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There’s nothing like the sound of the echoing of balls bouncing, and shoes squeaking on the hardwood floor of a gym. For me this was a very familiar place and sound of the many years playing the sport I love, the game of basketball. This time I wasn’t the one playing, I was coaching. Last fall I was asked by my high school varsity coach if I would help out coaching the freshmen team. My first initial thought was no, but I told him that I would think about it and get back to him as soon as…

Reimbursement for group medical care continues to be problematic in private sector (Dickman, 2012). As of current, Medicare and many insurers do not reimburse SMAs (Dickman, 2012). Policy makers play a key role in realigning financial incentives so that group visits are reimbursed for public and private insurance as routine part of primary care so that all people have access to SMA services. The SMA approach addresses how to implement chronic care management when faced with a shortage of…

A couple of months ago, I was admitted into The University of Alabama’s upper division nursing program in the Capstone College of Nursing. Filled with excitement, I was eager to start this new journey in life, because nursing was something I was so compassionate about. Little did I know that once I was placed into the program I’d find out it wasn’t the right fit for me at the time. My dream as a little kid was to become a nurse anesthetist and work in a large hospital in Nashville, TN, however,…

topics doesn’t mean you should limit every child’s opportunity to read about them if their parents think it’s fit for them”. Isn’t banning an infringement on our freedom of speech? To address the ongoing problem of challenging books, The American Library Association adopted the Library Bill of Rights in 1939. It dictates, “materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal…

desires with same sex partners, increased interest in sexual arousal in opposite sex partners, increased marriage and relationships with opposite sex, and improving quality of life and mental health (APA). A journal article written by the American Psychological Association (APA), analyzed several therapy measures used within aversion therapy treatments. Results from analyzing several of these treatments, allowed the APA to determine experimental studies as a lower…

The annual tradition of rewarding players that rank high in personal brand popularity All-Star starting spots may have finally come to an end this season. The NBA All-Star Game has always been an annual treat for the loyal fans of the league. Showcasing the NBA's best stars from the first half of the season while rewarding fading veterans who have given their best in the past for the league's future to grow. The other aspect that has been constantly debated is the fan voted popular star who may…

The YouTube video, The Big Fix: The 1985 Patrick Ewing NBA Lottery, indicated that the reason why the envelope was thrown in there like that was because Jack Wagner was purposely marking which envelope contained the Knicks logo. When Stern would see the marked envelope, he would go in there and pick up the envelope. After the globe was spun several times, the globe was opened and the commissioner visibly exhaled like he was deeply nervous. The video then suggested that Stern did that because he…

and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders. It provides a common language for clinicians to communicate about their patients and establishes consistent and reliable diagnoses that can be used in the research of mental disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2017).” Three organizational changes that have been made to the DSM-5 would include, one being before changes came to the DSM-5 according to a PowerPoint done by Seattle Children’s, it discusses that the old DSM-5 didn’t show…

The copyrighted visual work I have chosen to infringe is the logo for the National Basketball Association. It represents the men’s professional basketball team in North America for a total amount 30 teams, which doesn’t include the women teams at all. America’s basketball association doesn’t exclude women teams to an extremity but there are some concerns. These concerns are the reason why I am trying to come as close as possible to infringing the NBA logo. The following concerns are why do the…

This paper will examine my grandmother’s life along with various factors that have directly impacted her life. One of the main factors that I will examine include the relationship between her diabetes and her mental health. I also will briefly explain the strengths perspective. I have included a signed consent form by my grandmother, the participant, in the appendix section. Background My grandmother, Melissa Sant, was born and raised in West Monroe, Louisiana. She is a sixty-two year old…