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The following paper looks at the worrisome trend of nursing shortages across America - and the concomitant increase in the average age of NPs as their numbers dwindle and as fewer young people enroll in nursing programs across the United States. Suffice it to say, the current situation, it's history, its relevance to my own healthcare career (and to the nursing profession more generally), and the ethical dimensions of the nursing shortage will all be looked at carefully. I submit that, if something is not soon done, tragic repercussions could result.

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Nursing Issues and Trends: The Growing Nursing Shortage Abstract The following paper looks at the worrisome trend of nursing shortages across America - and the concomitant increase in the average age of NPs as their numbers dwindle and as fewer young people enroll in nursing programs across the United States. Suffice it to say, the current situation, it's history, its relevance to my own healthcare career (and to the nursing profession more generally), and the ethical dimensions of the nursing shortage will all be looked at carefully. I submit that, if something is not soon done, tragic repercussions could result. Introduction: The

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The following paper will look at the motivations of Huckleberry Finn in Samuel Clemons classic, The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. The paper will explore how Huck seems mostly driven by a desire to be free, by (seemingly) a concomitant desire for adventure, and by an understandable desire for self-preservation; in most instances, no higher motives inform his interactions with others. At the same time, Huck's relationship with Jim indicates that he basically expects Jim to do as he's told - and it is a very long time before he starts to see Jim as something other than a piece of chattel (however likeable) who can easily be played with whenever Huck is in the mood to do so. In any case, Huck flees from Miss Watson so as to be liberated from civilization; flees from his father so as to be free; ingratiates himself with the Grangerfords because he knows his own precarious situation; and indulges the pretentious nonsense of "the Duke" and "the King" because he fears what a battle with them might bring.. In the end, understanding the psychology of Huckleberry Finn is a great way to understand the psychology of the nineteenth-century south before emancipation.

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The Motivations of Huckleberry Finn when Dealing with Others The following paper will look at the motivations of Huckleberry Finn in Samuel Clemons classic, The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. The paper will explore how Huck seems mostly driven by a desire to be free, by (seemingly) a concomitant desire for adventure, and by an understandable desire for self-preservation; in most instances, no higher motives inform his interactions with others. At the same time, Huck's relationship with Jim indicates that he basically expects Jim to do as he's told - and it is a very long time before he starts to see Jim as something other than a piece of chattel (however likeable) who can easily be played with whenever

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This paper examines the problem of nuclear wastes and how it presents a particular dilemma on various fronts including health and security issues. Nuclear energy and technology has become an endemic part of modern society. The paper points out that concomitant with the significant advances in the production of nuclear energy as well as its application to the areas of medicine and defense has been the escalation of the problems of nuclear waste disposal.
Includes several graphs and tables and diagrams.
1. Introduction
2. Classification of Types of Nuclear Waste
3. Sources of Nuclear Waste
3.2. Storage of Low Level Waste
3.3 Long-Term Storage of High Level Waste
3.4. The Storage of Plutonium
3.5. Transmutation
4. Conclusion

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"This debate emphasizes the dilemma and the importance of finding a permanent and less environmentally hazardous solution to the problems of nuclear waster. All of the methods discussed above provide some solutions to the problems - but they do not as yet present a permanent and fully acceptable means of waste disposal and many of the methods have significant drawbacks and are often manpower intensive and open to the vicissitudes of human error. The answer to what to do with nuclear waste has not yet been adequately answered."

Tags:disposal, energy

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This paper claims that in discussing various seizure disorders, a common thread in much current research concerns communications issues. The paper contends that as a measure of impairment following head injury, concomitant with head injury or any other focal neural deficits, it is apparent that language is a key element. The paper examines the effects of various brain injuries and attendant physical factors such as aphasia and focal neurological deficit for all age groups, from early childhood to old age. The paper explores the reason behind the use of language, its acquisition, delay or impairment as the tool most often used to make assessments.
Outline
Abstract
Introduction
General Studies
Neurological Factors in Language Acquisition
Head Injury Studies

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"Maratsos and Matheny conducted studies to develop information abut language specificity and elasticity related to various neurological conditions. They devoted an enormous amount of time and effort to an exhaustive investigation, based on their hypothesis that "Language is currently the highest human mental function for which faculty-specific biological programming seems plausible (Fodor 1983, quoted by Maratsos and Matheny 1994). They drew into their investigation commentary from other disciplines, notably concepts developed by Noam Chomsky, who stressed "the putative independence of language as a functioning mental faculty" and Fowler who proposed that "one cannot conduct language development research without at least acknowledging the hypothesis that language is acquired, processed, and represented independently of other cognitive domains" (Maratsos and Matheny 1994). "

Tags:neurology, language, head, injury

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This paper explains that there is more involved in the educational process than class and book work, particularly as it applies to adult learners; therefore, educators today are becoming increasingly concerned with concomitant learning, such the student's relationship with their teachers and fellow students and friendships. The author reviews many theories of development and need, such as the work of Maslow, Freud, Piaget, Tisdell, and Erikson. The paper discusses, in detail, adult education and concludes that, since most adult learning is voluntary, adults have the choice to drop out of programs that do not meet their specific requirements, including efficient and affable learning environments.

Table of Contents
Review of the Relevant Literature
Background and Overview
Human Development and Learning
Figure 1 Abraham Maslow's Theory of Hierarchy of Needs
Adult Attachment
Current Trends and Research into Adult Attachment
The Peer/Romantic Partner Tradition
Adult Attachment's Impact on Learning in Community Colleges
Summary

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"Perhaps the central accomplishment in personality development is the establishment of specific and enduring emotional bonds, or attachments, with other people." The individual an infant becomes emotionally attached to is known as the target of attachment; such targets of attachment are generally those people who have shown a predilection to respond most consistently, predictably, and appropriately to the infant's signals; this person is generally the mother, but the father and others eventually play an important role in this regard as well. In the last few years, there has been no single area of research in personality and social psychology that has attracted more interest than the application of attachment theory to the study of adult relationships."

Tags:peer, romantic, accomplishment, theories, voluntary

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This paper explains that the central trajectory of this research is to explore and discuss the differences in views and interpretations of male and female statues and portraiture at the Roman archaeological site of Aphrodisias, Turkey. The author points out that the contemporary perceptions of the actual and intended meaning and interpretation of an ancient work of art may not be the meaning as it was intended at the time. The paper relates perceptions, which will form an important part of the research are (1) the differences between men and women in Late Greek and Roman sculpture, (2) changing attitudes seen in later Greek and Roman society as reflected in their art especially (3) the sense of freedom in emerging democratization and the concomitant sense of individual independence.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Interpretations and Context
Aphrodisias and Gender Portrayal

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"Another theoretical area that will be included in the assessment of the artworks is contemporary awareness of "master narratives', as an important aspect affecting the perception of the works. In brief, this refers to an awareness of a more deconstructive assessment and perspective relating to the possibilities of misinterpretation and the overlaying of modern assumptions over the essential meaning of the artworks. Questions that have to be asked in this regard include: is the emotional response to the sculptures or statues determined by our particular historical and cultural milieu; to what extent is it possible to understand Roman sculpture within the framework in which it was created?"

Tags:contextual, narratives, deconstructive, gender, democratization

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This paper presents a proposal for a British university that aims to examine the rise of the litigation culture in the United Kingdom. The paper explores the aim of this research project to investigate the status of risk assessment in U.K. physical education programs in order to identify the best practice model that can be applied in a variety of settings to help mitigate the impact of injuries and the concomitant resulting litigation using a thoughtful risk assessment approach.

Outline
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Rationale of Study
Methodology

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"Risk assessment has reached a new level of importance in the Information Age. The growth of sophisticated networked information systems and distributed computing has created a potentially dangerous environment for private and public organizations. "Critical data -- such as from trade secrets, proprietary information, troop movements, sensitive medical records and financial transactions -- flows through these systems" (Hamilton, 1999, p. 69). Consequently, organizations are becoming increasingly concerned with potential exposure and are looking for ways to evaluate their organization's security profile today."

Tags:injuries, suing, prevention

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Due to changing socio-demographics, the demand for health care and advanced medical technologies is growing consistently in St. Louis, with a concomitant rise in health expenditure. This paper introduces the strategic management of a healthcare facility in St. Louis, based on the micro and macro analysis of demography and economics.

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"Medicaid and Medicare were implemented in 1965 to provide health and custodial care for people who could not afford it themselves. As Medicaid pays for half of the nursing home expenditures these costs have been rising steadily with the changing demography, and longer life expectancy.[Author not available, 1997] A growing population and rising cost of health facilities has added to the Medicaid expenditure.[Author not available, 1997]
Insurance seems to be a better alternative for providing nursing home care as a vast majority of people over 65 years will not require nursing home care, and the duration of stay for the remainder will likely be short, only 9% remaining more than 5 years.[Author not available, 1997] But expensive premiums, less incentive to purchase insurance due to the availability of Medicaid and desire to remain with family and thus transferring funds to other individuals that could have been used for insurance used on long term nursing care, keeps the burden on Medicaid.[Author not available, 1997]"

Tags:Medicare, Medicaid, geriatric, insurance

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Pierre Bourdieu observed that human beings demonstrate a strong need to classify objects and groups. A large part of a person's identity is determined by how he or she is classified into social groups that are divided by factors like ethnicity, social or economic status, race and gender. In addition to identity, a person's social and economic privilege are derived from and defined by his or her economic class. In many ways, the economic class a person is born into remains a determining factor over other aspects of his or her life. This paper thus draws from the writings of Marxist theory and Noam Chomsky to examine the continuing influence of class and its concomitant social and economic privilege.

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"Despite the astute realization that consciousness is defined in relation to one's economic conditions, this classical Marxist analysis of a superstructure (political institutions and consciousness) resting on an economic base proves inadequate to explain the many forms of social stratification. For instance, gender and race often affect privilege, even more than class. Furthermore, even Marx himself recognized that the peasant and working class often use their limited voting rights to further subjugate themselves, rather than establishing themselves as a revolutionary challenge to the ruling class (Fletscher 89)."

Tags:bourgeoisie, Communist, Manifesto, free, speech, World, Bank

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This paper attempts to address the question of moral values in Homer's world and examines how the Greeks have an established hierarchy and concomitant etiquette rules governing how different members of society can behave to one another. It looks at how at the very top of this society are the heroes, such as Achilles in the Greek army and Hector on the Trojan and how, because they are so prevalent in the action of the poem, their ethics are much discussed. It shows how the notion of a "heroic code" governing how they behave is a controversial one, as is that of a "shame-culture", where shame is the crucial factor in the judgements of the agathoi.

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"Hector's fear that a lower-class individual will mock his cowardice is one instance where social values are shown in the poem. Of course, the Iliad is set in a martial environment, and so ideas of a society as a whole rarely feature. The poet of the Odyssey makes more of this. One element of an agathos is his position as a head of a clan, such as Achilles and his Myrmidons. Thus they must lead others who are not agathoi, and occasionally enforce their status. This happens memorably in Book II, where Odysseus beats Thersites with his staff, for dissenting in the council and speaking in it when, as a commoner, he is not allowed to. In his abusive call for a return home, he exhibits none of the noble qualities which agathoi possess, and shows disrespect to his betters. "

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