Doctorate

A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse with advanced education. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)(n.d.), they “provide initial, ongoing, and comprehensive care, which includes taking health histories; providing physical examinations and other health assessment; and diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with acute and chronic conditions” (p. 7). “Advanced practice nurses actually predate the founding of modern professional nursing” (Joel, 2013, p. 3).…

Do I Stay Or Do I Dare Why am I going to spend $23,599 Dollars to finish college when I 'm not going to use my degree? The consent fight in my head of wether to finish college or to peace out. I alway think that the sales job I am in right now, I 'm going to do for life but is it? All of these thoughts and emotions has been pulling me through a whirlwind of a lot of sleepless nights, late night talks, and a lot of pondering. I have said to my self-time and time again that I 'm going to…

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”, by Nelson Mandela. It shows that education is very important among us. Based on what Nelson Mandela stated, the education may help to change us from a lower economic to become a successful person. Education helps in our effort to have a better life and when we have an education no one will and can drag us down. What is university degree excellence is about? Is it about how much pointers we get? Or is it about the…

While earning my undergraduate degree, I had a formative internship as a visit monitor at a court-appointed family visitation center. I ensured that children could interact with their parent in a way that was safe, appropriate, and healthy for the child’s physical and emotional health. The families that I monitored had often endured traumatic experiences, particularly related to abuse, neglect, addiction, and mental illness. I witnessed the resiliency and risk factors that impacted these…

DiGuiseppe K ADTED 507 Lesson 4 "Building a Methodological Foundation: Doctorial-Level Methods Courses in Colleges of Education" (McMillan and Wergin 2010) 1. Where would be a more appropriate place for a statement of purpose? Write sentences that could be used to indicate 1) that a comparison of programs and 2) dissertation experiences and requirements are also a focus of the study. Although Leech & Goodwin (2008) propose a general problem statement in…

According to the Children’s Bureau (Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “For 2014, a nationally estimated 1,580 children died of abuse and neglect at a rate of 2.13 per 100,000 children in the national population” (Greenberg & Lopez, 2014). In my opinion, this statistic is outrageous for a nation that prides itself in being the land of the free. The fatalities that have occurred from…

Throughout the past 50 years, online learning has evolved to offer a majority of undergraduate degree programs and advanced degree programs. In 1976, the University of Phoenix was founded to give working adults flexible higher education options. In 1994, the first completely on-line curriculum was introduced by CalCampus, by 2014, 98% of colleges and universities offered online programs (Dumbauld). With these continuing advances in education, more people are able to pursue a college degree.…

Murry, a man with high authority because of being W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, coauthor of “The Bell Curve” (1994) and author of “Coming Apart” analyzes the idea that too many people are going to college in his article “Are too many people going to college?” His title and job status provides an authority and ethos to his appeal. The question is, how could too many people go to college? In the eyes of the world, it is a necessity. Thus creating a strong sense of…

The Eleventh Doctor from Doctor Who, said, “Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan!” Before, I started my master I had a plan already on how to successfully finish. I know theirs four ways to distinguish my accomplishment on succeeding on masters. I want to accomplish my masters in these four areas that are intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, time management, and academic preparedness. They all have a significant plan in place, but they all reach for the same goal in achieving my…

From a very young age, students are always told that going to college is the best way to have a secure and successful future. As many students have probably figured out by now, college is not for everyone. Some people are perfectly content with the jobs and the life they have, and they never had to step foot into a college classroom. Honestly, sometimes I think college is not for me. I constantly think about dropping out and looking at careers I can go into that only require some training and…