The Flicker

A) As you observed the professional/registered nurse’s role in this setting, what evidence of a professional level of nursing practice? The type of setting I was in during my clinical rotation was Acute Rehabilitation. The nurses on the floor all had a very professional mechanism. The use of evidence based practice integrated patient-centered care, working in interdisciplinary teams, integrating research, and quality improvement (Stevens, 2013). These professional nurses displayed…

Relating to adults: not as hard as becoming one My senior year I was given the opportunity to co-direct a Shakespeare play at Families Inspiring Leaders Academy (FILA), the homeschool commonwealth I attended. The commonwealth’s Shakespeare class performed a different comedy by the Bard every year. I had been performing or doing backstage work in these plays since I was 12, and I was beyond excited to experience this production from a new perspective. However, this new perspective would soon…

Introduction In this busy modern age, callings like the one that came from the burning bush of Moses’ time seems like just a flicker in the past. Yet callings seem more needed than ever, as evidenced by the increased attention by researchers, managers (Ponton et.al, 2014) and in popular culture. With the positive outcomes associated with having a calling in life, such as, higher levels of life satisfaction, job satisfaction, better health (Wrzesniewski, McCauley, Rozin, & Schwartz, 1997), and…

What is hearing loss and deafness? Is it the inability to hear sound? Or is it more than that? The answer will depend on who you ask. With regard to hearing loss, there are three main types. An individual with conductive hearing loss has the inability to hear due to any number of issues stemming from the outer ear. Sound waves are not able to pass from the outer ear to the inner ear, specifically the cochlea (a spiral cavity that looks like a snail shell that receives sound in the form of…

Our world view about a topic or something can be affected and changed easily. Many things have changed all throughout history. African Americans are now given rights and are treated equal to everyone else around them. This change happened nearly 50 year ago. Lots of individuals look at the world differently because of the effects of history and our environment. A current controversy that has been brewing lately is whether or not we should allow Syrians into the United States for food and shelter…

this choice did not distract from the author’s intended message, rather it added an extra dimension. The first thing the audience sees as they walk in is a home where all of the decorations are image of famous women. As the Act starts these images flicker so if one was not paying attention to their surroundings they become acutely aware at the women staring down upon the birthday party. Crowley created a cast of characters of gay men who embody the spectrum of personalities, however the only…

Holiman Question #4 Gregor Samsa is from the story "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, this story contains a man that suddenly turns into a bug, and his dysfunctional family. Alfred Prufrock is from the short poem ' 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", by T.S Eliot. This poem describes Prufrock 's life and the struggles he experiences in his life. Gregor and Prufrock have similar characteristics in their lives, from their odd personalities to their tragic fates. Gregor is an hardworking…

Tethered to global, everyday life are a myriad of political ideologies constructing many individuals’ identities and experiences. These ideologies--Anarchism, Conservatism, Fascism, and Communism to name a few--have reshaped as time has progressed to suit the plights and desires of humanity’s dynamic existence. But many times, unfortunately, these systems fail to serve any beneficial purpose; they exploit the population, and they destroy. Especially notorious for the exploitation of its citizens…

to take Julie from Mary Ann but Mary Ann refuses to let go. “No! I refuse to leave my daughter!” She hugs Julie tight, sobbing and weeping hard, her wails rage out, waking up the neighborhood. One by one, the lights in the houses on their blocks flicker on, and people in gowns leave the houses and come closer. Some of them peeked through their windows at the blood-covered scene. After hours of weeping and people offering their condolences, Mary Ann cries herself to sleep. During her sleep, the…

“¿Qué estas diciendo?” To a native English speaker, this sounds like gibberish. The Spanish phrase which translates into “What are you saying?” has no meaning for non-Spanish speakers. Similarly, the English language sounds like a harmony of “th” and lazy linguistics to immigrants of foreign countries. Richard Rodriguez writes Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez about his life as a Mexican-American immigrant and how being an immigrant impacted him when he was growing up.…