placement‚ I encountered an obese elderly man with type 2 diabetes who was bed bound. His BP was 98/73 so I decided to do a manual blood pressure (BP) to make sure it was not a mechanical error from the automatic machine and recorded 99/75. His other vital signs were in between the flags. I asked my patient how he was feeling‚ he said he felt fine. I told him his blood pressure was a bit low and if this was normal for him. He said it has been low a bit recently. I asked him if he could have a glass
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The Blood Motif Shakespeare used many motifs through out the tragedy of Macbeth. These motifs help to create an underlying theme‚ each one developing on its own. The blood motif‚ which is the most‚ used one that is why I selected it. Shakespeare uses the blood motif to reinforce the theme that violence leads to more violence. The blood can also symbolize the guilt that Macbeth cannot escape from. Macbeth in this story starts off as a good guy‚ a respectable man. But after Duncan grants
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In the immune system there are multiple functions happening to stop an infection or bacteria from taking over and getting the body sick. One of the most important features of this defense or system is the white blood cells. The White Blood Cells work to fight off any infection there is and have a memory function that remembers the disease to keep it away. A leukocyte‚ which is the formal name for white blood cells‚ protects the body in various ways from getting sick. The red bone marrow’s stem
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Rotten Blood Critic Shannon Winnubst says‚ “The collective nightmare AIDS performs some of our worst cultural anxieties about desire‚ fear‚ and aggression; about gender‚ sexuality‚ and race; about history‚ bodies‚ and violence.” As unpleasant as it is to deal with AIDS Patients (vampires)‚ when a crime results in bloodshed‚ the blood left behind functions as evidence for investigators (people). A bloodstain pattern analyst (people stereotypes) can’t simply glance at drips and smears of blood and immediately
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Literary Response Essay Do tragedies cause people to face reality? In Nick Lake’s Blood Ninja‚ Taro‚ a teenage boy from a fishing village in Japan‚ dreamed of becoming a samurai. This dream was crushed after he witnessed his father being murdered and Taro was turned into a vampire to save his life. Nick Lake uses Taro to show the theme of how tragedies can force a person into facing reality. In order to be saved‚ Taro was turned into a vampire by Shusaku‚ a ninja‚ or kyuuketsuki‚ paid to rescue
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Blood Diamonds: The Real Cost of Diamonds Sierra Leone is blessed with some of the world’s richest resources such as titanium‚ gold‚ and diamonds. Despite these rich resources‚ Sierra Leone ranked last on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index in 2001‚ making Sierra Leone the poorest country in the world at that time. (Renner‚ 2002‚ p. 22) So how can a country so rich in resources be so poor? Sierra Leone’s extreme poverty level is caused by the diamonds they mine and
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There Will Be Blood is a historical drama written and directed by P.T Anderson. The film explores themes of ambition‚ loneliness‚ lust for power‚ false personas‚ hatred‚ lack of faith‚ mistrust and loss of humanity. Anderson explores these themes through the characters of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday. In addition to character exploration‚ Anderson uses a variety of cinematic techniques in order to subtextually portray these themes. These techniques include‚ contrasting lighting‚ long shots‚ wide
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Critical Thinking Scenario Paper Gary K. Flowers ETH/316 May 18‚ 2015 CHUCK THOMPSON Blood Money Moral reasoning and critical thinking play a major role in enhancing ethic. Facing severe consequences can make it hard to acknowledge moral values reflecting ethics. The Blood Money scenario involve exposing the Chinese military black-market selling human organs all over the world. Sources with the United States Media estimates the kidney selling business is worth tens of millions of dollars. Chinese
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Is Blood Thicker Than Water? Most of us will say that blood is thicker than water. People in the same family are related by blood and according to others‚ and family relations are more important than any other relationship. My parents were separated when I was a little girl because my father had an affair with another woman. My mother married another man when I was in fifth-grade‚ a man named Jason Gordon. When I met him‚ it felt like I’ve known him for a long time. He made me feel like I was his
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Rachel Jenkins Period 5 In Cold Blood In the novel‚ "In Cold Blood" written by Truman Capote he illustrates the events leading up to‚ during‚ and after the murder of the infamous Clutter family. Throughout these events‚ the author frequently compares and contrasts the two main characters‚ Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. Perry Smith is one of the two main characters in the novel and also one of the murderers of the Clutter family. Perry "seemed a more than normal-sized man‚ a powerful man
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