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During my time in clinicals on a pediatric floor, I have participated in the discharge of patients and their parents. Pain management and comfort were two of the few topics that parents expressed concern about after discharge teaching. While the nurse attempted to address these issues, it felt as though the parents left the hospital without full confidence in how to manage their child’s pain. It became clear that parents needed further, specific discharge education on pain management when their…

Pride is one of the few words in the English language that everybody can identify with. Pride is actually a good thing to have because if a person has pride in what he does it makes him do it better. If a person is working a job and has pride in what he does, he tends to put forth his best effort and try to become the best employee he can. Pride is a thing that can cause people to feel a sense of satisfaction even if they fail. As long as they give their best, they are satisfied. But as the…

relocating within the next few years in Philadelphia. Reasons why these schools may be closing are the lack of funding, overcrowding, lack of resources, increased competitiveness in charter schools and students being forgotten. Philadelphia is known as having one of the worst school districts in the country. A good portion of this statistic is due to funding. Funding is something that is at the base of all problems and all solutions. For these Philadelphia schools discussed in this article,…

Sometimes a new image is needed. Not something that totally erases what's inside, but something that shows what inside has grown after dealing with experiences that were either positive or negative. Philadelphia's own Noel Scales seems to be going through a similar change, as the singer/songwriter shares her new demeanor in her debut EP Beautiful Bad. Beautiful Bad is Noel Scales' musical declaration that states that a change is needed in her life. The cause of the transformation comes from the…

After defeating the Atlanta Falcons last Sunday for their second straight victory, the Philadelphia Eagles took their talents on the road to CenturyLink Field against the Seattle Seahawks. The Eagles came into today's game with a record of 1-4 on the road. Nevertheless, the Eagles were not able to change their fortunes as they were dominated on both sides of the ball, losing to the Seahawks 26-15. To open up the game, the Eagles' defense did an excellent job of forcing Seahawks quarterback…

troubles from Uzi, Malo, and Chaka does nothing but stress Amina out who already have mental illness and choose not to speak on it but write about her troubles in a journal. Malo decides to read his mom journal one day because she was admitted the Philadelphia Psychiatric Center. Malo was indecisive on if he should really read it, but then he decided that he should because maybe he could see what is going wrong so he can see if there is anything, he can do to prevent another…

Alliteration and hyphenate is greatly used in The American Pageant in order to enhance the history of The United States. In this excerpt which describes Kennedy’s New Frontier, the author uses big numbers, alliteration, and hyphenates as descriptive devices in order for students to categorize the given information as positive or negative and unknowingly have a set view on this topic in history. Some examples from The American Pageant include, “A stampede of 43,129,566 Johnson votes trampled the…

As we look into American history classes we see a common core across the country. Our students learn from the time America was founded to current events today. In our history classes we are taught from textbooks that are prolonged and biased towards the white man. The educational board needs to add other perspectives to history classes and textbooks because this will expand the future generation 's knowledge of others cultures, ethnicities, sex and points of view. All across the United States…

artistic experimentation (Kindig). But the question is “How did these artists include emotions in their work” which expressed the hardships of people during this time. This is one of the many lessons that was taught during my senior internship at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.Where I had the opportunity to take part in the teen sketch club. Emotions are an instinctive state of mind deriving from one 's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others. It’s one of the few things that all…

My county is called Philadelphia City County, and that is in state of Philadelphia. According to the United States Census Bureau 2014, Philadelphia city county population was estimate at 518, 857 million. The female population was 460,760 which accounts for 46.0 %, the male population was 582,692 which accounts for 51.5 %, Under 5 years old 6.2%, Under 18 years old 23.0%, and 65 years or older. (United States Census Bureau, 2014). The numbers of senior citizens who are of 65 years and above are…