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Adult Cyber Predators

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As I was reading this chapter, I assumed that it was only going to discuss children.  It caught my attention that many adults experience bullying and cyberbullying as well.  I had no idea that 35% of individuals reported being bullied at work by a co-worker.  I wonder if these co-workers that antagonize others were victims of being bullied when they were younger.  As a result, they are taking it out on others as adults.  Also, they may be doing this intentionally to get a promotion.  So they put their fellow employees down in order to get a position many of them are competing for.

 

The Search Begins

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So I have chosen to research the cost of higher education and more focused on textbooks/custom textbook and why they seem to go up every year. So for the beginning I looked at the universal search engines and basic tools that any person with an internet connection can do. After looking at google, yahoo, and duck duck go I found the only differences in duck duck go being the arrangement of the articles that were first given to me.  The first few articles were dated from over a year and a half ago and so I had to modify my search for more recent articles and I found some of the more common websites that produce news articles, being usaToday and the Atlantic.  What I found to be more surprising that there weren’t more recent articles about the issue, I assumed that around August more articles would appear so talk about the new school year.  One of the biggest things I found was in an article written by Erin Thomassen on watchdog.org, that the price of textbooks had risen by 1041% since 1977 and that it was triple the rate of inflation in the country.  This may become my focus for the project that I have in my course but I have only found sources that haven’t been peer reviewed or any other proof of authenticity. From the Ted-talk that we saw for the class I also may most likely use only duck duck go for future searches, because I prefer to sift through the information before it gets to me. Google and Yahoo are geared toward the person’s history and what most likely would want to see and, while I can see the positive of this and being able to arrive to article that are relevant to me, I would lose out on side article that I may be looking for that google or yahoo has deemed unworthy.

Nursing401

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Delirium has been recognized as a serious acute medical condition that’s been called a medical emergency. Every day, 30,000 to 40,000 ICU patient in the United States are suffering from acute brain dysfunction called delirium (Maniou, 2012). Delirium is a manifestation of CNS dysfunction, it is important to recognize and treat life-threatening conditions that may result in delirium such as; sepsis, pneumonia, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism and medications. It’s recommended that after nurses’ exclude life-threatening complications that they turn their attention to the patients environment and make attempts to minimize any factors that may exacerbate delirium such as; avoiding prolonged sleep deprivation, minimizing artificial lighting, and being mindful of clustering patient care to avoid additional disruptions.

Patients on mechanical ventilation increase the risk of delirium three-fold. It has been found that the mortality rate with patients experiencing delirium may exceed twice the six-month mortality rate of nondelirious patients, and it is associated with longer hospital stays and with a higher rate of cognitive impairment at discharge (Maniou, 2012). CAM-ICU is a useful tool in diagnosing and monitoring delirium and is recommended to be used frequently in the ICU, it is constructed with yes/no questions for use with nonspeaking, mechanically ventilated ICU patients. To reduce the length of time patients spend heavily sedated and immobilized on a ventilator healthcare providers are awakening patients from sedation earlier, assessing pain, and getting them to breathe on their own as soon as possible to avoid prolonged delirium which can have long lasting effects on cognitive function. Focus is also aimed at getting patients up and moving while still on a ventilator can also help reduce muscle weakness and assist in a speedier recovery.

References:

Landro, L. (2011). Informed patient: changing sedation status quo in the ICU.  Health Blog, Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2011/02/15/changing-the-sedation-status-quo-in-the-icu/

Maniou, M. (2012). Delirium: a distressing and disturbing clinical event in a intensive care unit. Health Science Journal, Vol 6, Issue 4.

 

Social Issues Part Two

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Hello and good afternoon

 

This week we are still on the social issues of college students. The issue that I will be talking on for the next few weeks is the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community and some of the pressures and issue that might arise. It seems to me that even though there will always be cultures and religions that will frown on same sex couples, I believe that the LGBT community has made huge leaps and bounds towards equality and full social acceptance. It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that it was taboo to even speak of the subject and now we have legalized same sex marriage in all 50 states.

Many of my friends, coworkers, fellow student, and a couple relatives are gay. It has never been anything that has bothered me, nor that I felt was out of the ordinary. I have never understood the hatred that is shown to anyone because of race, religion or sexual preference.

I will say that after a short search I found that the LGBT is thriving in Ventura County. There are more events for the community then one can ever attend. BBQ’s, parties, bowling, dance club events, you name it. I found that there is a LBGT clubs on both CSUCI and Ventura College campuses both that are full of events to attend.

There is no shortage of blogs that have to do with LBGT and for all ages. There is support for those that might be having a hard time with certain issue, all the way to finding housing. As I dig deeper into this community I will be sure to share with everyone else. Below are a few links of some of the ones I liked.

Remember to have a FANTASTIC day, smile, make someone else laugh out loud, and the glass is always half full.

CDR

 

 

Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/issue/

Top 10 Blogs on Transgender, Bisexual, Lesbian, and Gay Rights

http://civilliberty.about.com/od/gendersexuality/tp/blogs_lgbt.htm

Gay Teens

http://gayteenss.tumblr.com/lgbtblogs

Refugee Crisis

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The way I’ve been trying to conduct my research is around credible websites that can provide myself and the ones around me good viewpoints and stats. Over the past month or so, each day on my way to work I learn about the newest information that is going on in Europe. I believe staying informed rather than learning about it from someone else is a great way of knowing what to do to help the situation.
The search engines I like to use are NPR. This website is one that I recommend to all since it has great articles of this particular topic along with many current events throughout the world. Seems unbiased when it comes to the information and really seeks to get the perspectives of these refugees for example.

Another great resource was Duck Duck Go. This is an awesome search engine that provides a lot of insightful and controversial articles. Learning about the refugee camps through here made my understanding of the crisis much easier. I had never used this search engine until this particular search and quite frankly I wish I would have knew about it sooner. My experience with Duck Duck go was a positive one that will be remembered the next time I need to research a certain topic or event.

This world event is something I wish we were all equally informed of since it will eventually reach your home if the number of migrants and refugees continue to rise like it has.

Refugee Crisis

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I chose to research the global issue of the refugee crisis.  The thing that got me initially intrigued about this topic was the sadness I felt when I saw the picture of the three year old Syrian boy whose body washed up on shore in Turkey after her had drowned trying to flee the country of Syria with his family.  The only person who survived in that family was the father who no longer wanted to live after reaching shore because he stated he had nothing to live for anymore.  This broke my heart.  I could not fathom the fact that people were denying to help other out in the world.  Everyone on the face of the earth is a human being, how can we be so cruel to our own kind?  Researching this topic and fining articles with so many different views opened my mind to the political side of it, but I still don’t completely agree with letting people suffer and die.  I tried the different search engines to read articles and some seemed more reliable than others.  Reading about the crap detection helped me weed out those articles that would not have been as helpful. Now that I can use these tools to help me get the right articles I can help inform others about this issue of the world the right way, with the right information.

LGBTQ Equality

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One of my top, if not my top, social issues is equality for the LGBTQ community. I have chosen to research this topic because its an unnecessary issue. I have witnessed the unfair inequality not only out in society and personally, being a bisexual male. My big issue is the discrimination toward the community, for being who they are. Inequality for the community is not only an issue here in the United States but worldwide in other countries.

Upon my research on this topic. A came upon thousands of results. Many of the sites were non-profits. All sites are different in their content but have LGBTQ at the center of their topic. Most were information on inequality of the community. Others were news and articles on the latest issues or changes on this topic. There are definitely plenty of places I could dig into to find information. But are they reliable? I still don’t know. I have to dig a little deeper to find more information on these sites. There were a few that I think I could rely on but I am not a hundred percent sure. One of the sites I want to go through a little more is the Human Rights Campaign. It seem reliable and links to other topics relatable or thing that affect the LGBT community.

So far I am satisfied with what I have found but will do more searching to find reliable sources. The internet is a big place and I know I will find the information I need.

Beginning Health Care Reasearch

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I started searching my topic the day after we met for class. There is so much information on this broad topic that made it difficult to narrow it down. Nevertheless I was able to search many sub topics within our topic Healthcare. First, I was interested in some more common issues being abortion; immigrant’s receiving healthcare, and the different healthcare options one would receive depending if they worked full time or part time. When searching for these topics I used multiple different search engines. I definitely found that some worked better than others. For example safari was fairly poor due to the specific words you need to type in order to get what you were actually searching for. Google is my ultimate favorite especially after learning how to parenthesize a word to get a more specific search. I used Google chrome to find most of my blog sources on health care.

Next, I tried using our school online library source to find more specific articles that still relate to healthcare and how it is offered. I was intrigued to find out how different the benefits were when being a part time or a full time worker. I also learned that it is much more difficult to acquire a full time position than it is to obtain a part time one. And workers all over America are turning to having multiple part time jobs as opposed to getting a full time job due to the competitive side of getting a full time job. Full time jobs are hard to come by and you want that good healthcare program and it is important to you one should plan on going to college to put themselves one step ahead of everyone else.

Social Issues

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Gathering information

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As a young member in the academic community it is imperative that students like myself immerse ourselves in the social issues that surround us. At any given time across the U.S their are several social issues that need to be addressed and it is up to my generation and I to educate ourselves in them in order to change them for the better.

For this week’s assignment my group and I were tasked with navigating the web in search of credible sources for our topic of HealthCare. As a psychology major I wished to focus more on mental healthcare or the lack there of.

While searching for credible sources we needed to make sure the websites passed a “crap test’ in which all of the sources I posted on Google Docs passed. However, as I searched I found that many websites that claim to help you find healthcare information are just bombarded with third party advertisements that make the website look more like a billboard than any respectable medical site. The moment any of these websites opened up to a pop up of some random new pill I knew I needed to leave that site alone.

To diversify the kinds of sources that was coming up I used three different search engines: Google, Yahoo, and Duck Duck Go. Out of the three Google usually had the more relevant since it is the most popular, I felt that Yahoo was a utter failure since it went to more promotions than actual informative sources, and Duck Duck Go was useful because it also included blogs and essays written by other students.

Out of the sources I posted to our Google Docs page,a source that really popped out to me in my search for information on mental health was an article published in Time magazine about a father who lost his son to suicide. The father was a local science and medical writer for the local paper and even with his knowledge of the medical field he lacked the resources to properly care for his son. The article continues to talk about how this incident is just one of many that Americans have to deal with because our government continues to cut funding for mental healthcare causing millions of people with mental problems to go untreated.