Family Health Assessment Part One Thesis Statement The appropriate administration of care to a particular individual or family entirely depends on the results obtained from the family’s health assessment activity. Assessment of family health involves the techniques and procedures of getting information about the family’s awareness of the methods of disease prevention and health promotion. It includes the perception of the nurse about the norms, constitution, standards, communication abilities, and theoretical knowledge of the family. The exercise is often conducted on the basis of 11 functional health patterns proposed by Marjorie Gordon in 1987. The questionnaire in the appendix has, therefore, been prepared based on the guidelines provided by the model and can be used to assess any family health. Family Description Lana’s family moved from Canada and settled in the United States two years ago. Bryce Walker, her husband, is a police officer while Lana works as a catering officer in a nearby college. The couple has one boy and two girls aged 13, 10, and 7. Since their onset in the United States, the family has been living…
A Gun and an Explosion and Anarchy as Symbols in Fight Club Fight Club is a book by Chuck Palahniuk, which narrates the escapades of an unnamed narrator. The narrator has insomnia. Unable to find a solution, he resorts to support groups for conditions he is not suffering from, and surprisingly finds solace. The story focuses on his interactions with Marla Singer and Tyler Durden. The narrator and Tyler decide to form a secret club for men to engage in physical combat, which they name Fight Club. Chuck Palahniuk’s book was inspired by his own life when one time on returning to work from a camping trip with bruises, his coworkers failed to question the origin of his injuries (Bures 50). The first chapter of the book introduces us to Tyler and the narrator. They are on the roof of the Parker-Morris building, which the narrator says is the tallest building in the world. The narrator seems to be having an altercation with Tyler having a barrel of a gun in his mouth. There are multiple explosions in distant buildings,…
Chanel introduction to trousers in the 1920s Introduction The 1920s women’s fashion was considered as free-spirited, the modernist regime belonging to the roaring twenties as well as the jazz era. This symbolized freedom and independence experienced by women. The fashion trends were also characterized by short, low waist dresses, trousers, bob hairstyles, casual outfits mixed with different colours (Casely-Hayfor, 2015). Stockings, the silk garments as evening outfit, and scarfs were a part of the 1920s fashion trends. On the other hand, the 1920 fashion comprised of garments that offered a sense of freedom of mobility whereby loose fittings characterized them. They also allowed the implementation of camisole, also known as a chemise. This article will discuss the fashion trend introduced by Chanel that is trousers and the reason behind it. The camisole is loose underwear that acted on behalf of a tight corset found in the Victoria years. The pants were also baggy, which enabled women to move freely. Coco Chanel was among the renowned fashion designers in the 1920s, including Jeanne Lanyon, Sonia, Victor Stiebel, and Florrie Westwood.…
The ‘Alien’ movie review The ‘Alien’ movie is classified as both a horror movie and a science-fiction one. It asks the questions, ‘what if?’ and ‘oh no!’. It is fiction because it presents a commercial crew that goes to space and meets a deadly alien. The alien escapes to the space ship that the crew has, and it takes much effort in dealing with it. It is a horrific experience. It is a science-fiction because of the abnormal events that occur. After Kane touches on the egg object, a creature comes out and bursts his helmet and later attaches itself to his face. After this, it grows to an alien and bursts out of his heart, thereby killing him (Scott et al. 7). After the decline in movie attendance in different halls in the 1990s, there are various steps that Hollywood took to ensure that it remained in business. It embarked on carrying out numerous advertisements on its movies to lure people back into the theatres. It also moved to the big-scale productions to attract back the big bucks.…
Film Characters and their social class Mainstream films show poverty and social class inequality as the impact of personal merit and moral worth. Film and media are the most sophisticated art structure within the current generation. The film helps us understand the lives and culture of our society. Media and artists differ about the existence of various film characters in different social classes. Many film works feature characters active in the principal roles in society (Suber 40). The significant indicators include the Aladdin and ratatouille. The figures show that the problem with poverty is the taste of the poor. The silent movie shows the struggle within the cinema of human society. The great debate of labor against capital led to many films whose characters were in the working class—the film workers of the world with the unique name strike. The character Sergei Eisenstein made a great show of film play as a social class. The actors Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, and Patrick Wilson depict the life of both the upper and middle class within the film little children. The film…
The Emergence of Ryan Coogler in the Film Industry The current century contains several milestones in the film industry. These improvements include advancements not only in the content that most films possess but also the advanced abilities that the directors portray in their work. In comparison to the movie at the beginning of the century and the previous, the current film depicts advanced aspects of production, style, and themes. According to the auteur theory, in any film, the director plays the most significant role in its production and should always receive credit for the quality of the end product. More than the author of the screenplay, the director oversees the visual and audio elements of the film. Therefore the directors should receive all the credit for the advances in the film industry. Ryan Coogler is one of the most outstanding producers who have been consistent in the advancements of the films that they direct. The major identities of Coogler’s films are his sociopolitical savvy, technical skill, and smart storytelling instincts. Yes, Coogler is a burgeoning auteur due to his application…
Zelizer’s work, Pricing the Priceless Child Question 1 Zelizer’s work, Pricing the Priceless Child, shows how the American society between these two centuries made child labor into a societal norm and encouraged the use of child labor in industries and plantations by allowing parents to let their children become exploited so that they could earn their families. In the second chapter of the book, From Useful to Useless: Moral Conflict Over Child Labor, Zelizer tries to show the reader how the American society in the 1900s started to change the negative narrative of robbing children their ability to enjoy their childhood and putting a stop to child labor and implementing laws that made it into an illegal activity. In the book, she highlights how the legitimacy of child labor laws helped to redefine how children would be viewed from a beneficial economical asset to the sentimental value of children by their parents. The author believes that improvement of living standards, change in the moral understanding of child labor, increase of immigrant labor, and industrial technology were instrumental in changing…
Adaptation of the Musical; South Pacific Sitting back and reminiscing on the good old past with a combination of the current makes a play as magnificent as wine that only gets finer with time. Therefore, a contemporary twist to the musical South Pacific definitely will leave the audience in awe of the plot5 twist that can be added to the 1949 masterpiece. First written by the songwriting team inclusive of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, the musical was a leap in the dark after the first attempt of adaptation of a novel proved to be a massive flop. Fortunately, the team came up with a smash hit of songs that blew the roof off the theaters with a combination of valid treatment of racial prejudice that rewrote and broke boundaries of classification in the slippery slopes of broadway. That is, the message that is presented in the musical proves to be racially progressive. The musical is composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein writes the masterful lyrics while the plot is based on the work of Pulitzer award-winning novelist James…
Rheumatoid Arthritis Immunology Cellular and chemical mechanism involved in development of rheumatoid arthritis and study ways for blocking disease causing agent or induce tolerance Human sample – synovial fluid and blood Animal model -mice Purpose discusses pathways and methodology to examine; Cellular interaction – expansion of fibroblast-like cells -Immune cell infiltration and activation Antibodies – RF and Citrulinated Abs Cytokines Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune infection characterised by joint inflammations though not restricted to the joint, the disease affects equally other body organs and tissues. The principle diagnosis is through the skin or joint serum screening or diagnosis. The infection attacks through a precise cause of the irreparable damage to the affected body parts due to the inflammation of the synovial membrane, which formed the tendon sheath and joint lining. Besides, the disease destroys the joint tissues and reduces the joint mobility through erosion and tethering of the tendons. Hence, it makes the muscles to become fixed to the adjacent tissues, which in the process restrain movement of the patient. The condition accelerates the loss of the…
Geopolitical Tensions Between the US and The Soviet Union The Cold War was a period of military, economic, and political tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States of America after the world war. After the Second World War concluded, somewhere in the range of 1945 and 1990, there existed ideological differences between the two nations. Moves in global force occasioned confusions where the Soviet Union looked for a more area while the United States tried to restrict the spread of ideologies from the Soviet Union. This prompted a clash of philosophies that elevated national security concerns, caused conciliatory difficulties, and started intermediary wars between the countries. The Cold War spread around the prevailing countries of that time. There was the Western Allies, who supported autonomous European states just as the equitably chosen countries, on one side, while then again was the Soviet Union that looked for the ascent of Soviet-impacted Communist Nations. At the height of the cold war, there were fears that the ideological differences between the two countries would lead to another world war that would…