...I currently have no previous experience with offenders and prisons, but I do have experience working with people with mental health issues. When I shadowed an occupational therapist (OT) in order to get into the OT program, I shadowed and helped a client that had dementia. At first, it was difficult for me to understand why the client was not communicating properly and had to be told what to do multiple times until the OT told me that the client had dementia. I then understood why the client was behaving that certain way, and researched and learned more about the illness to get a better understanding of what the client was going through. I also worked at a senior living center in Radford, where I was the activity assistant. I worked and exercised...
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...cognitive impairments and those who are in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Recent research shows that in these vulnerable populations, tube feeding alone does not necessarily prevent malnutrition and risk of infection or improve functional status and comfort. While advanced directives allow an individual to make decisions about his or her care at the end of life, court cases and religious doctrine examine the individual’s right to autonomous decision making in opposition to preserving the sanctity of life. As long as the outcome of this debate is largely undecided, the process of dying may be prolonged for those who can no longer advocate for themselves. Keywords: Enteral feeding, tube feeding, ethics, persistent vegetative state, dementia, palliative care Introduction Nutrients are introduced into the body in two ways: by enteral feeding through the digestive tract, and by parenteral feeding through a tube inserted in a vein in an arm or leg (peripheral line) or through the chest wall in...
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...what has been done in the past can help people understand the illness and come up with improved treatments. In the 1800’s institutes for the mentally ill were established. The study started to take on a scientific view point instead of the previous religious one. This changed the way people looked at schizophrenics and allowed further research into understanding the disease. This is why studying the disorder will help those who suffer from schizophrenia to be accepted in society and be helped to control the symptoms to live better lives. Investigation Emile Kraepelin came up with the term "dementia praecox" which classified those who suffered from symptoms that would one day suggest schizophrenia. Eugen Bleuler was the first person to use the term schizophrenia in 1908. Eugen Bleuler came up with the name after studying his patients and realizing that instead of being a kind of dementia or precociousness that it instead dealt with split psychic functioning. When asylums were first instituted the idea was that instead of helping the mentally ill, it would help the people who were “normal” by getting rid of the insane and keeping them off the streets. This would make it so no one had to deal with them. The insane were seen as inconvenient and pestiferous, not as suffering human beings that needed help. In 1896 America began to create laws that would prevent anyone who was mentally ill to marry. Those suffering from mental illness had to be segregated and hospitalized until...
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...The term “mental health care” may mean many things in different peoples perspectives or opinions, it may mean more common treatments such as therapy, family or individual, or it may entail more specific types of treatments for more severe mental illnesses such as Major Depressive disorder(MDD), Bipolar, and Schizophrenia. The way mental health care will be referred to in this paper is the care, treatment, and conditions of any type of mental illness patient. A very small amount of these mental illnesses may include any form of dementia, autism, Major Depressive Disorder(MDD), Schizophrenia, and attention deficit disorders(ADD). This term also refers to the quality of care given to any patient no matter in which situation it is given, inpatient,...
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...Research has been done to measure the different psychometric properties of the URICA scale. A significant amount of the research measured internal reliability, concurrent, factorial and convergent reliability. More than ten studies result proven that the scale is useful in measuring the different stages of change with male and female prisoners. More specifically, the Columbia University School of Social Work investigated the psychometric properties and utility of the URICA in a sample of 257 female inmates from a large urban prison. The study addressed their major issues: whether the URICA would be useful for assessing stages of change in drug-using female offenders, whether distinct, reliable subgroup profiles would emerge from a cluster analysis...
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...Psychological disorders, also referred to as mental disorders, are abnormalities of the mind that result in persistent behavior patterns that can seriously affect your day-to-day function and life. Many different psychological disorders have been identified and classified, including eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa; mood disorders, such as depression; personality disorders, such as antisocial personality disorder; psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia; sexual disorders, such as sexual dysfunction; and others. Multiple psychological disorders may exist in one person ( Health Grade, 2013). The causes of these disorders are unknown; however major factors that contribute to these disorders are a person’s descent, chemical imbalances in the brain, childhood experiences, illnesses, stress, and prenatal exposures while one is still in their mother’s womb. Psychological disorders are serious and can be very detrimental to that person that has it as well as society. One psychological disorder that will be discussed in this paper is anxiety disorder, more specifically obsessive-compulsive disorder. This paper will discuss the relationship between human development and socialization, along with how this relationship affects obsessive-compulsive disorder. Throughout history Elderly Offenders Behind Bars While Reducing the Cost Over time offenders that have been sent to correctional institutions in the United States are sometimes forced to live out the rest of their lives...
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...People with mental illnesses were increasingly placed in quasi-institutions like, group homes, halfway houses and apartments authorized by State mental health departments. Many others were and continue to be re-institutionalized by and different governmental department, the criminal justice system. In a 2006 Special Report, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) estimated that 705,600 mentally ill adults were incarcerated in state prisons, 78,800 in federal prisons and 479,900 in local jails. This is more than the 559,000 institutionalized in 1960 (Lamb & Weinberger, 1998). Some argue that "people with mental illnesses are overrepresented in probation and parole populations at estimated rates ranging from two to four times the general population" (Prins and Draper, 2009, p11). This historical context is significant to social work because it contributes to an understanding of the modern day struggle of caregivers providing assistance to someone with a serious and persistent mental illness. It also demonstrated the necessity for social work to help the caregivers of the mentally ill resolve their caregiver issues so they may continue to serve this population within their natural support...
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...NMHD 5003 Practice & Pharmacological Issues in Mental Health Nursing By Neil Drummond Essay 3048 words Care Plan 1676 words Overall wordage 7186 The aim of this essay is to show how I have formed, maintained and disengaged from a therapeutic relationship within a practice setting. This will include a profile of the client from their perspective. For the purpose of this essay, the therapeutic relationship was formed within the community mental health team. Their role is the primary intervention service promoting awareness, growth and helping people to work through difficulties (Mind.org, 2013). The interventions provided aim to facilitate comfort, support and a provision of care. The client I have chosen to write this essay on is called Angelo. Angelo is a fictitious name created to protect the individual’s right to confidentiality (NHS, 2012, N.M.C, 2008). The interaction was conducted because of a 6 month cognitive enhancer medication (galantamine) review. I will show an understanding of the importance of a therapeutic relationship building and the values that influence the formulation of mental health nursing assessment and care planning (Schultz and Videbeck, 2009). Appendix 1 will show the plan of management including risk and relapse. Appendix 2 will show the individualised Risk Assessment (profile). In my conclusion I will reflect upon my therapeutic encounter and will address the importance of knowledge and qualities needed to form, maintain and disengage...
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...leaving three scars. It was this very incident that earned Capone his well- known nickname “Scarface”. At just 19 years old Capone married Mary “Mae” Coughlin, who had given birth to his son Albert Francis just weeks prior. Now as a husband and father Capone decided that he had to settle down and do right by his family. The trio relocated to Baltimore where Al took on an honest job working as a bookkeeper for a construction company. Unfortunately, in 1920, Capone’s happy life came took a drastic turn when his father died of a heart attack. Following, the death of Capone’s father, Torrio (Capone’s long-term companion) reached put to the grieving young man to join him in Chicago. Without hesitation, Capone jumped at the chance to leave. While living in Chicago, Torrio managed a growing business in gambling and prostitution. However, this quickly changed with the enactment of the 18th amendment in 1920. This constitutional revision outlawed the sale and consumption of alcohol all across the United States. As a result, Torrio altered his business endeavors to fit the newly grown need for alcohol. He began to focus his attention on bootlegging, the make, distribution, or sell of illicit goods (in this case, alcohol). Capone became a huge asset to Torrio’s Chicago operations. He contributed a skilled set of street smarts and expertise with numbers. Both of which Al Capone gained through his days as a petty thug and bookkeeper. Despite his many skills Capone still lacked one of the most...
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...school experiences. It can degenerate a child’s performance, self-esteem, and future efforts. The day we treat all bullying the same, is the day when school settings will become safer. Speech and language therapists manage people who have disorders with speech, language, communication, and also swallowing in adults and children. Speech and language therapists (SLTs) are relative health professionals who work with parents, teachers, nurses, and many more. They work in certain areas such as hospital wards, clients ‘homes, prisons, and the list goes on. SLT’s also work closely with babies who have difficulty swallowing and feeding. SLTs also work with children who have mild, moderate or severe learning difficulties and voice disorders such as Down syndrome. They also work with adults who have communication or eating and swallowing problems following neurological impairments and degenerative conditions, including stroke, head injury, Parkinson's disease and dementia. “Speech therapists hourly median salary is $32.85 per hour. The lowest 10% earn $20.34 per hour and those in the upper 10% earn more than $48.95 per hour”. (Speech Therapist Salary). “Yearly, Speech Therapist salaries are $68,350. The lowest of 10% earn less than $42,310 per year while the upper 10% earn more than $101,820 per year. These salaries are calculated...
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...God's Not Dead is a 2014 Christian drama film directed by Harold Cronk, and stars Kevin Sorbo, Shane Harper, David A. R. Whiteand Dean Cain. The film was released to theaters on March 21, 2014, by Pure Flix Entertainment.[4] ------------------------------------------------- Plot Josh Wheaton (Shane Harper), a Christian college student, enrolls in a philosophy class taught by Professor Jeffrey Radisson (Kevin Sorbo), an atheist, who demands that his students sign a declaration that "God is dead" to get a passing grade. Josh is the only student in the class who refuses to sign and is then required by Radisson to debate the topic with him, with the class members deciding who wins. Radisson gives Josh twenty minutes at the end of the first three lecture sessions to argue that God exists. In the first two debates, Radisson has counter arguments for all of Josh's points. Josh's girlfriend Kara (Cassidy Gifford) breaks up with him, fearing that standing up to Radisson will jeopardize their academic future. Ultimately, it comes down to the third and final debate between Radisson and Josh, who again both make compelling points. Josh then halts his line of debate to pose a question to Radisson: "Why do you hate God?" After Josh repeats the question twice more, Radisson explodes in rage, confirming he hates God for his mother's death that left him alone despite his prayers. Josh then casually asks Radisson how he can hate someone that doesn't exist. In the end, Martin (Paul Kwo), a foreign...
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...Both Steinbeck and Miller have mastered description of setting and location. In a novel or a play, having the skill to be able to set a scene is fundamental, it allows the author to illustrate a certain image or location through words. They intricately describe contemporary America, following the Wall Street Crash. Both authors have their own ways of conveying an image, Miller uses stage directions to illustrate important settings whilst Steinbeck implements evocative vocabulary to carefully describe each significant location to the reader. Miller’s first description portrays Brooklyn, the setting of the Loman household with a gentle flute melody playing in the background, ‘it is small and fine, telling of grass and trees and the horizon’. The house is described as being ‘small and fragile-seeming’ with ‘towering angular shapes behind it, surrounding it on all sides’. This detailed description conveys to the reader that there is a sense of claustrophobia and inferiority, suggesting that this house is out of place in the daunting city. The opening location of Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ serves as a foil to ‘Death of a Salesman’, as it outlines the beauty of the Salinas River in rural California. There are however some links between the two introductions; the Salinas River is described as ‘twinkling over the yellow sands in the moonlight’, which directly opposes the description of Brooklyn ‘an angry glow of orange’ in scene one of ‘Death of a Salesman’. Rural California seems...
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... pinching, burning, biting, overmedicating, under medicating, or force-feeding; improper use of physical or chemical restraints; and exposure to severe weather. Emotional or psychological abuse is a form of abuse or behaviors that causes an older adult to have fear, mental anguish or emotional pain or distress. This kind of abuse includes name-calling, intimidation, insults and threats which could lead to manipulation. Neglect is a form of abuse that has a wide range. Neglect can range from withholding appropriate attention from the individual to intentionally failing to meet the older adults’ physical, social, or emotional needs. It can include failure to provide food, water, clothing, medication, or assistance with activities of daily living or personal hygiene. In addition, failure to manage...
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...government. The ANA promotes the rights of nurse’s in the workplace, projects a positive view of nursing and lobbies the congress and other health care industries on behalf of nurses. My membership with the ANA personally is a resource to me for workplace issues that come up and ethical concerns I may have. The ANA offers continuing education units in the form of conferences, seminars and articles. I benefit from the ANA by having comradery with other nurses in the profession (ANA, 2015). B. Nursing Code Examples One day I was taking care of an 89 year old female, Elsie. Elsie had been admitted for sepsis. She had two decubitus ulcers, one on her coccyx and one on her sacrum, along with being treated for pneumonia. Elsie had a history of dementia and was nonverbal except for an occasional “yes”. Elsies daughter...
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...Past, Present, and Future Janele Fletcher Interdisciplinary Capstone/480 May 30, 2012 Cheryl Burleigh Title of Paper The purpose of this paper is to reflect on one’s personal and professional lives’ during his or her program study at University of Phoenix. I will reflect on one’s growth while looking at the effects of completing the Human Services degree program of current and future professional goals. In this paper, I will discuss one’s views of learning, influences of personal growth and development including professional competences and career goals. Additionally, this paper evaluates areas of growth of skill orientation of core courses, which includes general education and poses areas of recommendation that can enhance the curriculum at University of Phoenix. Lastly, this paper analyzes the effects completing an undergraduate degree program while giving insight of lifelong learning goals (University of Phoenix, 2012). Assessment of one’s personal and professional growth and development enhances awareness and brings accomplishments to the forefront. Personal and Professional Growth As I reflect on personal and professional growth prior to completion of one’s degree program, I realize that one has been empowered by great deals of faculty and staff at University of Phoenix, which has influenced personal and professional growth. People, places, and things easily deterred me in the past however; since enrollment of one’s degree program, empowerment...
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