Essays on Emotional Health

Have you ever been asked by a fellow parent advice when it comes to parenting? Is there an exact science to having characteristics of being a good parent and raising children? I would say absolutely not! There isn’t always an exact science to most things in life but you sure can stick to some of the basics when preparing for the process of raising children. As long as parents are sure that their actions are ethical and lead to the holistic development of their children, they do justice to parenting their little ones. From my experience, on the ...

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Hi, it is essential for the nurses to be provided with a secure job surrounding so that they can fill empowered and satisfied while carrying out their duties. A culture that emphasizes on the safety of the health worker and the patient is paramount. It requires the efforts of the employees, managers, ancillary staff, and leaders to create an effective, professional, and transparent safety program. The nurses at Brigham and Women’s thus have a right to hold a demonstration to push the leadership in the health care institution to pay more attention to their safety. The reduction of ...

Abstract:

Mental illnesses altogether place a significant burden of disorder on young people. They induce adequate negative outcomes short- and long-term in several domains. Many youths with mental illnesses such as Bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia fall into the clutches of the criminal justice system (CJS) due to their risky behavior. This leads to a problematic quality of life. The main objective of the paper is to highlight about the mental illnesses in youth and the criminal justice system. A web search was conducted and quality articles were retrieved. It was observed that mentally ill youth encounter trouble with regard to ...

I believe that a person’s mental and emotional health is greatly influenced by their lifestyle and habits. Good habits include a proper eat, work and sleep schedule that balances leisure time within. However, bad habits are those who upset the good habits and make a person feel unhealthy; physically, emotionally and mentally. For me, a habit that needed to change was my addiction to using the cell phone for about two hours before going to sleep. I was so indulged with my phone that I could not leave it for a long time until I felt exhausted by ...

The integumentary system consists largely of the skin and other body components that occupy the three layers of the dermis. The skin is the largest organ in the body and thus the healthiness of the integumantary system is crucial to the normal body functionalities. Older adults usually develop several complications with regard to the integumentary system. Thus it is important to have a defined, modularized and standardized approach towards addressing those integumentary issues to avert further complications that could arise in other body organs as s result of the integumentary complications. There are several characteristics that the skin exhibits as a ...

Introduction

Population ageing is currently viewed as most wide-spread demographic trend. Decreasing fertility and increasing life expectancy have tremendously altered the ratio between the young and old in current population of the world. Global UN research on population ageing (2007) suggests that population ageing is concerned with four salient aspects, such as being unprecedented in human history; pervasiveness of the trend, which is now affecting almost all parts of the world; enduring nature of the trend (the situation is not likely to be subjected to significant changes; and, what is more important, the trend’s having profound consequences for almost ...

Physical health

After completing the assessment, I have realized that my physical heath is not really up to par. Among my weak attributes is that I don’t engage in a lot of physical exe4rcises like jogging or swimming. However, one positive aspect is that I at least get 8 hours of sleep daily.

Social health

My social health status is actually quite commendable. I am actively involved in a lot of social circles and enjoy being around people which is a positive attribute. I however need to improve on the aspect of honesty when it comes to friendships and relationships.

Emotional health

My emotional health status is ...

Introduction

Compassion fatigue is a deep physical, spiritual and emotional exhaustion that can result from working daily in a care giving environment. In such circumstances, the natural response to the downward spiral is to work more until there is nothing left. On the other hand, the adaptive response should be to take a break (Sabo, 2011). Compassion fatigue can result from a lack of daily care for self which helps reflect, rejuvenate and refuel. The only good thing about compassion fatigue is the sign that you are a very compassionate person. However, by caring for our own selves, we can serve others in a better way. ...

Compassion fatigue is a depletion of compassion accompanied by a state of physical, mental and spiritual exhaustion that occurs after prolonged periods of stress or burnout. It is particularly prevalent among nurses and caregivers, as working in the healthcare industry and expending the energy and compassion it takes to care for others can be extremely draining (Chapman, 2007). Unfortunately, it has become increasingly common, and has a variety of negative symptoms and consequences (Espeland, 2006). However, compassion fatigue can be relieved, and even prevented (Espeland, 2006). Thus, it is extremely important for caregivers to understand what it is, why it occurs, what ...

Research Questions:

Literature Review Zolten & Long (2006) in their study analyzed effective parent-child communication. The authors mentioned that effective and open communication between children and parents is important in order to develop a healthy relationship between parents and positive environment at home. A healthy communication benefits children in forming values & beliefs based upon the communication they had with their parents. Effective communication between parents and children develop respect and trust for each other’s and benefit family through lives. Due to effective communication children feel that they are important and heard by their parents. Overall healthy and effective communication helps in ...

An emergency relief program is an essential subject that has elicited myriad debate on the most appropriate ways towards ensuring its efficiency and effectiveness. Often, volunteer organizations step up in executing the mentioned program. It is however interesting to note that the mentioned voluntary organizations mostly rely on their resources to curb a prevailing hazardous situation. Emergency relief program among nations need to be therefore accredited the necessary support. The paper endeavors to highlight on emergency relief among agencies towards mitigating disaster stricken areas. Prevalently, the major concern was McKenzie County in North Dakota. The mentioned county faced the ...

Human wellbeing entails health as an integral aspect of wellness. Mental health which simply is the lack of mental disorder describes psychological excellence. It is the expression of the varied emotions while signifying the successful adjustment to the numerous demands. The distinctive types of problems in mental health include: bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder among others. WHO studies, reveal that almost half of the total world's population possess some kind of mental illness that effects on their relationships, self-esteem, and capacity to function effectively in their life (Sawyer et.al, 2007, p. 43). Someone’s emotional health directly affects ...

Chronological Age: 50

Referral Source: Attorney Primary Evaluator: X Secondary Evaluator: X Testing dates: Reason for Referral LC was referred by attorney X who requested information and comments regarding this client’s competency to stand trial and state of mind at the time of the crime.

Presenting Problem

LC is a 50-year-old African American male with a long history of psychiatric problems. He is from the LA County Jail, August 7 through August 15, 20__ and he experienced difficulties adjusting to prison. While in prison, LC was observed to be “agitated, belligerent, demanding and made verbal threats to a custody officer.” He ...

Introduction

Health sustainability and reduction of muscular illness has been an alarming campaign among the elderly. This is the group of people above the age of sixty years who in most cases are retired and live alone. It is also notable that this group has limited activities on their schedule as they are not working and mostly live on their pension. This makes it essential to increase their physical activities and stabilize their emotional health. These activities involve walking, engaging in planned sports and playing, conducting household chores and leisure activities such as swimming, cycling and hiking. These activities can ...

Tamar Lewin’s New York Times article, “Record Level of Stress Found in College Freshman,” describes some reasons why college freshmen are reporting the lowest level of emotional health since the survey of this statistic began 25 years ago. According to the article, various university counselors and other researchers attribute this reported drop in emotional health to the economic downturn. Although this article was written in 2011, the idea that today’s college students’ emotional health is linked to difficult economic times still rings true in 2013. The idea that this stress begins in high school with especial pressure ...

Introduction

In his 2010 article titled Record Level of Stress Found in College Freshmen, Tamar Lewin explains the findings of a survey that sought to establish the trend of emotional health of the freshmen joining four year colleges. In the articles, Lewin makes a number of observations, the most prominent being the fact that the emotional health of the students was on a downward trend with the students that considered their health as being above average dropping from 64% in 1985 to 52% in 2010. The article focuses on the potential causes of such trends, including economic and social factors. The three key ...

Effective communication occurs when all of the basic communication elements, including the sender, channel, receiver, and the message, are unambiguous. In other words, the sender needs to transfer a clear message through an appropriate channel, so the receiver can understand the message without misinterpreting it. Every communication process is an interaction between the sender and receiver. To send messages effectively, the sender needs to avoid communication gaps, such as cultural differences and aggressive confrontation, and focus on giving an unambiguous message to the receiver through different communication channels. Because non-verbal communication is a significant part of daily communication, both verbal messages ...

Dexter Morgan

Dexter Morgan is the American serial killer who works during the day for the Miami Metro Homicide as a blood splatter analysis; while, at night, he searches for the perpetrators of the crimes and kills them. Dexter lives in two separate lives as he loves his job in Miami as the blood spatter analyst as each day he goes to different crime scenes. He is also able to elucidate how different victims died by looking at the blood from the scene of the crime. In the beginning, of the series Dexter is married to a lady called Rita and they both ...

Qualitative Research Critique

Discussion Article Citation (Place in the column to right and include in your reference list for this assignment. This is APA related, so no points are assigned, but can be lost for this.) Burkhart, P. V., Rayens, M. K., &Oakley, M. G. (2012). Effect of Peak Flow Monitoring on Child Asthma Quality of Life. Journal Of Pediatric Nursing, 27(1), 18-25.

Introductory Materials: number each question below separately in your answers to the right.

1. Introduction to problem 2. Research problems/hypotheses 3. Significance of the problem 4. Theoretical concept/framework 5. Literature review 1. Did the researcher(s) introduce the problem and how was it ...