Sick Essays Samples That Help You Write Better, Faster & with Gusto

Labor relations are important to any organization. Labor relations define interactions between the staff and the management, which is a result of relationships between unions and employers. Unions normally take part in collective bargaining agreements on behalf of the employees (Natacha & Budin, 2008). However, these negotiations can sometimes break down or reach an impasse. At such times, one of the solutions is to refer the matter to arbitration. Arbitration is a dispute resolution mechanism done by a non-partisan third party who listens to the evidence provided by both sides and makes a decision (St. Antoine, 2010). This paper presents Continue reading...

Abstract

The cornerstone of the nursing profession lies in the process of healing and bringing the sick back to good health. Faith plays a central role in the healing process of patients. Therefore, it is important for nurses to grasp the essence of different denominations of faith of patients. Christianity and Buddhism have many common and divergent aspects applying to the healing process. It is important for the nursing profession to be aware of the nuances of the Christians’ and Buddhists’ faiths, so that the patients’ spiritual beliefs are given due consideration while providing medical services. This consideration of faith Continue reading...

Heritage Assessment

The heritage assessment tool is used by health workers in order provide more direct care approach to their patients. It helps the nurses be more informed about different cultures of their patients. Different people have varying opinions regarding illness, birth and even death due to their cultural beliefs and practices. “A succinct knowledge of trans-cultural or multicultural setting within the healthcare realms is helpful in bolstering efforts towards attaining the primary care role of nursing. Thus, when working in the increasingly multicultural settings, nurses ought to refocus on availing culturally competent care, fully customized in suiting the target patient’ Continue reading...

Jesus Describe God

In the whole book of the New Testament, Jesus referred God as His Father in Heaven. He described God in various ways to explain and show to the people His attributes and how man can have a relationship with God. Jesus described God as sovereign and great over all things. He consistently displayed God’s sovereignty and greatness over all things. In the New Testament, He said “My Fatheris greater than all”. Jesus was also able to silence the tumultuous wind during the storm. He was able to raise the dead, restored the sight of the blind, and healed Continue reading...

PART 1

Chronic illness refers to the illness lasting for more than six weeks time period. It is not just the physical agony that affects the patient, but it is the mental trauma that breaks him down completely (Hwu, 1995). An ill patient often has to face isolation from the society, people discard the patient as he is non productive for the society. The pain of being isolated is way more than the physical pain. The patient feels helpless; he develops a sense of inferiority complex which affects his mental well being. Studies suggest that almost one in every three patients Continue reading...

Introduction

Tuberculosis is a disease that has already infected one-third of the world’s population. Caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it is a disease that can attach not only the lungs, but also other parts of the body, such as the brain, kidney, and spine (World Health Organization, 2010). Most cases have been recorded in Southeast Asia and Africa, and if left untreated, it could lead to the patient’s death. In addition, each untreated incident of tuberculosis can result in another 10 to 15 people infected annually (World Health Organization, 2010). It is a disease that was considered eradicated; Continue reading...

The health care providers are a group of professionals who work with the health profession. The health care providers are responsible for providing medical services to people. They are, therefore, tasked with maintaining the health of people. Faith diversity, on the other hand, is the varied beliefs that people have in various religions. Such religions include Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and others. This paper hence comparatively analyzes two faith philosophies towards providing health care. One of the philosophies is from the Christian religion while the other is from the Buddhism religion. Christianity is a faith in which its believers Continue reading...

Country musicCountry is believed to be an American genre that is derived from popular music that came from the southern part of United States, Georgia and Atlanta in the way back 1920s. Its roots were taken from the southern America’s folk music. It usually contains the ballads and dances tunes that are simple and accompanied by the Guitars, Electric and Bangos among the string instruments. Peterson 1999-12-15).Pop musicPop music this term originally derived from popular and that it is believed to be a popular music. Its origin is in the modern form of the 1950s and was Continue reading...

Introduction

The Mental Health Commission of Australia reports that every three out of four people suffering from mental illness have experienced stigma. The stigma associated with the illness isolates the affected person from other members of the family and the society. Persons suffering from mental illness are often identified as belonging to a stereotyped group, and hence are prone to prejudice and discrimination (What is stigma, n.d). The social stigma attached with the condition makes the person feel shameful, distressed and helpless, thus worsening the condition and make it very difficult for them to recover. Many people suffering from mental Continue reading...

In the article Douglas asserts that the attitude towards sickness and choices associated with treatment largely depend on the society and the community within which a sick person lives. Treatment that a Londoner will consider exotic is traditional for an African villager, and vice-versa (Douglas 60). While minor ailments the choice of treatment are not as affected by the community, serious life-threatening diseases will most likely attract more attention, and friends of the sick person will start insisting on selecting a certain therapy. John Janzen calls such relationships “therapeutic community”. Additionally, within such communities, depending on the amount of Continue reading...

1. Harold calls the office complaining that ever since he was prescribed rifampin at the TB clinic, his urine is orange. How would you explain this to him, and is it of concern?
This is a common side effect of the antibiotic and he should not be concerned with it. However, I would mention he should not use soft contact lenses as his orange secretions will permanently stain the contacts and that if he is sweating to not wear light colored clothing.
2. Wilma has cystic fibrosis, she complains about the frequency of treatments and dislikes taking medication. She Continue reading...

In this article, “Win-Win Flexibility”, the author, Karen Kornbluh reviews the literature to support the claim that the vast majority of workers in America have jobs that affects their family in negative ways. Kornbluh makes the argument for the inflexibility that currently exists in the American workforce could be modified to become more flexible.
According to Kornbluh, 70 percent of families with children have two working parents or a single parent (1). This statistic implies the need for flexibility in the workplace for parents to have the time and opportunity to be there for their children when the children Continue reading...

Clarifying the destination

Sometimes, a change of scenery can bring a fresh perspective to a familiar territory. When I came to the United States, my original intention was to study and gain specialized knowledge so that I could go back to my home country, and share it for the benefit of my countrymen. I also wanted to make my people aware of the fact that there is better education and training available across the world, particularly in the United States, for aspirants who want an exposure to a better educational system than the one currently available in my home country, Saudi Arabia. Continue reading...

Introduction:

Following the release of the ‘Women in America’ report published by the white house council of women and girls, President Barak Obama gave the following statement regarding the subject: In his own words, “Women still earn an average of 77 cents for every dollar that a man earns.” The statement picked up hype soon after and vigorous debate followed and still goes on to-date. In the spirit of the debate and with the problem in view, April 8th is celebrated as the ‘Equal pay day’ worldwide. This paper intends to analyze and justify the reasons for the gap between Continue reading...

Introduction

Assisted suicide or euthanasia has received both positive and negative criticism on its validity. This has been a contentious issue considering the reasons that have been raised for and against its practice. A special attention has been given to the old members of the society and the terminally ill patient. Those who are for the support of euthanasia consider the fact that a person who is old and terminally ill has no value in the society and instead subjected to a life of pain, loneliness and a medical bill that continues to build up. Those against the practice of Continue reading...

Management

Introduction
The primary function of human resource management is to increase the effectiveness and contribution of employees in the attainment of organizational goals and objectives. One of the biggest challenges facing human resource management is discrimination at the workplace. There is a long history of people being discriminated on the basis of their color, religious beliefs and practices, gender, and social and cultural background. In order to prevent the misuse of power and discrimination of people seeking employment or those employed, there is a provision for equal employment opportunities.

Human Resources Planning, Recruitment, and Selection

Hiring an employee is among the most difficult responsibilities a Continue reading...

People of Germany believed that strong export ties and healthy trade surplus are indicators of prosperity and economic health of their nation. However, the decade between the period 2001 and 2010 proved to be extremely disastrous for Germany as it was popularly called the sick man of Europe during this period.
Though this scenario and ill-reputation had surprising changed currently due to the astonishing growth the German economy, during the decade under discussion, the German economy grew at half a pace at which the American economy prospered. The 21st century for Germany did not have a great or healthy Continue reading...

This quote is connected to this book, and it is very important in a way that it encourages and put inspirational acts on a person who is in unfavorable condition. This is revealed when Jacob was sick and still encourages himself that “still have my limbs” indicating and signalizing that Jacob was so curious enough that he could console himself and put courage into his heart. In this case, Jacob was sick with worry about his Psalter.
In the line of God, this quote teaches and illustrates very well as even this book put it clear that encouragement should Continue reading...

It is virtually impossible for anyone to be the same person at all times. Men and women lie, impersonate, don a mask and hide behind a false persona or multiple personas to get away from problems, people or reality. It could be a conscious decision or a natural behavior from having done it for far too long. Jonathan Koppell’s essay, On the Internet, There's No Place to Hide and Stephanie Ericsson’s The Ways We Lie talk about how people try to hide behind their real selves and lie for various reasons. Koppell’s essay is on the Continue reading...

Staring from the 14th and 15th centuries, thousands of people were ruthlessly tortured and executed during the witch hunt craze. According to Nachman (1980), the Europeans excluding those who migrated to the colonies have killed 200,000 up to 500,000 people which generally composed of 85% women. Some scholars conducted their psychological analysis regarding this horrifying chapter in the human history. Zilboorg, a well-known scholar and critic of the Malleus Maleficarum dubbed the witch craze as a “reaction against the disquieting signs of growing instability of the order” (quoted from Schoeneman, 1997, 338). In the time when psychology Continue reading...

Group Counselling Journal #2: Group Therapy

Metaphor for this Session
For describing this session, I will choose two metaphors: I will call one of them a “personal metaphor”, and the second one a “session metaphor”. The metaphors would best describe my personal dynamics during the session such as arriving somehow late to a distinction after a long process journey. I never thought that I would be able to travel that far with my emotions. Even though this was the last session before ending the therapy, it had moved me to an area that I never thought that I can be. The reason why I chose “ Continue reading...

Different communities differ in terms of the clans in the areas. In most cases, the clans group themselves on the basis of the kinship. Nonetheless, the clans differ in terms of the cultural values and practices thereby making it easy for the other people to distinguish them due to the different characteristics. However, the same clans usually reside in the same geographical area hence easy to locate them. Most of the clans also differ in terms of the political affiliations and the politicians use the feature to their advantage. As a result, most politicians would befriend the clans with Continue reading...

For people with schizophrenia, going about their daily lives can sometimes be very difficult. There are many good medications that have great benefits and with the right dosages, people with this problem can be helped. Most people would agree that if a drug can help “fix” a disorder, then that person should not stop taking it. Doctors try to make sure that their patients take their medications, but the patients do not always agree with this. For a huge percentage of the population of those affected with this disorder, taking their prescribed medications at the exact times, and staying Continue reading...

List the names of the variable and the questionson the GSS that are the indicator(s) ofthose variables.

Mandatory conscription for females
How would you feel about a program that required all young
women to give one year of service to the nation - either in the
military forces or in non-military work such as in hospitals or
with elderly people - would you strongly favor it, probably
favor it, probably oppose it, or strongly oppose it?
[1 = Strongly favor; 2 = Probably favor; 3 = Probably oppose; 4 = Strongly oppose; 0 = IAP; 8 = DK; 8 = NA]

Mandatory conscription for males

And how would you feel about such a program for all young
men - would you strongly favor it, probably favor it, Continue reading...

 The Ebola virus outbreak of Western Africa is often in the news. Ebola virus is a member of the filoviruses, a negative-stranded RNA virus that causes bleeding both inside and outside of the body. The Ebola virus was originally identified during two outbreaks in Africa in 1976. Ebola virus is named for the Ebola River, where it was first identified in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa, and can kill as many as 90% of those who become infected. Ebola virus causes a hemorrhagic fever that damages the immune system and organs. Upon the early stages of Continue reading...

The Greek myth of Oedipus is perhaps best known through the lens of Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex, telling the story of the king’s fall from grace due to the fulfillment of a prophecy that saw him unknowingly killing his father and marrying his mother. The myth itself has a fascinating relationship between Greek culture and the Sophocles play that tells its story; while Sophocles provides the basic framework of the story, there are subtle differences in the details and focus of the play that change the myth somewhat, further refining its relationship to Greek culture as a cautionary Continue reading...

Analysis of a Communicable Disease Outbreak

Analysis of a Communicable Disease Outbreak

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a viral communicable illness of the respiratory system discovered in 2012 and caused by a new beta strain of coronavirus associated with animals (CDC, 2015). To date, 23 countries have reported cases of MERS-CoV, majority of which are in the Middle East and Europe. The first outbreak began in Jordan in 2012 and then more extensively in Saudi Arabia in the same year having since then been exported to other Middle East countries as well as Europe, Africa, Asia, and the U.S. (WHO, 2015). Imported Continue reading...

PSYC 101: Introduction to Psychology

I eliminated hallucinations because it is the most severe effect among the choices and is less likely to experience by someone doing shift work.
(Source: http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/healthy/science/variations/jet-lag-and-shift-work)
D. More frequent and vivid dreams

Stage 1 – decreased adrenaline

Stage 2 – slow & regular heart rate
Stage 3 – decreased brain activity
Stage 4 – sleepwalking
(Source: http://psychcentral.com/lib/stages-of-sleep/0002073)
C. REM sleep rebound
(Source: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-less-sleep-means-more-dreams/)

The amount of time needed to recover from sleep deprivation should be the same amount of time that was lost.

(Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/how-sleep-deprivation-decays-the-mind-and-body/282395/)

E. Stage 4

Sleepwalking is a disorder wherein people move around even though they are asleep. This phenomenon is occurs in the NREM when the brain is silent while your body is active.(Source: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/sleepwalking1.htm)
Night terrors are often confused with confusional arousal, which occurs when Continue reading...

The essay paper has been presented to discuss the conflicts in Human Resources Policies and Practices. Human resources policies and practices have been implemented to ensure an organization’s prosperity by motivating its employees in such manner that bring out the best possible effort for the corporation. A human resource manager has to consider a number of factors before taking any decisions on policies and practices suitable for the employees. In this paper the policies and practices on the level of performance on attention of corporate commitment, family engagement, work commitment and endorsement for organizational reward have been critically Continue reading...

Persepolis is a graphic novel about the life of the author, Marjane. Marjane unwillingly wears a veil to school (Satrapi 6) and she narrates how the girls sat differently from the boys. Marjane originates from Iran, and uses Persepolis to illustrate the political and religious struggles she and her family faced. Marjane parents are political activists together with many other of her relatives (Satrapi pg.16). Marjane tries to convince her parents that they should let her join them but they refuse (Satrapi pg.17). Marjane becomes attached to one of her uncles, who unfortunately is killed by the authorities because Continue reading...

Introduction

The institution of marriage is very critical in a persons’ life. Nonetheless, marriage has always been a challenging endeavor especially the part of finding a reasonable wife. This might not only present you with problems, but so many happenings are likely to take place. It occurred to me after desperately searching for a spouse some years back. At first, I thought I found heaven since I fell head over heels which of course made me very happy but this was not to be especially after undergoing so many problems that came to be. It all started while attending one Continue reading...

In a thick forest their lived an old lady who was felling very sick. This forced her daughter to send one of her daughters to go and take care of her grandmother who was sick. Because the other children were no were to be reached, she was forced to send her lovely daughter known by the name the little red. Little red was loved by mother because she was a discipline girl who respected people and tried to follow all the good morals she learnt from the community. So little red packed her belonging and went to say with Continue reading...

1 - Alderfer’s ERG Theory Overview
Clayton Alderfer's ERG theory is built upon Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory. To begin his theory, Alderfer collapses Maslow's five levels of needs into three categories. And What he means by his theory that an already satisfied lower level need can become reactivated and influence behavior when a higher level need cannot be satisfied. This is the main concept about it.

The "existence" needs describe the basic material requirements for living.
The "relatedness" needs concern the maintaining of important interpersonal relationships.
The "growth" needs relate to self-actualization and self-esteem.
2 - McClelland’ Continue reading...

“The Proof” (2005) is a complicated movie about a mathematician and his daughters. The mathematician, Robert Llewellyn, is famous for having done groundbreaking mathematics work in his twenties. The father, Robert, and daughter Catherine, live in Chicago where the father was once a professor of mathematics. A few years before the beginning of the action in the movie, the father has become sick again from his mental illness. According to descriptions from other characters in the movie, Robert has decomposed in his last years. Catherine had dropped out of school a few years earlier to help care for her Continue reading...

Business

Drawing from your experience, rank the order of the three groups and briefly explain your rationale (share an example based on experience or demonstrate through a theory that substantiates your perspective).
In my opinion, employees should come first, customers second and shareholders third. The rationale behind this is that, even though the customers are king in any organization, the employees are needed to service the customers. If the employees are treated right, then it transcends to other customers and businesses, which in turn will want to be a part of that business. Customers will recommend that business to others Continue reading...

“The history of the antebellum South is the history of two million slave sales.” Antebellum means “the time before the war.” I think that Pennington means that the economy of the South before the Civil War was based on the buying and selling of slaves. Before the Civil War slaves were used to do the back breaking work to grow cotton that kept the Antebellum South making profits. One of the worst parts of the slave trade was the auction block. Slaves who were sick were not sent to the doctor or helped. Instead they were sold off. The Continue reading...

Attendance and punctuality are those traits that a company demands of an employee. An employee should have these qualities in order to pave the way for success in the company. Moreover, a company has much to gain from having an employee who is punctual and who is not frequently absent from work.
Attendance and punctuality go hand in hand in an organization. Every company is keen to search for an employee who is possessed of these traits. When a company finds such an employee, it tries its best not to lose him. An employee who is responsible and carries Continue reading...

Essay

In the 80 years of the XIX century in criminal law (mainly in Western Europe) appears anthropological or biological area which received a further special distribution in Nazi Germany and among the reactionary circles of different modern countries. The founder of this direction was an Italian doctor Cesare Lombroso (1836- 1909), who outlined his views in two books - "Criminal Man" and "Crime, its causes and means of treatment." As a doctor by education, Lombroso for a long period practiced in the field of medicine. He has gained considerable popularity in Italy as a specialist in the treatment of Continue reading...

INTERVIEW WITH A SOCIAL WORKER

Introduction
Social work involves constant interactions with people n the process of working with them to take them through their problems. Social work involves a wide spectrum of interactions such as psychotherapy, social work, environmental work and even clinical interactions. The article discusses the experiences of a licensed social worker-the elating experiences and the frustrations- in a renown institution. The respondent, Juliana Bdisle, was interviewed for about one hour starting 8 A.M. The interview was conducted in 2421 Auburn Ave Cincinnati OH 45219 on 2/20/2015. The details of the agency that the interviewee works for are discussed. The information Continue reading...

In the year 1952, Hildegard E. Peplau came up with the Interpersonal Relations Theory due to the increasing need for a good partnership between a patient and a nurse in order to substantiate a good nursing practice (Craven & Hirnle, 2007). Her theory arose from influences of major theorists like Maslow, Symonds and Sullivan. The theory defines nursing as an interpersonal therapeutic interaction between a sick individual and an educated nurse who can identify and respond to the individual’s need for help. The theory has four major assumptions namely; interaction between a nurse and patient and secondly, both mature Continue reading...

Introduction

The Philippines is a developing country in SouthEast Asia and is known for their extremely jovial and hospitable citizens. The Filipino spirit is not only contagious in its joyfulness but also resilient during times of extreme hardships. Unfortunately, there are countless hardships that the Filipino people are experiencing everyday. The most difficult and yet prevalent of all hardships are poverty, corruption, and health inequities. The reason for choosing the Philippines for this paper on social change is because the country is riddled with health inequalities and yet ripe with positive possibilities. It would definitely be interesting to explore what Continue reading...

Integrity is indeed a complex and interesting concept, since there are so many aspects to its definition. “The building’s integrity in hurricane-force winds” is very different from, “The police officer’s integrity on the witness stand.” In fact, I found a long philosophy definition dedicated to the meaning of integrity, and I’m sure there are more. After careful consideration of the many definitions I found on the internet, and of my own sense of integrity and my own behavior, I have developed the following personal definition of the word: “Integrity is the quality of being honest and Continue reading...

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Attendance and punctuality are those traits in an employee which are demanded by the company. An employee should have these qualities in order to pave his way towards success in the company. Moreover, the company gets the benefit due to containing such employees which are punctual and do not get frequent absent from the work.
Attendance and punctuality go hand in hand in an organization. Every company is keen to search for the employee who is responsible for this aspect and once it finds such employees, it Continue reading...

Metaphor for this session

When everyone in the group at the beginning of a session had an opportunity to speak and share about some experiences in their lives with the group, I found that most of what we talked about can be themed with a need of hope. As I was narrating a brief account of what I want to talk about in future sessions and listening to each participant, I remembered a beautiful poem written by Catherine Pulsifer:

“When life is getting you down,

And you need a little hope.
Look deep down inside yourself,
And you’ll find the way to cop.
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If I were sent to live with a family that were very poor in status as well as having a poor educational background, then my life would have been quite different from what it is now. The norm observed in poorer families is, usually, a larger family with quite a number of younger children. Therefore, I presume that I would have several brothers and sisters and we would all be living together in a small, congested home with belongings that would be shared with each other and Continue reading...

Attention:

Gardening for hours, cleaning the entire house and arranging the closets are the chores that would make 49 year old women from the Mid-West can do with the energy she gets from multivitamin supplements! The 49 year old woman flattered on amazon.com concerning the multivitamin that she had been consuming for an entire week. I gave it a thought and realized that it was the vitamin. The 49 year old woman goes on and says “I feel so much better overall than I’ve felt in several years. I will always take these.”
In this case, the woman is Continue reading...

Introduction

The concept of performance and compensation management comes under the principle of Human Resource Management which is responsible for maintaining compensations for employees and their performance. It includes ensuring job descriptions are followed and maintained, analyzing data for salaries and ensuring that the pay structure is aligned with the market.
Evaluating the performance of a company/organization is very critical, especially for managers. In most cases Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is used in the evaluation of the success of a particular activity in which the organization or company is involved (Marr,2012). Therefore, this paper focuses on the evaluation of Continue reading...