...is well documented that the Media, particularly Hollywood, is one of avenues in which the general public has become familiar with the role of nurses. This is proven based on many healthcare episodes on televisions, theatres, and the news coverage. The media often times negatively influences the public image of nursing by repeatedly broadcasting news coverage of nurses that have made mistakes on the job. Unfortunately, on these occasions, those mistakes have led to detrimental consequences for patients. A good example of the Hollywood Media that has negatively influenced the public image is the fictional portrayals of nurses that HBO showed Nurse Jackie as a drug addicted nurse who steals drugs from the facility she works and uses the stolen drugs to support her habit. It is very rare to see news coverage of hard working proficient nurses who effectively perform their jobs treating patients and assisting physicians. In most of the healthcare episodes or scenes, nurses are hardly featured but physicians are featured all through the episodes. If the media were to show coverage of hard working capable nurses, which include the vast majority of practicing nurses, it would have had great positive influences on the public’s opinion on nurses whose goal is to provide patients’ quality care, safety, and healthcare information both to the patients and their families. The public needs to be educated on the role and scope of nursing as well as their role in changing healthcare system. There...
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...How should today’s youth combat negative moral influences? “Come on, just take it!” the girl said while passing him the blunt. The boy hesitated before taking it, he didn’t want to smoke, but then again, he was sick of being called a coward. “Sure why not?” he said. This scenario was an example of a negative influence. Some other influences are video games that contain sex, profanity, and violence, negative peer pressure that can get youth into trouble, and TV and movies that emphasize sex, profanity, and gore. These influences effect teenagers and lead teens into trouble. Society needs to find alternative outlets for teens to plug into in order to avoid these negative influences. The main negative moral influence is video games. Games rated “MA” or “T” can sometimes be too violent and may have a lot of nudity. Having young teens exposed to this kind of materials can put them in the mindset that this kind of behavior is acceptable in the real world. A few games like “Grand Theft Auto”, “Mortal Combat”, and “Call of Duty” contain violence and too much gore. What teens can do to avoid their interaction with these games is to play less video games and find other things to do such as, playing outside, go to the mall with their friends, or even join after school clubs and activities. These outlets can help teenagers become well rounded, learn more about life and themselves as an individual, and get in to less trouble. The second negative influence is peer pressure such as smoking...
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...Refuge from real life problems a. Imagination utopia b. VR utopia 2. Illusion of comfort created by VR C. Communication between people has been technologically modernized and in the future this tendency will probably continue. 1. Technologically modernized way of communication a. Telephone, internet today b. VR in future 2. Negative impact of technology a. Psychological, physical damages b. ‘Second Life’ influence c. Degradation of students D. Virtual Reality will cause a number of significant changes in people’s life and activity. (Cline, 2005) 1. Influence of technologies on behavior and interpersonal communication 2. Communication between people 3. Migration to virtual space 4. Degradation of mankind III. Conclusion In conclusion it can be said that the development and integration of such new technologies as Virtual Reality into everyday life are definitely followed by a number of significant changes in humanity’s existence. These changes will have a rather negative effect on people’s further existence, if no changes are implemented. The negative influence of Virtual Reality on the Humanity’s future One of the most attracting and exciting...
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...England >upcoming war and the reality what was happen during that time > Many scenes were filmed in the house of an estate built in 1898 Control the attention of viewers pay to the composed images through Continuous motion > filmed using Super 1.85.1 frames to perceived the grandeurs of the location > the use of digital intermediate (DI) on the film to give a larger negative > shooting some scenes with high-speed stocks in lower key light Special techniques > lit up daylight scenes through windows with 18K and 12K pars, which made look like a hot summer sunlight > luster of glimmering reflections contrasted with the shadowy darkness in the house > used filtration behind the lens to softened the look a bit with the use of a black silk stocking >used various settings and actors to separate time building on time passing 1935-1940 >evacuation at Interplay of sound >the playing of a recording mimicking the sounds of a typewriter in various >often used two cameras to vary and cover different scenes and angles, for close-ups, short and medium shots >used three Kodak Vision 2 color negative – depending on scene Editing – building on the material provided by the cinematographer Selectivity – selecting the best shots to incorporate the various periods - segments that establishes timelines – the most powerful, effective, or significant visual and sound effects > period one – begins in 1935 when Briony falsely accuses Robbie of crime he did not commit- setting...
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...curves slightly to the right? It’s easy to pinpoint your imperfections and pick yourself apart when it comes to your appearances. In fact, some people go to the extreme to fix the things that they believed to be flawed, some “fixes” can even be life threatening. But when did it become acceptable for individuals to nit-pick and degrade themselves based solely on their physical exteriors? Is the media to blame? Throughout the years, the media has reached countless individuals and has had an influence on them in a number of different ways. From the moment we get out of bed the mornings to the time we lay our heads down at night it seems that we are constantly exposed to some form of media, whether it’s through the radio, the television, magazines and/or newspapers. This assignment allowed me to gain an understanding about how much of an impact the media has on individuals in an undesirable way. Specifically, I was interested in the possibility that communication media had a negative influence on the body images of both men and women. Originally I was only concerned with adults but then I expanded and began looking for data representing young children and...
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...relationship and presents the idea of how social class is a social construct and can negatively influence people’s health outcomes if they believe that it is rooted in biology (Tan & Kraus, 2015). Results indicate that “lower-class individuals were more likely to report experiencing poorer health and greater negative self-conscious emotions compared with upper-class individuals when they endorsed essentialist beliefs about social class” (Tan & Kraus, 2015). This study illustrated that these negative impacts on health and emotional states were not present “when participants endorsed nonessentialist beliefs about social class” (Tan & Kraus, 2015). This further supports how power can impact one’s experiences in life in relation to occupational roles through the societal conception of social classes. Poverty and lower social class can also negatively affect an individual’s emotions and state of health because “the American dream invites us to consider poverty a failure of personal initiative” (Monk, Winslade, & Sinclair, 2008b). The American dream is also a social construct that has shaped how people view success and failure and this power has caused personal effects on individuals. The article, “Stephen Cruz”, describes how the American dream is “governed not by education, opportunity, and hard work, but power and fear” (Terkel, 1980). The power of societal constructs has great influence over an individual’s life and how they are personally and socially affected by this...
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...The Rumble Begins Erupting in a varied amount of locations, volcanoes cause those living nearby to change their way of life and adjust to the environment that may have been affected by a recent eruption. These explosive lava chambers have been erupting for an extensive amount of time and continue to do so today, some in more locations than others. Volcanoes affect both the people and environment in a positive and negative way, such as a modification in scenery, increase in soil deposit, and the adaptations of people’s lifestyle to revolve around the eruption. A change in scenery can be both a positive and negative influence on the environment from the formation of beautiful sceneries over a period of time the ash polluting and darkening anything in its reach. The eruptions allow the ground around the volcanoes base to eventually turn into something visually pleasing depending on the area of the volcano. An example of this is in Hawaii which includes “well vegetated volcanic terrain and rainforest” (On the Slopes of Mauna Loa, Hawaii Island 9). The volcanoes here allow the terrain to turn into something worth sightseeing. While in other locations, volcanoes tend to destroy the ground around it. During some eruptions, the lava that erupts from it turns into fires which then demolishes anything surrounding it. That also affects any life in the...
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...Example Essay Metal music has a negative influence on its listeners? There was a time, and i’m afraid there still is, where common folks would refer to metal music as the devil’s music. Well let me tell you my friend’s that this is complete bullshit! I will prove to you once and for all the wrongdoings of this way of thinking. First-off, let me tell you why people thought that way and why there still are some smart-asses who still think of metal music as the devil’s music. When you first had dark metal band like “Black Sabbath” in the early 70’s with frontman Ozzy Osbourne tearing up bat head’s on stage, drinking pig blood and other theatrical practice’s done on stage, people went berzerk! Remember that at the time, religion still had a small role to play in the education of children, so it was common to see religious fanatic’s stating out loud to the public that “Metal music is for Satan worshipers!!” and it’s understandable, in a way. On the other side, you had people rejected by society because of their anarchist way of life. What did these people turn too? Metal music. Why? Simple, metal music was the only thing that existed out there with no judgment. Heck! even their own parents would place ironic judgements on their own child! As a metal listener, well I should say a black metal listener, I truly can relate to those who choose metal music as their way of life. Let’s be honest, metal is a way of life, not a trend like all the commercial crap out there...
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...Group evaluation based on Social Exchange Theory Group evaluation based on Social Exchange Theory Social exchange theory suggests that each member of our group entered the group after first weighing the benefits verses the cost. In our situation as students in school, and assigned to a group in order to complete a graded project, what we must weigh is how social exchange theory would instead effect how much effort and dedication each person brought to the group. We must also consider that each person also had outside influences which added to their ability to contribute time on the project itself before giving a favorable or unfavorable opinion of a person’s contribution. For each of us, the benefits or reward are in most cases the same, we would like to get an A on our presentation. What will set us apart is how bad each of us as individuals really want that A. Since I have worked with each of the students in my group for over a year now it’s fairly easy to know and to set expectations as to who will do what within our group. Allan has cared about one thing since I met him a year ago, his GPA. He has not missed a day of school and like me is always the last to leave after class labs. Due to his dedication to maintaining a 4.0 GPA he had everything to gain by putting forth a great effort and contributing one hundred percent to his part of the project. Jolynn is also one who cares allot about her GPA and as with every other project I have been a part of, will give one...
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...Florists Universiteit Maastricht Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Maastricht, 25 November 2009 Name: Leijs, D. ID number: I555622 Study: International Business Economics Course code: Industrial Organization EBC2005 Tutor Name: Kuypers, T. Individual report Table of contents: 1. Description of the industry page 2 2. The regression page 2, 3 3. Economic interpretation page 3, 4 4. A new variable page 4 5. Conclusion page 5 6. Appendix A (original output) page 6 7. Appendix B (output with extra variable) page 7 1. Description of the industry The US florists industry includes about 22.000 retail flower shops with total revenue of $7 billion. The industry is highly fragmented, which means that no firm dominates the market and there is a lot of competition. This is also confirmed by the fact that the 50 largest firms only count for 6% of the market. Entry barriers are low, one can entre easily without dealing with high sunk costs or doing large investments. Opening a shop will cost you only $30000 or $40000 to get started. Most important products are cut flower arrangements (count for 55% of industry revenue), potted plants (count for 15% of industry revenue) and loose cut flowers. Often, stores also sell vases, artificial flowers and other gift items. Best selling flowers are roses, carnations and lilies. The demand for flowers depends mainly on discretionary...
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...Benefits and Obstacles of Self Awareness: 1. Benefits: Self-awareness is proven to drive success of leaders in what they accomplish and how they are perceived by others. 2. Obstacles: In spite of many benefits that self awareness bring to a leader’s success, many people still ignore to understanding themselves and deny negative feedbacks. They may see themselves as better as or worse than they really are. Inaccurate understanding of self may lead to arrogance or self-diminishment of leaders; therefore it affects the organizational effectiveness. This can occur due to several factors: a. Incompetence: The lesser the competence of individual to assess self, the worse would be the accuracy of self-assessment. Because we may assess ourselves inaccurately, self-assessment is not always treated as a reliable criterion to evaluate self-awareness. It requires individuals the ability to be free from prejudice and biased. b. Motives: It occurs when an individual is inability to accept the truth about self or fail to be dispassionate during self-assessment. The cause of this problem is that individuals are guided by several important motives that push them in one direction or another and the psychological safety prevents leaders to accept objective feedback (Sedikides and Strube 1997). c. Self-Presentation: Self Presentation is the ability to affect public perceptions and persuade followers to believe we are who we show to the outsiders. Leaders often do that...
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...Journal of Vocational Behavior 66 (2005) 532–548 www.elsevier.com/locate/jvb Antecedents and consequences of reactions to developmental 360° feedbackq Leanne E. Atwater*, Joan F. Brett School of Management, Arizona State University West, 4701 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ 85306-4908, USA Received 25 November 2003 Abstract This study investigated the factors that influence leadersÕ reactions to 360° feedback and the relationship of feedback reactions to subsequent development activities and changes in leader behavior. For leaders with low ratings, those who agreed with others about their ratings were less motivated than those who received low ratings and over rated themselves. For leaders with high ratings, agreement between self and other did not influence their motivation. Individuals with more favorable attitudes toward using feedback were more motivated following feedback. We found minimal support for hypothesized relationships between personality characteristics and reactions to feedback. LeadersÕ reactions to feedback were not related to the number of follow-up activities they reported, but were related to the degree of change in ratings over time. Ó 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Three hundred and sixty degree feedback, the process in which direct reports, peers, and supervisors provide anonymous feedback to recipients, continues to grow in popq This research was supported in part by a grant from the Society for Human Resources Management...
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...“The most basic premise of learning in an organizational sense is the detection and correction of error” (Moss and Sanchez, 2004). The need to correct errors, among other things, can explain the importance of feedback, particularly the constructive type. Feedback is of utmost importance and not properly addressing issues related to it can lead to a feedback back gap. Once this gap is discovered it is necessary to determine appropriate managerial strategies to close it. The feedback gap results from employees’ feedback avoiding behavior (FAB) and is usually due to fear of negative feedback (self-preservation needs) or appearing incompetent (impression management needs), and is widened by managers’ behavior since the latter determine the cost of feedback seeking (Moss and Sanchez, 2004). One type of managers that negatively affects the feedback gap is the zero-tolerant manager. Usually emotionally and physically distant from his employees, this manager is oblivious to situational factors contributing to employee performance which in turn causes him to attribute poor performance to internal employee characteristics instead of taking the context into account. Employees avoid feedback from the zero-tolerant manager because they believe he will directly blame them while disregarding all other factors. Moss and Sanchez offer this type of managers a few solutions to reduce FAB and the feedback gap: such as having an open mind about causes of poor performance, managing psychological...
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...A system that regulates an internal setting as well as managing a stable, constant condition of properties is homeostasis; essentially its function is maintaining stability and balance in our bodies constantly. External things, such as medications, medical conditions, stress, our diet and what an individual’s sleep environment is like can create a negative impact one’s sleep-wake needs (Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep. (n.d.). Homeostasis fights these negative influences and does its best to keep our bodies in balance, such as our heart rate, breathing, body temperature and even our blood sugar levels. Fundamentally homeostasis keeps track of and triggers the body to sleep and determines the intensity of sleep (Brain Basics: Understanding...
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...to focus on other factors such as the diversity concerns and the therapeutic relationship in order to increase the outcome of successful treatment. Being competent as a MFT means being able to navigate through the five steps of competent therapy: (1) determine what the situation entails, (2) identifying the obstacles and resources that can effect a client, (3) develop a treatment plan, (4) assessing the client’s progress, and (5) document the process. Common factors research shows us the correlation of importance of therapeutic relationships to the positive response to treatment. My interpretation when looking at Lambert and Wampold’s theories are that outside of the relationship bond formed with a client, therapists can only directly influence 8%-15% of the effectiveness of therapy. In Lambert’s model it should be noted that if therapists acknowledge the power of hope and try to incorporate instilling hope into the treatment plan, they can possibly gain an additional 15% in variance to promote positive outcomes based upon the trends Lambert analyzed. In Wampold’s study, hope is included in the general factor category and cannot be isolated to determine the variance that can be...
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