Essays on Health Page 96

What is marijuana? According to Harvard Medical Professor LesterGrinspoon, it is a “miracle drug”, one that prevents blindness, acts as anappetite stimulant for AIDS patients, and prevents muscle spasms in epileptics. When speaking of the same plant, head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics forover thirty years, Harry J. Anslinger said that this “evil weed”…

There are many different types of visual aids such as graphs, photos, maps, charts, videos, documents, and overhead transparencies. These are just a few to mention. Most, if not all, visual aids used in the court room need mediums (or tools) for demonstration purposes. Some people like to use the old fashioned mediums of flip…

In an industry that combines technology and human touch while administering round the clock care for millions of individuals and families, the nursing profession has faced theoretical overhauls that concretely defined her role in the society. Nursing theories were developed to arrive at different perspectives that formalized the nature of nursing through the development of…

A chance finding on Thursday the 19th of September 1991 discovered a glacier body known as “Ice Man” or “Otzi”. Erika and Helmut Simon found him when they were on a mountaineering trip in the Otzal Alps between Austria and Italy. There are many theories surrounding his life and death. Initially he was taken for…

Gabrielle Harris Professor Hartley English 111 10 September 2009 In the article “_Legal drinking ages throughout the world. Should the US lower the age to 18”_, the author asks should America lower its drinking age to 18. I believe the law should not be changed because there will be an increase of school age kids…

As the new risk manager, my role is to create a Risk Management Plan for Little Falls Hospital. The main goal of this plan is to establish a safety-focused culture within the hospital. Its aim is to offer directives and tactics for managing and organizing administrative and clinical activities effectively, with the intention of reducing…

This short survey efforts to analyze the nature and range of the Tourism Industry of Sri Lanka and measure critically, the cardinal factors that may excite or discourage the growing of the Sri Lankan touristry sector. Sri Lanka, officially known as Ceylon is situated in the Indian Ocean off the southern tip of India. It…

Effective leadership plays an important role in all organizations including the nursing profession by providing guidance and direction to an organization. Hard work by leaders has been associated with growth in the professional career as well as success in an organizational setting (DelHousaye &amp Brewer, 2004). This has proven to be true in my nursing…

Viktor Frankl was born in Vienna on March 26, 1905.  Gabriel Frankl, his father, originally was from Moravia. After many years of hard work and strong effort he built up his career and advanced from government stenographer to the director of the Ministry of Social Service. He was a man of a strong will and…

The origin of cognitive dissonance theories is frequently attributed to the writings of the American social psychologist Leon Festinger. Festinger (1957) described the experience of cognitive dissonance as resulting from a need for psychological consistency that follows a “non-fitting relation among cognitions” (Festinger, 3) that exists between pairs of elements. Elements refer to cognition, which…