Abstract
The paper discusses how registered nurses (RNs) are responsible for a variety of tasks including ensuring their patients' health and disease prevention. The paper looks at how RNs are charged with being healthcare advocates and educators and must work with physicians, nurses, and patients and their families to assess patients, they must record "symptoms, reactions, and progress" and assist physicians, administer medications, and draw bloods. The paper also notes that RNs must handle administrative duties such as developing and managing nursing care plans.

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"Registered nurses (RNs) are responsible for a variety of tasks including ensuring their patients' health and disease prevention. RNs are charged with being healthcare advocates and educators and must work with physicians, nurses and patients and their families to assess patients, record "symptoms, reactions, and progress", and assist physicians, administer medications, and draw bloods. RNs must also handle administrative duties such as developing and managing nursing care plans (2000). RNs responsibilities are governed by state laws and duties are determined..."

Tags:nursing, rn, education

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This paper discusses the writer's experience in working towards a bachelors' degree in criminal justice. The paper describes the events that led up to her choosing this degree and some of the courses that she was required to take. The paper also describes the positive and negative aspects of the degree, what the writer found useful, and what she most enjoyed.

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"I haven't joined any professional organizations except Rotary International yet, because I don't know where I'll get hired. I'm interested in The American Society of Criminology, the American Correctional Association, and the American Society of Law Enforcement Training. I will also join whatever professional organizations service the community where I find work. Hopefully, my employer will support my attending conferences and workshops, it's important to hobnob with other criminal justice professionals. Some of the ones I'd like to attend include: the Arts in Criminal Justice, the National Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Conference, the Child Abuse Prevention Conference and The Women in Criminal Justice Conference."

Tags:profession, college, employment

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This is a short paper that deals with the post-bachelor's education requirements for the healthcare administrator and the mismatch of skills with current administrators in the changing marketplace. The paper explores formal and information educational opportunities and continues with supplemental information for four other papers: healthcare planning, healthcare accountability, communication and critical thinking.

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"Research tell us that healthcare is now the largest industry in America, with total "sales" of more than $1.2 trillion, which is a greater dollar figure than the Gross National Product of most nations (Crowe, Hartman, Brockmann & Henson, 2002). Because of the enormity of the industry coupled with its regulatory and structural dynamic nature, healthcare administrators must be highly skilled professionals. Once the degree is obtained, education does not cease for the healthcare administrator, the active need of education has only just begun."

Tags:administration, healthcare, education

Abstract
The writer relates that the transition from being "only" a registered nurse with a diploma to that of being a nurse with a bachelor's degree is at times a difficult one. The paper discusses how the RN has already been introduced to basic nursing concepts, which should permit him or her to enter advanced study with little struggle over the building blocks. The paper argues that nurses seeking advanced study need greater support.

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"The transition from being "only" a registered nurse with a diploma to that of being a nurse with a bachelor's degree is at times a difficult one. While nursing school is a familiar place and should be easier because I already have the basics, but as an RN to BSN student I find that I face many struggles while pursuing this degree. I am an adult learner, which means that in addition to my studies, I have family responsibility to contend with. In addition to my studies, my family and I have social lives in which I must be involved, I must work full time while going to school part time, and I must pay my bills and..."

Tags:rn, bsn, nursing

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This paper describes the author's successful experiences working for NGOs in Iran as well as problems with her studies at the University of Toronto. Both of these situations taught her that no matter what, life goes on. The author feels that she is motivated, is a hard worker and is an independent individual, which are the right qualifications to succeed at the distant learning program for a Bachelor's program of Political Sciences and International Relations offered by the London School of Economics External Studies.

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"In May of 2006, I returned home to Iran with one goal in mind--I wanted to make this summer more memorable than any other. Thinking of working in my own field of study seemed like a great idea because the United Nations was the first institution that came into my mind, due to the fact that since I first learned about this international organization, I fantasized about working there. Entering such a place to work, especially at such a young age, was difficult, but thanks to my determination, I managed to secure a volunteer job at the UN World Food Program."

Tags:iran, helping hand, negotiation, distant learning, independent

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The paper is written by a student who wishes to enter a bachelor of science in medical imaging. The writer describes how her travels to Russia and the Ukraine affected her. The writer discusses the healthcare crisis in these countries and how this nurtured her wish to help sick children. The writer is an employee of Clarkson Hospital. The writer concludes that she is financially stable and is able to relocate and is therefore an ideal candidate for further studies.

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"Although I have worked in a non-medical position at Clarkson Hospital, it was only during my travels through Russia and Ukraine over the course of the past seven years that I grew certain of my own vocation within the medical profession. By seeing the state of healthcare in another nation and another culture, I became convinced of the need to foster greater awareness about the deficits in healthcare internationally. I felt that there was a need that was not being addressed in these nations. I longed to fulfill that need.
I returned time and time again to these emerging nations as they experienced the difficult transition from capitalism to communism. I was able to become a trusted confident of many of the native people."

Tags:Slavic, AIDS, vocation, prostitution, drugs, medical, profession

Abstract
This paper focuses on the nursing profession's recent practice of demanding nurses obtain a BSN college degree as opposed to the traditional custom of completing a 4 year hospital-base nursing certification program. The writer of this paper discusses the subsequent productivity of registered nurses (RNs) who regularly report that the monotonous coursework required in obtaining a BSN creates learning circumstances that are costly, exasperating and unproductive. While associate and bachelor degree nursing faculty are designed to smooth the transition for RN to BSN students, researching the differences between RN and BSN graduates have shown little success.

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"There are contradictory outcomes associated to decisive thinking. The researchers found no differentiation in decisive thinking, self-reported apparent complexity with making decisions, or frequency of making decisions, though they found BSN students achieved higher on critical thinking skills than ADN students and found no distinction in patient ratings of care supplied by senior students from the two types of programs. One of the reason researchers may have had no accomplishment in finding a difference in practice is because there are no differences because the education programs are so similar. Specifically, in California, an RN who has graduated from an ADN program with 112 units and an RN who has graduated from a BSN program with 120 units could be very hard to distinguish in practice."

Tags:education, medical, health, nursing, degree, college, hospital, program

Abstract
Films help to define customs in dating and better allow a more detailed entry into what consists of the expectations of dating. Two films in particular are discussed in this paper in order to better explore the stages of dating up through the completion of the ritual in marriage. These films are "Notting Hill" (1999) and "The Bachelor" (1999). The exploration of these films helps to define and describe the rituals that are found in dating, especially in relation to rituals and social expectations.

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In this article, the writer assesses if the new Food and Beverage curriculum, which is scheduled to be implemented at a mid-western flagship university's hospitality program, will appropriately meet the needs of the industry for which it is preparing graduates. The writer provides insight on the learning objectives of the Food and Beverage Curriculum regarding their level of importance as identified employability skills. The study is based on a new curriculum rolling out for the Food and Beverage (F&B) Curriculum in the subject university's bachelor of science degree program. The writer discusses that the program is staged to split into multi-track system whereby F&B is separated from Rooms/Lodging and Event/Meeting Planning in the coming semesters. Prior to the program roll out, it was deemed important to check the validity of the learning objectives or terminal objectives of the new program.

Outline:
Introduction
Purpose of the Study
Research Objectives
Review and Discussion
Conclusion

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"Making the transition from higher education to the workforce can be difficult. One reason for this difficulty is due to the fact that graduates are not prepared to be accountable for what industry demands. They assume the workplace will resemble the same structure experienced at higher education institutions, and when it does not, they often become dissatisfied with their jobs. A bigger reason for graduates not making a smooth transition into the workplace is because they are not equipped with the proper employability skills needed for employment success. Research has indicated a plethora of skills are needed in many industries in general, including the hospitality industry in particular. In this regard, Jayawardena and Nettleford emphasize that ..."

Tags:hospitality, hotel, catering, employees

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The paper discusses the differences that associate and bachelor degrees make in the field of nursing with regards to patient care. The paper describes the varying competencies; a four year nursing degree opens the door to a career that can advance much further than a two year degree can offer. Yet, the paper reveals that the nurse with the two year degree is probably going to be afforded many more hands on patient care positions for work. Nurses who have four year degrees are often offered positions of supervision and leadership rather than the hands on practical care possibilities. The paper provides a case study to illustrate the different functions of nursing competencies.

Outline:
Introduction
Patient Care
Conclusion

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"Many people go into the field of nursing with very little idea about how much education they want to pursue. Nursing is one of the few fields in which one can design their college education around the type of nursing that they want to pursue. A nursing major can choose to obtain a two, three, four year or masters degree with regard to becoming a nurse. The field is firmly defined as to what one can do with each type of degree and how it impacts patient care. Nurses with associate degrees and bachelors degrees vary in what they can do for patients, as well as how far they can advance in their nursing careers."

Tags:competency, masters, associate, management, patient, care