National League

you with great enthusiasm regarding the internship opportunity with the non-profit organization, the National Urban League. I learned about the position during my winter break, as I wanted to use my leadership and interpersonal skills in working for a well-respected organization that dealt with issues that I consider important, which is improving African-Americans lives. The National Urban League mission grows out of a necessity in our country because too often Blacks have not been given the proper

Introduction The National League for Nursing (NLN), founded in 1893, was the first nursing organization in the United States (Overview, n.d.). Today, dedicated to excellence, the NLN long stands as the leading membership association for nurses and nursing education leaders (Overview, n.d.). The professional organization has over 40,000 members with dedication to “research, professional development, networking opportunities, and public policy initiatives (Overview, n.d.)”. The NLN’s core values are

Introduction In Baseball, statistics are in abundance. Unlike the National Football League and the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball(MLB) does not have a salary cap. This has caused a lot of randomness in salaries. The salaries of teams also varies quite a bit as well. From the data I have used, in 2015, the Los Angeles Dodgers salary was almost five times higher than the Miami Marlins. What would cause such a disparity? Being a Baltimore Orioles fan and my father being a

The National League of Nursing (NLN) (2012), along with its fellow organizations in the Tri-Council for Nursing, which include the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the American Nurses Association, the American Organization of Nurse Executives, strongly endorsed the Institute of Medicine’s The Future of Nursing and called for cooperation among stakeholders. Communications in the report revealed that nurses should practice in accordance to their education and training and calls for solutions

In 1899, Florence Kelley instigated The White Label Campaign of the National Consumers League (NCL), an organization dedicated to promoting proper working conditions and fair living wages for factory laborers.1 By linking middle-class women reformers with trade unionists in conjunction with the use of labels, the NCL successfully advocated for legislation to establish safety standards and maximum work hours during the Progressive Era.2 The NCL worked to help consumers know goods were produced through

The National League should have a designated hitter instead of having to bat their pitcher. It would create more of an offensive game which fans like to watch. It would also prevent injuries that pitchers could get from batting or running to the base. Also, the American League already uses a designated hitter instead of their pitcher batting so allowing the National League to would make the rules the same in both leagues. Hitters who are nearing the end of their career and struggle fielding could

Sun Protection Policy The National Rugby League (NRL) encourages sun safety through their ‘Sun Protection Policy’. The NRL have recognised the overwhelming statistics of skin cancer and identified the risks associated with their sporting organisation. Scheduling and placement, shade, general sun protective equipment and its availability are the main focus areas of the policy. Scheduling and placement refers to the location and times of the sporting event. To minimise the risks, the main training

Turn on SportsCenter or Fox Sports during baseball season and you'll hear three words that used to spark fear in the hearts of players, Tommy John surgery. “Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (UCLR) commonly known as Tommy John surgery, is performed on both recreational and high-level athletes,” (Erickson, Nwachukwu, Rosas, Schairer, McCormick, Bach Jr, & Romeo, 2015). This procedure is commonly done on pitchers, because of the excessive use of their throwing arm, affecting the elbow. The process

Aroldis Chapman Strike three, batter out. The world’s fastest pitch in baseball has just been broken. A new record now stands to beat. Aroldis Chapman of the Cincinnati Reds has the new record. He struck out Andrew McCutchen with a 106.1 mph fastball. This is how the great Aroldis Chapman got to throw that speed and pitch. Aroldis Chapman was born on February 28th, 1988 in Holguin Province, Cuba. While he was in his childhood he grew up in a three-room house and was raised by His father Juan

A season ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers put together a dominating regular season, winning the National League West. At the 2015 All-Star break, the Giants were the closest competitor to the division-leading Dodgers, trailing Los Angeles by 3.5 games. By the end of the season, however, the Dodgers won the division by eight games over second place San Francisco. Los Angeles Dodgers Under new general manager Farhan Zaidi, the Dodgers underwent a dramatic overhaul in the 2014-2015 offseason. Most notably