Essay Development- Outline ENG101B. 01 English Composition Catherine Ealy-Simon Instructor: Noura Badawi April 10, 2013 Caring for a Dementia Spouse Thesis: Previous studies have shown that taking care of elderly, demented patients carries a high cost to caregiver’s health, and is associated with negative consequences for physical and mental health. Family members should seek help from counselors or the patients’ physicians of their phases of dementia and how it would affect them and coping with the idea of telling other family members about a spouse or patient with dementia. Abuse is commonly an all-time high with demented patient who is living within their own personal homes with their spouses, living with relative members of their families and nursing facilities where abuse is commonly done there as well. I.
The third and final stage is compassion fatigue. If a nurse reaches this stage it is likely according to Coetzee, that he or she may never fully recover their ability to nurture. This paper will focus on five concepts of compassion fatigue; including warning signs, causes, physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and coping strategies and resources for those combating compassion fatigue. The first concept that this writer will focus on is burnout. According to a study published in Nurse Leadership in September 2006, an estimated 58 percent of nurses and 54 percent of nurse managers suffer from some level of burnout.
Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI), or as it is sometimes referred to as Nosocomial infection; is an infection occurring in patients after admission to hospital that was neither present nor incubating at the time of admission. This student will discuss the role of the nurse in preventing hospital acquired infection while on clinical placement, define HAI, and look at the causes of HAI and how it is spread. This student will also show in order to minimise these risks, systems must in place, understood and implemented by all concerned. Plowman (1997) claimed that, 6,000 deaths per year are caused by HAI, with significant financial costs for the NHS and personal costs for patients’ families. Other factors include separation from family, anxiety, sense of isolation and stigma.
Being a life coach Name Instructor Task Date Abstract Over time, it has been noted that orphans undergo a psychological tremor every time they loose their parent and the consequences are often fatal and normally go undocumented. This paper, therefore explores the six steps that a troubled orphan needs to undergo in order to overcome challenges that he or she faces after loosing both or one of the parents. The paper further gives brief summary of goals to be achieved by the orphan at the end of therapy and the methods that can be followed to attain these goals. Being a life coach Introduction I am a licensed Psychologist with a Masters degree in child growth and development psychology in the field of MCPS Modern contemporary psychoanalytic studies, and I have 10 years experience in the field. My areas of specialization are with the young children, adolescents and young widows, and I am capable of handling a range of psychological issues and mental health problems experienced after a young person undergoes abrupt changes like loss of a beloved one.
Henrik Ibsen depicts how the conscious and subconscious motives and desires are obtained. Kristine Linde is a woman who has had to give up her dreams due to circumstances beyond her control. She was once in love but because her mother “was bedridden and helpless”and she “had to provide for two younger brothers”(Ibsen, 2011, p. 556) she was forced to marry for convenience of the situation. We can tell this has made her look at life in a more realistic and wise view than that of her friend Mrs Nora Helmer the main character. Mrs Linde has had to work hard and was not afforded love and children which she longed to have.
Some of the effects of Parkinson’s disease are un-controllable shacking, muscular stiffness and slowness of movement, all of which make it hard to perform everyday activities (Parkinson's Disease Society, 2005 in The Open University 2010).This is a major contributor to why Angus relies strongly on Ann’s care. Ann is Angus step daughter, who has made a promise to her mother when she was dying that she would take
She writes that not enough sleep is going make people more frustrated which will eventually make them have problems with people around. She also talks about that when people do not get enough sleep it messes up their metabolism. At the end of the article she helps out by giving strategies that could help get stuff done so that the people who are sleep deprived can actually sleep (Thompson.) Thompson discusses what happens to peoples motor functions when they do not get enough sleep and that if they lose a full night of sleep it is pretty much like being drunk, so they should not take the car out for a drive or handle any other machinery. Being responsible definitely comes at play in this kind of situation.
Nowadays, it is difficult to keep up with this life style, especially with the lack of sleep. People will argue their responsibility or obligation of work or school in order to make up the time, resulting in loss of hours in rest. My life is not only in a state of danger but other people as well, which can cause many fatal car accidents. On this essay, I will explain the down fall of the mental & physical effects that can occur when sleep is reduce. Today, many people go through accidents cause by drowsiness.
Lack of Support for Single Mothers Natach Reynolds Liberty University Abstract Studies have indicated that single parents, especially mothers, experience many challenges like stress, depression, financial problems, family problems, and lack of support from the community, and most importantly, emotional and psychological problems (Ghania, Faizah Bte Abd; Hashim, & Hazirah Binti, 2013). These stressors are a result of the need to provide financially for the family concurrently with caring for the home in ways traditionally handled by both men and women, acquiring new skills, and parenting. This paper discusses the mental and physical health of single mothers, as well as the psychosocial and socio-economic risk factors placing single mothers at risk for poor health outcomes. Depression and poverty are not only of great concerns for parents, but also for children. Research shows that children can also get depressed based on their parents depression.
The knowledge about the divorce effect on children less than three years old is not mature yet but for older children it can be classified as: Infants Infants do not understand divorce but they feel the change in their parent’s attitude. As result, they may lose their desire for eating and suffer from stomachache. Preschool children At the age from three to five, children may blame themselves for their parent separation. They think that they did something wrong that led to being left alone. Wet bed is a sign of fear that might be encountered in addition to being stubborn and sad most of the time.