Medical assistant

1. According to a recent Nielsen survey, there has been a significant increase in the number of consumers 65 years and older using smart phones. How can Walgreens take advantage of this demographic as the company expands its online retail presence? Walgreens is taking advantage of the senior demographic by expanding its retail presence through mobile devices. Many of the Apple products are easy to operate, therefore allowing the older generation to have the retailer at their finger tips. Along…

In 1962 the Dayton Company decided to venture in the world of discount chain stores. The company came up with the iconic red bulls-eye and named the company Target. According to Widdess (1962), “As a marksman's goal is to hit the center bulls-eye, the new store would do much the same in terms of retail goods, services, commitment to the community, price, value and overall experience.” With creating such a wide target audience, it has become essential to have a well thought-out marketing plan. A…

Introduction of the Canadian Mobile Industry Nowadays, mobiles become the necessity of peoples’ daily life. People keep their cell phone with them wherever they go and whatever they are doing. People communicate with each other on phone with SMS, mobile applications or through social media platforms when they are on the go. Businesses market and promote their products and services through mobile web; and consumers and purchase online and communicate their needs and wants with their smart phones…

Over the past recent years, the advancement of technology has led to incredible innovations, many of which being related to the development and use of the smartphone. Whether it be an iOS or Android device, the smartphone is capable of executing incredible functions. A popular necessity of the use of smartphones are the applications that can be downloaded and/or bought through app stores, respective to each device. There are millions of apps, with categories ranging from business and…

When I decided to enroll in becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) last 2009, I know that I would be able to deal with different kinds of people and be able to be part of their healing process during their stay in the healthcare institution. Today, as I become a part of the health team, I learned a lot of things. First is being able to know how to communicate and work with varied type of people may it be our patient or a coworker. In my every day shift at hospitals and nursing homes, I was…

45b Accounts for one’s decisions and actions by: verifying and clarifying policies, procedures and orders. A client who was abusing drugs was complaining of pain he was given the prescribed pain medication but he still complained of the pain after an hour of taking the medication and said he wanted something stronger. I advised him to wait a little longer for the medication to take effect but he refused. I checked the clients MAR and there was an order for an opioid analgesic PRN if the pain…

4.5.4 Pin, Gesture and Password. Similarly to iOS, Android supports a four digits long (from 0 to 4) to gain access to the system. Android gives the opportunity to use a password of variable length, and is able to include numbers, symbols, and letters. Gesture is a pattern between symbols given; It is necessary to repeat the same gesture previously saved to gain access to the system. (Abalenkovs et al. 2012). The use of the PIN access is probably the most extended method to protect the phone…

Isn’t it amazing, the entirety of human knowledge is accessible through a single device, small enough to fit into our pockets? Yet most of us use it to send tweets, text our friends, play games, and sometimes to avoid conversation. The device I’m referring to is none other than a smart phone. A smart phone is a mobile device with advanced features. It has a high-resolution touch screen display, WIFI connectivity, web browsing capabilities, and the ability to run sophisticated…

“Mobile communications and pervasive computing technologies, together with social contracts that were never possible before, are already beginning to change the way people meet, mate, work, war, buy, sell, govern and create” (Howard Rheingold). The first device that allowed long distance voice communication was the Telephone invented in 1876 by Alexander Bell and Elisha Gray. This was the start to voice communication and lead the way for phones to come which soon became mobile. The first mobile…

Smart Phones in School: A Teaching Tool or a Distraction? Smart phones have become the “norm” in our society. Almost everyone has a smart phone, more commonly a smart phone. Smart phones allow users to access vast amounts of information right at one’s fingertips. Smart phones also allow the user to communicate instantaneously with their closest friends and loved ones through calling, text messaging, and various forms of social media. Smart phones have become a part of our daily lives and…