One of the most underrated, undervalued, and underappreciated groups in society today are veterans, and the matters of their contributions, capabilities, and reciprocity. At the last count, there were more or less fifty thousand homeless veterans in the United States today. A minor subsection of veterans, as a whole, is females. In general, the women of the military have a tendency to slide under the radar for much of their careers, and especially when it comes to things going awry, or…
just so many different customs and traditions as well as stressors when it comes to the military and it depends on the individual’s own experience. When looking at stressors in the military one study looked at the different stressors for Iraq war veterans returning from deployment and the risk factors for mental health issues. It was found that 2.8% of soldiers reported depression symptoms and suicidal ideations post deployment. They also found posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms were…
Life is tougher than civilian, the challenges that are faced by veterans after the military has been witnessed over and over again, it is still an ongoing process, that has is not being addressed adequately. (Moran) Most veterans might find it impossible to adjust to civilian life, after living in the tough environment of the military, whatever branch of service that they were in. Whether it be, Air Force, Navy, Air Force, or Marine, the individual that participated in the occupation, had a…
If I was stranded on a deserted island and a lifeboat came and I had to choose between a healthy three-year-old, an elderly Nobel Prize winner, a single father of two young children, a thirty-year-old decorated combat veteran, and a middle-aged doctor who has performed life-saving surgery to save, I would choose to save the single father with two kids. It would be a hard decision to make but having two kids I would want them to have a father. I would choose to save the father of two because…
welcoming they serve as great company when feeling alone. Peacock, Hansen, and Winefield (2012) suggests that companion animal ownership contributes to overall improved well-being. That is why weak elderly people, dependent disabled people, anxious war veterans, and riotous children, can all experience positive reactions from having an animal as a companion. One group of people that could benefit from having a feline companion are elderly people. A pet could support an aged person emotionally…
no one behind on the battlefield. But many veterans are beginning to believe their country has left them behind at home. We all say we are thankful for are veterans but how do we show it? A national problem that faces Americans today is the treatment of our veterans. It’s been debated on and on, is are veterans treated like heroes? Everyday in 2017 an average of 20 veterans committed suicide. In the last 15 years more…
leadership in the planning, coordinating and implementation of the Peritoneal Dialysis Program. This is a brand new program, developed to bring back the Veterans who were receiving their care out in the community. With the complexity of their care due to multiple co-morbidities it is critical for them to receive all their care at the Providence Veterans Administration Medical Center (PVAMC). Evidence based resources were used in creating the program and the Peritoneal Dialysis International…
many of those that need help are lost in the countless numbers of others that have served. For example, “50% of those with PTSD do not seek treatment and out of the half that seek treatment, only half of them get "minimally adequate" treatment” (Veterans and PTSD). Our eagles take flight but as soon as they injure their wings we abandon them. We turn humans into killing machines and don’t teach them how to turn their humanity switch back on. Our heroes, the ones we once praised, come back and…
Americans, both men and women, have sacrificed much for our country. We get veterans from various different tragedies and times in the United States. Our country is still home to veterans from World War II, the Vietnam War, and those influenced to serve from the tragedy of 9/11. I know that multitudes of veterans would like people to know how hard it was for them and out of reverence and honor I will tell of many struggles that veterans faced then and now. I extensively respect, honor, and value…
Access to health care is characterized as the timely use of service to achieve the best possible health care outcome. Active-duty military and veterans get their health care through the DOD's military health system, TRICARE, and the VA's health care system, respectively. Discontinuity of care in both those systems does occur. Electronic health records offer the guarantee of limiting fragmentation of care, however the DOD and VA have not yet coordinated their health records. There are…