Health care delivery related to the “boarding” of emergency department (ED) patients is a critical area of quality of care improvement for emergency medicine. Boarding is the process of holding patients in the ED for extended periods of time after an inpatient bed request is made (Asplin‚ et al.‚ 2003). Boarding is widespread and interrelated to ED crowding. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2006 reported that‚ ‘”boarding not only compromises the patient’s hospital experience‚ but adds to an already
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use of Epiphany through Isolation In the stories‚ Eveline‚ Araby‚ and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man‚ by James Joyce‚ Joyce concludes these three stories in his trademark literary style of epiphany; this is achieved through the protagonist’s direct isolation from his/her own bleak reality. Joyce interprets an epiphany as a moment of realization: “By epiphany‚ Joyce meant a sudden revelation‚ a moment when an ordinary object is perceived in a way that reveals its deeper significance”
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Amber Johnson Josette Arvizu Writing 101 Narrative Essay 12 September 2009 First Days At Boarding School This was the fist time I flew in a plane and I was so sure I was going to die. I imagined the planes engines suddenly breaking down and then slowly we plummeted down to certain death. “Excuse me miss‚ would you like something to drink?” the flight attendant asked me. I must have looked worse then I thought because she said it in a calm soothing way sort of like she was trying to talk someone
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Patriarchal Ideology in “The Boarding House”: The Characterization of Mrs. Mooney James Joyce’s “The Boarding House” is one of the short stories in his collection of The Dubliners. In this story‚ Mrs. Mooney‚ after separating from her abusive and alcoholic husband‚ runs a boarding house for working men. Her daughter Polly entertains the boarders by singing and flirts with them. Mrs. Mooney learns that Polly is dating Mr. Doran‚ a man in his mid-thirties who has worked in a Catholic wine-merchant’s
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Eveline Summary: Eveline sits at the window‚ watching the avenue. She thinks of her family‚ and the neighbors. Years ago‚ the children on the avenue used to play on a field where now stand many houses. She and her siblings are now grown up‚ and her mother is dead. Eveline is nineteen years old‚ and she is planning to leave Ireland forever. She works very hard‚ at a store and also at home‚ where she cares for her old father. She won’t miss her job in the store. She has mixed feelings about her father
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thinks over the word "paralysis" in his mind and ponders on its strange sound: "I said softly to myself paralysis. It had always sounded strangely in my ears”. One night at dinner a friend named old Cotter visits the family. Old Cotter has come to the house to share the news that Father Flynn is dead. It’s a "peculiar case‚" old Cotter remarks‚ referring to the ill man whose name is Father Flynn. The uncle comments positively on the friendship between Father Flynn and his nephew. The priest had acted
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and Contrast The two stories “The Chrysanthemums” and “Araby” both have similarities and differences. These stories have different themes‚ settings‚ plots‚ and conflicts but they share one thing. In John Steinback’s story “The Chrysanthemums” and James Joyce’s story “Araby” the main characters both share similar characteristics. In “The Chrysanthemums” the main character Elisa Allen struggles to find her identity and loses her love and passion for her husband. In “Araby” the main character which
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’sports’‚ ’hobbies’ are the things that shape his or her identity. To me‚ my experience of living in the boarding house is a huge factor which shaped my personality‚ in another words my identity. I went there after failing to assimilate into another school in New Zealand. Because I was not a native English speaker‚ it was hard for me to make a friend in an English speaking county. But at the boarding house there were many other girls that were in a similar condition as I was‚ being born in a different county
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that many of you are considering joining our school and I would like to share my personal experience of studying at a boarding school. I spent six years studying at a non-residential school and the last three years at the boarding school. I have gained much from my days at a boarding school and I would like to share with you the advantages of studying at such a school. Boarding schools help students to learn to be independent. They learn to understand that they themselves are responsible for many
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opening of the short story Araby‚ which is part of a collection of short stories written by James Joyce‚ known as "Dubliners". Irish experiences had a huge impact on James Joyces writing. The settings and the subjects of his stories are all based in Ireland. This short collection establishes a vision of life in Dublin which serves to show the condition of the Irish nation as a whole. In this story indeed Joyce portrays an image of Dublin and its people through themes which are repeated in his other
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