Essays on Combatting

Introduction

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 322 million people residing in the United States and nearly 4.70 percent of those who are capable of working are unemployed as of May 2016 (2016). This unemployment rate may not be alarming since 4.70 percent is such a small number, but when converted, this small percentage accounts for more than 10 million unemployed individuals. Unemployment is among the alarming issues in the society and that should not be ignored. For instance, its relevance in the society makes a country's economy suffer. Unemployment causes the national output to ...

The Millennium Development Goals make up the action plan created by the United Nations in order to help developing countries improve their living conditions, medical services, educational and social aspects of their people’s lives. This work is aimed at the consideration of the eight Millennium Development Goals with regard to nursing profession. The legacy of the famous Florence Nightingale cannot but influence the perception of these Millennium Goals. Many of her opinions and attitudes resonate with the Goals, which is impossible to overlook. Florence Nightingale’s avocation was nursing and helping ill. Therefore each and every nurse familiar ...

Introduction

The criminal justice system of the United States and other nations are often analyzed in an inward manner. It is treated as a local matter mainly because criminal justice is a preserve of a nation-state. However, internationally, the legal system of a country like the United States can be analyzed and reviewed within an absolute and relativist context. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of globalization on the American criminal justice system and also evaluate it in relation to other jurisdictions and how the American system fares internationally.

Globalization and the US Criminal Justice System

The United States affected and has been ...

Abstract

The article by Lobell and his associates focuses on the investments that are made to ensure food security due to the threat of global warming. Moreover, the projections about the climate of the world in 2030 are taken into consideration. The needed adaptations are discussed in the course of the writing to shed light on the importance of taking action with utmost immediacy. The article by Schmidhuber and Tubiello goes on to delve deep into the four main factors (availability, stability, utilization, and access) that are associated with food security. There is a qualitative discussion of the negative impact ...

Introduction

This dissertations main porpoise and focus will be to address if the British armed forces will have any role in future international conflict. It will address the beginning of the British Empire all the way to the empire that we know today. After this we will look at concerns and threats that the British might face as well as the rest of the world and how this could have an impact on the British role in any future conflict. After having discussed all of the concerns we will look at the ability through advances in technology for any involvement ...

In 2012, the federal government recovered in excess of $3.8 billion (including $2.2 billion from a leading pharmaceutical company) in judgments and settlements under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33 (the “FCA”, “PL 99–562” or the “Act”). This was until then, the second largest haul. By the close of 2012, in excess of $17 billion had been similarly recovered in the preceding five years. In January 2013, more than 846 cases were pending, of which whistleblowers filed 752. The increasing number of quit tam cases is a testament to the increased investment in the same by whistleblowers as well ...

Executive Summary

The key priorities for the St. Louis County cyber-crime task force will be placing emphasis on online fraudulent activities, child exploitation, and pornography and identity theft. Online fraudulent activities are enormous challenges for private and public organizations since fraudsters can manipulate information to suit their needs. Moreover, fraud compromises the security of the nation and has the capability of affecting people far and beyond the state of Missouri. Identity theft is a rising threat in St. Louis and the world at large posing threat to personal info and promoting fraudulent activities (O'Day, 2005, pg.63). Despite the fact that parents try ...

Combatting Compassion Fatigue for Caregivers

Combatting Compassion Fatigue for Caregivers The medical profession suffers from a high rate of burnout. This is known as compassion fatigue, secondary traumatization or vicarious traumatization. However, no matter what it’s called, compassion fatigue greatly decreases the quality of care any caregiver can provide. Every day, caregivers see their patients suffer and die. It is practically impossible not to have this living nightmare impact one’s psyche and spirit. Nurses are especially prone to burnout because of the intense pressure placed upon them not only by their job requirements, but by high expectations of patients and their ...

Compassion in nursing involves a deep and empathic regard for the suffering of a patient and the desire and engagement to ease that suffering (Slatten, Carson & Carson, 2010). Empathy may take the form of counter-transference or the vicarious experience of the patient’s suffering (Boyle, 2011). Compassion entails the use of self enabling the nurse to establish a connection and a therapeutic relationship with the patient in order to (Smart et al., 2014). However, the repetitive practice of compassion can lead to fatigue, a phenomenon more common in settings such as oncology, palliative care, hospice, trauma, and emergency services. Constant preoccupation with patients and ...

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Academic Affiliation: On the unfortunate morning that the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks took, place people around the globe have forced the population to reassess security measures. Once thought to be one of the safest countries in the world, the United States revealed itself to have several breaches when the towers fell. The new, restrictive guidelines to help keep citizens safe began slowly. The airport began keeping a firmer, more watchful eye on boarding passengers, as well as their luggage while the government began to take more notice of the nation’s borders. Slowly people began to feel safe ...

Growing Popularity on the Internet 3

Threats on the Internet 5 Combatting Security Threats 9 Cyber security Threats 11 Safeguarding the Open Internet 13 Security Tokens 15 Other industry features on the Internet 16 Strain between Cyber security and Open Internet 16 We Have No Control over Security on the Internet 18 Conclusion 19

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Security on the Internet The internet is an integral part of modern communication. Yet it is also the source of many security issues of private information because of its widespread nature and availability. These security issues are associated partly to the inherent ...

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Dear Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen: In line with the continued upward trend that exhibits rising rates of obesity in children, with a strong link to developing tendencies for preponderance to type 2 diabetes, as a promoter and advocate of good health, I would like to propose that the Bill to combat childhood obesity, as proposed by Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge of the Ohio district, be similarly promoted in the local communities of South Florida. As it was announced in the first session of the 113th Congress that the month of September was proposed to be designated as the National ...

Introduction:

The United States Agency for International Development and the World Bank hosted a debate concerning the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The debate had the following proposition “Behavior change in generalized epidemics has not reduced new HIV infections and is an unwise use of HIV prevention resources.” Panelists supporting the proposal had a number of reasons that they presented. They argued that the individuals carrying out behavior change implementation had not done a thorough evaluation of their work. For this reason, there are many unknowns in this strategy. For instance, scholars involved have not been able to come up with a behavior change model. Such a model ...

Job Stress and Job Stress Interventions

Job Stress and Job Stress Interventions 1. The most important idea of Part Eight was the role of the lack of control in causing job stress and the resulting possible ways of combatting that issue. In particular, the experiment described where just the mere presence of an on-off switch for distracting noise resulted in significantly better concentration and performance, even when the subject did not actually use the switch to stop the noise, was very interesting. The reading describes three approaches to combatting stress labeled primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Primary intervention aims to remove fundamental environmental causes ...