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Sentinel event reporting and root cause analysis in healthcare facilities

Explain the basics of Sentinel Event Reporting, including Root Cause Analysis, procedures, timelines, etc.

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Romanian-American assimilation through clothing, tradition, and cultural change

According to the Romanian-American Network, Inc., the first wave of Romanians came to the United States between 1895 and 1920. The Romanian ethnic group is considered today a fully assimilated group in the U.S.

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Tom Wolfe's concept of "the Right Stuff" in American spaceflight

In the 1960's, the American space program represented the pinnacle of military achievement, with those training to take human evolution to this next tier of awareness required to exhibit the best and most infallible of qualities.

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Education in the Lafayette Unity Society

One advantage of the modern computer age is that it allows us quick access to a plethora of information detailing human societies across the globe. That comparison provides the basis for creating a society that best addresses the needs of the individual and of society as a whole.

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The spirit-body connection in healing and illness

Even in this secular society, the link between mind and body has been well established through scientific studies, religious teachings, and personal testimony.

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Legal obligations for mandated child abuse reporters in California

Who are mandated reporters and what is their legal obligation?

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Why Sherlock Holmes still compels readers today

Why does Sherlock Holmes still compel readers today? The "Adventures of the Red-Headed League" was originally penned as a popular newspaper detective story, printed in the London Strand magazine. Its author, Arthur Conan Doyle, did not mean it to be an eternal work of fiction, to live for all time.

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Hawthorne's critique of religious conservatism in the Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts and therefore knew New England culture first-hand. His novel the Scarlet Letter offers a poignant critique of religious conservatism in America but the themes expressed in the novel are universal.

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Displacement and identity formation in Whale Talk and Autobiography of My Dead Brother

One issue that many ESL (English as a Second Language) learners must grapple with is the sense that they are different -- from their peers, and also from the dominant culture of America.

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Resource allocation and effectiveness in American crime prevention

Crime prevention encompasses myriad different facets both within the criminal justice system and also within society at large. Within the criminal justice system, increasing the effectiveness of crime prevention efforts requires directing resources in the most focused way toward that effort.

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