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    Progressivism is defined as an early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people to restore economic opportunities and to correct injustices in American life. During this time period, certain aspects of American life were in need of drastic change, so progressives led the charge towards reforming American society and politics. Among these aspects, social and political conditions were some of the most heavily reformed, involving women’s rights, and corruption

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    John D. Rockefeller is known as having been the richest man in America, the first billionaire and creator of Standard Oil; he made the modern American economy what it is today and is a well-known symbol and a house-hold name for a monopoly. In Addition Rockefeller was also one the most hated men in the country. Ida Tarbell is one of his many critics. Tarbell had firsthand experience with Rockefeller. Tarbell and her family were one of the many individuals whom were ruined by Rockefeller’s immoral

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    The company’s total revenue in 2014 was just over 6.2 million dollars, which is an increase of .7 million dollars as of 2012. Harley-Davidson’s cost of revenue has also been on the increase over the past three years. The company’s gross profit in 2014 was 2.4 million dollars, which was 2.15 million more than Drew industries. Harley-Davidson’s interest expenses have been on the decline, and had a huge decrease in 2014 of forty-one thousand dollars. This means that they have paid down some of

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    The lead researcher in this study was Mary A. Blegen, PhD. Dr. Blegen and her colleagues study were built to examine the effects of registered nurse education, by determining whether nurse-sensitive patient outcomes were better in hospitals with a higher proportion of RNs with baccalaureate degrees. This was a cross-sectional study that was conduction using data from 21 University HealthSystem Consortium hospitals. The clinical data set contained patient diagnosis and procedure codes, actual and

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    The Roman Republic was a great empire and they won many battles, but to be a good empire, Rome needed to meet the common good for all the people. So, did they meet that common good? The Roman Republic was somewhat meeting the common good. They did good in some, but they did badly in others. Rome gets an A when it is providing public services. Rome receives an A because they had worked on aqueducts that helped all of the people. Aqueducts was a way to bring water from far away or the highlands to

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    During the time from the 1890s to the 1920s a period of social and political reform took place in the United States known as the Progressive Era. “The era saw the expansion of political and economic freedom through the reinvigoration of the moment for woman suffrage, the use of political power to expand workers rights’ and efforts to improve democratic government by weakening the power of the city bosses and giving ordinary citizens more influence on legislation.” The progressive reformers from this

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    In the 1870’s through the 1900’s, the Standard Oil Company (SOC) has been the largest company in one of the most rich industries in the world. The Standard Oil Company held a monopoly over the entire industry, which meant that their wide variety of products must have been essential to many types of people and industries. The SOC’s ability to spread awareness of their company and their products is a main reason why they became so powerful. The Standard Oil Company would not be nearly as successful

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    Throughout the Gilded age, men like John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and John Pierpont Morgan shaped America during the early parts of the 20th century to the present. All three of these men became the top owner of each of their companies during there lifetimes. Rockefeller became the first billionaire in American history through his company Standard Oil and owned ninety percent of the world’s oil. Carnegie became a wealthy businessman through steel and J.P. Morgan succeeded through banking

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    A Study of Educational Progressivism, Technology and Self Improvement We are living in the age of self-improvement and self-help, where people’s thoughts are consumed with the growth, self-expansion, and the furthering of one’s capabilities (Hepper & Sedikides, 2009; Seligman, 2009). Self-improvement, a 9.6 billion dollar industry, deals exclusively with the “improvement of one’s mind, character, etc., through one’s own efforts,” with a market offering a range of products and services seeking to

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    With rapidly advancing technology and the aging population, health care improvement remains at the center of providing proper patient care. However, it is imperative to ensure improvement is quality improvement, thus advancing patient care while still protecting patient safety. Quality and Safety Education in Nursing provides goals and guidelines for providing the best care. Prioritizing patient-centered care, quality improvement, and teamwork provides methods to increase patient safety, while excellent

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