mentally‚ socially‚ physically‚ and emotionally. Because children are going through such rapid changes it puts them in a very vulnerable place in regards to having adverse reactions to what they have experienced (DeYoung‚ et al.‚ 2011). The effects of trauma manifest themselves in forms of physical‚ emotional‚ and behavioral problems. Behavioral problems come in the forms of personality regression‚ withdrawal‚ conflicts with peers‚ and having trouble academically when previously they had not (Wong‚ et
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In “Trauma affects brains of boys and girls in opposite ways” by Stanford University‚ the University of Stanford states that brain scans of teenagers with post-traumatic stress disorder show a structural differences between boy and girls. The part of the brain that shows the structural difference is called insula‚ the insula is the part of the brain that “detects cues from the body and processes emotions and empathy and helps to integrate feeling‚ actions‚ and several other brain functions” (Stanford
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Trauma Nursing 1 Trauma Nursing: Advanced Practice Ted E. Dunn Nursing 1070: Introduction to Nursing Science Dr. Janet L. Grady Trauma Nursing 2 Statement of Purpose The role of trauma nurse practitioner (TNP) has been formed only in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to use nursing literature that includes research in this and other fields to describe that role and how it is evolving. Trauma represents a sudden event altering the course of the lives of those affected
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Dr. Burke discussed some very interesting information about the effects of childhood trauma on not only the child’s brain‚ but also on their immune system‚ hormonal system and even the functioning of their DNA. Early exposure to childhood adversity affects many parts of the brain‚ including the nucleus accumbens that triggers pleasure‚ the frontal cortex that triggers your impulse control‚ and the amygdala which triggers fear responses. After reading about a study conducted by another doctor that
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Multicultural Awareness Multicultural Awareness The purpose of this paper is to analyze oneself by taking the Multicultural-Self Assessment and learn about the “Other” of one self. This will help one to associate with clients from different cultures. Multicultural Self-Assessment Summary The results of the Multicultural Self-Assessment were not surprising to me. Thirteen of the answers were five (5)‚ which is not surprising to me because I was taught by my family and I to accept
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attacks the spinal cord and progresses in damage over a five year period until the average person loses their life. ALS is caused by repeated head trauma that catches up to the body later on causing it to lose it’s voluntary movements such as movement in the legs‚ arms‚ and face. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) is also caused by repeated head trauma usually from sports like football‚ soccer‚ and boxing. Athletes make up the majority of the ALS and CTE’s population because of the dangerous sports
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big deal‚ it is. Concussions are invisible head injuries that can lead to severe consequences such as permanent brain damage or long term head injuries that requires an athlete to sit out our take a break from the sport that they are playing. Head traumas could lead to behavioral mood changes‚ such as personality and mood changes. With mood changes‚ it could be a result of long-term concussions. Long term head injuries could leave a negative impact on athletes. Since concussions are injuries that could
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children to experience this kind of trauma? Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a stress experienced after exposure to traumatic stressors such as assault‚ abuse‚ accidents‚ and warfare. PTSD develops when a child experiences a significant traumatic event such as car accidents or ongoing trauma over time such as war. PTSD affects children of all ages. Estimates from nationally representative samples show that many children experience repeated exposure to trauma or multiple types of traumatic events
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between what is real and what is fictional. On television‚ hospitals experience abundant traumas‚ rarely experience death‚ and doctors are glorified as heroes‚ whereas in reality it is not as dramatic. Trauma is inescapable and intriguing in real life‚ but not to the dramatic extent depicted in the media. Television inaccurately portrays the life of a physician in the trauma center. Television portrays trauma as excitement and not as an issue. We watch heaps of physicians scurrying around an overcrowded
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Recent studies show that football players are likely to have brain trauma and will be affected in the long run. Because of the abnormal buildup of protein in the brain‚ it causes the tissue to be degenerated. Although brain trauma can become a problem for anyone at any time‚ football is a push for the problem. One of the common effects on the brain is chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ which is the loss of memory‚ emotional and aggression control. After all‚ football should be banned from high school
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