Combating Compassion Fatigue Student’s Name University Combating Compassion Fatigue Helping people is a very necessary and extremely hard occupation. Not every person has a passion to help others‚ thus very few people can be care givers. This job is very stressful and difficult. Caring victims or seriously ill men nurses face negative emotions‚ suffering‚ and anxiety. Thus‚ sometimes caregivers become disappointed‚ exhausted and unable to do their work. Their
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diagnosis of Tourette’s syndrome (TS) requires many motor tics (movements) and at least one vocal or phonic tic (sound)‚ with symptoms beginning before age 18 and lasting more than a year. Often the earliest signs are rapid blinking and twitching of the mouth and nose. Other motor tics are head jerking‚ tooth grinding‚ neck twisting‚ abnormal postures and muscle contractions. More complex movement tics include facial contortions‚ squatting‚ deep
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on when using words that others find offensive. In an article by Patricia E. Bauer‚ she explains that the word retard or retarded should be banned in media and should not be used among individuals in daily conversations. Bauer’s daughter has down syndrome‚ an intellectual disability. What inspired her to write a lengthy blog post was when she and her daughter overheard someone using the word retard at the movies. She immediately cringed as many people would had if they take offense to the word. However
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According to Web MD‚ Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) is a misbehavior in which the caregiver fabricates‚ exaggerates or induces either mental or psychological damage to a child in order to gain the attention of medical providers and/or other people to perpetuate the common relationship. Evidently‚ the caregiver is who needs medical attention to stop escalating the child abuse. Diagnosing MSP is very difficult because of the dishonesty that is involved. Doctors and all healthcare personnel
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Alcohol and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Alcohol plays a major role in society today. It is constantly being . ...... in our minds through advertisements‚ whether its commercials or billboards‚ holidays‚ or even just at the popular social scene. Alcohol is consumed for many purposes‚ such as celebrations‚ to increase romance‚ out of boredom‚ or a way to relax. Alcohol is a drug that is depended upon by the majority of our society. Nonetheless‚ alcohol has very damaging effects‚ not only
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Down Syndrome is caused by a chromosome defect. More specifically‚ a person with Down Syndrome has an extra copy of chromosome 21. This results in intellectual disabilities‚ physical abnormalities‚ developmental delays and other language and non-language characteristics. However‚ these characteristics do not affect every person with Down Syndrome in the same way. Some may have a mild to moderate intellectual disability‚ while others may have a more severe intellectual disability. There are three
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Asperger’s syndrome is a form of autism characterized by certain social difficulties and certain patterns of interest. As in other form of autism Asperger syndrome doesn ’t result in mental retardation‚ except in some cases were mild retardation is present. It also involves delays in the development of basic skills especially in the social interaction area. At the same time some repetitive behavior might be observed as in hand movements and an obsession over a certain area. In the movie my name is
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Trisomy 18 also known as Edward’s syndrome‚ is the second most common aneuploidy in comparison to Down Syndrome or Trisomy 21. Edward’s syndrome is a chromosomal condition prompted by an error in cell division. This prognosis is very rare and as a result there are fewer than 20‚000 cases per year in the United States. Due to several life-threatening medical problems in correspondence to this demoralizing condition‚ many individuals with Edward’s syndrome die before birth or within their first month
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E5 Down’s syndrome is a disorder caused by a fault of the chromosomes; the pieces of DNA containing the outline for the human body. Normally a person has two copies of each chromosome but a person with Down syndrome has three copies. The extra DNA produces the physical and mental sort of Down syndrome‚ which include a small head that is flattened in the back‚ slanted eye‚ extra skin folds at the corners of the eyes‚ small ears‚ nose and mouth‚ short height‚ small hands and feet and some degree
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Lauren Potter’s Story; a Life with Down Syndrome “I want to encourage‚ kids to speak up to tell their stories. That is the only way that people will know what we have to go through. Believe in yourself. Someone once told me being different isn’t bad - different is just different.” said Lauren Potter (Rooted in Rights). Down syndrome is a difficult disability for most people to understand. Down syndrome is a common and devastating disability. Roughly 400‚000 people suffer from it. Around 6‚000 babies
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