both have seen different issues in our neighborhood. Lesley and I are from totally different areas. She is from near San Diego‚ and I am from the valley. These issues keep on recurring in our neighborhoods‚ and we are tired of them. In Lesley’s‚ neighborhood‚ bullying is the biggest issue‚ and would say it is an epidemic. In my community the biggest issue is single-parent households. Lesley also mentioned depression and peer pressure from negative friends affecting her community. I also put down racial
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University Nursing Leadership and Management NUR 310 Joyce O ’Reilly June 16‚ 2014 Lateral Violence Lateral violence (LV) is growing issue in nursing and tend to be oxymoronic since the nursing profession is known as a profession of caring. Though lateral violence exist in other professions‚ the nursing profession should lead the charge in resolving such acts among a profession that plays such a vital role in the quality of others’ lives. Lateral violence should become extinct within the nursing profession
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Community Environment Issue Student Name SCI/275 August 11‚ 2013 Mouna DiBenedetto Community Environmental Issue Central Texas‚ especially Travis County‚ has been under drought conditions since La Niña‚ a weather pattern where the surface temperatures are cooler in the Pacific ocean‚ thus creating drier weather in the southern part of the United States‚ in 2011 (StateImpact‚ n.d.). Although this type of weather pattern is typically combated with the arrival of El Niño‚ which has the opposite
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bioethical considerations‚ life-support technology‚ and other ethical issues in medical decisions‚ I have to begin by drawing upon my own experience as a pediatric nurse‚ and the outcomes of many of my patients. In particular‚ my final position before retiring was caring for several infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome‚ both in the home and as support of the family during hospitalizations. However‚ the skilled-nursing home care was to help keep hospitalizations at a minimum. Hypoplastic
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you could count on watching many neighbors being in their yards spring cleaning and fixing up. There was a time when the community had tool borrowing‚ if you needed a tool to maintain something in your home‚ the resource was city hall. Just leave your driver’s license and you could borrow it for 24 hours. Apparently those days are gone. When I drive through my community I don’t notice many of the changes because I am focused on whatever mission Aim on‚ but when I am driving looking for things
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In the world of nursing‚ understanding the religious beliefs of your patient is very important. Being that I work in the realm of nursing‚ I have seen this first hand. One issue that is dealt with often in the hospital setting is the refusal of blood transfusions by Jehovah’s witnesses. Jehovah’s witnesses refuse blood transfusions based on bible principles found in both the old and new testaments of the holy bible. Witnesses believe that receiving blood transfusions is an infringement of God’s
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a lot more co-morbidities that need to be treated. Being brought to the ED is extremely expensive. Critical interventions are very costly‚ and so are all the diagnostic tests that must be done. They usually don’t have insurance. High mental heath issues in the homeless population. High risk for infections‚ trauma‚ violence. Don’t age very well. Where do they seek health care services? (pg. 425‚ Effects of Homeless on Health) Health care is usually crisis oriented and sought in emergency departments
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Neglect: An Ethical issue Ethics encompass every aspect of the world. Each direction a person wishes to take can be directed by their moral compass. However‚ the complexity of the world requires an analysis of the morals to make certain that everyone follows the same standards in society. There are many jobs that require consistent conversations on ethics. One of these jobs that I was exposed to is nursing and that is the field that I worked in for several years. One of the ethical issues is how to help
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MADS 6655.81 Contemporary Issues in Community Policing Herbert F. Pendleton‚ EdD Final Exam Select one from each chapter and provide a one paragraph response answering the information requested. Chapter 8 1) Discuss in general rationale for learning “what works” in criminal justice in general‚ and for measuring (assessing and evaluating) COPPS initiatives in specific. 2) Describe the major differences between assessments (as defined in the S.A.R.A. problem solving process) and an empirical
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Explain what is meant by the term “community based nursing practice.” Community nurses work across various areas‚ providing health care to people of any age. They provide nursing to assist in all areas of health needs to people anywhere in the community from community health centres‚ health clinics‚ schools and universities and client’s homes. This essay will focus on three aspects of community nursing‚ firstly‚ aged care nursing; secondly‚ the organisation ‘Silver Chain’ and finally‚ Holyoake;
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