(The Social Contract Theory) Social contract theory dictates the fact that there must be agreements within a group of people who decide to live together‚ based on moral notions and judgments. In most cases‚ the social contract has a ruler or some form of ruling organization‚ to which people agree to obey in all matters in return for a guarantee of peace and securities. These are lacking in the "state of nature”. The “state of nature”‚ is a state of human interaction which exists before any social
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals The 2010 Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) is the largest change to the United State Health Care system since the Senate passed the Medicare and Medicaid program in 1965. The Affordable Medical Care Act of 2010 will provide affordable insurance coverage to 32 million more Americans; this will require a higher demand on the health care system. With only 3 million registered nurses in the United States‚ questions were raised as to what kind of responsibilities
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Professional Philosophy Statements Date: August 29‚ 2013 I believe the purposes of education are… to help each individual develop the knowledge and skills to succeed in life. to help each individual understand cultural literacy. to help each individual to became critical thinkers. to help each individual develop the knowledge and understanding of life. Very nice. I believe that children learn best when they are taught under certain conditions and in certain
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Study Objectives: To investigate the broad topic of professional ethics. Study Logistics and Methodologies: In an attempt to be fully comprehensive- we have decided to study a number of sub-topics under the broad heading of professional ethics. This paper will be separated into the following categories: psychology; statistics; management and accounting; law; journalism and medicine. In each of the sub-categories‚ we will outline the various codes of ethics and briefly
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Personal Philosophy of Nursing Alicia Waggoner NUR 391 September 15‚ 2010 Sandra Ulmer‚ RN‚ PHN‚ MSN Personal Philosophy of Nursing Edwards stated “philosophy is an attitude toward life and reality that evolves from each nurses beliefs” (1997‚ p. 1089). To figure out one’s philosophy of nursing‚ the nurse has to first figure out what nursing means to the
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paper I review the problematic relationship between science and philosophy; in particular‚ I will address the question of whether science needs philosophy‚ and I will offer some positive (if incomplete) perspectives that should be helpful in developing a synergetic relationship between the two. I will review three lines of reasoning often employed in arguing that philosophy is useless for science: a) philosophy’s death diagnosis (‘philosophy is dead’) and what follows from it; b) the historic-agnostic
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Nursing Philosophy: My Nursing Abstract Philosophy is a system of beliefs‚ it is often looked at as an effort to define nursing situations that is observed to exist or happen and serves as the basis for later theoretical formulations. Florence Nightingale the first nurse theorist‚ philosophy states that nursing is establishing and environment that allows persons to recover from illness. Nursing has four metaparadigms the client‚ the environment‚ health and nursing. Metaparadigms
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Competency Goal V To ensure a well run‚ purposeful program responsive to participate needs. Goals: 1. Keep up-to-date program records such as children’s medial records and emergency telephone numbers. 2. Work in collaboration with parents to identify the strengths and needs of each child. Two of my top priorities are to keep-up-to-date records on file‚ and to have the emergency telephone numbers clearly posted. I maintain the local medical center‚ poison control‚ fire and police department
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Stephanie Cross Competency Goal 1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment A safe and healthy learning environment is necessary for young children in the classroom. One goal in our functional area for safeness is to prevent and reduce injuries and still have a learning environment that is helpful to the children learning in their own safe and healthy environments. SAFE: Young infants are places on their backs when sleeping. The cribs are always clear of toys‚ blankets
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Competency Goal 1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment. To keep my children’s environment safe‚ I start in the mornings when I come into my class. I check the floors to make sure there are not any objects that may cause tripping and/or falling hazards. I also make sure that things were put away the night before (if I did not close) that need to be locked away or high up from kids i.e. teacher scissors‚ staplers‚ any material that was used that may need teacher supervision
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