just wanted to check in. I swung by last night‚ knocked a couple of times‚ you know‚ just to see if everything was alright... especially after what went down yesterday.” A frown creased Adriana’s brow. Compassion had never been a trait Michael exhibited. Blinking‚ she reached for a cutting board and began slicing carrots into pieces. Revealing any hint of vulnerability to him was out of the question; he’d only exploit it. Could his sudden presence imply
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An ethical dilemma I have faced is compassion‚ which is‚ “deep concern and respect for the individual” (Henderson‚ p. 113). Working at a mental hospital‚ you come across many patients who need empathy‚ even the ones who may yell and curse at you. Whenever a patient does this‚ it does not bother me. However‚ it is difficult when it is a patient that is truly mad at you. I developed a rapport with a patient since she was at the hospital for about 5 months as the state was trying to find a home for
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In medieval European society victims of leprosy known as lepers held an interesting yet often contradictory place‚ as Barbara H. Rosenwein says in her book A Short History of the Middle Ages lepers held an “ambivalent place in medieval society”. This place of ambivalence that lepers were in was because lepers were sometimes looked down upon‚ avoided‚ persecuted by secular powers‚ and viewed as sinful outcasts in the Middle Ages. These outcasts thought to be further isolated from mainstream society
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Parental Attachment and the Development of Self-Compassion The Positive Psychology movement focuses on identifying protective factors that promote wellbeing and protect people from the negative psychological effects related to life’s everyday challenges. Research increasingly supports self-compassion as a key component in positive mental health outcomes. However‚ very few studies have examined factors that lead to the development of self-compassion. Attachment is known to contribute to the development
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Compassion is perhaps the most valuable and important ethical principle. The dictionary defines compassion as "deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it." Living compassionately means putting the needs and concerns of others ahead of yours. Both Buddhism and Christianity emphasize compassion; this paper will attempt to determine the context in which each ethical system places compassion‚ and how each system believes the compassionate individual should behave.
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Module Title: The Foundations of Nursing: Care‚ Compassion and Communication Module Code: SDH1042-N Module Leaders: Carol Wylie & Jacquie Horner Communicating with patients. A reflective account This reflective account will focus on my experiences whilst on practice placement within an orthopedic elective surgery ward. I will be reflecting upon my feedback received via the 360 degree interpersonal skills assessment tool and the interpersonal and communication skills within the
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According to the Dalai Lama the two levels of compassion include biological and extended expressions. Biological compassion includes the unconditional affection of a mother to her child‚ extended compassion refers to concern of human-beings regardless of societal beliefs and opinions. Generally‚ most individuals only extend their compassion to loved ones‚ or those within their belief systems. This way of showing compassion often leads to recrimination and resentment towards other groups of people
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November 15‚ 2012 Combating Compassion Fatigue Health care professionals multitask and have many goals in the health care industry‚ and most importantly it is our main duty to assist our patients with the best care. In order to accomplish this goal it is apparent for the health care professionals to practice a well-balanced healthy life style to effectively give care to the patient. In general‚ promoting inadequate healthy measures in a physical and mental way will cause health inconsistencies
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Everyone‚ every day‚ has a chance to show compassion to someone in need. When people are driving down the road and see others‚ homeless‚ sitting out by the road just waiting for someone to show them a little compassion and help them out. That is a chance to show some compassion even on a small scale. I know I usually don’t take these opportunities to show compassion‚ but why? Why is something so simple and easy as handing a dude a dollar on the street hard for me to do? This is probably due to the
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Santa Barbara County Courthouse Santa Barbara is not only well-known for the restful‚ peaceful scenes like a small town‚ but also famous for the purified atmosphere of the European city. Besides‚ the city is dressed up with the sophisticated art landscape‚ flavor wine‚ and the most outstanding thing is the Spanish revival architecture‚ Santa Barbara County Courthouse is a part of this unique construction. The Courthouse is so beautiful and imposing that Charles Willard Moore‚ a famous architecture
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