Running head: A NURSE’S MORAL COMPASS A Nurse’s moral compass Katherine McCready Grand Canyon University May 23‚ 2012 A Nurse’s moral compass Every person’s moral compass is based on honesty‚ responsibility and fairness. To this writer‚ a moral compass is anything which serves to direct a person’s conscience based on morals or virtues. First and foremost‚ morality is relational. It is concerned with associations between people and how they can best live in tranquility and agreement. The
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Personal and Professional Moral Compass NRS 437V Grand Canyon University Personal and Professional Moral Compass There are many influences that can affect how individuals think‚ behave‚ and react when confronted with an ethical dilemma. People make decisions throughout their life that are guided by what they have encountered through personal experiences‚ as well as cultural and spiritual influences. With the cultural diverseness of our Western society
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Running head: NURSING ETHICS Moral Compass Andrea Mills Grand Canyon University NRS-437V Introduction to the Study of Ethics September 23‚ 2012 Moral Compass A moral compass is anything that is used to guide a person’s decisions based on morals or virtues. (Dictionary‚ 2012) I use my moral compass to guide my nursing to help me make ethical decisions when caring for my patients. My moral compass is the part of me that has values of integrity‚ responsibility‚ compassion‚ purpose‚ and
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Moral compass is a feeling which serves or guides a person’s knowledge of right and wrong‚ sense or intuition of correct virtues‚ morals‚ and ethics. It assists in making complex ethical choices and promotes consistency in these choices (The center for defined ethics: The case for a defined moral compass‚ n.d.). An organization has to ensure they have established a moral compass for everyone to abide by. It acts as a moral framework. We can do this by using 1700’s German philosopher Immanuel
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are considered moral values‚ e.g.‚ values such as respect‚ honesty‚ fairness‚ responsibility‚ etc. Statements around how these values are applied are sometimes called moral or ethical principles. The concept has come to mean various things to various people‚ but generally it’s coming to know what it right or wrong in the workplace and doing what’s right -- this is in regard to effects of products/services and in relationships with stakeholders. There is no clear moral compass to guide leaders
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The moral compass Essay Introduction According to the definition of the Moral Compass text‚ moral compass is the reflective‚ international adoption of values and behaviors as a framework for realizing the good in oneself‚ in others‚ and in the social and material environment. My own moral compass is constructed mainly by my parents and the eastern social values and principles of relationships‚ which are largely influenced by the thoughts and ideas of Buddhism‚ Taoism and the Confucianism. Among
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I believe that everyone soon gets a moral compass as they grow and become more mature. However at this point in his life‚ Huck does not have a moral compass. His moral judgement is clouded by the actions and influences by the people around him. On page 63‚ Huck tries to play a trick on poor Jim by laying a dead rattlesnake on the foot of Jim’s blanket‚ Huck then completely forgot about the dead snake at the end of the day and the snake’s partner came along and bit Jim in the heel when they were about
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A compass is a navigational tool used to guide its user in a desired direction. “What goes around comes around. Every time.” I’m a Buddhist‚ and I believe in Karma. And I think Karma is not punishment or retribution but simply an extended expression or consequence of natural acts. We create our own karma. Karma is the result of the choices that we make every moment of every day. Karma is not a theory that says you do this and you will get that‚ whether good or bad. It says do good works‚ and I’ll
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Moral Compass Paragraph My moral compass points are perseverance‚ responsibility‚ respect‚ and courage. My first point is perseverance which is something my mom always tells me because she never wants me to give up on anything‚ so even if I’m in a difficult situation‚ I try to do the best that I can. An event this has helped me would be doing vibrato on the violin. It took me a lot of practice and time in order for me to be able to vibrato on the violin‚ but I am glad I persevered. My second
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Huck Finn’s Moral Compass In Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ a teenage boy‚ runs away from his abusive home to find a new life on the Mississippi River. Along with runaway slave Jim‚ he journeys downriver‚ encountering a motley assortment of figures that guide his own sense of morality. Frances V. Brownell’s “The Role of Jim in Huckleberry Finn” details his argument that Jim is a “moral catalyst” who helps further the growth of Huck’s morality. Jim is indeed the paramount
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