Traumatic events can shape a persons life and cause untold stress and pain for long periods of time. Natural disasters occur and can affect a persons life in terms of losing their home, causing long-term injuries, and creating a sense of instability. Continue Reading...
In undertaking a quantitative research study, a researcher seeks to highlight the relationship between two variables, i.e. a dependent and an independent variable. The four kinds of quantitative research designs, according to Burns and Grove (2010), Continue Reading...
Stress Management in the Caregiver Setting An increasing body of evidence points to the intensity of the labor involved in caring, and the impact it has on the caregiver in a healthcare setting. Whether lay or professional, it seems that the potenti Continue Reading...
Caregiver Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Caregiver Compassion Fatigue Those who care for others as part of their professional duties must understand the nature of caregiver fatigue and the basics of caring for oneself. Generally, the focus of a car Continue Reading...
caregivers of individuals with AD Caregivers of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease is a terribly debilitating disease that strikes older adults and for which there is no known cure. According to the Institute on Aging, Alzheim Continue Reading...
Caregiver Interview as Related to Physical Therapy The objective of this study is to determine what types of psychosocial issues arise for individuals who render primary care to a PWD on a routine basis, and to determine how these caregivers cope wi Continue Reading...
A recent study by Duke University medical research center revealed that exercises not only relive depression and distress but also bring about positive changes in important physiological markers of cardiovascular disease. For this study 134 stable c Continue Reading...
It is not always easy to keep childcare arrangements running smoothly and problems may arise from time to time. . In addition to these stresses, familial stresses might occur. For instance, Grandparents and parents may have different views about ra Continue Reading...
There are certainly different approaches to the theory of anticipatory mourning. Clearly, one of the major issues within the literature surrounds the communication between the dying person and the caregiver, and both caregiver and patient and those Continue Reading...
Caregiver Burnout and Spiritual Growth Inventory The purpose of the "Are you heading for caregiver burnout" inventory by Spencer (2010) is to give the caregiver an opportunity to check in with his or her needs, an act that caregivers seldom take t Continue Reading...
Practicum on Caregiver Role Strain and Nurse BurnoutPractice Issue and Evidence Summary (Corrected Milestone 1)According to the survey-based research conducted on 1774 workers, burnout in nurses depicts itself in numerous ways. These include deperson Continue Reading...
Stress and burnout are possible in any position, but workers in helping professions including nurses and social workers experience undue amounts of stress due to the nature of their job and the demands placed upon them. Understaffing, high workloads, Continue Reading...
Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA) program is used to assess young children, their caregivers, and the program environment. One of the areas highlighted in the checklist focuses on responsive caregiving as an avenue for parents and other car Continue Reading...
Care Giver Role Strain and Nurse BurnoutSerole et al. (2021) found that dimensions of burnout were characterized by those surveyed as overinvestment, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization; they also found that stress at work was highly predicti Continue Reading...
Stress and CAD Before discussing the link between stress and heart disease, we must operationalize stress. The reason for this is that when one does a literature search in PubMed using the search terms "stress and heart disease" one will get nearly Continue Reading...
Bonding Process between Primary Caregiver and Their Babies For many parents, bonding with their babies is a virtually instantaneous experience at the moment of birth, while for others the process takes longer or may never fully develop. Although it Continue Reading...
Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients Community Health Promotion Project Design As we have discovered in the first part of the study, Alzheimer's is a major health issue for the population of seniors 65 years and older. Alzheimers costs taxpayers and Continue Reading...
Compassionate Fatigue Compassion, Fatigue, Caregiver Burnout, And Related Issues Many healthcare providers such as the nurses, doctors, and physiotherapists among other individuals enter healthcare filed with the key objective of helping others and Continue Reading...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Alcoholism/Addiction Narrative Alcoholism and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Overview PTSD and Co morbidity of Alcoholism: The Role of Trauma Childhood Abuse and Gender Differences in PTSD Association Between A Continue Reading...
Immune System and Stress How quickly a deceased human (or animal) body breaks down is testament to how well the immune system works. While a body is alive, the immune system protects the body at every living moment from bacteria and other foreign in Continue Reading...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is most commonly associated with war veterans. Researchers have, however, increasingly recognized this condition in women, children, and men from all backgrounds and fo Continue Reading...
PTSD Post=traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious psychiatric disorder caused by extreme stress under dangerous or potentially dangerous situations. People with PTSD may have been raped, or abused, sexually or otherwise in childhood, have witn Continue Reading...
d, The Bowen Center). Systems therapy is based on the premise that family members form unconscious or conscious alliances. Triangular relationships in which different people are engaged in conflicts with one another, projections upon other family mem Continue Reading...
Early Onset Dementia: Caregivers and Stress While much research has been conducted on dementia, particularly the supreme focus upon dementia by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), there still is a marked dearth of infor Continue Reading...
Introduction The relevance of care givers when it comes to assisting persons with disabilities or chronic illnesses cannot be overstated. Towards this end, caregivers come in handy in ensuring the continuous care – especially when it comes to e Continue Reading...
HEALTH AND NURSING Health and Nursing: Practicum on Caregiver Role Strain and Nurse BurnoutThe role strain principally refers to the incompatibility of the social role that an individual has to face when expectations and obligations have to be met. A Continue Reading...
When the working mother effectively manages her job's demands and occupational stressors, instead of inevitably experiencing distress, she can experience growth and positive change as she faces and addresses challenges. In the midst of concerns rel Continue Reading...
Article Review 1: COVID-19 Source: Horesh, D., & Brown, A. D. (2020). Traumatic stress in the age of COVID-19: A call to close critical gaps and adapt to new realities. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(4), 331-335. Int Continue Reading...
Chronic Sorrow Theory The term 'chronic sorrow' may be described as sadness of a persistent, periodically severe, increasing, and lasting nature. This condition may be triggered in a person because of ongoing loss, arising from personal chronic dis Continue Reading...
Compassion Fatigue Evaluation The term caregiver has a number of meanings in contemporary medical jargon. It can be the unpaid family member of someone requiring acute care, it can be a certified medical worker, or it can be someone in the social se Continue Reading...
Respiratory Care: Scenario One of the most difficult ethical scenarios which may arise is when a patient is not fully compliant with treatment. In one of the cases I observed, a child had recently been diagnosed with asthma. Unfortunately, the paren Continue Reading...
Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma It is now six months after the attack on the nuclear power facility and low level radiation release. The critical incident stress management plan has been an affect and long-term intervention strategies are no Continue Reading...
Stressor Relates to Emotional Responses The PowerPoint exhibits that stress stretches across several disciplinary research undertakings. It highlughts how the subject draws a lot of attention from the foregoing of the available studies. Among the a Continue Reading...
Distinguish among analytic, creative and practical thinking and give an example of each. Explain how culture can influence the extent to which these different types of thinking are valued. Analytic thinking refers to the ability of a person to take Continue Reading...
Alzheimer's Adult Daycare for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease Barriers to Daycare Utilization: Fortinsky, Richard H., Kulldorff, Martin, Kleppinger, Alison, and Kenyon-Pesce, Lisa. (2009). Dementia care consultation for family caregivers: Collab Continue Reading...
In a study of the prevalence of elder abuse in the United States, financial difficulties on the part of the abuser did appear to be an important risk factor (Krug, 2002, pp. 130-131). Relationship factors - in the early theoretical models, the leve Continue Reading...
