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    Richelle A. Chiongson‚ RN March 18‚ 2013 LEGAL PROBLEMS IN NURSING 1.  Describe three (3) instances in which the conduct of the professional nurse (with regards to the treatment of patients)might be a cause for possible criminal charges.   a. Art. 253. Giving assistance to suicide. — Any person who shall assist another to commit suicide shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor; if such person leads his assistance to another to the extent of doing the killing himself‚ he shall

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    PM1/M1: Identify different forms of communication that are used in various contexts Communication is sending‚ giving‚ or exchanging information and ideas‚ which is often expressed nonverbally and verbally. Both non-verbal and verbal communication is both used on a daily basis. You have different contexts of communication‚ each one of them have their or purposes for example a one-to-one conversation is mostly held to communicate and discus something privately such as (doctor’s appointment‚ results

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    The Road Not Taken

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    The Road Not Taken By: Robert Frost Imagine that your making a decision and you are stuck to choose between two things that could change and impact your life greatly. What would you do? What pathway would you take? Robert Frost wrote ‘The Road Not Taken’ in 1916 at the age of 42 in New England‚ Massachusetts. ‘The Road Not Taken’ is one of his most popular works due to the ideology of choices that people would have to face in their life. In the early 20th century‚ Robert Frost based the majority

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    Robert Frost’s famous poem‚ The Road Not Taken‚ contains hidden messages that contribute to the reader’s everyday life. The poem revolves around the topic of choice‚ and the permanent effects that decisions have on human life. Human beings are exposed to life-changing decisions every day‚ and are forced to make a choices while being unaware of the outcome. The Road Not Taken suggests that every decision made in life will always have an impact on a person’s future‚ no matter how simple it may seem

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    by using Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions and Trompenaars’s cultural dimensions. According to the Wal-Mart’s Japanese strategy case to distinguish the difference culture in Japan compare with U.S. There are some problems that Wal-Mart may encounter which are Japan’s current distribution system‚ people’s traditional thinking of low price equate low quality and people would not going big shopping. The inherent risks of Wal-Mart’s entry strategies include trust‚ communication‚ and power problems. Further

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    people to be prejudiced‚ yet prejudice can cause major misunderstandings and problems. Significant prejudice occurs in Nadine Gordimer’s story‚ “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off‚” based on Marais Van der Vyver‚ a white South African farmer in the time of Apartheid who has a secret – a black son that nobody knows about. As the story progresses‚ we realise how many misunderstandings are caused by his secret and the negative effects the misunderstandings lead to. When Van der Vyver unintentionally kills

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    Running head: CULTURAL SENSITIVITY 1 Cultural Sensitivity in Professional Communication with the Amish Grand Canyon University: NUR 502 May 8‚ 2013 Cultural Sensitivity in Professional Communication With the Amish It is a well-known fact that disparities in healthcare exist among minority groups. The nursing profession‚ in an effort to deliver more appropriate and individualized patient care‚ is continually gathering data that can influence

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    Situation Awareness and Decision Making in a Warning Environment Advanced Warning Operations Course IC Core 2 Lesson 3: Team SA Warning Decision Training Branch Lesson 3 will focus on the Situation Awareness (SA) of teams. The “teams” in this lesson are not limited to the forecast office staff. For example‚ another team would be the entire group comprised by the forecast office‚ the media‚ and emergency managers‚ who are all part of the warning process. 1 Lesson 3: Team SA Learning

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    3 Chapter 1 Language is Culture: Intercultural Communication ………………………….….……….5 1.1 Language as a marker of cultural identity …………………………………………….………….5 1.2 Cross-cultural communicative competence ………………………………………………………7 1.3 Cultural and intercultural communication ………………………………………………...…….12 Chapter 2 Influence of Native Language and Culture on Intercultural communication ……………18 2.1 Levels of communication …………...………………………………………………………..…19 2.2 Cultural Values‚ Customs and Linguistic Expressions …………………………………………27

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    Nothing is absolute anymore. Any situation we come across‚ whether of our own making or facing the unknown‚ is left for interpretation making them negotiable. There are moments when people encounter crossroads‚ where they must choose a path. “The step not taken” is a story about a man‚ who was at a crossroad and chose a path that he regretted soon after and continued to be haunted with guilt. The hero‚ Paul D’Angelo experienced an epiphany in his story “The step not taken”‚ where his subconscious acts

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