...Standardized Stress Maker Schools in the united states should get rid of standardized testing. Standardized testing keeps students from learning, puts stress on the teachers, and it is a useless and costly tool used by the education system in the united states to determine what school get what amount of funding. A lot can be said about what needs to be changed to make standardized testing better but the only thing that can make it better would be to get rid of them all together. One reason standardized testing should be disbanded is because it restricts what the students can be taught. Teachers spend most of their time in class going over what may or not be covered in standardized tests at the end of the year. This means that students aren’t learning anything besides what they need to in order to pass these tests. This may not seem like that much of a problem when it comes time to take the test but it could cause problems further down the road and the students are looking for jobs. At this point putting down high school graduate on your resume just means you passed a test it doesn’t mean you know or have learned anything....
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...the ignition in his car to warm up his car while waiting for a taxi. The sailor was ticketed for a DUI and was eventually relieved of duties and upon the end of his contract was not given the opportunity to resign and continue his service. The Navy has very strict policies that it enacts to be sure that it retains only those people that are the best for the Navy (Pastell, 2013). The last, and arguably most effective way to combat the use and/or abuse of drugs and alcohol is by using your referent power as a shipmate in the wardroom. The referent power gives us the opportunity to have a personal connection with those that you are leading (Hughes, 2009). By establishing a friendship, our followers have a considerable amount more buy-in into what you as a leader are trying to do (Hughes,...
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...Read the following passage and then write down your answers to the questions that follow it. “Burnout in the Healthcare Sector” Pattie Malone Introduction Stress is a part of everyday life and, to a certain degree, is healthy for an individual. Chronic stress, however, is not healthy for an individual, and chronic stress results in burnout. Burnout is defined in lay terms as physical or emotional exhaustion, especially as a result of long-term stress. Researchers have commonly found that individuals in the human services professions, such as health care, are more susceptible to burnout than individuals in other professions (Maslach, 1982; Pines and Aronson, 1988; Patrick, 1984; Weber, 1991). Today, the economic, political, and regulatory pressures in the healthcare industry have made an already stressful environment even more so (Dubnicki, 1991). The purpose of this study is to determine what burnout is, why it is so prevalent in the healthcare sector, and what human resources management can do to prevent burnout. Burnout Defined Pines and Aronson (1988) define burnout as a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by long-term involvement in emotionally demanding situations. Physical exhaustion comes in the form of low energy, chronic fatigue, and weakness. Emotional exhaustion is characterized by the development of negative attitudes toward oneself, work, and life itself. Maslach (1982) defines burnout as a syndrome of emotional...
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...Summary The article, “Depression, Inflammation and Nutrition” discusses how prevalent depression is in the United States. It also discusses the types of treatment methods that are used, whether pharmacological, nutritional and or nonpharmacological such as Tai Chi or exercises. The article then goes on to discuss the possible biological, physiological and metabolic factors that can play a role in depression but no one thing has been confirmed. The cause of the subject remains debatable. Further into the article the author discusses how, counteracting depression without medications and items in your diet, such as berries, legumes and Omega 3 can counteract depression. If one cannot obtain the proper nutrients then another option would be to...
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...relationship issues, money problems, and job satisfaction. Since the war in Afghanistan stared on Sep 13, 2001, the age has increased from 25 to 44, race does not necessarily matter anymore, and add the pressures of not knowing what is going to happen and always wondering when/if “your time is up”. Along with this, add in the stress of preparing for your deployment, the stress of leaving your family, the stress of ensuring everyone is properly taken care of if the inevitable happens, and the stress of possibly, or actually, losing subordinates or friends to enemy gunfire or Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), just to name a few. More males over the age of 30, who have had at least one deployment to Afghanistan or Iraq and have seen some heavy fighting or have lost friends to enemy mortars/rockets on main operating bases, have committed or attempted to commit suicide in the past five years, then ever before. After all the stress of combat, coming home to a life of no danger of snipers or IEDs, mortar/rocket attacks to your base, causes even more stress then people can even imagine. “Flashbacks”, hyper-vigilance, suspicion, and the fear of loud noises are also a major concern and cause undue stress to the sevicemember and their families. The high stress of multiple deployments to an active combat zone, has caused many servicemembers to commit suicide in the last 10 years than ever before. Since 9/11, the deployment rate, or operations tempo, for all branches of the military...
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...but not limited to, environment, biology, behavior, and stress. The first step is to figure out what is causing the person to be sick before any physical or mental problems can be treated. When a person knows what is causing his or her health problems, they are better prepared to take the steps that are needed to cure or prevent the problem. The physician is more able to treat the patients conditions if they are more aware of all the illnesses causes. This also helps the doctors to treat their patients based on the specifics of their illnesses. The multifactorial module uses sociocultural factors that are connected with health and illness, as reflected in human diversity. These factors include ethnicity, gender, level of education, and socioeconomic status. Psychology also plays a big part in keeping a person healthy by teaching the mind how to deal with stressors that can affect a person’s health. CHD, or Coronary Heart Disease, is one of the major causes of death in the United States. This disease can cause heart attacks and strokes due to stress and unhealthy habits that can be caused by stress such as smoking cigarettes, overeating, or not eating healthy (U.S. Department of Human Services, www.hhs.org). Other elements that can lead to Coronary Heart Disease can be family history but problems associated with this disease can be seriously lowered by eating a healthy diet and exercise which can help to reduce stress due to the frustrations at work and at home (U.S. Department...
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...Obesity has become a serious health problem in the United States special it has increased significantly in the recent year. According to a study from Trust for America's Health: “Adult obesity has been rising in 31 states of America and haven't signaled to drop. No state has reached the Health and Human Services department goal of reducing the prevalence of adult obesity to 15% by 2010.” This was a huge number and it continues to increase which threatening human health. To answer the question what is the real reason for it. Today I will write the article about the reasons that US citizens rapidly becoming more obese: first is inactivity and lazy in exercises, stressful from working and studying, high sugar consuming and how obesity affected by income....
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...This papers offers insight on the struggle among veterans that suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) related to combat and other stressful situations that are endured during military enlistment. There are many articles available as well as research that has been conducted on the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Veterans that are combat and non combat related. There are many articles that closely show similar variations of statistics of Veterans in the United States of America that suffer from Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which varies by service area. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can also be related to other occurrences such as combat situations, military sexual trauma, and traumatic brain injury...
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...the year 2000, the United States of America had been hit with some major crisis that seriously affected the military. The attack on September 11, 2001, has changed the lives of people around the world especially our military in which thousands of lives has been lost or affected by the War on Terrorism. The terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 that hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the Department of Defense (Pentagon) in Arlington, Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania led to the Global War on Terrorism. The Global War on Terrorism and the invading into Iraq for weapons of mass destruction led to a major change in the military. The United States military have been fighting two wars for the last decade: Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. On September 11, 2001 around 8:45 Tower 1 was hit by American Airlines, Flight 11 out of Boston, Massachusetts and United Airlines, Flight 175 hit Tower 2 at exactly 9:03 which both buildings collapsed. (Giuliani 2002) The location of where the Towers collapse became to be known as Ground Zero. Over thousands of police officers, fire men, volunteers, and the National Guard patrol the streets of New York helping with the recovery. That day as a result of this evil attack on the United States about 3,500 people were killed and the lives of thousands were greatly affected. Families all over the United States changed that day. The United States were at War with Terrorism...
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...Development in Middle Adulthood Middle adulthood is a perplexed period that requires a multifaceted outlook to understand all of the changes and developments that are going to happen. The different changes occurring in middle adulthood include physical, cognitive and social differences. Middle adulthood life stage is said to be between ages 35 to 64. Common health problems that are evolving through age Aging causes its own set of problems as individuals dexterity decreases, energy levels drop, and metabolism slows down which increases their risk for illness and disease. Cancer, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and arthritis are the most common health problems for those in middle adulthood. Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States, however with advancements in cancer screenings and treatments, the survival rates are continuing to improve (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2015). Heart disease narrows or blocks the blood vessels leading to chest pain, stroke, or heart attack. Type 2 diabetes results from the body having too much glucose in one's bloodstream. Over time diabetes causes involvement with the cardiovascular system, damages the nerves, kidneys, eyes, and feet, skin and hearing problems. Arthritis is inflammation affecting one or more joints, causing pain and stiffness in the joint. Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are the most diagnosed. Osteoarthritis is damaged joints due to overuse, whereas rheumatoid arthritis is when the immune system is attacking the covering...
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...Running head: OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AFFECTS MENTAL HEALTH How occupational stress affects mental health Dayana Fornaris Florida National College April 15, 2011 Abstract This research paper gives us a brief idea about how occupational stress affects mental health. It describes how occupational stress has become a serious health issue, not just in terms of an individual’s mental and physical well being, but also for employers as well who had begin to feel the financial consequences of work stress. Occupational stress can be defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses that occur when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities of the worker. However, occupational stress can be an extremely difficult construct to define. There are certain factors that contribute to work stress like for example working long hours beyond your control; Finding it hard to say no to a task for fear of losing future work, frustration and feeling undervalued at work. This can lead to stress and tension. How occupational stress affects mental health Stress has been defined in a number of ways and the range of stress management techniques is even wider still. Essentially what most people understand by 'stress' is a physiological or psychological response to external stressors that goes beyond what is accepted as normal. Maybe 'strain' would have been a better word. Limited external stresses produce a response, a 'strain’, which...
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...handle situations that directly affect their health in a negative or positive outcome. Cultural diversity plays a role in whether a person is able to receive better health care in relation to social economic factors than the country in which they live. Even though the United States and Canada have the advance health care than other European countries there is still the factor of lack of insurance and lower status of social economics that many lack the source of good health care (Nevid & Rathus, 2005). Psychological, environmental, biological and sociocultural factors affect a person’s health whether female or male. Two health problems that are first discussed in the text are premenstrual syndrome and headaches. Headaches are accountable in 20% of people who suffer from the two most common severe types of migraine and muscle tension headaches. GAS or general adaptation syndrome in the first two stages forces the muscles to contract in the forehead, shoulders, neck and persistent stress can lead to the constant constriction of those muscles. Tension headaches are described as a feeling of a viselike pressure throughout the head. Another major headache known as migraines is seen in about 28 million people and stress is a major role. Migraines headaches can be triggered by many factors among them are pollen, use of certain drugs, glaring lights, and even barometric pressure. According to Has singer, the correlation between the reoccurrence of migraines or tension headaches can be...
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...handle situations that directly affect their health in a negative or positive outcome. Cultural diversity plays a role in whether a person is able to receive better health care in relation to social economic factors than the country in which they live. Even though the United States and Canada have the advance health care than other European countries there is still the factor of lack of insurance and lower status of social economics that many lack the source of good health care (Nevid & Rathus, 2005). Psychological, environmental, biological and sociocultural factors affect a person’s health whether female or male. Two health problems that are first discussed in the text are premenstrual syndrome and headaches. Headaches are accountable in 20% of people who suffer from the two most common severe types of migraine and muscle tension headaches. GAS or general adaptation syndrome in the first two stages forces the muscles to contract in the forehead, shoulders, neck and persistent stress can lead to the constant constriction of those muscles. Tension headaches are described as a feeling of a viselike pressure throughout the head. Another major headache known as migraines is seen in about 28 million people and stress is a major role. Migraines headaches can be triggered by many factors among them are pollen, use of certain drugs, glaring lights, and even barometric pressure. According to Has singer, the correlation between the reoccurrence of migraines or tension headaches can...
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...Nathan Bruce 11/22/2015 what causes child abuse? It's hard to imagine someone intentionally hurting a child. Yet nearly 3500 children in the united states die, and 3 million cases are reported every year due to child abuse. From these statistics you can see how big a controversy child abuse is and how frequently it occurs. What is the root cause of child abuse and in what ways can we learn to prevent it? A reason that child abuse occurs is because parents of the abused child are addicted to drugs. In the United States 657,000 children under the age of 3 have parents who abuse drugs, also parents who are drugs addicts are 4.7times more likely to abuse their children. Parents who abuse drug are generally always drunk or high and therefore have no knowledge of what is happening around them. For these reasons when they abuse their children they don't feel any guilt afterwards, as they can't even recall the event. What these parents don’t realise is that maltreatment isn't the only thing that has an effect on their child, as 2/3 of children who are abused grow up to be drug or alcohol addicts themselves. This is a major problem as it automatically repeats the cycle of abuse. Although an ordinary characteristic, stress is a big element in why child abuse occurs. As once the stress starts to building up, parents suddenly blame their children for their own problems. statistics show 10% of children who are abused have single(widower/ widow, unmarried or divorced) ...
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...schools. In the United States, this is one of the great problems of the 21st century for society, who are always alert if a shooting is happening, becoming more worrying for Americans if that happens in a school near them. The shootings in the United States and terrorism have been a very important and frequent problem for the nation for more than 50 years. or example the year 2001, the attack on the twin towers left a footprint in the identity of the American people. Although this tragedy was originated by external organizers, the massacres have continued at the hands of internal people of the country....
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