So what is a doctor?  And what are they suppose to do??

From the common cold to cancer, allopathic practitioners (MD's and RN's etc.) try their best to comfort you with potions and pills for your ills.  Medical practitioners (doctors, nurses etc.) are not trained to cure or to heal patients, they are trained in the primary use of treatment protocols to control and manage the symptoms of the illnesses that bring you to their office or to the hospital.  Most allopathic practitioners truly do their best to help their patients with what they have spent years learning.  But the time has come to acknowledge that even their best effort with all that they have learned is no longer good enough.  Medical Doctors and pharmaceutical companies are not a first line of defense to maintaining good health.  It starts with "YOU."  You must be your own health advocate detective.

Remember doctors "PRACTICE" medicine while "TREATING" their patients, because it is not an exact science.  They are paid very well to practice.  And you don't need a prescription for good health, because there are no magic pills.  You need knowledge, because it is your first line of defense and your most powerful medicine.  You need information, a plan of action and your personal "SELF" commitment to follow through on staying healthy and fit with the new things that you learn.  Allopathic practitioners can't teach or practice what they never learned in traditional educational programs.  But health practitioners are also victims too.  READ MORE .  .  .

The health care industry is big business.  Drug companies are the largest purchasers and consumers of herbs in the world, most of these plants and herbs come from the South American rain forests.  In short, companies then take these plants and herbs and synthesize and extract the medicinal components to market to consumers for drug therapies at huge costs to waiting customers, i.e. "THE PURPLE PILL." (fix me fast, forget the details) Why? because herbs and vitamins can not be patented, but drugs can be.  Drug companies are publicly traded companies.  I'm sure you've seen the latest TV commercials with the close up of the pharmacist speaking into the camera, who makes you feel like they're a caring close friend of your family just wanting to help you.  Who wouldn't want to buy drugs from them.

The FDA states that only a drug can cure, prevent or treat an illness.  So most consumers don't know nor do they understand that the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the drug companies via political lobbyist really determine the course of medical treatment in the United States.  Most uninformed consumers rely mainly upon current information from their health care practitioner and drug company advertisement in the media.  But the average consumer is captive by misinformed health professionals and commercial advertisement by drug companies.  Today drug companies provide the majority of the required CMU's (continuing medical education credits) for health professionals.

Most doctors are literally paid to right prescriptions by drug companies.  Doctors even get gifts (sports event tickets, expensive lunches / dinners etc.) and rebates (hundreds of thousands of dollars) to write prescriptions.  Sad to say some doctors make treatment decisions based upon financial incentives offered by pharmaceutical companies, and not on what is in the best interest of their patients.  Drug reps have publically admitted that they sell the positives of the drugs and not the side effects when marketing drug treatments to doctors.  So many of the average consumers who use and now need drug therapies and treatments are unknowingly caught in the middle.  READ MORE . . .

Remember pharmaceutical companies are in the business to make a profit, their primary focus in not to cure your illnesses, it's to sell you prescription medications through a network of licensed health professionals for the illness that you have developed.  Healthy people and health conscious people never start out to use drugs as their first line of defense to improve or maintain their health when they have health concerns.  But they do buy herbs, vitamins, and seek alternative health consultations initially because they want to maintain the quality of their lives and have good health.  They have good daily health practices i.e. no smoking, no excessive alcohol use, eating with a nutritional purpose and daily exercise as part of their overall life wellness plan.  And for the vast majority of them drugs and unnecessary invasive procedures are an absolute last resort.    

Drug therapies can and do cause continuous and at times lethal side effects.  Why?  Because pharmaceutical drugs are synthetic and foreign substances created to treat physical symptoms of illness and disease in varying and/or high doses.  The body is maintained in the constant state of "DIS" "EASE" while under going treatment with drug therapies.  The body is designed to heal on its own if given time, nutritional support and what it needs.  The human body readily rejects synthetic drugs as foreign substances thus producing side effects.  So side effects are and will continue to be a normal process while taking pharmaceutical substances. 

We live in a society that programs the public via media advertisement continuously with the belief that there is a magic pill for everything.  So many innocent consumers jump on the drug treatment bandwagon ready and willing to try the latest standard cure for their illnesses, whether it is OTC (over the counter) self treating medications or doctor prescribed.  Most without a second thought about how these drug therapies will impact their health now or in the future with long term treatments. 

Currently the latest treatment option for patients today is to participate in the ongoing research for their illness.  Why?  Because they have nothing to loose, and neither does the doctor recommending this option.  The pharmaceutical companies get willing volunteers to test their new experimental drugs.  Patient's are tracked while taking the latest new medicines to see how and if it slows the progression of the illness or if the patient goes into remission.  A cure is never an option.

There are millions of dollars annually that go into training and educating health professionals on the use of drug therapies and side affect management by drug companies.  Drug companies have a vested interest in maintaining a continuing education relationship with health professionals.  Drug companies through (R & D) research and development of new drug therapies, come before practitioners prepared to move forward with solutions to the continuing problems found in the field where health professionals practice on the front lines of health care.  And with new and refined drug therapies they are ready to plug new drugs into established treatment protocol pathways.  The feed back on drug side effects, positive and negative drug interactions and patient compliance or complaints with drug use given by health professionals is valuable information to drug companies.  This continuous feedback is then used to further refine the latest drug therapies for the ongoing search for a perceived cure.  It is a cycle that never ends, and the health of the overall population that continuously uses drug therapies keeps getting worse. 

According to recent articles on mercola.com, doctors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., causing 225,000 Deaths each year.  READ MORE . . . and medical mistakes take the lives of over 100,000 Americans each year.  READ MORE . . .

As a health care professional, I have first hand experience with allopathic and holistic treatment protocols.  As a student at the Clayton College of Natural Health, I am learning the benefits of holistic treatments and protocols first hand.  My goal in this phase of my academic preparation is to obtain a doctorate in holistic health, to teach, write and to consult on the reemerging phases of holistic health and treatment protocols from an allopathic nursing prospective.  My academic training in both allopathic and holistic health will allow me to help consumers by bridging the gap between what they understand about current medical treatments and how they can begin to take charge of their own health outcome from where they are right now with helpful information on holistic alternative options.  I personally want visitors to this Website to know that there is hope, help, information and especially resources to assist you while on your journey to better health right now, not in the future.

So why is the role of a nurse important in health care today?  In short, nurses are trained to be the eyes and ears of the doctor when they are not, and can not be at the bedside of their patients.  The nurse spends more actual time with the patient than the doctor does.  Doctors spend more time with critically ill patients and in assessing for their level of illness to determine which protocol to apply in each case.  Nurses monitor for post procedure issues and/or the success of a treatment outcome.  Nurses monitor for continued signs and symptoms of drug interactions, medication side effects, after a procedure assessment and ongoing treatment. 

Nurses maintain direct communication with the doctor about the status of their patient.  Then at a critical phase, the doctor is called to address issues using an appropriate treatment protocol option for that present change of events.  They monitor to determine if their expected outcome or results were successful or unsuccessful and provide time saving and at times life saving intervention preparation.  Nurses are also responsible for patient teaching.  Nurses instruct patients about their after care by providing literature, information and address the patients questions and concerns on continuity of care.  Where ever their are nurses, the health care of the patient is improved, stable and their chances of survival are far better.  The more skilled the nurse, the better the patient care.

And as a registered nurse, I have done bedside care with patients in small community hospitals and major primary care university medical centers in numerous unit milieus (i.e. Stem Cell, Cardiac Medicine, General Medicine, Medical Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Medical Surgical Gastointerology, Medical Surgical Step Down - Post Surgery, Surgicenter-Same Day Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Gyne Oncology, Drug and Alcohol Detox, Medical Detox, Adult Psych, Medical Psych, OB Psych, OCD Psych, Neurological Psych, Psych Research, Adolescent Psych, Pediatrics, Post Partum/Mother Baby and 23 Hour Observation).  I have also served as medical administrative specialist in military hospitals and clinics in the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

I have learned through experience and research that there is a science behind both wellness and illness.  I have attended lectures, seminars and conferences on holistic health, learned about the latest alternative treatments, protocols and participated in holistic practicum's.  I have observed holistic treatment options and techniques and have listened to numerous survivors of major illnesses first hand describe their success at overcoming various diseases including the dreaded disease "CANCER."  I've learned that Cancer is a prime example of a true degenerative disease.

So I do understand the complexities of today's health care system and the rapidly growing obsolete medical paradigm that most people turn to for answers when they or their loved ones are faced with illness.  And I am increasingly aware of alternative interventions and options that are available today, not in the future, within the holistic health community that are used with great success.  So for hopeful and helpful information or when you or a loved one are faced with an illness, please visit NUCONCEPTS "Where Health is Wealth."

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