Essays on Caretaker

One of the major public health problems and the societal concerns these days is the maltreatment of children which impacts millions of children all over the world. There are a variety of long and short-term health consequences of child abuse and neglect which leaves a long-lasting impact on the mental and social growth and development of the children. Child abuse does not just mean broken bones or bruises, it impacts the safety, physical, social, mental, emotional and educational needs of the children. Child abuse and neglect as defined by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 2010, ...

Introduction

All people experience stress in all levels in their daily lives. Usually, there are some ways to deal with stress which allow people from recover and relax from these forms of stress. However, some stress factors take a long-term toll on the person in itself, especially if the stress is due to some work-related factors. This particular type of situation is called a burnout, and it is defined as a mental, physical, and emotional association that is associated with work (“Burnout”, n.d.) Some types of work have a greater chance of burnout than others. This is especially true in ...

Introduction

Nursing is a proper administration that helps people to distinguish and create approaches to help in the process of medical intervention and recovery (Blais, 2015). Orem's hypothesis supports a patient-nurse relationship, with consideration being the essential center and a definitive objective is wellbeing reclamation. In other words, it is essential in helping patients recover their health in a quick manner. In this case, it should be noted that patients expect to receive medication that best suits their needs, especially in advanced care. It is imperative to note that stakeholders in this case include patients, significant others, and the medical ...

The role of primary caregivers is becoming more pivotal. This is happening at the time when the world is enterprising, and more career paths are opening up. According to Dwyer (2013), the US is going to experience an acute shortage of primary caregivers in the future. Nursing is an emotionally, physically and mentally demanding role that requires total dedication and absolute attention. The workplace is also changing, and the roles of a nurse are increasing daily. Despite being a very demanding job, nursing will offer an opportunity of impacting people’s lives in a manner that you wouldn’t ...

In this document, readers will be presented with an overview of the laws and ethics in nursing. Nursing is a line of work within the health care segment focused on the concerns of individuals. Nursing helps physically unfit people to achieve, sustain, or convalesce optimal healthiness and quality of life. The American Nurses Association adopted its primary recognized code of ethics in 1950. The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for nurses is a concise testimonial of the ethical compulsions and responsibilities of each candidate who enters into the profession of nursing. According to Schwab & Gelfman (2005), it is ...

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) is a mental health disorder that involves a caretaker causing illness or injury to an individual under his or her care, for example, a child, elderly adult, or physically challenged people. MSBP disorder is relatively rare and its name is credited to Baron von Munchausen, a German dignitary who existed in the 18th-century, and was famous for creating stories of his expeditions to gain attention. The last two initials, B.P. (By Proxy), imply that the parent or care giver is feigning and fabricating symptoms in a child. The problem of MSBP is classified as ...

Executive summary

Addressing problems and issues requires effective identification of the most relevant factors that shouldbe addressed. With that, a comprehensive analysis involving a study on key factors that would affect the occupation level of the Lyric apartment is crucial in designing strategies to ensure full occupation. Thus, this report provides a study of the factors that are relevant to the occupation issue and recommends strategies that effectively address the identified needs and preferences. In that respect, it is identified that the apartments’ proximity to the University makes it more attractive to the students who are mainly youthful and seeking convenience. ...

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Executive summary

Addressing problems and issues requires effective identification of the most relevant factors that should be addressed. With that, a comprehensive analysis involving a study on key factors that would affect the occupation level of the Lyric apartment is crucial in designing strategies to ensure full occupation. Thus, this report provides a study of the factors that are relevant to the occupation issue and recommends strategies that effectively address the identified needs and preferences. In that respect, it is identified that the apartments’ proximity to the University makes it more attractive to the students who ...

Business Torts and Ethics

Business Torts and Ethics

In this particular case, the intruder is clearly liable for his actions. First, he has gained access to someone else’s property without permission. According to the laws of most jurisdictions, it is illegal to have an unauthorized access to private property. Another wrong that the bugler committed is that of having malicious intent. He gained access to the property and broke into a student’s apartment through breakage of the locks holding the sliding doors in place. Upon being noticed, Sharon, the resident gave an alarm. The caretaker then came to her rescue and ...

Women’s Role in Advertisement

Introduction The advertisement is probably the most influential means of promoting the product and the service to the customer. The target customers are informed about the product and service of the business. Through effective and catchy advertisements, they are encouraged to consume the product or the service of the business. That is why the advertising industry has been researched by many scholars. One of the major and common research areas in the field of advertisement is the projection of female body or the objectification of women in advertisement. It is a serious issue that has been discussed by many ...

When evaluating the play, “Shadows on Oak Island,” it tells the story of a married couple, Jackson and Rene Barlow, who have lost their son. I attended the production of this play on DATE directed by Lindsay Smith. Glenn Dodson and Julie Reinagel were the star cast members playing married couple Jackson and Rene Barlow. This play worked because of the storyline and some of the mystery behind it but there were sidebars that could have been elaborated on or even explored. To try to cope with the circumstance that the Barlows have lost their son, they have went ...

The hero, Claireece Precious Jones is 16, beefy beyond belief, and ignorant. Her inactive mother, Mary (Mo'Nique), treats her like a slave, beating and manhandling her relentlessly. Her dad, on the uncommon events when he shows up, grabs the chance to assault her. These fierce considerations brought about her bearing him a kid when she was twelve; as the film starts, she is pregnant with another. The principal infant has Down disorder and is named "Mongo" ("short for 'mongoloid,'"); to her favorable luck, the young lady lives with Precious' grandma, aside from when Mary quickly imports her to ...

I am an African American female born in the fall of 1984. I am the second born of four daughters and consider myself to be somewhat outspoken. Growing up with three sisters meant there were no “boy” toys in my home. We were expected to be family oriented and well-mannered as children, but I expect that would have been the same if I had brothers. I was also never restricted from expressing my opinion. My mother was supportive of her children, allowing us to choose our own career paths and dress how we choose. She never set a particular ...

Q. Spend some time at the mall or a public place where parents and infants frequent. List behaviours that you observe that indicate attachment between the infant and the caretaker. Note any evidence you observe that may indicate a lack of attachment.

I chose to spend some time at the local mall. I was there for around two hours. Since it was lunch time, I chose to sit at the food court and observe the infants and their caretakers. All the caretakers were females; either the mother of the child or the Nanny of the child was ...

This ethics case study assessment will focus on a married man of Swedish origin born in a small town of Scania. He moved from his birth town at the age of 13 years because his parents divorced, and he later moved to a university town. He was not happy at his birth town because he had problems with making new friends at school and he was constantly humiliated. He moved to a new village for a positive change in his life after his parents divorced. He has moved other five times because of financial problems and divorced with his first wife. The client has ...

Introduction

Nursing is generally concerned with care. As such all characteristics analyzed about this discipline should relate to the concept of care. This task aims at analyzing four major attributes of nursing in relation to a story of personal experience. The attributes to be analyzed in this case include loving kindness; patience; commitment; and openness/attendance to mysterious and unknown happenings of life and death or allowing miracles to take their course. The aim of this paper is particularly to provide insights into what is expected of a nurse in caring for and about persons in need. The story being analyzed involves a nurse’ ...

Among the strongest, most common and oldest emotion of man is the feeling of fear. Fear is the reason why every human civilization around the world nurtured faith that urged them to establish religion. People’s fear of unexplained events or unknown circumstances have ignited their belief in one Divine Power who governs their destiny. Every mysterious phenomena is linked to the workings of a certain character who possess supernatural power. The wild and limitless imagination of man have caused the birth of supernatural characters such as demons, zombies, vampires, ghosts, dark spirits, witches, monsters and humans that are branded ...

Developmental psychology primarily focuses on childhood development since it is the period within which a lot of changes take place. This field focuses on the interplay of nature and nurture and their influence on individual development; with nature concerning matters of genetic inheritance and maturation whereas nurture focuses on the impact of our environment and experience. As mentioned earlier developmental psychology focuses on a number of areas including language development. Language refers to the expression of human communication through which knowledge, belief and behavior can be expressed using a system of symbols and rules. Language development begins quite early in life ...

Application of Erikson’s Post-Freudian Theory

Application of Erikson’s Post-Freudian Theory

Introduction

Erik Erikson’s’ views make significant contributions to the field of psychology; this is particularly in the understanding of personality development and related factors. An understanding of his own study of personal development creates an understanding of development of his psychology (Fleming, 2004). Most of Erikson’s psychology work became evident in the post-Freudian era. It was between the 1930s and 1950s; being one of Freud’s students, most of his work exhibit the influence of Freudian views and theories; this was mainly in the field of personality development. However, dissimilar from Freud’ ...

Introduction

Guardian ad litem is appointed by the court in cases where inn the process of dissolution of marriage there is a question as to who, between the two parents, is entitled to the custody of the child. In my role as a guardian ad litem in the case of Cathy, a 12 year old girl whose parents are terminating their marriage, there are several issues that I need to put into consideration. The information I have so far is that her mother, though a chain drunkard loves her a lot and is always ready for her assistance whenever she needs it. Her father, on ...

Child Abuse

Child Abuse Child abuse is the maltreatment against a young mind. It can be in any form such as physical, emotional or much worse, sexual abuse. This maltreatment act has many implications that an abused child might suffer from. In many countries around the world, numerous reports have been filed regarding abusive practices that made countless children suffer. In fact, many organizations and advocates were and still fighting against child abuse in many forms. The purpose of this writing is to further describe what child abuse is and to describe its characteristics as this abusive child experience may come ...

Workplace related legal and ethical issues

Medical caretakers and Nurses are under a lot of miseries identified with a mixture of work stress. Work related anxiety risks involve the mental and physical prosperity of nurses and in addition, the nature of the watch over customers. The purpose of this paper is to think about the regulations concerning remuneration claims for mental inabilities because of work anxiety.

Workplace Issue: Code of Ethics

Ethics manages measures of behavior and good judgment. The significant standards of health awareness morals that must be in all circumstances are beneficent, self-sufficiency and equity. Beneficence means advancing or doing great. Attendants work to advance their customers' best advantage and ...

In what ways do Whites in America, as defined by the author, benefit from racism? Describe a situation in which YOU have benefitted from or been disadvantaged by, intentionally or unintentionally, your race. How might this privilege or disadvantage been affected by another of your social identities? (class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, citizenship, etc. According to Tatum, the whites in the predominantly white society don’t notice the kind of privilege they have unless they mix with other people from other races to know the privilege they have in this country. The author notes that, the whites struggle to ...

Analysis of Argument of Who Improves the Lives of Young People in Apology 24d-25c)

The analysis of this paper looks at Socrates defense that he does not corrupt the youth of Athens. Specifically, the paper examines the passage from Apology (24d-25c). “Come, then, and tell these jurors ” to “Of course it is, whether you and Anytus say so or not”” will be addressed and considered. First the conclusion of the argument Socrates makes is prefaced by the accusation that Socrates has been charged with corruption of the youth and not believing in the gods the city of Athens believes (24b). It is helpful to separate between Socrates argument, and the argument Socrates ...

The plot of the story is as follows. The opening exposition is deceiving, because it makes it seem as if the story will be a cheerful one about a party. The party is set for Miss Morkan’s annual dance. The setting of the story begins with everyday gossip, frivolity, and the anxiety of waiting for Gabriel Conroy and his wife to arrive. As the narrator says, “they had every reason to be fussy on such a night.” Lily, the caretaker’s daughter, is afraid Freddy Malins will turn up at the dance drunk. Gabriel is a young man, slightly unsure of himself, ...

Why Kafka Wrote the Story

Kafka wrote the story to explore the chaotic nature of the universe. The term “metamorphosis” centers on absurd, wild, and irrational nature of the world inhabited by human beings. For instance, Gregor turns into a giant insect. There is no physical and natural occurrence to explain his metamorphosis. Kafka wrote the story to show that the world does not explain the things that happen around us. They just happen.

The Concept of Human Nature

In the text, human nature happens to exhibit close connection and social ties between individuals in the universe. The ties happen through structures such as families. When Gregor changes into a giant ...

English

In dissecting Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, The Tell-Tale Heart, there are a few pointers that are give-aways. Gothic expressions are delivered in a bundle of narrations, which is sadistically evil and obvious. The narrator seems to justify his position by saying that he was sane. What was the need for this? In trying to do so, he was only contradicting himself. This perhaps, was the way; court cases took shape during the nineteenth century. At this point, it would be appropriate to study the social life of the people of America during the period between 1838 and 1844. ...

Raising a child is definitely rewarding; however, it could be more challenging than one might have imagined, as there are a lot to think about, in order to raise a balanced and happy individual. Parenting literature suggests that children-and families alike- need to have established routines. That way, children can find it easier to cope with everyday transitions (Bell, 2001 p. 175). Established routines in the classroom are fundamental principles been taught to educators (Butterfield, 2002 p.29-32), who in turns counsel parents on the significance of having a schedule and established routines at home. In general, routine creates a sense of safety in a ...

Introduction

Asked to stereotype a criminal, many people are likely to go for a certain gender (usually male), a certain social class (usually low class), a certain race (usually black) and a certain age (usually under the age of 30). In the early days, courtrooms exclusively comprised of white decision makers. Today there is more racial diversity in the composition of judicial benches. In spite of this progress; race, class and gender still play a critical role in numerous criminal justice outcomes. The role of these issues usually comes in handy in the sentencing of convicts. More than 40 studies have been conducted in regard to ...

Middle Range Nursing Theories

Middle range nursing theories are different from grand nursing theories and nursing practice theories in a way that the latter lies somewhere between the two latter theories in terms of scope and limitations. Middle range nursing theories also act as a bridge between nursing practice and grand nursing theories . In this paper, the middle range nursing theory of parent to child interaction as proposed by Kathryn Barnard will be discussed. The discussion will focus on the background of the theorist and how some significant life experiences affected his work as a nursing theorist; scrutinizing the principles as presented by the author of ...

In a small town, there is a box that holds power over the people. With years of experience and beyond proud veterans, the box provides a security for those who use it. Though the item is a key to a system, it is a product of foreboding. The Black Box of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” reveals a source of nature that is unquestioned and unexamined. With it or without, the wooden vessel provokes an order that is necessary for its society. The known purpose and the reigning impact of the Black Box is indisputably Death. And following this notion is the fickleness of Human ...

- Introduction to Case Study This case involves a youngster in k-2. Her name is Jocelyn Adams. She is born of a middle-class family residing in Oakland, California. The case study is meant to identify reading difficulties in this youngster. This case study is in a clinical setting. It is important to understand that young kids sometimes experience difficulties reading and writing. This does not mean that children experiencing such difficulties cannot improve their skills. Unlike older people, children can easily become better in their literacy capacities if they obtain the right motivation and facilitation (Ferguson, 1964). This case is conducted ...

DB6 Q1

Impression management is an objective driven action by which people try to control the perceptions or the impressions that other individuals form of them. Personally, I have in many occasions tried to use this tool myself. For example, when I first joined college, I adopted a special lifestyle that I hoped would convince my friends that I was from rich background. I used to dress in fancy clothes, most of them spent from my upkeep money and even sometimes from my tuition money. For some time, my impression management tactics yielded fruits and I was able to acquire a lot of “ ...

<Name> <Professor> <Subject> Analyzing Two Poems: Money Won’t Change It (But Time Will Take You On) and A Small Moment by Cornelius Eady

Introduction

Poetry, as with all other forms of literature, gains inspiration from community life, in that poets tend to write about scenes that characterize what they witness from their surroundings every single day. As a communicatory art form, poetry does not just limit itself to a patch of words that conceal abstract meanings. Rather, poetry also has the power to paint images of life within the community through creative words (Kryder 34-37). ...

Introduction

As companies go through changes in order to grow and adapt to the external forces that may affect the company or the industry where it operates, change agents act as drivers of these changes in order to ensure their successful implementation or to ensure that the company is able to deal with these changes in a positive way. In implementing organizational changes, change agents take on various images when facilitating such changes. These images of change include those of a director, a navigator, caretaker, coach, interpreter, and nurturer (Palmer, Dunford and Akin 2009). In this regard, this paper makes a comparison and ...

Alzheimer's disease

How would you react when you notice that your grandfather starts to do the weirdest things ever such as forgetting the name of common objects, putting his fragrances inside of the kitchen’s cabinets and even blaming you for taking his sacks. Wouldn’t you feel sad if he doesn’t recognize who you are? Would you think that is normal for a person of his age? If your answer is yes, that means that you like many people misinterpret memory loss in seniors with the Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, ...

Introduction

Marilynne Robinson brings us a story of women in her novel, Housekeeping. Most of the characters on the novel are women. Men are not featured in this novel. Robinson sets the novel so that only women are left alone. We are told of the tedious tasks that these women had. We are introduced of Ruth and Lucille, her younger sister. They were brought up by many caretakers. Many questions sprout regarding the mystery of the many caretakers of these girls. Could it be their behavior that made them move from one caretaker to another? All these questions abound, there comes ...

Major changes required for the implementation of the recommended strategy

The proposed change in directional strategy is quite ambitious for a company that is going through a rough patch. However, the change in directional strategy is necessary in order to remove the company from the financial quagmire that the management steered the company into. In order to successfully implement the strategy change that is recommended, the senior management in the company needs to make some major adjustments in the running and the affairs of the company. These changes are pertinent to the successful implementation of the recommended strategy. The following are some of the major changes that the senior management ought ...

Criminal Law

Abstract This study aims to present the concept of child abuse in the view of the criminal justice system. It will also present the history of child abuse in the United States as well as the prevalence of child sexual abuse in the United States, particularly in the state of Michigan. This research paper will discuss the current federal policies on child abuse and the intervention strategies and policy scheme involving child abuse cases. Finally, the conclusion of this study will present the new laws that will prevent sexual abuses cases and the role of the government to ...

The role of Community Nurse

Introduction Domestic violence on children or child abuse is defined by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act as “any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm” (Child Abuse Prevention, 2009). In most of the cases, it is not a onetime incident, but a pattern of abuse that is used to make a control over a child or humiliate the child or maintain power over him/her. In ...

Managing Organizational Changes

Part 2: The Change Analysis – Images of Change General Motor and Ford Corporation went under tremendous changes to improve Company’s financial condition. The major changes carried-out by both the organizations at various levels are as follows:

Organizational Changes in General Motor:

General Motor faced significant decrease in sales and financial losses during years 2005 to 2009. In 2009 company went for bankruptcy and made significant organizational changes. Closing of unprofitable business: General Motor either sold off or closed down unprofitable units and car models. Company sold its two brands named Hummer, Saab and closed Saturn and Pontiac. Goodwrench and Oldsmobile were ...

Human Caring Theory of Nursing Case Study

The Human Caring Theory is a holistic philosophy of nursing that was developed by Jean Watson (Watson, 2010). This approach to nursing is based on a number of certain assumptions regarding the caring of patients. Basically, nursing care is an interpersonal practice that involves both the caretaker and the patient and which consists of curative modalities that target a number of human needs to promote the health and wellbeing of the patient. A healthcare practitioner that follows the Human Caring Theory looks beyond the curing of the current pathological condition of the patient to develop a caring plan that helps promote the future ...

Mental Health in Late Adulthood

Introduction

Good mental health is fundamental to an individual, their family and society. In Australia, mental health issues and mental illnesses among adults aged 55 years and above have been one of the greatest causes of diminished productivity, deteriorated quality of lives and disability. People with mental health issues are associated with higher rates of mortality and morbidity. Death of these people arises from a wide range of causes, including suicide. Inadequate mental health for the people in their late adulthood causes a burden on the family of the victim, friends and other stakeholders of the society (Scheurer, 2006). In modern ...

The Stranger is a novel by Albert Camus. The main character in this novel is Meursault who is also the narrator. The title “The Stranger” helps to explain various strange happenings in the novel. Meursault is involved in various instances which show his emotional detachment with his surrounding environment (Albert, pp 12). Although much has been explained about this novel, little has been done about the interpretation of the title “The Stranger”. This paper will thus focus on the interpretation of the title of the novel “The Stranger”. In this novel, the stranger is Meursault, the narrator of the ...

Elder Abuse

There have been increasing cases of elder abuse cases in the news recently. The abuse occurs where an individual has been entrusted with the duty of taking care of an elderly person yet does not act in the appropriate manner. There are elderly patients who are neglected and not cleaned or their environment cleaned causing the aged person to be exposed to more sicknesses due to lack of hygiene. There have also been cases where the elderly are physically, emotionally and verbally abusing causing the person to live in fear. The elderly are prone to financial manipulation, theft ...

Introduction

Child abuse is one of the main social epidemics in the United States. Annually, there are about more than 3 million reports of child abuse made in the country. However, this report consists of multiple children. In 2009, an estimated 3.3 million child abuse cases and reports were made. This constitutes to around 6 million children (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau, p. 1). According to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, child abuse and neglect are the least, recent action or ...

Introduction

Of late the cases of child neglect and abuse have rapidly increased in the US. In 2008, it was reported that there were about 772,000 children who had been abused in one way or the other which made the federal government to look for ways of minimizing these cases (Bryant, 2009). About 71 % of these children suffered from neglect, 16 % physical abuse, 9 % sexual abuse, 7% psychological abuse, 2 % medical neglect, while 9% suffered from other types of maltreatment (Bryant, 2009). This made the federal government through the congress to amend child abuse prevention and treatment Act 2010. ...

This paper is the result of my research on the British dramatist, Harold Pinter. There is so much material available on Pinter that it was sometimes hard to decide exactly what to use, so I have limited my source texts to two authoritative reference books. As well as giving biographical information, I have tied to trace his contribution to the theatre, but even that was slightly problematic, since he did so much – he directed, acted and wrote for the theatre. Even if we concentrate on his writing, we are dealing potentially with a huge amount since he wrote plays, poems, ...