Penitence over Punishment: Reforming America’s Prisons From the New Deal to the Great Society‚ America has developed many government programs meant to benefit the American people. Dorothea Dix‚ one of the first famous prison reformers from America’s’ Antebellum period from 1840-1860‚ saw that there were many problems in America’s prison system that she had to stand up for. Before her work‚ prison was viewed purely as a source of punishment and showed very little mercy to its captives. This strict
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Propaganda Poster: This is America The poster “This is America” by Dorothea Lange is propaganda. It was created in 1942‚ which is the same year as the United States just entered the World War. The poster consists of a happy family eating around a dinner table. As well as the picture‚ there is also a caption. The caption states that family is “sacred” and it must be kept free. The poster is an attempt to gather support and more soldiers for the war‚ as many Americans were unsure about entering the
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Kristen Tilghman Professor Rucker AMH2010 October 27‚ 2015 A Women on a Mission In one life time Dorothea Dix managed to not just improve conditions of the mentally ill‚ but she also managed to publish several works in her lifetime. She was one of the most profound female political leaders of her time and helped to encourage many women’s reform movements. And along the way she shamed many political leaders‚ and stood up for the inmates and mentally ill who were being treated poorly in institutions
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Poem Analysis – I am Australian by Bruce Woodley and My Country by Dorothea Mackellar The two poems that I have chosen to analyse are “I am Australian Written by Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton and “My country” written by Dorothea Mackellar. Both poems portray the love for the country and the sense of belonging as both of these writers are Australian born bush poets. The poem “I am Australian” relates to the concept of belonging to and national identity. Repetition of ’I Am Australian’ reinforces
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influential theories for any nurse to integrate into their practice. Every nurse has had one or more theorists that they can relate to more than another throughout their profession. For this nurse‚ Sister Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing and Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory are two nursing theories that have made an impact in my practice. Within this paper‚ an understanding of each theory and a contrast and comparison of the two theories will be completed. Sister Callista Roy
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managing care‚ one can look to Dorothea Orem’s ‘self-care deficit nursing theory’. Orem believed that everyone really wanted to take care of themselves and when they are unable to do so‚ a deficit exists (Horan‚ Doran and Timmins‚ 2004). It is at this point the individual seeks assistance and it is the nurse’s responsibility to assess the individual’s needs and to design a support program to meet those needs‚ thereby eliminating the deficit (Horan‚ Doran and Timmins‚ 2004). Orem identified the concepts
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Compare the presentation of the destructive side of love in Othello‚ Wuthering Heights and Middlemarch The cathartic nature of love can induce all forms of emotion from intense pleasure and exultation to the deepest desolation and emptiness; leaving a person a shell of their former self. In all three texts‚ the selfish or malignant machinations of characters’‚ along with a challenging social environment collude to engender the deterioration and destruction of love. Shakespeare’s Jacobean tragedy
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Man’s greatest achievement? Perhaps not‚ but can you afford not to read on when I am about to tell you about Essay? I find my self constantly drawn back to the subject of Essay. Cited by many as the single most important influence on post modern micro eco compartmentalism‚ it is yet to receive proper recognition for laying the foundations of democracy. The juxtapositioning of Essay with fundamental economic‚ social and political strategic conflict draws criticism from global commercial enterprises
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Benefits of Wellness Programs Benefits of Wellness Programs Keir Elias Torkkola Western Governors University #433106 Wellness programs have increasingly gained momentum since the turn of the century and as employers start to see the positives those programs have started to become a staple of most businesses today. Since most employers pay for their employees health insurance it makes a lot of sense for companies to start taking a bigger interest in their employees
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The effect of a nursing intervention on promoting self-care agency in breast cancer patients after breast surgery INTRODUCTION Breast cancer is a type of cancer‚ which is characterized by local uncontrolled cells growth and spread of abnormal cells in one or both breasts‚ which is the most common cancer in women around the world (Jemal et al.‚ 2011). In Australia‚ over 12‚614 (28%) women were diagnosed invasive breast cancer in 2006‚ and the number will keep on growing (AIHW‚ 2009). In 2006‚ a
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