I. Background and purpose - includes a brief description of the program or project, goals and SMART objectives. II. Purpose of the CCU (Cardiac Care Unit) Meta Analysis project The purpose of the CCU group project was researching and implementing best practices for CCU to improve nursing competency in dysrhythmia recognition, EKG interpretation, and implementation of current evidence-based practices.…
Self Assessment Assignment I wasn’t that surprised as to what my results were when I took the FOCUS 2 tests. I know exactly what are my values, personality, skills, leisure time, and work interests. Yet, these little tests got the correct predicament of each of the five areas about myself. These different tests made me more aware of the choice most suitable to me individually.…
The current obesity rate for South Dakota high school students is 14.7%, ranking South Dakota as the 12th highest state out of 43 with high school obesity. Historically, the obesity rate of high school students was lower than 14.7% with 1999-2001 being the lowest at 7.5%, but has been steadily climbing year after year to an astonishing doubled rate. With the trend of adult obesity at 30.4% and still rising, there is no doubt that high school obesity is a direct causation to adult obesity. An abstract published in 2011 from the National Library of Medicine states that obesity is a problem in the United States and South Dakota, with South Dakota’s obesity being higher than the national prevalence. South Dakota’s Department of Health has been…
Picture a classroom where students are not paying attention, tuning out the teacher and falling asleep. Not only are these kids losing precious opportunities to learn and expand their knowledge, they are failing to take chances that would help them achieve their future goals. Is this how a flourishing classroom should look like? Unfortunately, this is what happens every day in many schools all around the United States because kids are going to school drowsy and restless. Therefore, I believe schools should start later in the morning.…
Source 1 Chase, Catherine, J.D. “U.S. State and Federal Laws Targeting Distracted Driving.” Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine 58 (2014): 84–98. Print. Across the country, most states have laws prohibiting the use of cell phones while driving.…
Do you think that school should start later? I think school should start later. As a middle schooler, I see some students sleeping in class. I can tell that students aren’t getting enough sleep at night.…
The tragic truth is that crashes are the number one cause of death for people between the ages of 15 to 20 in the United States of America. Anna Quindlen’s essay “Driving to the Funeral” went into the dangers of teen driving, by showing parents not being strict enough with their kids, the poor enforcement of the law, and teenagers being too irresponsible. Even though, there are many teens that were injured or even worse killed, parents are still taking the right of driving very easily onto their kids. Mrs. Quindlen said “Parents seem to treat the right of a 16-year-old to drive as an inalienable one.” Mrs. Quindlen criticized parents very heavily on allowing their kids to drive at such a young age.…
Though it’s true many teen drivers can be and are cautious drivers, their lack of experience is against them, and it states this well in the article, “It takes practice to become a good driver, and teens simply haven’t logged enough hours” (paragraph 5). Since teen drivers are new to the road and hold little experience at driving, this reflects in the rate of crashes for…
Are you aware that approximately 25,000 people are killed due to drunk driving? In addition, alcohol is the number one factor in traffic deaths.(Gottfried 51) Not only teenagers, but adults, too, and even babies. Is drinking and driving still a problem for teenagers? That is a question most adults worry about, especially if their child(ren) is involved in a terrible car accident.…
In 2007, a poll was done determine what people thought about raising the driving age. This poll included 1,002 adults from December seventeenth through the nineteenth in the United States. Sixty-one percent…
Teen Drunk Driving Eight teens die every day in drunk driving crashes. It has also been reported that one out of every ten high school students drink and drive. Teens are already at high risk when they're sober behind the wheel. Driving under the influence (DUI) is just asking for more trouble.…
An outrageous number of teens are killed each year in car accidents. Children in our communities are dying left and right from driving accidents because we 're not taking the correct course of action to help them. The amount of effort it takes to protect your young loved one from car accidents is not a huge undertaking and is worthwhile. Parents have to take most of this blame because they 're the ones that should be teaching their teens how to drive responsibly and being a good example on the road. Despite major efforts, teen deaths from car accidents remain to be a problem in today 's society.…
Everyday teenagers are killed or injured in motor vehicle accidents driven by fellow teenagers. Another motivation for implementing curfews on juvenile drivers it helps to eliminate the possibility of driving under the influence. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2012), “motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death of U.S. teens…about 2,650 teens in the United States aged 16–19 were killed and almost 292,000 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor-vehicle crashes…this comes to seven teens ages 16 to 19 dying every day from motor vehicle…
The excitement that a driver’s license brings to a teenager is one of the few things that hasn’t changed over the years. To teens, driving brings a sense of freedom and independence, it boosts self-esteem, and makes one feel grown up. However, teenagers have less experience, maturity, and driver training than most adults. Therefore, more teenage drivers are involved in car crashes every year and more are being killed.…
It is said that honesty is a virtue and that the truth will set you free. That may be true, but it doesn’t always lead to happiness and neither does a speeding ticket. At my age, there are many things teenagers don’t think about; politics, future, and consequence. Unfortunately, at the time, I only thought about politics and my future.…