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TO MY BEST FRIEND Without you, high school would not have been the same. Over the years we have shared so much and built a relationship that is precious and lasting With you I can laugh, I can cry, I can say what’s on my mind or just be silent. With you it’s easy to be me. I remember disagreements....saying things we didnt’ really mean. I also remember that only minutes later we were laughing so hard we cried. Sometimes when life seems difficult...I remember our friendship full of laughter and love. Then I am able to lift my spirits and smile like I know you want me to. The memories we share remind me of how lucky I am to have a best friend like you. People we meet see a little of you in me and a little of me in you. I look at you and my eyes look back, I speak and I hear your voice. We are more than merely acquaintances....it’s as if we are cut from the same fabric. We have a common thread that won’t be broken--by people, or years, or distance. We are never at a loss for words. We can talk for hours about nothing at all or communicate the deepest hurt with a single word. With you, speech is effortless and laughter is contagious. You bring love and light, kindness and caring, cheer and support into my life. We do not always see eye to eye....sometimes we take different roads. Our relationship is not always perfect, but when we have a problem it’s surmountable. Sometimes we are the mirror image of each other and other times we couldn’t be more opposite. But because of you I know myself better. I know that if I pick up the phone you’ll be there. If I need help, you’ll give it to me twofold. If I start to go down the wrong path, you’ll lead me the right way. There’s no end to what you do for me and I want you to kow I’ll do the same for you. Thank you for listening without judging and for giving advice without pushing. Thank you for helping me gain confidence in myself to stand alone--and for letting me know you’ll always be there. The greatest part about being best friends is sharing ourselves. Having our own interests, but always communicating. Striving to meet our own goals, but never losing sight of one another. Living our own lives, but always remaining connected. You and I have so many memories...you share my history. You remember where I’ve been, respect who I’ve become and encourage me

Dome of the Rock: Jeruselam

1 Jake Kelly 4/27/2012 Art History 130c Report Dome of the Rock: Jerusalem The Dome of the Rock is in an area surrounded by religious influences and not all these are Islamic. It is located on the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, which has gone through many religious changes. Religious groups have been fighting over this area for thousands of years and the fighting still continues today. Many different groups have inhabited this region, but not many have made the impact as the group responsible for the Dome of the Rock.The most dramatic change came when the Muslims took Jerusalem the Christians. When this historical event happened, the Muslims wanted to get rid of any Christian influence, and the Dome of the Rock reflects this idea. This new ruling group wanted to take the religious focus from every previous Christian piece of architecture and turn it towards the Dome of the Rock. To accomplish the construction of a building that overlooked all over Jerusalem, there needed to be a eleva ted, flat space.The location of its construction is a plateau above the holy city and is another clue to what the Muslims were trying to accomplish. The Haram had many Christian holy spots located there, including the tomb of Christ and the rotunda above it. The structure we see today, has pro Islam calligraphy on the outside walls as well as the mosaics located inside. This use of calligraphy in art work in the Dome of the Rock is one of the first used in Muslim architecture. They use the calligraphy for Qur’anic versus’ as well as explain their faith to people visiting the Dome.Even though the Muslims were trying to out do the previous 2 religion, Christian influence is seen through the octagonal shape of the structure. Along with the location and calligraphy, the nature theme of the art work inside show the religious shift that was taking place at the time of its creation. In early Islamic art that was used during this period of time, no human art forms are used. Th is was against Islamic law, and much of the Christian architecture of the region followed completely opposite guidelines with human forms. When the Islamic religion took hold of this egion, they did not integrate the Christian holy structures into a Mosque, but instead used Islamic art and architecture in the building of the Dome of the Rock to show the new Islamic dominance over the existing Christian architecture. â€Å"Tradition-Jewish, Christian and Muslim-holds that Solomon built this Temple, dedicated to the Israelite God Yahweh, in the southeast corner of what is now Jerusalem’s Old City, on a platform known to the Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary). () (figure 1). The area known to the Muslims as Haram as-Sharif only because of its overlooking presence on the city of Jerusalem, was a very religious cite for the Christian religion that has ideas the Muslims do not agree with. In the Islamic faith, the follow ers believe Jesus was not the son of God. They believe Jesus was a prophet, but was not the son of God as he claimed during his life on earth. This is the major difference between the two faiths and has caused controversy among members of both religions.The single idea of whether or not Jesus is the son of God has, and will keep these two groups competing for dominance. This competition can be seen through the location the architect chose for the 3 Dome of the Rock. The Omayyad caliph ‘Abd al-Malik chose this position to draw attention from the old â€Å"center of Jerusalem† and the Christian Holy Sepulchre church and the rotunda over the tomb of Jesus, to a new Islamic architectural creation that later was caped with a golden dome. The Dome of the Rock now, dominates the Jerusalem skyline.Al-Malik’s plan worked, but was intended to do much more than just overlook old Christian structures. They wanted nothing to do with these structures and it is reflected by man y of the themes chosen for this piece of art. The design, structure, and art are all Islamic art forms intended to show the dominance of the new group over the people who previously dominated the area. â€Å"The Arabs referred to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by a different name, using a pun in Arabic. In Christian tradition the church is widely known as the Church of the Resurrection-al-Qiyama in Arabic.The Arabs changed its name to al-Qamama- church of the Dung. †()(figure 2). Disrespect to the Christian faith was the intent of this name changing, but other reasons lie below the surface. The new ruling Islamic group changed the name almost as propaganda for the people to see this beautiful church as below the new Islamic architecture. This tactic has been used time and time again throughout art history to draw attention and show dominance of the new ruling religion or group. With all this negativity towards anything Christian, the Dome of the Rock would think to have no such influence.The golden dome is the exact same inner dimensions as the Sepulchre Church and the octagonal structure was first seen in Christian architecture. With the disagreement, the Muslim builders could not deny the Christian building 4 techniques and layout when creating the Dome of the Rock. The structure may be very similar, but that is not what sets it apart from Christian architecture. The art work incorporated with the building tells an Islamic story and shows the shift from tradition Christian art to a completely different style used by the creators. A major shift also occurs with the subject matter incorporated the art.The Christians used many statues and paintings in their religious locations, but the new Islamic group now only used things like nature and calligraphy in all there art. What is seen on the outside of the structure, on the mosaics inside, and the calligraphy around the arcades tell a Muslim story that was meant to show an end to the Christian rule of the area. â€Å"It rises atop a tall cylinder of some 98 feet (30m) over the platform. Constructed of wood, it is not gilded but covered with a special alloy containing gold that provides its vaguely golden tone.The cupola is supported by a circular arcade of four piers and sixteen columns flanked by two ambulatories surrounds the cylinder and holds tight, as in a ring. The ambulatories together are 46 feet (14m) deep, and give the whole building a diameter of some 157 feet (48m). It rises to only 36 feet (11m) inside and 43 feet (13m) on the outside, strengthening the impact of the central cylinder with cupola. † () The structure of the Dome of the Rock was not huge like many other Islamic religious structures.Compared with the Mosques and other Islamic holy sites studied in art history, this is very small and shaped different, but still keeps the normal Islamic theme of the time. Islamic holy sites are usually gigantic elaborate buildings on the outside as well as the in, but this is where the Dome is different. The only real elaborate piece to the outside is the golden dome that can be noticed and recognized from far distances. This was a structure made to look like structurally like the existing Christian holy sites. The similarity between structures was intended 5 ot to mimic, but to show that their religion was the truth, through the Islamic art work and calligraphy. The least elaborate section of the building is the outside and has calligraphy that was once with Islamic based mosaics. The gold dome with a plain building is a strategic move that give the structure a very unique quality. The inside of the Dome of the Rock may be more important than the dome itself and what it stood for. There are documents inside the building telling what the calligraphy inside the building can be translated to. This calligraphy is from the Koran and is on the top of the inner and outer octagonal arcades (figure 3).The calligraphy, â€Å"These passages make three poi nts: (1) God is one; He cannot be born or give birth, a basic Muslim position in relationship to the Christians; (2) God’s messenger is Muhammad, who was brought the divine message to mankind and (3) Jesus, the son of Mary, is also a messenger who should be honored and praised because of his virtuous life and because he carried some of the signs of the divine relationship to man. † () The Muslims and Christians are two religions that have many simililarites, but disagree with who was the prophet and if Jesus was the son of god or just a messenger.As stated earlier, these differences have caused controversy between the two groups, which are meant to be brought out by the Qur’anic versus. These messages of one God, Muhammad as the prophet, and Jesus only being a messenger were inserted in the inside art work to set in stone what religion now controlled this area. They wanted to show who now had the power of the area and wanted it to be clear through the art work an d calligraphy found on the inner and outer arcades. During the time of the construction, no human forms were used in 6 the art work.This is a reason calligraphy can be seen throughout this Muslim based piece of architecture. Calligraphy is a very important piece to almost and Islamic work and always tells a religious story from the Koran or other religious works. To take this even further, the Islamic people may have been trying to flex their chest a little more by staying away from any type of Christian art forms. Whatever the intent was, the calligraphy on the inner and outer arcades comes directly out of the Koran and puts to rest the old Christian ways of the area.To go along with the Islamic calligraphy on the inside of the Dome of the Rock, the incorporation of nature mosaics shows the shift in art work of the area. The patrons and builders of this great building obvisously wanted nothing to do with the art work of the Christians, and is the reason no blending of art happened between the two at this time. When the Christians dominated the area, portraiture was very popular as well as Christian statues and stained glass portraying holy people was not uncommon. During the time period when the Muslims conquered the Christians, human images were not allowed to be subject matter in and Islamic art.The Islamic people wanted to get rid of the Christian art work that went against their faith and first started with the Dome of the Rock. One similarity between the artwork of these two groups could be the use of glass, but they each used glass in different ways. Instead of stain glass mosaics of people, the Muslim builder used small pieces of glass called tesserae to create much of the mosaics that line the walls of the Dome of the Rock. This took time, but when one sees the inside of this great building, the time taken by these artists to do the mosaics was well worth it. 7 It is easy to enumerate the components: acanthus bowls of several different shapes; scrolls made of calices fitted into one another, occasionally simplified into a single ribbon with jewels and adaptable to almost any space; supporting rods, usually artificial cominations of repeated floral or ornamental elements; trees, among which palm trees can be recognized, and tufts of grass; garlands and single leaves which, especially on the soffits, serve as background for fruits; berries, fruits, and vegetables, among which pomergranets, olives, cherries, dates, grapes, and several kinds of cucumbers can be recognized; full or empty cornucopias of many different forms; vases shells; crescents and stars; an astounding array of insignia associated with royal power, such as crowns or tiaras, and other jewelry of many kinds with no royal association; pairs of wings; and artificial combinations of several of these elements to create imaginative and fantastic compositions† () (figure 4). This quote from a book written by Oleg Grabar tells the type of art work found in and around the dome of the rock. There are absolutely no human forms in any of this art work and is not done this way solely because this was Islamic law. The creators wanted to put a completely Muslim piece of architecture in the Jerusalem skyline to let the people of the city and visitors that this was now an Islamic dominated area. †¦reasons for the building of this monument include: (1) the portrayal of the triumph of Islam, the Final Revelation, based off the opulent surface decoration throughout the building, especially the jewel-studded mosaics, precious stones, etc. , and the calligraphy of specific Qur’anic versus symbolizing holiness, wealth, and power, and (2) the commemoration of the location of the Prophet Muhammad’s ‘Night Journey’, especially of the ‘rock’ itself on top of which, according to later traditions, the Prophet stood before being led by angel Gabriel to meet God in the second part of the ‘Night Journey’ â€⠀œ the Miraj. † () Jerusalem has always been an area of religious struggle, because of its location and importance to an abundance of religions. There were Jewish strongholds as well as Christians ruling this area way before the Islamic people came into power.The struggle for power has turned the 8 area into something so sought after, that when they gained control, triumph throughout the Islamic faith began. Constructing a great piece of architecture is a tactic used time in time again throughout history to mark a change in time, and these people were trying to do just that. This building was meant to be on top of the hill looking down over the city, to maybe instill pride in people of the area, but much more than the location is put into its creation. The subject matter of the art is that of Islamic wealth and power. These refrences paint the picture of what these new people to the area were all about.They had power, backed by the Islamic law, and enough money to build pieces of architecture like this all over the area. These rulers and wealthy citizens were very good patrons to the arts and is seen through the construction and choices of art work on the inside of the structure. Patrons willing to spend vast amounts of money on art and architecture can be seen throughout the Muslim history. To take this further, the subject matter and location of the building were not the only reasons for its construction. In the first part of the night journey, Prophet Muhammad travelled all the way to Jerusalem, where he met up the angel Gabriel on the rock contained inside the Dome of the Rock. (figure 5). They then travelled to heaven, hell, and to meet God.The Islamic people take this story, as well as many other stories, very seriously and truthfully believe events like this once occurred upon this rock. This type of religious belief system has been seen around the world for centuries, and anything from something in nature or the world and turn into a relic overni ght. Patrons, as well as builders did not just pick this area because it over looked the city of Jerusalem, they wanted to use the rock as a piece of art and almost a relic to be worshipped while inside the structure. Christian churches always have some type of relic or piece of art inside the church that can be 9 the center of worship. Many times a priest or holy person will kiss this relic that is usually contained inside the alter of a Christian church.People can walk into the Dome of the Rock and be able to relate a story to the rock and Muhammad much like Christians can with the relics in there churches. This may not be your typical art object or relic used in a church, but because its sacred history this giant rock is the center piece of this beautiful piece of art. The exterior of the Dome of the Rock is almost like night and day when you relate it to the elaborate mosaics and arcades of the interior chamber. This is a building that was made to be seen from far away as someon e journeyed into the city. â€Å".. the Dome of the Rock operates as a magnetic entity from afar and breaks down into partial and repetitive elements as one draws near it. () As you approach the city of Jerusalem, towering over the skyline is this magnificent golden dome that appears to be attached to an elaborate building. When one keeps travelling and gets closer to the actual building itself, the gold domed building that once looked elaborate is now very plain. â€Å"What distinguishes the Dome of the Rock, however is that the remote impact is the same wherever one becomes aware of its presence, and nowhere does perception of the building require or invite entry, as do, for instance, the funnellike facades of Gothic cathedrals. † () The evidence is really weak on why exactly this non elaborate technique was used on the exterior part of the building and seems very weird of Muslim architecture and art.Usually the entire structure of a holy location would be covered with art to almost draw in the 10 thousands of people a day to pray. Because it was created to be seen far away and dominate the Jerusalem skyline, they did not elaborately create the outside of the structure to be similar to the inside, but instead used a golden dome to draw people in. With this contrast brings curiosity and could have easily been a motive during construction. Even though the outside, bottom section of the building, is very bland when you compare it to the golden dome or the elaborate tesserae mosaics of the interior, many people still put rank it as one of the most beautiful in the world today.The symmetrical technique, octagonal shape, and the art used in the creation of the Dome of the Rock were before their time and are still thought highly of today. With all the Islamic influence as well as the incorporation of some Christian techniques, one would think there was no more room for outside influence. â€Å"Byzantine, Persian, and Arab design and architecture are blende d in it to create a magnificent whole. The blending of the three types of art is not surprising for all three people shared in the constrction. †() With all these different influences present during construction, no wonder many attribute this piece of architecture with beauty and uniqueness. The mosque of the rock is extrodinary and beautiful. I have visited many places and beautiful buildings in India, Europe, and other parts of the world, and as far as I can remember. I have not seen as magnificent of a building as the Dome of the rock. The symmetry and the gorgeous blending of colors I have not seen in any other building. † (5) Many people around the world share this same opinion of the incredible building. Everything that went into its construction, make it one of the most unique places to visit in the entire world. 11 The Dome of The Rock in Jerusalem was a building constructed by a group of people that were new to an area and wanted to make a point.These were peopl e of the book, with lives that revolved around following the readings found in the Koran. These religious ideas are seen throughout the entire building. Everything from calligraphy, mosaics, and relics are all geared towards Islamic law and pleasing God or Alah in the Islamic faith. This religious influence was not meant to be just looked at and admired by the Muslim people who now had power of the region. The creators and patrons wanted to give the people a building that towered and naturally looked down upon the Christian architecture that was already there. This group even changed the name of a great Christian church of the region to show who now was in control.The Muslim people of this time and place used Islamic art and architecture in the building of the Dome of the Rock to show there dominance over the group who recently inhabited the region. Figure 1 12 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 13 Figure 5 Bibliography Aref, Aref El. A Brief Guide to The Dome of the Rock and Al-Haram Al-Sh arif. Jerusalem: Supreme AWQAF Council, 1959. Print. Bloom, Jonathan M. Early Islamic Art and Architecture. Aldershot [u. a. : Ashgate Variorum, 2002. Print. Grabar, Oleg. The Dome of the Rock. Cambridge, MA: Belknap of Harvard UP, 2006. Print. Nuseibeh, Said, and Oleg Grabar. The Dome of the Rock. New York: Rizzoli, 1996. Print.Shanks, Hershel, and Hershel Shanks. Jerusalem's Temple Mount: From Solomon to the Golden Dome. New York: Continuum, 2007. Print. I watched a National Geography Video I ordered through the library ——————————————– [ 1 ]. Shanks, Hershel. Jerusalem's Temple Mount: From Solomon to the Golden Dome. New York: Continuum, 2007. Print. [ 2 ]. Shanks, Hershel. Jerusalem's Temple Mount: From Solomon to the Golden Dome. New York: Continuum, 2007. Print. [ 3 ]. Nuseibeh, Said, and Oleg Grabar. The Dome of the Rock. New York: Rizzoli, 1996. Print [ 4 ]. Nuseibeh, Said , and Oleg Grabar. The Dome of the Rock. New York: Rizzoli, 1996. Print [ 5 ]. Grabar, Oleg.The Umayyad Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2002. Pg. 224 [ 6 ]. M. Anwarul Islam and Zavid F. Al-hammad. The Dome of the Rock: Origin of its Octagonal Plan. http://web. ebscohost. com. ezproxy. wittenberg. edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer? sid=b061e92d-24d2-41ec-9e4c-df5ed7fce55d%40sessionmgr15=4=11 [ 7 ]. Shanks, Hershel. Jerusalem's Temple Mount: From Solomon to the Golden Dome. New York: Continuum, 2007. Print. [ 8 ]. Shanks, Hershel. Jerusalem's Temple Mount: From Solomon to the Golden Dome. New York: Continuum, 2007. Print. [ 9 ]. Aref, El Aref. A Brief Guide to The Dome of the Rock. Jerusalem: The Supreme Awqaf Council. 1959.

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Question: Discuss about the Adolescent Depression And Suicidal Tendency. Answer: In Australia, 45 percent of people experience a mental health condition in their lifestyle and in any one year. The Australian Bureau of Statistics states that about 3 million people are living her with depression. On average, 1 in every 6 women and 1 in every 8 men experience some level of depression. These affect well being, personal relationships, career and also productivity of the individuals. Only 35% access treatment and others do not take any form of treatments (Yoo et al. 2016). Young males are at a higher risk for committing suicides than young females. However age standardize rates of suicide are more stable for females across the country. The nation had seen decrease in suicide rate in young adult men but the rate has increased in middle aged man from 4 to 7 deaths per 100000 middle aged men. Women and people who are between the age of 40 and 59 are at a higher risk of development of depression in Australian. People who are living below the poverty line are about 2.5 % more likely to be depressed accounting for about 15% in comparison to those who are living above it accounting to about 6.2% (Calear et al., 2016) The suicidal tendencies are in Australia are found to have increased between the year 2004 to 2014 by 22% with both males and females under the age of 44. However it is the notable cause of death or more males in the last 75 years. The suicidal tendencies are found to be higher in females than males and hospitalizations are 2.5 times higher than men. He rates of suicide among aboriginals and Torres islanders are double to that of non-indigenous people (Monreali et al., 2015). In 2014, suicide accounted for 5.2% of all indigenous health as compared to 1.8% in non indigenous people. Factors contributing to the deterioration of the mental health of the patient and possessing risks: The death of a parent is considered to be one of the most painful as well as the traumatic experience for children. When such incidence occurs during the adolescence period of an individual, it results in development of complications of a teenagers natural process which defines his or her identity in the world (Biddle et al., 2014). The tension that an adolescent experiences between the seeking of independence but at the same time reliance on the family support causes magnification of the process of bereavement. This situation results in mourning of the teenagers who often suffers from low self esteem. In case of Jonathan, it is seen that he misses his late mother when he used to love dearly and was very close to her. Her untimely death was not being able to be handled by him effectively. Therefore he is at a feeling of loss as he cannot decide how to cope up with the death of his mother. He still feels for her feelings and his present condition is believed by him to hurt his mother in heaven. All these state that he is yet not being to get over the loss. At the same time, the distance that he had developed with his father had been an additional strike on his present condition (Solano et al., 2016). He bond that he used to shear with his parents are no longer felt by him and this had created an emotional turmoil on his life. This emotional turmoil had affected his working procedures and therefore he is unable to concentrate on his projects of the TAFE. These missing of assignment are again creating tension in him about his failure in courses which is contributing to the development of depression in the individual. All these mental and emotional turmoil is having a strain on his physical health which is making him lethargic. Another factor that is adding to his mental stress is the turmoil faced by the Jonathan in his romantic life. Researchers are of the opinion that romantic link ups act as important developmental maker for adolescents; self identity, functioning and also for capacity for intimacy. Different sorts of theories have been provided by authors over the years which have tried to explain the main rationale behind the development of different mental conditions of individuals/ evolutionary theories related to neuro-endocrine functioning and genetics along with different interpersonal theories have helped in providing emphasis on the nature as well as processes of changes in the adolescent social life. This again affects the cognitions, emotions as well as emotions and behaviors (Saewic et al., 2014). The different issues faced by Jonathan in his relationship with Leah are giving him hard times in addition to the grief of him losing his parents and poor performance at TAFE. All the factors altho ugh are interlinked and all these result in development of turmoil in the adolescent life. Often teens show different form of expression of the frustration. Many get aggressive, many get withdrawn and many become depressed (Salamone te al., 2015). Jonathan had been found to get depressed on his situations. Moreover Leah s conversation with him in finishing their relation and the heated argument they had in the last meeting was a final blow and he could not take any more mental pressure and wanted to free himself by suicide. Healthcare professionals have to efficiently tackle the emergency situation in a way which will help the professional to maintain all the nursing principles in ethical and legal considerations. The principle of beneficence states that a nurse should promote her actions which would ensure good for the patients. The nurse has the responsibility to ensure that the interventions they are providing should have the best effect on the patient and are also evidence based. An important principle that often lead to dilemma that nurse faces are autonomy and dignity of the patients (Olfson et al., 2014). This principle states that it is the duty of the nurse to maintain the dignity of the patients and thereby design her interventions that would not conflict with the autonomy of the patient. however, in many cases, this two principles lead to dilemma where the nurses idea of the best support and intervention might not be accepted by the patients and does not go according to the lieu of their dign ity. Often patients want may cause harm to his or her own health and therefore the nurses sense of beneficence may not permit her to allow such demands of patients (Van Zoonene et al., 2014). Here arises the ethical dilemma of nurses regarding the principle that the patient should be choosing. In case of Jonathan, he is quite determined that he does not want to live as he feels that his life has nothing to offer him anymore. It is Jonathans wish and the nursing professionals duty is to provide respect to the patient wishes as his dignity should be respected. On the other hand, the nurse should keep in mind that he is a young soul who if treated successfully can overcome his tendency of self harm and overcome depression. So the nurse should try to provide the best intervention for him to overcome depression. Here will be the ethical dilemma (vanZoonene et al., 2014). Another important principle that the nurse should follow in her practice is the non-maleficence. It stands for Hippocratic duty to do no harm to the patients health. In other ways, it can be stated that the duty of the nurses should be such that it cause no pain and suffering to the patient. Any healthcare professional should try to provide interventions which will under no circumstances cause suffering to the patient. Here the nurse therefore should try Jonathan to stop him from doing self harm by introducing different strategies in order to develop his mental health and help him in attaining stability (Lowes et al., 2015). But while doing so, Jonathan presently has to go through a lot of mental turmoil. Jonathan has been suffering from a large number of mental issues due to certain adverse events in his life like his mothers demise, issues with maintaining academic pressure and also turmoil in his romantic life. All these had caused him such a level of stress that he can take no mo re stress and want o kill himself. This would relive him fromn pain. In such a case, if the nurse want to provide the principle of beneficence like providing him effective strategies to overcome the issue, she would automatically breach the principle of non maleficence as the patient would have to continue to go through the stressful situations which will give him more pain and suffering which is against the principle of non maleficence. Different sort of legal obligations may arise as situations of patient autonomy may arise (Rohde et al., 2015). The nurse should be very specific to her decision so that she can be accountable for the decisions she would take for the patients and give clear clarification to the higher authority regarding the legal cases. Hence the nurse should effectively handle the ethical and legal principles so that no obligations arise from the case. Urgent mental health risk factor and two nursing interventions: The patient has a mental health risk where he would have the highest tendency to end his life. As he is under pressure from different spheres of life, he might develop the tendency quite frequently. He is hopeless about his present situation and sis not seeing a ray of light in any of the situations. All his relationships as well as his career his in complex situation and he is having no clue about how to get them all in the right order (Asarnow et al., 2015). The first intervention that the nurse should take for the patient is to establish strategies to handle his self ham tendencies. The case already shows that he shows that Jonathan had suicidal plans and also developed suicidal behaviors. The first would be to identify the level of suicide precautions after judging that he requires staying at hospitals or he is able to go home. His family should be properly educated and he should be given a crisis counseling session by the nurses. The client should be encouraged to express his feelings and come out with alternate modes of handling feelings and aggressions. This will help Jonathan to realize his inner capability and use the same capability to overcome his own depression. After the crisis counseling, Jonathan will gradually try to overcome his present situation, and use his inner strength to fight the symptoms of depression and emerge victorious (Zatzick et al., 2014). His father should be educated about how to handle the sensitive cases of his son so that he can involve himself in the sons life and make his presence felt by discussing his sons distress and giving him a feeling of companionship. The nurse would modify the environment by removing any object that he might use to harm himself like sharp objects and others. The second intervention of the nurse would be to develop a collaborative as well as therapeutic relationship with the patient by maintaining a non-judgmental as well as a supportive stance in relation with the patient and also with family. The nurse should try to provide a therapeutic milieu in which Jonathan will feel emotionally safe and also supported. The nurse should use evidences to educate the patient about his suicidal mind, his symptoms of illness and also effectiveness intervention. The nurse should also try to reconcile the differences and the conflicts which come between the nurses goal to prevent suicide and the clients goal to eliminate pain via suicidal behaviour. Mental health problem and two interventions to prevent it: The mental health problem that remains associated with the present situation of the adolescent is that he may enter into intense depression which will hamper his overall quality of life. The main risk factors or rather the symptoms which show that he is highly vulnerable to develop depression need to be discussed. Sadness and hopelessness which have developed due to distance from father and death of his mother and also huge turmoil in his personal relationship respectively are great contributors to depression. Tearfulness often observed among Jonathan who leads him to frequent breakdown is also another symptom for his development of depression. Moreover he had also lost interest over his academic projects although he knows that he might be rusticated form the course (Varcarolis et al., 2016). In spite, he feels tired and does not feel like doing them. All these dilemmas make him entangled into a strenuous situation where he ultimately feels helpless as he cannot see any ray of hope t o overcome such situations. Poor performance in academic areas and also changes in overall behaviour of the patients shows him that he is highly vulnerable to suffer from depression phases. After handling his suicidal tendencies effectively, the nurse should introduce the next intervention to make him relived form the spiritual distress he is facing. He is filled with sadness by thinking that he had not been successful in meeting hi late mothers expectations. Moreover, he misses his parents terribly making him suffer from terrible pain and distress. He is also not being able to concentrate on his academic courses and therefore he is also achieving negative marks in this domain. Moreover he is also having several issues in his intimate relationships. All these had led to the development of spiritual distress which and therefore he has no inner peace and feels restlessness. Here the nurse needs to take a comprehensive intervention which will help in reviving his spiritual health. The client should be encouraged to write a journal which would help hum to express his thoughts and reflections (Lowes et al., 2015). This will help him to identify the personal issues as well a s his thought and how his spirit has been hampered without his knowledge. Reflections help patients in gaining hold to own emotions. The nurse should also be discussing to the client about what had previously comforted him and provided him meaning in the past and give him ways how to achieve the happiness and be a jolly individual. Helping him to go through the booked on spiritual attainment and discussing in these topics will help him to find inner happiness and it would help him to overcome his spiritual distress. After attaining his spiritual distress, another intervention also needs to be provided by the nurses to handle his thought processes. He needs proper guidance in this phase so that he does not over think certain situations an stop the development of the feeling of guilty within himself. The nurse should at first establish a baseline data by allowing evaluation of the clients previous and for this she needs to determine Jonathan previous level of cognitive functioning form his family members (Clarke et al., 2015). The nurse should also allow the patient to have plenty of time to think and frame responses as slowed thinking necessitates the time required to formulate a response. The nurse should also try to make the patient minimize the clients duty and responsibility which will in turn decrease the feelings of guilt, anxiety and pressure felt by the student. The nurse should also teach him to identify negative thinking and also teach him how to reframe or refute negative thoughts s th at will add to hopelessness and sadness. References: Asarnow, J. R., Rozenman, M., Wiblin, J., Zeltzer, L. (2015). Integrated medical-behavioral care compared with usual primary care for child and adolescent behavioral health: a meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics,169(10), 929-937. 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The Road Not Taken Compared To 4 Other Poems Essay The Road Not Taken Compared To 4 Other Poems Essay Five Great Pieces of Thought I think Robert Frost is a understandable, but yet an unconventional poet. Frost wrote in his own style, and as a result, he took quite a bit of heat from the critics of his period. Frost has an elegant style of writing descriptive and understandable poems. I am going to tell you about the five best pieces he has ever written. First off, A Considerable Speck is a unusual poem about Frost noticing a tiny speck on his paper. We will write a custom essay on The Road Not Taken Compared To 4 Other Poems specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now Upon further observation, Frost notices that the speck is actually a extremely tiny mite, struggling to avoid being crushed by Frosts pen. Frost appreciates the insects battle to stay alive and leaves it on his paper. Frost allows the mite to sleep on his paper because he values any intelligence, even one that is small as a bugs. This poem is told directly from Robert Frosts mouth. It shows how much the poet appreciates the little things in life. Regardless of size Frost understands that a life is a life, and all lives are important. The imagery in this poem is very clear to me. I can picture an old man trying to blow a piece of dirt off the paper. Then the piece of dirt starts moving, as he sees what he believes to be a dot on the paper but really to be a mite. The old man then starts to think about the value of life.The theme of the poem is that there is no such thing as an insignificant speck. Everything and everyone has a purpose for being here. This poem is filled with alliteration. Some examples I found are: cunning crept, tenderer-than-thou, and breathing blown (Silberner 98). Mind is repeated three times in the final stanza. Also there were two instances in which Frost used assonance room for and living mite. The rhyme scheme of the first stanza of A Considerable Speck is AABBCCDADEEFGFGHH, but there is no pattern throughout the poem (Silberner 99). Next I would like to tell you about is Ghost House. It is an remarkably descriptive poem illustrating an aged, haunted house. The imagery in this poem is marvelous. This poem allows the reader to see the house as if he were standing on the front porch. You can picture an old decrepit house, covered with vines and wild raspberries. There is a dying tree in the front yard, with only one vital branch on it. Beneath the tree there are two gravestones so covered in moss that the names cannot be deciphered. Right next to the gravestones is a ghostly couple, standing stalk still and completely silent. On the front porch the current owner stands frozen, half by fear and half by curiosity. The poem is told through the eyes of the current resident of the house. The owner somewhat scared of his unwanted company. However, the owners feeling toward the couple seems to turn towards the end of the poem. It almost sounds as if he feels sorry for them, when he mentions how they stand together quietly. The theme of Ghost House seems to be that love can survive anything, even when the body does not. Although the couple has passed away, they still remain together. Another theme in this poem could be not to judge a book by its cover. At first the houses owner seems to fear the ghosts, but he eventually comes to respect the relationship that they still share. This poem is filled to the verge with alliteration. 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