Jennifer Skinner
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Changing to Give Indigenous Populations Holistic End-of-Life Care
Abstract Indigenous people face systemic discrimination within the healthcare system regarding palliative and end-of-life care. Through research of multiple peer-reviewed articles one could infer and see the systemic discrimination of palliative and end of life care in the Indigenous populations. Health inequity and low health literacy on individual, community, regional, and federal levels exist in palliative care regarding Indigenous populations. With a new healthcare goal of therapeutic, culturally safe, client centered care, the government and healthcare systems need to look at the health inequity experienced by Indigenous people to allow a more just system.
By Jennifer Skinner10 months ago in Education
Cultural Relativism after Socialized Prejudice
Cultural Relativism after Socialized Prejudice Growing up in a small town raised me in a different way than who I want and need to consciously be today. I grew up in an ethnocentric world, with no direct fault of my family or peers, just the community and lifestyle I was born and socialized into. During childhood being raised on a family farm surrounded by small white communities I had no connection to the outside world of differing races nor ethnicities. I grew up in seclusion unaware of the broad world until I became an adult and joined a more diverse community. I did learn of strong values and was raised around norms of a small-town farm child. Cultural relativism was of my own, so I felt I was judgemental, but as a young adult started to live life as my own and became more open. Now as I age into a mature middle-aged woman who plans on joining a profession that will be culturally diverse, I enjoy the opportunity of changing views I may have held as a child and being more open to differences.
By Jennifer Skinner10 months ago in Education
Animal Assisted Therapy Use in The Pediatric Population with Mental Illness
Introduction Animal therapy and companionship provides advantages for the pediatric client who suffers from mental illness. Animals allow pediatric clients to feel more secure while decreasing negative side effects from their illness, promoting future growth. Animal therapy presents in many forms such as regulated animal therapy (Service Animals) and non-regulated services such as Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and Emotional Support Animals (ESAs). This paper focuses on the non-regulated services animals can provide. According to The World Health Organization, “it is crucial to address the needs of adolescents with defined mental health conditions. Avoiding institutionalization and over-medicalization, prioritizing nonpharmacological approaches, and respecting the rights of children in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and other human rights instruments are key for adolescents (Harvey et al., 2020).” One such way to accomplish this need is with the safe alternative therapy of animal companionship. AAT, which in this paper will includes ESAs, is a therapeutic alternative form of medicine that will assist the pediatric population dealing with mental health issues.
By Jennifer Skinner10 months ago in Education
Increased Risk of Injuries and Accidents on Cannabis
Introduction The use of cannabis has grown significantly in Alberta, more so since the legalization of all its products on Oct 17, 2019 (Government of Alberta, 2023). Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is psychoactive ingredient found in cannabis which can cause impairment, whether used therapeutically or recreationally. My reference to cannabis throughout this paper includes any consumed form such as smoking, vaping, edibles, oils, extracts, lozenges, etc. Where commercial selling is concerned there are an abundant number of retail stores. As an example, according to Google there are over 20 cannabis stores in Mill Woods, the south/southeast part of Edmonton, where the population of adults is less than 90,000 (Alberta Health, 2022). Looking at medical centers in the area for comparison there are about 20. It is just as easy to access a store selling cannabis than it is a medical center. Mill Woods is a culturally diverse community with about 50% being immigrants with a majority from Asia (Statistics Canada, 2016). Mill Woods is an area with various age, income, and education levels.
By Jennifer Skinner10 months ago in Education
Finding Loss at Home
So, I went to clinical for 230pm and did the pre-conference then my 9-year-old daughter calls me crying hysterically about a fire at school. I can not understand her so ask my instructor if I can leave. He of course says yes. I am worried as my daughter is not answering her phone. I text my 12-year-old son on my way home (was taking public transit not my own vehicle) to let me know when he is home so he can check on her. He texts me eventually telling me he is cuddling her on the couch eating candy and she is way calmer than when he got home to be with her. Such a good brother. But I already left work and thankful I did. My ex texted me around 3pm, just shortly after I got back home to my kids, that day asking if I have seen or heard his Partner, but I hadn’t and was heading to store with kids. So, when I got back home at about 430, I texted Alex to see if I still needed to check on her (she has been sick – bad earache on a couple days before and then vomiting and cold symptoms the night before and current day). I am thankful that after school my 9-year-old daughter didn’t check on her ‘stepmom’ as my daughter thought it was weird that it was so quiet when she knew her ‘stepmom’ must be home. My daughter also found it weird her ‘stepmom’ did not check on her when she was crying. I even texted the ‘stepmom’ to check on my daughter and that I was on my way home, but received no response so I assumed she was napping, since she was sick.
By Jennifer Skinner10 months ago in Families
Dear Self
Dear Self, You are a beautiful, honest woman whom I am proud of. You are a good Mother as always trying to think of things that are best for your children, but still give yourself plenty of time to yourself. You are compassionate and loving when I need it. You are strong and I love the effort you put out. You are funny and I like hanging out with you.
By Jennifer Skinner2 years ago in Humans
My Brother's Eulogy
I would like to start off by saying what a wonderful Man Jason had become. Jason was kind, caring, and compassionate. He also had a lot of patience. After working long hours and sleeping when he could, he still made time for his wife and children, and even myself or others when we came for a visit. When he had a day or 2 off he would make an effort to spend it with his family. Jason was a good worker who had an apt for almost anything. Jason just knew how to fix and do things; like he was born with skills he self-learnt. Jason was a good-hearted man. He was easily liked and loved by anyone he would let into his life as he was not very confrontational.
By Jennifer Skinner2 years ago in Humans
So Close
It hurts. It still hurts every day. A memory pops into my head and sometimes I will smile, sometimes I will be sad, sometimes I just cry, but all those times I hurt. I hurt because I do not understand how it is a memory that holds no meaning anymore. How you and I are nothing anymore. It hurts as it feels like just yesterday we were cooking, walking, laughing, talking. I think of things you said to me, the way you talked to me. I think of the way you looked at me, the way we looked at each other. I think of the questions you asked me, the answers you gave me. I think of the way you told me we were forever. I think of the ways you told me we could always communicate. I think of the words you said saying that we can get through anything. All I can do is think of the way you communicated and acted and shared because I can not know the way you felt. I can only know the way I felt and the way I feel.
By Jennifer Skinner2 years ago in Humans