Essays Tagged: "American Red Cross"

Clara Barton, founder of the american red cross and a civil war nurse.

during the civil war did she pursue nursing passionately. She is known best for the founder of the American Red Cross in 1881, an organization that it still strong today. During the civil war, Clara ... this treaty; and vowed to establish this work in the United States. Barton was the President of the American National Red Cross for twenty-two years. Under her leadership, she adopted the framework of ...

(2 pages) 91 1 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Blood Donations: To Give or Not to Give.

blood. Our nation's blood supply is sustained entirely by voluntary donations; yet fewer than 5% of American are eligible to give blood do so each year. I would like to look at the advantages of givin ... ng blood, you can be certain that you have given someone a gift, the gift of life. According to the American Red Cross Pamphlet, it states that every seven minutes someone in Arkansas, Southwest Misso ...

(4 pages) 89 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Nurses Wanted: Apply Within

rience in a health care setting through programs such as the Candy Striper Program sponsored by the American Red Cross. Such structured mentoring programs today, however, are scarce which fail to prov ... h a positive image. The consequence of recruitment oversight is unmistakably obvious; enrollment in American nursing colleges has been steadily decreasing in the last ten years.Multiple interrelated f ...

(4 pages) 182 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

An analysis of Earnest Hemingway and "A Farewell to Arms."

r the Kansas City Star at the age of eighteen. At age nineteen he was did service in Italy with the American Red Cross. And then had his first major work published in 1923, Three Stories and Ten Poems ... as been accused of his writing out of his own personal experience. "A Farewell to Arms" is about an American Ambulance driver in the Italian army. While at war he is injured and meets a beautiful nurs ...

(5 pages) 38 0 4.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

Total Quality Management Survey

relations in addition to strategic roles of Total Quality Management.The first organization is the American Red Cross which represents the non profit sector. The American Red Cross is a non profit or ... Clara Barton and since that time has been the nation's premier emergency response organization. The American Red Cross has close to one million volunteers and 35,000 employees throughout the United St ...

(5 pages) 946 1 4.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

AIDS

eriod where the virus cannot be determined or where side effects will not be seen. According to the American Red Cross National Hotline, it takes approximately eight to eleven years for the virus to b ... a needle exchange program was started in an effort to reduce the spread of AIDS. In a report in the American Journal of Public Health of the two thousand eight hundred and thirteen needles returned, t ...

(8 pages) 22 0 3.0 Jun/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Clara Barton: Angel Of The Battlefield

Barton was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield", and this is how she was introduced to the American public. The fact that she was well schooled in military operations helped Clara to prepare ... o join the efforts. Susan wanted to make Clara an ally and an advocate. By the end of her life, the American Red Cross had become a known fixture in America with people eager to volunteer for the caus ...

(5 pages) 9 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

America

la. However, there is a nonprofit organization that do not have profit as its objective such as the American Red Cross and educational institutes. A franchise is a contract between a parent company an ...

(3 pages) 14 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Speech Report

st aid class is very important because you could save a life.A. For more than a century the American Red Cross has been helping save lives.1. According to the American Red Cross Associ ... family from a tragic event III. A first aid class is not that expensive.A. According to the American Red Cross organization, it cost about $40.00 to take a first aid course.B. Do you t ...

(2 pages) 10 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Beginnings of the American Red Cross

The American Red Cross is an organization of volunteers that provides humanitarian relief during disaste ... ief during disasters and helps people to become able to deal with emergencies. The formation of the American Red Cross can be traced back to the mid-nineteenth century. During this time, there was muc ... ope during the Franco-Prussian War, Clara became inspired and eventually laid the foundation of the American Red Cross. Thus, the beginnings of the American Red Cross rest mainly on the shoulders of o ...

(4 pages) 80 0 0.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Blood Drive Report

their donations, it really made the blood drive a success at St. Louis High School.Introduction:The American Red Cross is a generous organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Char ... untries signed the Treaty of Geneva to protect the wounded during wartime. Clara Barton founded the American Association of the Red Cross in 1881 to aid the injured during the Civil War. Though the or ...

(10 pages) 22 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

THE EXAMINATION OF TQM IN VARIOUS SECTORS

MKT/449Marshall S. Brown25 October 2007��The Examination of TQM in Various SectorsThe American Red Cross (ARC), representing the nonprofit sector, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), rep ... xplain the differences between strategic roles of TQM within each organization from each sector.The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton on May 21, 1881, in Washington, D.C., is a member of one ...

(5 pages) 62 0 0.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Mission Statements

sfy?How is the organization unique?Whom does the organization benefit?The mission statement for the American Red Cross follows the basic guidelines for a good mission statement:"The American Red Cross ...

(4 pages) 233 0 5.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Targets Strategy for Developing Customer Relationships Explain the components of a marketing strategy. The target market. The 4 P's applied to each target market segment.

y programs associated with each, such as, the REDcard, Reach Out and Read, and involvement with the American Red Cross. Targets employees and corporation holds strong values of making their products a ... ity, Target and their employees are able to support and participate in programs associated with the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and United Way. They also have many educational programs that wor ...

(8 pages) 77 0 0.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Hurricane Iniki Essay

several months and in some places a year.Emergency help luckily reacted quickly to this hurricane. American Red Cross built shelters for victims hurt and without homes. The local government helped ou ...

(1 pages) 2272 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Oceanography

DaVerne Lee Calloway

anta University and Northwestern University. After college she became a teacher and then joined the American Red Cross during World War II. While in the American Red Cross she led a protest against th ... World War II. While in the American Red Cross she led a protest against the segregation of African American soldiers in the Red Cross facilities.Mrs. Calloway was also a proud member of several civil ...

(4 pages) 9 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Decisions in Paradise Part 1

s Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, the American Red Cross, will provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, ... relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. The American Red Cross has the desire to bring assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race ...

(3 pages) 127 0 3.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Total Quality Management (TQM) Survey

r profit, manufacturing, and governmental, and how total quality management (TQM) effects each. The American Red Cross will be used as the example of the not for profit organization, Bridgestone will ... represent the manufacturing, and public transportation represent the governmental agency.BridgestoneAmerican Red CrossPublic TransportationContinuous improvementXXXEmployee empowermentXXSound planning ...

(4 pages) 26 0 3.0 Jul/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

External/Internal Factors of the Red Cross

The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional ... n real time. Innovation and technology help in controlling risk, record keeping, and accounting.The American Red Cross employs technology on the Internet at www.redcross.org; users can make donations, ... ww.redcross.org; users can make donations, find how to volunteer and locations to donate blood. The American Red Cross also established a "Safe and Well List' at www.disastersafe.redcross.org. Users c ...

(6 pages) 50 0 0.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Humanities Essays