It can be very challenging for mental health nurses to care for persons with dementias like Alzheimer’s disease. In this pair of vignettes, a novice tries to comfort and re-orient an older man with dementia in a nursing home. Then we witness how a more experienced nurse is able to help the older man feel much less anxious about his current situation. A second set of vignettes demonstrates some of the skills and techniques needed when caring for a person with severe anxiety.
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Accident
Dominique show is a globally renowned world-beat musician, whose career was abruptly cut short by a car accident that resulted in a devastating spinal cord injury. It meant he could no longer walk, dance, or do so many of the things he had once taken for granted. Today however, he believes it was God calling him to another life. The harmonious result was an album of gospel music that blends African musical tradition with his new-found faith. He continues to believe that he will walk again, and the support of his wife has helped him find a revitalized vision for the future.
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Client Experiencing Mania
Our next example demonstrates a nurses who is finding it quite challenging to care for a client who is suffering from a condition called manic depression. The novice nurse is really struggling as she tries to maintain control over a home visit she is making to her client. In the second scenario the expert nurse also finds it difficult to maintain control over the visit, but manages to do so in a much more skillful and confident manner. The expert nurse also makes an important follow-up telephone call after her visit.
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Torture
Ezat Mossallanejad spoke out against human rights violations in his native Iran and was tortured many times for his outspokenness. He was in exile for many years under threat of death, but never lost faith in the rightness of his cause or the basic goodness of other people. He says the torturers wanted to take away his humanity, but today his work as a policy analyst and advocate at the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture is proof that they did not succeed.
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Murder of a Child
Sharon and Gary Rosenfeldt were putting a new life together in Vancouver when it was changed forever by a contact with Canada’s most infamous serial killer, Clifford Olson. Their son Daryn was cruelly murdered by him and in the years since his death, they have struggled to make sense of an evil most of us cannot begin to comprehend. And although personal healing comes one day at a time when remembering a son who never got to grow up, they have established Victims of Violence and have also advocated vigorously for other criminal justice reforms.
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Rape
Tammy Crawford’s nightmare began soon after she showed up for work on May 31st, 1997. David Walker, who was a dangerous offender out on a day pass from a psychiatric facility, brutally assaulted her as she worked in her mother’s store. She was lucky to get out alive and told the courts that she wanted to have the publication ban lifted, declaring she did not want to be an anonymous statistic. But the years since that morning have been traumatic. Diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, she has had to contend with panic attacks and nightmares that never seem to end, while other family members have had to unravel their own issues of guilt and responsibility. Today she counts her blessings in renewed family relationships and says she now knows what is truly important in life.
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Writing
In this program, you will see how teachers serve as models of writing for their students. Emphasis is placed on providing time and feedback to the students who engage in the act of writing. This video presents a variety of examples of how one deals with a first draft. Feedback is given in teacher – student conferences, student – student conferences. The difference between revising and editing text will be explained.
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Post-writing
The last phase of writing invites us to reflect on the polished pieces of work. You will see examples of sharing and publishing. Given the importance of learning outcomes, a few teachers share their evaluation process and the achievement test results of their students. Closing comments are provided by students, teachers, parents, future teachers, a teacher educator, language arts consultants and curriculum developers.
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You Are What You Eat
This first program in the Food Safety and Sanitation series introduces the topic of food safety in terms of who is at risk and who is responsible, what is food borne illness and how to prevent it, the role of Health inspectors and who to report an illness to, and finally signs and symptoms of food borne illness. This program is intended for anyone who handles or prepares food whether professionally or in the home.
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When Good Food Goes Bad
Following up on the first program in this Food Safety and Sanitation series, this program explains how microbes that cause food borne illness grow and how to prevent that growth, the variety of ways in which these microbes spread and procedures to limit possible contamination. Presented by professionals in the food industry this program explains the issues in clear terms that anyone can understand.