The Devil’s Favorite Sin: Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character
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Evidence-based practice has not been a topic that interested me personally and was initially somewhat over-whelming. This class has changed my perception. Several years ago‚ I was the Director of Nursing for the Women’s Center in a small rural hospital. I was asked to take this position based on my experience as a nurse and report with the physicians and my co-workers; I had no experience as a director or manager. I had no idea that policies and procedures should be based on evidence-based practice
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Models of Evidence-Based Practice Five Models Summarized The PICOT Model formulates the clinical questions. The PICOT Model has five steps‚ P: patient/population‚ I: intervention‚ C: current practice‚ O: outcome‚ T: time. The Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care emphasis the importance of considering the entire healthcare system from the provider to the patient and it gives large systems an effective‚ team-centered approach to implement evidence-based practice in the clinical
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boxes attached to the outside of the front door with a code that all health professions and family involved in the care of this person can access which it contain a key to their house if they are unable to enter the house(ref 26). There are many evidence based assessment tools that helps to deliver nursing care to an individual suffering from dementia these are The mini mental state exam (app3) this is used to rapidly assess the patient for the possibility of dementia‚ confusion and other cognitive
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Barriers to Implementing Evidence-Based Practice Remain High for U.S. Nurse Various activities have been initiated to facilitate EBN practice‚ including the development and offering of undergraduate courses on locating and critically appraising research evidence (Kessenich et al. 1997)‚ the development of clinical practice guidelines (Grinspun et al. 2002)‚ the development of EBN committees in clinical settings and research to identify the most effective strategies for disseminating research findings
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Music is one of the symbols mentioned in this story. The author mentions the music played in everywhere in the story. The author says that "The Music was always in the background". The music comes from restaurants‚ homes and cars. Music symbolizes the feeling and the emotions of the characters. For example‚ music for Connie is a pattern for romantic relationship. When she is happy‚ she hears music in everywhere. On the other hand‚ when she is sad‚ she
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passing from one grade to another in school. Other changes are more intense‚ such as the transition from childhood to adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Oates goes into depth regarding the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to adulthood. In the short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" two separate worlds are drawn to the reader’s attention. The first is the normal daily life of Connie‚ a fifteen year old girl living in a home with
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a system of incorporating research findings into nursing practice so as to improve the therapeutic outcomes. (Polit‚ F. D & Beck‚ T. C‚ 2010). “The evidence based practice places particular emphasis on the use of evidence‚ in particular research findings‚ in clinical decision making”. (Parahoo‚ K‚ 2006). During past clinical exposures‚ the issues regarding post natal depression were found as a less explored one because of the complex involvement of both mental health
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social attitudes‚ behaviors‚ and institutional regulations at the beginning of the 60’s and also lasted through the 70’s. The sexual drive increased majorly and the amount of women that had sex before marriage also sky rocketed. In Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been‚ Connie wants sexual attention from men‚ and that hurts her self-confidence and puts a real strain on her self-esteem. The theme of this story is that younger women going through their sexual maturation have a hard time dealing with
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Paper “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a short story that poses many questions centered around the protagonist‚ Connie and the antagonist Arnold Friend and his “comrade” Ellie. The fate of Connie at the end of the story is still up for debate after all these years after the story was published in 1966. The main question posed is who actually is Arnold Friend? Is he the devil or something else? The answer may never be fully known but in
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