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    Currently, he is in the Health and Fitness Program at Sandhills Community College. Garrett works at Unilever – a company that produces health care products. Garrett also went through the Certified Production Training Program at SCC and landed a job at Unilever. Garrets contend that education in the community college will advance along with technology (e.g., more online classes, and less face-to-face classes). Garrett believes that although there will be more online classes, there will also be

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    Essay on Palliative Care

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    Within this assignment the writer aims to identify and explore in depth the role development of the specialist palliative care nurses in the community setting, and in particular how their role has evolved over the last 5 years. The writer aims for the first part of the assignment to provide the reader with a brief background into the development of palliative care and a history of how the traditional role of a palliative care nurse has expanded from a more generalist perspective to that of a position

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    CMAA Research Proposal

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    Certified medical administrative assistants, CMAAs could get support resources regarding breast cancer patients from online organizations, breast cancer advocacy groups, religious organizations, neighborhood groups, universities, hospitals and health care providers, such as patient navigators and social workers. One of the organizations that offer reliable information resources online is ABCD breast cancer support organization, which supports the affected individuals through information gathering.

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    Regulator Collaborative (2014) cites that social media are networking sites for online interaction. This

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    image suggest that higher awareness level and positive image encourage OSN users to be more loyal. The study further found that there is no as such difference between the conceptualization and loyalty and how brand create loyalty either by offline or online

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    Psychological Considerations and Sociological Effects There have been many studies done on the negative psychological and sociological effects of technology while some may be true technology has its share of positive effects on society. The advances of technology have aided in the access to information from relatively anywhere. According to Hepburn (2013) “By the end of 2014, the number of Internet users was expected to be almost 3 billion, two-thirds of whom live in the developing world, and the

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    Rhetorical Analysis

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    Hoaxes, and Legends in Cyberspace,” Gurak suggests that digitally literate individuals can determine whether content accessed online is authentic or not using rhetorical analysis skills. Her work focuses primarily on discerning parody and chain emails in early, unidirectional web environments (Gurak, 2001). Determining the authenticity of health information and products online have become inherently more difficult with Web 2.0, particularly due to the collaborative and interactive nature of this type

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    comes as naturally as breathing to teens nowadays. But for some users, these online networking services are deemed to be so addicting, that it affects their cognitive function during the day, and ability to get an acceptable amount of sleep each night. When a person doesn’t achieve a proper amount of sleep, it substantially alters their health. Lack of sleep can cause fatigue, forgetfulness, weight loss or gain, serious health problems, and cognitive function (“10 Things” 1). As a result, social media

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    the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community’s mental health, because I find this topic interesting and I know a few LGBT people who are afraid to be themselves because of this discrimination and the effects it can have. I have been exposed to the issues this community faces from news stories about gay rights and protests to support gay marriage in Australia. I have always wondered how many people in the LGBT community experienced prejudice by others and have decided the research project

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    their chronic health issues so they can live full active lives. I provide integrated care that focuses on chronic care and mental health supportive services with brief interventions to improve our patients overall health and well-being. Continuously, collaborating with community agencies creating partnerships to help achieve

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