In what ways can social class influence experiences and interpretations of illness? The prevalence of diseases among certain social classes is responsible for the experience and interpretations of illnesses. Stratification of the American society is responsible for the presumption that the working and middle classes are vulnerable to diseases due to the poor working conditions that they work in. The poor and middle classes also live in deplorable conditions, and this helps to explain why they are predisposed to poor health conditions; pressure on social amenities such as water and sewerage systems make it difficult to maintain hygiene. On the contrary, the wealthy have also been labeled as sickly and weak, and such stereotypes affect the delivery of healthcare. Why were working-class women blamed for the spread of diseases? According to Ehrenreich and English, working-class women were blamed for the spread of diseases as sickness, exhaustion, and injury were common occurrences in their lives. Contagious diseases hit the poor the hardest, and their social-economic status makes it difficult for disease prevention and subsequent control. Working-class women were subjected to poor…
Antibiotic resistance in bacteria Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is a real menace in today’s society; thus, the possibility of causing serious diseases. As such, antibiotic resistance has become a major concern in public health with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus being a good example. Antibiotic resistance proves to be a real problem since the drugs become less effective in treatment. Hence, the bacteria could easily invade parts of the body, such as the digestive tract and urinary path, which are critical to normal body functioning. Therefore, there is a need to reduce unnecessary prescriptions and oversubscription of antibiotics as preventive measures reduce drug resistance. Also, an individual should practice high hygiene levels through the use of appropriate infection control measures to minimize antibiotics resistance. Moreover, in the hospitals, standard precautionary measures should be undertaken to reduce the transmission of infections from one person to another. The article on “stunning videos of evolution in action” shows how characters face a new set of challenges, which forces them to acquire new skills. The article uses the characters as bacteria to show how they mutate…
Evidence-Based Practice on Proper Hand Hygiene by Elena Lopez. I have noted that Lopez has identified that proper hand hygiene as a clinical issue under review by Nursing National Patient Safety Goals. I am intrigued that she has gone further to mention problems associated with poor hand hygiene, such as reducing both morbidity and mortality rates. However, I don’t agree with Lopez that absenteeism is brought by poor hand hygiene. Besides, she argues in her post that proper hand washing is a long-term goal in healthcare. I am thrilled that she has recognized the PICOT model that is utilized by the researchers while conducting a study on clinical issues. However, Lopez has failed to analyze her clinical problem based on the PICOT. For instance, she has not mentioned the outcomes of the study and the time frame. Moreover, she has started her search process using CINAHL, just like in my paper. Besides, Lopez has identified her search words, including hand hygiene compliance, timed water dispenser, improvement of hand hygiene compliance, hand hygiene knowledge assessment, among others. Her searches are exciting…
Gendered Pains of Imprisonment Various pieces of research that investigate whether the pains of imprisonment are gendered note that women stay peripheral in many investigations of the effects and practices of detainment. This essay purposes of reviewing this pattern by contrasting the issues of long-term imprisonment as experienced by female and male detainees, and afterwards enumerate the unique challenges that are different in the two sexes. It starts by detailing information that outlines that women report an intensely more disturbing experience than their male counterparts. The essay then centres on the issues found to be unusual to women specifically: Including loss of contact with relatives, power, control and autonomy, mental health and psychological wellness, and matters of intimacy, privacy, and trust. The essay presumes that determining how women experience imprisonment or lengthy jail terms is unrealistic without understanding the diversity of abuse that most of the women undergo. The essay further emphasizes the need to research the women’s emotional commitments, their biographies, and the trauma they have endured in the community. It is crucial to notice that numerous studies…
Post-traumatic stress disorders Post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychological disorder that develops to people who have incurred a terrifying event such as shocking, surprise or dangerous situation in mental health. Post-traumatic stress disorder usually triggers the body to resist the changes against the adverse effects of the disease. The disorder is typically common for young aged people, for example, children. However, it has more significant impacts on the people who have a response to a series of dangerous events in life. People who have post-traumatic stress disorder may feel afraid or frightened due to the traumatic event which he or she has the experience. Therefore, the disease usually interrupts the regular operation of the mind and the upset. Some of the dangerous or traumatic events which may contribute to post-traumatic stress disorder include; child abuse such as raping, warfare, accidents, sexual assaults and other activities which may affect the personality of a particular individual in life. The disorder can be experienced by a group of individuals when their memories are changed immediately after the trauma. The concept of name…
Annotated Bibliography: Assessment and understanding of domestic violence among women of color, resulting in homicides. Ashley, W. (2014). The Angry Black Woman: The Impact of Pejorative Stereotypes on Psychotherapy with Black Women. Social Work in Public Health, 29(1). P 27-34. New York: New York Press Ashley (2014) talks about the black woman and how she is portrayed in society. She narrates the stereotypes of the woman of color that contributes significantly to the domestic violence among African American families. The article is substantial in that it provides clear information on the effects of domestic violence among women of color. However, it does not give possible solutions to the problems. It will be used to highlight the issue of homicides as an effect of domestic violence in African American families. Campbell, J.C. (2012). Health Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence. Lancet, 359, (9314). 1331-36. Campbell (2012) suggests that domestic violence, sometimes, affects the mental state of the victims. It creates phobia, anxiety, and depression, among other mental illnesses. Apart from mental instability, domestic violence also leads to physical damages like broken bones…
Internet Gaming Disorder Internet gaming disorder is a persistent and repeated utilization of the Internet to take part in games, frequently with other participants, which leads to medical disabilities or frustrations. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders suggested definition in the Fifth Edition gives a decent beginning stage to diagnosing IGD, even though there are a few weaknesses. Many overlapping internal factors, such as poor self-regulation, attitude and reward control, and decision-making difficulties, and external factors, as well as low-income family and social skills, are needed for developing IGD. IGD may be encouraged by unique game-related factors (WHO, 2018). From the World Health Organization concept, it could infer that a person suffering from an internet game disorder demonstrates certain features necessary for recognizing the disorder (WHO, 2018). The casualty loses command over the gaming behaviors and also puts first gaming over other exercises and intrigue – these practices produce adverse effects. These practices become extraordinary to the point of impacting the work, instruction, individual life, public activity, and family life of an individual. At the point when web…
Addiction to video games for children Introduction Every action performed by a kid seems to be of great importance to him or her. However, the persistence of execution of the act by the child proves the importance and health of the action, which may lead to addiction. For instance, the idea of Video games plays a great role in the persistence of execution and causing addiction among children. Thus this essay aims at discussing addiction to video games for children. The idea of video games date backs in 1970, which captured the imagination of Americans whereby simple graphic pictures that seemed to be primitive compared with the current complex multifaceted games in which most children and teens have become gripped. Currently, the addiction to video games has grown too wide enough to compare with compulsive gambling, whereby the whole mission is aimed at winning, which service as the main motivator in continuous playing. Contrary to earlier days when the video games were only available on the arcade machines which had limited access, today video games dominate a great percentage in…
The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) role The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) plays a significant role in diagnosing mental conditions and prescribing medication. PMHNPs are expected to understand the state or federal legal requirements when prescribing drugs. Irrespective of their scope of prescriptive authority, PMHNPs should ensure that the medication they subscribe is safe and enable patients to recover from their condition. NPs are required to have a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to prescribe drugs as wells as controlled substances. DEA is an important law enforcement agency in the United States that investigates and prevents the circulation of controlled substances such as heroin, Xanax, or Percocet. DEA conducts its responsibilities under the justice department, hence it enforces all federal laws that relate to manufacturing, distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs. PMHNPs administering, prescribing, or dispensing controlled substances should be registered with DEA (Buppert, 2010). Some state licensure may allow PMHNPs to prescribe medication without a DEA certificate. However, Federal law requires mental health practitioners to have a DEA number to write prescriptions for controlled substances. The DEA registration…
Medications for the Alzheimer’s disease Introduction The Alzheimer is an ailment that progresses with time in the brain of a human being. Its features include the loss of memory and the disturbance to the ability of the thinking capacity of a human being. We think of the old people when we hear of the Alzheimer disease. Research has shown that it is more prevalent in the people at the age of sixty five and above. Dementia is any disease that has an impact to the brain of a human being and so the Alzheimer can be classified into that category. Diagnosis exclusion is a term derived from the diagnosis of the Alzheimer disease. From the argument above, we can say that there is no known test for this disease. What happens is that tests to rule out other diseases will lead to the conclusion of the Alzheimer disease. The signs of this disease noticeable in older people include, forgetting to switch off a gas cooker, forgetting to take the prescribed medications in a certain day or even not recalling the…