12.1 What if… You ask Betty about her menstrual cycle? She states it has been very irregular the past year, only occurring once in the past 9 months? She does not understand why…. Because of her age she could be going through menopause. 12.2 What if… You know that Betty is upset with the changes that she is experiencing? What patient teaching can you give Betty in regard to menopause? Reassure her it's a natural part of life and that it is not the end of her life. Help her appreciate menopause. Let her know she will have physical and emotional symptoms and that they are normal. For example hotflashes, moodiness, fatigue, depression, new onset of migraine.... 12.3 What if… Betty is requesting some medication to help cure the problem that she
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Hamilton’s psychological perspective of aging seems to be norm for her age. Despite the fact she had two cerebral vascular accidents (strokes), her long-term and short-term memories seemed to be intact. Mrs. Hamilton appropriately answered questions and we reminisced the time when we met for the first time as well as the times we ran into each other at the Arcadia senior center’s educational lectures. Mrs. Hamilton stated she has been experiencing forgetfulness since the strokes and difficulty finding words (aphasia). However, she was able to remember where she wrote my contact number and called me numerous times after our meeting. Mrs. Hamilton was a bookkeeper for her husband’s business and always had outstanding knowledge about investment, finance and businesses aspect of discussion. This is reflective of the Crystallized intelligence which is the information and skills that people have learned through experiences. (Quadagno, 2013, pg.
Canadian feminist author, Margaret Atwood, has written many novels, short stories, and poems reflecting the difficulties women have faced throughout the late 1900s. By creating characters that portray the new woman, Atwood’s relatable yet surprising plots demonstrate the struggles women have gone through to earn their standings in society. Now, in the twenty-first century, women have earned a nearly equal status to men in many important areas. Some of these areas include occupation, education, and intelligence. As women become more successful, the importance of certain female traits become emphasized. Atwood creates female characters that embody the image of the ideal new woman. In addition to her female characters, Atwood develops characters that pose as representations of the past. The characters that are the most relatable to readers are the ones who tackle the difficult roles of being a wife, a mother, and a woman in a predominantly male-run civilization. In Margret Atwood’s The Edible Woman, The Handmaid’s Tail, and Surfacing, female characters confront the challenges of developing their role in a marriage, escaping oppression from society, and accepting the value of fertility.
Menopause is a course that every woman's body must experience. Majority of women already know the symptoms, side effects, and all-around unpleasantness that comes with menopause and this can, cause them to be concerned that it may have an affect on their social, personal, and professional lives. However, if there was an answer that could help facilitate the torment of menopause would most ladies take it? Likely, yet what numerous ladies don't know is that there can be serious symptoms while experiencing Hormonal Replacement Therapy. Before one can understand Hormonal Replacement Therapy, they should first know what menopause is. Menopause is a characteristic piece of maturing and it happens when a woman’s ovaries quit creating a substance called
Learning that one is infected with breast caner is traumatizing and can cause depression. Women who are diagnosed must remember and understand that they are not alone in the struggle with their disease. Many women today aren’t aware of what breast cancer really is and how it works. Hopefully after this paper women will become more aware of this cancer and want to be more involved. Breast cancer works in mysterious ways, from finding out you have breast cancer, and the people who are at risk, to early detection and then later the advanced technologies of the treatment to the disease. Breast cancer is a very serious disease but if there is early detection, there can and will be life after Breast Cancer.
Nothing simply begins. Everything needs something else in order to develop and live continuously. Fire needs wood to burn, water needs heat to boil, and the women’s right movement needed abolition to begin the real fight. The women’s rights movement of the nineteenth century emerged out of abolition activism because it was not until after abolitionist groups formed and began fighting slavery that women began to realize they had no rights themselves and began their own fight.
The assessment process of nursing steps to determine a diagnosis of menopause for Maureen includes collecting primary data from the the client themselves and secondary sources from family and health professionals using critical thinking skills to ask a range of questions to be able to analyse the data for developing a nursing diagnosis (Crisp & Taylor, 2009, p. 259). Menopause generally occurs in women naturally after age of 45 years, where they can undergo many physical and psychological effects (Newhart, 2013). Erikson communicates that during the middle adult developmental stage people often believe that possibilities are limited, this is true with Maureen as she relates to herself being worried to study again at a late stage (Crisp & Taylor, 2009, p. 151 ).
The woman suffers from depression and is prescribed a rest cure. John believes that she is not sick, but she is just fatigued and needs some rest. John took her to a summer home and placed her in a room upstairs. He then instructs her to rest and not to do any writing. John's views as a doctor forbid any type of activity, even writing, for he feels it will only worsen her already fragile condition. The woman believes she would feel better if she could write: "Personally, I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good" (470). The woman did not like the room that John put her in: "I don't like our room a bit. I wanted one downstairs that opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! But John would not hear of it" (470).
For some women, menopause may trigger feelings of depression and sadness because a lot of their personal identity in womanhood is tied up in being able to bear children. There are also those women who may have not had a chance yet to bear children or as many as they wanted to or planned to which lends itself to feelings of sadness, anger, grief and loss.
10)ABC Interview, interview with Jed Diamond, author of Male Menopause, a 1998 best seller. who used to be a disbeleiver in male menopause but now firmly credits the possibility of a male 'change'
Almost every woman will go through menopause at one stage in her life. Menopause usually occurs between the ages of 45 to 55, but can occur as early as the 30s and as late as the 60s. This stage comes with many signs and symptoms like hot flashes, irregular menstrual cycles, and mood swings. This article will go over what menopause is, the symptoms, and what essential oils can bring you some relief during this phase.
When I was twenty-three years of age, I was newly engaged to a wonderful man and starting a career in Cosmetology. I was also experiencing severe hot flashes, brittle bones, panic attacks, hair loss and mood swings, thanks to a new drug called Zoladex. This hormone therapy put me in the throes of what my doctor called “fake menopause”, and made me feel like a stranger in my own body.
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Throughout the 19th century, feminism played a huge role in society and women’s everyday lifestyle. Women had been living in a very restrictive society, and soon became tired of being told how they could and couldn’t live their lives. Soon, they all realized that they didn’t have to take it anymore, and as a whole they had enough power to make a change. That is when feminism started to change women’s roles in society. Before, women had little to no rights, while men, on the other hand, had all the rights. The feminist movement helped earn women the right to vote, but even then it wasn’t enough to get accepted into the workforce. They were given the strength to fight by the journey for equality and social justice. There has been known to be