in a combat zone. As these veterans returned home‚ high rates of PTSD and other mental disorders have become apparent. Young veterans are more susceptible to PTSD due to their age‚ exposure to direct combat‚ and lack of willingness to seek mental health assistance. OIF/OEF veterans between the ages of 18 to 24 are more prone to mental illness related to PTSD. In contrast‚ “PTSD rates tend to be lower among older OIF/OEF Veterans than among younger OIF/OEF Veterans.” (Pritchett). Young veterans are
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There are many people that use the health care system in the United States. What most of them don’t know is that they might be treated differently through their race‚ ethnicity‚ or class. One of the biggest aspects that affect this is that there is very little access to health care. The group of people that suffer in the US is the minorities. Most of them do not have the finances to afford medical insurance. Right now‚ medical insurance is being forced into every household in the country. Even the
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Mobile Health Clinic Rolling Along in Vegas http://www.emsworld.com/news/10704476/mobile-health-clinic-rolling-along-in-vegas?page=2 Dr. Jason Burke has found a new‚ innovative way to open a medical practice in Las Vegas. It’s been termed the “Hangover Heaven”‚ a way for tourists to rejuvenate themselves after a night of binging. The ethics of the new practice is controversial; many are questioning if this is a way to promote drinking and irresponsibility. The medical van can come to your beckoning
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public to fear mental illness because of the misinformation it spreads. A type of stigma that occurs within the professional level would be professional stigma‚ a stigma that happens past the general public into the educated professionals in mental health fields who discriminate people with mental illnesses because of their diagnosis (Serani). Professional stigma can lead into the abuse experienced by some mentally ill individuals from their therapists or
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is imperative that hospitals and other health care facilities to encourage spiritual diversity so as to foster total cure. Health Care Diversity and Faith Provider Spirituality is very difficult to be understood. Various people have different ways of embracing spirituality which is as a result of their values and life encounter. Thera many different aspect spirituality and we have been able to see the good results in the healing of individuals in our health care setting. Each individual’s spiritual
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Professional Health Care Reflection: “For Further Consideration” Question One. Question number one involves describing oneself‚ and imagine ways to relate with a patient who possesses opposite‚ or highly different characteristics (Tamparo & Lindh‚ 2017). Therefore‚ the purpose of the present work is to reflect in the aspects involved in communicating professionally and therapeutically regardless of the background of a patient. Therapeutic Communication The exercise in question one ended up with
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were social‚ artistic‚ and investigative. With that being said‚ I still believe I can be a positive impact in this field. I believe me being investigative will arouse the interest in making the patients medical issues my own to provide them with the health care I would want for myself. My social side will be easier for patients to feel comfortable with me. My artistic side will provide me with a universal view with patients. Clerical work is needed and isn’t fun‚ but we aren’t in the business for fun
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suffer from more chronic diseases‚ such as hypertension‚ arthritis and insomnia. Yoga has long been shown to alleviate the symptoms of many of these conditions‚ as it combines physical poses with relaxation techniques and breathing‚ to improve overall health and well-being. The important thing is to check with your doctor before beginning. Improved sleeping habits If you suffer from lack of sleep‚ yoga can help you sleep better. A study that compared a herbal remedy for sleep and yoga has found that
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Prompt: Sometimes choosing to belong to one culture or group means losing your place in another. The question of identity is always a difficult one for those living in a culture‚ yet belonging to another. This difficulty frequently remains in the mind of most immigrants‚ especially the second generations who were born in a country other than their parents and have gone through many society changes. Without much choice the younger generation feel culturally displaced as they are simultaneously
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involves communication‚ trying to understand what another person is experiencing without leads to communication without meanings. It becomes a mechanism of internal thought process rather than understanding of another feeling. As a nurse‚ practicing health care it’s very important to understand the importance of sympathy and it is the best feeling when you apply it as a scope of practice. When experiencing empathy‚ you should be able to understand someone else’s internal experiences. Empathy is defined
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