Gemstones

IMPLEMENTING A BUDDY SYSTEM TO REDUCE NURSE BURNOUT Nurses regularly sacrifice their own needs to meet the needs of their patients. Habitually neglecting self-care increases the risk of burnout, which has significant consequences for the nurse, the patient, and the overall healthcare system. Nurses who take care of themselves provide better care for their patients, have higher job satisfaction, and are more engaged members of the healthcare team. Fortunately, there are many simple ways to…

animism - Animism was followed by the native civilizations of America. The natives greatly respected nature for all it is, believing the plants and animals all had a spiritual essence to them. This deep respect for the environment shaped the customs and traditions of the native people, creating societies so different from the European, Asian, and African ones of the time. Animism can also be contributed to the divide between the settlers and the natives. While the Native Americans believed…

A defining feature of any collection, whether it be of curiosities, natural specimens, art works, or other objects, is the presence of an underlying system of thought — an episteme — that shapes the way in which a collection grows and evolves. Differences in these epistemes can vary widely across the centuries, and the present paper will discuss the differences between two genres of cabinets: the Wunderkammern, or “cabinet of wonders”, of the 16th century during the Renaissance; and the…

back you balance until you feel in line again. 3 Eat foods of the needed color to help bring back your balance. Tomatoes or red peppers help with an under-balance and blueberries help an overstimulated root chakra. 4 Wear or carry with you gemstones of the color you need for balance. Red stones include garnet or rubies, while blue stones could be sapphire or aquamarine. 5 Invoke the goddess Venus to help balance you out. She is the Roman goddess of love, and she can be called upon by…

The Crusades: A Catalyst for Exploration “God, glory, and gold--not necessarily in that order--took post-Renaissance Europeans to parts of the globe they had never before seen.”, states Larry Schweikart and Michael Patrick Allen at the beginning of their book, A Patriot’s History of the United States (Schweikart). Discoveries stemming from the Crusades’ driven hunger for gold and righteousness are explored in this paper along with contemporary examples of discoveries made to meet wartime needs.…

Text BoxShapeImageText BoxAcre is a state located in the north of Brazil a country in South America.it is considerably smaller than most other states in Brazil.Acre, sitting under the Amazons and to the right edge of Peru, is part of the Amazon rainforest biome.Therefore, like other surrounding states, it is almost entirely covered by plantlife.Being a rainforest, it is hugely biodiverse with thousands of breeds of trees, plants and animals. Consider these facts: A single pond in Brazil can…

Thesis: “We mistake ourselves when we suppose that wilderness can be the solution to our culture’s problematic relationships with the nonhuman world, for wilderness is itself no small part of the problem” (1). I. “You were in the presence of something irreducibly nonhuman, something profoundly Other than yourself. Wilderness is made of that too.” (1) o Cronon begins his essay by defining wilderness as he sees it. While a great deal of his arguments are based off the idea that the wild is…

They traded things such as bracelets, rings, jewels, and gemstones in Aden where they also earned Zebras and leopards in tribute. They eventually reached Kenya and Mogadishu, who weren’t very friendly towards Zheng He’s fleet at first. One of the most interesting things I found about this voyage was that one of…

some were tied at the shoulder and some were tied at the waist. The military wore designed and colored clothing that was very unique from others and it was to show to which group of warriors they belonged to. The military heroes would wear extra gemstones and embroidery on their uniforms so that the people knew they were the…

Conques Abbey is a remarkable monument that has been well-studied and discussed by scholars and art historians over the last few decades. The church has a very rich history spanning over several centuries, with the original monastery being built in the early ninth century to its last phase of construction which was completed in the early twelfth century. It is also known as an abbey because the church was a part of the monastery where the monks lived, prayed, and worked. Today, Conques Abbey and…