For the interview and reflection assignment, I interviewed a middle-aged mother named Lauren. Lauren moved to the United States a year ago with her two children from three years ago. The topic of the interview was on Lauren’s experience with healthcare providers during her recent pregnancy. Lauren is different from me in age, race, and religion. We are both middle-class women, however, she is Chinese and in her early forties and I am Black and in my early twenties. In addition, she practices Buddhism, while I follow Christianity.
In the Chinese culture, there are many customs that are followed for many situations or events. In China, pregnant women follow certain customs to remain healthy throughout their pregnancy and following after birth. Lauren stated she has had high blood pressure for many years. During her first two pregnancies, Lauren had to deal with her high blood pressure which caused complications during her pregnancy. Although it was not easy, Lauren stated she remained in faith and used many holistic treatments. The professionals who Lauren mentioned in the interview were nurses and doctors who helped her during her pregnancy. Usually when women become pregnant, doctors advice expecting mothers to take prenatal vitamins, do light exercise, and eat certain foods. However, Lauren stated that in Chinese tradition there are certain foods that are believed to bring health or poor health to a baby. Women are advised to stick to hot foods during pregnancy so that
Stereotyping is when a judgement is made on a group of people because of the actions of a few. Stereotyping happens because of misinformation and other people’s opinions.
Procedures also outline how to deal with disciplinary issues, allegations of abuse, managing risk, deal with grievance or death, respond to emergencies that we have in which supports us on how we work effectively and correctly which allows us to give the best level of care we can give to individuals.
The human services organization I observed was the Town of Babylon Drug and Alcohol Division. This organization provides outpatient substance abuse treatment to individuals who are addicted to drugs and other substance. These services include group counseling, individual counseling, psychoeducation, and drug screening. In this case study I will be going over leadership style, the approach used, and other aspects of this organization.
The report critically appraises the research article by von Haaren et al., (2015) who has investigated the influence of 20 week aerobic exercise training on emotional stress reactivity in students experiencing real life examination stress and the article by Kim et al., (2013) who has explored the impact of Kouk Sun Do, a mind-based intervention on students with anxiety symptoms. This appraisal is important to determine its applicability for the case scenario of Mariana who is an Australian University student with a 18 month year daughter. Being a single mother, she lacks social support and has additional liabilities in her life compared to other students. This condition along with diabetes and rare blood disorder has made her very depressed in life. The critical appraisal and evaluation of the research paper is important for evidence based practice and choosing health intervention according to best available evidence (Grove et al., 2014). This report analyse the two papers to determine the best evidence based practice that can be applied in case of Mariana to
In the case of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, democrats had observed Bill Clinton’s effort at health care reform and they had also watched republican congress use their strong points of congressional leadership to pass reforms that had previously been put on hold (Beaussier, 2012). The Democratic Congressional Party learned through others that they could use their power of partisanship to vanquish those who opposed the healthcare reform and they did just that. What is meant by this is that at the time of this PPACA bill, the house and the senates was majority ruled by the Democratic Party and were able to vote in favor of the PPACA even with those opposing the bill it wouldn’t be enough to hold it
For our fourth Case Assignment, we are to suppose that we are a health care provider and that over a lengthy dinner conversation, a person across the table argues that patients do not receive good medical care if they don't have much money. We are to do the following during this dinner conversation A) First explain the basic intent of Consumer Driven Healthcare Plan to that person in our own words, B) Identify at least one argument against Consumer Driven Healthcare Plan, and lastly C) Based on our own research, summarize how the National Health Care plan recently adopted by Congress will impact Consumer Driven Healthcare Plan.
The face of healthcare has been changing over the last decade. The role of nurse practitioners has become ever more important. This paper conducts a policy analysis as a systematic investigation of alternative policy options, for the emerging nationalized healthcare plan and the increased use of nurse practitioners. It looks at the goals of nationalized healthcare 's use of nurse practitioners and discusses to what extent this policy meets these goals. This paper begins with a detailing of the problem addressed by the policy and the goals and objectives of nationalized healthcare 's increased use of nurse practitioners. Next, alternatives to meeting the increased needs of the health industry,
Chinese value silence and avoid disagreeing. The purpose of avoidance is to lessen conflict and maintain a peaceful environment. When assessing a pregnant Chinese woman, it is important to understand this idea of silence. The Chinese woman may remain silent during an exam and while the nurse is educating. Although the woman is not verbalizing her understanding, she most likely does. It is important to gauge how the woman demonstrates understanding. Head nods or silence are often non-verbal cues that a Chinese patient may demonstrate (Giger and Davidhizar, 2006, p. 445).
I have never really focused on the issues that our economy is facing; therefore, I find reading articles like these rather interesting. They provide me with material and questions I would not have looked up before. My favorite quote from the article was, “Monetary policy has been keeping the patient alive, creating the possibility of a lasting cure through fiscal and structural operations,” as stated by BoE Chief. I thought this line to be very funny and blunt. The comparison of the nation to a patient really put into perspective the how tragic our economic system is doing. Also, I have come to belief that people are okay with the monetary policy because it has been providing some relief to our problems, but people must find an actually solution,
Task 1 requires you to submit a written piece of work covering all learning outcomes (LO1s, LO2s & LO3s) with a reflective account embedded in the context of work.
In this paper I will be explaining the Asian Culture 's child bearing practices. The Chinese practice differently than the Western Society. The Chinese Culture is very interesting and some of what they practice is interesting. The pregnancy and childbirth is a time for celebration for many cultures around the world. This is a joyous event has a history of beliefs and traditions that vary from culture to culture.
China on the other hand has some resources to help women who have become pregnant. They every go in depth on a woman's pregnancy to see what are the health needs of the soon-to-be mothers. Most of these health needs are not even physical needs, they mostly have to do with psychological needs of the women. Woo and Twinn say the same fact that all other authors say about pregnancy which is that it can cause many health risks among the women who are pregnant. Among their research Woo and Twinn came to the conclusion that 3 of the 6 health needs of the women was acceptance of the pregnancy, psychological reactions to the pregnancy and the use of contraception and health advice (595). These 3 health needs are understandable regarding the background
Changes in the Health Care System and the Practice of Nursing have become complex. Technological changes, complicated client needs, short hospital length of stay, and departure from acute care to community based care, all these changes have underscore the need for professional nurses to think critically in order to provide safe and effective client care. A better educated nursing workforce can provide good health education to patients and their families. The affordable care of 2010 has required the need for nurses to expand their role of practice to meet complicated patient demands. This has prompted the Institute Of Medicine to review the “Future of Nursing, Leading change and Advancing Health”. {Creasia & Fribery,2011}
When I decided to study in health care, I thought I would be satisfied with the type of health care practitioner I had become. As I acquired more experience though, my initial enthusiasm on what I had chosen was replaced with some disappointment when I realized the limitations of Homeopathic medicine and my scope of practice with it.
The Women’s Health Issues course this semester have been interesting and informative. I gained great perspective on health topics affecting women’s health status and ways biological and social factors put women at a higher stake for health issues. One of the most important thing I am taking away from this class is the importances of understanding women’s health, as a Public Health student women’s health has been a topic of interest for a long time. Coming from a developing country where many women grapple with health issues from discrimination and prescribed roles, it has been important for me to take this class and to have better understanding on health disparities that exist globally between women and men. In the following paragraphs I