Discussion # week 4 Yaneisy Correa Vento

Use of Catharanthus roseus by the Ati, a Negrito ethnic group in Philippines

This therapy involves the administration of Catharanthus roseus as a leaf decoction for the purpose of treating dysmenorrhea in Women. This therapy has shown a high informant consensus among the ethnic community. The success in this therapy may be attributed to the various analgesic properties of the plant which can likely results from the chemotherapeutic agents and alkaloids. The properties have also been known to have some anticancer pain reducing abilities (Ong & Kim, 2015).  Plants that have analgesic effects can be used to provide temporary solution for dysmenorrhea including other aches such as pelvic, back, abdominal and labor pains. Such therapies have been conducted with an aim of intervening for the high maternal deaths and improvement of health conditions for women in this society (Ong & Kim, 2015).

Role of nurses in patient education

 Nurses in health care are tasked with the role of improving patients’ health by offering them recommendations that are evidence based and encouraging them to receive preventative services to avert any complications. Patient education is an integral part of any health care provision and the learning should be centered on the patient so as to empower them on how to give personal health care. The patient education offered by nurses should involve self-management skills especially in chronic diseases such as diabetes that comes with major health complications in future. The nurses should therefore , make the patients understand the need for receiving important services such as scanning and counseling, and following through the medication procedures. The patient education should also extent to whatever measures the patient should take such as lifestyle changes so as to avert any health complications (Hunink et. al 2014).

References

Ong, H. G., & Kim, Y. D. (2015). Herbal therapies and social-health policies: indigenous Ati Negrito women’s dilemma and reproductive healthcare transitions in the Philippines. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2015.

 

Hunink, M. M., Weinstein, M. C., Wittenberg, E., Drummond, M. F., Pliskin, J. S., Wong, J. B., & Glasziou, P. P. (2014). Decision making in health and medicine: integrating evidence and values. Cambridge University Press.