A licensed practical nurse’s (LPN) scope of practice varies slightly from that of a professional registered nurse. Based on the description in the Georgia State Scope of Practice document, LPNs work directly under a registered
1.1 Background Emory University is a private research university located in Druid Hills in the western edge of DeKalb County, located seven miles from downtown Atlanta. As one of the most preeminent research institutions in the United States, Emory University is internationally renowned for its liberal arts, law and medicine programs: Emory Healthcare, one of the largest private employers in Atlanta, and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) both have their headquarters within the University’s 735-acre…
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moves are afoot in a number of states. These changes represent the most radical revisions to labor law in the U.S. in decades, and they have set off a political firestorm. This brief will argue that these attacks are deeply misguided. They serve no purpose beyond a partisan attempt to weaken a key supporter of the Democratic party and they do not address budget deficits. Instead, they take away a core right that has been recognized in the vast majority of the United States for up to half a century, a…
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Edition Fitzsimmons, Fitzsimmons, and Bordoloi, Service Management: Operations, Strategy, Information Technology, Eighth Edition Gehrlein, Operations Management Cases, First Edition Harrison and Samson, Technology Management, First Edition Hayen, SAP R/3 Enterprise Software: An Introduction, First Edition Hill, Manufacturing Strategy: Text & Cases, Third Edition Hopp, Supply Chain Science, First Edition Hopp and Spearman, Factory Physics, Third Edition Jacobs, Berry, Whybark, and Vollmann, Manufacturing…
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criminal behavior—both on a state and federal level. This paper will begin its focus with the origins of dogfighting, its increased domestic and international popularity, its sociological implications and link to organized crime, and will move to explore the legality of dogfighting, including associated crimes, its state and federal legislation concerning dogfighting, and suggestions of more effective enforcement efforts to address the problem in the United States. The main initiative of this…
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In this paper the exciting criminal phenomenon known as white-collar crime will be discussed. Corporate Crime and Computer Crime will be discussed in detail. Crime preventative agencies such as the NCPC (National Crime Prevention Council) will also be researched. White Collar Crime The late Professor Edwin Sutherland coined the term white-collar crime about 1941. Sutherland defined white-collar crime as "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation"…
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Research suggests that a series of policies and practices have created circumstances that predictably, if not systematically, funnel millions of students from school into the juvenile justice system. The phrase that has emerged to describe the phenomenon is the school to prison pipeline (Wald & Losen, 2003). This study explores zero tolerance policies and school discipline to better understand its effect in to bring awareness to an issue that may help in dismantling this pipeline. Particularly…
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Lecture 1 NATURE AND SCOPE OF MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Q1.1 Is it appropriate to view firms primarily as economic entities? Q1.1 ANSWER Yes. Firms represent a combination of people, physical assets, and information (financial, technical, marketing, and so on). People directly involved include stockholders, managers, workers, suppliers, and customers. Businesses use scarce resources that would otherwise be available for other purposes, pay income and other…
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Significant historical events, court cases, and ideas that have shaped our current system of constitutional First Amendment jurisprudence: 1215 Abuses by England’s King John cause a revolt by nobles, who compel him to recognize rights for both noblemen and ordinary Englishmen. This document, known as the Magna Carta, establishes the principle that no one, including the king or a lawmaker, is above the law, and establishes a framework for future documents such as the Declaration of Independence…
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Executive Directors Examining the Influence of Performance and Organizational Characteristics Nathan Grasse,1 Trenton Davis,2 Douglas Ihrke3 1 Central Michigan University, 2Georgia Southern University, 3 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee In this study we aimed to provide a better understanding of executive compensation in nonprofit organizations. We examined factors including organizational size, market, subsector, organizational type, staffing level, and organizational performance as potential…
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Received September 26, 2012; revisions received May 3, 2013; accepted June 27, 2013 Objective Document the impact of Let’s Go!, a multisetting community-based childhood obesity prevention program on participants in 12 communities in Maine. Methods The study used repeated random telephone surveys with 800 parents of children to measure awareness of messages and child behaviors. Surveys were conducted in schools, child care programs, and afterschool programs to track changes in policies and environments…
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