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    to do as much research as one can to find exactly which one meets the patient’s needs. The final step is to get listed. Once a patient is deemed a suitable candidate the transplant team will add you to the Organ Procurement Transplant Network (OPTN) list. (HRSA, 2016) Organ donation only happens with organ donors. Anybody can enroll in their

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    patient deaths related to medical device alarms between 2005 and 2008 (Bai et al., 2014). Deaths are normally attributed to the physiological or chronic health of the individual, not alarm fatigue. In 2010, an analysis exposed 73 alarm-related deaths with 33 directly linked to physiologic monitors (Cvach, 2013). Routinely alarms are intended to warn the clinician to situations that deviate from what is conceived as ‘normal’ for the patient, not a stressful, irritating barrage of noise. Deaths from

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    dying from a firearm. In fact, a death from a gun occurs every 15 minutes. The United States has a critical gun issue with over 30,000 firearm related deaths a year, the highest out of every First World country, and it needs a solution. The solution is repealing the second amendment. The second amendment should be repealed because it is unneeded in modern times, owning a gun should be a privilege not a right, and repealing the amendment would decrease gun related deaths. The second amendment was created

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    Movie Circumstance Description and Patient Focus The movie “Bucket List” is about two dying men who meet as strangers in the hospital but become best of friends during their last few months of life. The last few months of life are enjoyed by fulfilling items on a list called a bucket list that is meant to be worthwhile. The focus or view point is most reflective upon the dying men named Carter and Edward which are the patients. The perspective is how both men actually feel, think, and live life

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    goals of HP? (4 points) The four foundation health measures that serve as an indicator of progress towards achieving these goals: • General Health Status • Health-Related Quality of Life and well-being • Determinants of health • Disparities 2. Look under the 2020 Topics and Objectives tab and click on Social Determinants of Health. List the five key areas of the social determinants of health (this is not the same as the Determinants of Health from question 1) and give one example of a critical component/key

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    Control There are upwards of 33,000 gun related deaths in the United States each year; but don’t get a bias yet, almost two-thirds of those deaths are suicides, and could be prevented if guns were properly stored and if depression was properly dealt with. Despite the fact that so many deaths occur annually as a result of guns, firearms are used 80 times more to save a life than to take one. Gun control might sound like a good approach to impede the rate of gun deaths at first, but when you contemplate

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    the article there is a map provided in order to show where you may carry a concealed weapon without a permit. When it comes to laws on purchase, possession, and carrying firearms you get an entire list and details for each. This is article

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    long time. With that comes the issue of gun violence that has taken over America, from concerts and movie theaters to schools and churches, mass shooting have taken many lives. Data has shown that 19 children are hospitalized every day from a gun related injury and 1,300 children are killed each year from gun injuries. And there are many people who are opposite sides of the firearm issue. Some people believe that it is their constitutional right to be able to own as many guns as they want while the

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    America the fight over marijuana has been going on for years now. Twenty-five states have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. In the other half of the nation marijuana is a schedule one drug alongside heroin and LSD, higher on the list than cocaine and meth. For being such a dangerous drug, marijuana is used by over twenty million Americans. (Ingraham) Legalizing marijuana has many benefits economically, medically, and recreationally. Pot is legal recreationally in Alaska, Colorado

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    method is that information collected does not exactly address the research question as researchers must analyze qualitative data for recurring themes. The data collected was to compare and contrast rates of alcohol consumption, drinking and driving related deaths of people aged 18-21. This step allowed the researchers to narrow down research

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