...In spite of the importance of hearing in everyday life, hearing loss is often an unrecognized and under-treated health disorder. Even among people with hearing impairment, there may be a tendency to underreport hearing-related difficulties. (Cruickshanks, Nondahl, Tweed, Wiley, Klein. B, Klein. R, Chappell, Dalton & Nash, 2010) According to the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (1986), hearing impairment is very common among elderly people and can seriously affect their quality of life, personal safety, and ability to function independently. Pure Tone average results for the First Study showed that nearly half of the participants were classified as having hearing loss (of all degrees) which was consistent with the third study,...
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...Summary of Article African American men were targeted for a Syphilis study in 1932. It became one of the most unethical studies ever in United States history. This story became widely publicized in 1972 which caused the research to cease. Unethical research such as not disclosing the real reasons for the study left men sick and vulnerable. It eventually affected the men and their families. The effects of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study were felt for many years and many generations later. One positive outcome was the implementation of the National Research Act of 1974. The unethical acts could have been avoided by working from a “I treat you the way I want to be treated” philosophy. Medical research is usually considered life changing and for the better good of mankind because of positive advances that come from it. In 1932 when Caucasian doctors and the United States Public Health Service sponsored a study to research the effects of syphilis in African American men. This was not study for the better good of mankind. 400 African American men who already had contracted syphilis were enrolled in the study along with 200 uninfected men who served as control participants. “In the late 1940s, penicillin first became available to the general public as a cure for syphilis. However, the decision was made not to make it available to study participants, who were allowed to continue in the study without any treatment for their disease. They were continually supplied with placebos...
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...seen. All testimony to the results of a little so-called freedom imposed on people who needed every care and guidance in the world to keep them from the cannibal life they preferred.” —Toni Morrison The Beloved White Outlook of Slavery Toni Morrison's highly critically acclaimed novel, Beloved, intensely scrutinizes the uttermost excruciating moment of the African American heritage, slavery. By way of what Morrison has called “rememory”, the act of deliberately reconstructing what has been forgotten; in this case slavery is the forgotten memory of the African American culture (Gillespie 23). The novel takes place after the Civil War and emancipation, during the period of national history known as Reconstruction. Throughout the novel Morrison gives a strong sense of white dominance with the purpose of exploiting the roots of the Africa American culture to the reader. As well as exploring the effects of slavery on individual characters, individual black families, and the black community as a whole. Beloved documents both slavery's horrifying destruction and survival of the African American people and their culture (Kubitschek 116-7). In Beloved, Morrison develops the story line behind one of the main characters Sethe; a run away slave, a proud and independent woman, and a extremely devoted mother to her children. Though Sethe herself never truly knew her own mother, her motherly instincts are her most noticeable characteristic (Roberson 198-9). With that being...
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...the African American race. Recently, there have been incidents in which athletes use racial slurs to refer to players on other teams or even within their own team. The “n-word” is very hurtful and should not be used in any way shape or form toward anyone. In recent events, there was a football game between the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers. Colin Kaepernick, quarterback of the 49ers, was reported to have called Lamarr Houston, defense of Chicago Bears, the “n-word.” Gutierrez, the reporter at the scene of the football game, states in his report in ESPN, “Kaepernick has denied saying anything ‘racially derogatory,’ although he acknowledged that he said something to Houston after throwing an interception against the Bears. Replays show that Kaepernick said something to Houston on the play. Houston, however, told the Tribune on Monday that the star quarterback was "just saying inappropriate language," including using the N-word and a profanity” (Gutierrez 1). The fact that Kaepernick admits he said something but to not what he said to Houston makes it suspicious and caused for reporters to ask Houston the truth. Houston told reporter that Kaepernick used the “n-word” and profanity toward him. Gutierrez also states, “Kaepernick was called for an unsportsmanlike penalty after the play and was fined $11,025 last week. Houston claims he was not insulted by the racial slur, telling the Tribune that it's a ‘cultural thing.’ Kaepernick threw three interceptions in the loss to the...
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...Health Assessment Nurses could view family as a client, as one unit with multiple individuals in different stages of transition including adults, adolescents, and small children. “A family is a set of interacting individuals related by marriage, blood, and adoption or by cohabitation interdependently perform relevant functions to fulfill expected role” (Edelman & Mandle2010). System theory helps nurses to view clients as participating members of a family. Developmental theory helps nurses to look at different phases of the family system and predict family transitions based on the norms. Gordon’s functional health patterns help nurses to assess and understand health patterns of their family as a whole functional unit that relates to their health needs, and modify nursing practice accordingly (Edelman & Mandle2010). Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns are values/ health perception, nutrition, sleep/rest, elimination, activity/exercise, cognitive, sensory- perception, self-perception, role relationship, sexuality, and coping. This author has interviewed a family where the father is a 40 year old African American male married to a 39 year old Hispanic woman. They have been married for 20years and have one 15 year old girl and a 10 year old boy. They are a happily married couple and have a good support system of family and friends. The father is a truck driver and the mother is a medical assistant. Their average income is 30-40 grand per year and they have medical...
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...lip alone, cleft palate alone, or both together. The use of ultrasound before birth of the offspring can detect the presence of cleft in an infant, but a physical examination of the lip, mouth, and nose can only confirm the true presence of the disorder. One good thing about diagnosis testing is that it has been known to rule out any other forms of abnormalities. What Happens to a Kid With Cleft Lip or Cleft Palate? A baby with cleft lip and cleft palate may have other difficulties that include feeding problems, middle ear fluid and hearing loss, dental problems, and speech problems. Several factors may increase the likelihood of a baby developing a cleft lip and cleft palate, including: Risk factors * Family history. Parents with a family history of cleft lip or cleft palate face a higher risk of having a baby with a cleft. * Race. Cleft lip and palate are most common in American Indian and Asian children. African American children are least likely to have a cleft. * Sex. Males are twice as likely to have a cleft lip with...
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...important to remember and it expresses the struggles and obstacles that African America women face throughout their life. Ntozake also showed that the value of friendship is very important. The bond between the ladies shows that friendships can prove comfort and stability during rough times in their lives. They confront their feelings about race showing that they can still be strong, beautiful women. The quote, “bein alive and bein a women and bein colored is a metaphysical dilemma, I haven’t conquered yet” (Shange 59), the women is being blatantly honest about being looked down upon in American because of her race and gender. Her status as a black women carries its own challenges and hard times which is really sad to think that these women were treated so poorly for being a different race. These women are strong though they learn to appreciate their race, gender, and beauty and turn to each other for support. I think this is very inspiring as a young women to read and learn about how these women worked together to overcome their hard times. I think this is some every person should remember when struggling with certain issues in their life. The women in the play use poetry to share their thoughts and fears and share their experiences. They find power in their struggles. In the Intro to Afro-American Studies it states that, “Over 52% of all Black people in the United States are women. Women play a special role in bearing children and in the family, and increasingly are becoming...
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...An alarming amount of innocent people become victims of crime every year, and the victim’s rights are every bit as important as the offender’s rights. There are certain tendencies that appear within patterns of crime and victimization, such as adolescents are most likely to be victimized, men become crime victims more often than women, and African Americans experience more crime than other racial groups (Newmark, 2008). Victims of crime suffer from physical, emotional, psychological, and financial issues. Some of the issues victims of crime face are physical injury, fear for personal safety, medical expenses, counseling expenses, feelings of fear, grief, shame, and anger, and lost income. Victims of crime needing assistance may believe they are overlooked or even revictimized by the criminal justice system, a system that may appear to be more concerned with the criminal’s rights than with the needs and rights of the victim. This paper will address the role the prosecutor, defense attorney, criminal, and victim play within the criminal justice system and how victimization affects each. The Prosecutor The prosecutor plays a critical role in the criminal justice system and serves many functions throughout the criminal justice process. Some of these functions are as follows: * Investigating * Helping the police build a case against the person(s) * Bringing charges against a person(s) * Arranging plea bargains * Questioning witnesses * Presenting his or...
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...practice with older adults, considering the right care, at the right time, in the right place and by the right provider of care. * Define Baby Boomers (those born from 1946–1964) reach retirement age (as of 2011) A large group of people born between 1946 and 1964, in the time after the Second World War. * What are the five racial groups listed in your text? African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander/Asian, Hispanic, White * How would you perform discharge teaching to an Hispanic patient Teach the family as well because more than likely, pt is going home and family is his/her primary caregivers. * Apply effective and respectful communication strategies in the care of older adults and their families. * List some of the changes of aging that could affect therapeutic communication * TABLE 4-1 Normal and Pathological Changes and Their Impact on Communication pg80 * Note the ways to communicate or assist a patient with disabilities such as hearing deficits, vision impairments, or aphasia and dysarthria. Be familiar with the types of hearing devices. How should...
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...It is obvious that people have become more conscious of the ethical and social responsibilities of business over recent decades, suggesting that the modern businesspeople should not only consider about profitability but also extent to what they can contribute to the whole society. A quote by Anita Roddick generally demonstrates the spirit of being ethically and socially responsible: “The business of business should not be about money. It should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed.” With the increasing significance of the harmonization of society, the view about whether businesses should be responsible for both ethics and society has been sparked off a heated discussion. From some people’s perspective, it would not exert much adverse impact on a company if it is not aware of its ethical and social responsibilities, since the profitability is the primary objective of running a business. Whereas the counter argument believes that business should additionally take its responsibilities for the moral development as well as the well-being of society. In my point of view, a corporation’s ethical and social responsibilities are positively interacted with financial performance, as well as other key aspects a businessman concerns about. In this essay, along with the general definitions of both ethical and social responsibilities and the benefits for a company, I would also present some business cases of either side of the controversy and provide analyses...
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...Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Missouri, and Michael Cuffley, Appellants, v. Curators of the University of Missouri No. 99-1168 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT 203 F.3d 1085 February 17, 2000, Filed Before McMILLIAN, MURPHY, and TUNHEIM, n1 Circuit Judges. n1 The Honorable John R. Tunheim, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, sitting by designation. McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Missouri ("Missouri KKK"), and Michael Cuffley, the state coordinator for the Missouri KKK (together "appellants"), appeal from a final order entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granting summary judgment in favor of the individual Curators of the University of Missouri and Patricia Bennett, general manager of the radio station KWMU (together "appellees"). For reversal, appellants argue that the district court erred in holding that, in light of certain facts not genuinely disputed, appellees' rejection of the Missouri KKK as an underwriter violated neither the First Amendment nor the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the order of the district court. Background KWMU is a not-for-profit public broadcast radio station located on the campus of the University of Missouri at St. Louis ("UMSL"). KWMU is owned and operated by The Curators of the University of Missouri, a public corporation...
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...Diagnosis and Management of Schizophrenia Audrey Addaquay-Corey University of Maryland, Baltimore NURS 740 Identifying Information AK is a single 27 year old female from West Africa. She was born and raised in West Africa until she moved to New Jersey for College at age 19. She currently resides with her parents in Baltimore in a single family home. Chief Complaint “ This is all weird, but I feel like there are people after me” History of Present Illness (HPI) AK graduated from a four year college in New Jersey in 2010. She moved to Baltimore, MD to live with her parents and to start a job as a middle school teacher. After teaching for two years, she was accepted to law school in August of 2012. Since August of 2012, she had been in law school while working part-time in a library. In August 2013, while in law school, she reports that she began to hear voices that told her she was not good enough to be a lawyer. She also reports that at that same time, she believed that her advisor was planting small video cameras in the library where she worked part-time to catch her making mistakes. She became increasingly agitated at work and reports her supervisor thought she was acting strangely. She lost her job at the library because her supervisor overheard her telling a customer that a particular DVD could not be checked out because it had surveillance photos that were being reviewed by the CIA. After being fired at the library, she went back to the library a day later yelling...
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...medicine may also cause serious effects on the stomach or intestines, including bleeding or perforation (forming of a hole). These conditions can be fatal and can occur without warning while you are taking Motrin, especially in older adults. Nursing Drug Handbook (2013) Eyes (eye pain, blurred vision, history of crossed eyes, redness/swelling in eyes, watering, tearing, injury/surgery to eye, glaucoma testing, vision test, glasses or contacts, medications: LH has myopia and astigmatism. She wears glasses for correction and contact lenses for aesthetics, no familial history of glaucoma, last eye exam on Sept 12, with no problems. Ears (earache or other ear pain, history of ear infections, discharge from ears, history of surgery, difficulty hearing, environmental noise...
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...medicine may also cause serious effects on the stomach or intestines, including bleeding or perforation (forming of a hole). These conditions can be fatal and can occur without warning while you are taking Motrin, especially in older adults. Nursing Drug Handbook (2013) Eyes (eye pain, blurred vision, history of crossed eyes, redness/swelling in eyes, watering, tearing, injury/surgery to eye, glaucoma testing, vision test, glasses or contacts, medications: LH has myopia and astigmatism. She wears glasses for correction and contact lenses for aesthetics, no familial history of glaucoma, last eye exam on Sept 12, with no problems. Ears (earache or other ear pain, history of ear infections, discharge from ears, history of surgery, difficulty hearing, environmental noise...
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...consideration eleven health patters. The interview was conducted using these eleven health care patterns with three open ended family focused questions per health pattern. A family health assessment is a critical approximation tool used in the healthcare system for the formulation of the family health plan. The research by the health practitioners as in the paper gives detailed information on the role of nurses in the family assessment and how the task can be done. Based on Gordon's principle of functional health pattern, the paper provides a summary of the findings of the health patterns of the involvement of the family with the inclusion of nursing diagnosis of each assessment offered to them. The use of this technique creates a standard systematic approach to collect information and data analysis considering the nurses determine to consider the aspects of health management, sexuality, sleep/rest, values/beliefs, roles/relationship and patterns of elimination. To complete the health assessment with the patterns provided, I selected Constance Beverly. Constance Beverly is a 52 year old African-American female, born in Camden NJ. Her mother is alive and on hospice, and her father and grandparents deceased. The family of Beverly is active and devoted Catholics. Mrs. Beverly is...
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