Stephen Rueden INT1 Task 3 Sub domain 114.1.1 Scientific Concepts, Theories & Inquiry 4/17/2011 Literature Review: Elasticity and Hooke’s Law: In physics, elasticity is the physical property of a material that returns to its original shape after the stress that made it deform is removed (Elasticity, para. 1). Elasticity was first studied in the late seventeenth century by the English scientist Robert Hooke (16351703). He made observations about elasticity using metal springs and eventually developed
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The Birthmark Nathanial Hawthorne does an excellent job of incorporating the human struggle for perfection in his short story, The Birthmark. Georgiana was a beautiful woman, “almost perfect”, as her husband told her repeatedly; however on her cheek was a small birthmark. While many men found this birthmark to be charming, her husband was repulsed by the small facial marking. “Ah, upon another face perhaps it might,” replied her husband; “but never on yours. No, dearest Georgiana, you came
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A. Functional Differences The California Board of Registered Nursing is the governing agency that is responsible for overseeing the profession of nursing. According to their website, the BRN protects consumers by doing the following; setting educational standards for and approving nursing programs, evaluating licensing by making sure that applicants have completed the required schooling and passed the examination, and making sure that applicants are eligible by requiring a background check (BRN
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Task 1 Situation A The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 has many provisions but 3 major ones are that all employees of an organization of 50 or more employees working more than 20 hours per week be given a minimum 12 weeks of time off for domestic responsibilities each year. Those responsibilities include; the birth of a new child, the care of an immediate family member with a serious medical condition or the adoption of a foster child (US Department of Labor). Under the Act the employer must
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Competition Bikes Summary Report Sherri Silva Western Governor's University Abstract Competition Bikes, Inc. is a successful business that makes bikes for professional cyclists helping them to live their dreams and compete in major cycling events to include triathlons and other competitive cycling sports. After three years in business, Larry Ferguson, the business owner decided to take the company public in efforts to gain the capitol needed to build the current two manufacturing facilities
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Task 1 Western Governors University Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Task 1 Upon review of the scenario involving Mr. J, a 72 year old retired Rabbi, I can conclude that there were a number of quality nursing indicators that could be addressed to identify issues that would interfere with Mr. J’s care. Mr. J is identified as a fall risk as evidenced by his hospitalization for a fall with injury. Because of this recent fall and his dementia he is quickly labeled as a fall risk
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Situation A The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), passed by Congress in 1993, guarantees eligible employees up to “12 work weeks of unpaid leave each year for childbirth, adoption, or medical emergencies for themselves or a family member” (Beatty & Samuelson, 2010). The employee and company must meet several conditions for the law to be applicable. FMLA has a broad spectrum and applies to public and privately held companies differently. In the case of public agencies, FMLA applies to all local
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The Five-Stage Model 1. forming stage – 1st stage. a great deal of uncertainty about the group’s purpose, structure, and leadership. Members “test the waters” to determine what types of behaviors are acceptable. This stage is complete when members have begun to think of themselves as part of a group.. 2. storming stage - The second stage in group development, characterized by intragroup conflict. 3. norming stage The third stage in group development, characterized by close relationships and cohesiveness
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Assessment Code: Capstone Student Name: RP Student ID: 000XXXXXX Date: 7/21/15 Mentor Name: CJ Triple E, LLC Extraordinary, Everyday Events RP Owner/CEO 522 SE Washington Ave. STE 139, 140 Roseburg OR 97470 541-440-7662 email address July 21, 2015 Table of Contents Part A 2 Executive Summary 2 A1. Company Identification 2 A2. Mission of the Company 3 A3. Business Goals 3 A4. Keys to Success 3 B1. Industry History 3 B2. Legal Form of Ownership 4 B3. Location
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Communicable Disease Outbreak (Measles) Community Health Task 2 Western Governors University Carissa J Dugan Student ID: 000468111 August 20, 2015 Measles was discovered in the 19th century by a Persian Doctor, but was not recognized until 1957 as an infectious agent in human blood by a Scottish physician. In 1912 measles became a notifiable disease and in the first decade that records were kept there was on average 6,000 deaths per year reported from the disease
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