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High turnover rates among newly licensed registered nurses in hospitals

Hospitals and healthcare organizations are in for an arduous fight. Research shows that we are currently in the midst of a major nursing shortage, where a serious lack of capable RNs has been causing the quality of care in American hospitals to begin to decrease.

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Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin and its medical impact

Penicillin is one of the first discovered and widely used antibiotics. It is made from the Penicillium mold. Antibiotics are substances that are released by bacteria and fungi into their environment. They provide a means of inhibiting other organisms (Bellis, 2009).

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Moral arguments surrounding capital punishment in America

Capital punishment is a very morally divisive issue, because there are strong moral arguments in support and in opposition of capital punishment. The taking of a human life is one of the most basic taboos in any society.

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Plato's exploration of justice, philosophy, and the Apology

The Apology of Socrates is a defense of philosophy. In the first part, Socrates shows how philosophy breaks down and challenges society. Later, he also shows that philosophy is helpful and good.

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Money, love, and forgiveness in "The Gilded Six-Bits"

We grow up hearing the grass is always greener on the other side of the hill because things look better from a distance. This is a cliche but far too many times, it is true.

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Obama administration health care reform and economic sustainability

Health care reform looms as one of the major initiatives of the Obama administration. Many economists have stated their case for health care reform. Paul Krugman (2009) claims that the cost controls on Medicaid will save the U.S. from a budget crisis.

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Tolkien's judicious word choice in The Lord of the Rings

Although the recent motion picture adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, was not the first such enterprise, it did go a long way towards attracting a new generation of readers to the trilogy and its prologue in The Hobbit.

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National Hockey League financial stability and franchise viability

How financially solid is the National Hockey League (NHL)? There are indications that while some NHL franchises are profitable, several other franchises -- perhaps as many as five of the thirty -- are sinking like a stone.

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Individual and society in Doctorow's City of God

City of God is a very interesting novel written by the American author E. L Dotorow. What makes the book interesting is not just the unusual manner in which it is written (the technique), but also the approached themes.

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The New York Times coverage of Sputnik and American anxieties

New York Times treaded the Sputnik event very fairly, reporting on it in an objective manner and revealing the fear and confusion that was spreading throughout the U.S. government at the time.

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