Ethics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_ethicsThe nature of nursing means that nursing ethics tends to examine the ethics of caring rather than ’curing’ by exploring the relationship between the nurse and the person in care.[1]Early work to define ethics in nursing focused more on the virtues that would make a good nurse‚ rather than looking at what conduct is necessary to respect the person in the nurse’s care. However‚ recently‚ the ethics of nursing has also shifted more towards the nurse’s
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which physicians should conduct themselves with their patients. The applications of various aspects of the Oath‚ translated from the original Greek‚ are still recognizable in our modern medical community after 2500 years. We will now look at the Hippocratic Oath by sections and discuss its implications to medicine. The first section‚ or paragraph‚ is an introduction that establishes it as an Oath‚ enforceable by the current deities‚ (Apollo‚ Aesculapius‚ Hygena‚ and Panacea‚ and all the gods and goddessess)
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nurses think and act. Modern nursing is widely considered to have begun with the work of Florence Nightingale‚ superintendent of nurses in British military hospitals during the Crimean War in the 1850 ’s. Nightingale ’s theories were hugely influential‚ especially her concerns for sanitation and strict military discipline (BBC History). In Sir Richard Quain ’s “Dictionary of Medicine” (1894)‚ Nightingale is quoted as saying: “To obey is to understand orders‚ and to understand orders is really to obey”
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will keep them.” (Skool‚ D: 2008) Until this day Doctors and Nurses who want to be in the profession‚ have to take the Hippocratic Oath before they take the job. Although the Oath has been modernized it still states that Doctors and nurses first priority is the patients. Students who want to be in the profession will still have to take it and learn about it too. Furthermore‚ in the Oath it states that doctors and nurses have to treat everyone‚ regardless of race‚ ethnicities‚ criminals‚ innocent victims
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AND PROVIDING GOOD CARE JOLY S. PHILIP Grand Canyon University: NRS-437v Instructor: Amy Salgado 07/27/2012 Introduction The concept of confidentiality in nursing is founded on the philosophy and principles laid out by the Hippocratic Oath and Nightingale Pledge. The ethical need for confidentiality emerges from the need for establishing a trustful relationship between the patient and the nurse. The patient needs the assurance that whatever private/personal information communicated to the
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Integrity is by definition the quality of being honest and having moral principles. Personal integrity can be described as doing what is right regardless of any downsides or immediate consequences‚ and irrespective of any recognition you may or may not receive. In professional integrity‚ one behaves in accordance to the profession’s ethical guidelines. Furthermore‚ intellectual integrity is acting in truth and honesty while being able to admit when one is wrong. In each form of integrity‚ one’s actions
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- A person who controlled land and could therefore grant estates to vassals. Fief - An estate granted to a vassal by a lord under the feudal system in medieval Europe. Vassal - A person who recieved a grant of land from a lord in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and services. Knight - An armored warrior who fought on horseback. Feudalism - Nobles were given land owned by the king in exchange for loyalty and military services. The bubonic plague‚ or Black Death‚ was a killer disease that swept
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no to all the suffering is the last grasp at willpower that they can have. “I Pledge allegiance‚ to the flag‚ of the United States of America. And to the republic‚ for which it stands‚ one nation under God. Indivisible‚ with liberty and justice for all.” (Francis) . Those who are suffering do not get the justice to chose over their life. The patients do not have the liberty to pursue their own happiness (Pledge)
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Definition of Nursing Nursing has been variously defined throughout the ages and it has meant different things to different people thought the ages. Nursing like any other discipline‚ borders on gut feeling and intuition; the nursing profession was not clearly defined during its genesis. As we see today‚ nurses complement the role of the physician in the execution of their medical duties. The nurses therefore follow through in treating a pathological problem. Therefore‚ early physicians must have
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Ethical Dilemma in the Medical Field: The Hippocratic Oath vs. Fraud Diana C. Riojas Arlington‚ Texas Ethical Dilemma in the Medical Field: The Hippocratic Oath vs. Fraud Abstract With Healthcare being one of the most regulated industries in the United States‚ it is still plagued by fraudulent doctors‚ business people‚ nurses etc. and defrauding the United States Government out of millions to billions of dollars. Somehow‚ the individuals who defraud the Government rationalize their decisions
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