explore the nurse’s professional responsibility for safeguarding vulnerable patients. It will identify vulnerabilities specific to Blanche‚ a ninety year old lady with medical and physical problems (appendix 1). Other issues such as patient rights‚ autonomy and accountability will be discussed. It will consider the nurses professional behaviour and interventions to support Blanche. The Department of Health (DH‚ 2000a‚ p.8) define a vulnerable adult as a person over eighteen who is or may be
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Obviously the captain would lie and say no‚ thereby saving the lives of all the Jewish people on the boat from being shot (Boss 317). However‚ Sissela Bok did not accept any other common excuses for telling a lie such as paternalism or a higher good (Boss 318). According to Bok paternalism‚ the belief that your lie will benefit another‚ comes from a lack of respect for the other individual and therefore is morally wrong (Boss 318). The pursuit of a higher good is not an acceptable excuse to lie because
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NOVEMBER 2011 Investor Presentation “SAFE HARBOR” DISCLAIMER This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements using words such as “estimates‚” “expects‚” “anticipates‚” “projects‚” “plans‚” “intends‚” “believes‚” “forecasts” and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition‚ statements about anticipated future financial results‚ such
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of Aboriginals from the point of view of an Aboriginal and marks its development as society evolves. Two aboriginals‚ Gladys and Daisy Corruna‚ of the Stolen Generations describe the Paternalism which led to their shame of being Aboriginal and forced them to hide the truth of their past from their children. Paternalism also led to the creation of a new identity caused by the loss of culture and heritage experienced by the Stolen Generation and the unacceptance of the white population. Another of the
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Astronomy was the first science that interested me. As a child I subscribed to Young People’s Records. Every month I received in the mail a 10-inch 78 RPM record‚ or sometimes a package of two records. One day I received a record called "By rocket to the moon". It contained a fictional story about a trip by space ship around the moon and back to Earth‚ some 19 years before that actually happened‚ as well as some facts about the planets‚ which in those days included Pluto. That sparked my interest
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Discovering the Relationship between the law & schools: 1 Running Head: Relationship law & Schools Relationship Law & Schools Christopher S Cowart EDA 532 Legal Issues In Education Professor Keith Relationship Law & Schools: 2 Abstract Law has a very unique relationship with school organizations. The legal system has evolved over the past twenty years‚ and it has affected the state of the legal framework today. This paper will examine the differences in laws between
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Cited: Mishra‚ Raja. "Steroids and sports are a losing proposition." FDA Consumer. 25.7. p24. Sep 1991. Infotrac. Galegroup. Lebanese American University Library‚ Beirut. 18 Apr 2001. Sports and Steroids. Yesalis‚ Charles E.‚ & Virginia S. Cowart. The Steroids Game: an expert ’s inside look at anabolic steroid use in sports. Champaign‚ IL: Human Kinetics‚ 1998.
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Flugzeugwerke AG (BFW) with the purpose of manufacturing airplanes‚ but later changed its business focus towards car production. BMW’s stock is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and has been included in the German blue chip stock market index DAX since its first composition in 1988. Today‚ BMW counts 96‚230 employees worldwide. While its revenues amounted to EUR 50.68 billion in 2009‚ its net income reached EUR 210 million. Appendices 1 and 2 provide further details about the company’s financial
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Kenneth Holden April 23‚ 2013 History Class 1301-03 12 Years a Slave I show great respect to Solomon Northup and his creation and of this book‚ a lot of people were said to believe‚ that the main idea in this book was to talk about slavery during the 1800’s‚ and how Northup had been born in the year 1808 and also had been born a free man who lived in a free state for more than thirty years. The book tells us that Northup was said to have believed that his life and fortunes would be uninteresting
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of benefit to the audience (target audience being parents) because the author seemingly knows best. “Our culture puts a greater value on work than it does family and community life.” This quote is a direct appeal to one’s values of traditional paternalism. The author’s idea that parents are now putting more value on their work would offend many‚ which the author has done intentionally to
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