Ethics in Nursing Overview According to Aiken (2004) “Ethics is the discipline that deals with rightness and wrongness of actions”. The goal is similar to that of the legal system except that in most cases there is no system of enforcement or ethical penalties. “General ethics is the consideration of the morality of human acts in general”. (Fitzpatrick 2002) In nursing‚ ethical issues arise daily. There are issues such as death‚ dying‚ birth‚ abortion‚ genetics‚ quality of
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others (Lakoff and Johnson 1). In the field of nursing‚ many metaphors have emerged which have greatly impacted the practice of nursing. These metaphors include the “nursing as military” metaphor‚ which typified nursing during the 19th and most of the 20th centuries‚ and the “nursing as advocacy” metaphor which became the dominant conception of nursing after the tumultuous social struggles of the 1960 ’s. Most metaphors associated with the nursing profession are referred to as moral metaphors
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Nursing Specialty: Legal Nursing Central Methodist University Historical Trends in Nursing NU25 July 07‚ 2013 Nursing Specialty: Legal Nursing The world of healthcare is one of frequent changes. Those who have dedicated themselves to the nursing profession understand that healthcare is continuously evolving‚ as it is our responsibility to provide only the highest standard of care to our patients. Each nurse that is certified within a nursing specialty strengthens the entire healthcare
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The Image of Nursing Dawn Davis Texas A&M University-Texarkana The Image of Nursing Following is a discussion of the image of nursing and professional identity. Factors contributing to nursing image and the effects of nursing image are included. The Image of Nursing What is the professional identity‚ or the image of nursing? How does the public view this hardworking profession? Do they understand what a nurse does? Do they understand the thought processes involved in caring
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parents and nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing‚ 36(4)‚ 591-599. This study looks at the views of parents and nurses about the involvement of parents in the management of their child’s pain during the first 48 hours after surgery. The second piece of research is a quantitative piece by Dekyser F.G.‚ Cohen B.B. & Wagner N. (2001). Titled: knowledge levels and attitudes of staff nurses in Israel towards complementary and alternative medicine. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 36(1)‚ 41-48. The purpose of this
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Culture Competence in Nursing Shannon Karlsson California State University‚ Chico Introduction According to the United States Census Bureau (2010)‚ over 30% of the total population in the United States is comprised of various ethnicities other than non-Hispanic Whites. This statistic highlights that the United States (US) has a significant multicultural population today. These diverse cultures bring with them new languages‚ religious beliefs and practices‚ social structures‚ and health care
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School of nursing and midwifery BSc (Hons) Bridging Programme 2012-2013 Nursing expertise Std No. 11003677 Introduction: In their seek to improve the health care delivery systems many countries are in the tract of developing new roles for the health care professionals‚ Nursing as a key component of the primary health care is nonetheless involved. (Hinchliff et al 2003 p15‚ 19) In recent years‚ new and innovative nursing roles have
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I observed one 7-eleven store located in Taft Avenue. I noticed that the location of this particular convenience store is very strategic. For one‚ it is located around the University Belt. Furthermore‚ it is situated just below a condominium. I noticed that most of the tenants of this condominium are either students or young professionals. I was informed that the management of the condominium does not allow the tenants to use “gasul” to prevent accidental fire. This knowledge came very
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Slope Stability In this laboratory project‚ I practiced analyzing highway embankment using GeoStudio 2012. A highway embankment is built in order to avoid the change in level. In this model‚ the embankment was constructed on a layer of soft clay and I needed to use GeoStudio 2012 to determine the location of the critical slip surface and the factor of safety. There are basically eight steps to analyze a new model using GeoStudio 2012. First is to start a new project‚ then‚ set the analysis options
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International Journal of Civil Engineering Research Volume 1‚ Number 1 (2010)‚ pp. 45–54 © Research India Publications http://www.irphouse.com/ijcer.htm Analysis of Road Accidents on National Highway-5: An Indian Scenario N.V. Subba Rao1‚ K. Durga Rani2 and S. Rama Krishna Rao3 2 Regional Transport Authority‚ Hyderabad‚ India Associate Professor‚ Civil Engineering Dept.‚ Andhra University‚ India 3 Professor‚ Civil Engineering Dept.‚ Andhra University‚ India Abstract 1 Road accidents
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