Vulnerable Population and Self Awareness One of the most common vulnerable populations are those individuals with a cognitive disorder such as Alzheimer’s disease. People with advanced AD are more challenging to assist in a health care setting because of their difficulty with expressing their needs. Health care professionals must use their strong assessment skills to determine what the persons needs are. My personal experience in working with patients with AD has rarely been the best. When
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treated. Vulnerable Population in the Workplace Ronya Bentz NUR/440 February 27‚ 2010 Pauline Rogers Vulnerable Population in the Workplace Most staff members become anxious when asked to speak with a group of teachers about educating children with Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder
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Men are as vulnerable to skin aging as women. If you have skin‚ you will experience skin aging sooner or later. The problem with most men is that they don’t give a lot of thought to the effects of aging. This is probably why you don’t usually see a lot of anti aging products for men sold in the market. Here are some of the most common aging problems experienced by men: 1. Age spots - Men with fairer skin complexion are more predisposed to the emergence of age spots. These spots are caused by excessive
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Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness Paper V.V. NUR 440 October 24th‚ 2011 Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness Paper Following long hours of thinking‚ outlining‚ investigating‚ and reading about different topics it was not easy to choose a vulnerable population. After going through the Neighborhood it became apparently clear that my desire is to write on the subject of the Down syndrome population. This vulnerable population is like no other. The individuals living with
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514 – The Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults 1. Understand the legislation‚ regulations and policies that underpin the protection of vulnerable adults 1.1 Analyse the differences between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults There is a difference between Safeguarding vulnerable adults/children and adult/child protection. Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility‚ and includes measures to prevent or minimise the potential for
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Infants and children: The main reason young children and infants are more vulnerable to infection is because their immune systems have not fully developed. When they are first born they will get most of their immunity from the placenta and breast milk‚ however it will take a long period of time for their immune system to fully develop. If an infant was to come into contact with an individual or object that was contaminated this could lead to serious consequences‚ such as them being in hospital to
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Scott Jennings Violent Weather 70867-FA-15 Why is New Orleans so Vulnerable? Early morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. When the storm reached land‚ it had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale bringing winds of 100–140 miles per hour. The Hurricane ran some 400 miles across. Hundreds
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testing‚ and moral judgement‚ it is known as groupthink. When members from a group are similar in background‚ or when they are insulted from outside opinions‚ and when there are no clear rules for decision making is when the group is especially vulnerable to groupthink. As for individual humans‚ they are as well easily susceptible to groupthink because they’re afraid to be themselves‚ believe in the rightness of their cause‚ and are under pressure not to express arguments. Often times people find
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Safeguarding The safeguarding of vulnerable adults is high priority. All citizens and organisations have a role to play in protecting vulnerable adults from abuse‚ wherever and whenever it occurs. The approach is to maintain an appropriate balance between the promotion of independence and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults. In the CSSIW Protection of Vulnerable Adults Monitoring Report for 2008 – 2009‚ there were 4‚451 alleged cases of abuse of vulnerable adults‚ reported across Wales. These
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