Galveston

African hospital with third degree burns over 65 percent of her body, she spent 7 month at the hospital fighting for her life. The hospital in Nigeria was not helping cure the burns it was just making sure she stay alive, so they contacted Shriner in Galveston so they can try to cure her burns. When Kechi got there she had more than 100 surgeries. After Kechi healed she is getting a big standing ovation award from the audience for her performance of Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud for a national…

Sheldon Cooper Sheldon Cooper, or Shelly as his friends and family sometimes refer to him as, is a character on the television series The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon Cooper is a senior theoretical physicist at CalTech where he works with his roommate, Leonard Hofstadter. Sheldon has many things that seems odd about him. Some of the things that are a little different that he does is that he must knock 3 times of his neighbor Penny’s door. He does not quite understand sarcasm when it is spoken to…

Birth Defects and Childhood Cancer Birth defects are common across the United States and other countries. Studies show that Children with major birth defects, are at high risk of developing cancer during childhood development. Birth defects such as neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma and hepatoblastoma, all which typically develop in early childhood. These birth defects can be caused by several different reason which are associated with genetic factors as well as environmental factors. Most factors…

state hood and slavery (1845-1856): Texas applied for statehood just 16 years before the Civil War and was admitted to the union in 1845 as a slave state. Slavery formally ended in Texas after June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth), when Gen. Granger arrived at Galveston with occupying federal forces and announced emancipation. Emilee, Texas was the home of my grandparents, Rosetta and William Rigsby that where they live as childhood sweetheart and were married; they had 13 children, which one died at birth…

UTMB is a large, highly successful academic medical system in Galveston TX. When the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) assessed its training needs in late 2015, nursing leadership recognized a gap in charge nurse development. With no formal tools in place and a somewhat inconsistent structure to the Charge…

My copies of the Houston Chronicle and USA Today were both dated Thursday September 11th. Both papers chose to write about the speech President Obama gave about ISIL on the evening of Wednesday September 10th for their main story. In their featured article, the papers talk about what the President said and what he plans to do to fight ISIL terrorism. This is a topic that should interest every American, especially on the anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. With the yearly…

Professional Interview Professional Role Development: Advance Practice Nurse NURS 603 Ogechi Nebeolisa Maryville University Interview with and Family Nurse Practitioner The healthcare field is always evolving and one of the vital fields in demand is nursing. Nursing is both a challenging and rewarding career. The role of nurses is no longer limited to the basic care such as changing patients, providing medications, and offering support, as the past has indicated. In fact, the role…

As a group, we will be presenting on traffic as an ongoing problem within the city of Houston. Illustrated through our speech will be a comparison of Houston’s traffic to other cities in the United States. We will also discuss current plans to alleviate the issue and how it is working out for us as a city, future plans to help with our cities traffic congestion, as well as other possible outcomes that we as Houstonians have yet to look into. We will go into detail with each section to explain…

in critical tone in order to present the lack of disrespect and finding these young woman. As he speaks, in “Dark Minds” Mr. Phelps portrays a deep feeling of melancholy, sorrow, and agony. He talks about the desolate road between Houston and Galveston where many have said is the highway of Hell. The show starts off with intense scary music in the backgroun, the screen is dark and he has a mono tone voice as he explains why is the “Texas killing field” one of the most chilling roads in…

Someone who I believe we should all be aware of is a man who before a couple of weeks ago I didn’t know the name of. This man is Jack Johnson, maybe you’ve heard of him. Mr. Johnson was a very famous and controversial boxer, born on March 31, 1878 in Galveston, Texas. If you haven’t heard his name before now I kind of pity you, I believe that every American should know the name of Mr. Jack Johnson because he was able to break the color barrier, a great boxer, and a true…