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    SKILL: POSITIONING/TURNING PATIENTS STUDENT NAME: …………………………… ID: ………………… DATE: ………………… PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 0 1 2 3 COMMENTS PRONE POSITION 1. Moves patient to side of bed‚ in the lateral position 2. Places far arm next to body 3. Places far arm over patient’s head 4. Rolls patient gently over onto abdomen* 5. Turns patient’s head to one side 6. Aligns patient’s body with toes over end of mattress or with ankles supported* 7. Positions arms comfortably 8

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    The government of Canada does not take aboriginal water issues as seriously as places like Walkerton and North Battleford because aboriginal communities face a lot of health pandemics‚ have poor infrastructure and sanitation facilities and do not receive enough federal funding . Firstly‚ Health pandemics have a greater impact on Aboriginal communities than on non-aboriginal regions.According to statistics‚“Aboriginal peoples constitute only 3.8% of the Canadian population‚ from April 2009 to April

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    Functionalism (or structuralism) versus intentionalism is a historiographical debate about the origins of the Holocaust as well as most aspects of the Third Reich‚ such as foreign policy. The debate on the origins of the Holocaust centers on essentially two questions: Was there a master plan on the part of Adolf Hitler to launch the Holocaust? Intentionalists argue there was such a plan‚ while functionalists argue there was not. Did the initiative for the Holocaust come from above with orders from

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    Structural Functionalism is simply known as Functionalism; it is defined as a system of parts‚ all of which serve a function together for an overall effectiveness and efficiency for society. This theory views norms‚ customs‚ traditions‚ and institutions that surround society and society should acknowledge different elements to gain social stability. Failure to do so results in imbalance‚ negative attitudes‚ war‚ and misunderstanding in a community. An example can portray this concept: for instance

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    Aboriginal Joking The arrival of European settlers in the late eighteenth century marked the beginning of Aboriginal persecution for over a century. Residential schools‚ pressure to assimilate into a Eurocentric society‚ negative ethnic stereotypes‚ and the loss of land‚ culture‚ and family members are just some of the atrocities that were endured by the First Nations people. Now‚ almost three centuries later‚ many Aboriginal people are able to address these past injustices with humour.

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    Aboriginals in Australia Matias: Aborigines are indigenous peoples who migrated to Australia and many of the islands in Oceania. There are currently about 517‚000 Aborigines in Australia‚ throughout the country. The term “aboriginal” is used as a collective term for the various indigenous groups‚ usually in Australia. Aborigines are not Negroes of African origin. The word “Aboriginal‚” arrived from the Latin phrase “ab origine‚” meaning "from the beginning". Aborigines probably came to Australia

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    from the functionalism approach that’s focus is on the mind and how it adapts with its environment. Structuralism brought forth the focusing on mental attributes and linking them through the process of association. Titchener believed that psychology’s goal was to "discover the nature of the elementary conscious experiences--to analyze consciousness into its component parts and thus determine its structure." (Schultz‚ 2004‚ p117). Much of this was done thought introspection. Functionalism‚ on the

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    According to Emile Durkheim’s structural functionalist view‚ it was because I wanted to avoid anomie. I knew the feeling of not fitting in entirely to a group‚ and I wanted to experience that as little as possible. Durkheim takes it a step farther as well: his theory says that we need

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    Functionalism and crime: In this essay I will be talking about the functionalist perspective on crime and deviance and be comparing it with the Marxist view. The main functionalist theories I will be examining are Merton’s strain theory‚ Cohen’s status frustration and Cloward and Ohlin’s three subcultures. Functionalists argue that crime and deviance is useful and necessary in society as they reinforce the consensus of values‚ norms and behaviour of the majority non-deviant population. Functionalists

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    Structuralism and Functionalism Cesar De La Riva National University Psychology 426 – History of Psychology Professor Mary Rogers Structuralism and Functionalism The 20th Century has provided people today with the ability to sit down‚ turn on a computer and educate themselves on a historical subject such as psychology‚ up to its present state. Psychology was established as a science‚ structuralism and functionalism emerged as theories to explain how the human mind works. Structuralism was the first

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