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The litter caused by disposal of cigarette butts on sidewalks, parks, roads, buildings etc. that cause environmental and increased health problems to people, animals and plants.

Exposure to smoke particulate, fumes, smoke, chemicals infused into another medium such as clothing, curtains, walls that continue to emit toxic carcinogens found in cigarettes.

The potential physical, emotional, financial difficulties and experience related to providing care.

Multiple Vehicle Accident(s)

A nurse who graduated from the University of Arizona, College of Nursing.

Potentially Traumatic Event- powerful and upsetting events that an individual may encounter in life. See Trauma and PTSD

Public Health: Primary Care Prevention. Examples Immunizations, Screening for potential diseases, Outreach/health fairs to raise awareness.

A behavioral change initiative to let "today be the day" to quit smoking, start a diet for healthy eating, or start an exercise regimen.

Dejar de fumar - "Quit Smoking" in Spanish

A Girl Scout's motto: "Be Prepared."

In Public Health: Being prepared for a natural disaster, MVA, bioterrorism etc. are crucial for community safety and survival. Raising public awareness on #ERKits, community resources and plan for evacuation and survival are needed. Volunteers are essential to ensure this protection.

Disaster preparedness involves planning for an emergency evacuation of home, building or residence in the event of a natural disaster. Having a plan of your home, building, office and performing mock drills to ensure safety and efficiency of escape are essential to being prepared. See #ERkit

Emergency Kit: A preparedness kit in case of fire, earthquake, flood or any natural/ war area to best meet your plan of escape to safety. Ensure water, protein/frruit bars, flashlight, medication, first aid kit, batteries, clothes, matches, toiletries, documents and cash are in this ERkit.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform not to be confused with Center for Investigative Reporting (#CIROnline).

Refers to the admonition by immigration advocates and POTUS to advance a Comprehensive Immigration Reform (#CIR)bill. A bipartisan CIR bill was approved in the Senate, but was not introduced by GOP controlled Congress. This inaction led to an Executive Order issued by POTUS on Nov. 20th, 2014, providing some remedial steps to address deportation, social justice and perhaps act as a catalyst to address inaction of Congress on this issue.

Public Health initiatives to prevent the use of tobacco products, ecigarette use and marijuana smoking in public places and private property. These areas entail agency buildings, universities, colleges and state parks, beaches. Smoking bans are also being adopted by the private industries such as restaurants, hospitals and sidewalks. Smoking bans has significantly lowered the effect of #2handsmoke.

Second hand smoking is the inhalation of smoke from tobacco or marijuana that HAVE harmful effects on health. At least 70 known carcinogens are present in a cigarette, toxins that affect the heart, lungs and blood vessels. Children, pregnant and nursing mothers are at particular risk due to their physical/ immunological susceptibilities.

Registered Nurse. Nurses make up the vast majority of health care professionals: 2,824,641 RNs and 690,038 LPNs in the 2008 to 2010 time period (HRSA.gov).

Nursing Ethics provide the foundation to practice nursing that informs the profession. Trust, Veracity, Respect, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Advocacy and Social Justice are ethical virtues and codes adhered to by nurses.

An Advanced Practice Nurse acts as a collaborator in health care, social and political changes that affect their sphere of influence -- patient, peers, and systems.

Nurse as Clinical Leader(ship)- Providing current evidence based literature and research to improve the standard of care. Sphere of influence: patient&families, Peers and Colleagues, Systems and Institutions.

An advanced practice nurse can act as an independent Consultant. The sphere of influence: patient, nurse, system (patient& families, peers, institutions & society).

An advanced practice nurse can act as an Expert in coaching and guiding role with relations to applying current evidence based literature to improve the current standards of care ranging from the patient to population based interventions. Sphere of influence: patient, nurse, system (patient& families, peers, institutions & society).

Nursing Research(er)- One of the nurse's role is a researcher -- to advance the science of nursing. Evidence based practice is tantamount to the nursing profession. The sphere of influence encompasses direct patient care to population based intervention. Social, Environmental, and Informatics are evolving programs in nursing science.