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Nursing is a rewarding field of practice with numerous different job opportunities and the ability to promote health and well being to all. Wound Care nursing is a specialized practice within nursing that specializes in wound, ostomy and continence care. They provide direct and indirect care to patients who suffer from any form of gastrointestinal, genitourinary, or integumentary system problems. The intent of this paper is to discuss what it means to be a wounds care nurse and the roles…

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel is an autobiographical graphic memoir that correlates her coming of age with her discovery of her homosexuality. Bechdel is also battling her inner fears that came along with her upraising but is baffled by the unearthing of her father’s own homosexuality. Her artistic decisions are affected by her homosexuality because she chooses to add stereotypical gender roles. Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic develops a proper story line by…

Home health care and hospice workers that are highly skilled, compassionate and care for the aging society. There are numerous hospice and home health care available throughout Mobile country that provide excellent service to all people from all various culture and Socioeconomics status to assist families and the person. For Example Alacare, Gentiva Hospice, and Aseracare. One organization that stands out is Aseracare, which is part of a larger organization called Golden Living Corporation that…

In The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter, a narrative memoir, Little Tree describes his life and the adventures he takes with his family. The book starts off with the death of his father, and ultimately his mother. Little tree finds himself in the middle of a family argument over who is going to take care of him. In all the chaos of conversation, Granpa walks over and simply places his hand on Little Tree’s head. This simple gesture was the beginning of a lifelong journey of learning…

(Beryl Stretch, Mary Whitehouse, 2010). Jack is a 26 year old man who lives in a residential care home because he has severe learning disabilities. I am a carer who works in the residential care home that he lives in. One day while we are in the day room looking for something to do his behaviour starts to change. I notice that he is showing behavioural signs of becoming aggressive. He is tense and…

When family members bring their loved one to live in a nursing home, they might be thinking things like, they’re going here to die, or I hope they don’t hate me for this. On the other hand, the resident may be thinking, Great, they’re leaving me here to die in this place. While that may be true, in most cases they will quickly learn that it is just the opposite. As a nursing staff member, I hear nursing homes commonly referred to as an end of life care facility. However, I believe it is more…

3 months later… After the incident with the bully Rider’s father went back to their home world and bought the suppression bracelet and gave it to Rider to use. And also, Hino has been training his son none stop since the incident to help him control his magic. That’s not the only thing that happened Rider found out what he did to Shiho in the library and he immediately apologized to her. Speaking of Shiho Rider has developed a crush on said girl and has been thinking about her since. Rider…

The difference between baseball and football, that is a great question, first, they are not even spelled the same. The only thing I can see that is similar is that they both have the word “ball” in the spelling. Baseball seems to make sense by the spelling; it is a game with the involvement of bases. Football, by the spelling seems to be a game that involves your feet, which we all know is not the case, but seems ironic because most games are won by a field goal. A field goal is when the team…

mother, Brigitte Santos. Brigitte is a home health care nurse that has worked all of her life to get to where she is today. Brigitte is the most hardworking, over achieving, caring and responsible person I know. Brigitte has raised 2 kids all the while working hard and going to school. I personally have seen my mother start from the bottom and work her way up to be an extremely successful woman. She has worked her way up for a CNA, to an RN, to a SANE worker and Home Health care nurse. My mom…

Long Term Care Facilities Long term care is for an individual who requires assistance with physical or emotional needs over an extended period of time (Day, n.d.). The individual would need support with activities daily for healthy living. The individual would require this type of help due to illnesses, diseases or age preventing the individual from doing daily activities (Day, n.d.). “Estimates by experts are that at least 60% of all individuals will need extended help in one or more of the…