The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care‚ also known by its nickname “Obamacare”‚ is federal healthcare legislation that was passed through congress and signed by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to provide affordable health insurance for everyone in the country. The ACA faced many legal challenges after President Obama signed it into law‚ and the legal proceedings ended with
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Emerging Standards of Care Norma Helbling February 27‚ 2012 NUR /531 Melanie Wassel Emerging Standards of Care‚ page 2 Emerging standards regarding culturally competent care is very important in the health care field. Nurses need to understand and care for individuals with varying cultural beliefs and behaviors about health and well being which is shaped by race‚ ethnicity‚ nationality
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The Foster Care Crisis Abstract When children have become the victims of abuse and neglect‚ or if parents are unable to care for them‚ the children are placed in foster care. Placement in a foster home is intended to be temporary. Unfortunately .many children‚ once in the system‚ do not leave until they turn 18. Foster care often exposes children to severe stressors‚ causing behavioral‚ developmental and/or psychological difficulties. Though foster homes are supposed to help children in a time
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Essential Communication in a Community Crisis Situation kitty litter HCS/320 October‚ 24‚ 2012 Weezie Hawkins Essential Communication in a Community Crisis Situation As director of the regional Emergency Management Office‚ I am responsible for addressing everyone including the public of any environmental disasters that have or may take place. Today I received an official report that contained information in reference to public water supplies of several towns in the area that have become
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state administered health insurance program financed and is operated jointly by the federal and state government. The program gears towards helping low-income people of all ages who do not have the money or insurance to pay for health care. This program pays for medical care to assist persons and families who cannot afford it. History Medicaid was established under President Lyndon B. Johnson through the Social Security Amendment of 1965‚ to provide medical coverage to all elderly aged 65 and over
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aware of potential hazards within the nursery and the surrounding environment and actively protect children from hazards. We aim to provide all staff with first aid training. All accidents and any incidents are recorded in the Accident Report Book. All accidents are accurately notified to the parent/carer as soon as possible. Hygiene rules relating to bodily fluids are followed with particular care and all staff are aware of how infections can be transmitted. In the nursery we aim to: • Involve
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Cyber psychology and the shifting persona of the cyber citizen: Who is the self in the virtual world? The Internet has grown faster and has become more invasive and integrated into our lives than most people could have ever imagined. Since the year 2000‚ Internet usage has increased by 566%. [1] Current statistics estimate that 63.2% of Western Europeans are digitally active on a regular basis. When broken down generationally‚ 93% of teenagers are active. [2] From this and the constant progression
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End of Life Care: Family Health McKendree University NSG 420 Fall 2014 Introduction In nursing‚ the goal of care is usually to restore the patient back to the highest level of health possible. In some cases‚ however‚ the goals of care change when a curative approach is no longer appropriate. The new goals of care could simply be palliation and pain control rather than a restoration back to full health. This type of care is called palliative care. Palliative care is not the
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Unit 1 : Contribute to the Support of Child and Young Person Development Unit code : CCLDMU 2.2 Unit reference : Y/601/3236 QCF level : 2 Credit Value : 3 Guided Learning hours : 25 1.1 Observe and record aspects of the development of a child or young person 1.2 identify different observation methods and know why they are used There are six different observations; * Narrative * Time sampling * Event sampling * Diagrammatic
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Honors April 28‚ 2013 Ethan Frome The novel Ethan Frome‚ written by Edith Wharton‚ takes place in Stark Field‚ Massachusetts during the late 1800s‚ early 1900s. In this tragic romance‚ Ethan Frome‚ a very poor man who‚ due to his poverty is isolated from the rest of the town and is forced to live with his wife‚ Zeena‚ who has always been what Starkfield calls “sickly” (31) Ethan falls in love with their hired girl Mattie‚ a “helpful young life…like the lighting of a fire on a cold health‚” (29) who
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