peripheral IVs at seventy-two hours. The aim of these policies is to prevent phlebitis. The purpose of this paper is to examine the evidence for this practice to determine if is necessary. The PICO Question is: is there any difference in the rate of phlebitis when an IV is allowed to remain longer than 72 hours if there are no problems; or discontinued after 72 hours and restarted. Six research studies were found using CINAHL and Medline using the key words “phlebitis” and “peripheral IVs”. The
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DSM-IV Evaluation Case Study 1: Schizoid Personality Disorder “People with schizoid personality disorder persistently avoid and are removed from social relationships and demonstrate little in the way of emotion (APA‚ 2000)” (Comer‚ p. 398‚ 2005). Psychodynamic theorists believe schizoid personality disorder is caused by something that happened through a person’s childhood. They have been unaccepted by their parents or even abused as a young child‚ which causes a person to avoid all relationships
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Reality TV vs. Real Life TV One of the main sources of news and entertainment is television. Every household has a television set in their home which the family consumes hours watching. Many reality TV shows are based on shallow and vague values. The growing trend in television now for our culture is “REALITY TV” (real life on TV). Just like the appeal to junk food or the internet reality TV has a dominant effect on our children and us as adults. There is real life and there is TV-life under influence
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Appearance vs. Reality in Hamlet To Be or Not to Be? Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the tale of a young prince determined to uncover the truth about his father’s recent death. Hamlet’s uncle (and also the deceased king’s brother)‚ Claudius‚ marries his mother the queen‚ and therefore‚ takes the throne. In the beginning of the story‚ Hamlet is told by the apparition of his dead father that it was Claudius who in fact murdered him. The theme that remains consistent throughout the
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Illusion vs. Reality In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman cannot decipher the difference of illusion and reality. He roams around in a dream-like state- confused‚ and unaware of reality. Due to his inability to remain focused on the truth‚ a constant struggle developed inside of him‚ engulfing Willy’s thought process. In the end‚ Willy’s inability to accept reality results in his death. Willy Loman‚ a salesman from New York‚ was an extremely confused man. He worked a job in which
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My name is bobby singer I’m living in New York City looking for some excitement in my life and I heard there was some gold in the west toward California. It was hard to tell my family I’m leaving them to go out to find out who I am in life. As I was telling my wife about what I was going to she slapped me and California and if they ask to tell them I’m going on a rip for work. She agreed to my terms even if it was going to kill her to do so. So I left during the night when the family is soundly
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Fairy tales have given us so many ideas about how girls should be treated. How the boys are supposed to give them roses on Valentine’s Day‚ sing them to sleep every night‚ kiss them in the pouring rain. This has influenced girls everywhere to expect their boyfriends to do all these things‚ and more. And if they get disappointed‚ they complain‚ rant‚ cry‚ and become needy and clingy. Of course‚ no one would enjoy being with someone who does all that every time. But fear not‚ fellow women‚ because
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Reality vs. Illusion If an illusion masks reality‚ lies and injustice will pervade. Reality is the basis of how life is lived‚ but when illusion tarnishes the normal‚ people are provoked into thinking as a group‚ and loose their individuality. People in general are intelligent‚ but once people submit to a group consciousness‚ they turn into panic-driven animals. This theory is proven in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible by characters Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Hale‚ and Judge Danforth. As
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was targeted to impress Elizabethan Era viewers and have them relate to social‚ economical and religious views throughout the play. Act IV‚ scene IV in Hamlets soliloquy touched upon occurring events‚ intriguing viewers. The words spoken by hamlet could be related and interpreted by the audience. Focussing on the Elizabethan era‚ the soliloquy in act IV‚ scene IV‚ targets the audiences of this time era as is mentions themes of social class and revenge‚ to stimulate the audience to relate to hamlets
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Appearance vs. Reality In Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Hamlet‚ there is a dominant and overwhelming theme that is concurrent throughout the play. Throughout the play‚ all the characters appear as one thing on the outside‚ yet on the inside they are completely different. The theme of appearance versus reality surrounds Hamlet due to the fact that the characters portray themselves as one person on the outside‚ and one different on the inside. In the play‚ Claudius‚ Hamlet’s uncle‚ appears
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