Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George’s Hospital is still making improvements to reach the desired level of quality care provided to patients with conditions such as heart failure, heart attack, surgical infection prevention and pneumonia (Lurie et al., 2009). In spite of the efforts the hospital has made towards quality improvement, there are still cases of patients developing complications. Complications lead to increased readmission, hospital cost, length of stay in the hospital as well as increased mortality. In…

This case arises out of damages sustained to a 397-unit apartment complex in Camp Springs, Maryland. The Owner, Metropolitan Apartments at Camp Springs, LLC (“Metropolitan”), incurred significant property damage following a magnitude 5.8 earthquake that occurred on August 23, 2011. (E. 1013). Appellee is WCS Construction, LLC (“WCS”), which served as the general contractor and construction manager of the project called “Town Center at Camp Springs Apartments.” (E. 947) Appellant is the…

Throughout the memoir, A Question of Freedom written by him, Dwayne Betts had faced a lot of obstacles and limited choices/decisions behind bars in a Fairfax County Jail in Virginia. There are many reasons why others define Betts as a “felon”, but he describes himself as a “success”, Betts chose himself as a “learner”, others define me as “motivated” and to reflect based on challenges of defining an identity is, “failure to success”. Throughout the memoir, many people describe Betts as a…

I have had multiple leadership experiences in my life. I have participated in the Emerging Leaders of Prince George’s County program, I am currently Captain of Southern Maryland Christian Academy Mustangs, and I led a Tai Chi presentation. Throughout my life, I have always worked hard and have been chosen to lead. I am energized by the trust placed in me. Even though positions of leadership often come with the responsibility of making difficult decisions, I am not scared of failure. My method is…

1. Introduction/Define County Prince George’s County (PG) was established by the 1695 Maryland general assembly, originally formed by parts of Calvert and Charles counties, and is the second largest county in the state of Maryland. It is part of the suburban Washington region and has an estimated population of 909,535. As the second largest county, it houses 15% of Maryland’s total population. The county racial distribution is 26.5% Caucasian and 73.5% minorities. PG is primarily urban with…

Over the years the Maryland Education system has made changes in their process of evaluating teacher progress during a school year. During that time Maryland has adopted the Common Core Standards and has applied and was awarded a federal Race to the Top Grant. Apart of that process, Maryland made State assessment data that measure student growth apart of the evaluation process. Their goal was to identify and support educators who are effective to improve student growth. Their rationale…

Crime in neighboring Prince George's County, Maryland, initially experienced an increase, but has recently witnessed steep declines as poorer residents moved out of the city into the nearby suburbs.[16] Crime has declined both in the District and the suburbs in recent years. In fact, the…

Meet Maria Wills: A Single Mother Paving her Own Way in Entrepreneurship and Entertainment Maria Wills was born in Washington D.C. and raised in Princes George’s County, Maryland. Wills Attended Drexel University and is a single mother to her four-year-old daughter, Juliana. Ambitious and forward thinking, Maria started her event planning company, Self-Explanatory Productions, at the young age of 18. In addition to raising her daughter and event planning, Wills wears many other hats…

Throughout the memoir, A Question of Freedom, Dwayne Betts had faced a lot of obstacles and limited choices/decisions behind bars in a Fairfax County Jail in Virginia. There are many reasons why others define Betts as a “felon,” but he describes himself as a “success,” Betts chose himself as a “learner,”. Others define me as “motivated” and others define Betts between “failure to success”. In addition, failure is a negative side to face in life and becoming successful is a positive side to face…

Suitland, Maryland, on September 29, 1988. As one of four children of Wanda and Wayne Pratt, Durant grew up loving sports with his sister, Brianna, and two brothers, Anthony (also a basketball player) and Rayvonne. His grandma, Barbara, was a strong influence to him, telling him that his height was a blessing, even though schoolmates teased him for always being the tallest in class. Durant's success started with the PG Jaguars, an Amateur Athletic Union youth basketball team in Prince George's…