Essays on Broadbent

Theoretical and Conceptual Models Contributions To Advanced Nursing Practice

Virginia Henderson theory, which she referred to as the Nursing Need Theory emphasizes on the substantiality for patient’s independence right after hospitalization so that the healing progress is not delayed (Barker, 2015). According to this theory, a practitioner has to use some 14 components that are required to assess if a patient is doing well. Some of these elements include sleep and rest, good hygiene, eliminate body wastes, maintain body temperature, socializing, and worship according to one's faith amongst others. As an advanced nurse specializing with prostate cancers, it is important to apply these components by conducting assessments ...

Analysis of Australian Conservation Foundation

Introduction Not all organizations or sectors which could influence policy making could belong to the government. Non-government organizations could also play a role in policy making and influence the progress of society through policies and laws. These organizations could also influence the decision making process of the policy makers with regards to the issues of the environment. One of these organizations includes Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). The ACF is a non-government organization which operates on Australia. It is considered as the leading Australian non-government organization which focuses on improving the environment and solving issues and problems associated to ecology ( ...

How the Internet enables intimacy

In her speech “How the Internet enables intimacy”, Stefana Broadbent identifies a new phenomenon in a modern social communications. Nowadays, with progression with modern communications channels such as email, cell phones, social media and instant messages, the communication between the closest friends and relatives penetrates the domains of people’s lives that had previously imposed isolation - schools, hospitals, workplaces, offices and factories. Ms. Broatbent gives this phenomenon a name of “democratization of intimacy”. Technology revolution in communication channels and emergence of mobile phones, smartphones, instant messengers and social media like Facebook, greater penetration of broadband, 3G and 4G ...

We have slowly and reluctantly accepted that the lives that we live on the internet are not just abstract rather; they hold meaning and sentiment for the most of us. We like to keep in touch with very close friends and even partners that we have become unfortunate enough to move away from, and we even find ourselves making new friends when online. So, since we have established and passed the responsibility over to the internet to take care of our emotional needs of this nature, we have also found that we can trust the same internet with the ...

In everyday life, an average human being interacts with so many experiences, some of which significantly influence our response. In a college party for instance, several people are having conversations and loud music is playing: and yet each groups of people conversing can still make out what the other person is saying despite the noise. In morning traffic, it is typical to see a corporate employee communicating through a hands free device, taking coffee and driving at the same time. In college rooms, it is typical to find one student reading while the other plays music. How is all ...

In the 21st century, climate change has emerged as one of the main threats to the environmental wellbeing of earth as a planet and the ecosystems. The National Academy of Sciences, in its 2009 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change stated that “Climate change is one of the defining issues of the 21st century. Therefore, humans are under a challenge to formulate guidelines, practices and behavioural standards that ensure that economic opportunities and improve quality of life are available to the human population in the long run and also climate and eco-systems are sustainably maintained. Notably, climate change and in ...

Introduction

Canada has been hailed as one of the best countries in term of universal health care system. However, despite these positive reviews and global admiration of its health care system, there are various factors that are not admirable. The Canadian society is anchored on social justice and social equality. Therefore, every citizen, irrespective of color, ethnicity or sexuality is entitled to good healthcare. As such, it is a right to enjoy good healthcare system that is universal to all. However, this cannot be said to be true especially to the people of color such as the aboriginal. Over the ...