Nursing

This article discusses the meaning of sickness and its impact on patients and family members. It also explores how healthcare professionals can assist patients and their families in coping with illness. The article highlights the importance of addressing the psychological and emotional needs of patients and their families in addition to providing medical care. The article is relevant to nursing and healthcare professionals.

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Sickness is often viewed as something which is not favorable because if various factors.
However, according to Salah (2016), sickness the meaning of sickness differ among people and
therefore the manner in which people view illnesses and its effects such as death can make them
make a meaning of it. This can be in terms of personal views, as well as how those who provide
care or those related to the sick respond to the changes and experience sickness. For instance,
watching a video from youtube concerning a story of a woman who was ill made me realize
various things concerning illness. According to this story, the children, irrespective of their
tender age were forced to undertake various tasks because they hailing mother was not able to
accomplish them
This story is crucial and relevant because it portrays how human beings, not only the sick
but also close relatives and friends make a meaning of health issues from what they experience
when they are ill or when a close friend or relative is unwell. According to Sarah (2014), the
concepts of health and its effects are difficult and that is the reason why people make different
meanings concerning health issues. For instance, from the video, illness means something
negative for the kids because it forces them to undertake tasks which they are not supposed to
undertake. The meaning of health issue which the kids can develop, in this case, is that sickness
is a vice to them because it makes them to realize difficulties.
From the video, it can be possible to pose a question “how have people made meaning of
health-related issues?” Although the video shows that illness may have a positive or negative
impact on the sick and his/her family members, in most cases, people view being sick as
something that is unfavorable and undeserving (Sarah, 2014). For this incidence, the kids may
not notice being kept closer with other family members while sympathizing with the sick but will
notice being subjected to psychological and physical torture because of undertaking tasks which

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they should not accomplish. This means that what they undergo makes them envelop a negative
attitude towards sickness because they find it as something which hinders joy in their family.
From this scenario, there are various things which relate to my skills, and professional
experience. For example, making a meaning of illness from the consequences which the sick or
the family members experience implies that while addressing health-related issues as a medical
practitioner, it is crucial to assist those close to the sick in trying to cope with the scenario
because they are also affected in different ways.
Although I have been in the medical profession for some time, there are some things
which this incidence taught me that I did not experience or had little knowledge about. For
example, it helped me understand that although in most cases people make negative meaning
concerning their health issues based on the nature of sickness, in some cases, illness can have a
positive impact and it is hard for people to realize. For instance, it can make people to come
together while taking care of the sick and share important things concerning life.
From this incidence I also realized that taking care of the sick at home environment is
different from hospital environment, because when at hospital people tend to have positive minds
that medical interventions may make the person feel better but while at home, they have a
negative attitude towards the sickness because no action is taken to intervene the issue (Keith,
2013). Having attained some knowledge in medical field will be essential in assisting me to
address sickness through the provision of high quality care in order to make people change their
perception towards illness by feeling that it is something which can be addressed if proper
measures are taken.

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References
Erin, T. (2012). Illness as Narrative. Composition Studies, 40(2), 45-50
Keith, C. K. (2013). The Nursing Profession: Development, Challenges, and Opportunities.
Nursing History Review, 21, 54-67.
Salah, A. (2016). Illness Perceptions and Disability Levels among Older Adults with
Chronic Illness. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 45(5), 87-97.
Sarah, R. (2014). 'She's Done Two and That's Harsh': The Agency of Infants with Congenital
Conditions as Invoked through Parent Narratives. Health Sociology Review, 23(2), 70-78