Nursing and Technology In his textbook‚ Medical Sociology‚ 12th edition‚ Dr. William Cockerham (2007)‚ a medical sociologist at the University of Alabama‚ Birmingham‚ describes nurses as being ultimately responsible for the nature and quality of all nursing care patients receive during their stay in a medical setting. According to Cockerham (2007)‚ they also are responsible for following the instructions of physicians in order to ensure the best plan of action is implemented to better serve the
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scrutinizes the condemning of the inferior race by means of exercising the belief of utilitarianism‚ and the social discourse valued in the predetermined designation of the extinction and eradication of an entire race. This deviation poses a critical synopsis on the questioning of the said proposition in such that the previously universally dominant Kantian principles regarding the issue of humanitarian
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mobility r/t muscle weakness and disease process self care deficit: dressing and grooming r/t cognitive impairment chronic confusion r/t impaired decision making ineffective coping r/t impaired information processing noncompliance with nursing staff r/t behavior problem due to mental decline impaired verbal communication r/t aphasia-speech deficit risk for falls r/t muscle weakness risk for impaired skin integrity r/t bedridden/chairbound - History of Trauma - Time‚ cause
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Utilitarianism “holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong in proportion as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” (EMP.123). Utilitarianism accounts for all people and seeks the greatest net happiness. Utilitarianism is unlike egoism‚ which pursues what is best for one’s self. Utilitarianism also differs from hedonism and epicureanism‚ which seek to maximize pleasure and avoid pain‚ respectively. When making a utilitarian decision‚ intentions are
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Utilitarianism The concept of sustainable development is an attempt to balance two moral demands placed on the environment. The first demand is for development‚ including economic development or growth. It arises mainly from the interests of people who live in developing countries. Their present poverty gives them a low quality of life and calls urgently for steps to improve their quality of life. The second demand is for sustainability‚ for ensuring that we do not risk the future
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the similarities and differences between virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics. All theory address ethics and morality somewhat differently. I will use a personal experience to explain virtue‚ values‚ and moral concepts related to one of the theories. . Similarities Between Virtue Theory‚ Utilitarianism‚ and Deontological Ethics. Doing what is right being the basic similarity common to virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics. All the theories identify to uphold
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John Stuart Mill published Utilitarianism in 1861 in installments in Fraser’s Magezine it was later brought out in book form in 1863. The book offers a candidate for a first principle of morality‚ a principle that provides us with a criterion distinquishing right and wrong. The unilitarian candidate is the principle of utility‚ which holds that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happpiness. By happiness is intended pleasure
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Utilitarianism theory exists on the views that an individual should pursue his own interest/beliefs‚ despite the existence of theories that define some acts right or wrong. Individuals should stick to this principle despite the consequences. In terms of deontological theory‚ it insists on adhering to moral rules that exist in a certain system‚ which are independent. Virtue theory exists on the basis that the role of a person’s character determines the virtues and morals upheld by that individual
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Darwell’s objection to Utilitarianism states that it conflicts with moral common sense in three particular case studies. The first objection to Act Utilitarianism is “promise keeping.” Act utilitarianism is inconsistent with the moral conscious‚ because it forward looks considerations of what one would do. The consequences of not keeping the promise may be hard to determine whether it is right or wrong. One example of Darwell’s objection to Utilitarianism of “promise keeping” is keeping promises
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Patients with diabetes need to understand what diabetes is. Patients who understand what diabetes is and the complicated process associated with the disease are more likely to comply with the prescribed regimen. Diabetes Mellitus is a syndrome with disordered metabolism and inappropriate hyperglycemia due to either a deficiency of insulin secretion or to a combination of insulin resistance and inadequate insulin secretion to compensate (Davis‚ 2001). Diabetes is a chronic progressive disease that
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