Shield

While reading David Shield's Reality Hunger I thought my torture would never end. This novel is so overrated and useless. I wouldn't even classify this book as a novel due to it being so gimmicky and Shields is very much a hypocrite in my opinion. David Shields talks about his boredom with the “traditional form of the novel.” I do believe that there are numerous genre-bending novels around, in which the authors of those books wanted to write a form of literature that was creative,…

Utley, Robert M. The Lance and the Shield: The Life and times of Sitting Bull. New York: Henry Holt, 1993. Growing up in East Texas and not knowing much about Indians and not fully comprehending what the Indian way of life was, but one person that new was Sitting Bull. After reading The Lance and the Shield: The Life and times of Sitting Bull by Robert Utley I can fully believe how Sitting Bull actually was as a great leader of the Lakota tribe apart of the Sioux nation and as a great man…

In the United States, the financing of the health services system is extremely expensive. The most dramatic change in the financing of the health services system was the Affordable Care Act, which made the most current and largest change in the nation’s health care financing system. “The United States system of financing health care is quite distinct from those used in other developed nations; most other developed countries have a system that involves a set of services to which every citizen is…

& Morton, 2014). Healthcare is provided through both public and private health agencies. Public healthcare agencies are provided by the government such as Medicaid. Private healthcare agencies are non-government providers such as Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS). Both agencies have set rules of addressing cost and quality of care to the community. This paper will address these quality issues, initiatives to improve quality care, and the implications that will affect nurses. Private versus Public…

Caring for a cerebrovascular accident in Augusta Georgia. Augusta is known for its many hospitals, so well-known that when I was younger there was talk of changing Augusta’s nickname from the garden city of the south to the hospital city of the south. This did not happen, however the area does have four major hospitals, and two major military facilities. The large number of medical facilities with varying means of funding allows people to receive care to find quality care regardless of their…

often told what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. Amidst such embellishments and lies, however, one thing should remain constant: the honesty of writers as they communicate with audiences. In Matt de la Pea’s article “Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children from Darkness,” he delves into the debate between truth-telling and sensitivity in writing, especially regarding children’s literature. Through personal experiences and reflections,…

reimbursement are managed care and self-pay. There are a wide range of insurance companies that provide coverage at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. Some of the more common insurance companies that provide for and pay for services at MSK are Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CIGNA, HIP Medicaid, TRICARE, and United Healthcare. In addition to the various insurance companies that pay for services MSK also provides financial assistance for those without health insurance or to those individuals covered under…

The Organizational Behavior of Trinity Behavioral Health Unit 1 Philen Cummings Belhaven University “A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control” (Robert Bennett). Thus explaining the importance of my workplace Trinity Behavioral Health, which is located in Jackson, Mississippi. We provide services for the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being of troubled…

I met with Joy Ahern, the Health Promotions Supervisor at the Metropolitan Council. Joy’s responsibilities, on top of managing individuals in the Health and Wellness group within Human Resources, are to collect health related data, presentations on health topics and pre-planning health and wellness promotions with Council wide facilities. Growing up Joy lived a life many would only dream about. When she was 16 she lived in South America and Uruguay. At the age of 19, Joy lived in England…

Since the first establishment of the United States government, Americans has been brainwashed to believe the power to do what is good for the people. A large percentage of Americans would agree that the government have control of everyone’s life. Some people would ask the numerous questions that would make people really think. What kind of things should the government have control over? How much authority should the government be given? In my opinion, I believe that the government should have…