xxxx xxxxxx Psychology January 22‚ 2012 John B. Watson John Broadus Watson‚ an American psychologist‚ was born in Travelers Rest‚ South Carolina on January 9‚ 1878. Watson began his post-secondary education at Furman University where he got his master’s degree at age 21‚ then to the University of Chicago where he studied philosophy. In 1901 Watson got married to Mary Ickes and had two children followed by acquiring his Ph.D. in psychology in 1903. In 1908‚ he began teaching psychology at John
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Heart Healthy Family African American and Heart Disease Heart disease is the #1 killer for all American’s‚ and the fourth leading cause of death. As scary as this sounds African-Americans are at a much higher risk for getting heart disease‚ 44% men and 48% women. There is good news however‚ African-Americans can improve their odds of preventing this disease‚ by taking simple steps to prevent them. First you need to understand how the heart works. The heart is muscle‚ with blood vessels leading in
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the 1960s‚ concurrent with the growing attention on mental health‚ the promotion of community mental health centers became a major federal initiative after the U.S. passed the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act in 1963. The construction of mental health centers in local communities exploded. Their bold agenda in transitioning patients out of state psychiatric hospitals and into communities was aimed to promote more humane treatment and foster social
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Middle Range Theory Purpose of Study In the article‚ the purpose of the study is to test and evaluate the behavioral variation among the middle-aged and elderly people. The research also identifies the benefits and barriers associated with universal factors of health variables. Partial correlation and intervention were used during the research to enhance self-efficacy of health-promoting behavior that would influence healthy living adaptation by everyone (Arras‚ Ogletree‚ & Welshimer‚ 2006). The
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Current Health Needs Mrs. MH is a 72 year old woman who has a primary diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus Type II. Her secondary diagnosis and the reason why she was referred to Hackensack home health agency was a non-healing wound on the second toe of her right foot. Upon assessment of the patient‚ current health needs which were identified pertain to wound care‚ nutrition‚ and proper management of Diabetes through compliance with insulin treatment‚ and knowledge on prevention of hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic
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First‚ Masters (2012)‚ in her book ‘Nursing Theories: A framework for professional practice’ describes a person as “individuals‚ families‚ communities and other groups who are participants in nursing” (Masters‚ K‚ 2012‚ P3). This statement refers to patients as individuals in need of the care of nurses. In fact‚ these individuals can have very complex needs and health problems requiring specialized and attentive care to facilitate healing and improvement of their condition. The term patient can
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Introduction The American Heritage Medical dictionary (Website one‚ 2007) defines community psychology (CP) as “the application of psychology to community programs for the prevention of mental health disorders and the promotion of mental health.” Public health (PH) on the other hand is defined as “the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community as by preventative medicine; health education; control of communicable diseases; application of sanitary measures and monitoring
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Piaget’s Theory of the development of children Have you ever thought of how a child’ mind works and how they learn? Well Jean Piaget has‚ he developed the theory that all children learn through four different stages of development. The stages he unveiled are; sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ concrete operations‚ and formal operations. He believes that each stage is just built on the previous‚ and I highly agree with this theory of development. Each stage he developed is also arranged into an age sequence
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Accountability Analysis of a dilemma in practice “Sally and the Health Visitor” Dip HE Mental Health Nursing Word count: 1‚957. Contents page Introduction | 1 | Autonomy | 1 | Beneficence | 3 | Nonmaleficence | 4 | Justice | 4 | Conclusion | 5 | Bibliography | 6 | Introduction This discussion paper will look at the ethical issues surrounding decision making as nurses‚ in a given scenario (Sally and the health visitor). Ethics is defined by Johnstone (2008) as “A way to think
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The Idea of Mill ’s ethical theory is his Greatest Happiness Principle in that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness and they are wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the intended pleasure and the absence of pain. Unhappiness is the pain and the lack of pleasure. Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only desirable things.” Mill ’s view of happiness is hedonistic‚ which suggests that the only good thing in a person is pleasure and the
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