The Erie County Holding Center and Correctional Facility

The Erie County Holding Center is a maximum security detention center. The Center is used to house inmates before their trials. The Erie County Holding Center is located at 40 Delaware, Buffalo New York, 14202. The Erie County Correctional Facility is a medium security facility, which can house 1,070 inmates. It holds inmates who have committed a variety of different crimes. The Correction Facility also houses parole violators for the State of New York. These violators are held at the facility until they have had their final hearings for re-incarceration at different state facilities. Also, the facility steps in when the Holding Center is over-crowded

Predatory Business Practices: Automobile Financing

Poverty is an ever-growing problem affecting much of the country. People fall into financial holes and certain industries make sure that they stay there. Low-income individuals are targets for businesses that make their money by providing needed benefits now with an exorbitant cost later. Jacob S. Hacker, a political scientist at Yale, has said that low-income people are forced to live beyond their means by businesses that target them. According to a series in The Buffalo News, “The High Cost of Being Poor,” there are a number of unethical practices being perpetrated against low-income producing people

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Historic Preservation

Historic preservation is the physical rehabilitation of historical buildings and neighborhoods. The United States began its campaign for preservation in the 1960s. Historic preservation has been a concern for the United States for a long time. In 1966, the federal government established the “National Historic Preservation Act”. The purpose of the act was to insure that the cultural and historical foundations of the country were preserved in the face of development that was increasingly destroying landmarks that were crucial to the future development of the country. Congress found that the cultural and historical basis of the nation needed to be preserved to give a sense of “orientation” to the American people. The goals of the act were specific, calling for any measure needed, including financial support, to maintain a balance between the current society and prehistoric and historic resources

How to Improve Erie County’s Work First Program

The major shift to a welfare to work model happened in 1996 with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. This federal law aimed to decrease dependency on public assistance by – among other things – forcing people to work for their assistance. Erie County did not need this Act to focus on work. Erie County Department of Social Services has been enforcing work requirements and operating as a work first county since 1988. In 1994, the County created its Welfare to Work Leadership Council. The goal of the council is to bring the community together to find jobs and training for employable public assistance applicants. The two defining programs in Erie County are Jobs Club for the applicant and Workfare for the recipient

Food Service Workers in Buffalo Public Schools

Generally, employees are expected to assist the cook in the preparation and serving of the food. These workers are also required to clean all areas, as well as dishes and cooking utensils. They must maintain clean spaces in the kitchen and in the rest rooms. The food service worker could also be required to serve as a cashier or checker. There are other possible employment conditions

Communication between therapists and nurses working in inpatient interprofessional teams: Systematic review and meta-ethnography

Purpose: The aim of the synthesis was to develop new understanding about the influences on communication in interprofessional teams from therapist and nurse perspectives. Methods: Six electronic databases were searched, combined with citation tracking and hand searching, yielding 3994 papers. Three researchers were involved in screening and quality appraisal, resulting in 18 papers for synthesis, using the process of meta-ethnography. Concepts were identified, compared and translated under five category headings. Two researchers mapped interpretative summaries and a line of argument was created. Results: The line of argument is that four inter-related contingences underpin effective communication between therapists and nurses. Effective communication depends on there being a genuine need to give and receive information for patient care, the capacity to attend to, hold, and use information, and opportunities to share space to enable communication to occur. The fourth contingency is good quality relationships and this is the glue that holds the contingencies together. Conclusion: This synthesis has provided an opportunity to illuminate how therapists and nurses accomplish interprofessional work through communication. The contingencies of need, capacity, opportunity and quality of relationships create a new structure for understanding what underpins communication between these two groups .Peer reviewedFinal Accepted Versio

Stigma in youth with Tourette's syndrome: a systematic review and synthesis

Tourette's syndrome (TS) is a childhood onset neurodevelopmental disorder, characterised by tics. To our knowledge, no systematic reviews exist which focus on examining the body of literature on stigma in association with children and adolescents with TS. The aim of the article is to provide a review of the existing research on (1) social stigma in relation to children and adolescents with TS, (2) self-stigma and (3) courtesy stigma in family members of youth with TS. Three electronic databases were searched: PsycINFO, PubMed and Web of Science. Seventeen empirical studies met the inclusion criteria. In relation to social stigma in rating their own beliefs and behavioural intentions, youth who did not have TS showed an unfavourable attitude towards individuals with TS in comparison to typically developing peers. Meanwhile, in their own narratives about their lives, young people with TS themselves described some form of devaluation from others as a response to their disorder. Self-degrading comments were denoted in a number of studies in which the children pointed out stereotypical views that they had adopted about themselves. Finally, as regards courtesy stigma, parents expressed guilt in relation to their children's condition and social alienation as a result of the disorder. Surprisingly, however, there is not one study that focuses primarily on stigma in relation to TS and further studies that examine the subject from the perspective of both the 'stigmatiser' and the recipient of stigma are warranted

Nurse’s Attitudes towards the Effectiveness of the Finnegan NASS

Illicit drug usage among pregnant mothers is a significant problem. The consequence is that their infants are at risk for the development of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) because of intrauterine exposure. NAS is defined as a cluster of signs and symptoms exhibited by newborn infants as they undergo withdrawal. The Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring System (NASS) allows the nurse to score the signs and symptoms exhibited by the infant who is experiencing NAS. Areas scored include the central nervous, gastrointestinal, and respiratory/vasomotor systems. The infant’s score guides healthcare providers in the initiation, management, and titration of pharmacologic intervention. Proper treatment of NAS allows infants to achieve growth-promoting rest and earlier hospital discharge. Criticisms of the NASS include the subjective nature of the assessment and a lack of consideration of environmental influences on the infant’s behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of nurses from a large postpartum unit in Central Ohio who routinely complete the NASS. The nurses were asked to complete an anonymous survey comprised of nine open-ended questions. Components of the survey included overall view of the scoring system, outside influences on the scoring, and the perceived subjectivity of the scoring. Content analysis was used to analyze the survey data. Preliminary analyses indicate that nurses do not believe they were adequately trained to use the NASS. The nurses report that the NASS does not effectively capture the infant’s clinical situation making these infants difficult to care for. Nurses employ multiple strategies to care for these infants. Lastly, environmental factors are not taken into consideration when completing the NASS. Further education is necessary to ensure correct usage of the NASS in clinical practice as well as use of the most effective non-pharmacologic strategies. This will ensure that the infants with NAS are receiving appropriate care.No embarg