...decision to use drugs because of pressure from their peers? 2. Are Secondary school students using drugs because someone in their household is also using it? 3. Are students abusing drugs because it is easily accessible and affordable? According to the 2007 Guyana School Survey on Drug Prevalence in Secondary Schools, statistics indicated that the response of the majority of the students’ feedback was positive for the above three questions. How can we prevent drug use and abuse? What can treatment centers do to deal with abusers? Drug use (substance abuse) is a serious cry for help and making your child feel ashamed or embarrassed can make the problem worse. Some common behavior in changes you may notice is your child is abusing drugs and alcohol is: violent outbursts, rage, disrespectful behavior, poor or dropping grades, unexplained weight loss or gain, skin abrasions/track marks, missing curfew, running away, truancy, bloodshot eyes, distinct “skunky” odor on clothing and skin just to name a few. To prevent drug use and abuse communication is the key. Whenever opportunity arises parents should have conversations with their children and develop a friendship with them so that they know what is going on in their child’s life so that they will be able to pick up whether they taking the wrong path. Also the Ministry of Education should have programmes...
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...The purpose of jail and prison were forms of rehabilitation by punishment. By the removing the offender from society punishment would be the form of rehabilitation. In 1779 Parliament passed the Penitentiary Act that made rehabilitation of criminals a functioning part of the prison system. When examining the following histories of parole, Transportation, Norfolk Island, The Irish System, and New York’s Elmira each mention the conditions of behavior as a term of release. In the United States, Zebulon Brockway took the ideas of Alexander Maconochie and Sir Walter Crofton’s in which he modified and integrated in the 1869 New York’s Elmira Reformatory. The theory was to humanize prison life and make prisoners fit for society (University of Phoenix, 2011). “Definition of parole and how it differs from mandatory release” Parole is the supervised early release of an offender from confinement. The purpose behind parole is the offender will serve a substantial portion of time incarcerated with the opportunity to prove they can sustain a behavioral life within the community. Many states have differences with the parole decision makings. The two models used are the Parole Boards and Statutory release. The parole board grants parole based on judgment known as discretionary parole. Statutory release is a date set near the end of one’s incarceration, minus...
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...there is only one type of jail. The United States has an issue of over crowed prisons and jails. This in turn has led to many different kinds of prison violence which has but both the inmates and the correctional offices in danger. Two of the ways the government use to reduce prison and jail populations are probation and parole. It is important that the government finds other a ways to reduce the populations of the jails and prisons. In the federal government, there is several deferent types of prisons such as federal prison camps, federal correctional institutions, low security facilities, medium security facilities, high security prisons and administrative maximum (ADMAX) facility. (University of Phoenix, 2014) (Schmalleger, F, 2011) Then there is state and local jails that house prisoners with a sentence that is typically a year or less. (Schmalleger, F, 2011) These jails are low security where prisons can be anywhere from low security to maximum security. In Martinsburg WV, there is the Eastern Regional Jail, and then only a few hours away there is a high security U.S. Penitentiary Known as USP Hazelton, which is located in Hazelton WV. ("The Eastern Regional Jail ",) (Federal Bureau of Prisons,) That has a secure female facility and a minimum-security satellite camp. (Federal Bureau of Prisons,) One of the major differences between the Eastern Regional Jail is a minimum security where USP Hazelton has two different security levels and a female facility. Another big differences...
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...Week 2 Assignment Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection (Part 1 of the Programmatic Assessment) Fleurette Duverglas University of Phoenix NUR/405 - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: THEORY AND PRACTICE Professor Sharon Baker November 17, 2014 Windshield Survey and Reflection Introduction The fundamental objective of conducting a community assessment is to attain the complete scenario of the region and identify the requirements of the specific community. This assignment is reflection of my windshield survey conducted in North Miami Beach. The client includes a family that consists of five members. The assessment of the community is based on precise and inclusive examination of various aspects that includes history, health care issues of the region, data on the population of community, mediums of communication available, vital statistics, governmental efforts, and attitude and perception of the community members. The community health nursing requires a holistic approach, and the selected five member family needs to be considered with respect to. (Annerbäck, 2012). Community is specifically defined as the “social group of any volume whose members inhabits in specified locality, share government, and often have a similar cultural and historical heritage”. Furthermore, community health can be understood as congregation of combined requirements through identification of problems and administration behaviors within the community itself...
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...unique singer and had the ability to boldly turn any material that she confronted into her own music, this is what made her a superstar of her time. Billie holidays real name is Eleanora Fagan After Billie holiday died her song, Lady Sings the Blues, which was written in 1956. won five Grammy Awards When Billie was a child she had to work she would do things such as running errands and cleaning houses. It was while cleaning a house when she first heard Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith records through the open windows. At the age of 18, Holiday was discovered by producer...
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...University of Phoenix Material Law Enforcement Scenario Ethical Issue: Law Enforcement Officer Nixon, a 20-year veteran, and Officer Rook, who has been on the force for less than a year, respond to a reported domestic violence call. When they get there, they observe a man staggering up the walkway to the residence. He drops something and bends down to pick it up. The officers notice that the man is holding what appears to be a set of car keys. They see him put the item in his pocket before he reaches the front door. As the officers park their vehicle, the man opens the door and enters the residence. The two officers exit their vehicle and approach the front door. The only car on the street is a blue station wagon. Officer Nixon touches the hood of the station wagon and discovers it is still warm to the touch. Before they reach the door, a woman opens it and greets them. She tells the police that she called them because she and her husband had a verbal argument, and when her husband left the house, she started to worry about him. Now that he is home, she states, she no longer needs their services. She denies being hit—despite the dispatcher’s indications to the contrary. No injuries are visible. The husband joins his wife at the door, and the police ask him some questions to corroborate his wife’s story. The police notice that he is slurring his words and has other objective symptoms of intoxication. They ask the man if he had been driving. The husband and wife exchange...
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...One day Jean helped this african american boy from a dog and she took him home, for Dinitia saw this and she stopped bullying Jean. Jean’s grandma finds out that Jean went to Dinitia’s house to study and she explains to her that she should not be hanging around those kind of people and Jean gets upset by this. When Jean’s parents drive back to Phoenix to pick up the rest of the stuff, the kids get in a fight with Erma. Erma is sewing Brian’s pants and she touches him in on his private parts. He starts screaming and Lori starts to hit Erma for touching him there. The kids are then banned from the upstairs and they have to stay in the basement at all times. Jeannette then tells her father when he gets back but he doesn’t want to discuss it, for she thinks she may have done something similar to him when he was younger. After that Rex and Rose Mary bought the poorest home in Welch and called it home. Behind the house the family start digging so they can put down a foundation for their glass castle house. The family can not pay for the garbage service, so they filled the big hole with trash. This trash attracts rats and they sleep with Maureen at night. Then Rex brings home paint from work and Jean paints the house but she can't reach...
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...in an informative and scientific tone by using research and proven facts to an audience most likely advocating the use of marijuana. It’s clear that anyone who picks up this article is most likely a user of the drug interested in its effects, or someone advocating for the legalization, or medical regulation of marijuana on a national scale. Boffey argues in his thesis that “It needs to be kept out of the hands of minors. But, on balance, its downsides are not reasons to impose criminal penalties on its possession, particularly not in a society that permits nicotine use and celebrates drinking.”(2) Boffey aims to educate his readers about how marijuana is far less harmful to the human body than some other completely legal substances like alcohol, tobacco, and prescription medications. While marijuana’s health effects may be minimal, these effects largely depend on the frequency of use, the age of the user, and if the user has any previous existing medical conditions. Phillip Boffey launches his debate on the subject with a rather captivating introduction. He includes a quote from the administrator of the entire Drug Enforcement Agency, Michelle Leonhart, where she states, “All illegal drugs are bad for people,”(1) insinuating that there isn’t any difference in the harmful effects of crack, methamphetamine, heroin, painkillers, and marijuana. It’s clear the author aims to smash this idea with a look into what...
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...de Dehydration Mary J House Sci 241 University of Phoenix August 12, 2012 Water. People really don’t think about water and the importance of it as much as they should. Water is the one thing that we must give our bodies enough of or we will shrivel away into nothingness and die. We can go for days on end without eating food and we will lose weight, but we will survive. This is not the case with water, we must have it in order to stay alive, we could not go many days with no water. Most people don’t realize that our bodies are actually made up of 60% water. If we do not drink enough water we will dehydrate. If we become dehydrated it means that we have lost more water than we have taken into our bodies. Different things and circumstances cause our bodies to expel water and we must drink enough to replace what we put out. Water plays a huge role in our bodies, water is what enables us to sweat, urinate, water pushes poisons out of our systems when we are sick. There are many ill effects of not getting enough water and dehydrating. People can actually die from dehydration. In order to stay hydrated and keep our bodies functioning properly it is imperative that we drink plenty of water. Water does more than we can imagine in our bodies. Water is what regulates the bodies temperature and it is also a cushion for your joints. Water is what helps us to urinate and have bowel movements. Water can also help us to lose weight...
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...Community Health and Population Focused Nursing Community Assessment Western Governor’s University Mary Piersanti Identification of Community The city of Gilbert, AZ lies southeast of the metropolitan area of Phoenix, AZ. Gilbert has a population of 229,972 residents. The city of Gilbert is in the county of Maricopa. Land area is 43 square miles with approximately 5,354 residents per square mile. The metro area of Phoenix, AZ (including Gilbert and it’s other suburban areas) is known for the hot desert climate. Average temperatures are 80-100 degrees, with greater than 300 days per year of sunshine. With less than 10” rainfall annually, the area is considered to be arid. Summary of Tools, Description of Selected Community and Interpretation of Selected Data The following information will summarize the characteristics of the City of Gilbert, disaster assessment and planning, neighborhood safety, cultural assessment, a windshield survey of the community and a community scavenger hunt of available resources for Gilbert citizens. Population Economic Status Assessment Of the 229,972 residents in Gilbert, 48.7% are male (112,056). The median age is 32.2 years, with the median age for Phoenix residents being 36 years. 72% of Gilbert residents are White, 16.2% Hispanic, 5.5% Asian, 2.4% Black, 0.6% American Indian, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 2.8% two or more races. Median household income is $79,916 ($68,032 in 2000) as opposed to the Arizona median...
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...Community corrections paper Tabitha T. Anderson 230 June 19, 2016 Daniel Henry Community corrections paper There are many thoughts on whether community corrections are beneficial to society and the person convicted of a crime. First, we must understand what is community corrections? Community corrections are when felons are supervised outside of prison. Probation and parole are usually the most common practiced of community correction. The problem with society is we feel that if you commit a crime, you should go directly to jail. What we fail to realize is that if every criminal went to prison, there would probably be prisons on every corner like there is a Walgreens on every corner. The purpose of community corrections is to give the offender a second chance at showing us that they can do better and that they just made a bad decision. Community corrections evaluate the likelihood of them committing different crimes, assign them to programs that will help them be successful members of society, and make sure that they are checking in with their probation or parole officer. When we give the convict a chance to correction their behavior, it can be beneficial in the long run. There is always going to be pros and cons to every situation. The good thing about community corrections is it saves us taxpayer's money by keeping that individual out of prison. Having the out of prison cut down on the cost of living that we have to pay to cover them while in prison. I believe the...
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...Schizophrenia is a disorder that causes a person to lose contact with reality. The person with the disorder displays signs of detachment from reality, hallucination, paranoia, and delusions. One of the more common ways to tell if a person has schizophrenia is if they have totally ruined any social relationship and hear voices that no one else can hear. A lot of schizophrenics believe the voices are government people talking to them or they are being talked to by aliens and that aliens are everywhere. Schizophrenia is typically inherited through your genes. One of your parents or grandparents most likely had the disorder and passed it on to you. The disorder is usually triggered by some sort of stress and symptoms start to show. In the beginning you may see little signs like trouble sleeping or concentrating. You might see your irritable or have tense feelings. As life goes on you might develop problems thinking or with emotions and behaviors. These might include Isolation, Hallucinations as discussed before. Lack of emotion and problems paying attention are classic symptoms as well. Bizarre behaviors, delusions as mentioned previously and thoughts that don’t really associate with one another brought together in very loose association all can be seen in schizophrenic symptoms. Of course symptoms depend on the type of schizophrenia present. For instance Disorganized schizophrenia symptoms may have showing little emotion, childlike behavior, and problems thinking and explaining...
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...The Glass Menagerie: An Analysis Tyson Evans University of Phoenix The Glass Menagerie offers a beautifully developed glimpse into humanity and more specifically familial dysfunction. Tennessee Williams uses this play as a definitive embodiment of the dangers of interdependence as well as low self- esteem. Williams begins this symbolic journey from the very inception of the work. The use of the word “menagerie” meaning a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition or a strange collection. In this case, the strange collection is the Wingfields. The play and the text presents us with an overbearing mother who clings to yesterday year, a daughter that is mentally bound by her psychological insecurities that stem from her physical disability, and an irresponsible brother who want to escape his this reality he has with his mother and sister. The word “Glass” represents their fragility, individually and as a unit. Frankly the family’s external problems seem fairly miniscule on the grander scale of the issues known to plague any familial unit. They are not rich, but not destitute, they have lost a parent, but they have each other. The play is set in the midst of the great depression following a war, therefore this family portrait was one that would have been mirrored in many American homes; financial turmoil and lost family members was commonplace. However, the psychological torment and idiosyncrasies characteristic of all three of our main characters holds...
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...Freidman Family Assessment Laura Jones August 22, 2011 Nur/405 Beth Edwards, MSN, FNP-BC Friedman Family Assessment A community health nurse cares for individuals and families through comprehensive and continuing care. The community health care nurse is not restricted to the care of one particular age group of population. The community health nurse encourages all participates to contribute in the education, promotion and maintenance of good health. According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2008), family nursing assessment is the cornerstone of family nursing interventions. Stanhope and Lancaster (2008), also state that by using a systemic process, family problems areas are identified and family strengths are emphasized as building blocks for interventions and to facilitate family resiliency. The following is a study using the Friedman Family Assessment. Identifying Data and Composition To protect the family’s identity the name’s address and phone number has been omitted. This family is a Caucasian English speaking dual income family. The father (JM) is a 39 year old male raised Catholic. The mother (MM) is 34 also raised Catholic. This is the first marriage for both adults. They married 5 years ago since being married the couple has had 2 children SM age 4 and CM age 2. Both parents work outside of the home and work shift work. JM travels approximately 25 miles one way to work while MM travels approximately 15 miles one way to work. MM states most days the family eats...
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...is nonprofit 501c3 organizations dedicated to helping people who suffer from the disease of addiction regain control of their lives. Funded in part by the County of San Diego and through grants, the organization has been around for 49 years. Medi-cal is accepted for payment. If the client does not have Medi-cal the fee will be based on a sliding scale. “No child will be turned down based on there inability to pay. That is a guaranteed. If the child needs treatment it will be provided “(V. Lopez, Adolescent AOD Counselor, September 6, 2012). Valerie Lopez works at McAlister Institute as an Adolescent Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Counselor. The interview method was conducted over the telephone and through e-mails because she is in San Diego, California. It is Valerie’s responsibility to; schedule and conduct screenings and intake. Facilitate groups directly associated with alcohol and chemical dependency issues. She provides individual counseling to a case load of 25-35 clients and to assess treatment objective progress. Develop treatment objectives and goals for program participants. Assist in peer review of client files to ensure accuracy of medical and non medical billing. Contact client’s parents via telephone or written correspondence regarding absences from program activities and delinquent payments. Documents levels of program participation in the client’s case file. She provides ongoing monitoring of the clients’ compliance with program’s rules and regulations as approved...
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