When I was promoted from primary school to secondary school‚ I have met some bad peers. They never study‚ just liked to play. They always skipped the classes‚ and spent most of the time on playing online games in Internet café. In order to enter their group‚ I chose to follow them. As a result‚ my academic performance dropped sharply‚ and almost failed to promote to next grade. From this story‚ we can see that teenagers always get influence by their peers. Peers’ opinions and choices affect them
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blood pressure testing during a clinical simulative skill session The clinical skill that I have decided to reflect on in this essay is the manual blood pressure test that I have performed on one of my colleague during a simulative clinical skills session. The aim of this essay is to reflect on this experience‚ so as to learn from it‚ identify areas of concern and increase competence in this skill accordingly. To start the essay it is the custom to at least give a definition of blood pressure test
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The skill I was observed on was for undertaking a blood pressure measurement. In undertaking this assignment‚ I have maintained confidentiality and I asked the patient for her consent to carry out procedure for measuring blood pressure according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2008). I was directly supervised and observed by my mentor for all the activities undertaken. I will discuss how I took blood pressure of a patient and further explain rationale behind doing specific way. I will
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The Pressure to be Perfect In today’s competitive society‚ a person strives for perfection‚ due to the fact that so much emphasis is placed on one’s outer appearance. No matter who we are or where we live‚ society puts this pressure upon us. We are typically faced with this pressure by models on television and in magazines. Companies seem to have targeted women more so than men. They usually use women with good looks and nice figures to advertise and market their product. When companies use these
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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 of water
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The Soul of Black Folk and Up From Slavery The turn of the 19th century was a time in American history that brought with it major economic‚ cultural‚ and political changes. The Reconstruction era and Gilded Age had ended with rising influential Jim Crow laws‚ which made a clear division among the American population. The publishing of Booker T. Washington’s‚ Up from Slavery and W. E. B. Du Bois’s‚ The Souls of Black Folk both occurred in the early 1900’s when oppression of the black race in America
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Peer pressure these days has had major effects on our children and young adults. Decisions are being made that are unheard of to parents and teachers. Don’t think that the adolescence making these choices isn’t struggling to grasp hold of the concepts of what they are doing. Unknowingly‚ our generation is making choices that will effect the rest of their lives. Whether or not it’s the way we dress or a decision in unprotected sex‚ it’s still a decision made based on the approval of our peers. Who
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The Need for Peer Pressure Aaron C. Ainsworth Post University Abstract Everyone is continuously exposed to peer pressure. Peers can influence everything from what an individual chooses to wear to whether or not they engage in drug related or other delinquent behavior. Many individuals are taught the negative effects associated with peer pressure but few are shown the importance and necessity for peer pressure. This paper addresses the necessity and need for positive peer influence in relation
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reasonable man cares for his neighbor’s welfare. He does not steal. He does not lie. He acts responsibly to others and to himself. He follows the Golden Rule. He is not required to throw his life away attempting to rescue the widow’s parakeet from a marauding cat. He is allowed to exercise self-interest. He is not required to give his money to the poor. He is required‚ however‚ to act in a way that will not adversely affect the welfare of others or the welfare of society as a whole. The
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that you did not approve of! So‚ it was no surprise then how shocked and hurt I felt when you told me that you were going to force me to marry Paris if I did not want to on my own free will. On the morning of our fight‚ when my lady mother called up so early‚ I wondered what unaccustomed cause procures her hither? She came with the “joyful tidings” that I was to be married to Paris early next Thursday morn at Saint Peter’s Church. Fearful of this wrought marriage‚ I told my lady mother to tell
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