Book review

the case to be valid. Marshall’s creation of judicial review can be held to the same standard of three questions. First, is judicial review constitutionally acceptable? Second, if judicial review is acceptable, does the Judiciary Act violate the Constitution by Marshall’s reading? And third, if the two previous questions hold up, did Marshall even interpret the Constitution correctly. On the question of the constitutionality of judicial review, there is a relative grey area as the Constitution…

Chan MF, Childs C. Risk Factors for Acute Delirium in Critically Ill Adult Patients: A Systematic Review. ISRN Critical Care 2013; 2013 8. Koponen H, Partanen J, Paakkonen A, Mattila E, Riekkinen PJ. EEG spectral analysis in delirium. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1989; 52: 980–85 9. Siddiqi N, House AO, Holmes JD. Occurrence and outcome of delirium in medical in-patients: A systematic literature review. Age and Ageing 2006;35:350-64 10. White S, Bayer A. Delirium -a clinical overview. Rev…

Court, under Article 3 of the constitution, only had original jurisdiction over certain cases. It was after the prominent Marbury vs Madison case that they gave themselves the power of Judicial Review (Judicial Process, Page 415). Judicial Review is the power granted by the Supreme Court itself to review and overturn any acts of Congress, and to declare laws unconstitutional. This gives the Supreme Court a certain degree of power over states and Congress and also gives them the power to have…

In the book Mighty Judgement, Philip Slayton talks about the Supreme Court of Canada as a government institution which needs reform on the premises that Supreme Court of Canada is powerful, paternalistic, competent, undemocratic, and secretive. Slayton begins with the question of whether judges make or interpret the law and whether they should be doing only one of those things. Also, he describes the historical past of the Supreme Court, and how the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms affected…

Evidence based practice directly impacts the care we provide our patients and improve current practices. According to Jones (2014), “Practicing health professionals are able to offer a distinct perspective from academic researchers, making their contributions to the development of healthcare services research very important”. As healthcare providers it is important that we are active in research and look for ways to improve the care that is provided to patients. Nurses can provide invaluable…

When systematic reviews are not available, not trustworthy, or relevant one can turn to individual studies to find evidence to make treatment decisions. Resources may also include clinical practice guidelines, expert opinions from SLPS, and peer-reviewed journals. External…

Evidence-based practice is a very important part of taking care of patients. “Evidence based research involves collecting, evaluating, and implementing to improve patient care and outcomes (Why Evidence-Based Practive is Vital to Improving Patient Care, 2016).” To me this quote says the most important parts of evidence-based practice. I felt the Stevens (2013) article contained a good amount of detailed information pertaining to evidence-based practice. In one section of the Stevens article…

The Copley Medal is a scientific award that is given out by the Royal Society and awarded to a scientist that shows achievements in research in any branch of science. As members of the Royal Society it is our duty to nominate and pick scientists that rightly deserve the medal. It is our job as the Royal Society to discuss these nominations in a scholarly way and not disrespect any of the finding of other scientist. The scientists’ theories are important to science because they add value to the…

Banned Books No More German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented a highly successful printing press that the Church took advantage of to spread their beliefs in 1454 (Special Collections). The exact number of books that have been printed since then is unknown; however, Leonid Taycher, a Google software engineer, has stated on the blog “Google Books Search” that there are about 146 million “printed and bound” books. Like people, not all books are the same and each one has a different message…

they are in the transition period of becoming more independent. When two students, one being Angelina, were struggling to get their books on the correct shelf. Ms. Collman used verbal…