Essays on Edelman

The transitional phase between childhood and adulthood is a stage in human development and growth commonly described as adolescence. This stage begins at the age of around 11 to 13 years with the start of puberty which means the development of the reproductive processes. In the United States, adolescence is defined as the age span of 10 to 24 years (Edelman, Mandle & Kudzma, 2014). Unlike childhood stages where growth is slow and steady, adolescence is a period characterized by rapid changes in cognitive, physical, psychosocial, moral and spiritual growth as the shift from childhood to young adulthood takes place. ...

Stress is a state of threatened homeostasis that triggers an array of adaptive physiological and behavioral response in an effort to reestablish homeostasis. (Edelman & Mandle, 2014) The emergence and experience of stress depends not only on objective, but on subjective factors, the characteristics of the man himself: assessment of their situation, mapping their forces and characteristics that are required, etc. Any surprise which breaks the habitual course of life can cause stress or stressor. It does not matter the content of the situation and the degree of objective threat. Important is a subjective attitude. A stressor is the factor ...

Controversy Regarding Childhood Immunization

It is observed in the study of Edelman, Mandle, & Kudzma (2014) that there are many controversies associated with childhood immunization as many parents tend to believe that the process of immunization will make their children’s immune system weaker or infected. Many parents feel that the immunization process is unaffordable due to which they do not go to medical centers for vaccination and immunization. On the other hand, many parents also fear that the immunization process can be painful for their children, so they tend to ignore this process. Another controversy that is attached with childhood immunization is that ...

Healthy living is a very crucial aspect of life normally appreciated by all individuals and for this reason; health facilities should be responsible for the promotion of good health. A health facility, for instance, a hospital need to be well equipped for it to be able to provide the much-needed support when it comes to the medication of illnesses. The basic role of a health facility in the promotion of good health is firstly it will assist in the medication of diseases (Edelman, Mandle, & Kudzma, 2013). Secondly, the hospitals help in the prevention of diseases through provision of advisory ...

Child immunization is aimed at safeguarding children against grave diseases. It can either be active in which case a pathogen is administered to the child or passive where blood is administered from an already infected person to the person currently exposed to the malady both bound to improve the immunity of the child. Nurses work it out to ensure that parents become aware of the importance of immunization (Edelman, Mandle, & Kudzma, 2014, p. 1243). However, there are health concerns about the safety of the vaccines. Dissenters quarrel that compulsory immunizations trespass upon their rights and religion. These disagreements have ...

The nutrition and fitness goals in Health People 2010 are to promote health and to reduce chronic diseases caused by improper diet and excessive weight gain. No significant progress was noticed towards this objective. The Health People 2020 nutrition and fitness goal is therefore, to promote health and reduce chronic disease risk through consumption of healthful diets and achievement of healthy body weight. Only efforts that are able to bring about change in the individual behavior, and in the environment that support these behavior, will enable the achievement of Healthy People objective. ("Nutrition and Weight Status | Healthy People 2020", ...

Complementary and alternatives medicines (CAM) contain a broad variety of intercessions, from weight control plans and supplements to reflection and T'ai Chi that originates from a wide range of orders and customs. Most are thought to be outside the domain of traditional drug, in spite of the fact that others, including vitamin D, work out, needle therapy and cooling technique are being used in scientific research. CAM has been of great use to many people. For example, a variety of substitute therapies may be given to minimize the dangerous effects of stress. Some of the therapies are Reiki, hypnosis ...

The Complementary and alternative medicine practices have been used for thousands of years in the pursuit of wellbeing and health. The CAM therapies include different practices and products such as the botanicals and dietary supplements, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, therapeutic massage and mind-body medicine (Edelman, Mandle, & Kudzma, 2014). However, well-designed clinical trials in the field of complementary and alternative medicines are lacking. Therefore the effectiveness and safety of many CAM are still uncertain. However, there are trusted resources used to determine safety and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicines. Before, using any CAM therapy and supplements, it's important to ...

In an unhealthy family, parents are deficient, over controlling, abusive or have substance abuse behavior. Alcoholism is also frequently reported in a dysfunctional family. Dysfunctional family leads to dysfunctional health. The behavior of the members of the family is important in preventing disease and in promoting health. In a family where its members have dysfunctional health, they have behaviors that promote risk for ill health. For example, the maladaptive eating behavior could lead to medical disorders like obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, etc. A multifaceted approach to help the members of the family to adopt, change and maintain a behavior that ...

Introduction

A community health assessment is a vital practice that determines the various aspects that either promotes or deter sustainable health practices. As such, it is essential to analyze the community for the people's needs, the available resources that could be used in providing a solution, the assets in the community as well as the strengths that the particular community exhibits and could be used in facilitating the problem-solving process. In this respect, the paper shows an analysis of Riverside County, California for these elements that could help identify and solve the health issues that affect the county.

Resources in Riverside County

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Nurses play a key role in the care and management of patients across various healthcare settings. Health promotion is a key segment among nursing clinical practice which has been followed and practice for over 5 decades. The concept of health promotion is closely related to the needs of the patient with a focus on faster recovery and improved quality of life. Most patients recover faster when nurses implement health promotional activities that not only help them but also reduces the rate of readmission or casualties arising out of self-care or poor home-based care and management (Edelman, Mandle, & Kudzma 2014). ...

Family practices and values can influence the health promoting and disease preventing behavior of the individuals in the family. One can observe this in the families we encounter in day to day life. For example, obese parents tend to have obese children. Parents can influence the child’s lifestyle choices. The contribution of the family to the child’s health begins from how they decide to plan their family, prenatal care and post-natal care. Children who are breastfed by their mother for the first 6 months, tend to be in better health when compared to children who are not ...

Gordon Functional Health Pattern assessment involves assessing 11 aspects of the person’s life. The first is to gain a perception about the general concept of health and well-being to the person. Asking question regarding the general health of the person’s family and what they do to remain in good health would give a lead on this. One can also asses the individual for unhealthy habits like smoking, tobacco use, unsafe sex, etc. The degree of compliance with treatment or self-management of disease can also provide an idea about the individual’s general perception about health. The other ...

I. Environment Scan: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats Currently, Google is an Internet company which has gone well beyond search business (Edelman & Eisenmann, 2011). Against a stated philosophy of "It is best to do one thing really, really well," Google has diversified core business, i.e. search and paid listings, into a broad range of product and service offerings cutting across numerous industries and business activities. Notably, Google has diversified from search business into communication applications, productivity applications and computing operating systems (Edelman & Eisenmann). This expansion mandates an environment scan of Google's to be not only limited to search business but ...

Introduction

An agreed definition of dementia is a syndrome caused in most cases by an array of illness which affects memory, reasoning, ability to carry out daily duties and communication skills. Ethical concerns not only on issues of dementia but throughout nursing practice are a pivotal point for the practice. The condition of dementia raises some ethical issues during treatment as the diseases affects a person’s ability to make sound decisions by themselves without assistance. Ethical issues in caregiving to patients with dementia come in different shape and sizes. For example, questions arise on whether a nurse should give ...

Family Health Wellness Behaviors

During this interview process, it became apparent that a once healthy vibrant energy has become dim and saddened by life's circumstances. When we take the eleven health patterns that were assessed during this interview process we can evaluate that most of the answers needed intervention. Many areas were lacking a holistic heath approach to her lifestyle. The interviewee shall be recognized as T.M. within the writings of this paper

The Health Perception

There is a decreased sense of health status as well as the value of heath promotion. Smoking, weight gain, unhealthy eating habits and lack of motivation are key factors to ...

According to Edelman, Mandle, and Kudzma (2014), health promotion refers to the process of enabling individuals have or increase control over their health. This involves the consideration of social and environmental interventions that encourage healthy behavior and practices. Health care practitioners are required to uphold various values and encourage their adoption among patients to promote healthy living. However, these values may conflict with those held by patients, leading to an impasse between healthcare professionals and their patients. In such instances, it is advised by Edelman et al. (2014), that practitioners need to first understand the values held by patients ...

In the course of health promotion, health practitioners may be faced by ethical issues, or dilemmas, that may compromise their aim to promote health among their clients. As a result of the nature of the health environment and practice, such situations are inevitable and hence requires effective decision making. In my case, an ethical situation I faced when teaching health promotion strategies is that of confidentiality. The patient, an adolescent, had contracted a sexually transmitted illness but was afraid to inform her parents, who would be disappointed in her. The concept of patient-nurse confidentiality was a challenge to implement ...

There is a rising awareness of the health disparities that exist in the United States (US). Racial and ethnic minority groups in the country are adversely affected by these health inequities and experience poorer health as compared to the general population in the country. African Americans and Arab Americans are some of the minority groups affected by the existing health disparities. African Americans constitute an estimated 15% of the entire US population and are the second largest emerging population in the country. The number of Americans of Arab ancestry is 1.7 million (Edelman, Mandle, & Kudzma, 2014). This paper will ...

Type 2 diabetes is also referred to as NIDD, which stands for non-insulin dependent diabetes. This diseases presents no symptoms at an early stage but then advances from insulin resistance to hyperglycemia and then full blown diabetes that requires medical attention. The most prescribed course of treatment is the use of sulfonylureas with diet and exercise. Type II diabetes can be attributed to mutations in various genes (Halsted and Edelman, 2000). Risk factors that increase the chance of getting Type II diabetes are aging, being inactive and obesity (Halsted and Edelman, 2000). Glipizide was first commercially marketed in 1984. ...

The Hollywood industry has faced tremendous changes since the beginning of operations. The industry deals with movie production and has moved from the times of high theater movie attendances, for instance, by the year 1929, four-fifth of all American population, which makes up around ninety-five million people who attended the movie theaters, weekly (Epstein, 2009). The Hollywood industry is therefore controlled by the movie producers, the film owners, the directors and the movie stars themselves. The concept of popcorn economy on the other hand, revolves around productive resources being limited. As a result, Hollywood is in the process of ...

Healthcare facilities nowadays offer online services through their intranet services. Many patients however prefer researching about their healthcare conditions through the internet and knowing what they are suffering from before making the big step of going to the hospital. The Internet is however flogged with medical precisions which include symptoms, diagnosis and possible curative measures ("eHealth Initiative | A Report on the Use of Social Media to Prevent Behavioral Risk Factors Associated with Chronic Disease", 2016). For instance, there are medical institutions, which have Internet channels on YouTube for instance. They use these channels to air surgical procedures or basic ...

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The prevalence of poverty in the United States is of increasing concern to many in government and makers of public policy. According to a humanitarian organization, Poverty USA (2014), there were 47 million poor people in 2014, which translates to a rate of 15%. This rate is around 2.3 points higher than in 2007 or 2008 (U.S. Census Bureau). Poverty does not affect all equally. The poverty threshold as defined by federal government is $24,000.00 for a family of four people. ...

Innovation from Google’s Free Food Strategy

Introduction – Google As mentioned on Google’s website (2016), two PhD students Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford university joined hands and founded this wonderful company called Google. It started based on the search engine they built in the year of 1996. The company was founded in 1998 in the month of September. Google was listed with NASDAQ in August 2004. The company’s mission statement is “Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” (Google.com, 2016). Further they explain that what makes Google the kind of company it ...

Even though the United States of America is the wealthiest nation in the world, there are still millions of children in the country living in poverty and missing out on the essentials they need for a healthy start in life. There are many organizations in the country devoted to improving programs and policies for the impoverished, and for the children. The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is one of those organizations. The Children’s Defense Fund was founded in 1973 by Mrs. Marian Wright Edelman. Mrs. Edelman was the first Black woman lawyer in Mississippi and worked with Dr. ...

The USA had several ups and downs during their history. Huge economic catastrophes like the Great Depression in 1929 or the Crisis of 2008 increased levels of poverty. The situation stabilized a little during last years, but still does not look too good. The story of Sue Christian described in the Monica Potts's essay support this opinion. The author wrote about the wife and mother of two children from the Owsley County – one of the poorest counties in the USA. Sue lost her job in the data entry company and went through hard times when she decided to get ...

A company’s culture according to Melisa Agnes is tangible in that outsiders, and customers can sense a real difference between one company’s employee and those of another organization. For instance, one company may have a culture that is characterized by innovation, excitement and collaboration, motivating employees to disregard the regular work hours and do anything necessary to get a job done regardless of the time of day. Conversely, another company may have a conservative culture with the clock –watching employees, doing only what is required and only if it is written in their job description. According to ...

The Merneptah Stele, also known as the Israel Stele, is the earliest known reference, outside of the Old Testament, to the existence of Israel (Alstrom and Edelman, 1985). It is a tome inscribed by Merneptah, an Egyptian king who conquered Canaan in the 12th century BC. Its significance lies in its mention of the nation or people of Israel in its coda, and as such has gained the title “The Israel Stele,” despite the nations’ relative unimportance in the overall text. In this paper, the examination of early Israel through the Mernaptah Stele will be discussed, as well as how ...

Introduction

“Health is Wealth”, almost everyone would agree to have heard this proverb once in life, health maintenance does not require a lot of hard work however carelessness may result in a situation where even normal life does not remain easy. Health management is a widely studied subject and all kinds of media are full of information related to healthcare, but still there are a lot of issues that need to be tackled so that good health is maintained. “Ryders are a small family which includes Jason, his wife, two children under the age of fifteen years and his parents. All of them live ...