The Continuum

Most say that spiritual development moves from pre-awareness or a limited spiritual awareness to awakening or a need for spiritual knowledge, which begins as early as adolescence (Richmond, 2004, p. 368). This seems to be the universal thought and according to Paloutzian (1996), development of religion changes across development in terms of meaning (p. 136). Regarding the development of religion, several stage models have been proposed. On such model is James Fowler’s seven stage model of…

Rationale for joining cohort? Veterans Leadership Program operates programs and delivers services to veterans in 18 counties (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lawrence, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland). By participating in the economic impact study, VLP hopes to effectively coalesce organizational output and performance into quantitative figures which can be clearly and articulately…

‘Le Rein’ It is logically explained that we are all in some way explorers in time, crossing the continuum through the universe. As you relax and simply sit to read your book, time is swirling around you. The future is like grains of sand filtering through your fingers, spiraling and metamorphosing into the past as every second passes. Everything that you are executing at this precise moment in time is rapidly descending into the past. Close your eyes for a moment and block out your…

As people age they want to remain in their homes and retain their independence. Not all seniors want to live in a community setting. Giving care to older family members is difficult because they are not trained in care coordination, navigate the healthcare system, nor are they knowledgeable about how to assist their loved one in regaining their independence of maintaining their health (Lamb, 2014). This problem is further compounded because family members may not live close to their aging parent…

are documented after the admission, these conditions will not be reimbursed. This is also one of the reasons we have documentation specialist, case managers and admission nurses in all hospitals. Patients will get increased quality across the continuum of care, improve safety and improved outcome. The cost can be reduced by eliminating redundant testing and diagnostic investigation. But we need to admit that many patients may struggle to get a primary care or a specialty physician with the…

Billie Holiday was an African American jazz singer, and she was born in 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since she dropped out from school, she started looking for a job to make money. Unfortunately, there weren’t any jobs of the type of work that she was looking for that were available. However, she auditioned as a singer in one bar, and she impressed the owners of jazz and blues, not with her ability to sing jazz and blues. Holiday's real uttered effect was Louis Pops Armstrong. She…

Benner’s theory focuses on the development of the nurse’s level of knowledge from the theoretical and practical realm. It provides a continuum with which the nurse may move based on their level of experience and knowledge base. It promotes the use of personal knowledge, reasoning and research knowledge to develop one’s level of expertise to promote positive patient outcomes (Altmann, 2007)…

In order to conduct a discussion about philosophy of science we need to have a better understanding of what these terms encompass and mean. Philosophy represents the assumptions, believes, values and the worldview. Gortner tries to explain that nursing syntax builds on “the consequences of particular world views” and not even one, which is consistent with the idea of having a more accurate representation of reality. So, human being need to be viewed and analyzed from different perspective as…

A major role in nursing is advocating and supporting patients and their families at any point in the health care continuum. This advocacy and support is beneficial during the end-of-life care to help patients and their families understand what it is their family member wants, and also, to help them navigate through the process of loss. For end-of-life care to be successful the conversation needs to start before the person is terminally ill and, in some cases, unable to communicate their last…

There are two different types of communities one being Gemeinschaft, and the other Gesellschaft. These two are completely different and end up on the opposite ends of the continuum. Gemeinschaft means the community that is older and more rural. The other Gesellschaft is a modern community with a lot of people and a lot of different culture. These two are different especially in the movie The Village this is best shown when the blind girl jumps the fence and she is wearing clothing that looks…