Ergonomics

“Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder” is a term that people hear more about these days than they used to. It seems like every classroom across the nation has one, if not several students that has ADHD. These students are the ones who often get labeled: hyper, distracted, out-of-control, daydreamers, antsy pants, etc. According to our textbook, Abnormal Psychology, the ability to be able to control one’s activity and use that control to accomplish every day goals is an essential process…

Registered Nurses on Workplace Hazards: A Challenge to Face Most people in their average everyday life believe that registered nurses (RNs) do not have difficulties and that it is set as an easy career. However, a few statistics from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have proven that up to 5.6 million out of the 12.2 million registered nurses suffer from occupational bloodborne pathogens. In addition, between the years of 2012 and 2014 violence in the registered nurses…

10 Insanely Cool Gifts to Make Your Techie Happy What I want, is something Boxing-Day-proof. Never mind that I live in the U.S., where Boxing Day remains an idea for our neighbors to the north. The concept is the same. Boxing Day is for getting rid of stuff you don’t want anymore. That 's why it 's right after you get stuff you do, for Christmas and Hanukkah. I’d like to receive gifts impossible to toss out for years because they’re just that awesome. I’d love to give gifts that prove impossible…

The Cost of “Doing Business” Think for a moment about the people in your life, friends, family and co-workers, reflect also on yourself. Now visualize the current state of these people, are they overweight, underweight, look tired or stressed? Do they work long hours, eat poorly and lack exercise? Perhaps they are overworked, putting in more hours to climb the corporate ladder to make a higher salary. Simple economics teaches us that everything has an opportunity cost, however we tend not to…

Company’s Mission Statement: Over a half of a century exploring North Face still stand by their mission statement “Provide the best gear for the athletes and the modern day explorer, support the preservation of the outdoors, and inspire a global movement of exploration” (The North Face , 2016 ). The North Face is a pioneer brand, which epitomizes an individualist, blazing it 's own particular trail in quest for flexibility, adventure and new encounters that bolster his spirit. Exploration,…

machines to be produced. The administrative offices are shabby, disorganized, and run inefficiently. Improving technology here will increase efficiency and effectiveness as well. The administrative offices should be updated with new technology and ergonomic offices with plans to ensure they stay updated by updated computers and software technology every three…

A hot and controvertial topic in the medical field is the use of robots in surgical procedures. A large contribution to its popularity are due to some fallacies pre established by society, other "educated" arguments look at technical aspects of the robots. Quite a few of the controversies revolve around the topic of labor and how humans with families will benefit, other controversies evaluate the effectiveness and necessity of an autonomous surgery. Lastly there are simply personal questions…

This pad is specifically designed to cover the curvy parts of your joints with FIR technology benefits for fast pain relief. You get the benefits of a support brace along with infrared heat therapy in an ergonomic, breathable design. This comes with an all-body wrap, a hot pack, charger, and the user manual. No natural stones are used with this FIR heating pad, but it’s effective for joint pain and other targeted limbs. Final Thoughts My preference in FIR…

The baby Boomers are the longest living generation due to them being considered trend setters that structured the modern-day economy as it pertains to retirement. This population has forced the healthcare industry to be reformed, especially when it comes to the aging populous, persons 65 and over, the initial retirement age was 65 and now has been reformed to 67 years of age. In 2012 Medicare spent 377 billion dollars on inpatient hospital stays. Due to the increase in inpatient hospital…

RCS Air Sampler: Start time 950am and Stop time 952am 1. Answer the questions below. 2. As this information will all have to be reviewed by your Supervisor, ensure to submit all documentation related to your sampling strategy and sampling records, along with the answers to the questions below. Questions: 1. List the real-time airborne concentration ranges of the items below that you gathered from your sampling, and describe how the measurements compare against the standards described in the…