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Identify an event, during your clinical experiences, that sticks out to you the most. The event that stood out the most to me during my clinical experience this month was when one of my patients began to complain of a sudden onset of intense abdominal pain, then later had a fall while off the unit. Explain the circumstances surrounding this event (who, what, when, where, and how). My patient was a 72-year-old male with a J-tube placed for feedings. It was my third day caring for the…

1Cheyanne BoydJ. HesterSamuel F.B. Morse19 September 2017Samuel F.B. MorseToday communication is simpler than it was many years ago. We can call and text anyone in the world with just a tap or our finger. Over a hundred years ago people had to handwrite letters and send them in the mail. This changed thanks to Samuel F.B. Morse. He simplified the telegraph machine and invented the Morse Code.(pbs.org). Samuel Morse was an influential person who helped the world communicate easier and become more…

brilliant minds have filled the current world. One such brilliant inventor that made his name known in the inventing world back in the 1870s was Scottish-born American inventor Alexander Graham Bell, the founding father of the device that could transmit speech electrically; the telephone (Gray, 2011). The telephone was notably fashioned from his attempts to improve an invention that was developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse; the telegraph. The telegraph was a highly successful…

While on break at my job in Panera, I observed the mannerisms of a couple sitting at a table across the dining room. They couple seemed a little bit younger than me, maybe in their senior year of high school. They were holding hands across the table and their eye contact was heavily placed on each other. They ate their meal in a neat fashion, being cautious of making a mess. Moreover, they had very polite tableside manners. The only time I caught the boy checking his phone was when his partner…

Initially people around the world and scientists have come to believe that people can become addicted to the internet. In Alan Greenblatt’s Impact of the Internet on Thinking: Is the Web Changing the Way We Think? ; Hilarie Cash, who runs a treatment center for Internet and video game addiction in Redmond, Washington, says that “both China and South Korea have named Internet addiction as primary public-health concerns (Greenblatt 11).” Although in some places they consider internet addiction as…

From the 19th century until today, communication systems have been changing faster than never. Looking back into the past and considering just printed Medias as the only mass communication source available before the invention of the Radio, books and newspapers were used for approximately four centuries. Since the Radio invention in 1873, passing through the Television widespread use in the 50’s and the mobile phone invention in late 80’s until the popularization of the Internet in the decade…

The old saying, “Now, when I was a kid” is used frequently from each generation, no matter the age difference. From one generation, to the next, many things change. Various topics like technology, education, entertainment, and fashion always seems to change between each generation. During an interview with Kari Farritor, who is forty years old, she talks about how she woke up in the morning, to all they way to how she used to dress. It is crazy how some things are different, but some things are…

This article is titled “Perceptions of harm from secondhand smoke exposure among U.S. adults, 2009-2010”, and it was written by Judy Kruger, Roshni Patel, Michelle Kegler, Steven D. Babb, and Brian A. King. The authors firstly explained that secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure causes heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer in nonsmoking adults and suden infant death syndrome, middle ear infections, and severe asthma in children. As well, this has caused more than 41,000 deaths among US nonsmokers.…

We are living in a world that is constantly growing due to the ever changing world of technology. It’s becoming a social norm to see young children walking around with cell phones, tablets, etc. Technology has overtaken our culture and children are learning at a very early age how to use technology for different forms of entertainment. The constant exposure to this stimuli is causing major physical health issues (obesity and senses), psychological health issues (narcissism and…

As defined by dictionary.com, materialistic is being “excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values” (Harper). It embeds itself deep within American lives, making them depended on it as if it was an addiction. Many people will define themselves as materialistic or non-materialistic, however, whether they want to admit it or not, All Americans are. Being materialistic is nearly…