops, buying bangles and mehndi and come back home as soon, to prepare delicious food and sweets for the next day. People remained busy in shopping in the markets till late night. The bazaars had been occupied for the last many days and festivities reached their peak on the Eid day, with scores of families turning out in great numbers for shopping. Many people also flocked to Race Course Park and Bagh-e-Jinnah and other picnic points in the city.
For those who go to sleep early, the night was longer than the usual days, dreaming of the joys of the next day; to put on their new clothes and shoes, then to approach their elders and wish them a happy Eid while impatiently eager to get their gifts and “Eidi”.
Specific security measures were also adopted on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Policemen were on duty outside bazaars, shopping centers and sensitive public and private buildings. Strict security measures were also taken outside the Eidgahs.
Big Eid congregations were held across Pakistan. It was good to see the special arrangements that were made to offer Eid prayers throughout the country. On this special event, special prayers were offered for peace, development and prosperity of the country, unity of the Ummah, solution of their problems and liberation of Muslim territories.
The culture of cinemas has also grown immensely in the past few years. People from all walks of life go to cinemas to watch Hollywood, Bollywood and Lollywood movies, especially those in the hit list. It has become a great interest for the audience to visit different parts of the world virtually, that lets them experience other cultures and activities of the life of people living in different countries across the world. One of the reasons for the charm of cinema is that it entertains all types of people, young and old, literate and illiterate. It is a place where one can go to with his/her family or friends or even alone.
The cinema attracts a huge number of people on a daily basis. Keeping in mind the current situation of the country, people want to go out and watch movies to ease their minds and lift up their hopes and spirits. Cinemas have actually become so popular in Pakistan now that some of the cinemas remain open for the late hours, having their last show starting at around 12 am. Just like every year, this year Eid came with all its festivities and pleasure. Cinemas were full of audiences from all walks of life.
Eid has its very own importance and passion. Muslims celebrate to thank Allah for giving them the patience to complete the month of fasting successfully. Besides one’s own happiness and joy, one should always remember their poor Muslim fellows and share their Eid with them.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Love, the Facebook Style
Love has always been considered as one of the most sensitive emotions of the world. It has a great connection with feelings and mood. In each era, Lovers have been expressing their feelings concerning love in their possible way.
Facebook has become one of the most active social networking sites in the world.Facebook users must be thankful to the founder of facebook, Mark Zukerberg, who was being named as Time’s Person of the year 2010.He came up with the idea of facebook while he was studying at Harvard. By introducing sites like facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has played a prominent role in bringing a revolution towards the world of Internet.
Among many others, this revolution in internet has become a great help towards love and relationships.
It would be fun to mention that now Lovers have found an effective way to express their feelings and moods, especially those who really want others to know about their emotions. Let’s have a look at some exclusive styles of Love on facebook.
The sensation of Love:
As we watch TV and read in books, a person in love and his expressions and feelings do attract our attention. In the same way, a lover loves to share his new sensation of love on facebook, keeping his friends’ attention to his profile, specially ‘Status Updates’. Status like ‘Love is in the air’,’ my heart beats faster now’,’ what’s with this feeling in my heart’ or lyrics from any romantic song and their links and videos are greatly being shared by the lovers of 21st century, when they are in Love!
If that special someone is in the lover’s friend’s list, he would seem to be a regular user of the applications like ‘Friend of the day’ and ‘Who will you date today?’
Love me, Love me not:
What if there are doubts from the person the lover loves? He might capture the attention of others through his confused and disputed expressions on facebook.If the other person doesn’t love back, the lover fills his and his friends’ walls with broken heart songs and links and status updates. Applications like ‘What’s your mood today’, are also actively being used during such situations.
Commitments:
The newly committed couples, either married, engaged or committed through true promises mostly waste no time in changing their relationship status from single to committed or married. Some uneasy users do use cartoon psychics and compatibility calculators to satisfy the new relationships while others happily start sharing their happy moods and seem to be interested towards the Love quizzes. They also seem to be more interested towards daily ‘Love Horoscopes’.
The lovely honeymoon couples:
The couples, deeply in Love, greatly enjoy their honeymoon period through facebook as well. They leave no chance in filling each other’s walls with lovely messages. They become more interested towards applications like ‘How deep is your love today’.
Above all, they upload albums and pictures of their lovely time with each other.
The conflicts:
The conflicts are no more limited to face to face arguments, crying on phones or thinking too much while sitting alone. In today’s world, facebook has become an active source of ‘Personal wars in public’, Lovers have no problem in arguing with each other on facebook, Infact, they prefer it a great platform where they would find an ultimate solution to their misunderstandings. Status war has become a favorite way to fight for lovers. They love to bother and tease each other while letting their friends enjoy their loving conflicts.
Many times while using the walls of mutual friends, a person gives indirect messages to his partner, allowing others to interfere and have fun by the war of love birds.
Misunderstandings, Fights and Doubts:
It’s a very specific issue. The lovers do face different kinds of misunderstandings on facebook.Sometimes a female misunderstands the conversation between her lover and his friend while on the other side, the guy becomes possessive for his companion. Most of the times, applications like ‘Your top fans’, do envy a lover when he doesn’t find his name on the top.
Breakups:
Facebook has now become a good friend of the one with broken relationship. The heart break kid now finds facebook a great site to pass time and share his feelings by sharing sad songs.
Since years, the process of finding matches via internet has become prominent; a great number of people are getting themselves committed through facebook. Not everyone gets deceived, if they like someone and are all ready to have a relationship with a person, they find their own way to get information about that special someone through mutual friends or other possible ways.
The future of relationships on facebook is both risky as well as precious, depending completely on an individual as it fully depends on a person that to what extent he allows others to know about his personal life.
Facebook has become one of the most active social networking sites in the world.Facebook users must be thankful to the founder of facebook, Mark Zukerberg, who was being named as Time’s Person of the year 2010.He came up with the idea of facebook while he was studying at Harvard. By introducing sites like facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has played a prominent role in bringing a revolution towards the world of Internet.
Among many others, this revolution in internet has become a great help towards love and relationships.
It would be fun to mention that now Lovers have found an effective way to express their feelings and moods, especially those who really want others to know about their emotions. Let’s have a look at some exclusive styles of Love on facebook.
The sensation of Love:
As we watch TV and read in books, a person in love and his expressions and feelings do attract our attention. In the same way, a lover loves to share his new sensation of love on facebook, keeping his friends’ attention to his profile, specially ‘Status Updates’. Status like ‘Love is in the air’,’ my heart beats faster now’,’ what’s with this feeling in my heart’ or lyrics from any romantic song and their links and videos are greatly being shared by the lovers of 21st century, when they are in Love!
If that special someone is in the lover’s friend’s list, he would seem to be a regular user of the applications like ‘Friend of the day’ and ‘Who will you date today?’
Love me, Love me not:
What if there are doubts from the person the lover loves? He might capture the attention of others through his confused and disputed expressions on facebook.If the other person doesn’t love back, the lover fills his and his friends’ walls with broken heart songs and links and status updates. Applications like ‘What’s your mood today’, are also actively being used during such situations.
Commitments:
The newly committed couples, either married, engaged or committed through true promises mostly waste no time in changing their relationship status from single to committed or married. Some uneasy users do use cartoon psychics and compatibility calculators to satisfy the new relationships while others happily start sharing their happy moods and seem to be interested towards the Love quizzes. They also seem to be more interested towards daily ‘Love Horoscopes’.
The lovely honeymoon couples:
The couples, deeply in Love, greatly enjoy their honeymoon period through facebook as well. They leave no chance in filling each other’s walls with lovely messages. They become more interested towards applications like ‘How deep is your love today’.
Above all, they upload albums and pictures of their lovely time with each other.
The conflicts:
The conflicts are no more limited to face to face arguments, crying on phones or thinking too much while sitting alone. In today’s world, facebook has become an active source of ‘Personal wars in public’, Lovers have no problem in arguing with each other on facebook, Infact, they prefer it a great platform where they would find an ultimate solution to their misunderstandings. Status war has become a favorite way to fight for lovers. They love to bother and tease each other while letting their friends enjoy their loving conflicts.
Many times while using the walls of mutual friends, a person gives indirect messages to his partner, allowing others to interfere and have fun by the war of love birds.
Misunderstandings, Fights and Doubts:
It’s a very specific issue. The lovers do face different kinds of misunderstandings on facebook.Sometimes a female misunderstands the conversation between her lover and his friend while on the other side, the guy becomes possessive for his companion. Most of the times, applications like ‘Your top fans’, do envy a lover when he doesn’t find his name on the top.
Breakups:
Facebook has now become a good friend of the one with broken relationship. The heart break kid now finds facebook a great site to pass time and share his feelings by sharing sad songs.
Since years, the process of finding matches via internet has become prominent; a great number of people are getting themselves committed through facebook. Not everyone gets deceived, if they like someone and are all ready to have a relationship with a person, they find their own way to get information about that special someone through mutual friends or other possible ways.
The future of relationships on facebook is both risky as well as precious, depending completely on an individual as it fully depends on a person that to what extent he allows others to know about his personal life.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Bold and Beautiful
Having confidence in you counts a lot. Confidence allows you to interact with others easily. If you are confident enough you can always face any kind of challenges and activities in Life. Confidence lets you trust your decisions and yourself.
All these characteristics add the quality of boldness in you for sure. But, there is one more characteristic, a very specific one I must say. Before I go further, I want to you to be very obvious about it. I want you to be clear about the concept of beauty, at least for me. Being beautiful is not being skinny, tall and fair.Beauty is how you carry your physical features which God has gifted you. For me, being beautiful is having a good and neat personality. Being beautiful is having a good sense of dressing and a pleasant way of interacting with others.
Trust me; if you possess such qualities, you are the most beautiful person in the world. It’s really heartbreaking when I see an individual lacking confidence in him, just because he thinks he is not beautiful enough? You can’t always transform your basic features. You can’t always change your basic physical characteristics. What you can always change is your way of living, your personality and your inner self!
Stop crying for what you can’t be. Be happy and focus on what you can be.
You and Yourself
You should trust yourself before trusting others. To an extent, No one can guide you better than your own self. You should take out sometime for yourself out of your busy schedule. Look around you and relate it to your existence.
Colors, dresses, shoes, jewelleries and accessories have a great effect on your life. Observe your budget and go for your favorite ones. Trust me being beautiful is not expensive. Neither does it take much money.
Be confident. Be sure of who you are. Be sure of your morals, ethics and beliefs. Do not allow others to dictate your value. You should learn to Stand up for yourself! I have seen so many people today who allow others, life, family, and various situations over their sense of worth.
You should just be yourself. Be normal, ordinary, expected, and regular and do the things you would likely do. I don’t guess it’s that hard? Sometimes it could be. Maybe because you get worried about fitting in and being part of the in-crowd? Sometimes it is ok to stand alone. It is fine to be different that is what will complete your beauty and make it natural.
You should learn to accept yourself and realize the value of your existence. Life is not always about reaching others’ standard. It’s also about doing things for yourself and being yourself.
I am not asking you to be selfish. I want you to be better enough to help and face others. You should be in a best position to be satisfied with your ownself.Then only you would be able to satisfy others.
Feel Great!
It’s a fact, not everybody who admires fashion might be as skinny as a runway model. Unfortunately, most of the people feel intimidated by the rich fashion designs. These designs are often made for an ultra-thin consumer. Moreover, everywhere you turn there are ads, commercials, television shows and movies that feature a personality of a single body type. Every now and then, the messages that the media gives to the world regarding the ideal body type can be discouraging for the plus size individuals. However, being a bit healthy is not the end of the world in life or in fashion design.
To look great is just to know where and how to shop, and how to dress for your particular size and shape! All of us are beautiful in our own way. Especially those who know how to dress ourselves. Don't abuse yourself, by picking clothes that are too tight for you. This won't feel comfortable, instead you will appear as uncomfortable as you will feel. All of us can't be super models. That never means we have to hide ourselves in baggy clothes. Be more confident and enhance yourself. Just because you have got a plus size doesn't mean you can't look fabulous.
Fashion is not always about what’s inn, it’s mostly about what looks good on you. Learn to carry yourself in a smarter way and look great!
The Real Beauty
Beauty is not always about putting on makeup. Makeup does enhance our physical attributes but it doesn’t make us beautiful. Being beautiful is being confident and accepting yourself. You should embrace who you are and live a life that honors God. Your character traits, aspirations, and how your carry yourself build your true beauty. Be beautiful, be yourself! Embrace your personality.
I am sorry if you are putting all your efforts and hopes on your outer appearance. These physical attributes will not last forever. Your body changes as you get older. Real Beauty is your love for the people, your compassion, your passion for life, your grace and mercy, your smile, your laugh and the list goes on and on.
You need to observe yourself. Observe what needs to be change in you. If you think you should lose weight? Go for it. If you think you need some physical grooming? Go for it. If there is a possibility for a change, then go for it but, never lose your own self for it. Trust me, only you have got the tools to look bold and beautiful. Once you go through this change in yourself you will realize that you are gaining self confidence .You will feel better for who you are. So, don't hide, come out and prove that you are bold and beautiful!
All these characteristics add the quality of boldness in you for sure. But, there is one more characteristic, a very specific one I must say. Before I go further, I want to you to be very obvious about it. I want you to be clear about the concept of beauty, at least for me. Being beautiful is not being skinny, tall and fair.Beauty is how you carry your physical features which God has gifted you. For me, being beautiful is having a good and neat personality. Being beautiful is having a good sense of dressing and a pleasant way of interacting with others.
Trust me; if you possess such qualities, you are the most beautiful person in the world. It’s really heartbreaking when I see an individual lacking confidence in him, just because he thinks he is not beautiful enough? You can’t always transform your basic features. You can’t always change your basic physical characteristics. What you can always change is your way of living, your personality and your inner self!
Stop crying for what you can’t be. Be happy and focus on what you can be.
You and Yourself
You should trust yourself before trusting others. To an extent, No one can guide you better than your own self. You should take out sometime for yourself out of your busy schedule. Look around you and relate it to your existence.
Colors, dresses, shoes, jewelleries and accessories have a great effect on your life. Observe your budget and go for your favorite ones. Trust me being beautiful is not expensive. Neither does it take much money.
Be confident. Be sure of who you are. Be sure of your morals, ethics and beliefs. Do not allow others to dictate your value. You should learn to Stand up for yourself! I have seen so many people today who allow others, life, family, and various situations over their sense of worth.
You should just be yourself. Be normal, ordinary, expected, and regular and do the things you would likely do. I don’t guess it’s that hard? Sometimes it could be. Maybe because you get worried about fitting in and being part of the in-crowd? Sometimes it is ok to stand alone. It is fine to be different that is what will complete your beauty and make it natural.
You should learn to accept yourself and realize the value of your existence. Life is not always about reaching others’ standard. It’s also about doing things for yourself and being yourself.
I am not asking you to be selfish. I want you to be better enough to help and face others. You should be in a best position to be satisfied with your ownself.Then only you would be able to satisfy others.
Feel Great!
It’s a fact, not everybody who admires fashion might be as skinny as a runway model. Unfortunately, most of the people feel intimidated by the rich fashion designs. These designs are often made for an ultra-thin consumer. Moreover, everywhere you turn there are ads, commercials, television shows and movies that feature a personality of a single body type. Every now and then, the messages that the media gives to the world regarding the ideal body type can be discouraging for the plus size individuals. However, being a bit healthy is not the end of the world in life or in fashion design.
To look great is just to know where and how to shop, and how to dress for your particular size and shape! All of us are beautiful in our own way. Especially those who know how to dress ourselves. Don't abuse yourself, by picking clothes that are too tight for you. This won't feel comfortable, instead you will appear as uncomfortable as you will feel. All of us can't be super models. That never means we have to hide ourselves in baggy clothes. Be more confident and enhance yourself. Just because you have got a plus size doesn't mean you can't look fabulous.
Fashion is not always about what’s inn, it’s mostly about what looks good on you. Learn to carry yourself in a smarter way and look great!
The Real Beauty
Beauty is not always about putting on makeup. Makeup does enhance our physical attributes but it doesn’t make us beautiful. Being beautiful is being confident and accepting yourself. You should embrace who you are and live a life that honors God. Your character traits, aspirations, and how your carry yourself build your true beauty. Be beautiful, be yourself! Embrace your personality.
I am sorry if you are putting all your efforts and hopes on your outer appearance. These physical attributes will not last forever. Your body changes as you get older. Real Beauty is your love for the people, your compassion, your passion for life, your grace and mercy, your smile, your laugh and the list goes on and on.
You need to observe yourself. Observe what needs to be change in you. If you think you should lose weight? Go for it. If you think you need some physical grooming? Go for it. If there is a possibility for a change, then go for it but, never lose your own self for it. Trust me, only you have got the tools to look bold and beautiful. Once you go through this change in yourself you will realize that you are gaining self confidence .You will feel better for who you are. So, don't hide, come out and prove that you are bold and beautiful!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Infectious Diseases in Pakistan
Diseases which are caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and other parasites become the main causes of death, disability, as well as social and economic disruption for millions of people. Despite the safe and effective interventions, many people are unable to follow the required prevention methods and treatment. Lack in productivity, missed educational opportunities and health care of high costs caused by infectious diseases directly affect families and communities.
Infections are more common in developing countries; the main reason behind it is the presence of co-infection. The unfavorable impact of infectious diseases is found to be most severe among the poorest people. These people have the fewest resources towards integrated health care, prevention tools and medications.
According to World health Organization (WHO), Pakistan ranks eighth on the list of 22 high-burden tuberculosis (TB) countries in the world. According to the researches, in 2007, an estimated 297,108 people in Pakistan (mostly adults in their productive years) developed TB. Besides that, the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB and TB-HIV co-infection has become a growing concern in the country.
The Ministry of Health started to implement DOTS (the internationally recommended strategy for TB control) in 1995, where Baluchistan was selected as a pilot province. Much improvement has been made during the past five years. Pakistan’s case detection rate rose from 13 percent in the year 2002 to 67 percent in the year 2007, close to WHO’s target of 70 percent. According to the researches, DOTS coverage increased in Pakistan from 44 to 99 percent, during the year 2002 to 2007.
The sudden rise in case detection and the number of cases of TB reported every year since 2000 is the basic result of countrywide efforts to enhance the involvement of private practitioners and community volunteers to identify and refer TB suspects, as well as the common public who have helped with case finding. Since 2001, when TB was declared a national emergency by the Government, progress has been steady, with the support of USAID and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Regardless of improvements, the National TB Control Program (NTCP) still has to face challenges. As TB planning shifts from the national level to the district level, technical and managerial capacities at the provincial and district levels need strengthening. Furthermore, the private region might not be fully oriented to take care of patients using the DOTS approach.
Infectious diseases can be organized into the following exposure categories. Some are basically food or waterborne diseases which are acquired through eating or drinking on the local economy.
Hepatitis A
It is a viral disease that interferes with the functioning of the liver. It spreads through consumption of food or water contaminated with fecal matter, principally in areas of poor sanitation; victims exhibit fever, jaundice, and diarrhea.
Hepatitis E
It is a water-borne viral disease that interferes with the functioning of the liver. It most commonly spreads through fecal contamination of drinking water; victims exhibit jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, and dark colored urine.
Typhoid fever
It is a bacterial disease that spreads through contact with food or water contaminated by fecal matter or sewage; victims exhibit sustained high fevers; left untreated.
Others are vectorborne diseases acquired through the bite of an infected arthropod.
Malaria
It is caused by single-cell parasitic protozoa Plasmodium that is transmitted to humans via the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito; parasites multiply in the liver attacking red blood cells resulting in cycles of fever, chills, and sweats.
Dengue fever
It is a mosquito-borne viral disease. It is associated with urban environments; manifests as sudden onset of fever and severe headache.
Yellow fever
It is also a mosquito-borne viral disease. Its severity ranges from influenza-like symptoms to severe hepatitis and hemorrhagic fever.
Plague
It is a bacterial disease that is transmitted by fleas usually linked with rats; person-to-person airborne transmission also possible; recent plague epidemics occurred in the regions of Asia, Africa, and South America associated with rural areas or small towns and villages.
In Pakistan, there is the need of working out an unusual strategy for the challenges ahead in the year 2011, as it continued to witness double burden of infectious diseases, in 2010.
According to statistics, Pakistan had been unable to control the burden of communicable diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, dengue fever, typhoid, viral hepatitis, cholera and other infections which were caused due to floods in 2010.At the same time there had been a rising trend of non-communicable diseases like heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension and cancer in the country.
Experts state that though Pakistan put efforts to develop primary healthcare across the country, a lot is yet to be done. Besides that, the change in climate, which continued to endanger health and food safety were among the foremost health issues that needs to be focused. According to the experts, Pakistan needs to invest a lot on research on most valuable measures in order to protect health from climate change, particularly in vulnerable populations such as women, children and elderly in the country.
It is also believed that the economic recession has affected health and society. Trauma centers need to be developed in all major cities of the country, .However; almost no attention has yet been paid to the subject. Social inequities and injustice still kills people on a grand scale.
The important infectious diseases, which especially hit Pakistan in 2010, were ‘gastro’, ‘dengue fever’, ‘Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever’. Thousands of cases of gastro and dengue fever were reported in various cities of Pakistan. However, the provincial government has allocated little budget for prevention and control of the said infections.
The global shift from infectious diseases to non-communicable diseases was observed with heart diseases and stroke as primary killers. Besides that, the increase in cancer that is tied to an aging population and the trend was witnessed in Pakistan too.
Likewise, majority of health experts want that media campaigns should be given more attention to control the outbreak of the use of tobacco especially in youth and prevention and control of both the communicable and non-communicable diseases in the year 2011.
Infections are more common in developing countries; the main reason behind it is the presence of co-infection. The unfavorable impact of infectious diseases is found to be most severe among the poorest people. These people have the fewest resources towards integrated health care, prevention tools and medications.
According to World health Organization (WHO), Pakistan ranks eighth on the list of 22 high-burden tuberculosis (TB) countries in the world. According to the researches, in 2007, an estimated 297,108 people in Pakistan (mostly adults in their productive years) developed TB. Besides that, the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB and TB-HIV co-infection has become a growing concern in the country.
The Ministry of Health started to implement DOTS (the internationally recommended strategy for TB control) in 1995, where Baluchistan was selected as a pilot province. Much improvement has been made during the past five years. Pakistan’s case detection rate rose from 13 percent in the year 2002 to 67 percent in the year 2007, close to WHO’s target of 70 percent. According to the researches, DOTS coverage increased in Pakistan from 44 to 99 percent, during the year 2002 to 2007.
The sudden rise in case detection and the number of cases of TB reported every year since 2000 is the basic result of countrywide efforts to enhance the involvement of private practitioners and community volunteers to identify and refer TB suspects, as well as the common public who have helped with case finding. Since 2001, when TB was declared a national emergency by the Government, progress has been steady, with the support of USAID and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Regardless of improvements, the National TB Control Program (NTCP) still has to face challenges. As TB planning shifts from the national level to the district level, technical and managerial capacities at the provincial and district levels need strengthening. Furthermore, the private region might not be fully oriented to take care of patients using the DOTS approach.
Infectious diseases can be organized into the following exposure categories. Some are basically food or waterborne diseases which are acquired through eating or drinking on the local economy.
Hepatitis A
It is a viral disease that interferes with the functioning of the liver. It spreads through consumption of food or water contaminated with fecal matter, principally in areas of poor sanitation; victims exhibit fever, jaundice, and diarrhea.
Hepatitis E
It is a water-borne viral disease that interferes with the functioning of the liver. It most commonly spreads through fecal contamination of drinking water; victims exhibit jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, and dark colored urine.
Typhoid fever
It is a bacterial disease that spreads through contact with food or water contaminated by fecal matter or sewage; victims exhibit sustained high fevers; left untreated.
Others are vectorborne diseases acquired through the bite of an infected arthropod.
Malaria
It is caused by single-cell parasitic protozoa Plasmodium that is transmitted to humans via the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito; parasites multiply in the liver attacking red blood cells resulting in cycles of fever, chills, and sweats.
Dengue fever
It is a mosquito-borne viral disease. It is associated with urban environments; manifests as sudden onset of fever and severe headache.
Yellow fever
It is also a mosquito-borne viral disease. Its severity ranges from influenza-like symptoms to severe hepatitis and hemorrhagic fever.
Plague
It is a bacterial disease that is transmitted by fleas usually linked with rats; person-to-person airborne transmission also possible; recent plague epidemics occurred in the regions of Asia, Africa, and South America associated with rural areas or small towns and villages.
In Pakistan, there is the need of working out an unusual strategy for the challenges ahead in the year 2011, as it continued to witness double burden of infectious diseases, in 2010.
According to statistics, Pakistan had been unable to control the burden of communicable diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, dengue fever, typhoid, viral hepatitis, cholera and other infections which were caused due to floods in 2010.At the same time there had been a rising trend of non-communicable diseases like heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension and cancer in the country.
Experts state that though Pakistan put efforts to develop primary healthcare across the country, a lot is yet to be done. Besides that, the change in climate, which continued to endanger health and food safety were among the foremost health issues that needs to be focused. According to the experts, Pakistan needs to invest a lot on research on most valuable measures in order to protect health from climate change, particularly in vulnerable populations such as women, children and elderly in the country.
It is also believed that the economic recession has affected health and society. Trauma centers need to be developed in all major cities of the country, .However; almost no attention has yet been paid to the subject. Social inequities and injustice still kills people on a grand scale.
The important infectious diseases, which especially hit Pakistan in 2010, were ‘gastro’, ‘dengue fever’, ‘Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever’. Thousands of cases of gastro and dengue fever were reported in various cities of Pakistan. However, the provincial government has allocated little budget for prevention and control of the said infections.
The global shift from infectious diseases to non-communicable diseases was observed with heart diseases and stroke as primary killers. Besides that, the increase in cancer that is tied to an aging population and the trend was witnessed in Pakistan too.
Likewise, majority of health experts want that media campaigns should be given more attention to control the outbreak of the use of tobacco especially in youth and prevention and control of both the communicable and non-communicable diseases in the year 2011.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice
Introduction
The profession of nursing is considered as a sensitive
profession. Proper need of study and guidance are the prominent
factors before putting this profession into practice. Research
findings are expected to incorporate knowledgeably into such
professional practices. It has been found out that
health care organizations have began to create methods to
support the process of information translation towards a
professional nursing practice.
Previously, the term ‘evidence-based practice’ was known as
‘evidence-based medicine’. This was the result of the
identification of scientific evidence in clinical decision-
making.
Various definitions of evidence-based practice have been
mentioned. According to a definition evidence-based practice
(EBP) is, ‘the practice of health care in which the practitioner
systematically finds, appraises, and uses the most current and
valid research findings as the basis for clinical decisions’
Five basic stages of the evidence-based practice:
There are five basic stages that must be completed prior to the
incorporation of evidence based practice into a final
performance.
The five stages are:
• The Question: The first stage is to recognize the need of a
new information. The need of this information has to be
transformed into an answerable question. It is must to take care
of the objectivity of an information.
• Finding the Evidence: The second stage in evidence based
practice is choosing the right evidence. It is of primary
importance as no mistake must be allowed in practical
implementation.
• Appraisal: In order to determine the validity and potential
usefulness of evidence, there is a need of a critical
appraisal.
• Acting on Evidence: Once it has been concluded that the
evidence is of sound quality, one has to decide the
incorporation of the evidence into his clinical practice.
• Evaluation and Reflection: This is a fundamental part of
nursing practice. In evaluation and reflection, it is essential
to verify that whether the action taken has achieved the desire
results.
The first stage is basically generates knowledge, where
information is discovered by a scientific inquiry and a
traditional research. This knowledge is then summarized and is
created into a useful and an informative data. This ultimately
leads towards more credible results. Then this evidence is
transformed into practical recommendations and integrated into
practice.
High quality of professional nursing care is a key factor in the
professional nursing practice. This factor is one of the basic
elements which holds a decisive tool regarding how a patient
must be taken care of. As far as the staff nurse is concerned,
it possess a critical linkage to bring research-based changed
into clinical practice.
Observing the environment, a health care organization has to
attentive and efficient regarding the application of research
findings, which related to the point-of-care deliverance.
A Clinical example for a professional evidence-based practice
Let’s take a clinical example to understand this factor more
Deeply:
As we know that infections can easily be spread on the hands of
healthcare workers.So, there is a need of proper hand hygiene
policy. As this policy might take minutes before entering a room
to deliver patient care. These minutes are very precious in a
busy hospital, where nurses care for many critically ill
patients. In order to save time, many hospitals have turned to
alcohol-based handrubs.These hand cleaners are being put closer
to patients.However, one might wonder if alcohol based hand rubs
which are placed inside the rooms of patients would help
increasing the incidence of hand washing and would lessen
nosocomial infection.
Different programs are taking steps for providing consumers
with a benchmark to determine the quality of care. According to
them, recognition of quality patient care, excellence in nursing
and innovation in professional nursing practice must highly be
kept under consideration.
Movements of evidence-based practice and the significant
assistances help nurses to improve research utilization. It is
very necessary for busy health professional to have a good
awareness regarding the latest researches and knowledge. This
would ultimately help them to take care of their patients in as
best way as possible.
Evidence-based medicine:
Main focus for the evidence-based medicine is the need for
medical practitioners to support their studies and activities on
the latest knowledge. The evidence-based practice acknowledges
the obstacles faced by busy practitioners and keeps them updated
with a healthy literature regarding health care. Besides
that, evidence-based practice emphasizes the need of a condensed
information.
Conclusion
The rapid expansion of literature on evidence-based practice in
nursing must be observed actively and carefully. A growing
awareness has been observed in United states and much work has
already been started in the United Kingdom. Besides that,
Australia, New Zealand and some other countries, are taking
efforts for the required development of infrastructure of
evidence-based health care and nursing.
Life and health of a patient depends on the quality of care and
Nursing. Not a single space for any kind of mistake is allowed
in the profession of nursing. Evidence-based practice supports
this factor for the best possible outcomes for the health of a
patient.
The profession of nursing is considered as a sensitive
profession. Proper need of study and guidance are the prominent
factors before putting this profession into practice. Research
findings are expected to incorporate knowledgeably into such
professional practices. It has been found out that
health care organizations have began to create methods to
support the process of information translation towards a
professional nursing practice.
Previously, the term ‘evidence-based practice’ was known as
‘evidence-based medicine’. This was the result of the
identification of scientific evidence in clinical decision-
making.
Various definitions of evidence-based practice have been
mentioned. According to a definition evidence-based practice
(EBP) is, ‘the practice of health care in which the practitioner
systematically finds, appraises, and uses the most current and
valid research findings as the basis for clinical decisions’
Five basic stages of the evidence-based practice:
There are five basic stages that must be completed prior to the
incorporation of evidence based practice into a final
performance.
The five stages are:
• The Question: The first stage is to recognize the need of a
new information. The need of this information has to be
transformed into an answerable question. It is must to take care
of the objectivity of an information.
• Finding the Evidence: The second stage in evidence based
practice is choosing the right evidence. It is of primary
importance as no mistake must be allowed in practical
implementation.
• Appraisal: In order to determine the validity and potential
usefulness of evidence, there is a need of a critical
appraisal.
• Acting on Evidence: Once it has been concluded that the
evidence is of sound quality, one has to decide the
incorporation of the evidence into his clinical practice.
• Evaluation and Reflection: This is a fundamental part of
nursing practice. In evaluation and reflection, it is essential
to verify that whether the action taken has achieved the desire
results.
The first stage is basically generates knowledge, where
information is discovered by a scientific inquiry and a
traditional research. This knowledge is then summarized and is
created into a useful and an informative data. This ultimately
leads towards more credible results. Then this evidence is
transformed into practical recommendations and integrated into
practice.
High quality of professional nursing care is a key factor in the
professional nursing practice. This factor is one of the basic
elements which holds a decisive tool regarding how a patient
must be taken care of. As far as the staff nurse is concerned,
it possess a critical linkage to bring research-based changed
into clinical practice.
Observing the environment, a health care organization has to
attentive and efficient regarding the application of research
findings, which related to the point-of-care deliverance.
A Clinical example for a professional evidence-based practice
Let’s take a clinical example to understand this factor more
Deeply:
As we know that infections can easily be spread on the hands of
healthcare workers.So, there is a need of proper hand hygiene
policy. As this policy might take minutes before entering a room
to deliver patient care. These minutes are very precious in a
busy hospital, where nurses care for many critically ill
patients. In order to save time, many hospitals have turned to
alcohol-based handrubs.These hand cleaners are being put closer
to patients.However, one might wonder if alcohol based hand rubs
which are placed inside the rooms of patients would help
increasing the incidence of hand washing and would lessen
nosocomial infection.
Different programs are taking steps for providing consumers
with a benchmark to determine the quality of care. According to
them, recognition of quality patient care, excellence in nursing
and innovation in professional nursing practice must highly be
kept under consideration.
Movements of evidence-based practice and the significant
assistances help nurses to improve research utilization. It is
very necessary for busy health professional to have a good
awareness regarding the latest researches and knowledge. This
would ultimately help them to take care of their patients in as
best way as possible.
Evidence-based medicine:
Main focus for the evidence-based medicine is the need for
medical practitioners to support their studies and activities on
the latest knowledge. The evidence-based practice acknowledges
the obstacles faced by busy practitioners and keeps them updated
with a healthy literature regarding health care. Besides
that, evidence-based practice emphasizes the need of a condensed
information.
Conclusion
The rapid expansion of literature on evidence-based practice in
nursing must be observed actively and carefully. A growing
awareness has been observed in United states and much work has
already been started in the United Kingdom. Besides that,
Australia, New Zealand and some other countries, are taking
efforts for the required development of infrastructure of
evidence-based health care and nursing.
Life and health of a patient depends on the quality of care and
Nursing. Not a single space for any kind of mistake is allowed
in the profession of nursing. Evidence-based practice supports
this factor for the best possible outcomes for the health of a
patient.
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