The End

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 wishes to family or staff. The nurse can play an integral part in furthering conversations about end-of life care and what aspects…

A year end test that would determine whether or not a student graduates to the next grade could be an overall improvement to education. As of now, every state has some sort of year-end assessment to decide their classes for the next year, as well as give an Verviers of how well the have progressed. This test has practical reasons, but one that requires you to pass could have numerous other benefits. These include better test scores, higher attendance rates, and an overall increase in class…

path and to your end goal. But, there are many perils that try and stop you from reaching your end goal. Homer’s The Odyssey is symbolic of my life because it is about Odysseus wanting and fighting for his end goal as much as I want to reach mine. My end goal is to be successful in life. Starting with getting good grades and focusing on this goal until I graduate. Then beginning the path to my end goal. From there, I will make good choices so I can reach my goal in the end. This is…

The End of Surburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream is an astonishing documentary that was produced in 2004, by Gregory Greene, which alleges that “Suburbia” is predicated on cheap energy and that when oil production peaks, the suburbs will decline. (citation). The film alleges that suburbia is predicated on cheap energy and that when oil production peaks the suburbs will decline (citation). http://www.cityclock.org/film-peak-oil-end-suburbia/#.Vw-uaEc0DIV. It also…

“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end” (BrainyQuote.com). The famous saying of Niccolo’ Machiavelli that “the end justifies the means” has spread all over the world and became an excuse for many people. When most people do something unethical in order to get what they want they explain that “end justifies the means”. So, that whenever they do that helps them to achieve or get closer to their goal must be done immediately; since the result matters…

The Ocean at The End of the Lane is a novel which was written by Neil Gaiman, and it was originally published by William Morrow and Company in 2013. It is a novel of fantasy, in that a seven-year-old boy experienced something horrifying and peculiar. The theme of this novel is the childhood memory which has been lost when you get older. Although it was a fantasy story, this is the book more for adults than children. This book starts with a scene of a middle-aged man returning to his hometown…

media. Social media consists of two-thirds of the world’s population having internet access. However, in today’s society, Facebook is the number one leading social media that a lot of users participate in. The article “Facebook and the Empiphanter: An End to Endings?” by Paul Ford argues how social media can be essential in supplying instant news and updates on matters people benefit from, but can’t replace the perception of “ending”…

Dead End Drive-In is another flick in a long line of random horror films from the 80s that I haven't seen. IT seems there is a good amount out there waiting to be experienced and Arrow Video is bringing them out on Blu-ray for just that purpose alone. Directed by Brian XXX (Night of the Demons 2), Dead End Drive-In came out in XXX and is known as an Ozploitation flick, much in the same line as Mad Max. It delivers a message on the downfall society and the feuding between the haves and the…

setting, doctors and patients are often faced with circumstances related to end-of-life. Conventionally, it is the duty of the doctors to preserve life and ensure that their patients live for long. However, there are cases of terminal illnesses in which death may seem like the more suitable solution. There are ethical implications of the actions of doctors, patients, and patients’ family members in the event of end-of-life ethical issues. Some of the issues include the rightness or…

End of the Cold War Sunny Sidhu Athabasca University Calgary, AB Adam Lajeunesse HIST 455 Nov, 16, 2015 The foundation of the Cold War was built on several different disagreements such as the two superpowers at the time having differing opinions, the way the security of the nation should be dealt with, and the governments neglecting each others opinions. All of these disagreements escalated into the war that killed many innocent civilians. Many were injured and disabled…