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To most people, salads may be considered their only healthy food option. But in truth, there are so many more options when considering what to eat, especially when you go out. Americans have grown up watching fast food commercials, and seeing their advertisements. We are so busy getting from one place to another that we eat unhealthy foods out of convenience, so we don’t have to slow down. The more research that is done regarding fast food, the more we see how unhealthy it is to constantly…

with sharp points or edges that can puncture or cut skin. Examples of sharps include needles that are hollow and are used to inject medication in through the skin, syringes used to inject medication into the body or withdrawing fluid from the body, lancets, auto injectors such as insulin pens and infusion sets (Fda, 2015). Working with sharps poses a risk to the staff member as well as the patient. This is because an unintentional sharps injury, which causes a wound to the person where the sharp…

Thesis Statement: In 1807, François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen. By 1950’s there were more than 67 million cars registered in the United State. In 2014 USA was home to 256 million cars. Based on these numbers we can say that Americans are relaying on vehicles as the number one way of transportation. Being part of this game changing way of commuting comes with a price. Audience Consideration: The audience that will be…

What comes to mind when you hear the word “vaccine”? Is it autism, mercury poisoning, or is it life-saving disease prevention? Well, vaccines elicit many different responses from different people. There are some who believe that vaccines cause autism and are overall harmful while others think that they are safe and do not cause autism. Attorney and writer Michael Snyder wrote a piece in 2014 voicing his opinion on the correlation between autism and vaccines. In his article Snyder calls attention…

Often we look at laws and think are these laws unfair or fair to society? Hammurabi’s code is one of the world’s oldest set of laws. His laws were not just. Hammurabi’s punishments did not fit his laws, they didn’t treat everybody equally, and the laws did not look at both sides. Hammurabi’s punishments did not fit his punishments. First, it says in law 129 that “if a married lady is caught ( in adultery) with another man, they shall bind them and cast them into water” people should be given a…

Case Study 1: Quality Improvement Section A Related question 1. Based on what you know about the need for continuous quality control, who would you select to be part of this team? Continuous quality control is important and necessary regarding patients with diabetes. There are many complications to diabetes when it is not controlled. Patients who live with diabetes must have a team of health care professionals who can help them understand the disease process and how to follow treatment…

It is delivering concrete information on the topic. The Lancet, 'The Continuing Fight Against Cancer'. The Lancet 379.9811 (2012): 94. Web. The author is an expert in delivering information on the race of continuous fight of cancer. The author gives useful information on the way towards zero breast cancer. Zimmer, Barbara…

Hammurabi was the ruler of Mesopotamia in 18th century B.C.E.. I think that the laws or code he made were just for his time.Even though we don’t use the same methods and punishments he used, he made laws that were fair to the people he ruled over. In Hammurabi’s code he had an epilogue, and in the epilogue there is a part that said, “That the strong might not injure the weak , in order to protect the widows and orphans.” By that, he meant that his laws are meant to protect the weak from the…

What is a worse fate for a child- a life-threatening disease or a developmental-behavioral disorder? Fortunately, it is not a choice anyone has to make with the help of vaccines. It may seem scary, leaving a child’s fate into others hands, but it’s necessary. Parents would normally feel helpless when children succumb to illness, and the last people they can trust for dire situations are doctors. Advancements in science and technology has made science fiction, into reality, and injecting…

About 4,000 years ago a man named Hammurabi, the ruler of the Kingdom of Babylonia, created the “Code Of Law”. The code of law is 282 laws carved in a stele (A tall pillar shaped, stone). Each of the laws were chosen from the God of Justice, Shamash. Was is Just? Yes they were because of Hammurabi's code of the family laws, property laws, and personal laws.(BGE). Hammurabi’s laws are fair in family law. “If a married lady is caught [in adultery] with another man, they shall bind them and cast…