On April 16‚ 2007 a student‚ Seung Hui Cho‚ at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg‚ went on a shooting rampage and opened fire on his fellow students and Virginia Tech community members. The shooting took place in the early hours of the morning when many students were preparing for classes. The first two shootings occurred at 7:15 am at West Ambler Johnston Hall. 21/2 hours later after Cho had changed his blood stained clothes‚ deleted his e-mails‚ removed
Premium Columbine High School massacre Firearm Gun
Sending women to Virginia (1622) Early Virginia lacked one essential element of English society – stable family life. Given the demand for male servants to work in the tobacco fields‚ for most of the seventeenth century‚ men in the Chesapeake outnumbered women by four or five to one. The Virginia company avidly promoted the immigration of women‚ sending “tobacco brides” to the colony in 1620 and 1621 for arranged marriages (so-called because the husband was ordered to give a payment in tobacco to
Premium Marriage
Virginia Henderson-Theory critique Virginia Henderson-Theory critique Background Referred to by some as the “Florence Nightingale of the twentieth century‚” Virginia Henderson made many contributions to nursing (Butts & Rich‚ 2011). She was born in 1987‚ in Kansas City‚ MO‚ and devoted more than 60 years of her life as a nurse‚ teacher‚ author‚ and researcher (2011). Henderson became interested in nursing during World War I with a desire to help the sick and wounded militants. She
Premium Nursing Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Nursing Regulations in Virginia Natasha Hill Breckenridge School of Nursing Abstract Nursing is a medical profession that is highly regulated by the states Board of nursing. The Board of nursing consists of experienced professionals and civilians who are responsible for formulating and regulating laws governing various aspects of the profession. Principles include details pertaining to nursing education requirements‚ licensure qualifications‚ and rules
Premium Nursing Nurse Health care
Virginia v Black Facts: Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan‚ who burnt a cross on private property. Black states that the cross was burnt to inspire his KKK buddies and that he had no knowledge anyone who might feel intimidated was present let alone could see it. Black was arrested for violating a Virginia statute. Separately‚ O’Mara and Elliott were arrested for violating the same statute after burning a cross in their neighbor’s yard after a dispute. All three men were convicted and
Premium Ku Klux Klan Supreme Court of the United States Law
Virginia Henderson: Need Theory David Muckell Nyack College Abstract Virginia Henderson’s definition of nursing explained what the role of a nurse was and that it is the nurse’s job to help the individual be free of any assistance as soon as they could. Henderson’s Need Theory is followed by fourteen points that list all of the basic needs of an individual. Her theory is considered a philosophy because it is made up of a series of components that classify and categorize the professional activities
Premium Nursing Maslow's hierarchy of needs Nursing theory
Emily Campos October 24‚ 2013 American History We the People I believe that the Virginia Constitution has the best chance to have a successful central government. This constitution has a good balance when it came to equality and liberty. This plan not only focuses on the good of the countries but it tries to make their decisions based off of what people need and want. “All men are by nature equally free and independent‚ and have certain inherent rights‚ of which‚ when they enter into a state
Premium United States Constitution Virginia
We‚ the delegates of Virginia believe and agree that the number of members of Congress should be proportional to population. We believe this because it is most beneficial for the population to be proportional because a huge state like Virginia should not have the same number of representatives of congress as a smaller state like Delaware or Georgia. The reason why we have such a large population is because we have such a large slave population. Slaves are the people who work in our fields and this
Premium United States United States House of Representatives United States Constitution
is The Virginia Living Museum. I attended 11/8/2011 with my boyfriend and his daughter. I loved the museum; it had so many different aspects to it and exhibits to see. The two exhibits I was intrigued by were The Virginia’s World of Darkness Gallery and The Virginia’s Underground Valley. The Virginia’s World of Darkness Gallery had a lot of different animals from sharks‚ which scare me but intrigue me‚ to moon jellyfish. It intrigued me because I used to go to the beaches around Virginia and would
Premium Art Museum United States
Virginia Tech Massacre On April 16th‚ 2007 on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ America’s deadliest random act of violence occurred. Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed thirty-two people and wounded 15 others. After the attacks he later shot and killed himself which makes the total amount of deaths thirty-three people. This massacre is the most deadly shooting by a single gunman in United States history. Students were getting ready to go to class just like any other day. However
Premium Columbine High School massacre