Theory offers structure and organization to nursing knowledge and provides a logical way of gathering information to describe‚ explain‚ and predict nursing practice. Theories describe and explain nursing and the purpose of nursing to differentiate it from other caring professions by setting boundaries. (McEwen & Wills‚ 2014‚ p. 25). The use of theories gives nursing its own identity and takes away the task-oriented description of the past. Kolcaba’s theory of comfort is a theory that is used throughout
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Dorothea Lange: A Photographer of the Past “I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head‚ not just up to your neck.” This was said by Dorothea Lange‚ and what a smart lady she was! Dorothea Lange was a well-known documentary photographer and photojournalist during The Great Depression. The picture she is famous for is “Migrant Mother” and others showing the troubling times during the Depression-era (Partridge). One of two events that had an
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NUR513Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Adult Obesity: Application of Orem‚ King‚ and Pender’s Conceptual Models Adult obesity is one of the United States most serious health problems. Approximately 127 million adult Americans in the U.S. are overweight (American Obesity Association‚ n. d.). "Each year‚ obesity causes at least 300‚000 excess deaths in the U.S.‚ and healthcare costs of American adults with obesity amount to approximately $100 billion" (American Obesity Association‚ n. d.).
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American history because it solidified the role of the government in creating the New Deal and its programs to provide relief‚ recovery‚ and reform to the citizens. This historical era has been documented due to the works of renowned photographer Dorothea Lange. It is through her work that we see how “the depression created a moment of idealism‚ imagination‚ and unity in Americans’ hopes for their country.” In the following narratives authors Linda Gordon‚ Milton Meltzer‚ and William E. Leuchtenburg
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Dorothea Dix: A Mental Institution Reformer Every day is the same to you; you wake up‚ read the paper‚ and drink your coffee. You work at the East Cambridge Prison‚ where you keep the inmates in order by whipping them‚ chaining them up‚ and by not giving them food. You know that the conditions are wrong and inhumane‚ but it’s a well-paying job. You don’t speak out because you’re worried about your family and three kids at home who need to be fed. Stories like these occurred in prisons and mental
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to maintain or increase their wealth‚ power‚ or control (Kelley‚ 1996). The general control perspective‚ this theory asks not what causes crime‚ but rather‚ what constrains it? For Gottfredson and Hirschi‚ the answer is self-control. Those with high self-control resist
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HISTORY OF FISCAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE THEORY AND PURPOSE OF TAXATION Introduction Fiscal Administration is not difficult to define. In simple terms‚ fiscal administration is the branch of economics that deals with the revenues and expenditures and their impact on the economy. It is the manner of collecting something from the constituents and spending it also for the constituents. And the exact definition according to http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-fiscal-administration.htm‚ fiscal administration
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In 1936 Florence Thompson allowed Dorothea Lange to photograph her family because she thought it might help the plight of the working poor. "She always wanted a better life‚" her daughter later said. The "Mother Migrants" picture can be said to be the most celebrated narrative picture of the twentieth century and has turned into an image of perseverance even with misfortune. One of Lange’s most perceived works is titled Migrant Mother. The lady in the photograph is Florence Owens Thompson. In 1960
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My Country – Dorothea Mackellar My Country is an iconic nationalistic poem about Australia written by Dorothea Mackellar in 1908. Dorothea Mackellar was born in Sydney in 1885. Her education was comprised of private home tutoring until she attended University of Sydney. She travelled broadly with her parents and also become fluent in Spanish‚ French‚ German and Italian. She highly educated and lived an adventurous life. Though raised in a professional urban family‚ Mackellar’s poetry is usually
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A destitute mother glances to the side as her two children cling to her shoulders. The photograph taken by Dorothea Lange of the Migrant Mother exists as one of the most iconic images from the years of the Great Depression. But it raises the question of what makes the photo remarkably famous. Without planning for it at the time‚ Lange successfully presented to the world the hardships of the Great Depression and the immense impact it created on people and their lives’. Perhaps it holds noticeable
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