a good idea to be insane in New Jersey 150 years ago. The state had no mental hospitals. People who went mad were just locked up in poor houses and jails‚ or farmed out to who ever would care for them cheapest. But in 1844 the Yankee reformer Dorothea Dix came to New Jersey to agitate for the construction of a modern state asylum. To prove her point‚ she traveled around the state to document the horrible conditions facing the mentally ill. She found people living in filth‚ chained up‚ and
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Mother. The very word‚ for most‚ conjures up the notion of comfort‚ safety‚ and unconditional love. This idea of motherhood is capture in Dorothea Lange ’s picture‚ Migrant Mother. When one views the picture‚ one is struck by the tired look in her eyes and the hope for a better situation down the road. One has to wonder if Dorothea viewed this picture from a psychoanalytic perspective‚ social or formal analysis when constructing the actual shot. Knowing this adds an even greater depth to an understanding
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a DJosh Wang Mr. Raphael US 1 History Honors 23 March 2013 Dorothea Dix: Mother of American Asylums Dear Admissions office at the University of the United States‚ From 1824‚ Dorothea Dix has proved to be valuable to social reform in the United States. After visiting multiple prisons and seeing the mentally insane housed together with criminals‚ Dix began a national movement to treat the insane in more benevolent ways. Her religious beliefs also influenced her to recognize the need for rehabilitation
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Hypertensive heart disease is obviously caused by high blood pressure. High blood pressure means the pressure inside the blood vessels‚ which is arteries is too high. As the heart pumps‚ it must pump against the pressure‚ so it must work harder. Gradually‚ the heart muscles will be thicken. Sometimes it does not get enough oxygen because the muscle is too thick. It influenced your heart to pump regularly and its functions. These changes could effect the thickening and enlargement of the heart (left ventricle)
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of Heart disease Heart disease is very serious issue that can affect many Americans everyday. In the United States‚ more than 60 million Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease. About 2600 people die everyday of cardiovascular disease. Cancer‚ the second largest killer‚ accounts for only half as many deaths. Cardiovascular disease can take many forms‚ including high blood pressure‚ coronary artery disease‚ valvular heart disease‚ stroke‚ or rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease.
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issues of heart disease. Truly‚ bringing awareness to the underlying causative factors of heart disease is very important in a society‚ as we are seeing heart disease manifesting in people of all ages and people of all ethnic backgrounds. Equally important is bringing awareness to ways of preventing or decreasing heart disease in the United States. A few years back‚ heart disease was thought to be more prevalent in the older population within the society. Unfortunately‚ today heart disease is known
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Did you know that about 610‚000 people die each year from heart disease just in the United States? The increase of obesity in our country has caused an increase in heart diseases within people throughout the years. It’s scary information to know‚ but it’s also useful to inspire people to make some changes in their life today. I know what you’re thinking; how can I prevent myself from getting a heart disease? Well‚ we’ll tell you; it’s actually not that hard to reduce the risk! Just a little exercise
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1. Discuss diagnostic findings of Addison’s disease. Addison’s disease‚ otherwise known as primary adrenal insufficiency‚ appear after the adrenal cortex is destroyed. Due to this‚ hormones such as cortisol and aldosterone decrease or stop being produced by the defective adrenal gland. Those hormones start a chain reactive within the body that cause other lab values such as glucose to be out of the normal range. Additionally the rate at which the kidneys filter slows and waste products can build
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Nursing process presents a method to determine the self care deficits and then to define the roles of person or nurse to meet the self care demands. The steps within the approach are considered to be the technical component of the nursing process. Orem emphasizes that the technological component "must be coordinated with interpersonal and social processes within nursing situations. Nursing Process Orem’s Nursing Process Assessment Diagnosis and prescription; determine why nursing is needed.
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Alzheimer’s disease is a prolonged decline of cognitive function that has been a critical problem for caregivers and families. Whether it has to do with assisting a patient with activities of daily living or physiological needs such as providing nourishment. Caregiver burden is a crucial issue when it comes to these patients with cognitive impairment; families are often faced with difficult changes of their loved ones‚ such as not recognizing them. Additionally‚ families “ struggle... often without
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