...Introduction Every four years, the United States presidential election becomes one of the country’s biggest news stories for a large chunk of that year. During this time there are a great many words both spoken and written about how people are going to vote and what factors supposedly lead them to vote a certain way. It seems that much of the time the analysis of these issues is of a qualitative nature, and with that in mind this paper will attempt to approach the problem from a statistical point of view. That is not to say there is a lack of quantitative research on how specific demographics tend to vote; indeed, some of the good data and information out there will be used to inform this paper’s hypotheses and econometric model. This study will focus on the 2012 U.S. presidential election Barack Obama and Mitt Romney (there were several other candidates on the ballot, but none received a significant portion of the votes). Pundits threw around seemingly countless factors in an attempt to analyze and predict how people would vote in this election; this paper will focus on a select group of those factors, in hopes of drawing some firm and well-grounded conclusions as to whether they actually played a statistically significant role. Countywide data will be utilized. The recent widespread availability of election results on a county-by-county level, combined with countywide information from the U.S. Census Bureau, allows for a very large number of observations (at least in...
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...really been picking up momentum in the poll. With a strong plan to Make America Great Again, he draws the attention of many Americans especially those who are independent and undecided about who to vote for. Mr. Trump has a very decorated background and has had a tremendous amount of success building his value. Trump is a conservative that offers conservative reforms through bold strategies in order to connect with constituents. His far-right position leaves room for discrepancies, like the other candidates also running for the 2016 Presidential Cabinet. Donald Trump is a conservative Republican supported by his impressive history to foster business across an array of fields. If he should go on to become the next president of the United States his proposal to reform regulations such as veteran affairs alongside a compelling tax reform may come to fruition. His positions are traditionally renewed, therefore making him appealing to the older, upper class American citizens who can merely stand the current ways presented by President Obama’s administration. According to Trump’s campaign website, he is opposed to the current state of the Department of Veterans Affair (VA). He offers his plan to reform it in three stages: First, to ensure our veterans get the care they need wherever and whenever they need it, second, to support the entire image of a veteran, and last, to make the VA great again(Donald Trump). In emphasizing to help...
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...Comparative Summary The health care industry in the United States is big business in proportion to gross domestic product (GDP). Americans spend approximately two trillion dollars on health related expenditures (Baker, & Baker, 2013). The industry is expected to experience positive growth over the next two decades (Baker, & Baker, 2013). Coupled with this growth is the pressing need to control costs. This is especially so in government funded reimbursement programs, such as Medicaid and Medicare (Gapenski, (2008). As the American population ages, the demand for increasingly efficient health care organizations is essential to a positive outcome for the industry. Health care is one of the world’s most complex undertakings, there are innumerable processes at every level. For-profit Financial Environment For-profit organizations must make a return on investments and services rendered. They must meet their obligations and must satisfy private investors and shareholders (Finkler, & Ward, 2006). With a return on investment being one of the top priorities, motivation can be fostered to provide high efficiency with a superior product. In this case, a superior service. Mountain Star Healthcare Mountain Star facilities are owned and operated by the larger parent company Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). This private company began trading shares in the stock exchange in 2011 (Hospital Corporation of America, 2013). Their goal is to approach service expansions with the patient put...
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...nation’s health care practices has shifted from supplying and meeting the medical needs of patients to the supply and demand of fee-for-service care. Our growing health care crisis is the results of medical organizations working with third party payers and private insurance sectors focusing more on the assets of funding instead of the quality of care for patients. As a result the rising cost of health care is continuously huge issue affecting our economy making it difficult for many Americans to live comfortably within our economy less known afford insurance services. The quality of care is not a priority of many health care professionals but the necessity of meeting quantity over volume is the mission of many health care groups. Health care organizations has lost their dedication for healing and helping patients to avoiding and profiting patient volumes. The trending rates of inflation, increased health insurance coverage, demographics, provider merging, technology and the lack of health provider-patient care ratios are enormous contributors as well affecting our nation’s health care spending. The National Health Care Expenditure The National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) are the official estimates of total health care spending in the United States. Dating back to 1960, the NHEA measures annual U.S. expenditures for health care goods and services, public health activities, government administration, the net cost of health insurance, and investment related to health care....
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...positives and negatives of the current healthcare system enable them to identify needs and concerns related to the care patients currently receive ( or don’t receive)( Gonzalez, 2012). Some health needs returning veterans and their families might need health care, psychological and family reorientation to life outside of the war zone, gainful employment. How might one advocate for the needs of this population? First, set up a plan which describes the things that you want to advocate for in terms of helping the veteran find organizations and funding for their needs in civilian life. Get in touch with legislators and other resource groups that can help with accomplishing the goals you set. What responsibility must a nurse have to be an advocate? First, she must have expertise in the care of needy populations, be familiar with legislators who would be sympathetic to the cause and be willing to help with the advocacy of the plan presented. Collaborate with peers and other nurses who can assist in the development and presentation of the plan. My choice is the current nursing shortage, what healthcare problem was the policy designed to address: cost, quality, access, or a combination? A combination of all of the above other areas of nursing the shortage is also affecting are chronic as well as the acute setting in hemodialysis. In 2013 and 2014 the national League for Nursing will advocate for increased funding for the title V111- nursing workforce development...
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...Policing Melissa D. Turner CJS 210 Jason Garner Future of Policing This paper will center on the current trend that affects policing in the twenty-first century. I will also focus on any anticipated critical issues that could affect policing in the future and changes that are needed to effectively address those critical issues. American policing has revolutionized enormously since the 1800’s. Policing for America began with the colonist bringing the rural community police methods that observed the scattered parishes, and while under this type of configuration one man from that specific county was responsible for serving a term of one-year as constable. During that time policing worked well but as towns became more colonized and the blossom of prosperity resulted into illegal wrongdoings. Even though, American policing was configured as a quasi-military with the task to prevent crime and being conspicuous while on patrol was an pure imitation of London’s contemporary policing, the organization of government control over the police force was different from London’s patrol the United States were self-govern and with this policing became more time-consuming, dangerous, and less attractive (Walker, S., & Katz, C. M. 2011). The three eras American policing comprised of political, professional, and conflicting pressures and those eras ranged from the 1830 are to 1900’s. The old conventional eras of policing consisted of police patrolling without any proper training...
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...opioid epidemic be solved? Opioid abuse and drug addiction has created a huge problem all over America. With approximately 20,000 americans dying from prescription opioids yearly(O’Donnell), it’s shocking that more hasn’t been done yet to put a stop to this madness. Not only is this affecting thousands of americans, it has been for many years. This national emergency has risen lots of attention, but not enough to end the issue. A lot of organizations have found solutions to this problem and even put some into action, but not enough doctors, companies and organizations have taken action. The opioid epidemic can be solved, but every solution is complex. Despite the complexity of a solution, it’s incredibly...
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...homeless are families with children. The vast majority of these have been thrust into homelessness by a life altering event or series of events that were unexpected and unplanned for. There are many reasons these unfortunate individuals are seen living on the streets of our cities. Homelessness is caused by tragic life occurrences like the loss of loved ones, job loss, domestic violence, and divorce. Other impairments such as depression, untreated mental illness, post-traumatic stress disorder, and physical disabilities are also responsible for a large portion of the homeless. Many factors push people into living on the street. Acknowledging these can help bring about the end of homelessness in America. For those living in poverty life issues that may be manageable for individuals with a higher income can be the final straw in placing them on the street. A broken down vehicle, unexpected medical bills, or other factors beyond a person’s control might be just enough to render someone homeless. "Since the...
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...Every day more than 115 people in the United States overdose due to the misuse and addiction to opioids; a crisis that affects the economy and public health. Opioids have been used as a way to manage pain; but what comes with these drugs is addiction and dependence. The history of opioid use has been originated from the early 1900s as Civil War Veterans were treated for pain, ultimately, getting hooked on painkillers. The Opioid epidemic is currently the deadliest drug crisis in American History. Overdoses are killing more people than guns and car accidents, spiraling a national health emergency. The idea of prescription restrictions and pain management strategies isn’t a topic that everyone agrees on; however, some doctors and patients have...
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...United States Government Accountability Office Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Tuesday, March 25, 2014 INFORMATION SECURITY VA Needs to Address Long-Standing Challenges Statement of Gregory C. Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues GAO-14-469T March 25, 2014 INFORMATION SECURITY VA Needs to Address Long-Standing Challenges Highlights of GAO-14-469T, a testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Why GAO Did This Study The use of information technology is crucial to VA’s ability to carry out its mission of ensuring that veterans receive medical care, benefits, social support, and memorials. However, without adequate security protections, VA’s systems and information are vulnerable to exploitation by an array of cyber-based threats, potentially resulting in, among other things, the compromise of veterans’ personal information. GAO has identified information security as a governmentwide high-risk area since 1997. The number of information security incidents reported by VA has more than doubled over the last several years, further highlighting the importance of securing the department’s systems and the information that resides on them. GAO was asked to provide a statement discussing the challenges VA has experienced in effectively...
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...folklorists’ attention. One of the examples is the analysis of dioramas created by a disabled Vietnam veteran, in which he portrayed scenes of battle and military experiences, such as firefighters, prisoner of war camps, torture pits, and ambushes” (Fink, p.184). There were three types of dioramas that were identified by the Vietnam veteran. These included people dealing with situations familiar to most Vietnam veterans, people reflecting personal memories, and those based on stories told by other veterans. This is an example of folk creativity that interested the folklorists. Dioramas are folk art and “this example shows how personal war traumas can be dealt with creativity through artistic expression” (Fink, p.184). “The roots of anti-Vietnam protest music can be traced back to those folksingers involved in the Civil Rights and nuclear disarmament movements of the late fifties and early sixties” (Scheurer, p.179). Folk artists like Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Paul Stokey took stands for racial brotherhood and international peace. It was not difficult for the musicians to shift the emphasis of their messages from “stop oppressing our black brothers” to “stop oppressing our yellow brothers” and “ban the bomb” to “stop the war in which we’ll probably use the bomb” as the American involvement resumed in Southeast Asia. “By 1966, America’s involvement in Vietnam was no longer a peripheral issue for rock music listeners” (Scheurer, p.180). Some musician’s anti-war messages were so subtlety...
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...2003, 394). Wright discusses that since the treatment did have a positive effect on the veteran clients that it may as well also be effective on the inpatient treatment of abused-related traumas and that “intensive treatment of psychopathological trauma may be destabilized” (395). People like Harper believes that practice guidelines can help treat clients with PTSD (362), while Wright inclines that there are studies that have been tended to examine psychopathology and general well-beings rather than having researched for PTSD (395). The study that attempts to answer is whether group programs are efficient in reducing PTSD symptoms in adults who have been abused in their childhood year. They use a program called Program for Traumatic Stress Recover (PTSR) where there are 28 beds, and is a 6-week inpatient program that can organize the lives of the survivors of the abused victims through affecting human thoughts, feelings and behaviors (Wright et al. 2003, 397). Their main goals is to “promote empowerment for the survivors and fostering the development of new community ties and connections” and their recovery is lead to three stages: “the establishment of safety, remembrance and mourning, and reconnection with ordinary life” (Wright...
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...land over Vietnam. It caused many health issues to those who breathed in the gas, Americans and Vietnamese. Napalm was also used in the Vietnam war to stop the Vietnamese. Napalm was a mixture of plastic polystyrene, hydrocarbon benzene, and gasoline. Both of these very poisonous and caused a lot of damage during the Vietnam war. From 1961-1972 the U.S. wanted to do a wide-scale damage on the forests in Vietnam where all the Viet Cong and soldiers were to cause damage. For Agent Orange the U.S aircrafts used this to spray the area, affecting the forests and everything in it. Agent Orange had many herbicides in it and many other poisonous components in it, it was highly toxic having affected Vietnam’s crops and water sources so anyone eating or drinking water were affected by the poison. It had caused many health problems such as: muscular dysfunction, birth defects, nervous system disorders, etc. It...
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...Afghanistan, and the Middle East, or with random terrorist attacks, PTSD has become an increasingly challenging issue, and needs to be taken more seriously by society. Post-traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder resulting from direct or indirect exposure to traumatic situations such as violence, serious injuries, or life threatening situations that can negatively impact a person’s life....
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...the student’s classroom. The answer is actually something that is used for educational use and is affecting the students of today, but not in a good way. It is the laptop or tablet. Laptops can be a great resource to have but being on one all day can be very harmful to someone. Studies show that laptops are related to multiple health issues. Manufacturing laptops or tablets is also very dangerous and hazardous to the environment. Students should not use laptops as a primary learning source because of the multiple issues that they create. Laptops are associated with many eye related health problems. According to the American Optometric Association; laptops contribute to Computer Vision Syndrome, or CVS, which causes eyestrain, headaches, blurred vision, and dry eyes (Pro Con). There are multiple reasons for this, including: the screen is overly bright; brightness and resolution are improperly adjusted; reflections and glare caused by too much light on the screen; and font...
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