Stay of execution

My current nursing path is leading me down community nursing therefore the research article gave me an insight on areas to focus to assist my patients to remain in the homes. As a student nurse, I found the OASIS assessment difficult to understand and I can see where true compliance may be difficult. Also, the documentation is only as good as those doing the assessment. I would not think that any professional would assess a client as at risk for fall and then note that they did not do anything…

The only definite thing in life is that it will one day end. That truth is perhaps the defining feature of the human condition. Mortality is inevitable act, so we can either accept it, or continue to deny the coming day of our own deaths. In Ambrose Bierce’s short story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” the principal character, Peyton Farquhar, experiences both the denial and acceptance of his impending death. Farquhar is sentenced to be hanged by Union soldiers and as he faces his final…

alcoholic who has thrown away his life and is in and out of the hospital every month. In this scenario, it makes sense for the driver to be put in danger, but the scenario could easily be switched, which would render a situation where the car would stay on the road and kill the…

tangible form by means of the mass exodus of whites from the revolt different parts of the U.S. The influence of these refugees also touched the U.S. an array of ways: primarily through cultural and political roles they augmented throughout their stay there. White refugees brought their slaves over to the U.S. border, even though they were unwillingly accepted, and carried out their French Creole culture. This is more apparent in Louisiana, particularly the within the port city of New Orleans,…

nation which includes burning in a bottomless pit forever. He uses fear to scare you into converting because he knows nobody wants to burn for eternity. For instance, Edwards states “his anger towards them as to those that are actually suffering the executions of the fierceness of his wrath in hell” (Edwards 41). With…

skills before the game and the outcome of games. Like Snowball’s plan for the windmill, Aaron has had different plans and ideas on how to work the team and the way we play, but some have fallen through or been altered, in a way similar to Snowball’s execution of the windmill plan and his multiple animal…

mistakes and take control of power. Summarizing his point, he is saying that everyone is equal but some are more equal than others. One of Orwell’s point is that too much power on one person will corrupt society. “And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood, which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones” (Orwell 40). With this being said, Napoleon gradually gains…

At the beginning of The Prince Machiavelli, chapters 1-10, he discusses many different ways the princes come to power and how they stay in power. In these chapters, he touches on ways rulers become successful and the ways they can destroy their palace and how they can be a successful ruler. This part of the work of literature is the guideline for the do's and don’ts for rulers based…

Maternity Leave For Adoptive Parents Adoptive parents should be given maternity leave for many reasons concerning expenses, lifestyle changes, and getting used to the new being of a child in the house. Under the Federal Family and Medicare Leave Act, passed in 1993, adoptive parents are given unpaid leave for 3 months whilst the average family is given 4 weeks of paid leave then another 8 weeks non-paid leave. If parents are not given the proper time and care to change their lifestyle it…

conviction, his friend Grant Wiggins was urged to reach out to Jefferson by his aunt Tante Lou and Jefferson’s godmother Miss Emma. Grant did not believe he would be able to make a difference in Jefferson’s life in the short period of time before his execution. Nonetheless, Grant visits Jefferson for many reasons. In the beginning, it is clear that he visits him on behalf of Tante Lou and Miss Emma. Over time, however, Grant began to change and it became obvious…