...Partner Violence (IPV) • Prevention is a process that promotes safe, healthy environments and behaviors that reduce the likelihood or frequency of an accident, injury, or condition occurring. • As evidenced by other health-related conditions, primary prevention (taking action before a problem arises) can successfully reduce or eliminate intimate partner violence. • Health care professionals are in a ideal position to use their influence and credibility to help prevent IPV o They can advocate for change in clinical practice, as well as for policies and procedures. o Because health care providers see IPV firsthand, they are particularly effective when speaking about the issue to legislators, the media, and to the public. (Cohen, et al., 2006, p. 89) Primary Prevention • Effective primary preventions will reduce the emotional, physical, and psychological trauma experienced as a result of IPV (Cohen, et al., 2005, p. 92). • Even when partners and spouses have been brought up in violent home with abusive families, they can learn to rechannel and control their emotions and behaviors and use appropriate coping strategies. • Opportunities for families and individuals to improve relationships with their partner or spouse usually begin with learning appropriate problem-solving skills. • Assertiveness skills for women provide a foundation for empowerment. • Parenting influences children in their coping strategies, decision making, and sense of self-confidence. o Parenting...
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...Crisis Paper Casie Yu MCPHS University Patient Background Sammy is 27 year old, female patient who came into the hospital for opiates withdrawal/dependence. Sammy is white American and has been baptized but doesn’t attend to church regularly. She is admitted to the hospital for a detox for opiate dependence. Patient states that she currently uses “two bundles of heroin per day through shooting up for the past month. I also shoot up $20 of cocaine for the past month and I smoke marijuana once per week for the last three years”. Sammy has started using three years ago. Sammy also smokes tobacco about one pack per day for about ten years. Three years ago, Sammy got in a serious car accident that hospitalized her. The medical complications that followed up with the car accident is diagnosed with having reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the lower limbs and had a spinal cord stimulator implanted. The first surgery was faulty because the implanted battery wasn’t working. During the second surgery, the wiring of the batteries was wrong and the stimulator was stimulating the wrong leg. Sammy went back the third time and finally, the stimulator was working where it is suppose to be. Although the stimulator was working and suppose to help sooth the pain, Sammy still could not bear the pain. Due to the reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the lower limbs after the car accident, Sammy stated that she could not stand for long periods of times and she cannot lift more than twenty to...
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...the role of the nurse as an advocate and provider of care for the child/adolescent client. As a psychiatric nurse for children and adolescent, one must be prepared for anything. They must be very well versed in clinical practices, public policy and research. Every day there is new therapies, drugs, and behavior modification. The nurse should keep up to date with these new researches to provide the quality care needed for the children. They should provide a therapeutic environment for the client. A safe environment allows the patient to feel safe and get the therapy needed to get better. They assist the patient with self-care activities that promote the client to freely and safely express feelings. The nurse administering and monitors psychobiologic treatment regimes. They ensure that the client takes medication on time and does not pocket the medication. Health teach is important subject for children to learn. The nurse provides nutrition information, positive coping strategies, and prevention of further disabilities. Crisis intervention and management is also addressed to clients and clients family. The nurse ensures that the client is getting the best possible treatment and not overmedicating. They protect the client from any abuse that may be going on in the home by reporting, teaching the client who to call if abuse continues upon dismissal, and monitoring clients while in treatment facility. 2. In addiction to nursing, describe support provided by the interdisciplinary...
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...Describe and evaluate the psychological therapies for schizophrenia. Cognitive behavioural therapy has multiple different approaches; Tarrier used detailed interview techniques and found that schizophrenics can often identify triggers to the onset of their psychotic symptoms and the participants find their own methods to cope with the distress caused by hallucinations. These strategies include: distractions, concentrations and positive self-talk. Other strategies include initiation or withdrawal from social contact, relation techniques, such as breathing exercises.73% of the sample reported that these strategies were effective in managing their symptoms. Coping strategy enhancement was developed which aims to teach individuals to develop and apply effective coping strategies. These reduce the frequency, intensity and duration of psychotic symptoms. A weakness of this is that schizophrenic patients have irrational thought processes which makes it difficult to identify the accuracy of their statements regarding the onset of symptoms and it is retrospective therefore it is hard to judge the accuracy of the theory. A weakness of this study is that the main technique used is interviews, so participants may have faced demand characteristics, therefore decreasing the validity of the findings. Another weakness is that the cognitive behavioural therapy does not offer a cure for schizophrenia, therefore is not entirely useful as it doesn’t look at the cause of the disorder which...
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...of illnesses and permanent damage. The concept of stress can be seen as negative and positive. Positive stress is perceived by some to act as a motivating factor and help achieve objectives. Whereas, negative stress takes a sometimes debilitating toll on the body and creates physical and mental problems. Stress management is exploring different stress coping mechanisms that can be used to help improve and reduce stress symptoms in those individuals suffering. Stress and Stress Management Stress is the body’s mental, physical, and emotional reaction to everyday activities. Stress is an issue that reaches everyone, at some point of their life. There are hundreds of stressors that affect us in every aspect of life. Some stressors can be used as positive, while others can ultimately be harmful. According to the Review of Management Innovation and Creativity, (Treven, 2011), work stress is recognized worldwide as a major challenge to workers health and the health of their organizations. They claim that workers that are stressed are more likely to be unhealthy, poor motivated, less productive and less safe at work and home. Various approaches to stress management are being applied within organizations worldwide but before the approaches, individuals need to identify the source of the stress whether it be work or personal. There are many different techniques to help manage stress. Each individual person may have different types of stress. Different techniques...
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... Assessing the way a family interacts with one another and the environment can tell you which direction to begin with intervention. Through family health assessments the nurse is able to gain the norms, expectations, communication, and coping strategies from a family’s perspective. This paper is the results of an interview used to assess the function of a particular family. The responses in turn help to shape the appropriate wellness nursing diagnoses. The questions are open ended and cover all the components of a functional health assessment. Health Perception-Health Management The family had no specific philosophy for its view on health. In a general sense, the family believed that health was important and should be maintained regularly. Although, they do not practice healthy lifestyle habit daily, they tried to make changes as they went along. The young children who are seven year olds, were still at the stage were health practices are being instilled and taught through observation of adults. Both adults in the family believed the same about health practices but the father practiced it more than the others. It was difficult for them to point out any other unhealthy behaviors besides consuming junk food. As far as safety, the family felt safe in their community. The family lives on a military installment where security is always managed on a controlled basis. There were some...
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...psychologically safe because they are aware and in control of the steps that are to follow. It is also crucial for the helping professional to assist the children and families with discussing the preexisting traumatic stressors and develop positive coping strategies for these triggers. Professionals that strive to practices trauma-informed care must ensure the child’s safety through the transition periods of foster care (NCTSN, 2013). Understanding the reality of trauma within the lives of those they serve will help professionals to continue offering effective care without retraumatizing the individual(s). The second essential element to trauma-informed care is identifying trauma-related needs of children and families. This can be done with initial intakes that include trauma assessments and addressing the...
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...Phoenix Environmental Psychology Analysis The article that is discussed in this report is the reduction of posttraumatic stress disorder following natural disasters. There is a lot of stress, fear, and behavior issues that following a traumatic event like a natural disasters. Most adults have difficulty coping with fear or stress while experiencing a natural disaster but it is especially challenging for children because of the lack of developmental stages of coping with stress and natural disasters. After such disasters children can show signs of distress and emotional disturbance, so acquiring parents, guardians, and teachers provide emotional support is essential for aiding in reducing posttraumatic stress disorder. In me cases children need professional help, therefore educating parents and loved ones to facilitate adaptive coping strategies and interventions is the first step with posttraumatic stress disorder. One must understand the signs after such a traumatic event like a natural disaster in which case executing the proper proven interventions that incorporate play with aid in developing coping skills for children who have PTSD. Many different therapies like Cognitive Behavior Therapy Family Play Therapy are usually the best fit for PTSD. Smith (2011), “After a traumatic experience, it’s normal to feel frightened, sad, anxious, and disconnected” (para. 1-3). With such overwhelming emotions a child may feel as if...
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...ABRIO, RITHCHIL P. ATILLO, FRANCESCA ARRIANA B. Idea/QuestionIdea: The life and works of being student assistant in Lourdes College are Question: How will the student assistant manage/balance both performance and education? | Why this idea?To help student assistants cope on their stressful experience.To gain greater understanding of the situation. | Plan to discover(Idea/Question) * The strategies of the S.A students in balancing their work while studying.How will they manage the stressful task under student assistant program?Why are they under this program?What are their problems of being S.A? | What needs to be done * Conduct a survey to all S.A student * Conduct interview * Use book as a material for the research | 1 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM The student assistant is a student member of a college coaching staff, teaching assistance, resident assistant, a trained peer leader, within a college, university, or group housing facility. A student working as support assistance for the faculty and staff. Student assistantship is generally a part-time position. Job description includes technological support in class assistance, first-level computer support, etc. student assistant are also supposed to establish a good rapport with the faculty will not be disturbed and shy by their I.T- related problems. On the whole...
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...Clinical Psychology; Name: Institution: In answering the above question, one must understand the contributions of the contemporary psychology that is fascinated by human relationships and behavior. The aims of clinical psychology are noble, which is to use principles of psychology as well as our understanding of the human behavior in promoting quality of life, health, and finally happiness. Looking at the patient who wants more time in psychotherapy and is challenging my competencies, as a psychologist, I must use new skills in tackling the issue in order to develop better applications and make the patient understand the treatment processes. The typical therapy session is often 45 – 50 minutes, and therapy interventions might take less time. The standard starting and ending times as well as the session length provide a means for patients and therapists to observe emotional reactions (Plante, 2005). Psychotherapy is imbalance because it allows the clients to talk more, but its goal is to meet the needs of the client. Therefore, in the therapy room there is always a power differential between the therapist and client. Patients understand that this arena involves the specialized knowledge of the therapist. The therapist is required to explain to the patient the ground rules, psychotherapy framework, and assure them that they are acting for the best interest of the client (Bonanno & Burton, 2013). Opening up during psychotherapy can stir up primitive portions...
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...The Nature of Cyberbullying and Strategies for Prevention Nur Syaqirah binti Juri (2014132891) Abstract: This article is an article review from the original article that titled cyberbullying. In this article review, there are several sub topic will be covered. The topic comprised from introduction, discussion, recommendation and conclusion. For discussion it will covered about the definition, age and gender, type of cyberbullying, differences between cyberbullying and traditional bullying, student coping strategies .This review will provide another perception and will be an extra information about the nature of cyberbullying as whole. Keywords: cyberbullying, cyber, traditional bullying INTRODUCTION Cyberbullying is one of the crucial phenomena that always occur in our country, Malaysia. Cyberbullying can be defined as a bullying that takes place over digital devices such as cell phones, tablets and computers. Cyberbullying can...
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...University Course # MGT 499 Module 2: Strategic Management: External Analysis In this module, my case assignment was to perform an external analysis of Toyota. Like other companies, Toyota operates in a complex global industry. In order to develop and execute a successful strategy, the Toyota Corporation must take into account the global automotive environment. As part of strategy Toyota must look at their current opportunities in the market. Along with these opportunities, Toyota also faces some threats. Toyota has taken many actions to respond to these environmental contingencies. Based on my analysis, Toyota should continue to focus on its customers, as well as coping with change, and announcing their responses to its customers. Toyota Motor Corporation is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan; in the current market they have many opportunities. Currently, Toyota is one of the world’s largest automobile manufactures and employs over 300,000 employees. A major opportunity for Toyota is the new fuel efficient cars that they are producing. With the oil prices reaching record highs, Toyota has the advantage over other car manufactures with their more fuel efficient cars. This is one of their keys to success right now. Toyota is also producing cars that are targeted towards the younger generation of drivers. A great deal of money can be made here also. Acting on any opportunities in the automobile market is a risk...
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...malnourishment, substance abuse, economic duress, and poor living conditions. Emotionally, she is in distress and is now seeking assistance. Additionally, I am assuming that she might be homeless and lacking family support. Questions to Consider when Interviewing the Client While interviewing the client, I would ask myself which public/social services might best fit this young female’s needs. I would also mentally start addressing her sexual habits and considering when she last had a full physical assessment with laboratory tests and was checked for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). I would also be concerned about her psychological condition and if she suffers from any mental illness. Additionally, I would reflect on how to establish a safe environment for the patient. How to Assist the Client during Planning Identifying the stage of prevention is required to help a person in need. This female needs a secondary prevention. This measure identifies, plans around, and reduces the impact of a current disease (Harkness & DeMarco, 2012, p. 90). As a public health nurse, during planning I can assist the client in making the decisions to cease substance abuse and to seek permanent housing. I can also help her access Social Services and assist her with obtaining the appropriate medical care. I can encourage her to complete an Addiction Severity Index (ASI) followed by a drug screening for potential drugs. Furthermore, I can provide her with information regarding the...
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...employees and employers alike into the workplace, affecting people's work performance on several different levels (Dr. Kristi Dyer, 2009). What is Grief and it’s Process? Grief is a natural painful response to loss. It’s the emotional suffering an individual feels when something or someone he loves is taken away. Like all other emotions it can be unpredictable and usually incorporates sadness, fear, and guilt after any particular loss. If someone associates grief with the death of a loved one, this type of loss often causes the most intense grief that incorporates unbearable pain to the bereaved individual (Melinda & Jeanne, 2012). Moreover, grief is experienced from the moment we start breathing, we tend to loose the secure and safe world of the mother’s womb to arrive in a loud, cold, alien place, and even from this first moment the sense of loss we feel is a solitary one (Andrews-Ahearn & E Elaine, 2009). Life’s is full...
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...The transition from elementary school into middle school is a difficult switch for preadolescent individuals. Preadolescent individuals are experiencing many difficult changes in their lives at this point in time, such as physical, emotional, and cognitive changes. Transitioning from elementary school into middle school can also be quite scary for young children. It is vital for preadolescents to have the necessary resources to aid in their transition. Unfortunately, many low-income families do not have those vital resources, such as time, support, and money, to name a few. ‘“Follow the Lead”’ is an intervention based afterschool mentoring program targeting low-income preadolescents in order to provide a safe and encouraging environment for...
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