Depression is an issue in older adults that many people don’t realize. Becoming ornery‚ grumpy‚ and temperamental is not a normal part of aging. Unfortunately suicide can become a result of depression. This is something that is not commonly discussed and it’s becoming a more relevant problem in older adults. A younger adult committing suicide is discussed more and viewed as a more devastating loss than an older adult committing suicide. This problem needs to be looked at. It’s a devastating loss
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Suffering the Oedipus complex I agree with the fact that Sophocles’ Oedipus had suffered from the Oedipus complex because Oedipus has shown that he is part of the triangle of being the young child who is “in love with one parent and hating the other” (Freud 472). If a person is one to not get over this stage in his childhood‚ to detach from his mother and forgive his father‚ then the conflict of the triangle has not been resolved leading him to be psychoneurotic. In the next paragraphs‚
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with disabilities as resulting primarily‚ or solely‚ from their impairments” Wasserman et al (2011). Under the medical model people are defined by their illness or medical condition. The medical model sees people with disabilities as dependant and in need of medical treatment in order to be cured. The medical model is often referred to as the individual model as it believes that the individual must adapt to conform to their social and physical surrounding. The social model of disability is “a reaction
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Students that have experienced complex trauma‚ have higher risk of suffering from social‚ psychological‚ cognitive‚ and behavioral issues (i.e. regulating their emotions‚ paying attention‚ and forming good relationships). These risks increase the student’s chances of struggling in school. Joyce Dorado Dorado (UCSF Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools program director)‚ developed strategies to aid teachers in helping students who have faced complex trauma. Dorado’s strategies are
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Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turnover Nursing shortage is a phenomenon that is affecting nurses and the provision of adequate patient care in today’s health care industry. Nursing shortage is said to occur when the demand for employment of nurses is far greater than the number of nurses willing to be employed at that time (Huber‚ 2010). According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (A.A.C.N.)‚ “the nursing shortage is expected to increase as baby boomers age‚ and the need for health
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Element: Prevention of pressure ulcers This essay is going to explore the nursing process with regard to the prevention of pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers are a widespread and often underestimated health problem in the UK. They occur in 4-10% of patients admitted to hospital (Ward et al‚ 2010). This essay‚ using case study 4‚ will explore the holistic nursing process‚ and also the biological‚ sociological‚ psychological and ethical issues regarding the prevention of pressure ulcers. Lily
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The Rhizoctonia solani complex represents an economically important group of soilborne plant pathogens that can cause infection on many plant species throughout the world (Whisson et al 1995; Sneh et al. 1996 ). The pathogens are mainly perpetuated through infected propagation materials‚ originating from infected plants (Maas‚ 1984). Once the plants get infection‚ sclerotia of the pathogen are surrounded by sloughed plant cells‚ thus improving their survival rate in soil (Maas‚ 1984). It can persist
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that treating the needs of the family while treating the patient will yield optimum results. The patient will likely respond more positively with family around‚ and the family will be likewise more satisfied spending time with their family member in trouble. Family needs have been grouped into the five categories of receiving assurance‚ remaining near the patient‚ receiving information‚ being comfortable‚ and having support available. With evidence-based practice in mind‚ nursing interventions can
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Sulotte Valcin Amilcar RN-BC‚ MSNed My Nursing Philosophy When I was growing up in Haiti‚ I have always had the desire to help‚ care‚ and advocate for others‚ but I never quite had the opportunity to do that until I moved to the United States and I become a nurse. My intuition to become a nurse began in 1992 when my daughter who was born with sickle cell anemia became very ill to the point that she was put on a voluntary comma for about a month. I remember renting the little mermaid movie
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practices. C11- Describe what a social care worker must do if unsafe practice is reported but nothing is done to ensure it is corrected. If an unsafe practice has been reported but nothing has been done to ensure it is corrected then you may need to go to the next level of management‚ the Care Quality Commission or the Safeguarding Team at the local Social Services department. C111 – Describe three factors that make individuals more vulnerable to abuse than others. 1 – Reliant on others
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