Unfortunately, sports-related head injuries occur frequently and can be difficult to diagnose; injuries like concussions aren't always as obvious or painful as a fractured limb or pulled muscle but aren't any less serious. The Center for Disease Control(CDC) estimates that, in the Unites States alone, over 300,000 sports-related concussions occur a year(Article 1). The results of concussions can be detrimental, especially in children and young adults. Returning to play shortly after a concussion
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Running Head: Mental Health Nursing The Consumer experience of mental health nursing Name Grade Course Tutor’s Name Date The Consumer experience of mental health nursing The articles by Sandy Jeffs, Simon Champ, Rene Geanellos, Ikwunga Wonodi & Robert Schwarcz and Alxander Arguello & Joseph Gogos have presented comprehensive and interesting contributions in reinforcing the literature on consumer experience of mental health nursing with specific reference to schizophrenia. A
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My role as a student in higher education and future healthcare practitioner Introduction This essay will explore what I did before I became a student and what my roles are as a mental health student nurse as well as a future mental health nurse practitioner. The essay will also identify an action plan off which will address my developmental needs as a student. Before I became a student nurse I decided to go into higher education by starting with an access course to nursing while working
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saying the leagues are not doing enough about it and are profiting off the injuries. This causes many of the leagues to be sued. The topic of National Football league concussion safety has been in the middle of all of the smoke, and there will always be supporters and critics who continue to debate this topic. Concussions happen in sports every day, they are very common in contact sports. First off, a concussion is a brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head or body that shakes the brain inside
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Professionalism and Professional Values of Nursing in Mental Health Professionalism refers to professional character, spirit, or methods. It is a set of attributes, a way of life that implies responsibility and commitment. Nursing, as a profession is differentiated from a job or other occupations by distinct characteristics. These characteristics include specialized training, service orientation of members, ongoing research, code of ethics, autonomy and professional organization (Berman
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Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Finding Our Core: The Therapeutic Relationship in 21st Century Advanced ORIGINAL 4 42 June © Blackwell 0031-5990 Publishing Perspectives in Psychiatric PPC 2006 Practice PMH2006 Malden, USAARTICLE Care Blackwell Publishing Inc Nursing: Finding Our Core Suzanne Perraud, RN, PhD, Kathleen R. Delaney, RN, DNSc, Linnea Carlson-Sabelli, PhD, APRN, BC, Mary E. Johnson, RN, PhD, Rebekah Shephard, MS, APRN, and Olimpia Paun, APRN, BC
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practice is the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA). Their mission states that: “The APNA is a professional association organized to advance the science and education of psychiatric-mental health nursing. It is committed to the specialty practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing, health, wellness and recovery promotion through identification of mental health issues, prevention of mental health problems and the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric
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Executive Summary Nancy Rodriguez Grand Canyon University NRS-451V September 28,2014 Executive Summary Patient education is crucial to improve quality of patient care, increase healthy behaviors and improve health status. Nursing and patient interaction plays a very important role, and part of a nurses’ job is to educate the patient (Ferguson et al., 2013). Educational programs such as nursing groups would be of great benefit to implement at Aurora Behavioral Health facility. The following
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This is a contact sport and the players could unfortunately get a concussion in countless ways. If a concussion goes unnoticed this is a major problem. We are aware that Rugby is a contact sport and we are aware that injuries are sure to happen, but we also have to be aware of the injuries that we can’t see. Not only does this sport cause physical damage to the body it also causes trauma to the brain. Repeated trauma to the brain could cause a disease that is life altering, and can be severely worse
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million concussions occur every year in the United States resulting from physical or sport activity (NATA CITE). A concussion occurs when a sudden impact of a high magnitude acceleration takes place. Since concussions are one of the most complex injuries in the sports field, professionals are constantly coming up with new ways to help predict, prevent and treat concussions. i1 Biometrics has released a new mouth guard that they say will help prevent and detect concussions by sending data from the
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