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Bullying prevention is a growing research field that investigates the complexities and consequences of bullying. There is also a complex relationship between bullying and suicide.
Visit http://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/index.html and identify resources for preventing bullying
and assisting children who have been bullied.
Bullying prevention is a growing research field that investigates the complexities and consequences of bullying. There is also a complex relationship between bullying and suicide.
Visit http://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/index.html and identify resources for preventing bullying
and assisting children who have been bullied.
It is very important for all mental health professionals to take very detailed and thorough historical information from their patients. This information should include an adequate social history, complete medical history, and a full mental status examination with a probable treatment plan.
Describe three reasons it is important to gather detailed and extensive information from any patient before you counsel him/her or make medication suggestions. Use evidence-based research to support your position.
Define malingering. Discuss two ways to differentiate between malingering and a DSM5 diagnosis. Use evidence-based research to support your position.
1) Reflect on what nurses can do when individuals and families are living with suffering. Include a minimum of two citation/reference pairs in your response.
2) Review Standard 8 in the ANA: Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice. How does the role of advocacy fit with Quaternary Prevention?
3) Reflect on quaternary prevention. How does quaternary prevention ‘fit’ with Dr. Gwande’s views?
4) How does ‘informed risk’ fit with decision making?
5) Reflect on the ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, and maleficence. How to they ‘fit’ in situations of chronic illness?
For the future
Dr. Atul Gwande is a prominent neurosurgeon whose perspective on death and dying changed when his own father was diagnosed with cancer. Dr. Gwande’s work has been very well received and recognized over the last few years. When you have a bit of free time (maybe between semesters), I strongly recommend reading his book titled Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End – well worth your time!
Write a journal entry reflecting on Time, U R Worth It, Values, and Workspace.
This chapter can be tough for people to comprehend. You can be straight or gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, asexual, and more. Some folks maintain that our sexuality is not fixed but fluid (meaning susceptible to change) over time.
https://www.sciencealert.com/sexual-orientation-continues-to-change-right-through-our-teens-and-into-adulthood
There is scientific evidence to support this. Most people don’t acknowledge sexual attraction to others (regardless of gender).
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/sex-and-love/a20662770/what-is-sexually-fluid/
Whoa, don’t scroll down on the last article if you are squeamish:(
Do you think a person can be sexually fluid? Support your answer.
Respond to the following prompt in a minimum of 175 words:
Considering the forces in the global environment, what might some of the implications of demographic forces be for the industry you work in?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of technological change?
How can information technology lead to beneficial changes within the workplace?
What key elements for conducting a needs analysis do these perspectives have in common? How do these perspectives differ?
Insurance contracts have certain legal characteristics that distinguish them from other contracts. Explain the following legal characteristics of insurance contracts.
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· Aleatory contract
· Unilateral contract
· Conditional contract
· Personal contract
· Contract of adhesion
In the United States Nurses are held accountable for their practices. In the USA every State has a Board of Nursing that regulates nursing practice, therefore the rules are not uniform across state lines. In your opinion should laws governing nursing practice be standardized across the country ? If you answer yes or no, tell me why.