Every 15 seconds a woman is beaten, raped, or killed. In my town where I live, Lawrence, I know a lot of females who are still dealing with the trauma caused by domestic violence and also the impact that has created in their children’s lives because they have witnessed it. I myself was also a victim of domestic violence and I have overcome the trauma, therefore I feel like I have great potential to empower and facilitate the members of this particular group. Objectives: The goal for the group is to empower and free these females from the present trauma they deal with today and see a brighter future tomorrow. I also want each member to set at least 4 different goals they wish to work on while they are in the group and we will dedicate most of our time to work towards reaching those goals during the working
Unit 53: Provide Support to Manage Pain and Discomfort Understand approaches to managing pain and discomfort. 1.1 Holistic care aims to take care of the whole person - not only the physical needs (i.e. pain what they are suffering from) of the patient but also their mental & emotional needs (i.e. afraid, not knowing what`s wrong), their social needs (i.e. worrying about money, bills, or how supporting family) and spiritual needs (i.e.
Case Diagnosis: A Study of General Anxiety Disorder Abstract Although General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) affects both men and women, women seem especially susceptible to this disorder. As more women have entered the work force in the past quarter of a century, their work load has grown extensively. Some have called it the second shift where women work all day outside of the home and then return home to still carry out the responsibilities of the household most times without any assistance. Stress has been identified as the precursor to many physical as well as mental ailments including GAD. Women must learn new coping strategies if they are to combat anxiety that is most often stress induced.
Intra hospital transfers also cause confusion and significant stress on patients and families.”(Hendrich, 2005, p. 157) Patient transfers are occurring frequently due to the patient need for higher level of care because of condition change or moved from higher level of care to a step down unit. According to our managers and charge nurses patients are being moved within the same unit to meet patient/family preference, patient safety issues to allow the patient closer to the desk or going from A bed to B bed to allow patient to be closer to the bathroom. Patients are being switched also for infection control reasons to place a patient in isolation or cohort infected patients together. There has been an increased need for patients needing a sitter in the last 3 months making a private room necessary. Our house supervisors report that some of the transfers from one floor to another are
2 Abstract For a social service worker, understanding the different stages of loss and grieving is important to be able to help clients. While most agree that this issue deserves the upmost sensitivity and empathy to assist someone in this process, these stages are important to understand to be able to respond to these difficult situations someone would be facing in the grieving process. This essay examines the various stages and how it is shown throughout the movie Upside Anger. This paper compares the effectiveness of this movie in relation to grief and coping strategies as described by the Mental Health Association (CHMA) and Psych Central. These websites had similar information regarding the five stages of loss and grief and both stated that the five stages do not necessarily happen in order and that each individual goes through this process differently.
It conceptualizes substance abuse as a symptom of dysfunction in the family. It is this focus on the family system, more than the inclusion of more people, that defines family therapy. Despite these basic differences, the fields of family therapy and substance abuse treatment are compatible. Clinicians in both fields address the client’s interactions with a system that involves something outside the self. Multiple systems affect people with substance use disorders at different levels (individual, family, culture, and society), and truly comprehensive treatment would take all of them into consideration.
Victims include not only those directly affected by the offense, but also family members and members of the affected community. The safety, support, and needs of these victims are the starting points for any restorative justice process. Thus a primary objective is to attend to victims' needs, material, financial, emotional, and social needs. Restitution is the restoring of person. A restorative justice process also aims to empower victims to participate effectively in dialogue or mediation with offenders.
Bad news should be delivered in a sensitive manner by someone who is well informed about the particular case/circumstances. The following guidelines have been adapted from the Department of Health , Social Services and Public Safety – Breaking Bad News , Regional Guidelines. Preparation Prepare yourself - It is natural for the bearer of bad news to be anxious about the interview with the patient or carer. • Familiarise yourself with the patient's background, medical history and test results. You will also need to have some knowledge of the choices in the future management of the patient's condition.
The use of the pain assessment tool will assist in developing the plan of care for the patients. It will also assist nurses in the management strategies to treat and alleviate pain. A CINAHL search yielded two articles that were both peer reviewed and published by the Nursing Standard. One article in the Nursing Standard discussed how pain assessment tools are developed and implemented for use in patients with limited verbal communication abilities in acute care settings. These limited verbal communication abilities includes learning disabilities and language impairment.
As a matter of fact, the workload being dumped on the employees is steadily increasing. Positions below the certification of Registered Nurses are slowly disappearing and those same responsibilities are now given to the registered nurses, In addition to the heavy amount of responsibility that registered nurses already have. We must remember that nurses are humans too and the amount of stress being placed on them increases fatigue, the chances of potential injury and job discontent. Burnout syndrome can be described as long term work stress resulting from the interaction between constant emotional pressure associated with immense interpersonal communication, and involvement along with personal characteristics. The Human Resource Management team has the ability to make the necessary changes to combat the nursing shortage.