As the population of the United States ages, the need for skilled nurses increases. That's where I come in; I plan on being a registered nurse. There is currently a nursing shortage and very few nurses graduating from their nursing schools and practicing. To top that, the average age of a re...

Nursing Without any doctors, nurses, surgeons, or even physical therapists the world as we know it would be a complete disaster. Members of hospitals are what makes a difference in the world today. The people that work everyday to help the sick or even to save them are heros of this world. ...

New Pathway's in Nursing When I was six years old, my father made a major decision in his life that has ultimately influenced my life and the career goals that I have. After working in the business industry for nine years, he returned to college to pursue his dream of becoming a register...

Midwifery, outdated or underrated? Many pregnant women in the United States are unaware of the options they have in choosing their primary health care providers. Most women think that the only way to have their baby delivered is by going to a hospi...

Medicaid payouts to low Medicaid is a government program that started in the sixties. The program helps poverty level pregnant women and children, disabled adults that are unable to work and elderly people that have work and paid into the system but are now living at the poverty level in there...

In most workplaces, one of the first issues on the employee orientation agenda is the employee handbook. This handbook is a composite of rules and regulations that govern the workings of the facility as well as the facilities discipline policy. The human resource person goes over this handbook and i...

Intellectual Cognizant -The levels of education between the Chinese Americans are divided between the highly educated and the poorly educated. -The second generation Chinese Americans who went through four years of college were pretty intelligent and were taking up more professional and technic...

Societies perception about the perfect person is best known to have the perfect body. The healthy habit I have decided to write on is being overweight. Being overweight has many effects on children as well as adults. As an overweight child he or she has many problems growing up. For instance lar...

War Letters is evidence of the heroic contributions and astonishing literary voices of common soldiers, marines, airmen, and sailors, as well as war nurses, journalists, spies, and chaplains. Andrew Carroll began with the belief that soldiers' letters sent home during wartime were important as both ...

Euthanasia is a peaceful way to end a suffering person\'s life. As defined in Mosby\'s Medical Dictionary (pg. 447), euthanasia deliberately brings about the death of a person suffering from an incurable disease. Medical professions are torn over the use of euthanasia. Through my research, it will...

Gender Issues: Have Woman's Rights Improved?Twenty-five years ago, when my mother was little she had three careerchoices available to her, a teacher, a nurse, or a secretary. So as the I wasgrowing up my mother made sure that I knew that I could be whatever I wantedto be, when I grew up. With t...

Ladies and gentlemen, I stand here before you at a time in which the health care of older Americans has become a critical issue. Or should I say issues' We have more people needing more and more specialized care - this is critical. We have fewer and fewer people being asked to do more and ...

President Roosevelt said, "In some communities, employers dislike to hire women . . . We can no longer afford to indulge such prejudice (Plaza)." Most United States leaders realized that it would be necessary that they break the social norms of that time. The U.S. could not afford to leave...

Officials that distribute condoms on school campuses have often been accused of immorality. As stated in the article, Condoms in Schools, "courts have tended to defer to school boards decisions and allow condom distribution programs to stand, but legislators have tended to re...

Concern of the Health Care System Throughout the United States there has been an overwhelming concern as to the status of the present health care system. Approximately 100,000 people lose their health insurance each month. Unfortunately the present system does little to nothing to aid these people...

Harriet Tubman was a very important person in the history of slavery. She played a major role in helping free slaves. Harriet Tubman has made a difference in many slaves' lives. She was also a helpful and caring person. She held fundraisers and helped kids and adults with nowhere to go...

When hearing the word "diversity," one normally does not think about senior centers or nursing homes. However, with the growing diversity in the United States, these places are becoming as multicultural and schools and other public locations. This 90-minute presentation on diversity of ...

It prompted America's entry into World War II. It took citizens by surprise. It grabbed President Franklin D. Roosevelt's concern. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. American battleships Arizona, Tennessee, West Virginia, and California were sunk. As a result over 2,400 American s...

Patriotism is a love and support for your country. But how can a person "love" their country? Today, we think about acts of patriotism as pledging allegiance to the flag and singing the national anthem at basketball games. But patriotism is supposed to be more than pledges, songs, and flag...

What characteristics are necessary in our society today? Does society think that valor, selflessness, or loyalty is important? In Anglo-Saxon times those characteristics were what held their people together and without them their society would perish. Some people over look the benefits of having ...

humanitarian essay The Save the Children's Foundation began in 1932 and was created by a women whose name was Eglantyne Jebb. Eglantyne became interested in this by first helping children and families in Europe who suffered from poverty after WWII. In 1923 Jebb wrote a document st...

Effects of World War I In my opinion, the outcome of World War I harmed the domestic policies and systems of the United States. From the result of the war, there were changes dealing with politics, economics, and public opinions in the United States. Relating to politics, Wilson's goal o...

THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD Lalu was a Chinese-American pioneer woman who overcomes poverty, footbinding, and slavery to build a life of relative freedom in the American Northwest. From Shanghai to San Francisco, Lalu's courageous journey was an important contribution to the history of Asian ...

The path to patriotic preservation is better enderstood be definig two key words. Volunteerism is the policy or prtaice of volunteering one's own time or services, as for charitable or community work. Patriosm is of or like a patriot, or a person who loves, supports ans defends his o her country and...

"The Witch's Husband" was written by Judith Ortiz Cofer in 1993. Judith Ortiz Cofer was born and raised in Puerto Rico, but lived most of her adult life in the United States. She is a writer whose works reflect her struggles with the Puerto Rican and American culture and what it was like to be a Lat...