Veterans
Essays

Over the past century, the welfare state in the United States has developed into a way of life as more and more people have become dependent upon it, both as consumers and producers of its services.

PTSD has been found in this study to be a problem for returning wartime veterans in the armed forces and this problem has presented challenges for practitioners. PTSD is differentiated from other clinical problems such as depression and presents with various symptoms following having been exposed to trauma. PTSD is an ongoing problem for veterans and treatment options examined in this study include the cognitive behavioral approach to treatment. Cognitive conditions in regards to mental health of veterans is noted in this study to be a problem and to be an increasing challenge in treatment since it is elevated among women veterans due to prolonged exposure to stressors. Supportive intervention has been examined as one possible behavioral therapy in this study and noted to be particularly effective in treating female veterans and active duty personnel.

Medical Safety Issue: Lost Medical Record The security of medical records is a daily issue with significant impacts on the privacy, security and treatment of patients. Consequently, providers struggle to maintain the security, privacy and integrity of medical records, not only because those practices are mandated by Federal statutes but also because high quality patient care demands it. Unfortunately, as providers struggle to comply with Federal regulations and the medical profession's commitment to patient privacy, security and care, serious problems have been detected in existing electronic medical records systems. First, there are major potential security problems. Secondly, electronic medical records are often kept by third party computer servers and the third parties do not have the same HIPAA privacy restrictions that apply to health care providers. Third, many EMR systems are "local," being tailored for a specific health care provider in a specific area of the country. Fourth, there is a lack of standardization of electronic medical records across the country. Experts have suggested 5 steps that should be taken to ensure security, privacy, universality and standardization of electronic medical records systems, per HIPAA and the HITECH Act. First, the health care provider must secure all Protected Health Information (PHI) "in motion." Secondly, the health care provider must ensure the security of PHI "at rest." Third, the electronic medical records system must detect and report breaches in the system. Fourth, the electronic medical system must ensure that business associates are in compliance with HIPAA and the HITECH Act. Finally, the electronic medical records plan should create a core competence for the exchange of information. By employing an electronic medical records system with these safeguards, the nurse practitioner's office can fully comply with HIPAA and the HITECH Act and also ensure against the irretrievable loss of valuable medical information.

While Americans would no doubt like to think that their healthcare system is the best in the world, the data confirms only that it is the most expensive. According to Kaiser Permanente, 16% of our nation's GNP is…

CLAS Standards The widespread occurrence of Military Sexual Trauma requires an educational program to eliminate MSTs and deal with the difficulties created by MSTs that have or will occur. Some aspects of the victim, extended family, neighborhood and the Military itself can efficiently establish and enhance this educational program. Simultaneously, other aspects of the victim, extended family, neighborhood and the Military itself pose problems for this educational program. An effective educational program will have to use the positive perceptions, enablers, nurturers and positive aspects of cultural empowerment. At the same time, this educational system will have to overcome negative perceptions and negative aspects of cultural empowerment, while acknowledging the existential factors that cannot be changed. In adopting a zero tolerance of MSTs and exploring factors that will increase the awareness and sensitivity of its personnel, the Military clearly performed the groundwork for this difficult but vital educational program.

In every aspect of society there lies some form of a generation gap, be it in fashion, music or language. It is a well-known and often highly parodied facet of society that has now become an area of concern to many…

Media Coverage and the Vietnam War: A Literature Review

The Battle of Midway is considered to be the most devastating battle of the World War II fought between 4th and 7th June 1942 in the Pacific Campaign shortly after the Battle of Coral Sea and Japan's attack on the Pearl…

Nazi Policy, Jewish Workers, German Killers

War is always a collective historical event that survives in official government records and propaganda as well as mass media images and academic and popular writing. Of course, not all individual experiences can be captured by the collective memory, national consciousness and official interpretations of events, and in some cases governments and established elites attempt to censor and repress collective memory. With Hiroshima and Nagasaki, collective denial, cover ups and repression of public memories occurred for decades after the war, while many veterans who returned to Japan in 1945 were deeply dissatisfied by the official version of collective memory and sought to alter the national consciousness. In Black Rain, the family patriarch would also like to repress and deny the events of the recent past, but his niece and lover were so obviously victimized and damaged by the war that in the end he is simply unable to do so.