First I would like to express my appreciation for the opportunity to apply for this scholarship. I hold a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University Libre of Colombia. I am applying for this scholarship because the opportunity to pursue a master’s course in Switzerland represents the next important challenge in my life. The last two years have taught me that studying and living abroad can help not only broaden my horizons but accelerate my personal and academic growth as well. The main
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“All literacy practices can be considered creative.” Discuss. (2000 words) Prior to any discussion on the topic‚ it is imperative that the definitions for the key terms are given so as to ensure complete clarity. Literacy practices refers to “people’s everyday practices of producing and interacting with texts.” (Papen and Tusting‚ p312) This can include basic and tedious practices such as filling in forms‚ to more interesting practices such as writing a newspaper article‚ or composing a song perhaps
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My Leadership and Quality of Practice as an RN vs. LVN Modern television provides us many over the top ways to look at nurses. Some of these TV nurses sell drugs‚ some sleep with every doctor around. The reality is much simpler. Nurses are leaders‚ and year after year are judged as the most honest and ethical profession (“American rate nurses highest”‚ 2014). Leadership All nurses are leaders‚ and are roll-models for those around us. An RN or an LVN can lead a new CNA‚ for example‚ by teaching them
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NUR 353: Information Management in Healthcare Please use this document to supplement the information in the course syllabus: 1. There are two multiple choice examinations‚ each worth 100 points. Each exam consists of 35 questions and each question is worth 2 points and you have 90 minutes to complete the open book exam. Please note this course and the test questions are based on the 5th edition of the Hebda & Czar textbook(2013). Exam review will be for three days and will begin
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The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Leadership is not about personality or popularity and also about not age; it’s all about behaviour. The five practices of leadership are available to anyone who is up for the leadership challenge. Leadership takes people places they have never been and doing stuff that has never been done. The five practices of leadership have passed the test of time. The fire practice is Model the way- your work title does not mean a lot when you don’t have the respect
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Information Literacy : Perils of online research The video covers about the importance of information literacy on the digital age. Information seekers is now surrounded with vast of information that can be taken or access easily on the internet without knowing of the information’s’ accuracy and its true nature. Information literacy is a set of skills and abilities that an information seeker achieved by identifying‚ evaluating‚ and making use of the information or data effectively‚ legally‚ and
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Carrie is a teacher at Franklin Smith Elementary School and she teaches fifth-graders. I have four little siblings so I am very used to dealing with children. My High School‚ Blue Springs South‚ offered a scholarship program called "The A+ Program." In order to qualify for this scholarship you had to maintain a 2.5 or greater Grade Point Average (GPA)‚ have at least a 95% attendance record‚ and participate in 50 or more hours of non-paid tutoring/mentoring or community service. At first‚ I had
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English 1302 6 Feb 2013 My Definition of Literacy Literacy is a term that can be defined indefinitely by a number of people‚ depending on their circumstances and situations‚ but to me it deals with an individual’s ability to read and write‚ communication‚ and one’s ability to convey meaning to others. Some words have multiple meanings and what it means to one individual‚ may not be the case for another person. We define words based on our life experiences and the certain situations that we have
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Organization and Leadership Analysis C200 Table of Contents Seven Habits Profile and Findings 3 Leadership Strengths 3 Leadership Weaknesses 4 Recommendations for Leadership Development 5 SMART Goals 7 References 16 Self-Assessment of Leadership Practices Seven Habits Profile and Findings Have you ever heard of that saying “You are your own biggest critic”? I believe in that quote. Most people tend to be harder on themselves when
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How Ethics Influences Leadership In order to draw a correlation of ethics to leadership and provide an overview‚ I find that I must first place the elements of the correlation into the following contextual reference: definitions offered in the textbook‚ the objectives of the lesson(s)‚ and finally our societal or cultural paradigms at play. In our textbook Supervision by Certo‚ ethics is defined as the principles by which people distinguish what is morally right and leadership as the management
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