The IRB (International Review Board) process for this article Tuberculosis Skin Testing Among Homeless Adults, the UCLA Homeless Study, and the RAND Course of Homelessness Study, could not be located, perhaps due to the years of all three studies. However, there are current articles describing the ethical considerations one must take when conducting research with homeless individuals. Such issues have been shared from experience and point of reference, for other researchers and their potential
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This essay will firstly describe what is meant by the patients’ voice and diminishing it. Secondly it will go on to discuss three important barriers which were witnessed in clinical placement and how these diminished the voice of the patient. The essay will then go on to describe how each of these three barriers could have been overcome. This is an important topic due to the fact that it could take away a patient’s right to choice and how they are treated within health care. It effectively takes
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sociology in 2004 from Ferris State University. During my time in college, I completed coursework in psychosocial theories, practice, research, and social welfare policy. I gained knowledge in mental health, gerontology and working with individuals with disabilities. I was provided education in assessment tools and research methods. I also completed four study abroad programs in Israel, France, Switzerland, and Italy. These experiences provided me a broader view of the world and respect for other
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substance use or gambling disorder paired with a mental health disorder is known as a Concurrent Disorder, and is sometimes referred to as “dual diagnosis”. There is no specific reason why people develop Concurrent Disorders. Substance use might cause negative changes to occur in one’s life, thus leading to a mental health disorder. Also, some people with mental health disorders use substances to self medication to cope with the symptoms of their mental disorder. Other reasons might include a traumatic
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According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) if a person experiences symptoms of avoidance, arousal, reactivity, re-experiencing, cognition and mood changes related to a particular event lasting over a month would constitute a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (NIMH, 2016). The symptom of avoidance in the description of the Yup’ik people who survived The Great Death has illustrated the survivors as quiet and to themselves avoiding emotions by not talking about
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Nursing is a profession of humanistic service that requires empathy and compassion to manage the mental and physiological welfare of others. Accordingly, the profession demands quality, safety, and efficiency in the provision of services that are acquired via expert knowledge. Hence, nursing knowledge, regardless of specialty focus, should not be viewed from a singular vernacular but rather from a dimensional perspective that addresses social, cultural, economic, political, and technological factors
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The authors in this document presents that the United States troops are always in constant mental pressure due to their challenging career which can cause serious harm to their body and mind. This is also related to the Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF) where the U.S troops were most of the time under severe stress. Because of this mental health problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD increases within them. Veterans in the U.S are not being properly treated
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2013). People classified as having a disability in PALS are those who indicate any difficulty hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing any similar activities or who have a physical condition or mental condition or health problem that reduces the amount or kind of activity they can do at home, work or school or in other activities such as transportation or leisure (Counsel of Canadians with Disabilities, 2013). The purpose of this paper
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PUEBLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE NURSING NUR 211 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Supplemental Learning Guide Course Objectives * Relate the minimum requirements for the course. * Illustrate the use of competencies for learning. * Formulate own needs and responsibilities relative to meeting course competencies. * Relate course/clinical assignments and evaluation * Distinguish how the major concepts (see Nursing Student Handbook) of the program are affected by the variety of
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The nurse can do this by using the Heritage Assessment Tool. This tool shows the nurse how important their heritage is to them and if they have adopted their ways of life from their family’s history and influence. This gives the nurse a starting point for his or her own competency because once the nurse knows their own beliefs they will know what to keep in mind as their own biases that may hinder or limit care of their patients. The Heritage Assessment tool can then be used with the nurses’ patients
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