24, March 2013 Moral Dilema Determination inspired many of the suffering persevere in their rescue efforts which eventually paid off…
Kacmarek, Robert M., James K. Stoller, Albert J. Heuer, and Donald F. Egan. Egan 's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care. 10th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Mosby, 2013. Print…
PlentErgy is a publicly-traded oil and gas company. Their operations have been mainly in Texas and Oklahoma; however, they do not want to miss out on the current oil boom in North Dakota. The oil is in the Bakken Shale deposit. PlentErgy has the skills and experience in hydraulic fracturing, also called “fracking,” which is the process used for releasing oil and gas from rock formations like the Bakken Shale found in North Dakota. PlentErgy is confident in their ability to use fracking safely and successfully in order to release oil and gas from sites they will lease North Dakota. However, there are ethical concerns with fracking and its association with waste disposal which has been controversial. PlentErgy is concerned about the possibility of ruining their reputation. PlentErgy must be able to ensure that their decision to partake in fracking in North Dakota adheres to the highest ethical standards in order to not harm the company’s reputation.…
Ignatavicius, D. & Workman, M. L. (2010), Care of Patients with Noninfectious Lower Respiratory Problems. Medical-Surgical Nursing, 6th Edition, (pp. 621-637). St. Louis, Missouri:Saunders Elsevier.…
Traditionally the role of the respiratory therapist has been heavily dictated and rather limited by the physician’s orders. For seemingly as long a respiratory therapy has been a recognized medical discipline, therapist have had to endure working under this physician-directed approach, until recent developments prompted an in-depth look into the overall efficiency of such physician-driven protocols. These developments were an over-utilization of respiratory care and misallocations. It was felt that respiratory procedures could be greatly reduced without increased adverse effects on patient outcomes. (Hess, D.…
Brown implements a very important point when she quotes Kehlet and Dahl (2003), “the practical aims of pain relief are to provide subjective comfort and enhance the patient’s ability to deep breathe, cough and move easily, thus avoiding postoperative complications.” Pulmonary atelectasis is the main concern for postoperative nurses due to patient’s lack of deep breathing because deep breathing usually increases pain. I also agree with Brown that achieving ‘subjective comfort’ is challenging and that many times it is difficult for both the patient and the nurse to have a mutual understanding of the specifics of the patient’s pain, such as intensity, quality, and location, because of the patient’s age, educational level, language barriers, and cognitive…
Ethics are important in business and the leader has important role in ethical decision making. A success leader is who has the courage to build his or her company to meet the needs of all the stakeholders, and who recognizes the importance of the service to society. The common theme for the leader play in ethical decision making is trust, fairness, and transparency.…
Fraser, J. A., Mathews, B., & Walsh, K. (2009). Factors influencing child abuse and neglect recognition and reporting by nurses: A multivariate analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 47(2), 146-153. Retrieved from http://www.journalofnursing studies.com/article/S0020-7489(09)00173-4/abstract.…
Perhaps the most dominant characteristic of the Romantic movement was the rejection of the rational and the intellectual in favor of the intuitive and the emotional. In his critical theories and through his art, Poe emphasized that didactic and intellectual elements had no place in art. The subject matter of art should deal with the emotions, and the greatest art was that which had a direct effect on the emotions. The intellectual and the didactic was for sermons and treatises, whereas the emotions were the sole province of art; after all, Poe reasoned, man felt and sensed things before he thought about them. Even Poe's most intellectual characters, such as M. Dupin ("The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," etc.), rely more on intuition than on rationality.…
This brief synopsis as a human service worker in which I make every effort to help people, groups, and communities to triumph over their issues and struggles. As a human service worker I almost certainly would come across many ethical predicaments that involve susceptible issues such as discrimination, social unfairness, and oppression, poverty, substance abuse and mental health issues. As a human service worker or provider my personal principles may become an ethical difficulty with reference to discrimination of any sort because of my private belief but of course I am conscious of how many ethical standards that can be challenged if I allow my individual view to develop into concern. Nevertheless of course I identify with knowing and should no bet use as an unbiased conclusion unless the circumstances turn out to be dangerous to myself or the client involved. Next, if this circumstance come to pass then I would use the code of moral principles produced by the national association of human service workers as a most important point addressing ethical predicament which it may cause. On the other hand, I was in a circumstance where a person that I was helping he was very serious and clear in his mind and full detail about who he wanted to work with and talk too. He was discriminating against a co worker because of skin color and race although we were on the job and others was watching him he decided to be rude and very sarcastic for no apparent reason. I wanted to voice my opinion but I didn’t but finally one day I decided to read the code of ethics at work and fill out a report on him with other co workers so that the discrimination could stop. It ended up being better than before the man was disciplined but functioning in the human service department there will be times when you do not agree with your client and your own principles could turn…
Ethical decision-making can be defined as a process whereby a person is required to decide between two very difficult choices. In such an instance, one is usually in a dilemma on what path to take because in most instances there is usually no option that is right or one that is wrong (Steinman, Nan and Tim 118). In the case presented, it presents Joe with an ethical dilemma. He is taking care of a patient whom he is supposed not to leave for even a second, then as he is bathing a patient he hears one of the staff members who is seven-months pregnant calling for help.…
In this essay I will discuss the various non verbal behaviors I observed on the beach during the weekend. I was at Jacksonville beach over the weekend and I watched the various beach goers having a good time. I live on Atlantic blvd and only about fifteen minutes away from the beach. I enjoy the drive to the beach and when I first moved to Jacksonville, the beach was one of my favorite locations. I still enjoy going to the beach and usually visit at least once a month. Growing up in England I didn 't get a chance to enjoy the sun very much and even when going to the beach in Brighton, it wasn 't that fun because it was a pebble beach. The beach like any location I could have chosen, has many different kinds of people of all ages. However during the weekend you usually see a lot of young men and women sunbathing, swimming or playing some games. As it was a very busy weekend and also since the tide can get loud, sometimes people resort to non verbal communication when they are unable to hear each other and even if they can hear each other a fair amount of nonverbal communication takes place. Non verbal communication usually serves some function, especially at the beach. Gestures and signals are used often at the beach; sometimes regardless of the level of the relationship.…
Stoller, Albert J. Heuer, and Donald F. Egan. Egan 's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Mosby, 2013. Print.…
Clinical practice guidelines and evidence based medicine have become an integral part of respiratory care. With these policies in place, respiratory therapists are given clear, defined boundaries put in place by physicians, medical staff and hospitals to allow for flexibility in the assessment and treatment of their patients. Not only has this allowed for more freedom within their profession, it has also granted therapists the authority to collect clinical information regarding the respiratory status of their patients, assess those patients and determine the best possible treatment options. They are now able to decipher whether to increase, decrease, or discontinue treatments at their own discretion without question. The use of clinical practice guidelines and evidence based medicine is one of the most significant movements to impact healthcare in the late twentieth century. This has affected healthcare as a whole, but especially respiratory therapy.…
In my scenario, I am a patrol officer in a large, suburban police department. We are dispatched to a local abortion clinic, where “pro life” anti-abortion protestors have formed a human chain around the facility, preventing employees and patients from entering. Moments later, my sergeant arrives and orders all the officers to arrest the protestors for criminal trespass. The dilemma continues because I am a “pro life” supporter and attend pro life meetings at my church with several of the people at the clinic protesting. The question is, “What do I do?”…