family members who value education. Everyone in my extended family has not attended college, but even those who have not are quick to talk about the benefits of higher education. I never need to look far for a manifestation that their theories and aphorisms are on target. So I come easily to the idea of advancing my educational status and improving the potential for a better life for myself and my nuclear family thorough educational attainment.
To my mind, an MBA degree represents a threshold. University degrees offer the potential for substantive change in the lives of students. An MBA degree particularly marks the opening of a portal to higher achievement, on the one hand, and greater responsibility and societal contribution on the other. I am interested in enrolling in the MBA program because both of these factors are important to me.

Certainly, I want to be able to provide economic…...

Rapid Critical Appraisal A Family-Based Diabetes Intervention for Hispanic Adults and Their Family Members 1. Are the results of the study valid?
a. Was there a representative and well defined sample of patients at a similar point in the course of the disease? Yes No Unknown
The study recruited participants who had type 2 diabetes and 1 family member from a community clinic that mostly serves uninsired patients. All the participants identified themselves as Hispanic aged over 18 years, had self reported that they suffered from type 2 diabetes and they had a family member willing to participate. Participants and family members had to be able to speak either English or Spanish. The study had thirty-six patients and thirty seven family members, which offered an 80 percent power for detecting any small change in exercise and diet (Hu, Wallace, McCoy, & Amirehsani, 2014). The patients who completed the study were 32 and 31…...

presence of family members in the resuscitation room, various factors must be taken into account. In regards to such events leading to traumatic repercussions, if the patient does not respond to the measures, it is likely that the next of kin would be affected by the experience. Moreover, by allowing family members to be present, staff is expected to ensure a minimum of support. However, given that resuscitation measures require concentration of forces and efforts on the patient, there may be no staff available to provide support for the family. This is specifically relevant when there are no trained facilitators to have been delegated such responsibilities. Some hospitals may lack resources in attending the issue. This is why family presence during resuscitation is not always recommended because it can affect relatives on a negative scale. On the other hand, it has been acknowledged for a long time now that…...

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Doyle, C.J., Post, H., Burney, R.E., Maino, J., Keefe, M., & Rhee, K.J. (1987). Family participation during resuscitation: An option. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 16(6), 673-5. Retrieved from http://mastertrain.8m.com/masterimages/2013articles/Family%20Participation%20During%20Resuscitation-An%20Option.pdf

Mian, P., Warchal, S., Whitney, S., Fitzmaurice, J., & Tancredi, D. (2007). Impact of a multifaceted intervention on nurses' and physicians' attitudes and behaviors toward family presence during resuscitation. Critical Care Nurse, 27(1), 52-61. Retrieved from  http://ccn.aacnjournals.org/content/27/1/52.full.pdf+html

relationships of family members who work in the same family business, focusing but not restricted to, the conflicts they undergo.
A significant percentage of the private sector is comprised of family business. Family business has its own dynamic propelled by a shared family history, personal values, and intimate knowledge of their own concerns amongst other factors. Given that the family operates harmoniously, they have an ease of communication, which propels their business, but, most importantly, they are unanimously committed to long-term goals and are highly motivated to succeed. The harmonious family imbues the family business with shared objective and vibrancy enabling success. Conflict, on the other hand, has a tendency to creep into the business and, ultimately, dissolve that too. As reverse, conflict, originated by business concerns, can dissolve the harmonious glue of the family structure. It is, therefore, important for both family and business, and, ultimately, for the importance…...

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Davis, P. & Stern, D. (1981) Adaptation, Survival, and Growth of the Family Business: An Integrated Systems Perspective Human Relations, 34, 207-224

Karatas-Ozkan, M. et al. (2011). Women in Turkish family businesses: Drivers, contributions and challenges International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 11 203-219

Incarceration on Prisoners Families
There can be little doubt that incarceration will impact on families as well as the prisoner. ith more than 1 million women and 6 million men within the correctional system in the U.S. (Clarke and Adashi 923), indicating an exponentially large number of family members being impacted. The family members most impacted are the immediate family; partners, and children, as well as parents, as well as impacting on the wider communities (Braman 5). This paper reviews the problems faced by prisoners' families, focusing on partners and children of those incarcerated.

The impact on partners can be far reaching, especially for partners who met their partners prior to any incarceration. The impacts will be tangible and psychological. Firstly, the incarceration of a partner may create financial hardships, this may be due to loss of income, especially where the prisoner was a major wage earner. hen it is remembered…...

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Braman, D. Doing Time on the Outside. Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 2007. Print.

Clarke, J G, and E. Y Adashi. "Perinatal Care for Incarcerated Patients." JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association 305.9 (2011): 923 -- 929. Print.

Comfort, M. Doing Time Together: Love and Family in the Shadow of the Prison. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Print.

Hairston,. "Prisoners and Families: Parenting Issues During Incarceration." "From Prison to Home" Conference. N.p., 2002. Web. .

Katherine Kolcaba Comfort Theory
Comfort is an obvious objective in providing a level of quality of care in a nursing environment. Yet, at the same time, most concepts of "comfort" are based off subjective or heuristic accounts and not holistically explored. Katharine Kolcaba begin building her theory of comfort during graduate school and received her PhD in 1997; and since that time her theories have taken root among many researchers. Comfort has been defined for nursing as the satisfaction (actively, passively or co-operatively) of the basic human needs for relief, ease or transcendence among from health care situations that are stressful; nursing case is designed to meet or continue meeting needs that fall under the domain of the discipline (Kolcaba, 1994). Kolcaba used this definition to build a framework that could more systematically explore the role of comfort in patients as well as in nursing outcomes. This analysis will provide an…...

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Kolcaba, K. (1994). A theory of holistic comfort for nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1176-1184.

Kolcaba, K., & DiMarco, M. (2005). Comfort Theory and Its Application to Pediatric Nursing. Pediatric Nursing, 187-196.

Moriber, N. (2009). Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of the Pediatric Perioperative Comfort Instrument: A Psychometric Study. ProQuest Dissertations, 1-136.

Soest-Poortvliet, M., Steen, J., de Vet, H., Hertogh, C., Deliens, L., & Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B. (2015). Comfort goal of care and end-of-life outcomes in dementia: A prospective study. Palliative Medicine, 538-546.

Psychosocial Process ecording
Theories thrive in situations where facts are scarce or sparse in human endeavors. Medicine is a field in which such truths are evident. According to Gorman (1990), radical biologists hold the view that all psychiatric complications are caused by brain abnormalities. On the other hand, dogmatic psychologists claim that medical treatment only covers up psychiatric symptoms. They state that psychological treatment gets to the root of the problem (cited in Waldo, 2013).

This case analysis scenario has applied the Bio-psychosocial Model analysis of psychiatry. The approach was made popular by George L. Engelis. The biological element of the bio-psychosocial model seeks to understand how illnesses are due to the functioning of an individual's body. The psychological aspect investigates potential psychologically related causes for illness including lack of self-control, negative thoughts and emotional turmoil. The social element investigates how social factors including how socio economic dynamics, technology, poverty, culture and…...

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References

Waldo, A. D. (2013). Process Recording: Case Analysis. School of Nursing. Retrieved 9 November 2016 from  https://www.academia.edu/8822397/Sample_Case_Presentation_in_Psychiatric_Nursing_Case_Analysis

Combining morphine and Ativan (lorazepam) can be deadly, making the Primary Care Physician (PCP) statement seem contradictory to medical ethics. The specific medical ethical issues addressed in this case include patient autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence. However, there are other ethical issues and dilemmas raised by this case. The nurse faces professional ethical dilemmas in terms of the conflicts between Provision 2 and Provision 8 in the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics. Provision 2 indicates that nurses have a primary commitment to the patient, followed by Provision 3, which calls for the professional nurse to actively advocate for and protect the "rights, health, and safety of the patient," (ANA, 2015). However, Provision 8 indicates that the nurse also "collaborates with other health professionals and the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities," (ANA, 2015). This case shows how the nurse's primary obligation to protect…...

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American Nurses Association (ANA, 2015). Code of Ethics. Retrieved online:  http://www.vcuhealth.org/?id=1220&sid=13 

International Council of Nurses (2012). The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses. Retrieved online:  http://www.icn.ch/images/stories/documents/about/icncode_english.pdf 

"Patients' Bill of Rights," (n.d.). Retrieved online:  http://www.aapsonline.org/patients/billrts.htm

Long-Term Management for Diabetic Patients Under the Home Setting
Aubert .E., et.al, (1998).Nurse case Management to Improve Glycemic Control in Diabetic Patients in a Health Maintenance Organization. A randomized, controlled trial. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9786807

This is a report on the research on the comparison of diabetes control in patients receiving nurse case management and patients receiving usual care. The research took a randomized controlled trial model. The research was conducted in primary care clinics in a group model health maintenance organization. It involved 121 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and 17 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The intervention that was used in this case study was that the nurse case manager followed the written management algorithm with the direction of the family physician and an endocrinologist. If there were any changes then they would be communicated to the primary care physician. The patients received ongoing care through their primary care physicians. There…...

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Aubert R.E., et.al, (1998).Nurse case Management to Improve Glycemic Control in Diabetic Patients in a Health Maintenance Organization. A randomized, controlled trial. Retrieved June 13, 2017 from  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9786807 

Baty P.J., at.al. (2010). A Systematic Approach to Diabetes Mellitus Care in Underserved Populations: Improving Care of Minority and Homeless Persons. Retrieved June 13, 2017 from  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927670

Centralized Training
The project for this memo is the evaluating of centralized training within the nationwide company -- a practice that has never before been utilized in the company. The purpose is to provide the company's managers throughout the country the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and training with the new compliance system technology that the firm will be implementing along with the new compliance policies.

Potential stakeholders directly involved are company managers, company employees, company owners, training staff, new technology assistance personnel, financial departments (who must allocate portions of budgets to cover expenses related to travel, training, hosting, etc.), strategic operations personnel (including HR staff, upper and lower management). Potential stakeholders indirectly involved include company patrons/customers, community members in which the various company offices and stations are located, and family members of workers involved in the training session (the social aspect of the training project).

The overall objective for this project is…...

Vitiligo is a skin condition characterized by loss of pigmentation in blotches. The cause of vitiligo is the death of melanocytes, the cells that are responsible for producing melanin. According to the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS, 2014), the cause of vitiligo remains unknown. There is some speculation that vitiligo is an autoimmune system disorder, but the condition may also be caused by genetics (NIAMS, 2014). According to the American Academy of Dermatology (2017), the vitiligo is correlated with autoimmune diseases, and a person is at a higher risk for vitiligo if a family member also has the condition. Exposure to the sun may also be an issue, as the skin areas affected by vitiligo tend to be those that are most exposed such as hands and face.
The primary signs of the disease are visible. The most noticeable symptom…...

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American Academy of Dermatology (2017). Vitiligo: An overview. Retrieved online:  https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/color-problems/vitiligo 

NIAMS (2014). What is vitiligo? Retrieved online:  https://www.niams.nih.gov/health_info/vitiligo/vitiligo_ff.asp

Sexual jealousy may be the main factor for couples aged 18 to 30, but couples in their 50s have established hitting and getting hit as habits, their way of dealing with stress and problems, their bond itself. People wonder and ask why the victim does not leave the abusive relationship. Experts say that it is never easy to do so because leaving costs a lot of money and the victim, often the woman, has no money of her own and has never worked. She does not feel she has much choice until she reaches the brink (The Daily).
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Cwik, MS. (1996). Why Does Wife Abuse Occur? MSA Review. http://users.aol.com/agunah/review.htm

Daily, The (2002). Impacts and Consequences of Spousal Violence. Statistics Canada. http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/020626/d02060.htm

Focus on the Family. (2004). The Impact of Family Violence on Children. Focus…...

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When Madness Comes HomeSecunda (1997) shows in When Madness Comes Home that tens of millions of people, if not more, are directly impacted by mental illness in the family. This means that there is an urgent need for people to understand what mental illness is, what it is not, and how to care for a person experiencing mental illness. Secunda (1997) addresses issues of trauma, stigma, and how relationships can best be fostered through support systems and networks. The main point of the book is that mental illness affects more than just the person who is diagnosed or experiencing it himself; it also affects those people who are family members of the individual or who are in a relationship with the person. They need care and support as well.Secunda (1997) spends time reinforcing the argument that family members of individuals with mental illness have to know that they are not…...

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ReferencesHack, S. M., Muralidharan, A., Brown, C. H., Drapalski, A. L., & Lucksted, A. A. (2020). Stigma and discrimination as correlates of mental health treatment engagement among adults with serious mental illness. Psychiatric rehabilitation journal, 43(2), 106.Patterson, C., Perlman, D., Moxham, L., Sudhakar, C., Nayak, A. K., Velayudhan, B., ... & Tapsell, A. (2021). Australian and Indian nursing students’ skills and attitudes surrounding mental illness: Preparing for a transnational nursing education collaboration. Nurse Education in Practice, 50, 102909.Secunda, V. (1997). When Madness Comes Home: Help and Hope for Families of the Mentally Ill. Hyperion.

It also varies with urban or rural residence. Urban households commonly earn more and enjoy a higher standard of living than rural households. The allocation for food spending corresponds to the biggest part of the family budget. However, as family income increases, the share in food in consumption expenses generally drops. This is most likely because of the popularity of "fast foods" nowadays.
Socialization Process

The process of socialization takes a lifetime whereby the individual acquires the established beliefs, values, sentiments, norms and behavior of his group and society. It is through socialization that the individual becomes a functioning member of his group. It is also through this process that values, customs and beliefs are passed on from one generation to the other.

Because of the significance of early experiences and primary relationships, the family remains to be the most important socializing agent in the child's life (Davidson and Moore, 1992). It…...

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Bellah, R.N. (1970). Beyond Belief. New York: Harper & Row.

Berger, P.L. (1963). Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective. New York: Doubleday.

Berk, S.F. (1985). The Gender Factory. New York: Plenum.

Broom, DH, Broom, L. And Bonjean, C.M. (1990). Sociology: A Core Text with adapted readings. Belmont, California:Wadsworth Publishing Company.

Family Wellness Diagnosis, Nursing
I opted to interview a family of two parents (married heterosexuals) who have two children. Both children are in their late teens. Both parents work. She is a freelance writer and he is a sales clerk at a retail home goods store. Both are in their late forties. He is about 5'11; she is 5'6." Their heights and weights appear appropriate though he claims that at 180 he feels a little overweight. She is about 140. She is originally from Guatemala and he is from the mid-west of the U.S. The children are both boys. Bruce, age 19, is away at college. The other, Erick, graduated from high school last year and has been working at a local golf course while waiting to decide what he wants to study at a community college. I spoke with Bruce over the telephone for about 15 minutes. He confirmed that…...

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Care Plan (no date). Assessment Using Functional Health Patterns. Downloadable from  http://www.delmarlearning.com/companions/content/0766822257/apps/appb2.pdf .

Doenges, M. And Moorhouse, M.F. (2003). Application of Nursing Process and Nursing Diagnosis: An Interactive Text for Diagnostic Reasoning. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, PA.

Life Nurses (2009). Nursing Assessment. Viewable at http://www.lifenurses.com/nursing-assessment/.

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To tackle a three-page essay on the meaning of freedom for enslaved people in the United States, it is very important to keep in mind that there was no single idea of freedom.  The condition of slaves varied tremendously throughout the United States.  Some slaves lived near urban areas and had relatively high amounts of personal autonomy as well as exposure to free people of color, while other slaves were in isolation on plantations and may not ever encounter free people or color or even regularly encounter slaves held captive on other plantations.  In addition, men, women,....

Persuasion and manipulation both involve trying to change someone’s perspective.  However, people have very different opinions about persuasion and manipulation.  These feelings are based on more than just perception; persuasion and manipulation are fundamentally different.  While both involve trying to get a person to change their stance or position and move towards what someone else wants, persuasion takes into account everyone’s feelings while manipulation is focused primarily on one person.  Therefore, examining the intent of the person attempting to get someone else to change their position is important in determining whether it....