Critique

For the third music critique I am going to talk about the performances of Gunnar Biggs and Bill Bradburry. First of all, I must say this was my favorite performance of the semester so far. I love the bass and it amazes me how beautiful the mandolin plays music. The musician who played the bass was Gunnar while the mandolin was played Bill. They both played Irish traditional music, however in their performance they improvised solos when usually you don’t in Irish traditional music. Both Gunnar…

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and critique a quantitative journal article, “Return of Bowel Sounds Indicating an End of Postoperative Ileus: Is it Time to Cease this Long-Standing Tradition?” written by Robert L. Massey, PhD, RN, NEA-BC. The article is related to the reliability of bowel sounds as an indication of an end of postoperative ileus after abdominal surgery. Every aspect of the study was first explained before the information from the study itself was presented using clear…

Qualitative Research Article Critique In the article Interstate Partnerships in Emergency Management: Emergency Management Assistance Compact in Response to Catastrophic Disasters, Kapucu et al. (2009) discusses the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. This study focused on a need to address efforts for emergency management at the state level. Throughout the study, certain themes emerged from the data which support the idea that EMAC…

Concert Critique I went to The Quapaw String Quartet concert Friday, March 23 that was in Bevens Music Room of Brown Chapel at 7:30 pm., which was a Dan C. and Sidney West Endowed Concert. I really enjoyed this concert because the performers are always magnificent, and they are great on conveying the underlying message or feeling of the pieces they play. The performers played pieces from the Classical and Romantic period, and they were in chamber music pieces because the instruments that the…

destruction of Victor, and the tale may serve as a cautionary warning to those who undergo scientific and technological pursuits that go against nature, like creating life from the dead. However, Mary Shelley’s writing does not seem to indicate a critique of science or the making of the Creature, but rather…

Journal Article Critique One The article Keys to Quality Infant Care by Alice Sterling Honig was appropriately informative and comprehensive. I appreciated the holistic view of baby care instead of the author supposing that one miraculous method will satisfy all the needs of baby care. To my surprise, babies can be very smart and communicative. For a long time I believed that babies could not think for themselves. In addition, I assumed a mother could only guess at her baby’s needs…

Counseling sessions with younger age students from the age range of 4 to 6 was very interesting experiences to critique and summarize my results of the overall sessions. The both session was with child that age range from 4 to 5 years old. Play for young children is important in learning, and also therapy interventions to address issues. He was given choices of puppet, blocks or puzzles to choose from to establish competency 100. This when a successful therapeutic relationship between…

experience by aiming to improve quality of care and increase patient’s well being. The following qualitative research critique is based on the article “Feeling Confident in Using PICC Lines: Patients’ Experiences of Living with a PICC Line during Chemotherapy Treatment. Research Tradition The research tradition in this article is…

Article Critique Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Article Critique Abstract Does the abstract mention the hypothesis or purpose of the study, a summary of study design, and the main findings of the study? The article has direct abstract. Instead, a background of the study explains the need and the purpose for the study. Therefore, the background suggests that the theme of the paper is to establish the importance of lifestyle activities to the health of a person. There is no…

Name Summary This study was conducted with 12 Caucasian and Latina women dementia caregivers. The participants were given self-report questionnaires including the Depression Scale, a self-efficacy scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Revised Memory and Behavior Problem Checklist which determined their reactions to upsetting events associated with being a caregiver to complete one week before the yoga instruction course called Inner Resources began. The Inner Resources program consisted…