of clients‚ nurses must strive to be culturally competent (Marcinkiw 2003). Cultural competence requires the building of cultural awareness‚ knowledge‚ skill‚ encounters‚ and desire in the nurse. Clients will feel respected‚ valued‚ and have a greater desire to achieve mutually agreed upon health care goals if the nurse is culturally competent. The purpose of this essay is designed to show the cultural competence in the nursing profession by providing a guide that is useful for implementing cultural
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What is INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY? Intellectual property (IP) is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized. Under intellectual property law‚ owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets‚ such as musical‚ literary‚ and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words‚ phrases‚ symbols‚ and designs. Common types of intellectual property rights include copyright‚ trademarks‚ patents‚ industrial design rights‚ trade
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The Art and Science of Competency Modeling: Best Practices in Developing and Implementing Success Profiles By J. Evelyn Orr‚ Craig Sneltjes‚ and Guangrong Dai • ompetency models C create a foundation for integrated talent management systems which are linked to increased shareholder value. Human capital has the potential to differentiate an organization • xtensive research E has identified the leadership competencies required for success – do not reinvent the wheel
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GCOM T. Herron Communication Competence Paper #1 Due Wednesday‚ September 5‚ 2012 Objectives: To read and understand Chapter One in the course textbook. To understand that communication is a central focus of your existence. To recognize that you can improve your communication skills in a variety of contexts (situations). To analyze yourself and determine when and where you are successful as a communicator. (Am I a competent communicator‚ am I good at communicating?) To analyze yourself
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Lustful Advances What are the seven deadly sins? They are the seven basic human vices that‚ when taken in excess‚ can be perceived as evil‚ and potentially injure or kill the person or people around them while indulging in said vices. Delving further into that topic I am focusing on lust. I doubt that there is a better example than that of the poem “To his Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell. Written between 1650 and 1652 it was first published in 1681 (by his housekeeper!) several years after his
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Prof. Wells English 205 December 8‚ 2010 Technological Advances In Marketing and Advertising Seth Godin‚ former Vice President of Direct Marketing for Yahoo!‚ and a well known business blogger and author‚ once said‚ “You can define advertising as the science of creating and placing media that interrupts the consumer and then gets him or her to take some action” (Godin 25). Godin pinpoints two important marketing concepts‚ the successful placement of ads and the effect of successful advertising
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On intellectual craftsmanship C. Wright Mills TO THE INDIVIDUAL social scientist who feels himself a part of the classic tradition‚ social science is the practice of a craft. A man at work on problems of substance‚ he is among those who are quickly made impatient and weary by elaborate discussions of method-and-theory-in-general; so much of it interrupts his proper studies. It is much better‚ he believes‚ to have one account by a working student of how he is going about his work than a dozen
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Intellectual property is the property generated in the process of intellectual activities. It can be possessed and used‚ and generated benefits. The major components of intellectual property include copyrights‚ patents‚ and trademarks. Similar to tangible property‚ intellectual property which is an intangible property is also protected by the law. The governments and parliaments have given the creators the rights as an incentive to produce ideas that will benefit society as a whole‚ by preventing
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There have been many advances and discoveries in medicine through the past years‚ but I have two that I believe made a huge difference during this century we are in today. One of them being anesthetic’s and pain medicine‚ in the old ages thinking stuff such as only removing a boil was unable to do due to pain medicine or anesthetic’s is quiet frightening because in the 21st century a lot of surgery procedures are performed from the minor procedures to the biggest of all such as open heart surgeries
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Becoming a Fair-Minded Thinker Weak versus Strong Critical Thinking Critical thinking involves basic intellectual skills‚ but these skills can be used to serve two incompatible ends: self-centeredness or fair-mindedness. As we are learning the basic intellectual skills that critical thinking entails‚ we can begin to use those skills in a selfish or in a fair-minded way. For example‚ when students are taught how to recognize mistakes in reasoning (commonly called fallacies)‚ most students see
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