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    Ecological Validity of EBP in the Philippines Ecological Validity of Evidence-Based Practice in the Philippines Maria Carmela L. Domocmat Ecological Validity of EBP in the Philippines 2 Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been observed in developed countries since the 90’s. Two decades had past and it is barely being established in the Philippine health care system. The purpose of this paper is to define EBP or evidence-based nursing (EBN) and explore its ecological validity in a

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    is when a person or a family does not have enough money to meet basic needs such as clothes‚ food and shelter. People may experience debt‚ social exclusion‚ and be unable to afford education‚ housing and even medical bills of any kind. Consequences of poverty can affect both the physical and mental health of those experiencing it‚ as well as‚ having high economic costs‚ and can result in a rise in crime and drug culture. There is a number of ways to measure poverty; the first one I am going to

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    “In order to win a man to your cause‚ you must first reach his heart‚ the great high road to his reason.” Abraham Lincoln (cited in Crowley‚ M (2001) As one of the most successful transformational leaders in political history‚ Abraham Lincoln inspired loyalty and willingness for self-sacrifice among his followers by raising their level of motivation through the development of a shared vision‚ morality‚ loyalty‚ trust and communication.—as evidenced by changing their attitudes toward emancipation

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    There are many preventative measures the counselor could have and should have implemented in Case #8. The information provided clearly demonstrates that the counselor and the counseling center repeatedly failed to take preventive measures i.e. handling of computer files‚ pass codes‚ mail‚ billing invoices and other confidential information. The facts that the director’s last name was used as a passcode‚ the invoice was on a secretary’s desk and the code was taped under a mouse pad‚ clearly demonstrates

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    ‘For the nation to live‚ the tribe must die.’ Assess the validity of Samora Machel’s assertion with reference to examples in Africa and/or Asia. It has been estimated that there may be some 600 to 1‚000 different tribal groups or more in Africa. There are some whose territory may be 200 or 300 miles square. Inside each large territory may live more than a million people. The smaller tribes may have only two or three thousand people and some of the smallest have only a few hundred. Most tribes are

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    Working With People Assignment After comparing my self-rated scores on the HEXACO personality measure and Swartz’s value scale with those of the evaluation done by one of my long term and good friends‚ I actually found that for the most part he knows me pretty well and many of our scores were similar. In fact‚ every single score was within 1 point of each other’s. Although it would have been interesting to have some disparities in certain categories this is ok too as it gives me re-assurance of my personality

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    Legal for any Woman of any Age Abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy (abortion). Abortion is also a right that every woman hasas long as it is in the first trimester of pregnancy. In many cases abortion being legal saves lives but it is also guaranteed to end a life every time the operation is done. Women should be in control of their own lives and should have the choice of having a child or not due to the effects that it would have on both the

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    Is it possible to define and measure intelligence? Over the years there have been a lot of definitions for the word intelligence. Whether it is a fix concept like height or an innate general cognitive ability‚ intelligence can mean differently to everyone and consciously everyone has a definition for it. So does that mean there have a general understanding of the word? No‚ an agreement on some level has been found but there are some aspects that have yet to a fixed definition in psychology. The

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    order to make that change. In the poem “If We Must Die‚” Claude McKay calls for racial pride against white oppression through his use of similes‚ metaphors‚ contradictions‚ and biblical allusions. McKay uses a simile to introduce his trope of blacks being hogs trapped in the city. He also establishes that being a hog is not something that he likes and that he wants to change. The simile is found in the first line of the poem when McKay states‚ “If we must die‚ let it not be like hogs.” Here‚ McKay

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    That Rises Must Converge” The title of “Everything That Rises Must Converge” is really interesting. At first glance it is a strange and complicated meaning. After reading the full text you can break down the title to full understanding the story and the meaning of the title. We are introduced to Julian’s mother‚ a women who is over weight and must loose twenty pounds and who is taking a reducing class. The reason she is doing this is because she has high blood pleasure. She must keep her blood

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