...6-5-2011 Assignment 1 Health Rights and Responsibilities SPRB11 Sec B I am currently not employed in the healthcare field. I worked as a nursing assistant and unit clerk in ICU and PCU in the past. So, I can’t really base this paper on my own personal experience. I can however base it on different case studies that I have found in our text and online. I know that when I was working in the healthcare field, there were several times when I found myself holding my tongue or being extremely careful how I answered questions from patient’s families and patients. You can never be too careful. I know that we were constantly receiving training, workshops and memos in order to keep us from making mistakes. Ever type of job in the healthcare field is open to a situation that could lead to be being held liable for negligence. Of course there are ways to prevent it and ways to avoid those situations. Employers that are in the healthcare field that employ people to perform these jobs. They constantly learning and updating from situations and training their employees on how to handle these situations. Employers spend a lot of time and money trying to avoid cases where they could be liable. Let’s face it, we are human and to err is human. So in every job, at every turn there could be a situation where the employee or the employer is held liable. Training, refresher courses are necessary in order to keep employees up to date on how to handle each and every situation that may occur. I...
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...Narrator: There was once an old lady who had raised a niece since she was a tiny baby. She had taught the girl to be good, obedient, and industrious, especially the souls in purgatory. As the girl grew older and very beautiful, the old woman began to worry that when she died on her niece would be left all alone in the world, a world which her niece saw only through innocent eyes. Old Lady: Dear Lord, as I daily prayed to all saint’s in heaven for our intercession in heaven to You that You might send some good man who would fall in love with my niece and marry her… then I could die in peace. Narrator: As it happens, the old woman did chores for a comadre who had a rooming house. Among her tenants there was a seemingly rich merchant who one day said: Rich Merchant: I would like to get married. If I could find a niece quiet girl who knew to keep the house tidy, and to be a good wife and mother to our children when they came. (As the old lady heard the rich merchant, her eyes opened and began to smile and scheme to her mind, for she could imagine her niece married to the niece gentleman.) (The old lady told something to the merchant) Old Lady: You could find all that you are looking for in my niece, who is a jewel, a piece of gold, and so gifted that she could even catch birds while they were flying. (The gentleman became interested) Rich Merchant (Gentleman): Hmmmm… I would like to meet your niece, may I go to your house tomorrow? Old Woman: Why yes of course...
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...Running Head: LITERARY WORK ENG 125 January 9, 2011 “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker and “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer are two literary poems that have similarities and differences. They are very different in their style, character and format. I think the most common thing that these two literary poems share is they both have a strong and excellent characterization. “Country Lovers” has events and circumstances of behavior and situations that “The Welcome Table does not have. Emphasizing the similarities in an essay defines its comparison and when you emphasize the differences in an essay you are defining the contrast. As I discuss these essays in my writing, you will note that there are some similarities but they are totally different. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast two literary stories, “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker and “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer. These two stories overall message is “engages the reader in inter-racial issues from a sociological and moral perspective” in “The Welcome Table”. When we look at the “Country Lovers” I think the message “engages the reader in the same inter-racial issues from a sociological but the perspective is psychological.” (p.69) These two pieces are similar in that they are both written in third person and they both have an effect of social and racial discrimination involved in them. As the author of both pieces intentions are to show...
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...had any money, and most of the time it wasn’t enough. The husband worked eight hour days picking cotton and grain from people’s farms; he would then sell it and make a small profit. Not getting any younger the fifty five year old gray headed man could hardly stand. He wore a ragged shirt and dirty pants. Many people in the small town which they lived, looked up to the man for supporting his wife and kids, however there were a select few that saw him as trash. Never letting the words of others bring him down the old man perused on day after day in his routine. Every night after a long day his wife would run a hot tub of water and bathe her husband. On Wednesday’s the old man and his wife would wake up extra early and take what little money they had to the town shelter. There was a lady that worked at the store across from the shelter, her husband owned several street side stands and they were quiet wealthy. She would wait outside the store every Wednesday morning waiting on the old man and woman and say the same thing “you should keep your money, you all are just as poor”, and the old man would respond the same every time “we have what we need, and would like to help others have the same”. Sticking her nose up to the old man the thin blond haired lady would turn around and walk in side. His wife began to question him, “maybe she’s right, we don’t have much more than they do” she would say, dismissing her comment he would tell her she was talking nonsense. It was a regular Wednesday...
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...Feminist Theory to show how Lady Macbeth and Macbeth went against each other. In the story “Macbeth”, three witches approach Macbeth and tell him one day he would become king. Macbeth begins to have self-fulfilling prophecy and he went after the throne. Macbeth let his wife, Lady Macbeth; conceive him into murdering people to get the throne. Lady Macbeth felt that Macbeth was weak so she started to go against her husband in order to keep the authority and power in her hands. Lady Macbeth has more strength and power then Macbeth. By letting Lady Macbeth take control over the situation, it made her gain more power and the upper right hand over Macbeth. Macbeth had thoughts about murdering King Duncan, but Lady Macbeth convinced him to make King Duncan his first victim. “Were you drunk when you seemed so hopeful before? Have you gone to sleep and woken up green and pale in fear of this idea? From now on this is what I’ll think of your love. Are you afraid to act the way you desire? Will you take the crown you want so badly, or will you live as coward, always saying “I can’t” after you say “I want to”? You’re like the poor cat in the old story” (Act 1, Scene 7, lines 35-42). Lady Macbeth is trying to persuade Macbeth to take the crown from King Duncan meaning he would have to kill him to get it and if Macbeth doesn’t take the crown, they would be poor and helpless. Also, she is questioning how much courage and heart he has if he let fear overcome it. Lady Macbeth thinks Macbeth don’t...
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...Marx as ‘the bourgeois’ which (cited in Hamilton) he goes on to describe as; ‘the class of modern capitalists, owners of the means of social production and employers of wage labour’ (1991 p.57) have the power in society. The working class or what Marx refers to as ‘the proletariat’ which (cited in Hamilton) he goes on to describe as; ‘the class of modern wage labourers who having no means of production of their own, are reduced to selling labour power in order to live’ (1991 p.57) are controlled by this power which often leaves them vulnerable to the rich. Furthermore, the villains and villainesses appear to be used in order to demonstrate the ‘inequalities of the rich and the poor’ (Eagleton 1996 p.200). The wealth of the ‘bourgeois’ gives them access to many privileges and opportunities that the poor can never have access to. In the first novel Jane Eyre (Bronte 1847) Mrs Reed highlights the selfish nature of the wealthy. She speaks of Jane as ‘such a burden to be left on my hands’ (1992 p.203) because she has no wealth of her own. Mrs Reed sees her as one of ‘social inferiority’ (Nunokawa cited in David 2001 p.145) who is of no use to her. Jane does not like Mrs Reed and she explains ‘well might I dislike Mrs Reed for it was her nature to wound me cruelly’ (1992 p.27). Arguably, this shows how ‘power is crystallized and submission bred’ (Eagleton 1996 p.7) as those with wealth use their power to prey on those less fortunate than themselves. Upon learning that Jane Eyre...
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...Phox Truitt Ms. Cannon English 4 Honors 11 October 2015 Chivalry and is it Dead? Chivalry has been around for centuries. It has been respected and disgraced countless times. There will always be those who shame the very idea of it, but as long as there is one who displays its virtues, it will remain an active behavior. During the medieval period chivalry was something to follow as a code of conduct for knights. It was required by them and it meant courage in all forms. One rule that has stood out the most and has persisted through the years is how to treat a lady. The Knight in “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” blatantly dishonors chivalry by rapoing a young girl and after recieving the chance to correct his wrong doing, complains of its outcome, but after respecting his ugly but wise wife’s intuition, he is rewarded with a young, intelligent, beautiful, and loyal wife due to him giving her the freedom of choosing for him. The extensively Knight was on a heinous walk and finds himself facing an evil opportunity. A young girl is minding her own affairs and Knight takes the moment to seize and fornicate her by force. It’s boldly stated, “He saw a maiden walking all forlorn ahead of him, alone as she was born. And of that maiden, spite of all she said, by very force he took her maidenhead.” (61-64) marking the Knight as a vicious and depraved individual amongst far more deserving men of knighthood. This defilement sets the mood towards the Knight as a hateful one in which it is surprising...
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...After a hurricane came and destroyed their mother’s home they were later separated and they relocate, seeking a better for their family. On their way the older way the older sister (Camille) encountered an elderly lady who was poor, dirty and disgusted but instead of displaying signs of evil she showed good character. She always listened to her mother’s advice without questioning and this is why she was considered respectful. As she arrived to the old lady midway on her journey to a better life the old lady asked her for some of her water and bread and instead of scorning her even though she was still afraid she showed compassion by still insisting on give the old woman her some. When she was asked to comb the old lady’s hair, Camille did not hesitated. Because of her good character she displays Camille was rewarded with a house, a wheel barrow of money and fine clothing at the end. On the other hand, her little sister, whose name was Paula, was the total opposite of her. Paula had a disrespectful attitude towards her peers and she had uncaring attitude. Glinton shows us how ‘hard-headed’ she was when she encountered the old woman. When she had encountered the same woman as Camille she was very disrespectful to her and when she was told to get the rocks out of the old abandon house she did the opposite of the instructions given. She caused great pain on herself by doing...
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...up to them. In reality, the crowd actually believes that they are foolish. In the story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the author addresses the consequences of poor judgment and how this leads to the death of the main character. The grandmother attempts to talk her son and his wife into going to Tennessee instead of Florida because a man called the misfit has escaped prison. After they stop at the tower and speak with the owner, Red Sam, the grandmother remembers an old plantation that she would like to see again, and she even exaggerates about the house so her son will stop by. After having an accident on the dirt road leading to the plantation, the grandmother realizes the house is actually in Tennessee. The spoiled old lady waves down a car for help, and the people in the vehicle turn out to be the misfit and his henchmen. She makes a mistake by announcing that she knows who they are. As a result, the misfit and his crew kill her and the rest of the family, leaving her last to die. Through the author’s use of tone, symbolism, and characterization, O’Connor proves that labeling someone as “good” is only true if he has morals and grace, not selfishness and blindness. The grandmother describes someone as “good” if he is similar to her. However, she is gullible and has poor judgment. She believes Red Sam is a good man just because he allows two men to charge the gas. In other words, Red Sam is only naive, just like the grandmother. “Said they worked...
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...Feeling like an outsider can be a variety of different things. Picked on in school, or excluded from different events because of a certain trait about someone. In this case in particular two ladies are viewed as an outsider because of their class and different personality compared to the others in their surroundings. After reading and understanding the main characters in both stories, Phoenix, the grandma from "A Worn Path", and the mother from "New York Day Women" seem to have a striking similarity when coming to be an outsider, and the everyday experiences they face both have a common bond, the way the people on the outside perceive and treat them. Both Phoenix, and also the mother in "New York Day Women" are round characters in the story. Aside from the interesting style and tone of the text, where it switches off points of view from the daughter narrating to things she imagined her mother saying to her as the story progresses, the mother's characteristics are very developed based off how her daughter goes on to give a description. For example the imagery she gives off in the way she describes her mother when she left the house in the morning, " in her bathrobe, with pieces of newspapers twisted like rollers in her hair" (345). The mother seems to be very aware of her surroundings, poor and lonely. Her awareness comes to light in the story when she is in a neighborhood her daughter Croucier 2 never thought she would see her in, and not only was she there, but she was walking...
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...Welcome ladies and gentlemen. I would just like to thank each and every individual to night for supporting my dream on diminishing the amount of homeless people in the world. Now that we have change the amount of our fellow americans in the streets begging for food but i want to introduce a topic that ties into being homeless. This topic is the amount of people who go without eating everyday. I understand this will not be intractable process. I understand it will take time but if we can just take a little consideration for those who are not blessed with others may have and make their day by giving them a dollar or two. Sometimes people go through things others might not or don’t understand. People don't choose when they next meal is. In fact most people who don’t have enough food aren't just naive or disabled. In fact , studies show that those who go without a meal twenty percent of the time are children . It necessarily doesn't have to be money. It can be things such as old canned goods that we may not want or be using but don’t get me wrong money helps just as much as food....
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...feudalism. In this caste system there are four groups; Kings, Barons, Vassals, and Serfs. The main individual of focus comes from the vassals, better known as the knight. Knights from this time period start out around 7 years old and are taught a code of chivalry (code of conduct) and the basics of knight hood. The knight in the Wife of Bath’s tale forcibly violates a young madden and punished with execution by decapitation. He is saved by the queen but is sent on a twelve month and a day quest. The knight in the Wife of Bath’s Tale doesn’t display chivalry by his actions of violating an innocent woman and continues to dishonor this code by being demeaning and crass to an old woman who helps save his life yet at the end allows the old woman to make a decision regarding his life. At the begging of the story a young knight comes across a beautiful madden. Overcome by lust and power he rapes her. The court is defamed by his actions and they condemn him to death. He was going to be executed but “the queen and the other ladies too, implored the king to exercise his grace so ceaselessly, he gave the queen the case and granted her his life, and she could whether to show mercy of refuse.” (70-74) His actions are unchiviric because he forcibly violates a young lady. Any code of conduct should say that rape is unjustified by anyone, especially by a knight. The queen is intrigued by the case and asks to grant his punishment. Before his time the king’s queen offers a proposition. The question...
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...reason for her disappearance! She didn’t want to tell me! Damn! Damn! ” “Calm down and go on please.” With a trembling voice Paolo says: “Do you remember the old lady with insomnia that was always around the park at night? The one that rode her bike all that way to feed the ducks at the lake?” “Yes, of course.” “Well no one noticed after Stefy vanished that the old lady had also disappeared before Stefy! The news and people talk only about the vanished young student, but nobody seems to care or notice that the sweet old lady vanished too!” Paolo becomes confused and even more fearful and unable to speak. Anxiety and terror cause his breathing to...
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...A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings By: Gabriel Garcia Marquez "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" is a short story that has a fairy tale like quality. Throughout the story, the author Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses magic realism, giving it a dreamy effect. The characters reaction and interpretation to the old angel are very different to what we would have expected. Marquez shows us, in several different ways, how people unwillingness to accept things may affect our and other people lives. Marquez's story makes us as the readers to look closer at situations in our lives to see how we are reacting to the normal and non-normal things we are faced in our everyday life. The tone of the story in the beginning is presented with the most natural but yet unwelcome events: a sick child in the midst of poor weather. Marquez’ writing style in the first few sentence instantly grabs the reader when he express, “The world had been sad since Tuesday,” representing the gray and cold weather in detail. He continues in the first paragraph, to bring in the surreal character of an old man with enormous wings that was found ashore. Marquez immediately crushes any mindsets we have of powerful and holy angels by describing him as "a very old man lying face down in the mud, who, in spite of his tremendous efforts, couldn't get up, impeded by his enormous wings". To the reader surprise, the couple soon states that the old man with wings seems "familiar." The couple wasn't scared of him;...
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...over men.Her tale talks about how a knoght raped a maiden and got told on, the queen (a women) told him he had a year and a day to figure out what do women most desire.He went searchingall around then finally he saw twenty-four naked dancing women he got closer to get a better view then they disappeared and there was an old lady. He asked her can she help him get out of trouble by telling him what does women most desire. She said ill help you pay your dues but youll have to do something for me . He agreed not knowing what he got his self into the old poor crone told him the answer to his question . The knight went up to the queen and told her that women most desire proverty over their men. Sadly the knight was right the queen let him off the hook ,but his wife (the old crone) told the queen he promised her marriage.During their time of making love the knight stopped cause he wasnt feeling right. The old lady asked him would you rather me be old,ugly and faithful or young ,beautiful and easy. At that point the knight gave in and told his wife to choose therefore he was giving her the upper hand. The old lady told him "i'll be both",.Next thing you know the old lady turned into a beautiful maiden and said kiss me.They lived happily ever after. Knowing that the wife of bath was married five times she was said to be an expert with reltionships and marriage."Nevertheless, since I know your pleasure I'll satisfy your physical pleasure." This was said by the Wife of Bath and supports...
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