Collaborative Practice Paper This paper will be addressing a clinical case study from the writer’s current experience that illustrates collaborative nursing practice. According to Schueller and Kimbrell (2003‚ p. 2)‚ "When one refers to collaborative practice within a hospital setting‚ they are referring to healthcare personnel working together to care for patients and families". Collaboration is defined as "working together‚ especially in a joint intellectual effort to achieve a desired outcome;
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Metaphysics has been given many definitions over the years‚ Aristotle says that it is the science of being as being‚ or the study of everything that can be. Another definition given to metaphysics is the science of the most universal conceptions. My personal favorite would be metaphysics is the science of the most abstract conceptions. This‚ to me‚ is saying that metaphysics is the study of ideas real physics does not solve‚ things that cannot be measured by a gauge. Aristotle also said "The first
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Five Key Historical Developments in Nursing Research University of Phoenix NUR429 Five Key Historical Developments in Nursing Research The nursing profession is an evidence based practice which has made nursing research an important factor in nursing growth and development from the time of Florence Nightingale until present day. Nursing research is the process of gathering evidence that supports nursing practice. The five key historical developments in nursing research discussed in this
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Marx and Mill’s Perspectives on Historical Development They say that history is told from the perspective of the conqueror‚ but for two renowned philosophers‚ history in general was formed because of certain factors. These philosophers are Karl Marx and John Stuart Mill. Karl Marx was a German Philosopher who became famous and controversial for his works on capitalism‚ communism and dialectical historical materialism. A few of his famous writings were the Das Capital and the Communist Manifesto
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Immanuel Kant’s Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics is a hard read‚ but filled with lots of ideas and meanings. Some of the main ideas of this reading were concerned with moral law‚ and duty to oneself. Kant says that morality should be judged and analyzed first before being implemented into certain situations. Any moral law that we create influences the way we think and act towards others. What I think he was saying is that every human being has the potential to create their own morality‚ but
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Historical Development of Management Theory and Practice Era Persons or Events Accomplishments Ancients Management Thought The Great Wall in China‚ Pyramids of Egypt‚ Monoliths on Easter Island‚ Mayan Temples in South America‚ Stonehenge in England Chinese emperors (2350 B.C.) Constitution of Chow (1100 B.C.) Persepolis in Persia (500 B.C.) Sun Tzu (500 B.C.) Alexander The Great (336-332 B.C.) India (321 B.C.) China (120 B.C.) Involved management practices of coordination‚ control
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Essay Exam 3-1 In this essay I’m going to address questions concerning Kant’s grounding for the metaphysics of morals. First‚ I will describe each of his examples of acts done out of desire and acts done out of duty. Then I will answer the following questions: 1. What conclusion about moral worth does Kant use these examples to illustrate? 2. Whether I agree or disagree with Kant that if you perform an action out of duty‚ then the act has more moral worth that it would if you were to perform it
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there is only two choices; stay with the terminal ill mother or serve the government in military action. Looking Kant’s deontological ethics a few things to consider‚ pure reason implies universal laws do not contradict. Kant says in Groundwork of Metaphysic Of Morals “act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.” (421) Another important point in Kant’s ethics states‚ "there remains law‚ namely to promote his happiness not from inclination
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since a single substance might one day be part of one body‚ e.g.‚ a skin cell‚ and the next day part of another‚ e.g.‚ the cell is eaten by another organism‚ breaks down‚ and through biological processes becomes part of the new body (“Discourse on Metaphysics‚” § 34‚ p. 245). This past writing of Leibniz’ has likely influenced what he wrote in “Monadology‚” for this definition of a substance is very similar to his idea of a monad; it is also intrinsically linked to the idea that all things are plenums
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In the article‚ “The Metaphysics of Sex and Gender”‚ Asta discusses how and why sex and gender are conferred properties. According to Asta‚ a conferred property is one that is “dependent on human thoughts‚ attitudes and practices.” (p.59) A property that is attributed by a person’s judgement onto something or someone is said to be conferred. Asta states that for a property to be conferred‚ it must meet five criteria. Firstly‚ one must decide what property is being conferred‚ for example‚ crime is
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