Drug Abuse Among Teenagers Drug abuse among teenagers ia a very serious issue today. Not only does it physically and emotionally destroy our youth, but it also affects society as a whole. Sometimes educating teens or entering rehabilitation programs are not enough of a deterrent. What causes teenagers to go beyond normal experimentation of drugs and become addicts? Like any teen, peer pressure is a biggie. If one wants to fit in with their peers they tend to do as they do
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Assessment of Non-acute Health and Social Services in Ponchatoula, Louisiana Laura K. Ogden Southeastern Louisiana University College of Nursing and Health Sciences School of Nursing NLAB 334 October 29, 2014 Assessment of Non-acute Health and Social Services in Ponchatoula, Louisiana The community assessed was Ponchatoula, Louisiana. The focus of the assessment was non-acute health and social services. The community-as-partner model
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which is used by the government for funding purposes, to provide more rehabilitation centers, to ensure necessary programs are run by the government to target illicit drugs and is also used to help target the necessary people who need help. This may include specific genders or ages that suffer most from illicit drugs intake. Firstly, the government uses these statistics to provide funding for all programs and rehabilitation centers that cater for people who may have encountered drugs in their lives
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First, rehabilitation is important to the entire process. Making sure that women can get the proper mental health help if needed and moreover the skills to help them to succeed on the inside. If a woman dropped out of high school and was convicted at the age of eighteen
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Child Criminals: Is Punishment or Rehabilitation The Answer? Lisa Perdew Prof. H. Mathers Ivy Tech Community College With the growing number of crimes being committed by juveniles the question of whether punishment as adults or rehabilitation in a youth facility is the better option has never been more relevant. Some say that if a child commits a heinous crime, such as murder, they should be punished just as an adult would be. Others say child criminals are children
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Does imprisonment alone deter crime or does restorative justice prevail? In this essay, I will delve into the world of justice. I will examine both retributive justice which aims to search for fault and reprimand the guilty, in contrast to that I will look at restorative justice which concentrates on both the needs of the offenders and victims, in addition to the general public (Dorpat 2007). I plan to scrutinise the best route of justice to prevent future reoffending through the evidence I gather
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the true, ultimate purpose of the prison system?” Is punishment simply a form of retributivism? Do we keep people in jail to keep the rest of society safe? Or is the purpose of jail rehabilitation? The purpose of punishment has been speculated for more than a century. Public interest in supporting criminal rehabilitation has dwindled in the past but may now arise again with neuroscientific evidence (Nita
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diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. So if I was the head of an athletic training staff I would first trying to find ways to overseeing the general care of my student-athletes. The athletic trainer is the healthcare professional who takes care of student-athletes even after the school nurse and other staff have left for the day. This is when the athletic trainer begins the daily routine of injury rehabilitation, injury evaluations, protective taping
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Nursing Leader Interview The nurse manager of the cardiac rehabilitation unit has been a formal nurse leader for the past five years. The conversation began with a discussion about her personal leadership style and how it evolved from a knee jerk style to her current democratic style. Being a nurse leader requires adaptation and flexibility. Administration, Medicare, and certifying organizations require changes to be made frequently to improve patient care. These changes are often tied to service
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were both in accordance to the customs, values, belief systems and traditions of the people. Power and authority rested on the chiefs and traditional rulers as well as heads of clans and families to punish culprits of various offenses and offer rehabilitation services. According to The Library of Congress Country Studies (1994) there was no prison system in the traditional Ghanaian society in the colonial era and advent of western education and culture in Ghana. The Ghana Police Service was established
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