The purpose of Methadone Maintenance programs is to provide addiction services to opioid-addicted individuals. Treatment programs can help addicts decrease their dependence on opioids and provide them with healthier lives. Methadone maintenance has proven to be beneficial in many ways using long-lasting medication and other strategies to help addicts turn their lives around. A recent Cochrane review from 2004 found that methadone treatment is statistically more effective than non-pharmacological
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This paper will discuss what interest groups are and the role that interest groups play in American politics and why it is important. Another thing that this paper will discuss is how interest groups have influenced American elections. American elections have been influenced with direct and indirect strategies to get a candidate elected. They have also been influenced wit the use of information. The direct strategies used where more in your face and out for everyone else to know about and where
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Intravascular catheter complications and maintenance Intravascular catheter complications and maintenance Approximately half of the 40 million patients that require hospitalization in the United States have to receive intravenous (IV) treatment. A total of 41.8% of those hospitalized patients received IV therapy and experience phlebitis or other complications due to the therapy (Uslusoy & Mete‚ 2008). With staggering numbers as these‚ IV care proves to be a large area of nursing
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Environmental Sanitation and Maintenance I. Conditions of Premises Food establishments are all about its physical facilities‚ its contents and its surroundings or property. The exterior of the establishment including the building structure‚ parking space‚ landscaping‚ doors and windows. The exterior design is also responsible for attracting customers. The exterior must be clean‚ safe and pest-free. i. Proper Water Supply Adequate water supply and proper sewage disposal are vital to the sanitation
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In the maintenance environment it is important to have a clear understanding of the layout of maintenance strategies and the techniques that form the basis of the strategies. The different maintenance techniques namely‚ preventative‚ reactive and proactive maintenance are not so effective if used independently‚ but as a combination it serves as a powerful maintenance tool (Conradie‚ 2015). The cold box consists of sixteen main equipment where it can be divided into categories to differentiate what
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Groups Dynamics and their Specified Roles and Functions Within any group‚ there are many roles making up the list generally included when considering group dynamics. All these roles are helpful to the success of the team‚ but there are some that are absolutely necessary for the team to accomplish its mission. These roles are being played out in many different groups. This paper will focus on teams in the workplace and the roles that are a necessity for success. According to Benne and Sheats
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Divine Roles Accross Culture University of Phoenix HUM/105 World Mythology So many cultures have divinities in similar roles because events have identified different experiences with similar results. As humans we thrive on the need to believe‚ so rely heavily on hope and faith. Divinities enforce a sense of beauty and positivity that allows one to go beyond good versus evil. There is an overlap between roles because they are often identified by powers and forces
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Benne and Sheats created a list of roles into three different categories that are as followed: group task roles‚ group maintenance roles and self-centered roles. Some roles help the group while others may deteriorate them. Applying Benne and Sheats roles to a CSI episode‚ the characters of Dr. Al Robbins‚ Greg Sanders and Gil Grissom all fall into one of the three categories of group roles. A group task role is one that “affects a group’s ability to achieve its common goal by focusing on behaviors
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The four main group task roles are initiator-contributor‚ elaborator‚ coordinator‚ orienter. Initiator takes charge to direct the group by proposing ideas and ways to problem-solve. The elaborator gives examples and experiences from their life to help decide whether or not an idea or approach to a problem would be effective or not. The coordinator organizes ideas and will often do this by restating ideas and points. The orienter keeps the group focused and in the end summarizes the discussions and
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Men‚ Women‚ and Home Maintenance; Functionality Vs Aesthetics Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Soon relatives will be getting together to drink‚ dine‚ and celebrate. As the women arrive you’ll hear comments about how nice the decorations look‚ and how clean the house is. Outside‚ the men will be inspecting a brand new shed‚ and discussing their home projects. This behavior difference between the men and women is not specific to Thanksgiving. All year round we see women decorating and cleaning
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