Wal-Mart Stores, Inc: Supporting the Idea of Corporate Citizenship

How does Wal-Mart Stores organization manage its reputation and corporate citizenship? Having become a global organization, which has a presence in nearly every country of the world, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. faced the necessity to transfer to the principle of corporate citizenship. Traditionally defined as “logical extension of corporations’ search for...

Married Couples’ Sexuality: Myths and Realities

Summary The article written by Virtinia Rutter (2014) is aimed at examining the sexual life of married couples. The author challenges the popular assumption according to which married people have less sex than non-married ones. Furthermore, the writer focuses on the factors that affect the sexual relations between individuals after...

Dealing with Violence and Abuse in the Workplace

Today there are numerous hazards that put caregivers and health professionals at risk. “More people are becoming victims of oppression, torture, and abuse in different organizations today (Kerr, 2010)”. This explains why there is a need for adequate measures to address the issue. For instance, the American Psychological Association (APA)...

Vietnam War: Cold War Era Conflict (1954-1975)

Vietnam War was a cold war era military conflict which had started in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1st November 1954 to 30th April 1975. North Vietnam had teamed up with the southern communist allies against the South which enjoyed a lot of support from United States as its principal...

Venezuela’s Oil Crisis: From Abundance to Importation Challenges

Introduction Energy is a fundamental resource due to the critical roles that it plays in running industrial operations and private undertakings. Oil accounts for a huge percentage of the world’s energy requirements, and it is availed by different petroleum-producing countries in different continents. Venezuela is one of the countries endowed...

How Translational Biomedical Informatics Improves Public Health

Introduction Over the last decade, there has been significant development of biomedical research in the field of genomics, the cellular basis of the pathogenesis of diseases, and the definition of methods for their drug correction. Nevertheless, the gap between practical health care and traditional methods of diagnosis and theoretical information...

Effective Child Welfare Risk Assessment Strategies

Introduction There are various risk assessment strategies utilized when it comes to child welfare. Some of the most widespread assessments are Child abuse potential inventory (CAPI), Risk Inventory for Substance Abuse-Affected Families, Structures Decision Making (SDM) Safety Assessment, Child Abuse Potential Inventory, Parenting Stress Index (PSI) (Austin, 2013). Each of...

Examining Dental Patients’ Attitudes Towards HIV Screening

Qualitative Study The article selected for this paper is a qualitative study, which can be proved when paying attention to its goal and method. This work aims to “examine dental patients’ attitudes, beliefs, and perceived barriers to HIV screening to address these factors in an implementation plan” (VanDevanter et al.,...

Poverty in Developing Countries: US Firms’ Ethical Obligations

Ethical obligation for companies to ensure that all workers receive what is considered a living wage in the United States Individuals living in poverty in the developing countries are many and multinational organizations from the United States have been accused of underpaying them given the fact that people are desperate...

Smart Sanctions: Evolution and Impact on Global Politics

Summary of the Article The article “Smart Sanctions: A Short History” by Uri Friedman reviewed different political sanctions in the last decade. Uri analyzed the concept of sanctions a political tool. Friedman revealed that targeted sanctions were used by the Greek Empire to address territorial conflicts. The aim was to...

Literary Analysis: Unveiling the Protagonist’s Role

Literature is a very ancient art which started its development with the appearance of the ability to speak among human beings. Being verbal, it then developed into the written form. People understood how to write down their stories. This discovery was the beginning of literary analysis. This is the science...

Gender vs. Sex: Insights from Unger and Crawford

Definition of gender Unger and Crawford (1993, p. 122) argue that the definition of gender becomes clearer when one makes a distinction between gender and sex. In their article, the authors review about five definitions relative to different female and male traits, which are either sex- or gender-oriented. Here, the...

Understanding Workplace Harassment and Aggression

Workplace or occupational violence including both verbal and physical aggression, harassments, abuse, threats and other acts of aggression for a long time has been a major issue in occupational safety and health practice. According to statistics collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the US Department of Labor, 17%...

Political Frame in Organizations: Navigating Conflicts and Power

Political Frame The political frame perceives organizations as jungles where conflicts, power negotiations, scarce resources and enduring differences exist. The political frame acknowledges that diversity of skills, behaviors, beliefs, interests and values among employees are organizational realities which are unavoidable. Effectively managed divergent views are important in organizations, since they...

People to Follow the Desires of Their Flesh: Biblical Insights

Introduction The Bible is one of the most influential books in history; the New Testament, having been written almost two millennia ago, still has much to teach people about. To properly comprehend what it says, it is important to see the main principles taught there, as well as to understand...

Nurse-Patient Communication: Key to Quality Healthcare

Introduction It is imperative to note that the process of nurse-patient communication is incredibly complicated most of the time, and an understanding of all the aspects is vital for every healthcare professional. A nurse should provide the patient with all the necessary information related to the current condition, progress, and...

Abilene Paradox in Organizations: Common Issues and Solutions

The problem of the Abilene paradox is, unfortunately enough, quite common for most organizations, despite the environment of open-mindedness and acceptance of any ideas voiced by its members within a specific company. Traditionally defined as the tendency for the company members to understate the significance of their opinion and the...

Motivational Aspects Impact Leadership Style and Performance

The question of whether a leader’s motivational aspects have an impact on his or her leadership style and performance has been subjected to substantial empirical exploration by scholars and practitioners for several decades now (Ellemers et al., 2001). In this paper, I make an attempt to deepen the understanding of...

Greatest Happiness Principle: Promoting Pleasure & Absence of Pain

Greatest Happiness The ‘greatest happiness principle’ is based on the belief that an action is right if it promotes “happiness” or, in other words, “pleasure and absence of pain” and it is wrong if it produces “the reverse of happiness” (Mill, 2015, p. 107). Two Pleasures It is possible to...

Attitudes Towards Information Technologies: Hiring Digital Natives

In his article, Lee Rainie discusses the challenges that modern employers may encounter when they need to hire young workers. The author argues that people, who are aged below 20, have different attitudes towards information technologies. In particular, they believe that the use of such tools should be an inseparable...

Undergraduate Research Forum as an Opportunity for Nurses

Overview Undergraduate Research Forum (URF) is a platform for students of Miami, Florida that aims to promote research academic experience. Students of any major are eligible to participate in this scholarly activity. They may apply online and prepare their presentation in any form: individually, in groups, as a community project,...

Artemisia Gentileschi’s Influence on Feminism and Art History

Background of the Study Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656) was one of the most outstanding Italian Baroque artists of the post-Renaissance period. Despite the fact that she is often referred to the so-called “Caravaggio followers”, her contribution is much more considerable: In the era when women painters were allowed to enter the...

UAB Hospital Quality & Safety: Addressing Patient-Centered Care

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital pays great attention to continuous quality and safety improvement, focusing on research, inpatient, and outpatient care. The observation of the official website that presents the recent data related to the hospital performance illustrates that such domains of health care quality as timeliness,...

U.S. Westward Expansion: Liberators or Conquerors?

As the United States began to expand westward, people considered themselves as liberators. The government believed that this expansion would make the territory secure and free from violence. This would in turn lead to civilization of the Indian populations thereby minimizing the Apache threat. During the early years that the...

Two Ladies’ Bond Strengthens Amidst Loss of Iconic Rapper

The relationship between the two ladies goes stronger as they try to live their lives without their iconic rapper. Foster and her friend decided to formalize their sexual preferences, although they were quite hesitant for fear of stigma. However, as the days went by, the two girls were getting more...

Working-Class Americans’ Diets at the Turn of the Century: Turner (2014)

Factors That Limited the Food Choices Turner (2014) tells the story of the life of working-class Americans and their diets at the turn of the century. It is noted that money was one of the crucial factors affecting food choices working-class people made. At the same time, there were other...

Challenges Faced by Transgender Patients in Modern Hospitals

Obstacles to Healthcare for Transgender Patients Nowadays, transgender people face many problems when they get sick and have to go to the hospital. Contemporary hospitals are not designed for this group, therefore, they can have many troubles there ranging from the unfriendly environment of a hospital and doctors who do...

Transformational Leadership: The Most Effective Type of Leadership

Extant scholarship on leadership and management demonstrates that transformational and transactional leadership styles are widely validated in business and industry owing to their impact on employees’ outcomes and performance (Ilies et al., 2006; Ismail et al., 2010). In this paper, I focus attention to comparing the two leadership models to...

Equal Employment Laws and Other Regulations

In the context of the growing globalization of the world community, the experience of legal regulation of certain public relations in foreign countries is of increasing interest. One of the main sources of U.S. law operating throughout the United States is the U.S. Code of Laws. Each of the sections...

Clinics or Hospitals: Evidence-based Practice in Action

With the development of medical services, many different institutions have appeared that provide medical services to people. Hence, the two main types of such organizations are clinics and hospitals. The main conditions, in addition to the work schedule and funding sources, are conditions and methods of treatment due to differences...

Similarities and Character Differences of Hamlet and Laertes

Despite similar upbringings, no two people can be typically alike. Even twins raised in the same milieu, living almost the same life, and doing same activities, are likely to behave differently when confronted with the same circumstance. As depicted in Shakespeare’s Hamlet play, people develop their own way of life,...

Plastic Contamination and Marine Ecosystem Safety

Every year humanity creates innovative technologies, some of which have the potential to change the order of life fundamentally. Although the first plastic was invented by Alexander Parkes in 1855, it only became prevalent a few decades ago. For modern humans, plastic bags, cups, cocktail tubes, and glasses are not...

May-Can-Should Model for Education Policies

Physical disabilities constitute a fundamental element of diversity in modern communities. Individuals living with physiological challenges encounter difficulties accessing public social services, including healthcare, security, and transport services. Specifically, the May-Can-Should model presents a helpful framework for assessing recently passed legislation concerning physical disabilities (Caimotto, 2020). In essence, the Individuals...

Hypertensive Patients in Evidence-Based Practice

Research Support In the PICOT question for this project, the constituent parts are as follows: The specified population is important for this project because older adults are more subject to hypertension and its complications. The adherence to antihypertension drugs has been proved to increase patient outcomes; therefore, it has been...

Technology and Humanity in “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley

Introduction Dystopian fiction is gaining popularity due to its deeply reflective nature and futuristic perspectives on the social order. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley is a dystopian fiction novel written and published in the early 1930s. It presents a society living in the so-called World State, where a strict...

Web of Causation Model

Introduction The main aim of epidemiology is to collect and use data that is necessary for preventing and controlling diseases through interventions. Epidemiology in community health and partnerships has been evolving over the years. In the past, epidemiology associated the causes of diseases to commitment of sins. However, major historical...

Internal and External Control Mechanisms

Background Investors have the freedom of investing in any business activity provided they respect and obey the laws that govern their practice. Different professional bodies are responsible for maintaining sanity in their industries. The government may step in to help them achieve their objectives. However, the presence of complex business...

Bolted & Welded Connections and Tension Experiment

Abstract An experiment, “Connection in Tension”, was conducted in laboratory conditions, and its outcomes are the main topic of the report. Exploring and comparing the expected and actual failure modes of both bottled and welded connections in tension are the primary purposes of the paper. In the process of the...

Karl Marx and His Contributions to Study of Economics

Thesis Karl Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) is known as a prominent philosopher, journalist, sociologist, and, first of all, economist. In every one of these spheres, he has left a priceless heritage that remains useful even nowadays. In this work, his biography is reviewed and it is...

Transformational vs. Transactional Leadership: Best for CDC Directors

Abstract The advantage of transformational leadership if compared to the transactional one is that, instead of maintaining status-quo, it allows a leader to adjust the performance of the staff to the requirements of a complicated situation. Therefore, transformational leadership is a number one choice for a CDC director. Having accepted...

Challenges in Econometric Methods for Modeling Non-Linear Growth

Economists use econometric instruments in order to complete the quantitative analysis of the available economic data and determine possible relationships. Traditional econometric methods are statistical instruments associated with discussing the linear relationships and changes (Magnus, Powell, & Prufer, 2010, p. 140). The notion of the economic evolution is closely associated...

Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage: From Loving v. Virginia to Obergefell v. Hodges

Introduction There has been a heated debate regarding the legalization of same-sex marriage for over a decade now. While the idea still seems novel to many American citizens, there seems to be a general trend of acceptance of same-sex couples, similar to how the US society has come to embrace...

Major World Religions Before the 16th Century: Common Aspects and Differences

The world is currently dominated by five major religions that have been in existence for several years. These religions are Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and Hindu. The common religions have certain common aspects and also exhibit some ideological differences. This paper examines some facts about the world religions by utilizing...

Effects of Chemical Disposals on Community Health: Research Planning

To state the fact that chemical disposals located near the community can cause severe illnesses, it is necessary to complete the careful research, to analyze the findings, and focus on conclusions. Thus, it is important to clarify the type of research needed in order to find the necessary materials on...

Project Selection Criteria in the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

Determining the project selection criteria is a crucial step toward making sure that the primary objectives are met, the essential goals are accomplished, and the basic lessons are learned. As a rule, the selection criteria can be defined as a combination of elements that determine the boundaries for locating the...

Developing a Healthy People 2020 Database on Adolescent Suicide

As a part of its activities, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2010) has been developing the “Healthy People” objectives for the US. The project presupposes setting a deadline (for example, the year 2020) and value for a number of health...

Transgender Patient Care in Nursing Healthcare Management

There is a growing recognition today among health care providers and researchers that patients’ transgenderism may become a factor in their care (Chapman, Watkins, Zappia, Nicol, & Shields, 2012). Therefore, it should be taken into consideration when organizing and managing the way care is provided. Nursing care plays a particularly...

Risperidone and Cognitive Performance in Autistic Children

The article in question is entitled “Cognitive Effects of Risperidone in Children with Autism and Irritable Behavior” (Aman et al., 2008). As the title implies, the goal of the research was to determine if using risperidone can affect cognitive performance in pre-adolescents and adolescents with autism. The researchers hypothesized that...

Interaction Among Children with Autism: Study Insights

The problem addressed in this study The authors discussed the issue of interaction among children who have autism since such children exhibit both social and antisocial characteristics. Childhood practitioners regularly encounter the problem as they try helping children with autism to interact with other healthy children. They established the solution...

Impact of Abandonment on Women’s Choices in Childbearing and Companionship

The research topic of this study addresses the extent to which major decisions females aged between 21 and 55 make concerning childbearing and companionship are affected by their inadequateness and abandonment (or fear of abandonment). This population is chosen as females of this age (in the vast majority of cases)...

Nurse Practitioners’ Burnout: Triggers, Coping Strategies, and Impact

Abstract The research on nurse practitioners’ burnout triggers and coping strategies is proposed for submission to the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. The paper provides reasoning for selecting the journal and discusses research steps associated with the chosen topic of interest. It outlines a general abstract structure and discusses the potential...

Teen Pregnancy Among Latino Girls: A Social Process Analysis

What experience, situation, or subculture did the researchers seek to understand? The purpose of this study was to analyze the problem of teen pregnancy among Latino girls. The researchers targeted girls below 20 years. The authors mainly focused on the Hispanic (Latino) culture. The study was critical towards analyzing how...

Antioxidant Potency of Polyphenol-Rich Beverages in the U.S.

Title: Comparison of Antioxidant Potency of Commonly Consumed Polyphenol-Rich Beverages in the United States. Authors probably aim to challenge the popular assumption of benefits of consumption of polyphenol-rich beverages based on their high antioxidant content. Intended audience: The primary audience is the medical professionals who deal with dietology. However, anybody...

Efficiency of Warfarin vs. Rivaroxaban in Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation

The Strengths of the Academic Work The study paper, which discusses the efficiency of two medication types that are used in adult individuals against non-valvular atrial fibrillation, presents an excellent model of academic work constitution. The paper has a correct structure, which provides a division between the backgrounds, the purpose,...

Miami-Dade Health Promotion Plan: Tackling Obesity and Nutrition Issues

Introduction The health situation in Miami community varies from one area to another. In a similar manner, there are different issues to attend concerning the nutrition and weight status in the community. The most significant ones of them include obesity and over-weight problem, the issue of malnutrition, type 2 diabetes,...

Mallapragada’s Online Shopping Behavior Article Summary

This paper summarizes “Exploring the Effects of “What” (Product) and “Where” (Website) Characteristics on Online Shopping Behavior” by Mallapragada, Chandukala and Liu. The article was published in Journal of Marketing in 2016. The aim of the paper is to ascertain the influence of product character (utilitarian or hedonic) and website...

Understanding Early Childhood Professional Standards

Introduction Purpose of the Paper There exist numerous requirements for early childhood professionals (ECPs) related to their personal and professional qualities (Colker, 2008; NAEYC, 2010a; NAEYC, 2010b). The purpose of this paper is to study the standards related to ECP activity and provide questions that could be asked for an...

Review of Self- and Peer Modeling in Improving Reading Fluency

The development of students’ skills in reading is a key task for teachers to guarantee that children can perceive and understand the written information. However, students with learning disabilities can experience problems while developing their skills in reading texts. In their research, Decker and Buggey (2014) have studied the approaches...

Enhancing Patient Engagement Through Electronic Health Records

Introduction The electronic health record is a digital register of a patient’s health information that is gathered from the experiences at a particular care delivery center. The demographics of the patient, past medical history, immunization, and radiography reports are some of the crucial information elements that are contained in the...

Integrating Personal Care Philosophy into Professional Nursing Practice

Introduction A nurse’s philosophy usually reflects her values, ideals, attitudes, and beliefs related to professional practice. Therefore, a good personal nursing philosophy should include concepts that guide a nurse’s decisions and actions, the personal interpretation of nursing meta paradigms, their association with the nursing practice, as well as possible strengths...

Nursing Education Systems

Introduction Globally, nursing education is distinct among the nations. The nursing education of Poland is obviously different from that of Sri Lanka. This essay chooses the two nations because of their variations in economic development, educational growth, nursing management systems, and historical backgrounds. In presumption, the nursing education systems of...

Internet in Our Life: Personal Opinion

My Thoughts on the Crowding Effect of the Internet Ever since I started on this class I’ve begun to notice various things online that I never really took notice of before. For one thing I have come to the realization that the popularity of online retailers such as Amazon.com is...

GE Healthcare: Innovating for Emerging Markets

Abstract GE Healthcare is a division of GE that has headquarters in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Initially, the firm was known as GE Medical Systems, but it changed its name in 2004. The firm specialises in unique medical technologies and services that help patients to improve their health care outcomes across...

Selina’s Proposal and Annotated Bibliography

For Selina, singing is a response to the invincibility of external forces and a way of shielding from what she is not able to accept. Singing is necessary for protection from the outside world and interaction with it. Critical Lenses Two critical lenses will be used to evaluate the text,...

The Link Between Culture and Substance Abuse

The juvenile justice and the adolescent treatment systems have various linkages that can be looked at for long-term sustainability. A linkage between various serving agencies is one of the most notable system linkages. As far as system linkages are concerned, building positive relationships are always existent between the two. This...

Ability, Disability, and Erasure

Disability refers to the situation when the abilities of the individual are limited by his or her mental or physical disturbances. People with disabilities are frequently being oppressed even in modern society, not to mention the earlier one. This oppression is called ableism and signifies that disabled people are being...

Role of Violence in the Civil Rights Movement: A Bottom-Up Perspective

The Civil Rights Movement in the late 1950s and 1960s brought about a pivotal change in the race dynamics of American society. The nonviolent protesters were met with violence from the Ku Klux Klan, the police, and the private citizens. The literature on the subject focuses predominantly on the struggle’s...

The Impact of Media on Perceptions of Psychology and Therapy

The aim of this paper is to discuss the portrayal of psychology in modern cinema and television. The paper will attempt to shed light on inaccurate depictions of psychotherapy and mental health that fuel people’s biases and prevent many from seeking help. Discussion For me, the word ‘psychology’ means the...

Creating a Global Training Plan for Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Abstract The paper provides reasons for creating a global training and development plan for Tenet Healthcare Corporation. The description of the organization is included, as well as countries of business and the company’s mission. Two identified cultural and diversity issues are the training of the expatriate management and diverse staff...

Pain Management: Addressing Addiction Fears and Ethical Issues

The question of pain management is associated with such issues as patients’ and nurses’ fears related to addiction, appropriate and inappropriate approaches to pain management and dosage, as well as the treatment of addicted patients among other aspects. Furthermore, the question of managing pain also allows for speaking about the...

Promoting Child Development: NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Education

Introduction Education plays a vital role in the lives of people because it determines their future, providing access to particular working places. As a rule, children’s attitudes towards studying and their academic achievements during school and university years depend on those formed in early childhood. That is why the quality...

Zika Virus: History, Epidemiology, and Prevention Strategies

History of the Condition Zika virus (ZikaV) is the reason why the World Health Organization (WHO) has recently announced an international state of emergency (Nunes et al., 2016). The virus started in Brazil around 2014 spread all over the Northeast region and farther. Its main vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito,...

The Fed’s Failures: Why Its Performance Justifies Elimination

The Fed has gained a positive image in the eyes of the public, but this is a misrepresentation of the actual picture with reference to the Fed’s actual performance. The Fed is “a private organization consisting of private banks and it is charged with the responsibility of managing the flow...

The Florida Substance Prescribing Bill’s Effects on Health Coverage

Introduction The Florida HB 423 – ARNP/PA Controlled Substance Prescribing is a bill that has been in place since January 2017. The law allows Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) to prescribe specific controlled substances under protocol requirements and supervision. Prescription for controlled medications should be in...

Implementing Critical Thinking in Each Phase of the Nursing Process

Critical thinking is a powerful tool that makes it easier for caregivers to realize their potentials. The “tool encourages medical professionals to think rationally, accurately, and clearly” (Gardner, 2003, p. 28). Nurses must engage in reflective thinking in order to make accurate decisions. The practice also promotes creativity. Nurses should...

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts: Industry and Strategic Insights

As an object of my future economic research, I have chosen Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (WDP&R). It is a subsidiary company of a larger corporation, The Walt Disney Company. Type of Industry Walt Disney Parks and Resorts operates in the amusement park industry and is closely connected...

Community Health Nurse’s Role in Supporting LBT Women

Introduction There is ample evidence suggesting that lesbian, bisexual and transgender women experience unequal treatment by health care providers (Zuzelo, 2017). Taking into consideration the fact that nurses are on the frontline of the delivery of health care services to marginalized communities, they have to be able to use the...

Transitional Nursing in Oncology: Improving Care and Quality of Life

Transitional nursing or transitional care is a model that was developed to address the set of practices that are needed when patients have to transit from one place (e.g. hospital) to another (home). This model of nursing care is especially relevant to patients with chronic illnesses that have to change...

Eliezer’s Love for Family and God: A Deep Dive

Introduction Eliezer loves both his family and God-given his strict reverence to the Jewish tradition. However, he seems to love God more than he loves his father. This is evident when he defies his father’s wish by studying Cabbala. However, as trouble surfaces, he tends to lose faith in God...

Universal Health Care: Funding Models and Free Enterprise Limits

From an ethical standpoint, it is obvious that universal health care is one of the fundamental human rights. Health is directly associated with the quality of life and at least in some instances can be tied to the right to life. From a broader perspective, it is possible to consider...

Creativity Across Ages: Peak and Decline vs. Life Span Development

Introduction Nowadays, the idea of creativity as a phenomenon primarily associated with the younger human developmental phases is deeply rooted in social consciousness. However, some theories suggest the people take a look at creativity from a new perspective. For example, according to the Peak and Decline Model, a person achieves...

Understanding Music Therapy in Post-Operative Pain Management

Pragmatic approach towards understanding music therapy in post-operative pain management is twofold: meta-analysis of evidence-based research papers and randomized controlled experimental analysis. Databases like Article First, Medline, ScienceDirect, LexisNexis, PsychInfo can be used to identify scholarly research articles and those presenting empirical studies should be short-listed. For randomized controlled study,...

Waco Incident: A Critical Analysis of State Security and Law Enforcement

State security is often put in danger by various natural and manmade factors. Critical incidents are among the most serious situations that can undermine social stability and lead to significant losses. Waco incident is one of the most striking fatal events in the recent American history. While indicating the need...

Transgender Healthcare Barriers: Stigma and Access Challenges

Introduction Transgender individuals are people who assume a gender definition of identity that differs from gender assigned to them at birth. This social group experiences a diverse range of hardships that originate from social stigma caused by social transphobia. The results of the said stigma include social isolation, economic challenges,...

Effective Strategies for Ethical Decision-Making in Nursing

Introduction Negotiating ethical conflicts is part of a nurse’s everyday duties. However, this does not mean that all nurses can make effective ethical decisions. The judgment may be impaired by a variety of factors, including personal beliefs, lack of information about a patient’s culture, moral distress from having to make...

“Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams: Analysis

The attachment to illusion and their inability to embrace reality is reiterated in every character in “Glass Menagerie.” Among the three leading ones, the propensity toward wishful thinking and the inability to meet reality is particularly distinctively emphasized in Amanda. Remarkably, her version of an illusion is substantially different form...

The Restlessness of Humankind in George Herbert’s “The Pulley”

The twenty-line poem “The Pulley” by George Herbert serves as a spiritual parable that describes how man was created by combining the Book of Genesis with the story of “Pandora’s Box” with the composition of the pulley. The underlying theme might be summed up by saying that humankind’s restlessness draws...

Monsour’s “Parking Lot” and the Fitting Rooms

Leslie Monsour is a notable modern poetry writer who connects with the reader through a masterful approach of emphasizing the senses in her poems, and “Parking Lot” is not an exception. The atmosphere of this poem reminded me of the fitting rooms in the clothing stores. These are organized in...

Common-Law Method and Ethics

Introduction Slavery and servitude are the offenses attracting the attention of both UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights. As can be seen from the case, the consideration of such crimes is complicated by the ambiguity of specific legal regulations and the presumptions stemming from them. Therefore, this...

Criticism of Starbucks Coffee Company’s Business Policy

Starbucks is a multinational company operating in several countries throughout the world. The organizational culture of the company is much influenced by a multi-national environment and by socio-economic changes happening around the world. It becomes helpful for the company to appoint staff from the respective countries where it has its...

Art of Early Middle Age, Romanesque, and Gothic Periods

Introduction Marble busts were one of the common forms of art in the Early Middle Ages; they preceded Christian art in the form of icons and were the heritage of Greek and Roman art. Marble busts often represented the elite. In this case, the woman’s clothing indicates that she was...

Socio-Technical Issues and IT Project Success or Failure

Introduction Arguably one of the most epic accomplishments of the 21st century was the invention of the computer and the subsequent creation of the internet. These two entities have virtually transformed the world as far as information processing and communication is concerned. Organizations have extensively employed the use of computer...

Mental Health Care System Gaps and Challenges Analysis

Family Unit Approach The Parkers case highlights the significant shortcomings of the current US mental health care system. One is the mental health care system’s structural approach to patients with chronic mental illnesses as isolated objects. Health care and social professionals treated Sara and Stephanie as unrelated patients, although they...

Summaries of Three Articles About Lung Cancer

COVID-19 in patients with lung cancer The research centers around the study of 102 patients who suffered from both lung cancer and COVID-19 (Luo et al., 2020). The study sought to find the impact of cancer-directed treatments and the factors which determined severity and recovery. The study claims that COVID-19...

Raising the Minimum Wage Research

Opinion on Raising the Minimum Wage From a personal viewpoint, increasing the minimum wage is great for the continued protection of workers against unduly low pay. However, this plan works best if the salary floor is set based on supply and demand for labor as opposed to other factors such...

The Declining Number of African Americans in Baseball

Introduction The number of African Americans in baseball has remained quite small in the United States. The issue is social in nature since it affects people in the nation differently. A detailed study will reveal the major reasons why African Americans have not been involved in this sport. This paper...

Operational Plan for Increasing Patient Volume in Healthcare

Operational Plan The increase of the patient volume that is aimed at providing high-quality health care to wide populations and communities can be achieved by applying different approaches. Along with such beneficial objectives as the creation of the online platform for the patients and focus on their education, there is...

Evaluating Sick Building Syndrome: Dampness and Respiratory Issues in Old Buildings

The client in this case seems to suffer from Sick Building Syndrome (SBS), which is defined by WHO as suffering from some symptoms that can be related to exposure to building variables without other known etiology. Many factors can refer to this condition in this case. She is working in...

Illegal Immigrants in the United States of America

Immigrants are people who leave their countries so as to live in other countries. They do so for reasons such as higher education, search for job opportunities and medical care. There are various stereotypes associated with immigrants. Some people view them as uneducated and a drain to welfare. The stereotypes...

WHO’s Stance on Genetically Modified Foods and Global Reactions

Genetically modified foods have elicited different reactions all over the world with some countries banning its use while others like the United States allowing its consumption. Thus, although the technology has been around for quite some time, most people have not yet embraced it especially the conservatives. The arguments provided...

The War on Drugs: Unsuccessful Efforts and Prison Overpopulation

The War on Drugs, which was conducted from the 1980s to 1990s, is considered to be a massive failure in almost every way. It is also the reason why the USA is known for having the most prisoners in the world, even beating such countries as Russia and China (“Prison...

Business Valuation Techniques: Adjusted vs. Net Present Value

Every enterprise requires good record keeping. Valuing a business is critical to its success. It is prudent to establish the valuation techniques that suit one’s business. Adjusted Present Value and Net Present Value are some of the valuation techniques to examine. Adjusted Present Value It is the Net Present Value...

US-Mexico Border Wall: Addressing Illegal Immigration and Drug Trafficking

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans cross into the US illegally. The prospect of employment is the major factor that attracts illegal immigrants into the US. Illegal immigrants usually do low skilled jobs. The US government spends billions of dollars on illegal immigrants despite the fact that they pay...

Energy Policy Reform: Renewable Resources & Green Economy

Identify at Least Three Major Concerns Regarding US Energy Policy. What Are Our Vulnerabilities and Challenges? As the world’s need for energy continues to grow, the US government has to formulate a comprehensive strategy to secure energy resources. There are several concerns of the energy policy in the United States...

The Treaty of Versailles: The Allies’ Last Horrible Triumph

Introduction World War I is considered to be the most harmful and disastrous war in the history of humanity. The use of chemical weapons has officially made the WWI the cruelest war. Many believe that the way in which World War I was completed by the European countries resulted in...

St. Louis Shakespeare’s The Tempest: A Period Drama Adaptation

St. Louis Shakespeare performed a version of The Tempest using a period drama approach to the adaptation of the popular play. Acting and stage presence was the centerpiece of this theatrical performance. The main stage was then used for the majority of ongoing events in the play. The set consisted...

Police Need Warrant for GPS Tracking, Rules Supreme Court

According to the article in the USA Today by Joan Biskupic, the Supreme Court ruled that the police is required to have a warrant in order to attach a GPS device on an individual’s car for tracking. When the case was discussed in court, there were a set of parallels...

Prevention of Nausea and Vomiting After Chemotherapy: A Study Proposal

The study under discussion is focused on the prevention of nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy. This theme is in need of a deeper research because nausea and vomiting present two very significant outcomes of chemotherapy that produce an adverse effect on the quality of life, as well as the ability...

Strategic Challenges at Cooper Green Hospital

Introduction The Cooper Green hospital (CGH) has been experiencing major issues with attracting new customers and recruiting new members. Despite the fact that the Community Care Plan (CCP) recently adopted in the organization was targeted at improving the existing services and enhancing communication between customers and the personnel, the organization...

Stamp Act Ignites Colonial Opposition and Revolution

After the conclusion (end) of the Seven Years War in 1763, British, facing no immediate threat from the French turned her interest to the colonies (Pauline 16). British had accumulated enormous defence expenses during the wars and as such needed to collect revenue from the colonies in order to offset...

Using Social Media to Spread Information in Activism and Revolutions

Introduction The significant developments in technology, especially the use of social media has simplified the way like-minded individuals air their grievances and articulate positions on issues of interest. In this modern society, social media is like a traditional community, where aggravated individuals converge in a common place to plan for...

The Role of Bike Helmets and Laws for Children Under 12 Years

Football, baseball, and basketball are the favorite kinds of sports of a majority of American children. Still, cycling stays on the top of this list as well as on the top of the list of sports-related head injury kinds of sports. Many children cannot understand the worth of the question...

The Role of Race in Fascist Ideology and Nationalism

Fascism is traditionally defined as a method of radical authoritarian nationalism, which achieved great eminence in Europe at the beginning of the 1900s. It originally was established in Italy in the course of the World War I as an antagonistic form of organizing a nation to liberalism. Moreover, it is...

Impact of To Catch a Predator Show on Public: Data Analysis

Abstract In this paper, attention is paid to the show To Catch a Predator and its impact on the way of how people understand various legal issues and practices. There are many concerns and discussions about the worth of the show as it promotes different interpretations of “bait” operations and...

The Seven Fires Prophecy in the Reconciliation Context

The Seven Fires Prophecy of the Anishinaabe people is a vast overview of the future for the people who live in North America. Seven predictions describe seven epochs and turning points where history will be changed. Since the prophecy encompasses actual beliefs of the Anishinaabe people and is deeply incorporated...

RWJF Committee’s Recommendations for Nurses’ Performance Improvement

The work of the RWJF committee The Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) was supposed to develop a set of recommendations that can improve the performance of nurses. In order to achieve this goal, they had to examine the work of these professionals in different settings. Moreover, the...

Introduction to the Container Business

Maritime Trade as a Facilitator of Global Trade Maritime trade has accompanied human civilization from the moment the boats strong enough to cross seas were invented. The use of sea vessels allowed to reduce the traveling time to the minimum, while significantly increasing the volume of transported goods. Thanks to...

Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN)

Introduction Certification Description: Specialization in cancer patients’ long-term care; Details about Certification: Three-hour test of 165 multiple-choice questions; $225-$296 for ON /APHON members and $315-$416 for non-members; Active registered license; two years experience as an RN; 2,000 hours of oncology nursing practice; 10 contact hours of nursing continuing education in...

The Earth Liberation Front as the Domestic Terrorist Organization

Domestic terrorist organizations have been recognized as a threat for the past hundred years, yet, recently, a change in their strategies has been observed. Nowadays, members of such groups choose to act more clandestinely and often do not commit murder to prove their point, instead, they turn to arson, damaging...

The Influence of the Media on Government and the Public

Media as an educational source Media has strong educational power, and it is undoubtedly one of the most essential roles. Through reading news or watching TV, people receive information on what processes happen in the government, how it affects their lives and helps the general public understand complex concepts. Besides,...

Racial and Cultural Discrimination of Native Americans

Native in the Twenty-first Century In “Native in the Twenty-first Century,” Susan Power discusses challenges she faced as a Native American and emphasizes that natives cannot be silent any longer. She claims that the culture of Native Americans is being forgotten and history is being rewritten by the dominant society...

Idea of Just Wars is Closely Connected to Justice

Wars have always been an indispensable part of human life. At different times, different nations are in the state of war. Though people understand that war is something vicious and undesirable, they also try to justify it. Thus, Ancient Roman statesmen developed a set of criteria that could justify the...

What Are the Three Most Important Changes in the American Economy?

Over the last 50 years, the American economy has experienced several key changes that have impacted various economic indicators. This essay analyzes the effects of the changes on the American economy, focusing on supply and demand, production, unemployment, entrepreneurship, and other economic indicators. By examining the interconnectedness of different components...

Adverse Drug Events in the Elderly and the Role of Nurses’ Awareness

Introduction Adverse drug events (ADE) are associated with unplanned hospital admissions, patient dissatisfaction, a financial burden on the US healthcare system, and even high mortality rate. Jordan, Vaismoradi, and Griffiths (2016) note that even events regarded as non-life-threatening tend to have adverse effects on patients’ health and wellbeing as well...

Wallace’s “Good People” vs. Hemingway’s “Hills…” Stories

“Hills Like White Elephants” is a short story about two characters in a railway station in Spain. The story focuses on a couple having an intense conversation obliquely referencing an abortion. Despite an uncertain outcome at the end, it is clear that the couple is facing an important decision affecting...

Uses of Virtual Private Network in Amazon

Network technologies have come in handy to allow businesses to share their data and resources over a network with their workforce. Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a network technology that allows internet security and separates traffic across the open internet by creating an encrypted connection between the server and the...

Unique Philosophies Toward Nursing

Introduction Individual sets of beliefs and attitudes have a profound effect on all dimensions of a person’s life: physical, social, religious, and professional. Distinctive environments, individual interactions, and different perceptions of health and illness – all together help healthcare providers to formulate their unique philosophies toward nursing. This paper briefly...

Inflation in the United Kingdom’s Economy: Causes and Solutions

Introduction – stating the problem The Office of National Statistics (ONS) says that the rate of inflation has risen to 0.2% in December 2015. It was surprising because it became the first month when the number exceeded 0.1% of January 2015. The primary causes of this increase are seen in...

Rapid Increase in Costs: Primary Problem for Company

Problems Facing Eastern Gear The rapid increase in costs can be viewed as the primary problem that the company has to face in the environment of the increasingly high competition. Therefore, the current strategy regarding the management of costs needs to be addressed properly. Another factor that can be viewed...

Transformation in Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”

The theme of transformation is one of the most prominent ones in The Metamorphosis. Franz Kafka implemented various literary devices to illustrate how the central characters changed throughout the novella. Yet, the key aspect the author tried to convey is that Gregor’s physical metamorphosis led to everyone’s psychological transformation, including...

Toys “R” Us Company: Supply Chain Management

With an experience over 60 years in the context of the global economy, Toys “R” Us has become one of the leading companies in the retail industry. Though restricting the scope of its operations to selling goods for a rather specific age group (i.e., toys, which are typically aimed at...

Healthcare Provider-Patient Communication: A Study Proposal

Introduction The aim of this paper is to propose the need for the study of communication between health care providers and patients and its subsequent improvement based on six domains of quality elaborated by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). In particular, the concept of communication is one of the most...

The Unfair Treatment of the Enslaved Africa-Americans

Introduction The “Testimony by the Superintendent of Contrabands at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, before the American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission,” was given by a Superintendent from Virginia in 1863. In this document, he describes his experience of encountering slaves that were running away from North Carolina. The “Testimony by the Superintendent of...

The Social Context and Literary Elements in “The Ballad of Mulan”

Hua Mulan is a Chinese hero of legends who lived during the Northern and Southern administrations. Her story was portrayed through “The Ballad of Mulan,” composed around the fifth or sixth century (Mark). At that point, China was divided into north and south. The northern lines’ leaders were from non-Han...

Medical Consultant: Selecting the Ideal Candidate for the Role

In the modern medical environment that changes rapidly with each year, the decision to hire a new professional to the team will rely on the variety of factors. First, it is important to account for the key characteristics of the job. Job description and requirements become crucial aspects of finding...

Solutions for Growing Chronic and End-Stage Renal Disease Population

Introduction: Significance The rates of kidney disease continue to grow on the global scale (Kidney Disease Statistics for the United States, n.d.). As reported by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, the chronic kidney disease is very common in the USA; practically, every tenth individual in the country has...

The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup Bid

The award of hosting the World Cup in the year 2022 for the tiny desert country Qatar came as a surprise to many beating favorites such as Australia and the United States of America, which many people thought could win the rights. The FIFA executive committee had picked Russia to...

The Purpose of the Eugenics Movement

Scientific discoveries have been the focal point for delivering solutions to various problems facing humanity. The 19th century saw an increase in the number of scholars attempting to find answers and explain phenomena. In the process, the idea of Eugenics came into being and became so popular during the early...

I Don’t Want to Work at Walmart: DeParle’s Article on College for Poor

“I don’t want to work at Walmart” (DeParle). Insightful as it is, this phrase can be perceived as a motto of all three girls told about in the article under consideration. Even though only one of them mentioned Walmart, it is the abstract idea, which is related to all three...

The Problem of Sharenting: Article Summary

Sharenting in School “Sharenting” is the online tracking and sharing of confidential information by parents about children that could lead to stereotypical assumptions. The article “The problem with sharenting,” authored by Anya Kamenetz, explores the limitations of sharing information about children online. Technology tools such as GoGuardian, Grade books, Facebook,...

Somali Folklore and Politics: The Parable of Predation

Folklore as a part of oral language is one of the most significant cultural characteristics. My cultural background is full of national myths and parables. For my analysis one of them which is called the Parable of predation (the typed text is added at the end of the present research...

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Clinical Intervention and Outcomes

Clinical Question Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are considered to be the plague of the 21st century. Over a million infection cases occur daily, and in many cases, the infected ones trade diseases between each other (World Health Organization, 2016). These diseases are insidious, as many people are not even aware...

Using T-Tests in Nutrition Studies: Evaluating Dietary Impacts

Introduction: The Use of T-Tests in Nutrition Studies Used to find out whether there is a difference between two groups of numbers, a t-test is an efficient means to conduct a mathematical analysis (Keller, 2011). Obviously useful in a number of fields, a t-test is essential for the evaluation of...

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant

The Necklace is one of the best-known short stories by Guy de Maupassant, the French novelettist of the second half of the 19th century. Similarly to a range of his other works, this one describes the life of the middle class along with a fate of a woman. A peculiarity...

A Comparison of Canada and the US: Economy, Demography & Infrastructure

Canada and the US are countries that are located in the American continent. Both countries are relatively large, and they occupy a large part of the North American region (Reynolds 7). Canada and the US are countries that have many similarities, although they are slightly different in terms of resources,...

Kendall Regional Medical Center’s Obstacles to Change and Action Plan

Introduction The proposed practice change concerns the prevention of complications arising from foley catheter use in surgical patients at the Kendall Regional Medical Center. Available nursing scholarship demonstrates that evidence-based practice changes are often faced by a multiplicity of barriers that reduce the desire of nursing professionals to implement the...

The Ancient Greece Architecture Gallery: Objects and Influence

Description of the Exhibit While visiting the Ancient Greece Architecture Gallery which is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I selected a piece of art that expressed the main features of Ancient Greek Culture. The chosen exhibit is two bronze helmets (see Picture 1,2). The helmets belong to the...

The Internet on Guard of the State Regime

Introduction China is known worldwide as a country with one of the highest levels of censorship. Investigative journalists compare the coverage of censorship in the media and the Internet year, and their forecasts are disappointing, unfortunately. Usually, the Chinese government does not run the censorship apparatus directly but delegates this...

Measuring Behavior in Human Services: Strategies for Effectiveness

The field of Human Services is related to providing appropriate quality of life for populations, which face serious social issues. People involved in this fieldwork on prevention and remediation of problems that present certain risks to the life of people. Knowledge of effective methods of measuring a specific behavior and...

Social Engineering Attacks and Network Security: Review of Articles

While looking for other articles on the topic, I was trying to find those addressing the ways to deal with social engineering attacks as well as those that would go into detail about the techniques that are typically implemented by hackers. When I investigated the issue and the case study...