Bodily harm

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in Adolescents: The Role of Identity and Interpersonal Motivating Factors Self-injury is a behaviour seen by many as strange and incomprehensible; injuring oneself is ordinarily something one goes to great lengths to avoid and it is therefore difficult for most people to understand the experience of an individual who engages in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). NSSI is becoming increasingly prevalent within contemporary adolescent populations; this trend has been…

The job of a nurse is multidimensional, they are leaders, they are teachers, and they provide therapeutic nurse-client relationships. Therefore, it should be of no surprise, that the nursing profession is rated the top trusted profession for honesty and ethical standards according to a recent poll conducted by Gallup (Newpart, 2012, para. 1). Nursing like many other professional organizations have standards of practice in which to guide their decisions, and provide a framework for the resolution…

You commit the crime of assault when you threaten or attempt to inflict offensive physical contact or bodily harm on a person that puts the person in immediate danger of or in apprehension of such harm or contact. A mere threat to harm someone is not an assault; however, a threat combined with a raised fist could be enough to commit the crime of assault if there is a reasonable apprehension of harm to the victim. Assault against a public servant, such as a firefighter, paramedic, police…

article. I found that there are different kinds of insurances you need to have to be able to foster a child. I learned that you should make sure you have or obtain the liability insurance policies to cover damage to third party property, third party bodily injury, and damage to the children. These policies help the foster parents provide the children great service and for the foster children as well. This article is important to me because I have always said I wanted to become a foster parent…

Abuse refers to any nonaccidental infliction of injury that severely impairs a child’s physical or mental health (Doerner & Lab, 2012). Child abuse is causing bodily harm to a person who is not 18. There is not a single thing that can contribute to child abuse. However, several risk factors can lead to the abuse taking place. Some of those variables include but are not limited to serious marital problems and violence between family members. These factors can build stress among caregivers and…

from the scene. If the item is non removable, wait until Emergency Services arrive. Examples of harmful items can include glass, blood, and insects. WARNING: Failure of removal of dangerous items can result in harm to you and victim. Put gloves on. Latex gloves will protect you from any bodily fluids or other dangers that the person may have conducted. WARNING: Failure to put on gloves may result in contaminating yourself with hazardous body fluids. See if the person is conscious or…

helping her family. Mrs. Sanchez ability to learn English would be beneficial to minimizing family’s vulnerability of being exploited. The clinician believes the cases of Alejandro and Gloria are equally important both cases can result in extreme bodily harm or death. The clinician chose to work with Gloria’s case over Alejandro’s because Gloria is isolated from the rest of the family with the exception…

Unit 3 Discussion Forum 1. What are your views in using punishment in order to reduce unwanted behaviour? To my own understanding, when one is punished it does not mean the person is hated, but the person applying the punishment is trying to make the one going through the punishment to be a better person. I know many people will not agree with me on this, especially the way punishment is been used today. I will use myself as an example, back home in Nigeria in those days; every child is being…

Introduction My argument is that the law of intention is clear, simple, and still fit for purpose. Intention is one of the categories falling under the mens rea of murder. The law uses intention as one of the main methods of classifying offences, such as deciding between murder or manslaughter. The presence or absence of intention is what the law is interested in, not the motive behind the actions in question. The definition of Intention and how it can be found in the courts has continually been…

which was released in 1948. The statement said that: Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly…