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Valerie Van Valkenburg, an R.N. from Great Falls, Montana, also emphasizes the value of the individual's skills. "Nursing is an art. When I go to a patient's bedside to answer a call light or get vital signs," she notes, "I am collecting all sorts of information to help me assess that person. My critical evaluation and intervention could prevent a costly complication or even death...
...revealing your personality in posting your likes and dislikes, your accomplishments and your vital statistics, and maybe even photos of you and your loved ones, you also run a few risks. Since it is virtually impossible to limit access to your home page, any of the dozens of millions of Internet users world-wide can hone in on you--and can do with your information what they will...
...Canada has cast into doubt the rollout of GM's all-new Chevrolet minivan and other 1997 models. All production was halted in Canada last week after 28,500 members of the Canadian Auto Workers union walked out in a strike that has deprived some U.S. plants of vital parts. Without a settlement, analysts say, the company may have to close its 24 U.S. parts-and-assembly plants by the end of the month...
...their audience by becoming too elitist, too self-involved, too cynical. Stories about politics, for instance, focus mainly on campaign strategy--the "horse race," rather than substantive issues that have an impact on people's lives. "[Journalists] increasingly present public life mainly as a depressing spectacle, rather than a vital activity in which citizens can and should be engaged," writes Fallows. He adds, "The less Americans care about public life, the less they will be interested in journalism of any form." Fallows and others argue, moreover, that today's reporters--often well-paid, well-connected Washington insiders--are simply...
...true: smoke does get in your eyes. A pack or more a day of cigarettes can double a smoker's odds of developing macular degeneration, a disease of the retina that can lead to blindness. SMOKING depletes the body of vital nutrients that may protect eyes from the disease...