Whales are aquatic (lives in the ocean) mammals that require certain adaptations in order to survive. They have a blow whole on top of their heads and a pair of lungs for breathing fresh air. In order to take a fresh breath whales need to emerge out of the water exposing the blow whole on top of their heads completely. As they emerge to the surface‚ they force out the carbon dioxide in a strong exhalation‚ before filling their lungs with fresh water and diving beneath the surface of the water again
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Nursing Essay: Sample Reflecting on one’s Communication Skills Introduction Nursing students can enhance their learning through reflection that is‚ reflecting on a situation that involves nursing care (Parker 2006‚ p.115). In line with this thought‚ I shall reflect on an experience and discuss the communication skills I used or should have used during the patient encounter. I will use the three what model based on the work of Borton (1970) and Boud (1985) to help structure my reflection. Before
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reputation being tarnished in recent times. Sharks have been roaming the ocean for more than 400 million years‚ even predating the Jurassic period. A testament to the perfect adaptation techniques of sharks‚ they have survived many mass extinctions‚ including the extinction that whipped out the dinosaurs. This great adaptation of the sharks has resulted in them becoming an apex predator of the ocean‚ i.e. being at the top of the food chain. Although Great Whites are widely distributed in the global
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students have that moment of their lives as they go through puberty‚ and I was one of them. Puberty was not just about becoming sexually mature for me‚ but it was rather the most difficult time of my life due to the language barrier and the process of adaptation into the new culture. After hearing my middle school anecdotes about some mean middle school boys made sexual jokes about me in the middle of the cafeteria because they thought I could not understand English‚ many people suggested that I should
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Pocholo N. Isidro R.N. Philippine Women’s University‚ Master of Arts in Nursing Theoretical Framework for Nursing Practice – Module 3 A. What are the 5 types of concepts and its characteristics? Give an example of each type. 1. Primitive Concepts are those that have a culturally shared meaning (Walker and Avant‚ 2005 as cited by Peterson and Bredow‚ 2009) or are those that are introduced as new in the theory (Meleis‚ 1997 as cited by Peterson and Bredow‚ 2009). For instance‚ in culturally
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NURSING Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care‚ training‚ and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the
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ANNOTATION ON THE IDEAS OF SOME NURSING THEORISTS IN PRACTICE‚ EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 1. Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory She stated in her nursing notes that nursing "is an act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery" (Nightingale 1860/1969)‚ that it involves the nurse ’s initiative to configure environmental settings appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient ’s health‚ and that external factors associated with the patient ’s surroundings
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between the adaptation directed by Mark Brozel and the original text wrote by none other than Shakespeare. For the period of Act 1‚ Scene 2‚ Macbeth is hailed as the very heroic and brave “Worthy gentleman!” who “carved out his passage Till he faced the slave;” this suggests two points already‚ the fact that Macbeth is a graceful fighter who elegantly “carved” his way through the battle which also suggests that he is as much a perfectionist in the play as he is a cook in the adaptation. The perfection
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Top 10 Animal Adaptations Living Together Of all the wonderful adaptations in the animal kingdom‚ perhaps the most important is the habit of living together in communal or family groups. Animals can derive a lot of benefit from spending time with other members of the same species. They can help each other find food‚ defend against predators and care for young. Countless species engage in group living‚ either in herds‚ colonies‚ harems‚ complex societies or loose associations. But perhaps the simplest
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Nursing and Technology In his textbook‚ Medical Sociology‚ 12th edition‚ Dr. William Cockerham (2007)‚ a medical sociologist at the University of Alabama‚ Birmingham‚ describes nurses as being ultimately responsible for the nature and quality of all nursing care patients receive during their stay in a medical setting. According to Cockerham (2007)‚ they also are responsible for following the instructions of physicians in order to ensure the best plan of action is implemented to better serve the
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