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Introduction There has been a growing concern about the shortage of nurses in the country. It is estimated that by the year 2020, the United States will be requiring 2.8 million nurses; while the current system can only provide 1.8million by that time. Many suggestions have been put forward to explain this shortage and to offer solutions for the shortage. In this paper, we are going to review three articles that try to define this problem and to offer some solutions for it. Grants awarded to combat nursing shortage This article details the resources being allocated in order to address the issue of shortage of nurses in the hospitals. The resources are in form of grant awarded to the Northwest Health Foundation by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The resources are allocated to cover various sector with the aim of alleviating the chronic shortage of nurses; these areas include; the increase of the number of BSN nurses in new York and Carolina, funding of the immigrant nurses program in san Francisco, training of nurses in gerontology in Tacoma and the financial support of the Clinical Scene Investigator Academy in Kansas. Other projects that would benefit from the grant include a project to bridge the management gap between the nursing schools and the health providers in San Antonio, support of nursing schools in Oregon, Pacific Islands, southwestern Washington and western Texas. The bulk of the grants will therefore go into improving the capacity of the nursing workforce by allowing more nurses to graduate from nursing schools and to facilitate their smooth entry into the job market. It also encourages the immigration of qualified and skilled nurses to the United States to cover the existing gap. Nurse and patient safety This article takes a different view on the causes of nursing shortage in America; the author attributes part of the shortage to the vast amount of time that nurses spend doing work that is not primary patient care; the average nurse spends only about 20 to 30% of the time performing direct patient care; the rest of the time is spent carrying out administrative duties and completing paperwork. This not only make work at the hospital to be very inefficient, but it also puts the patients at risk due to the little time and attention accorded to them. The author also blamed the poor allocation of nursing resources thus increasing the complexity of the work; finally, educational systems that prod
Outline Cuba is located off the southern coastline of the USA and is the biggest island in the Caribbean. The present government of Cuba had taken over after the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista fell in 1959 and from that time onwards, Cuba has been a single party state ruled by Fidel Castro. Since the takeover by Castro, Cuba has been able to build a reputed education and health setup and attained a high literacy rate. After the political changes that happened in Eastern Europe in 1989, the Cuban government experienced severe hardships and had to introduce large scale rationing of consumer goods, food and energy. Introduction In the light of the Cuban circumstances and in view of the fact that the country has functioned and survived under extreme difficulties for several years and yet followed its own path, this paper will examine the extent to which its millennium goals have been successful. The economy of the country has managed to survive with the assistance from Canada, and some countries from Latin America and Europe by way of new investments, mainly in tourism 1 . Cuba has also been able to forge closer relations with Venezuela and the Chinese. China has invested extensively in the country’s nickel industry and Venezuela, in being rich with oil reserves, has assisted the country a great deal by supplying cheap fuel. In focusing on the internal conditions in Cuba, a country specific perspective will be provided; based on the theme that Cuba has to meet its millennium development goals by 2015. The background of the issues will be examined, an analysis will be made and subsequently an action plan formulated to achieve the given objectives. The following are the eight Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by Cuba by the year 2015 2 :   * Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger   * Achieve universal primary education   * Promote gender equality and empower women   * Reduce child mortality   * Improve maternal health   * Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases   * Ensure environmental sustainability   * Develop a global partnership for development Background of the Issue The Millennium Development Goals have been set in keeping with the priorities of the Cuban people at large so as to improve their health, education and economic conditions. Of the given objectives the most pertinent pertain to infant mortality, health and gender equality because in achieving such goals the country can surge towards rapid economic development 3 (Patricia Grogg). It is estimated that about 4.8% of the population in the country lives below the poverty line, which is indeed very low as compared to international standards. The number of underfed children belo
Innovation and creativity can be defined as practices that re-develop the means by which current processes, devices and methods of production are done. In short, they can be considered as the means by which current methods/inventions are viewed, potential alternatives thought up, plans made and the application of the aforementioned practices into an output that can be defined as innovative or creative (Perakis 2011). By itself, the term “innovation” can be thought of as the practice by which new ideas, inventions or methods are introduced to the general public. Examples of this can be seen within the past decade with the release of the Apple iPhone which revolutionized the smart phone market and resulted in the development of new industries and technological innovations that centred on the mobile phone market. This innovative device also resulted in several cultural revolutions resulting in the proliferation of new social practices such as the “selfie” (i.e. the practice of taking pictures of yourself and posting them on the internet), instant news in the form of Twitter as well as other similar cultural nuances that are too numerous to mention. Creativity on the other hand has roughly the same definition as innovation in that it focuses on the creation of new and valuable ideas, concepts or processes. However, unlike innovation, creativity can encompass a far lesser “medium” in that it is commonly associated with personal achievement (So Young & Chan Sik 2010). Examples of people defined as creative can be seen in the work of Mozart, Beethoven, Albert Einstein and other great minds that have influenced the scientific and cultural mindsets of the present day generation. Based on such a definition, the importance of innovation and creativity for organizations can be defined as follows:  1. It enables corporations to penetrate new markets.  2. They help an organization to continue to be competitive.  3. Such practices increase the value of the corporation as a whole.  4. The proliferation of innovative or creative practices within an organization is a good indicator of the quality of a company’s workforce. Examples of Corporations Implementing Creative and Innovation Committees Google Inc One company that is famous for its creative and innovative practices is Google Incorporated. Their pursuit of creativity and innovation gave rise to the creation of a committee that focused on allowing employees some “free time” in order to pursue projects that the employees believed would benefit the company as a whole (Levy 2011). The committee in this case acted as an evaluator in order to determine the overall viability of what was being created and its possible application into the current operations of the company. Basically, the committee that was behind creative and innovative projects for Google acted as the judge and jury for the “special” projects of the emp
Introduction Profit and non-profit organizations have grown beyond geographical boundaries and have exceeded the confinements of local laws and regulations. There is a need for standards that will apply to all agencies globally, particularly those that govern the treatment of humans, be it, workers or clients. Consequently, the United Nations (UN), with the help of the Human Rights Council (2005), has been at the forefront championing human rights and developing universal policies to support the same. Governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have the sole responsibility of adhering to such regulations meant to respect humans and how they are treated. Societies have become concerned about how organizational activities affect human rights. All stakeholders, including investors, governments, workers, and clients, expect agencies to prioritize human rights in all company operations. For most institutions, it is a challenge because there are gaps within national regulations that do not consider related vices. As a result, organizations have committed themselves voluntarily to UN stipulations and related documents such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in developing company policies and codes of conduct. St. Johns Riverside Hospital (SJRH) is a company located in Westchester County, New York State, which values all humans’ freedoms and privileges. The agency has one primary hospital and four other secondary facilities within the state that operate under the same management. SJRH’s Mission, Purpose, and Services The mission of St. Johns Riverside Hospital is to provide extensive nursing and medical services in a professional, ethical, compassionate, and respectful manner to all patients. Regardless of a client’s background or condition, the hospital endeavors to give equal and high-quality care. Additionally, all employees are expected to follow the company’s code of conduct while attending to them. The organization offers brilliance in nursing and medical care, preventive services, state-of-the-art technologies, and continuing education (St. Johns Riverside Hospital, 2020). Furthermore, SJRH strives to improve its services in all its branches and to impact the general quality of life in the neighboring communities. In conducting its mission, the hospital encourages initiatives and new ideas from the staff members and outsiders. The agency has a set of services divided and accomplished in two primary departments. Behavioral Health Services department is the first one and is meant to help addicts achieve sobriety by attending to their mental struggles and teaching them self-care practices. These services are availed in four distinct locations within Westchester. The main one is Greenburg Addiction Treatment Services, meant to address the needs of the patients by helping them develop
1. By the time the play was written, Denmark seems to have been prosperous and enjoying a state of security. This is seen when Laertes tells Ophelia that Hamlet could be likened to “the safety and health of this whole state.” (Shakespeare 12) During this period, Denmark also seems to have had strong military powers such that countries like England thought of “the Danish sword, and thy free awe paid homage.” (Shakespeare 65) Additionally, Denmark seems to have been coexisting peacefully with its neighbors. This is seen when Prince Fortinbras shows up requesting King Claudius to honor his “promised march over his kingdom” (Shakespeare 69) on their way to attack Poland. This shows that Denmark was a kingdom that lived peacefully with its neighbors.  2. Hamlet decides to convince the actors to perform a play with the same scene as that of the murder of his father. Deep down in his heart, Hamlet knows that his uncle is guilty and he intends to watch the king’s reaction and “if he but blench, I know my course.” (Shakespeare 12) On top of this, Hamlet hopes that seeing a replay of the murder of his father would move the king’s conscience to a point where he would be forced to admit his crime. However, the most plausible reason for doing this is to watch the king’s reaction and act on that.  3. From reading the text, one easily gathers that Hamlet is disillusioned about marriage and that is why he advises Ophelia to join a nunnery. By doing this, Ophelia would be sure to escape being a “breeder of sinners.” In fact, King Claudius and Queen Gertrude’s betrayal seems to have scarred Hamlet to a point where he distrusts everyone and that is why he tells Ophelia that all men are “arrant knaves….believe none of us.”(Shakespeare 61) Additionally, Hamlet knows that his intended revenge might cause his death and wants to ensure that Ophelia does not suffer at the hands of another man.  4. At this moment, Hamlet is already convinced that King Claudius is the murderer of his father. Although he knows that his mission is to revenge on his father’s death, he fails to do so when a perfect opportunity presents itself at the chapel. This is obviously because of Hamlet’s weak character but he consoles himself by saying that if he kills King Claudius during a moment of prayer, then his soul would be accepted in heaven and to Hamlet, this is not acceptable since Claudius belongs in hell.  5. When Hamlet kills the person hiding behind the arras, he had every reason to believe it was the king. At this point, the only person whom Hamlet had beefed with was the king and he had no reason to kill any other person. Considering that he had failed to kill the king in the chapel, he now believes that the king must have been doing something wrong for him to be hiding in his mother’s closet. Additionally, we can conclude that Hamlet killed the faceless person to convince himself that he was not a coward as the ghost thought.  6. King Claudius
Architecture as well as art, in addition to being influenced by epoch characteristic, is associated with certain names that made a particular architecture movement remembered. The architecture of the 20 th century can be distinguished among others due to several factors such as the rapid technological development, the growth of the cities, the need for building, and as a major factor for Europe in the middle of the century, intensive post-war restoration processes. For that matter, there were many architecture movements that did not have distinct borders between them, where some of the movements existed together at the same time. In that sense, there were names by which certain movements were associated. In regards of the aforementioned, this paper contrasts the architecture of three leading architecture pioneers of the 20 th century, Le Corbusier, Gerrit Rietveld and Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), is a well-known American architect, the founder and the leading master of school of the organic architecture, and a large figure in architecture history. Already in Wright’s first works, under the influence of Henry Richardson, Sullivan’s symmetric layouts received intense-expressional romantic decision. The romantic tendencies were amplified in his creativity in 1893, when he built a series of private country houses, so-called “Prairie Houses” in which the principle of “organic architecture” was developed. The main principle of such architecture is the inseparability of architecture from environment, as well as implying the idea about the space continuity. In “Prairie Houses”, the central kernel – a big room with a fireplace which opened to a living room, a dining room and a hall, a feature that had something in common with ancient traditions of American dwelling with a family hearth in the centre. When building and decorating these houses, Wright applied materials and designs contrasting in colour and texture, and at the same time using their specific properties. The most considerable and interesting among Wright’s “Prairie Houses” were Willits House (1902), the Martin House in Buffalo, New York (1904), and the house that ended this series Robie House in Chicago (1909). In 1909 Wright travelled to Europe where there were exhibitions of his works, and his monograph was published. Wright’s works made a big impact on the rationalistic direction in architecture which started to be formed those years in the Western Europe. In the mid-thirties, the second period of Wright’s blossoming began. The success was brought by two constructions: Kaufmann’s residence in Pennsylvania, constructed in 1935 and known in history as “Falling water”, and Johnson and Son Administration Building in Racine (1936-39). As Robie House became the crowning achievement of the Prairie Houses, Kauffman house amazed with the extraordinary mastery with which it was embed
Introduction There have been countable air crashes over the years. The Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 and Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have been described as two of the worst crashes of all time. This presentation analyzes the response the two airlines gave after their planes crashed. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 The Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was a passenger flight. The flight, operated by Malaysia Airlines, crashed on March 2014 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members. Critics consider the crash worse than the AirAsia plane crash. Neither the plane, nor the passengers have been located to date. Initially, the plane was perceived to have fallen in the South China Sea. However, a search in the region did not bear any fruit. A lot of money and other resources have been used to enhance the search to no avail. It is perceived that all the 227 and 12 crew members died. Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 The Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 was an international passenger flight, under the AirAsia Group. The plane, carrying approximately 155 passengers and seven crew members, crashed on 28th December 2014. All passengers and staff in the plane were killed. 106 bodies were recovered and handed over to the families. Airplane debris was found in the Java Sea after an extensive search, prompting searchers to look in the general region. The searchers were able to recover 106 bodies, which were returned to their respective families. Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 – The crash Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed in the Java Sea due to bad weather. The wreck from the crash was located on the floor of the Java Sea on 8th January, 2014. The analysis of the black box showed that the plane had stalled and failed to regain speed. It was the first crash that involved an AirAsia plane. The crash was the first to be recorded in the eighteen years of operation of AirAsia. It was decsribed as the third worst plane crash in the year 2014. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 – the crash Flight 37o is often described as having experienced a crash:   * However, no form of debris has been found. Conspiracy theories have been formed regarding its disappearance. It is speculated that terrorists hijacked the plane. The airline released a press statement saying that the pilot was the core suspect in tragedy. A lot of conspiracy theories have been formulated regarding the air crash because no debris has been recovered so far. It is thought that there was foul play involving the pilot. However, these are mere speculations. Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 – Reaction AirAsia group rebranded its web pages in mourning immediately after the crash. The airline also established an emergency call center. It also renamed the flight number:   * ¡The intention was to ease the public tension
Few films explore women’s friendship and delve into the interpersonal connection of women, seeking to avoid the restrictions of gender, class, time, and place. The film Thelma and Louise by Riddley Scott depict female nature from the inside. Thelma, who married at 18 and tolerated her tyrant husband, is not as downtrodden and tame as many would like to see her – she wants to escape this routine and start living. In the beginning, Louise says, “You get what you agree to,” but Thelma does not agree to put up, so she packs her things, tosses her suitcases in her friend’s car, leaves a note to her husband, and goes off with Louise for the weekend. “Something has happened in me, and I can’t return,” she says, having tasted the freedom. If Thelma is an amateurish adventurer, then Louise is a severe rebel. Her boyfriend Jimmy does not have any control over her, but instead, she dictates the rules to him, although she is forced to endure his constant adventures in who knows where while she works as a waitress. She does not hesitate to shoot a man who is trying to rape her friend. Stereotypical films about the female character’s nature are forgotten and never become a symbol of the female spirit, as Thelma and Louise became. The film illustrates the so-called “gun in the handbag” genre. This happened because the work reflects a woman’s actual need for freedom. The events that occur to t
Partner Benefits Kimley-Horn and Associates and Disney are in top 100 of the Fortune 500 list. Both organizations offer 100% healthcare coverage for employees, as well as their partners. However, the corporations have slightly different benefit requirements. At Kimley-Horn, the insurance coverage is provided to both spouses and domestic partners (either same- or opposite-sex). The company purchases CIGNA insurance which is associated with the similar requirements for both married individuals and registered same-sex domestic partners: “both individuals must share a primary residence,” and should not be in legal relationships with other individuals (CIGNA, 2010, p. 1). At the same time, it is implied that most of the eligible opposite-sex couples are married because the opposite-sex domestic partnerships can be registered only if “one partner is at least 62 years of age” (CIGNA, 2010, p. 1). The insurance benefits for employees and their family members are effective thirty days after the date of recruitment. There is no waiting period after the divorce before a new spouse/partner will become eligible. The only requirement for an employee is to provide the supporting documentation (e.g., partnership registration license, etc.) within thirty days after any qualifying event such as marriage or divorce (Kimley-Horn and Associates, 2016). At Disney, employees’ spouses and same- or opposite-sex partners are eligible for coverage as well. The married couples are eligible regardless of the length of their relationships − they are only required to provide the supporting documentation. In the case of domestic partners, they should be in relationships for at least one year, share a mutual residence, and be financially interdependent (Disney, n.d.). To prove that the given criteria are followed, employees are asked to show evidence such as bills, mortgage documents, and so on. Similarly to Kimley-Horn, in the event of divorce or other changes in relationships, employees are required to provide documentation within thirty days. The inclusion of these stipulations is largely influenced by the state and federal laws which require organizations to treat domestic-partner benefits in a similar way as the coverage of married couples (Smith, 2015). The major prerequisite for the increase in the same-sex partner benefits at Fortune 500 enterprises was the demolition of the Defense of Marriage Act by the U.S. Supreme Court. It was one of the government’s attempts to combat discrimination at the nation-wide level. At the same time, it is noted by Smith (2015) that “with same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states, it is likely that more employers will require that same-sex couples be married to be eligible for benefits coverage” (par. 2). The given tendency s provoked by organizations’ efforts to make coverage stipulations more uniform and equal for individuals in different types of relationships and avoid abuse of benefits. Nevertheless, most of the insurers prefer to work with corporations that offer both same-sex and opposite-sex partner coverage. Thus, those emplo