Governmental healthcare centers concentrate on providing primary care to individuals and to control and manage the spread of infectious diseases and to manage natural disasters (Christian et al., 2008). However, in the public domain, health care diff Continue Reading...
Standards of Care/Mental Health/Cultural Competence EMERGING STANDARDS OF CARE/MENTAL HEALTH/CULTURAL Sometime in 1999, the Surgeon General released Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Inside this report, it acknowledged that not every Continue Reading...
It is in the nursing homes job description, that the nursing staff employed should be certified, and be able to perform a number of tasks in order to better understand the patient. This includes an assessment of the patient's mental status and thoug Continue Reading...
Community development is concerned with tackling inequities, and with understanding the interconnections and pathways between the various determinants of health for particular communities. The effectiveness of community development in health is enh Continue Reading...
Suicide: Duty of Care vs. Self-Care Social Work and the Duty of Care The social work profession aims at promoting social change, solving problems in human relationships, empowering and liberating individuals in order to enhance well-being (IFSW 200 Continue Reading...
Namely, Aboriginal populations have tended to be more likely to be experience over-crowding, squalor, high rates of infectiousness, poor nutrition and hygiene and faulty infrastructure. All of these increase vulnerability to disease, the spread of d Continue Reading...
The study was reported as qualitative and to have been conducted by the 'Australian National Health and Medical Research Council' research study. It is stated as follows of the study: "The nursing insights indicate that an understanding of end-of-l Continue Reading...
Though it is important that only fully trained and equipped first responders actively treat serious injury, in some areas there are simply not enough first responders to ensure that all accident victims receive adequate care in a timely fashion. Th Continue Reading...
Part 1: Presentation The Defying Empire exhibition showcases the works of tens of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from all over Australia (National Gallery of Australia [NGA], 2017). Held to commemorate the 1967 referendum that allowed Continue Reading...
Mental Health Policies and Legislation It is not humane nor is it dignified to allow any living person to live in a florid psychosis; this would be a cruel and odd punishment. In the Australian medical practice, the health laws and regulations dicta Continue Reading...
Weight Sigma Psychological and Social Consequences Weight Loss Efforts In-Group Devaluation Living With Obesity-Australian Context Rating of Overweight vs. Avg. Weight Rating of Glasses vs. No Glasses Rating of Overweight vs. Avg. Weight Ficti Continue Reading...
Trauma-informed care is an approach in mental health care and nursing practice that recognises the existence of trauma in the life of patients receiving mental health care, irrespective of whether or not the trauma is known to exist (Isobel & Edw Continue Reading...
739, p=0.009, e?=0.727). This study clearly highlighted that sleep shortage and work fatigue poses a threat to patient safety and that nurse self-care is warranted.[Dorrian et.al, (2006)] Nurse Support Services An earlier Australian study by Moore Continue Reading...
The lack of inclusion of aboriginal representation at the policy making level is also regarded as an insurmountable barrier to formulating adequate health policies as regards the indigenous population of Australia. (Matthew, Pulver, & Ring 2008 Continue Reading...
Corporate Social Responsibility Literature Review a topic-Corporate Social Responsibility The term 'corporate social responsibility' is a social word that has often taken the world by a storm at its mention. Noya and Clarence (2007) in their book " Continue Reading...
These skills are vital for them to make an impact, considering the powerful relationship between leadership strength and influence. (...) In Australia the following study has noted a change in skill mix may be necessary: Rising demand for health s Continue Reading...
Forensic Mental Health Legislation and Policies The current position on forensic mental health issues when it comes to legislation and policies is a strong one, but there are some difficulties that do not translate well into the probation and parole Continue Reading...
This is discussed at length by Fusick and Bordeau (2004) "...school-based counselors need to be aware of the disturbing inequities that exist in predominantly Afro-American urban school districts, where nearly 40% of Afro-American students attend sc Continue Reading...
Poverty and Health More than half a century ago, the World Health Organization defined health as "a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (Ustun & Jakob 2005)." There were ob Continue Reading...
Both proposals were consequently amended and eventually accepted by the SEC. The audit committee makes sure that the books aren't being cooked and that shareholders are properly informed of the financial status of the firm. Characteristically, the Continue Reading...
Stolen Generations' is used to define the numerous Aborigines, and the few Torres Strait Islanders, who were forced from their homes when they were children, by church missions and Australian territorial, state, and federal government agencies durin Continue Reading...
Nursing Recent research shows that mental health problems can manifest in early childhood. As many as one in ten Australian children under five exhibit symptoms of social, emotional, and mental disorders including temper tantrums, difficulty adaptin Continue Reading...
Introduction Clinical reasoning is linked to sound and evidence-based clinical judgment, to problem solving and decision-making, and to critical thinking. Critical thinking in the nursing profession is in turn defined as the “purposeful, self-r Continue Reading...
Therefore the international agencies have recommended certain laws and regulations which try to bridge both the parties, and avoid any tussle or clash of interest. According to the proposed laws, the countries and ruling authority should seek quarte Continue Reading...
There are also a multitude of perspectives concerning which social work approach is best suited for a given cultural venue and most social workers are ill prepared by their educational background for cross-cultural practise (Williams et al. 1998). D Continue Reading...
Any business that pursues making a profit at the expense of the society in which it operates will find its success to be nothing more than temporary (Chapter 1: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Sustainability, n.d.). The idea of Corpora Continue Reading...
Women face a higher risk than men of a drastic drop in standards of living at retirement age, women account for the majority of the over 60 population in almost all countries. This could very well be because women generally are not involved in dec Continue Reading...
Child Care and Illness Child care plays a crucial role in supporting working parents and providing a safe and nurturing environment for young children. However, managing illness in child care settings poses unique challenges that can impact the we Continue Reading...
Jacobs and Bouvard History and social science is interesting in and of itself but also when the reader understands the cultural perspective of that population. Much historical discourse centers on the culture clash that occurs when an indigenous pop Continue Reading...
One of the important elements of those recommendations is that care leavers be given open and free access to their own records (Australian Senate, 2004). They also suggest that the government establish counseling for care leavers and their families Continue Reading...
In the 1960s and 1970s contributors noted the poor status of Indigenous children on measures of formal educational outcomes in comparison to the rest of the population. Suitable solutions ranged from the use of coercive measures to incr Continue Reading...
Industries that face stiff competition may favor and encourage an aggressive approach from employees that produces rapid results, rather than thoughtful, strategic action. When the gains cannot be realized in the desired time frame, there is a tempt Continue Reading...
Health Concept The Concept HEALTH Summarizing knowledge concept health identifying gaps knowledge. Based readings, literature find helpful, prepare a paper describes evaluates current level knowledge, approaches concept health significant discipline Continue Reading...
Conceptualization of Psychological Distress Psychology is a discipline of mental development and behavior. Psychology involves behavior examination, which determines how actions are related to the environment. Whereas psychology is frequently funct Continue Reading...
1. Introduction Early 2008, representatives from indigenous health organizations, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, and the commonwealth government of Australia, signed an agreement that was meant to ensure that a Continue Reading...
From fear, the knife is used to butcher pigs, and Jack's group becomes the hierarchical hunters. Jack's position as leader of this unruly band is not enough for him, however, and until he and his knife attain sole power, neither will be content. An Continue Reading...
