BACKGROUD: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder caused by mutation in the Hemoglobin genes or the red blood cells. When dehydration or law oxygen supply occur, the muted red blood cells begins to have sickle shape which adhere to the walls of blood vessels. This process leads to further decrease blood supply to body organs and cause further damage which mostly shown by sever painful episodes or “sickle cell crises”. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, SCD
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disasters. They are the ones that are able to approve assistance and approve what king of funding families get. Whenever an epic crisis happens or strikes these people are ready and prepared for it. By using the socialism system there would be no red tape to go through because you will be dealing with the government and middle man. In this case wiping out the middle man and politics that a state may have to go through is eliminated. The state would already be dealing with the government and after
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The Cameras. Have you ever received a ticket for running a red light? If not, maybe you know someone who has, or you’ve witnessed that flash of light going off while sitting at an intersection. Either way you’re not alone, hundreds of U.S. citizens fall victim to red light camera tickets daily. Imagine you’re driving home from a hard day of work, and you have been driving the same exact route for the last seven years without receiving a red light camera citation. One day to your surprise you open the
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Professional Roles and Values A) Functional Differences: The functional differences between a regulatory agency, like the Texas Board of Nursing and a Professional Nursing Organization, like with Texas Nurses Association, are many. Even though both agencies support nursing, they do in different ways. The mission statement of the Texas Board of Nursing is as follows: “The mission of the Texas Board of Nursing is to protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person
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C228-Community Health Nursing-Task 1 Misty Sherman Western Governors University Identification of Community Brazoria County, Tx is located just south of Harris county, extending from Houston to the Gulf of Mexico. It includes the cities of Pearland, Manvel, Alvin, Angleton, Sweeny, Lake Jackson, and Freeport. Of these, Angleton is the county seat, but Pearland has the greatest population (City-data.com, 2015). As of 2012, Brazoria County contained a population of 77% urban and 23% rural (City-data
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Michael E Thompson1,* and 2. Tsovinar L Harutyunyan2 +Author Affiliations 1. 1 Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA. 2. 2 Center for Health Services Research and Development, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia. 1. * Corresponding author. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223–0001, USA. Tel: +1–704–687 8980. E-mail: methomp1@uncc
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1.0 Introduction: the background of Youngcare “Youngcare was established in 2005 following the inspirational story of one woman’s battle to find relevant and dignified care” (youngcare, 2010)Youngcare is a not-for-profit sector in Australia, youngcare is a charity which takes care of young adults who have no choices and who is disable to take care of themselves. There are 7,500 young adults lived in Youngcare, however, 700,000 young adults are being cared at home. (Youngcare, 2010) Youngcare’s
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Now let’s be clear, I hate school dances. It was my first year in the United States, the land where people don’t stop for you when you wish to cross the crosswalk. I was in eighth grade and was being encouraged attend the fall dance. For only $10 you could jump around in a gym with a clump of sweaty teenagers for two hours. And, you had to pay for snacks. None of this free food nonsense. Anyways, Liam and I were exiting the cafeteria to find our friends. Liam was dressed in a preppy way, wearing
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“An organization’s mission statement defines what the organization is today-it’s purpose or reason for existence.” (Babnik, Breznik, Dermol & Trunk, 2014) “The American Red Cross prevents & alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.” (American Red Cross n.d.), is an example of a mission statement. The Mission Statement is the definition of the company, a short blurb that can be referred back to over the years to
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This gave the “Red Army” the push and moral needed to charge through the suburbs under their top commanders Marshal Ivan Koniev and Marshal Georgi Zhukov. The competition of the two Soviet generals is what gave the men of the Soviet Union, who had went through the brink
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