Page 1 of 4 GEORGIA PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE PN12 Newton Campus PRACTICAL NURSING FOUR-SEMESTER DIPLOMA The Practical Nursing program is designed to prepare students to write the NCLEX-PN for licensure as practical nurses. The program prepares graduates to give competent nursing care. This is done through a selected nu mber of academic and occupational courses providing a variety of techniques and materials necessary to assist the student in acquiring the needed knowledge and skills
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responsibility. The nursing profession enjoys a place of honor in contemporary Western society. In a recent Gallup poll‚ nurses ranked the highest out of 21 professions with regard to honesty and ethical standards‚ surpassing pharmacists‚ physicians‚ police officers‚ high school teachers and even members of the clergy (2011). The purpose of this paper is to explore how theoretical frameworks have established the foundation for‚ and continue to guide the ethical aspects of nursing practice. Concepts
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Situation ethics was developed in the 1960’s by an Anglican Priest‚ Joseph Fletcher. Situation Ethics is an ethical system which embraces the fact that love is the only moral criterion and all of our decisions/actions are to be judged by the question‚ “What is the most loving thing to do?” This question shows that whatever is the most loving thing to do in a situation is considered the right thing. Situation ethics means that there is no ethical standard that can be uniformly or consistently applied
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Ethics Reflection STR/581 Ethics Reflection Ethics have played a role in how companies have done business and conducted themselves but not as much as when Enron‚ WorldCom‚ Arthur Anderson were in the spot light for fraud. The companies hid valuable information from internal and external stakeholder and stockholders alike. The employees lost their retirement or at least some of their retirement to these unethical actions of top executives. The researcher will explain the role that ethics and
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JAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING ORIGINAL RESEARCH Quality nursing care in the words of nurses Linda Maas Burhans & Martha Raile Alligood Accepted for publication 19 March 2010 Correspondence to L.M. Burhans: e-mail: linda.burhans@gmail.com Linda Maas Burhans PhD RN CPHQ Associate Executive Director of Education and Practice North Carolina Board of Nursing and Adjunct Faculty‚ East Carolina University College of Nursing‚ Wilson‚ NC‚ USA Martha Raile Alligood PhD RN ANEF Professor
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Essentially‚ the term abuse is an issue facing the nursing profession today. Many unreported cases of encountered verbal and physical abuse have been found to be ample in acute and complex care settings. These cases are amongst professional individuals (nurse-nurse and nurse-physician abuse) and also among the patient abusing the nurses. Effectively‚ abuse is not only a Canadian issue. It has been reported internationally as well. Thus‚ many nurses today are lobbying for the decrease of abuse within
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Supply and Demand The Commodity of the Amateur Athlete Before a person can decide whether or not a situation is ethical there must be a code of ethics or a set of moral guidelines established. These guidelines help a person or organization decide whether or not they are being ethical in the decisions being made. Once an organization has a consistent set of morals it can create a mission or purpose. The NCAA’s main purpose is to ” govern competition in a fair‚ safe‚ equitable and sportsmanlike
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Personal Philosophy of Mental Health Nursing Bonnie K. Wright University of Charleston Each individual has their own personal philosophy of mental health nursing. Throughout this paper there will be facts‚ and my personal thoughts. This is including the following topics; mental health‚ mental illness‚ continuum of mental health/mental illness‚ defense mechanisms‚ therapeutic tools‚ and self-awareness in the nurse. The words mental health placed together creates a definition
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Personal Ethics Development PHL/323 October 22‚ 2012 Angie Mc Quaig Personal Ethics Development According to Trevino & Nelson (2007)‚ ethics is “the principles‚ norms‚ and standards of conduct governing an individual or organization” (p. 13). Personal morals‚ values‚ and beliefs are influenced by family‚ friends‚ religion‚ culture‚ and society. The diversity of personal beliefs leads to ethical dilemmas. Ethical dilemmas arise when there are differences in opinion on what are considered the
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Man’s duty to God Man was created by God as the crown of all his creation‚ in God’s image and after His likeness with a reasonable soul‚ to rule on God’s behalf over all creation. Man forfeited this high privilege on account of his sin and the breaking of the covenant of works. Thus man became blind and ignorant; God had to speak to him in order to instruct him and bring him back to a right knowledge of God and his will. Naturally‚ the first and primary duty is for man to repent‚ to turn to God
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