As Americans, we are aware of the existence of the juvenile justice system, but many Americans are ignorant as to how juvenile offenders are punished for the crimes they commit. Due to ignorance of society, people lack the capacity to understand how to measure the effectiveness of the juvenile justice system and the programs offered to juvenile offenders (Elrod & Ryder, 2014). Therefore, many people form their assumptions on how to rehabilitate juveniles from influences such as politicians,…
Dashboards in Healthcare Abstract Doctor Rich Boehler the president and chief executive officer of St. Joseph Healthcare from Nausha New Hampshire presented a webinar where he discussed his experience as a chief medical officer of St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson Maryland and how he used medical staff performance dashboards to dramatically improve the outcomes of patient care while decreasing the length of stay and finally lowering costs to both the hospital and patients.…
Informatics Nurse Specialist Kaori Nakagaki English 10 Accelerated Period 6 What does it take to be an Informatics Nurse Specialist? Job Description to use nursing and informatics skills to help design, develop, and change digitalized health care systems teaches faculty on how to problem solve and the application of health care need to solve problems quickly and understand the health care information of patients Salary/Hourly Wage · Salary:$82,710 · Hourly:$39.76 ·…
Phineas Gage, born in 1823, and his extraordinary story are widely known. His story has greatly contributed to neuroscientists and psychologists. In about 1848 Gage was working on the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont. This day started out just as any “normal” day would. The men would often use explosives to break through hard objects, such as rock. On this day in particular, Phineas set off an explosive and a 3 foot 7, 13 pound iron rod went straight through his cheek and out through…
for women in drag racing and especially the NHRA. She influenced me by showing that everyone can do anything if they put their mind to it. For example, I became the varsity lacrosse goalie for my high school team. Shirley Muldowney was born in Burlington, Vermont and grew in Schenectady, New York. Her birthday is June 19, 1940. She fell in love with her first husband when she was 16 and still in high school. She dropped out of high school and married him. She fell into racing when they got…
In long term care (LTC) facilities, OTs can help clients increase their quality of life by focusing intervention plans on activities that work on promoting the maximum possible independence for a client, with specific consideration of that client’s functional limitations (Shi & Singh, 2017). For instance, OTs can work with clients in a LTC facility, such as a skilled nursing home, mostly on activities of daily living (ADLs). By setting goals based on ADLs, OTs can help clients be the most…
Vermont today is known as an environmental leader. Burlington Vermont is considered the greenest city in the country. When people today think of Vermont the think of the beautiful foliage and maple syrup industry. This however has not always been the case. Vermont at one point was an environmentalist’s nightmare. George Perkins Marsh was one of the states first environmentalists. He was born in 1801 and from that year on his father taught him about the landscape around him.…
You know her from her antics when you tune in to “Saturday Night Live” but Amy Poehler is more than just humor and wit. Amy Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts. She attended Burlington High School and graduated in 1989. She then went on to Boston College. From there she found her skills in improvisation. She joined an improv comedy troup called “My Mother’s Fleabag.” Afterwards, Glamour cites, she received her bachelor’s degree in Media and Communications in 1993. She then decided to…
This past saturday around 7pm a rifle toting gunman walked into Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington. The shooter was able to shoot four women and kill one man before he stopped his rampage, police were saying his motive is unclear and his victims were random victims. With shooting random people and having very little knowledge of the shooter at this time other than a poor video surveillance shot of his body, it will be hard to find out who he is unless he comes forward or someone see’s the…
Introduction Ethan Allen was born in 1738 in Litchfield, Connecticut. He fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. Allen lead the Green Mountain Boys and Benedict Arnold to Fort Ticonderoga to capture it from the British. Early life Ethan Allen was born on January 21, 1738 in Litchfield Connecticut. Allen was one of the first kids from Joseph and Mary Baker, Allen had 5 brothers and 2 sisters. Allen wanted to attend Yale university just like his father. Allen became…