General nurses are individuals who provide direct care for their patients such as bathing and dressing them, giving prescribed medication, and collecting fluid samples. The requirements to become a general nurse are rigorous. They have to obtain a bachelor’s degree in nursing, pass the National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX), and pass a background check. In addition, nurses have to be …
You’re finally in the queue. The sound of your ten alarms buzzes in the back of your mind, glaring light of your Macbook Pro burns your eyes, but you smile as you look down envisioning the clean knit aligned on your feet. Yeezy. The site crashes, and with it your dreams. In 2013 Kanye West signed with Adidas, one of …
You go home after an exhausting day of school and work. After dealing with the same repetitive tasks on repeat and finally getting a mental break, you reach for your phone. You immediately check your social media and are welcomed with comforting words and photos from your favorite group. Since you finally have the opportunity, you watch their latest performance …
Editor’s Note: The following essay refers to an advertisement that can be viewed here. A smaller version has also been included in the text. Americans have a special relationship with guns. Gun ownership is protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, but some people believe the rights of citizens to own guns has led to a culture …
Analyzing images helps deconstruct the message the image is trying to convey and helps us understand why everything is portrayed the way it is. As Jack Solomon explains in his article, “Reading Visual Images Actively,” “In analyzing images, you will develop the ability to identify specific telling details and specific evidence” (33). Supremacy is the quality of being superior and …
Finding the yin to your yang is a quest most people spend their lives searching for. In the novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, written by Benjamin Alire Saenz, Aristotle and Dante are teens on their way to discovering who they are. The narrator of this novel is Aristotle, aka “Ari.” The struggle with race, family, …
How happy does Coca Cola make you? According to their commercial, Coca Cola can change your mind with just a sip. It will get you in a good mood within the minute. It relates a simple bottle of soda to family using background music as a form of presence from the audience. The commercial uses strong family values. It is …
Individuals always have a tendency to criticize from first impression without acknowledging the full outlook of the situation. On January 7, 2015, Sia debuted her music video “Elastic Heart.” In the music video, Sia uses Maddie Ziegler, a 12-year-old girl in a nude leotard who is locked in a bird cage battling a thirtyish Shia LaBeouf who is also wearing …
In today’s marketing trends, gender based products is just the norm in the United States. This has become a great controversy in the past few years, due to a higher level of gender equality as well as same sex marriage being legalized. Target is a large corporation that is taking a big hit for introducing the idea of removing gender-based …
Over generations, women’s lives have been created for them by the men surrounding them, but no more. The organization UN Women which focus on human equality and empowerment, created an entire campaign to bring to light how women are still deprived because of their gender. The image chosen focuses on discrimination against women naming the image “Women Shouldn’t.” Women ‘s …