The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a wonderful organization located in Washington, DC. ... Another important nursing organization is the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). ... The goal of the NYSNA is to promote optimal nursing and healthcare services to residents of New York State. ... Sigma Theta Tau was actually founded by six nursing students at Indiana State University, in 1922. ... There are 424 different chapters of the Sigma Theta Tau on over 523 college and university campuses all over the world. ...

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The first of the colleges of my choice is Chowan College. ... They offer the following pre-professional programs: Pre-Professional, Pre-Dental, Pre-Law, Pre-Medicine, Pre-Nursing, Pre-Optometry, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Physical Therapy, and Pre-Veterinary Medicine. ... The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredits Chowan College. ... Other "add-on" scholarships would include Baptist State Convention Grants, Outside Scholarships, Music Scholarships, Business Scholarships (chosen by department) and Science Olympiad Scholarships (chosen by department). ... Chowan College's FAFSA co...

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This special, intimate contact has prompted a significant change in the field of nursing. ... While dealing with an oncology patient, Vanessa Livesay stated "comfort is the most important gift [my patient] can be given. ... A new tactic being employed in the practice of nursing is an active team approach. ... Guidelines for Rehabilitative Nursing instructs that caregivers should "identify measures to facilitate cooperation between the nursing staff and the rehabilitation team" (Guidelines for Rehabilitative Nursing 3). ... Vanessa Livesay stated, "I want to be able to help my patients in any w...

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There are more than one-hundred historically Black colleges (HBCU) and universities in the United States (College View). ... Howard University is a HBCU located in Washington D.C., and is considered to be the mecca of HBCUs. ... In the fall of 2011, there were a total of 10,583 student enrolled, 1,103 of those enrolled in Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Health Services. ... In 1862, Senator Justin Morrill led a movement to improve the state of public higher education throughout the United States, putting an emphasis on the need for institutions to train Americans in the applied sciences, agricul...

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In 1889 he was sent to the Illinois State Board of Health and worked with Medical Standards and Hospital Rules. ... In 1890, a black woman by the name of Emma, was refused admission to nursing schools because of her race. ... This event led to the founding of Provident Hospital and Nursing Training School in 1891. ... Grisham, requested that he apply for the position of surgeon-in-chief at Freedmen's Hospital in Washington D.C. ... He became a visiting professor of surgery at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, one of two black medical schools in the country at that tim...

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His mother returned from New Orleans with her nursing degree in 1950, when her son was four years old. ... Bill Clinton recognized that although college would be expensive, it would give him the education he needed to accomplish his goals. ... With the help of those scholarships and loans from the government, he was able to attend Georgetown University in Washington D.C. ... As governor of Arkansas, he concentrated on improving the state's educational system and building better roads. ... His mother returned from New Orleans with her nursing degree in 1950, when her son was four years old...

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In 1885, he became an instructor of anatomy at Chicago's Medical College. ... In 1889, he was appointed to the Illinois State board of Health where he worked with medical standards and hospital rules and regulations. ... Reynolds, whose sister, Emma, was denied admission to every nursing school in Chicago because she was black. ... He received an appointment by president Grover Cleveland as a surgeon-in-chief of Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. ... He was invited to become a charter member of the American College of Surgeons. ...

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Whether it was nursing her older brother back to health, teaching underprivileged children, or comforting a dying soldier, Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross, was a true historical heroine. ... When the Civil War began, colleges for women's nursing were not in existence (Hamilton 39).19 Clara and other medics acquired the necessary ability behind the lines (Hamilton 39).20 She fed food to the injured, held a sick man's hand, and removed pieces of ammunition lodged within men using only a pocketknife (Sands 12).21 Due to her dedication, Clara was often called "Angel of the Ba...

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Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geographic divide, including sectionalism, protectionism, and state's rights. ... States Rights The South argued that each state had the right to secede–leave the Union–at any time, that the Constitution was a "compact" or agreement among the states. ... Rejecting the arguments for federal authority or self-government, state sovereignty would empower states to promote the expansion of slavery as part of the Federal Union under the U.S. ... "States' rights" was an ideology formulated...

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History Qatar was once controlled by the sheikhs of Bahrain, but in 1867, war broke out between the people and their rulers. To keep the peace in the Persian Gulf, the British appointed Muhammad ibn Thani al-Thani, head of a leading Qatari family, as the region's ruler (Infoplease, 2013). In 1893, ...

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History Qatar was once controlled by the sheikhs of Bahrain, but in 1867, war broke out between the people and their rulers. To keep the peace in the Persian Gulf, the British appointed Muhammad ibn Thani al-Thani, head of a leading Qatari family, as the region's ruler (Infoplease, 2013). In 1893, ...

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