Annotated Bibliography

Thesis Statement

Communication technology has facilitated the event, anti-terror initiatives aim to achieve the best outcomes in addressing the problem.

Annotated Bibliography

Wolf, J., B. (1989). Antiterrorist Initiatives. New York, NY: Plenum Press.

According to the information provided in this article, a number of anti-terrorist activities have been started, and governments, intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and businesses are taking a keen interest in these initiatives as they want to bring the problem of terrorism to an end.

Beckman, J. (2016). Comparative legal approaches to homeland security and anti-terrorism. Routledge.

If terrorism is part of a broader insurgency, counter-terrorism may have to employ certain counter-insurgency measures. Beckman argues that legal action has to be taken against individuals or agencies who are promoting terrorism in one way or the other, and the foreign defense ministry can play its integral role in reducing the conditions under which threats to security are developed.

Lynch, A., McGarrity, N., & Williams, G. (2015). Inside Australia's anti-terrorism laws and trials. NewSouth.

Australia is one of those very few countries that have taken terrorism seriously. It emphasizes the need to promote peace and harmony, and for this purpose, the government has established the Criminal Investigation Department with an aim to combat terrorism via subversion and infiltration.

Atran, S., Axelrod, R., Davis, R., & Fischhoff, B. (2017). Challenges in researching terrorism from the field. Science, 355(6323), 352-354.

Despite serious efforts of the intelligence agencies, countless cases of terrorism are reported every single day. According to this article, those who introduce anti-terrorism policies are given tough times, and they have to face plenty of challenges. An alternative solution to the problem is to do field research and to get more and more youngsters involved so that every citizen can play a vital role in maintaining peace within the country.

Fatima, N., & Khan, Z. A. (2018). Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy as Counter-Terrorism Measure in Contemporary International Politics. Global Social Sciences Review, 3(2), 1-20.

In this position article, Fatima and Khan have applied the concept of soft power to the Arab world. The public opinions are given much importance, and it is quite difficult for American diplomats who have worked in Arab countries to continue working in the UAE while taking care of the US justice system. They neither want to do anything against the rules and regulations of the Arab countries nor want to disrespect the American policies.

Powell, K. (2018). Framing Islam/Creating Fear: An Analysis of US Media Coverage of Terrorism from 2011–2016. Religions, 9(9), 257.

Since 9/11, a large number of Americans, Canadians, and Europeans have framed Islam as a religion that promotes terrorism. In this article, Powell argues that the fear of international terrorism is dominant, but this does not mean Islam is supporting it. In fact, various Muslims have themselves been killed worldwide in terrorist attacks.

Narrative Event

I work as an NP in a private hospital. It is one of the best medical centers in the city, where no case of medical negligence has ever been found. However, the one thing I dislike about this hospital is that new patients are asked to stand in long queues and to pay admission fees before they could be directed to respective departments for treatment (Crisp, 2018). The previous month, I was doing night duty when I saw an old woman bringing her son to the hospital. He was lying on a stretcher and looked too serious to me. Instead of helping the old woman bring his son to the emergency department, a nurse forced the lady to pay the admission fee. She asked her to stand in the queue of females, and it took the old woman up to three hours to pay the admission fee and to bring his subconscious son to the doctor for treatment purposes.

From this incident, I learned that paying the admission fee is not as compulsory as saving the life of an ill. It was good if the doctor had started the treatment, and in the meanwhile, the old lady had made the payment. It was a clear case of medical negligence, and that nurse who pushed the old woman to the reception for making the payment should be punished. The patient was crying while his hopeless and helpless mother was standing in the queue, and it is regrettable that no one from the staff came forward to help them.

Although I love working in this hospital, I would like to request the management to not deal with patients and their families this way. Hundreds to thousands of people lose their lives due to negligence like this (Mcloughlin, 2017). I had seen tears in the eyes of that old woman, but it was not possible for me to help her as I was myself checking a patient in the emergency department while peeping through the window what was going on in the reception area. This incident left a bad impact on me, and I will request the hospital management to stop causing problems for patients and their worried family members on the name of the admission fee.

If Iwere on the place of that nurse, then I would have helped the old woman make the payment. Her legs were shivering, and there were visible signs of sorrow on her face. The nurse could have brought the patient to the emergency department while requesting his mother to pay the fee rather than shouting at her and pushing her back and forth.

I think that while working in the hospital, it is my responsibility to provide care to patients and to be there to answer the questions of their relatives. The job of a nurse is not easy; it is full of challenges, and at the same time, the nurse should learn to stay calm and must cooperate with everyone around her (Kraus, 2016). The behavior of that nurse did not look professional to me. At a glimpse, it seemed that she was crazy for money and had lost her senses.

References

Crisp, L. N. (2018). Nursing Now - Why Nurses and Midwives Will be Even More Important and Influential in the Future. International Nursing Review, 65(2), 145-147. doi:10.1111/inr.12463

Kraus, D. (2016). Why Is Child Abuse Awareness Important to Trauma Nurses? Journal of Trauma Nursing, 23(3), 116-117. doi:10.1097/jtn.0000000000000198

Mcloughlin, K. A. (2017). The Importance of Purpose in Whole Health and Well-Being. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 23(5), 375-375. doi:10.1177/1078390317728481