As Hurricane Katrina ravaged the South and drowned large parts of New Orleans this past September‚ the ugly reality of our nation’s continuing problem with class‚ poverty‚ and race became apparent. Many Americans began to question the possibility of racism being a deciding factor in the fate of many New Orleans citizens who were black and who lived in the poorest‚ most low-lying portion of the city‚ the Ninth Ward. Many‚ including First Lady Laura Bush‚ denounce critics who say race played a role
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5CI003 IT Risk Analysis ASSIGNMENT Submission (Sem 1 – 2013-14) Lastname : Mark Firstname: Bash Student Number: 1124409 Declaration : I declare that this submission is my own work and has not been copied from someone else or commissioned to another to complete. Any materials used in this work (whether from published sources‚ the Internet or elsewhere) have been fully acknowledged and referenced and are without fabrication or falsification of data. I have adhered to relevant
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Ms. Boehmer has urge incontinence‚ which is involuntary loss of urine with strong urgency to void and nocturia‚ it is associated with over-active or unstable bladder (Huether‚ 2012). It is evidenced by Ms. Boehmer’s “nocturia X 2 and reports she sometimes has a strong urge to void and does not always make it to the toilet in time.” Recommendations for Ms. Boehmer are lifestyle interventions‚ such as limit caffeine intake‚ modify fluid intake‚ avoid excessive fluid intake before bedtime‚ pay attention
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The Lee family are Hmong immigrants from Thailand living in California. Their interaction with American Physicians began when their daughter Lia had an attack of epilepsy and was quickly taken to Merced’s County Hospital for treatment. Given the fact that Merced’s hospital did not have professional Hmong interpreters to translate medical procedures‚ physicians relied on janitors and nurse’s aide who spoke Hmong. As a result‚ Lia was misdiagnosed many times before a diagnosis of epilepsy was confirmed
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Mr. and Mrs. James‚ your daughter‚ Ellen‚ came into the ER barely conscious. Ellen told us that for the past two days‚ she has been experiencing excessive vomiting‚ lots of diluted urine‚ being abnormally thirsty‚ having loose or watery stool‚ and experiencing some pains in her head and neck. In addition to those things‚ she told us that she has been rapidly losing weight‚ despite eating plenty of food. Although there are no recent hospitalizations on record‚ her history of past surgeries include:
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During patrol‚ I was parked in the parking lot of China Koon (905 N Broad St) when I noticed a red Toyota Pick up truck traveling west bound on E Glen Park Ave with no working tail lights. I conducted a traffic stop and curbed the vehicle at the intersection of Wiggs St and W Glen Park Ave. I contacted the driver Kyle Kyle Techentin (identified by his IL drivers license) and advised him the reason for the stop. While speaking to Kyle‚ I could smell a strong odor of burnt marijuana coming from the
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Ans 1). Omnitel entered as a cell phone operator in the Italian market in December 2000. The company introduced its service with plans that were very similar to the incumbent service provider‚ TIM. Omnitel’s perceived competitive edge was customer service focused on the areas of personal touch‚ low waiting time and one-stop calling for all questions. With this perceived advantage‚ Omnitel was targeting high value customers who wanted a better quality customer service than TIM what could provide
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Arriving in 2006‚ through the combined efforts of Marcus Ackroyd‚ Laurence Brocklick‚ Michael Moss‚ Kate Redford‚ and John Stevenson’s comes Advancing with the Army: Medicine‚ the Professions‚ and Social Mobility in the British Isles‚ 1790-1850. This book breaks disciplinary boundaries between medical‚ military‚ and social history in an effort to enrich the field. Although the book deals mainly with professionalization of doctors in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century‚ it shows how military
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First Reaction Paper: Hurricane Katrina It was the storm that everyone saw coming but no one did a thing to stop it‚ Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes to strike the United States. The category 5 storm struck a wide swath of destruction in Florida‚ Mississippi and Louisiana. Katrina is estimated to have caused close to $81 billion in damages (NHC‚ 2005). A category 5 storm has wind-speeds greater than 155 mph and typical storm water surges are greater than
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Ethics Case Study Nurses are faced with ethical issues and dilemmas on a regular basis. Nurses must understand his or her values and morals to be able to deal adequately with the ethical issues he or she is faced with. Some ethical issues nurses are exposed to may be more difficult than others and the ethical decision making process is learned over time. The purpose of this paper is to identify the ethical issues in the case study provided in the week one assignment. A discussion of how to use
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