Trauma Nurse Overview: Trauma nurses are registered nurses who provide emergency care to the patients in urgent situations. They are found to work in various facilities like emergency rooms of the hospitals‚ ambulances and urgent care centers‚ often find coordinating with physicians‚ patient family members and other medical team members. Trauma nurses have to quickly get accustomed with the severe medical injuries encountered in an emergency room. This profession offers a fast-paced career to the
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Merriam-webster describe trauma as very difficult or unpleasant experience that causes mental or emotional problems for a long time. Trauma also known as a Greek word for wound. People experience trauma when exposed to something disturbing or traumatic. According to healthline traumatic events are marked by a sense of horror‚ domestic abuse‚ serious injury‚ natural disasters‚ terror attack or the threat of serious injury‚ sexual abuse‚ and any other event that’s beyond a person’s natural ability
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A Psychiatrist’s View of Trauma Q1: What is this article about and why do you think he wants us to read it? This article is about an 88 years old woman‚ who lost her second husband after four and half years. She must also heal from the traumatic memory of her first husband’s death‚ 60 years before‚ which was surfacing again in the context of Dr. Epstein’s father’s death. This is a great article about feeling the loss of a loved one and trying to get over it. Dr. Epstein wants to put a
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epic hero’s persona becomes the ideal image of an admirable character. Regardless of all the faults encountered‚ with certain characteristics such as honor‚ courage‚ loyalty‚ and honesty‚ an epic hero can mean so much to an individual. Just as the old ages‚ not every individual can have the full combination of a hero. As years past and time changes‚ these virtues still remain the same. Till this day‚ anyone with courage‚ loyalty‚ and honesty‚ deserves to be honored. Those individuals are the ones that
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Chest Trauma Chest trauma is classified as either blunt or penetrating. 1. Blunt Chest Trauma I. Definition a. Blunt chest trauma results from sudden compression or positive pressure inflicted to the chest wall. Motor vehicle crashes (trauma due to steering wheel‚ seat belt)‚ falls‚ and bicycle crashes (trauma due to handle bars) are the most common causes of blunt chest trauma. II. Pathophysiology Injuries to the chest are often life-threatening and result in one or
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TRAUMA AND ABUSE COUNSELLING Case Study 1‚750 words Topic: Childhood Abuse A lady‚ Hannah‚ now in her fifties‚ has come to see you. The perpetrator was her father‚ who was highly influential in the church. She (as well as several sisters) was sexually and emotionally abused between the ages of 9 and 16. As a child Hannah made several attempts to disclose the abuse but was unable to feel heard or believed. Hannah has attempted to tell a school nurse‚ a school friend. She has also
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Rape Trauma Syndrome Forensic Psychology 44.343.201 By: Hannah Elliott October 14th 2012 There are plenty of television shows and cases on the news that show or talk about rape victims‚ but it doesn’t impact us as much as it should. Do you know the mental or emotional trauma that these victims go through after they have become a rape victim? Rape is one of the harshest forms of criminal violence against another human being. The victim is rendered powerless by physical force‚ threats‚
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semi-autobiographical novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ illustrates the trauma and horrors veterans face during war‚ especially during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War ushered in a new era of soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder‚ but unlike the veterans of wars before‚ there has been more research to help those suffering from the mental disability. O’Brien‚ like many veterans‚ uses writing as a medium to help ease the pain of the trauma he has suffered through the war. In an article written by
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Trauma of domestic violence is a risk factor for all women. “Domestic violence is the willful intimidation‚ physical assault‚ battery‚ sexual assault‚ and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another” (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence‚ n.d.). Women of all ages‚ socioeconomic status‚ sexual orientation‚ race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ and communities are at-risk of domestic violence. Women are significantly
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Should our 48 states keep the tobacco age limit at 18 years old or raise it to the age of 21? I believe that the age limit should be raised to the age of twenty one for obvious reasons‚ Cigarettes have been shown to be more addictive and harmful than alcohol which has an age limit of 21 so why wouldn’t we have an age limit on a leading cause of cancer and death? I also believe that we should make every attempt at preventing teenagers from smoking; Smoking is a life changing decision and it shouldn’t
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