SMART GRID Abstract--The Smart Grid is the integration of Electrical & Digital Technologies‚ Information and communication which facilitates integration of business processes and systems to yield real measurable value across the power delivery chain. It is an intelligent future electricity system that connects all supply‚ grid and demand elements through a communication system. Smart grid delivers electricity to consumers using two-way digital technology that enable the efficient management of
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ABSTRACT This document provides information for a report to congress on Smart Grid security as required by Section 1309 of Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The security of any future Smart Grid is dependent on successfully addressing the cyber security issues associated with the nation’s current power grid. Smart Grid will utilize numerous legacy systems and technologies that are currently installed.Therefore‚ known vulnerabilities in these legacy systems must
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Critical Reflection of Uncle Tom’s Cabin August 14 2012 Christianity had an essential role in the abolition of slave trade in American Society. American Christianity impressively contributed to American Revolution (1775-1783) as well as Civil War (1861-1865) (Parfait 47). Even though‚ the role of Christianity in slavery remained abstruse as some Christians‚ especially from the Southern America supported slavery‚ its importance in anti-slavery struggle remained noteworthy. Slavery was generally
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Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is an issue that started in the 1980’s and continues to remain a current hot topic within the nursing practice. Governor Jerry Brown recently signed an assisted suicide bill into law (Lovett & Pérez-Peña‚ 2015). PAS will be in effect ninety days after its ruling on the floor. The governor stated that if he were battling a terminal illness accompanied by pain he would be comforted by the option and wouldn’t want to deny that to anyone. As with any issue‚ there has
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Subjective: The client was a little anxious and seemed worried about somethings when she arrived for today’s session. The client seem to be in the state of mind from our previous session. Objective: The focus of today’s session was the client’s anxiety and stress regarding leaving for college which is an out of state school. The client explained her anxiety regarding informing her parents of her anxiety regarding leaving the home and the stress which stems from worrying about keeping her grades up
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First‚ Masters (2012)‚ in her book ‘Nursing Theories: A framework for professional practice’ describes a person as “individuals‚ families‚ communities and other groups who are participants in nursing” (Masters‚ K‚ 2012‚ P3). This statement refers to patients as individuals in need of the care of nurses. In fact‚ these individuals can have very complex needs and health problems requiring specialized and attentive care to facilitate healing and improvement of their condition. The term patient can
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COMMUNICATION IN NURSING PRACTICE. In order to fully discuss effective communication in nursing practice‚ one first should define communication. As stated in the business directory‚ communication is “ the two way process of reaching mutual understanding‚ in which participants not only exchange (encode – decode) information but create and share meaning. “ (www.thebusinessdirectory.com : Nov 25th). Or as in the free dictionary‚ “The exchange of thoughts‚ messages or information by
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Using Cultural Competency in Practice Cultural competencies is a term that has long saturated the healthcare world‚ especially nursing. The United States has become a melting pot of culture and ethnicity and to practice in the hospital setting it is essential to know the backgrounds of your patients and their families. Different cultures have different perceptions on health and illness. Providing culturally competent care includes knowledge about subcultures‚ attitudes‚ and skills that’s supports
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Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice Sandra Sparks Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 351: Transitions to Professional Nursing Fall 2010 Introduction During the 1980’s‚ the term “evidence-based” medicine surfaced to describe the approach that used scientific evidence to determine the best practice. Evidence-based practice is a process that entails reviewing and instilling the most reliable
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personal and professional lives. In nursing‚ nurses will be faced with all sorts of issues and situations however the way every nurse deals with a problem that arises will be different based on the values they have and moral standpoint that they decide to take. In this essay however‚ I will be looking at the value of life‚ individual freedom or autonomy and justice or fairness and how these values are important to me as well as how they are relevant to nursing practice. My first value is the value of
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