...I heard a scream. It wasn’t like the ones you hear in horror movies; it was like the howl of a wolf. Hesitant, I waited for a few seconds before approaching the noise. As I walked down the stairs, the screaming got louder. I tiptoed into the living room and took a peek. I saw nothing. Then I strolled into the bathroom. My father, crouching on the floor, was leaning against the toilet. Clenching his heart, he told me to listen. I pulled in close to him and heard his chest bubbling and boiling. People often tell me that I seem calm in stressful situations, but I knew that my face was anything but calm. “Do you want me to call 911? Do you need to go to the hospital?” I panicked. “No, I will be fine! If I go to the hospital it will cost a lot of money, and we do not have the money to pay the medical bills” I looked at my father in disbelief. I was certain that he needed help from a doctor. I sat on the floor and observed his condition. Five minutes had passed and his breaths became shorter. My face went pale as I wavered between whether I should call an ambulance, or obey my father. What had I studied in health class? Did anyone inform me about what to do in this situation? My father’s eyes became cloudy, and he started to look like a zombie. I couldn't take it anymore; my conscience told me that the best option was to go to the hospital. I ran to the telephone and dialed 911. The operator asked for my address and I opened the door. The EMT’s stormed in with a stretcher. Two bulky...
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...I was six years old at that time and never before had I felt as helpless as I did at that very moment. I started crying I could hear his feet hitting the rocks as he got closer to me; I was terrified I did not know what he was going to do to me. All because of a silly accident that was not intentional. He grabbed my skinny little arm, lifts me up with no effort, and dragged me to the water. He pushed me into a strong current; he was trying to drown me. I did not know how to swim; therefore I panicked. I thought I was going to drown. My feet searched for something to stand on but the rocks were very slippery. I was trying to stay afloat because for a moment I thought I was going to die. My sister took me on her back and she swam us both back...
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...“Ma’am, did you see who hit you?” The officer asks. I hold onto my phone tightly, bringing my hands into my chest. I would love nothing more than to put an end to this charade, but if I talk, everyone I love will die. Going against all my beliefs, in a shaky voice, I reply, “no, sir. It all happened so fast, I didn’t see.” “Okay, ma’am, this EMT will bring you to the ambulance to check you out,” the officer stated. I nervously nod my head as I follow the EMT to the back of the ambulance. The EMT directs me where to sit and I comply. So many thoughts enter my mind as the EMT looks over my body. I cannot take a simple breath without Master dictating that. When will this be over? When will this nightmare end? I lose myself in my plaguing thoughts as Preston rushes up towards me. I leap to my feet allowing myself to fall into his embrace as Preston cradles me, “thank God you are okay. I wouldn’t know what to do if I lost you.” Tears of sorrow flood from my eyes, as I hold in our embrace. In his arms is the only place I feel safe at this moment. Preston leans back, cupping the sides of my face in his hands, “everything will be alright. We will get through this like we do with everything else that is thrown our way.” I know what he says is out of love, but if he knew the truth behind it all, he wouldn’t be so sure. Unable to answer, I just sob wishing this outlandish dream would end. “Would you like to go to the hospital?” The EMT asks. I silently whisper, “no, I’ll be fine.” Preston...
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...to attack my lower abdomen, which I immediately presumed were pre-game butterflies. As our first game commenced, I remember having to walk off the field due to the growing pain in my stomach. Since my parents were not convinced that I was experiencing muscle cramps, they brought me to a Methodist Emergency Center. After an abdominal ultrasound was taken by a technologist, the reading physician diagnosed me with acute appendicitis. The ER staff quickly put my stretcher on an ambulance and rushed me to the Texas Children’s Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Upon arrival, I remember rolling into a large OR where a surgical team was impatiently waiting. I was asked to count backwards from ten to one. The curiosity of my surroundings assisted me in getting to five. It seemed like a rapid recovery. I had moved from the SICU to another floor in less than a day. Besides the lab tech who could never find my veins, the environment from the rest of the staff was mesmerizing. From the nurse assistants checking my vitals and doing their shift changes, to the physicians giving my family updates, I knew this is where I would be one day. The day before I was set to be discharged, my mother woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of my groans. As she approached my hospital bed, she noticed that I was surrounded in a pool of my own blood. One of the incisions made from the laparoscopic appendectomy had not been closed. Yelling for help, my nurse ran inside to assess the...
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...Treat me, how you want to be treated or else! Death can bring out the worst of behaviors out of people in mourning. I’ve worked in the Death Care industry in one way or another my whole life. I’ve experienced some very rude and offensive people during one of life’s darkest moments. I’ve been cursed at, lied on, and even threatened with violence from grieving families. I’d like to tell you a couple of times, I was very offended by customers I was serving. When a person dies, depending on the circumstances surrounding the death, many changes can occur to the remains. I once had a case where the deceased had been on a ventilator for over a month, while family members argued over pulling the plug. This caused a major case of edema, which is an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavity or tissues of the body. As anyone can figure out, this caused a great amount of swelling to all parts of the body including the head and face. The Funeral Director advised the family of the outcome and what could be done from an embalmers position. Against the professional opinion of the Director, the family opted for a public viewing anyway. Upon the family’s arrival for the private viewing time with their loved one, they entered the chapel and started ranting and raving, that the person in the casket was not their loved one and how they were going to “sue our asses”. If ever there was a time I felt unsafe it was at that very moment. They began to vandalize the facility and really trash the...
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...therapy will consist of looking at positive exceptions in therapy. Positive exceptions will involve my sister exploring patterns relation to anxiety for example, describing the times when she does not experience anxiety. Scaling will also be helpful for my sister, such as on a scale of one to ten what is her anxiety. Furthermore, how can she move that anxiety level to a lower rating on a one to ten scale? I think by exploring the rate of her anxiety my sister will be aware that she can control the anxiety that she experiences at different times of the day. In general, solution focus will help with, disrupting behavioral patterns, change outdated beliefs, and amplify exceptions to behavior than my sister previously believe was unchangeable. Narrative therapy focuses on the “stories” that are told and retold in families. Describe one of these stories from your family. How has it shaped your life? The only story that I can think of that was told and retold was how my stepdad was banned from a store for stealing when he was a teen. The story is often told to prevent other family members who younger from engaging in criminal behaviors. In addition, to teach a lesson that what can impact you as a teen can lead to future consequences. For instance, not only was he banned from a store, but he also went to jail as a result. I think this has influenced my decision in life. This story has prevented me engaging in any behavior that is unmoral or illegal. For example, as a teen when my friends...
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...Choice, Sports, Stem Cell Research, Steroids, Terrorism, Violence, War on Drugs, more... Business - Advertising, Business, Buy Web Sites, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, Sell Websites Education - ADHD, Learning, Philosophy of Education, Privatization, Public Schools, School Violence, School Vouchers, Teaching, Technology and Education, Test and Testing, Writing English Composition Essays - Analitical, Autobiographical, Argument, Cause/Effect, Classification, Compare/Contrast, Comparison, Conversation, Creative+Writing, Critical, Deductive, Definition, Descriptive, Description, Dialog, Division, Exploratory, Expository, Informative, Interview, Inquiry, Journalistic, Narration, Observation. Personal Narrative, Place, Profile, Process, Proposal English Literature and Literary Analysis - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A & P, Antigone, Apocalypse Now, Araby, The Awakening, Barn Burning, Beowulf, Beloved, Bible, Birthmark, Blade Runner, The Bluest Eye, Candide, Canterbury Tales, Catcher in the Rye, Cathedral, Chrysanthemums, A Clockwork Orange, The Color Purple, Comparing Literary Works, Crime and Punishment, Death of a Salesman, Death in Venice, Desiree's Baby, A Doll's House, Dr. Faustus, Epic of Gilgamesh, Everyday Use, A Farewell to Arms, Frankenstein, The Grapes of Wrath, Great Gatsby, Great Expectations, Glass Menagerie, Gulliver's Travels, The Handmaid's Tale, Heart of Darkness, The Iliad, Invisible Man, Jane Eyre, The Joy Luck Club, The Lottery, ...
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...beyond anything that I have actually experienced. Accounts of how a French scuba diver nearly drowned to death in a pursuit to save the life of another diver followed by the scary reality of death among the lives of senior citizens in hospice care are only some of the many intriguing stories that inspire me write for radio broadcasting. “How A Woman’s Plan to Kill Herself Helped Her Family Grieve” written by Alex Spiegel is another story that specifically captures the listener within the confines of its broadcast. Sandy Bem had Alzheimer’s disease—a disease that corrupts the mind’s capacity to remember important family members, read, and write. This disease left Sandy feeling helpless and depressed, later causing her to “commit” suicide—assisted suicide. As Sandy’s health began to deteriorate her feelings of helplessness grew to the point of despair. After wallowing in sadness for countless months, Sandy felt death was the only way to relieve her suffering. Sandy planned a closure ceremony where family and friends were invited to celebrate and relinquish countless memories with and of her that she now couldn’t remember. After hearing Sandy’s decision her daughter, Emily, didn’t like or understand her choice but later came to the realization that this was the best possible grieving...
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...Knowledge Area Module VI Contemporary Issues and the Ethical Delivery of Health Services Student: Harold Taitt, harold.taitt@waldenu.edu Student ID # A00293212 Program: Ph.D. Health Services Specialization: Health Management and Policy Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Hoye, robert.hoye@waldenu.edu Faculty Assessor: Dr. Jim Goes, jim.goes@waldenu.edu Walden University May 10, 2013 Abstract Breadth Component In this age of rapidly evolving technological advances, many of the legal and ethical issues that are challenging the delivery of health care and the health care profession are new. As we confront the legal, moral, and ethical aspects of health care, we are seldom faced with decisions that require or are resolved by simple right or wrong answers (Edge & Kreiger, 1998). In the Breadth component of KAM VI, I focus on several ethical theories and how those theories influence the way ethical issues and concerns are addressed and managed in the allocation and delivery of health care services. I critically assess and evaluate those theories, concepts, and derivative principles as they impact important decisions and the implications of those decisions within the context of social change and with special emphasis on health care management and policy. In addition, I discuss the key assumptions on which the selected theories are constructed, compare and contrast the writers’ interpretations across theories, and conclude by providing a critical commentary on the merits of the selected...
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...The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is uniquely arranged in a complex double plot line between Henrietta Lacks’ life story and the journey of discovery that the author, Rebecca Skloot, embarked upon in search of the truth behind HeLa (the cells of Henrietta Lacks). The narrative perspective of the work differs between both plot lines: the sections from the author’s point of view are spoken in first person, while the parts pertaining to Henrietta and her family have a third-person omniscient perspective. Beginning at Ch 29: A Village of Henriettas, the two plot lines of the novel converge, bringing together Rebecca Skloot and Henrietta’s devoted daughter, Deborah, as the two passionately collaborate to uncover the emotional shocking truth behind the mystery of HeLa. Book Context: Ch. 1-10 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks reveals the true story of the woman from the 1940-50s who was behind the miracle HeLa cells; these cells were the first to permanently survive outside the human body and they are still alive today in laboratories across the globe. Furthermore, these HeLa cells...
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...Alessandro Montecalvo 3/9/15 CM 241- Understanding Movies Citizen Kane By the time Citizen Kane came out in 1941, many technological advances had been made in terms of filmmaking. Different photographic techniques became important as they were chosen and implemented for specific reasons and at specific times of the film. Citizen Kane is considered by many critics to be one of the best films of all time mainly because it was so innovative at the time. The film is often praised for its cinematography, sound, and narrative structure. I personally did not love the film because I found it to be a bit boring at times. It felt more like a biography of Kane’s life and not much more. I kept waiting for “it” to happen but no monumental or memorable event really ever occurred. The film begins with Charles Foster Kane on his deathbed as he whispers his last word “rosebud”, before dropping his globe and it shattering everywhere. The rest of the film is essentially a chase by a reporter named Jerry Thompson as he tries to find out what Kane meant by “rosebud”. Through a series of interviews that Thompson conducts, we get an in-depth look at Thompson’s life through flashbacks in the perspective of many people who knew him and were close to him. The setup of the movie was something I did enjoy. The film began at the end of Kane’s life and then progresses through flashbacks. I always find it interesting when movies are set up that way because traditionally a film has a conclusion at...
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...fourth-year students from a five-year junior nursing college participated in the experiment. Our findings showed that handheld tools enhanced both students’ attitudes and performance in learning, and promoted better interactions among students and instructors. We also found that the handheld technology was not sophisticated enough to support cooperative learning goals without full support from a technology specialist. collaboration, empirical, handhelds, ICT use, nursing, post-secondary. Keywords Introduction With recent advances in wireless communication technology and mobile devices, the application of handheld technology in education is expected to increase. Handhelds, also known as palmtop computers, were originally designed as personal organizers or note takers, and now offers roughly the same functionalities as laptop or desktop computers. It can be synchronized with or connected to computers or networks via wireless technology. Research has shown that wireless handhelds offer new opportunities for innovative user interaction and communication both in and out of the classroom (Tatar et al. 2003). Wireless handhelds have provided a unique opportunity for...
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...gathering intelligence and focus overtime, we know more about how potentially deadly and a threat this organization is to the United States. Current operations with drone surveillance and strikes are trying to take out this organization’s operatives. Imbedded agents are trying to gather information on the ground to try and foil the next plot. The United States has been able to kill a few of the leadership in the AQAP, but others have continued their mission in place of the deceased. This enemy is relentless and will hold nothing back in its attempt to fight for all those who they feel are against the Muslim faith. Since this group is expanding and the recent plots and propaganda associated with the AQAP, we have focused on this group and assisted with air...
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...network on which their society rested upon was that being criticized. •Dependency Theory: Students were sure that these two previous explanations were merely methods to blame the victims of abuse. They believed that Latin American economies stood in a dependent position relative to the world’s industrial powers. Therefore other nations took their overpowering stand, and forestalled Latin America’s industrialization. “Economic dependency” is why the nation did not follow the path it was supposed to follow. •Social Constructionism: The way race, gender, class, and national identities are “constructed” in people’s minds. Discuss Michel Rolph Trouillot’s theory of historical narratives •History understood as the distinction and overlap of the socio-historical process (“what happened”) and the narratives about it (“what is said to have happened”). •Three capacities people have within socio-historic processes: actors, agents, subjects a) Agents: or occupants of the structural positions. (b) as actors in constant interference without a context. (c) as subjects, thats is...
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...Recently more research has focused on the relationship between color and psychological functioning. _____ (Q) Two further experiments establish the link between red and avoidance motivation as indicated by behavioral (i.e., task choice) and psychophysiological (i.e., cortical activation) measures. _____ (R) Four experiments, in fact, demonstrate that the brief perception of red prior to an important test (e.g., an IQ test) impairs performance, and this effect appears to take place outside of participants' conscious awareness. _____ (S) Red impairs performance on achievement tasks, because red is associated with the danger of failure in achievement contexts and evokes avoidance motivation. _____ (T) All of these findings suggest that care must be taken in how red is used in achievement contexts and illustrate how color can act as a subtle environmental cue that has important influences on behavior. _____ (U) Indeed, startling findings occurred in regard to the relationship between red and performance attainment. 2,5,3,1,4 Recently more research has focused on the relationship between color and psychological functioning. _____ (Q) Two further experiments establish the link between red and avoidance motivation as indicated by behavioral (i.e., task choice) and psychophysiological (i.e., cortical activation) measures. _____ (R) Four experiments, in fact, demonstrate that the brief perception of red prior to an important test (e.g., an IQ test)...
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