Qi

There is an Igbo proverb that goes, “When a man says yes, his chi also says yes” (Achebe 27). Things Fall Apart,by Chinua Achebe, is a story set in the Igbo society of Nigeria about a man who struggles with his chi and trying to change his fate. In the Igbo society, chi is seen as a personal god, almost like karma, that helps a person make the right decisions and keeps them safe if they deserve it. Chi plays a crucial role in understanding the deeper meaning of the events in Things Fall Apart…

Phase Three is centered on becoming more energy efficiency and increasing the use of solar energy so that the increasing population will have adequate energy supplies should non-renewable energy sources become depleted. Energy efficiency can be improved by setting stricter guidelines for energy use for corporations and local businesses. These guidelines should be well enforced. Being energy efficient saves money spent on energy costs, and reduces pollution emissions. Additionally, solar panels…

When I began looking into colleges and careers in my junior year of High School, I never thought I would end up where I am currently (today). I had recognized that I wanted to help people and make a difference in others’ lives no matter what career I chose. I also was aware that I have more of a kinesthetic personality, and with this I knew I required an environment that allowed that characteristic to thrive. The human body is an amazing, beautiful and complicated organism (Entity) that I was…

Pg 1 – 2 Intro Carol Twombly was born on June 13, 1959 in Concord, Massachusetts. She was a promising student at the Rhode Island School of Design. Before becoming a typographer, she was a sculpture, but later on she decided to go into graphic design because it was more practical course to study for her. She studied under the type designer Charles Bigelow, the designer of Lucida, Apple Geneva and Wingdings. Bigelow’s work interested and influenced her work as a typographer. In 1988, Twombly…

The denial of women’s rights to divorce and remarriage was advocated. A wife could be divorced if she committed one of seven “wrongs”(七出之条 Qi Chu Zhi Tiao), such as failure to serve well or disobeying parents-in-law, failure to give birth to a son, and jealousy. Women submerge their individuality to her family, following the orders of their fathers when young, their husbands when married…

An End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patient in her 30’s has sickle-cell anemia. She has only dialyzed intermittently as an out-patient for a total of a month since admission almost three months ago. She has been hospitalized numerous times in that short duration. The dialysis clinic operates within a certain guideline that prompts movement from having the least recommended dialysis access to one that is considered the most effective and efficient. The patient has a central line as an access. The…

There are some principles that quality improvement, QI works as systems and processes, focus on the patients, focus on being part of the team, and also focus on the use of data. Quality improvements work as systems and also as processes. When it comes to quality improvements, you got to make sure you avoided…

Capewell, S., Ford, E. S., Croft, J. B., Critchley, J. A., Greenlund, K. J., & Labarthe, D. R. (2010). Cardiovascular risk factor trends and options for reducing future coronary heart disease mortality in the United States of America. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88(2), 120-130. doi:10.2471/blt.08.057885 As stated in the article Cardiovascular risk factor trends and potential for reducing coronary heart disease mortality in the United States of America,…

Together this combination of Neo-Daoism and Chan Buddhism put Confucianism on its heels and it became clear that changes had to be made if a Confucian revival was to be possible. The second interaction came when Neo-Daoism and Chan Buddhism’s increased popularity forced an intellectual reorganization of Confucianism that took place during the Song Dynasty (宋朝, 960-1279 A.D.). Thinkers like Zhu Xi (朱熹, 1130-1200 A.D.) refocused on the importance of self-cultivation to Confucian ethics while…

the biggest impact on changing practice (Grove et al., 2015). In the research conducted on breast milk given to the wrong infant, the study was a quasi-experimental time series quality improvement initiatives with evidence-based interventions. The QI team used the tools from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Model for improvements and Six Sigma where they flow charted process and collection for validity (Oza-Frank et al.,…