... (ethylnorepinephrine hydrochloride) 0.1 millimeter subcutaneous, and monitor results. Nurse Slighta Hand, RN (fictitious name) administered the medication as ordered and the child was observed for thirty minutes. Miss Hand's charting was brief, almost illegible, and read, "Medicines given as prescribed. Cindy observed without positive results. Physician notified." The physician examined the child; notes read that the child had "minimal clearing" in response to the bronchodilator. The following medications were then prescribed: Elixir of turpenhydrate with codeine one milliliter by mouth, Gantrinsin (sulfisoxazole) 10 Case 3 milliliters, and Qui ...
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... and run amok with the senses upon which we so desperately rely? No. Our world is inescapably full of narcotics, yet many of them, including powerful and dangerous ones such as alcohol and tobacco, are happily tolerated by society. The nutmeg in your kitchen cupboard can have narcotic effects if smoked (and, used in this way, it can also give you cancer), yet few people have cause to think of this when they sprinkle it into their cakes and biscuits. Chocolate contains an addictive chemical called PEA, which stimulates our brains in the same way that Ecstasy does. Overdosing on chocolate can contribute to heart disease, the single biggest killer in this country to ...
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... punishments. During the late 1700's the death penalty steadily grew in acceptance. Over 200 crimes were punishable by death at the beginning of the 1800's. There were just as many methods used to execute wrong-doers as there were crimes. Some of the techniques used included beheading, stoning, drowning, hanging, crucifying, and burying people alive. Also used were many nontraditional forms of execution. One type of execution utilized elephants to crush the criminal's head on a stone block. As times changed, so did the death penalty. Laws aimed at abolishing the death penalty began to evolve at the turn of the century. Even with the changes made, ...
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... per second) and the intersection is 18 meters wide you would have been through the intersection before the light even changed to red. You should go to the intersection and time the amber signal. Try to remember where the officer was sitting, and see if he had a clear view of you approaching him and exactly what he could see. (Which traffic lights were visible to him, how far down the road he could see etc.) Make a reasonable measurement of the width of the intersection. You do not have to prove yourself innocent….the officer must prove you are guilty. If you can prove that there is a reasonable doubt in the evidence he is giving, you will ...
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... great damage. Some people may have forgiven him, but he will never be forgotten. What pushed him over the edge and how did he deal with it? The disturbing influence of violence in the media, alcoholism, and the ambition to let go, pushed Mr. Bundy too far. He learned to accept what he had done and lived his life the best way he knew how. Even though he did not want to die, he was still forced into the electric chair. Before he was put to death he said that killing him would not restore the people he had already murdered nor would is lessen the pain. Some things just have to be done according to the law. I feel you may be forgiven for all the wrong doings in ...
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... overdose. pneumonia and malnutririon arises from the frantic lifestyle of the junkie, who does anything for money to support their habit and does little to care for themselves, which could be prevented if heroin was legal because it would be far cheaper. Lastly, AIDS is aconsequence of sharing dirty needles, as is hepatitis and tetanus, which could also be prevented through legalization and availability of sterile equipment. One of the reasons heroin is considered both a very dangerous drug and perhaps the hardest drug is the fact that the line between efective dose and the lethal dose is so thin. An addict can have his or her fill and then the next injection c ...
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... is the name of the plant known to botanists as Cannabis Sativa. Other names for the plant exist throughout the world. In Africa, Marijuana is known as "dagga", in China as "ma", in Northern Europe as "hemp" and in the United States as either "pot", "buds", "reefer", "weed" or the more direct, "smoke". Marijuana goes back over five thousand years. It is one of the oldest agricultural commodities not grown for food. Hemp, first cultivated in China as early as 2800 B.C., soon stretched to central Asia where it spread like milkweed or thistle. Marijuana soon began to crowd out neighboring grasses and reaching heights of three to twenty feet stretched ov ...
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... victory. Currently there is a high tolerance for homosexuals throughout the United States. Judges do not need the popularity of the people on the Federal circuit court level to make new precedent. Despite significant opposition, largely from conservatives and religious groups, same-sex marriages may soon become commonplace. The harm in this situation is that the idea of discrimination becomes “OK.” Although eight states presently prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, nowhere in the United States are lesbians and gay marriages legally recognized. Many defend the discrimination against homosexuals with the rationale that marriage is traditi ...
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... been punished in the past for the offence that he or she is planning, and that what happened to another individual who committed this offence, can also happen to me. But individuals who commit any types of crime ranging from auto theft to 1st-Degree Murder, never take into account the consequences of their actions. Deterrence to crime, is rooted in the individuals themselves. Every human has a personal set of conduct. How much they will and will not tolerate. How far they will and will not go. This personal set of conduct can be made or be broken by friends, influences, family, home, life, etc. An individual who is never taught some sort of restraint as a c ...
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... in necessary to preserve what the founders of this country believed in. Guns are Beneficial Guns can help prevent crime. This is a view held by many opponents to gun control. The criminals themselves agree. As part of a three - year study by the U. S. Department of Justice, criminals in prisons across the nation were interviewed. Sixty percent feared being shot by an armed citizen more than being shot by the police. fifty - three percent did not commit a specific crime because they were afraid the victim was armed. Fifty - seven percent of them were scared off by an armed victim who either brandished a gun or actually fired it.3 This alone shows t ...
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