Out of Luck
Sitting here on this corner I find my self-wondering is this what has become of our great nation. Days go by, and all we think about is if there will be any food waiting on us at home or at the soup kitchens and bread lines. We think to our selves is our government not going to help us or are they going to sit on there hills as the land blows away, and more and more of us lose our jobs?
Every morning I wake up hoping that this was just a bad dream and it will all be back to the way it was before. But I know that as soon as I open my eyes that reality will strike and it will not be a dream. I get up and put on my blue jeans and white shit and wonder through my so called house made out of what I have been able to gather, a few nails some cardboard some wood and insulation on the walls of news paper. We sleep on the floors, which are also covered with paper and use what we can find for good covers. I look around the shack for what I have to spear to sell or trade to but I have already sold most of our possessions. I leave early in the morning after seeing the kids in there peaceful sleep. (David D. Surviving)
Walking out side I see the red haze in the air from the dust that is being brought in with the dry winds from the dust storms on the planes. The haze is just a constant reminder of the times that we are in. It is always with you even when you try to lose yourself in some peaceful thoughts it is always their haunting you. I step out of my house and look down the rows of the shantytown it all I can see in eyesight. I start walking to town as I pass by the other shacks there is not much stirring most people asleep trying to escape the thought of what has happened to them in this nightmare of reality.(Dickinson C Living in Illinois)
With eyes open I enter town there is people moving about coming in and out of the half-empty stores. While walking the street for a while I observe the people. The people don’t have thoughts of happiness on their faces it is if a wave of death is haunting all of them.
The village had shutdown, the once giddy streets became grim. Flowers that once flourished in the meadows around the village wilted and rot. Death took over homes. Blissful faces became helpless.
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cold, harsh, wintry days, when my brothers and sister and I trudged home from school burdened down by the silence and frigidity of our long trek from the main road, down the hill to our shabby-looking house. More rundown than any of our classmates’ houses. In winter my mother’s riotous flowers would be absent, and the shack stood revealed for what it was. A gray, decaying...
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According to a study, 10-78% of nurses are experiencing burnout, and as the nursing shortage worsens, the amount of workplace stressors is set to increase (Welp, Meier, & Manser, 2015). A Swiss study involving 1,425 nurses concluded that nurses experiencing burnout had higher mortality ratios and lower safety grades (Welp, Meier, & Manser, 2015). It is commonly reported that there is a positive relationship between the incidence of emotional exhaustion and patient mortality ratios. Having a shortage of nurses on staff is often referenced as a leading factor for burnout among nurses, and it has been related to an increase in the patient’s stay time (Welp, Meier, & Manser, 2015). In addition, nurses are placed in increasingly stressful situations
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The literature review concludes that there are a plethora of factors relating to nurse burnout in correlation to nurse to patient ratio. Nurse to patient ratio is a serious issue that needs to be addressed in the nursing community. States nationwide and countries around the world need to make staffing guidelines that are mandated and enforced. Many of the factors that can affect nurse burnout are staffing guidelines (nurse to patient ratio), mandated shifts, overtime, and many more. Through all of the different articles and research some common themes concluded that the quality of patient care decreased when nurses had more patients than they could handle, and that patient satisfaction also decreased (Gordon, Buchanan,
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I love journals and have been keeping one on and off since I was eight. Keeping a journal, or diary as many have called it, can help clarify your thoughts, ideas, notions and problems. It can help manage those overwhelming emotions and reduce anxiety and stress. The ability is there to gain perspective on your thoughts and feelings. A journal can be profoundly personal and something tangible to go back to to relive parts of your life. Your life based on a true story, spread out over time. It is a place to record whatever you wish. Be it your darkest secrets, your first crush, your innermost feelings, how events made you feel or changed your life. It is a friend that is always nonjudgmental and always