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It is obvious that the prediction of nursing shortage in the next decade is a reality, but the problem is actually focusing on the supply of experienced nurses in the year 2010. Another issue involves lack of experienced faculty member and the rapid aging of the nurses today. Women have abundant job opportunity that can provide a conducive, safe environment, pension plan, retirement plan, and self worth and respect compared to the nursing profession. Unless these issues are resolved, recruitment and retention of nurses will be affected.Nurses are also faced with ethical dilemma that forces re-evaluating the reason why we entered the profession in the first place. Nurses are forced to choose
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Nursing Ethics and LawA value system can be defined as a set of consistent ethical values and measures used for the purpose of ideological or ethical integrity. A proper value system can also be defined as a moral code of ethics which is used for guiding a certain group or society.. Normally, this system would be made of personal and cultural values. Culture can be defines as the patterns of a persons activity and the symbolic structures that give significance to such activities. A person's culture plays a major role in the development of an ethical and a value system in that the value system, a collection of ethical and cultural morals, is normally constructed from the ethics and cultures
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person and not just the disease, be this psychologically, spiritually or socially. The whole concept of holistic care is defined in the World Health Organisation guidelines (2002) as it states that the psychological and spiritual needs of a patient is to be incorporated into their care.Doyle, Hanks, Cherny and Calman (2005) explain how therapeutic practice is an important part of palliative care nursing and it can be performed by all members of the inter-disciplinary team at different levels. They also go on to say that therapeutic practice can be formed as therapeutic relationships between nursing team and patient and their families or it can be through therapeutic interventions like
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The assessment that I will be focusing on is the first phase of the nursing process in the form of the initial assessment interview. The patient involved in the assessment is a 28 year old male who was admitted to a medical ward after an over dose. Within a few days it was established that the patient had mental health problems so he was referred to the community psychiatric nurse by his consultant and social worker, in order to continue his care in the community, after his discharge from the medical ward. I was introduced to the client, and his permission was given for me to use this assessment for the purpose of my study. The client in this assignment will be referred to as 'Fred'. This
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by Bowler and Mallik, 1998) recognized an overlap between nursing and medical roles, and where these duties were performed by nurses they were termed 'extended roles.In 1977 the DHSS (cited by Last, 1992) stated that the clinical nursing role may be extended by delegation from a doctor and in response to an emergency. Nurses had to gain certificates of competence in order to perform tasks referred to as extended roles, leaving minimal scope for nurses to take control of decisions necessary for patient care delivery (Bowler and Mallik, 1998). Thus nurses' expanded roles at this time appeared to be task orientated, and served the needs of doctors rather than necessarily those of patients.In
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JoAnn Witte Page 1Professor CudaENC 1101-12C02 February 2014Essay 1: DraftPeople won't remember what you said, people won't remember what you did,but people will remember how you feel. - Maya AngelouMy name is JoAnn Witte, my major is nursing, and my career goal is to be a nursepractitioner. I believe I am the best candidate for this scholarship because of my motivation,compassion, and desire to help others.Ever since my childhood I knew I wanted a career in the healthcare field. Growing up, Ispent a lot of time in clinics and hospitals because of my severe asthma. The nurses and doctorswere my heroes, administering my life-saving medication. Becoming a nurse will allow me thosebrief
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Labor Market ScenarioScenario:For this scenario, I have chosen write about the health care industry and topics that would cause a shift in labor supply and demand because I have worked in this industry before for over 12 years.According to Wallis, L. (2006) areas of employment that would cause a shift in labor supply and demand in the health care industry include but are not limited to:Physician work force.Registered nurse work force.Licensed practical nurse work force.Direct care workers.Certified nursing assistant work force.Home health and personal care aid work force.Medical assistant work force.According to Wallis, L. (2006) some reasons for a shift in labor supply and demand in the
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Clara Barton was born to a middle class family in Oxford Massachusetts on December 25th, 1821. Clara was the daughter of Captain Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. Her father was a respected farmer, horse breeder and politician. And was the youngest of five children. She was educated at home and nursed her invalid brother, which was her only pre civil war training. When Clara was young, she was very shy and enjoyed the outdoors. She was later formally educated at New York State. Barton was primarily a teacher from the age of 15. Only during the civil war did she pursue nursing passionately. She is known best for the founder of the American Red Cross in 1881, an organization that it still
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The purpose of this assignment is to analyse the role of the community nurse in the delivery of health care to a client within the community setting. This shall be done by focusing on the chosen client, and the condition they suffer from, analysing the care they received and researching the relevant evidence based practice, as well as giving an overview of the role of the district nurse. For the purpose of confidentiality all persons and places have been changed in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2002)The client focussed on for this assignment shall be referred to as Bess. She was a frail 86 year old lady who had difficulty walking and used a walking frame for
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been sexually or physically abuse by their husband or boyfriend.The episodes of physical and mental abuse were linked to physical health such as: Arthritis, chronic back and neck pain, frequent headache and migraines, speech stammering, vision problems, sexually transmitted infections, chronic pelvic pain and stomach ulcers (Healthy People, 2010).The Eby article revealed that much of the abuse was physical in nature all of the symptoms revealed in Healthy People 2010, along with gynecological problems (Eby, 2004).Nursing intervention strategies applicable to Family violenceMany barriers exist to implementing intimate partner violence screening programs. Health care providers have difficulty
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pharmacists work in a community setting, such as a retail drug store, or in a hospital or clinic.Pharmacists usually work in clean, well-lighted, and well-ventilated areas. Many pharmacists spend most of their workday on their feet. When working with sterile or potentially dangerous pharmaceutical products, pharmacists wear gloves and masks and work with other special protective equipment. Many community and hospital pharmacies are open for extended hours or around the clock, so pharmacists may work evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Consultant pharmacists may travel to nursing homes or other facilities to monitor patient's drug therapy.About 1 out of 7 pharmacists worked part time in
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Although we are living in the modern century and in developed society, there are still many people do not have enough human rights for their own lives such as those who live in Afghanistan.As I see in Afghanistan, people, especially woman have no basic rights and have no freedom to do what they want. They can not go to school, the first thing which everybody must have; they can not work even they have all skills needed and they are even qualified and do better than men such as there are many women know about nursing but they can not work and even if they can, they have to work secretly or they must have relatives who work in that hospital to bring them in. They do have right to show their
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Aspirations of a Better LifeIn the poem "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio," the author, James Wright, tells a tale of a seemingly small, lower class, blue-collar community, whose love for football borders on fantasy. In Martins Ferry, football was a method of eluding the world the citizens were trapped in. Rural American sports, especially high school sports, has lost it purity, or essence of being a fun past time, and has come to embody the lost dreams and aspirations of the very parents whose children play the game.The first lines of the poem describe what could be thousands of games taking place across America in the autumn. The "Polacks nursing long beers"(2), the "gray faces of
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they disrespect their elders and abandon them to nursing homes.
But while the ageing population in Bangladesh may have enjoyed some measure of security in the past, dramatic changes in the social fabric - rapid urbanisation, mass migration and a focus on the nuclear family - have heralded a transformation in the way we regard and treat our old.
My uncle lived in Dhaka's modern architectural convention: the apartment building built on the site of an old family estate. He came home from work every day and sat on one corner of his 1950s green sofa and ate dinner in front of the television. On Fridays, he played a regular poker game he'd begun with friends 40 years ago.
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a job in nursing yet. At the moment I'm doing temporary work in an office but I'm thinking of taking a year out next year to travel and see the world. I enjoy outdoor sports and dancing, and jazz and reggae. I played in a band when I was a student and I still perform in public when I get the chance. As regards my personality, I think I'm quite easy to get on with. I'm laid-back, and I have a great sense of humour.9) Hi, my name is Ebru. I was born in Turkey, but I have been living in Slovakia for one month. I came here because of my education. I've passed the Erasmus exam which is a student exchange program and I have a right to live here for one academic year. I have been studying in
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State." My trip that summer to visit just made us closer. We went to San Francisco and all of the sites that were in Sacramento but mostly we just stayed at home doing all of the normal household things. Grandmother even made shopping a game; I could not believe how much fun I was having, never in my life was I spoiled so much. Again, I wanted to stay forever and again it could not be.The next time that I saw my grandmother, I was eighteen I scrimped and saved so that I could move to California. Just starting my new life I saw much of grandma, she helped my find a job as a Certified Nursing Assistant at a local nursing home where she had volunteered. I had an apartment not too far from
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changed and expanded, there has been an increased emphasis on provision of that care through organized health care settings. As a result, an increased number of pharmacists now practice in hospitals, nursing homes, extended care facilities, neighborhood health centers, and health maintenance organizations.As members of the health care team composed of physicians and nurses, among others, hospital pharmacists have a unique opportunity for direct involvement with patient care. The knowledge and clinical skills that the contemporary pharmacist possesses make this individual an authoritative source of drug information for physicians, nurses, and patients.In addition to direct, patient care involvement
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racially-neutral federal Medicaid policy that limits the number of beds a nursing home can allocate to Medicaid recipients. The effect of this policy is that fewer Medicaid resources are spent on nursing for minority populations even though minorities represent a larger portion of the Medicaid population and have more illness. Many other policies and practices we can find in our health care system are related to structural and institutional racial discrimination. Racial inequality in health care persists in the United States because the legal system has been particularly reluctant to address issues of racial discrimination that result from polices and practices that have a disparate racial impact
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In Canada, David Milgaard was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1969 murder of Gail Miller, a Saskatoon nursing aide. David spent 22 years in prison, The Supreme Court set aside Milgaard's conviction in 1992, and he was cleared by DNA evidence in 1997. The Saskatchewan government awarded Milgaard $10 million to try and compensate for 22 years of his life gone to waste. If David was in the United States, he would be condemned to capital punishment. He would have been wrongfully murdered and no amount money could compensate for his death. This case could have caused even more problems if capital punishment was reinstated. After the abolition of capital punishment murder rates in Canada
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with heart disease. Yearly, second hand smoke causes 150, 000 to 300,000 children under eighteen months contract pneumonia or bronchitis as an outcome of breathing second hand smoke. ('Teen Smoking" pg. 33-34)Secondhand smoke also causes and aggravates asthma and other breathing problems. Some people who have asthma, lung and heart illnesses, pregnant and nursing are even more sensitive to second hand smoke exposure. Certainly for asthmatics and people with other lung or heart illnesses, even a single limited exposure to second hand smoke can be immediately debilitating. This is the challenge that we are faced with as a society. We must find the best method to entirely eliminate second-hand
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world we live in, nursing positions will always be available (214). It may have taken me a while to get to this point, but in a few years, I will reach that goal I set out to do long ago.Stacey S, a mother in her mid-thirties had no desire to attend college, but was forced to go by her mother who said she could not see Stacey struggling from paycheck-to-paycheck. Stacey finally realized she could not change her mother's mind and that she better "go there and get qualified" for some career (214). She became a special education teacher and met her husband. Stacey's mother had no idea that by making her daughter go to college, she enabled her to not only gain an education, but a husband as
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drove her palms to the heart. " Where is the Blue Team? They should be here by now." She implored.No sooner had she heard the words echo into the hall, beneath her hands was a jolt, like electricity. She felt the faint beat of the heart she had started. " There's a pulse" she exclaimed.Everyone in the room silently rejoiced. The blue team arrived seconds later with equipment in hand, it had taken them a full ten minutes to respond. Without the lifesaving techniques preformed by the nursing team, the patient would have expired. The Blue team immediately administered drugs to stabilize the patient for the transport to the Intensive Care Unit. Barbara remained in the room as the team
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person's state of health, which may also encourage him or her to continue with stress managing.In summing up, stress is of greater importance than a disease and something that impacts everyone lives. In the modern life for many people stress often becomes a background of all the life. Individuals must identify a stress management program specific to their needs. The program should be "tailored to suit the individual" and being "behavior-oriented" (Stressfocus.com, 2009). Stress management will improve our overall health, and well-being. Not enough attention was given to mind, body, spirit, and soul in the past; so we have made great progress in addressing those needs today.ReferencesStressfocus.com. (2009). Effectiveness of Stress Management Programs. Retrieved July 11, 2009, from http://www.stressfocus.com/stress_focus_article/stress-management-programs.htmRice, V. (2000). Handbook of Stress, Coping, and Health: Implications for Nursing Research, Theory and Practice (1st Ed.). London: Sage Publications Inc.
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responsible for the quiet of the Negro-houses, for the proper performance of tasks, for the bringing out the people early in the morning and for the immediate inspection for such things as the Overseer only generally superintends.Female slaves performed work such as cooking, caring for children and nursing the sick. Old or disabled slaves were soap makers, candle makers, brewers and bakers. Older men gardened, cared for the livestock and cleaned the yard. Domestic slaves worked in the master's house and attended to all the household tasks. There were also a number of skilled slaves trained as blacksmiths, carpenters, mechanics, brick and stonemasons, furniture makers and wheelwrights.From the
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job that was fit for the role of a woman. These jobs included nursing, school teaching, and social support. These jobs were suitable because they were not physically laborious, which if they were, would restrain the healthy development of children, according to Nazi ideology. Married women, if employed, held jobs in farm and family work which provided "cheap labor in these areas, even though they were unpopular with German working women", (Speilvogel, p 178).By July 1933, the Nazis had seized power and it was highly disapproved of for women to be employed. They employed this by releasing a Law for the Reduction of Unemployment. This was a loan given to a newly wed couple on the basis that the
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received, the perks of the position (free trips, free car, and more) to achieve more. Furthermore, motivation was found in determining how far one would climb without a degree; however, the Fraud Division was sold after the division made millions in the first year. The company offered another position; however, by then the author's sister had a baby and there was a need to move to NY.Special Care Ltd. (SCL) is the author's business; a nursing registry which sends nurses to different clients whenever requested. Though the nurses are considered independent contractors, as a courtesy the company provides benefits through them, and the employees consists of the CEO and President, Vice-President
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. We don't understand what the other person has gone through that day, what problems they dealt with, or how bad the traffic was. Just like in the story with the young waiter, he did not know anything about the old man. All he was worried about was himself and how he wanted to get home.In this world our society has set up the thought that youth is beauty, that we are the prime of this earth. I relate back to when I was 8 years old and my grandmother on my father's side moved into a nursing home. We went to visit her a week after she had settled in and was comfortable. When I walked through the doors it smelled awful, but that wasn't the worst part. When I turned the corner there was a couple
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taking care of his responsibilities to the community. Sebastian Byrd's main goal is to protect the wetlands and he is not against condemnation. Everyone has incompatible goals that are creating the conflict in this scenario.Wilmot and Hocker suggest that using different methods of communication may reduce conflict and satisfying compromises. "Perceived incompatible goals are central to all conflicts" Wilmot & Hocker, 2001, p.14).My friend Pat works for this nursing company and she wants to supply the registered nurses with free uniforms while her boss wants to give the nurses' aides free uniforms instead of the RNs. Her boss reasoned that the RNs might financially be able to buy their
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they arrived at the guardhouse Miraskensvi was given the simple task of scrubbing the floor. Miraskensvi was minding his own business scrubbing the floor until he splashed water, which was brought to the attention of the attending guards. "Didn't you ever watch your wife scrub the floor, pig!" responds a guard, Miraskensvi contemplates for a moment and replies "I was taken from my wife ten years ago, I have forgotten what she's like". Once finished he makes his way to mess hall and digs from his boot a spoon that he has been nursing for six years. His morning stew comprised of black cabbage and bony fish, is being saved for him by a fellow comrade. Miraskensvi and the rest of his squad know
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the rest of your life.The institution that I plan to attend after graduating from Valencia Is UCF.When I transfer to the University of Central Florida I will continue my degree in the field that I choose. Valencia is a great place to start, but I believe to become more marketable in the job market it is viable that you graduate with a degree from an accredited university. The University of Central Florida has approximately 39,000 students. As one of the nation's fastest-growing universities, UCF is very multicultural. UCF offers strong components in aerospace engineering, business, education, film, health, nursing, social sciences, and tourism. UCF's programs in communication and the fine
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nursing world my sister and her husband moved their family to Minneapolis Minnesota. With this experience I have learned that it does not matter who you are inside our society makes their first impression on what we look like on the outside.I would like to change the way my community looks at people who are different and the only way to do this is to voice my opinion. I refuse to let other people push decent, hard working people out of this community just because the leaders and followers can not accept the reality of the outside world. At some point in time they will have to accept cultural diversity and change because it only takes about thirty minutes to drive into a bigger city that has a mix
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, has recently immigrated to the United States, or is homeless, may lack access to the medical care needed to diagnose and treat TB.
Living or working in a residential care facility: People who live or work in prisons, immigration centers or nursing homes, anywhere where there is overcrowding and poor ventilation, are all at the risk of catching TB.
Living in a refugee camp or shelter: Weakened by poor nutrition and ill health and living in crowded, unsanitary conditions, refugees are at especially high risk of TB infection.
Health care work: Regular contact with people who are ill increases the chances of exposure to TB bacteria. Wearing a mask and frequent hand washing greatly
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. Retrieved April 11, 2008, from http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/depression/nimh/bipolar_research.aspKowalski, R., & Westen, D. (2005). Psychology (4th ed.). : John Wiley and Sons Inc..Mayo Clinic (2008, January 4). Bipolar disorder. Retrieved April 15, 2008, from www.mayoclinic.comMcCoy, K. (2007). Manic-depressive illness, manic depression. Retrieved April 2008, from http://paralegalgateway.doereport.com/healthtopic.php?&A=60757&I=1085&article=12017Otsuka America Pharmaceutical (2008, January). Causes and symptoms of bipolar disorder. Retrieved April 15, 2008, from http://ability.com/ability/channels/bipolarTownsend, M. (2006). Pyschiatric mental health nursing concepts of care in evidence-based practice. : .Wickens, A. (2005). Foundations of biopsychology (2nd ed.). : Pearsons Education, LTD..
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use of music therapy has been used since man has been able to pick up sticks and hit various objects to create ceremonial beats. Nursing homes have caught onto the music therapy wave and have been using its techniques to aid Alzheimer's patients by means of drum circles. Therapists have used drum circles to stimulate spatial temporal reasoning. The therapist will have a group of patients pick up a pair of drum sticks or maracas and play the rhythm to Yankee Doodle Dandy. Then the patients have to try and memorize the beat they just played and play it on a different instrument. Doctors have seen astonishing results in the patients ability to remember names and numbers after participating in
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design, and computer leasing. The primary reason for growth in both of these areas has been changes in business processes.
In the health care industry, there were four components that added large numbers of jobs: offices of physicians and other practitioners, nursing and personal care facilities, hospitals, and home health care. These components gained 430,000 to 1.2 million jobs each between 1990 and 2002. Two main reasons for this increase are new medical procedures, with which additional personnel are required to perform them, and because of the increased number of elderly persons in the U.S. and their requisite health care needs.
The third industry that gained the most jobs in the
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of Religion 41:4 (2002): 747-758.Fiddler, Morris B., Toydemir, Pinar B., and Pergament, E. "To Clone or Not To Clone: Who willAnswer the Question?". Differentiation 69 (2002): 182-183.Moran, Jim. "Embryonic Stem Cell Research." Technology & Society 28 August 2003: 41.Sanchez-Sweatman, Louise R. "Reproductive Cloning and Human Health: An Ethcial,International, and Nursing Perspective." International Council of Nurses, InternationalNursing Review 47 (2000): 28-37.Surani, Azim. "False Impressions on Human Cloning." Reproductive BioMedicine Online: 398-399. 5 April 2003 .
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.Sharon McGuire, the corresponding author from Hahn School of Nursing & Health Services at the University of San Diego holds a PhD. In this article, Sharon McGuire expresses information in conjunction with the knowledge she acquired in the past on immigration. This article presents that there are some negative effects are likely to occur due to immigration policy aside from benefits that immigrants have migrating to the United States.It is expressed that immigrants, particularly one who have individual families, tend to migrate to United States regardless of the psychological effects and sociological pressures they may face. A migrating parents decision to cross borders deems a
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security programmes - pensions, healthcare and long-term nursing care - given the spending pressures related to population ageing. Despite the 2004 reform to cut pension benefits, social security outlays are projected to rise by 1½ per cent of GDP by 2010, and this may underestimate the impact of population ageing. Legislation passed in June 2004 to increase the pension contribution rate for the Employees' Pension Insurance from 13.6 to 18.3 per cent by 2017 may help finance rising expenditure. However, already in 2002, the proportion of pension contributions that are evaded was 37 per cent - well above the level assumed in the government's projections - and the increase in the contribution
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quite ordinary women that we may meet in real life. The whole story is consistently told from a feminine perspective.We are first introduced to Evelyn, an over-weight housewife, and her menopause problems. She makes vain attempts to make her husband more interested in her and their marriage than in the sports on TV, and goes to classes to find out what is wrong with her and what she can do "to put the spark back" into their marriage . At a nursing home where she goes with her husband to visit a relative of his who hates her, she meets Ninny, an 83 years old lady, whose stories about the lives of Idgie and Ruth in the 1920's make her spellbound. The talks Evelyn and Ninny have result in her
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, Kessler R.C. Walters, E. "Prevalence, severity, and co-morbidityof 12-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Co-morbidity Survey Replication". Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 62: 617-627, June 2005.) *Gelder et al, 2005. *Philip Barker. Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: the craft of caring. London: Arnold, October 7, 2003. *Psychiatyric Drugs Explained, Sec 5. *Psychology, Ronald Smith, Michael Posser, Nigel Holt, Ed Sutherland, Andy Bramner, Michael Vlick. McGrath Hill Higher Education; UK: (McGrath Hill companies Inc. 2009.) *Schultz, E. Remschmidt, H.E. Warnke, A. Martin, M. G. Trott. Childhoodonset Schizophrenia: History of the Concept and Recent Studies. Schizophrenia Bull 20(4): 727-745, 1994
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ourselves in the dying process, we should not deny others the right to say when they have had enough. To be taken seriously, the case against voluntary euthanasia has to establish that its acceptance would cause more harm than results from the current prohibition.Compassion for Suffering This principle is embodied in medical and nursing practice and in the Christian ethic; it is recognised to be among the primary virtues. A preoccupation with the absolute form of the sanctity of life principle, requiring that life may in no circumstances be deliberately shortened regardless of the degree of suffering or the wishes of the patient, is not compatible with compassion. The alternative of letting the
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from the monkeys actions that lack of contact comfort was psychologically stressful to monkeys and this fact has been accepted by all
What is important to understand is that these findings contradicted the commonly understood academic advice of avoiding or preventing bodily contact in an endeavor to avoid spoiling children and the insistence of the then dominant behaviorist. It was understood that emotions were negligible. It was a general understanding that feeding was the most important factor in the formation of a mother-child bond, however Harlow completed that nursing made stronger the mother-child connection because of the close body contact that it provided.
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Medical Association Journal, 168(6),715-722.Wilson, J. & Levin, F. (2001). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) andsubstance use disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports, 3, 497-506.Wolraich, M., Wibbelsman, C., Brown, T. Evans, S. Gotlieb, E., Knight, J., et al. (2005).Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among adolescents: A review of the diagnosis,Treatment, and clinical implications. Pediatrics, 115(6), 1734-1746.Young, S., & Gudjonnson, G.H. (2006). ADHD symptomatology and its relationshipwith emotional, social and delinquency problems. Psychology, Crime, and Law. 12,463-471.Zimmerman, M. (2003). Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders. Nursing Clinics ofNorth America, 38, 55-66.
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The short story 'The Yellow Wall-Paper' written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a cry for freedom. This story is about a woman who fights for her right to express what she feels, and fights for her right to do what she wants to do. The narrator in this short story is a woman whose husband loves her very much, but oppresses her to the point where she cannot take it anymore. This story revolves around the main character, her oppressed life, and her search for freedom.There are many male influences in this woman's life and although they may mean no harm, push her over the edge. The main character's husband, John, and her brother are well-known physicians. They use their power to control the main
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Edgar Allen Poe's Symbolism of Death in 'The Fall of the House of Usher'Death is defined as, 'The termination or extinction of something' (American Heritage Dictionary). Edgar Allen Poe uses this description in 'The Fall of the House of Usher' in different ways. Poe's intention when writing 'The Fall of the House of Usher' was not to present a moral, lesson, or truth to the reader; he was simply trying to bring forth a sense of terror to the reader. Poe's mind works this way, and critics believe this statement, especially when related to this story.Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. His life was filled with tragedies that started when he was ten months old and until he
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When one begins to analyze a military novel it is important to first look at the historical context in which the book was written. On the nights of February 13-14 in 1944 the city of Dresden, Germany was subjected to one of the worst air attacks in the history of man. By the end of the bombing 135,000 to 250,000 people had been killed by the combined forces of the United States and the United Kingdom. Dresden was different then Berlin or many of the other military targets which were attacked during World War II because it was never fortified or used for strategic purposes and, therefore, was not considered a military target. Because of it's apparent safety, thousands of refugees from all
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Psychoanalysis is a system of psychology originated by the Viennese physician Sigmund FREUD in the 1890's and then further developed by himself, his students, and other followers. It consists of three kinds of related activities: (1) a method for research into the human mind, especially inner experiences such as thoughts, feelings, emotions, fantasies, and dreams; (2) a systematic accumulation of a body of knowledge about the mind; and (3) a method for the treatment of psychological or emotional disorders.Psychoanalysis began with the discovery that HYSTERIA, an illness with physical symptoms that occurred in a completely healthy physical body--such as a numbness or paralysis of a limb or a
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It can be said that a certain degree of darkness lies within every person, but this darkness will not surface unless given the correct environment. The darkness, however, can emerge and ultimately destroy the person if not checked by reason. If one's inner darkness does surface, the victim then is given the opportunity to reach a point in personal growth, and to gain a sense of self-knowledge from it. That is, when one's darkness appears, one must learn from this experience how he or she can prevent similar results from occurring in the future. It is ultimately through self-knowledge that we gain the power to defeat our inner darkness, and all of its elements. Just as everyone has the
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