Delirium: The Procedure

Chapter 1, page 1: “Many people are afraid of the procedure. Some people even resist. But I’m not afraid. I can’t wait.” • At the start of the book Lena wants to take the delirium procedure and be cured from the disease of love.

How is a human suppose to love? Love is just a statement, a word, a word is just a sound. When you really love something, in loves you back in whatever way it has to love. But what if that love isn't good enough? Doesn’t meet your standards? "‘What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love.’ I didn't think that this was true, […] but it was like every other thought and belief of Finny's: it should have been true. So I didn't argue” (Knowles 111).  That is just life, love is something that is always there and needs to be accepted in anyway it can.

Lauren Oliver once said, “Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.” Despite the fact that Lena is taught that love is a disease and is forbidden, she falls in love anyhow. She comes to realize love is all that matters; that love is something you hold onto, fight for, and never let go of. Delirium is a story that teaches a valuable life lesson that holds true even for today’s teenager: following your heart can set you free.

According to Mc Donnell & Timmons (2012), “Acute delirium is a preventable, treatment, disorder of consciousness and cognition that commonly presents across many healthcare settings, including older care facilitates, medical and surgical ward, intensive care units and children’s ward”(p.2488). In their article, A quantitative exploration of the subjective burden experienced by nurses when caring for patients with delirium, Mc Donnell and Timmins outline a descriptive study. Even though prevention and treatments are well recognized, dealing with delirium can be very difficult. The purpose of this study is to examine the subjective burden nurses experience when caring for patients with delirium and to identify the individual aspects of delirium that nurses find most difficult to deal with. In the introduction of the article, the authors argue that beyond qualitative studies there is insufficient practical research on the impact and burden of delirium on nurses in practice (Mc Donnell & Timmins, 2012). This argument outlines the premise behind the research. It is not a research question, but a statement of belief upon which they draw in framing the purpose and focus of their research. The authors articulate their recognition of the fact that many researchers have only focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention for delirium. In addition, they also recognized that nurses often lack knowledge and understanding

For instance, her father, Gene, believes that the government is evil and has told her she should focus on domestic duties and traditional gender roles within the family. Quote from the book: “Dad worries that

Near the beginning of the text Delia is shown to be enduring and magnanimous towards Sykes’ belittling and offensive behavior.He frightens her for his own delight and disrupts her work at his slightest whim. She believes that it is her role as wife, to not cause problems or

The procedure is done so often in some cultures that the procedure has become the norm. Another issue that is briefly discussed in both V-Day and the articles is using professional medical advice and doctors during procedures. Doctors should be able to make the procedure less painful with less emotional scaring, however, the use of medical advice does not follow cultural rules/regulations. There is still a large percentage of girls who have this procedure done (over half in Indonesia). Additionally, there is no benefit to this procedure, yet some cultures continue to have it performed. This is another aspect that I do not fully understand. Many cultures realize there is no benefit to the procedure, but it is still performed regularly. I was even more surprised to learn that this procedure is performed in America (even though it is typically performed for people who have immigrated). When the procedure is practiced in America, I wonder the type of conditions the procedure is performed in. I can not imagine this procedure is performed in hospitals or private practices.

One theme in the story is physical and emotional abuse. Delia is quite often trying to work or simply minding her own business, when her husband, Sykes decides to pick a verbal fight with

Love throughout the years has been interpreted as an intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my partner"). Love can also refer specifically to the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love, to the emotional closeness of familial love, or to the platonic love that defines friendship, to the profound union or devotion of religious love. Love had been defined by individuals to get close to someone who have actual feelings for or deeply care about, and one that you will actually risk your life for. But now, love has been given a bad reputation because now some people are only interested in having non-intimate sex with others. People prefer temporary relationships, instead of dedicating their lives to their loved ones. These types of

As Jim has also been not been eating or drinking properly for a few days and is only waking to voice. The nurse would assess for any cognitive deterioration in the patient by first discussing with his parents his normal. As Jim usually communicates well and has no cognitive impairments, the nurse would then go on to looking at preforming cognitive tests. These could be the 4AT test, done for every patient that comes into a clinical setting over the age of 65 and carrying out The Single Question in Delirium (SQiD). SQiD efficiently identifies the patients that are at risk of delirium, such as patients presenting infection, thus enabling timely intervention and specialist review (Slater,

bell hooks in “Love as the Practice of Freedom” explains thoroughly as to how love is the form to be liberated. Without any love society is blind and continues to practice systems of domination without being aware. However the community should look out for one another not just when a problem impacts an individual. Everyone must be aware of the systems of domination- imperialism,sexism,racism, and classism to create change. When radical love is comprehended it allows the destruction of oppression,exploitation and there is liberation

Love exists in the short story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” by Alice Munro and in the short story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” by Raymond Carver. in Munro’s short story the plot is that of a mentally ill wife, Fiona, who falls in love with another patient while her husband still tries to hang on to their old love. Her husband eventually wants to have an affair with the wife of the man his wife is having an affair with. Their love changed because of their circumstances due to ill health. Carver’s story discusses the different definitions of love due to the type and quality of relationships; everyone has a different definition. Love also exists all over the world within different environments and cultures. The concept of love depends upon the environment in which it inhabits. Love is dependent on the life of the people in love and it also depends on their current environment. Nature and nurture are also huge factors into the development and process of love. What nature and nurture mean is whether it is due to how the person lives and acts along with their personality compared to whether it’s all in their genetics beforehand. Love is more on the nurture side instead of the nature side of human experience.

Delia Jones starts off as a healthy religious woman who believes she found the love of her life, but little does she know that she will lose her beloved qualities of freedom. This submissive quality appears two months after their marriage. Considering she has experienced ongoing abuse for fifteen years, Delia has eventually had enough. I say it is because of Sykes’ irony that she develops hatred. Sykes’ selfish demeanor is the cause for Delia’s weak state. He then goes on to humiliate her by saying “Ah 'm so tired of you Ah don 't know whut to do.

Coming back to college has definitely been more challenging than my previous job ever was, but I did love my work. As I have said before I have worked for FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) for the past ten years. Being able to travel and experience the differences in culture from state to state was amazing. However, for me working for an agency that aids so many individuals, cities and states all across the country is an extremely gratifying experience. As for my experience over the past week that is an entirely different story. At first I did feel a little overwhelmed or delirious. Now believe have a better understanding of how much time I will need to dedicate to my studies although I

dangerous surgery. It is done to girls of any age, from a few days old to right