placement‚ I encountered an obese elderly man with type 2 diabetes who was bed bound. His BP was 98/73 so I decided to do a manual blood pressure (BP) to make sure it was not a mechanical error from the automatic machine and recorded 99/75. His other vital signs were in between the flags. I asked my patient how he was feeling‚ he said he felt fine. I told him his blood pressure was a bit low and if this was normal for him. He said it has been low a bit recently. I asked him if he could have a glass
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The Blood Motif Shakespeare used many motifs through out the tragedy of Macbeth. These motifs help to create an underlying theme‚ each one developing on its own. The blood motif‚ which is the most‚ used one that is why I selected it. Shakespeare uses the blood motif to reinforce the theme that violence leads to more violence. The blood can also symbolize the guilt that Macbeth cannot escape from. Macbeth in this story starts off as a good guy‚ a respectable man. But after Duncan grants
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Rotten Blood Critic Shannon Winnubst says‚ “The collective nightmare AIDS performs some of our worst cultural anxieties about desire‚ fear‚ and aggression; about gender‚ sexuality‚ and race; about history‚ bodies‚ and violence.” As unpleasant as it is to deal with AIDS Patients (vampires)‚ when a crime results in bloodshed‚ the blood left behind functions as evidence for investigators (people). A bloodstain pattern analyst (people stereotypes) can’t simply glance at drips and smears of blood and immediately
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Emerson uses persuasive rhetoric and several literary devices such as metaphors and parallelism to convey his transcendental ideas of the dangers of conformity and the importance of being an individual in "Self-Reliance". Emerson writes using persuasive rhetoric to convey his logical ideas of the dangers of conformity that faces mankind and the importance of being an individual. "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immoral palms must not be hindered by the name of
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arguments regarding a situation. Although these speeches pertain to the same subject‚ they exhibit how differing uses of rhetoric can be used to persuade and achieve objectives Aristotle viewed rhetoric as a true art or techne. Herrick tells us that a techne “produced social utility‚ much like government produced stability and peace in the city-state”. (p 72) We see rhetoric used in this way in President Obama’s speech. His statements are tactful and without allegation. When addressing the manner
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Nursing Management 1 Running Head: Left Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear Nursing Management of a Patient with Left Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear Bula‚ Monesa Bianca Carillo‚ Kathlyn O. Our Lady of Fatima University Nursing Management 2 Nursing Management of a Patient with Left Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear M.G.‚ a 23 year old male soldier was involved in a vehicular accident a year ago‚ and was diagnosed with left symphysis pubis diastasis with sacroiliac joint disruption
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Literary Response Essay Do tragedies cause people to face reality? In Nick Lake’s Blood Ninja‚ Taro‚ a teenage boy from a fishing village in Japan‚ dreamed of becoming a samurai. This dream was crushed after he witnessed his father being murdered and Taro was turned into a vampire to save his life. Nick Lake uses Taro to show the theme of how tragedies can force a person into facing reality. In order to be saved‚ Taro was turned into a vampire by Shusaku‚ a ninja‚ or kyuuketsuki‚ paid to rescue
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Blood Diamonds: The Real Cost of Diamonds Sierra Leone is blessed with some of the world’s richest resources such as titanium‚ gold‚ and diamonds. Despite these rich resources‚ Sierra Leone ranked last on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index in 2001‚ making Sierra Leone the poorest country in the world at that time. (Renner‚ 2002‚ p. 22) So how can a country so rich in resources be so poor? Sierra Leone’s extreme poverty level is caused by the diamonds they mine and
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There Will Be Blood is a historical drama written and directed by P.T Anderson. The film explores themes of ambition‚ loneliness‚ lust for power‚ false personas‚ hatred‚ lack of faith‚ mistrust and loss of humanity. Anderson explores these themes through the characters of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday. In addition to character exploration‚ Anderson uses a variety of cinematic techniques in order to subtextually portray these themes. These techniques include‚ contrasting lighting‚ long shots‚ wide
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The athletic apparel industry in which Nike is involved is a major money maker in the United States‚ but the fact that none of the factories are located in North America has brought some heat to the company. Nike controls more than 40 percent of the U.S. Market for sports related goods‚ but doesn’t have a single sneaker factory in this country (Miller 1). Nike continues to make millions of dollars yet exploits workers overseas by paying them very little‚ while requiring long hours without overtime
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