...prepared for Business Information Systems 393, taught by Ricky Martin Due 10 May 2012 Veracity Communications was formed, in 2002, by a small company called Off Campus Telecommunications. Veracity Communications was a provider offering phone, internet and cable services. One such company they contracted their services through was IProvo. IProvo was a public-private partnership located in Provo. The City of Provo constructed a fiber optic infrastructure that connected homes and business throughout the city as well as municipal, schools, etc. Provo city owned and maintained the fiber optic lines and equipment while privately owned companies, such as NuVont, Mstar and Veracity Communications, offered phone, internet and cable through IProvo’s network. Construction on IProvo’s infrastructure began in 2004 and was completed in December 2006. In August 2008 Provo city sold IProvo to a local company called Broadweave Networks. One year later Broadweave merged with Veracity Communications which became Veracity Networks. They are a locally owned company that provides telecommunications to both small and large businesses and residential homes alike. It is interesting that they chose the name “Veracity” for their business name since veracity is defined as “conformity to truth or fact” and “correctness or accuracy, as of the senses or of a scientific instrument.” (dictionary.reference.com) Veracity Networks currently employs roughly 400 employees that work in several different sections...
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...Introduction Shakespeare’s Hamlet is one of the most famously problematic plays ever written. It has inspired critics to argue over it, since it first appeared on the stage in 1601. • John Dennis implies that there is no clear moral lesson in the play, since both good and bad characters die, but he refers to Hamlet as the best of Shakespeare’s tragedies. • Samuel Johnson generally praises Hamlet for its entertaining variety and balance but he dislikes its resolution. • Johann von Goethe sees the character of Hamlet as lacking in heroism. • T.S. Eliot felt that Hamlet was an artistic failure. • A.C Bradley says “It was not that Hamlet is Shakespeare's greatest tragedy or most perfect work of art; it was that Hamlet most brings home to us at once the sense of the soul's infinity, and the sense of the doom which not only circumscribes that infinity but appears to be its offspring”. The layers of Hamlet seem endless. Even after more than four hundred years of critical debates, there is no consensus about the play. Interestingly, Hamlet begins with a question and it remains infinitely open to interpretation. It is therefore a play of mystery. One of the central concerns of the play is the nature and the role of the Ghost who takes the form of Hamlet’s dead father. In order to understand it, we firstly ought to consider the theatrical impact of ghosts and spirits on Shakespeare’s audience. Ghosts in Shakespeare’s Time Shakespeare’s contemporaries...
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...Technology’s effect on Photography Throughout recent history photography has been argued whether or not it is an art form by itself. Photography has been given the right to be called an art form but as of lately, it has been abusing its privilege with the new found use of technology. Technology has changed the way photography can be viewed which might sound like it is beneficial to the art, but it is certainly questionable. Barbara Savedoff’s article ‘Escaping Reality’ compares and contrasts paintings with photography which helps explain how technology is making photography an art form closer to that of painting. The new abilities to manipulate and edit photographs are diminishing the amount of veracity that they once had. To understand how digital photography is arguably hindering photography’s aesthetic value, Savedoff explains why it is such a unique art form in the first place. The techniques used to produce a famous photograph are artistic in their own nature. A proper angle at which the photographer shoots, the ability to snap a picture at the precise moment to capture a great shot, the framing used, etc. are all techniques that make photography worthy of being called an art form. There is also another reason photography is such a great phenomenon. Photography has a connection with reality because of its ability to capture reality on film. The image on film is a direct image of what has occurred in reality, unlike a painter who can paint an image of a scene...
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...GENETIC COUNSELING IN NURSING AND ETHICS Hyang Ko Azusa Pacific University Abstract The current development of genetic information and technique leaves us assignments. It is included ethical issues, roles of nurses, and the responsibilities in healthcare professionals. In order to understand nurses’ role and responsibilities and to provide genetic counseling, two research article with text books were reviewed. There were conflicts within ethical principles and nurses’ obligation. Each principle is important but one principle is superior to others when healthcare professionals make a decision in a certain context. It is necessary that genetic counseling is provided to patients and their family when healthcare professionals deal with genetic information. The two research articles empathized that experienced nurses are excellent candidates in genetic counseling within healthcare professionals by being educated, trained about genetic information. Genetic Counseling in Nursing and Ethics Definitions of Genetics and Genetic Counseling Officially, the terms of Genetics and genetic counseling is defined by Wekipidia as below: Genetics, a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics). Genetic counseling is the process by which patients or relatives, at risk of an inherited disorder, are advised of the consequences and nature of the disorder, the probability of developing or transmitting...
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...The purport of the statue of frauds is to obviate injury from fraudulent conduct. However the statue of frauds only applies to certain contracts. There are six categories that are covered by this contract: (1) contracts involving the sale of an interest in land, (2) contracts that can't be performed within one year, (3) contracts in which someone postulates responsibility for someone else's debt, (4) promises that involve espousement as consideration, (5) contracts for the sale of goods worth more than 500, (6) certain promises by executors or administrators. Some states have withal integrated life indemnification contracts; contract to make a will, and contracts to pay an authentic estate agent's...
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...Health Ethics Assignment 6 * Autonomy Is the personal rule of the self that is free from both controlling interferences by others and from personal limitations that prevent meaningful choice. Personal autonomy is at minimum, self-rule that is free from both controlling interference by others and from limitations, such as inadequate understanding, that prevent meaningful choice. The autonomous individual acts freely in accordance with a self-chosen plan, analogous to the way an independent government manages its territories and sets its policies. A person of diminished autonomy, by contrast, is in some respect controlled by others or incapable of deliberating or acting on the basis of his or her desires and plans. For example, prisoners and mentally retarded individuals often have diminished autonomy. According to this kind of conception, a person’s beliefs, desires, choices, decisions, etc. are autonomous when they fulfil certain procedural criteria. As the above quotation suggests, there can be different views about exactly how these criteria should be formulated. I would however argue that all plausible procedural theories of individual autonomy accept at least the following requirements. If a person’s behavior results from such things as compulsion and weakness of will, then it is not autonomous but heteronomous. If a person’s choices, decisions, beliefs, desires, etc. are due to such external influences as unreflect socialization, manipulation, coercion, etc...
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...Answers Here are your latest answers: Question 1 _____ is one of the Virtues of St. La Salle that says: "an ardor in the pursuit of any desirable goal to accomplish the best results" Response: Zeal Correct answer: Zeal Score: 1 out of 1 Question 2 _____ said that, virtue is a good quality of the mind by which one lives rightly, which no one uses badly, which God works in us but without us. Response: St. Augustine Correct answer: St. Augustine Score: 1 out of 1 Question 3 _____ defined that virtue is a habit that is good, it perfects the power of the soul and inclines one to do good. Response: St. Thomas Aquinas Correct answer: St. Thomas Aquinas Score: 1 out of 1 Question 4 _____ is one of the Epistles that says: “So everyone who acknowledges Me before men, I also will acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven.; but whoever denies Me before men, I also will deny before My Father who is in heaven. Response: Titus 3:6-7 Correct answer: Titus 3:6-7 Score: 1 out of 1 Question 5 _____ are the WORST VICES RESULTING FROM LACK OF MODERATION IN SENSUAL PLEASURES are _______ , _______ , ________ Response: Gluttony Response: Drunkeness Response: Drug Addiction Correct answer: Gluttony, Drunkeness, Drug Addiction Score: 1 out of 1 Question 6 _____ is the Leader of the Church who said that: "“The fundamental commitment of man is a decision of faith, and obedience of faith by which man makes a total and free self-commitment to God, offering the full...
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...| Professional decision making | Bachelor of Nursing 02nd Batch | | Mariyam Ibrahim | S028677 | | Introduction This assignment is based on a scenario in which Dalaika a 69 year old terminally ill female who has been admitted in medical ward for one month. For her pain medication the physician ordered a placebo to be altered with a low-dose pain medication. Since it was a placebo her pain has not alleviated and she is in severe pain. She tells the nurse that her pain is unbearable. The nurse approaches the physician with her concerns but he did not agree to increase her pain medication or replace the placebo. Therefore, in this paper I will discuss the ways in which nursing in the Maldives protects the rights of the patient, relatives and nurses. Moreover, ethical and legal issues in this scenario will be discussed. Professional standards A standard is an expected and achievable level of performance against which actual performance can be compared. It is the minimum level of performance. Professional standards are written as guidelines. Such guidelines help assure patients that they are receiving high-quality care. The standards are important if a legal dispute arises over the quality of care provided a patient. The main target of setting professional standards is to reflect the values of the nursing profession, clarify what the profession expects of nurses. The primary purpose of professional standards is to promote, guide and direct professional practice...
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...to harm himself. JS’s distress was whether or not he should report the patient to the MTO. Reporting is required by law but might cause the patient to harm himself however not reporting is against the law and could potentially put at risk all the other drivers and pedestrians this patient came in contact with. JS found this to be the toughest ethical situation because whichever choice he made there was the possibility of someone’s life being in danger. JS claimed “it was a tough pill to swallow" knowing whatever decision he made could cause harm. JS's value is the value of human life over all. This situation was very difficult because no matter what choice JS made there was a risk of someone’s life being in danger. JS maintained his values of placing human life above all else, and his desire to comply with the rules and regulations of his governing body. However, this situation impacted JS in that he found it very difficult to report to the MTO. JS felt he had to choose between reporting the patient to the MTO, possibly risking the patient’s life or going against the College of Physician and Surgeons Rules which could have resulted in suspension of his license to practice medicine. JS did not overtly seek out any other ethical resources to help him make this decision but went simply by his morals and the knowledge he had of his governing body's rules and regulation. In the end JS...
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...of the day including English author John Ruskin, American poet Walt Whitman and George Bernard Shaw. Wilde witnessed an ill-fated downfall in 1885, when the author was arrested and imprisoned on account of his iniquitous homosexuality that made him leave his country forever. He was also harshly criticized for his outspoken atheism and active role in atheistic movements in the country which eventually led to his death in 1900. Wilde has many accomplishments, but we tend to look past the trials and tribulations in which he faced. He had a fascination with literature and writing was always his first love. But Wilde had other loves too. His name was Alfred and Oscar Wilde got in hot water with his homosexual relations. Trouble came to Wilde’s life when he started to act...
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...Hospital Negligence LaTonya Jefferson HCS 478 September 26, 2011 Negligence is defined as conduct lacking in due care and is equated with carelessness (Guido, 2010). An act can be considered negligent if it is a deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would do or what they would not do. At the Neighborhood Hospital, negligence has been cited due to the wrong limb being amputated on a patient. We will look at negligence vs. malpractice and whether the circumstances presented indicates negligence, as well as whether or not there is a case to pursue malpractice. As stated above, negligence is an injury that is caused by carelessness, but the injury is not intended. Gross negligence is caused when someone deliberately acts in a way in which they know or should know will cause harm (LaMance, 2011). For healthcare professionals, any act of negligence can be a basis for a malpractice lawsuit. According to Guido (2010), to be liable for malpractice, the person committing the wrong must be a professional whose misconduct, lack of skill, or fidelity in duties results in injury, suffering, or death due to carelessness or lack of foresight. In a court of law, in order to prove negligence or malpractice, the plaintiff (the injured party) must be able to prove certain elements to establish liability (Guido, 2010). These include duty owed the patient, breach of duty owed the patient, forseeability, causation, injury, and damages. Duty of care involves...
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...city-destroying firestorm during the Bombing of Dresden in World War II. Billy has come "unstuck in time" and experiences past and future events out of sequence and repetitively, following a He is kidnapped by extraterrestrial aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. They exhibit him in a zoo with B-movie starlet Montana Wildhack as his mate. The Tralfamadorians, who can see in four dimensions, have already seen every instant of their lives. They say they cannot choose to change anything about their fates, but can choose to concentrate upon any moment in their lives, and Billy becomes convinced of the veracity of their theories. As Billy travels—or believes he travels—forward and backward in time, he relives occasions of his life, real and fantasy. He spends time on Tralfamadore, in Dresden, in the War, walking in deep snow before his German capture, in his mundane post-war married life in the U.S.A. of the 1950s and early 1960s, and in the moment of his murder by Lazzaro. Billy's death is the consequence of a string of events. Before the Germans capture Billy, he meets Roland Weary, a jingoist character and bully, just out of childhood like Billy, who constantly chastises him for his lack of enthusiasm toward war. At their capture, the Germans confiscate everything Weary has, including his boots, giving him hinged,...
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...Moreover, a special case of a dilemma involves justice issues when there is not enough supply of required resource or service (Purtilo, Doherty 2012). Ethical dilemmas are sudden, unpredictable and often times can be very complex. Often time’s nurses are always faced with an ethical dilemma, no matter what department or unit they work in. The characteristics of ethical dilemma are beneficence, justice, autonomy, veracity and respect for persons, which all nurses must have in order to be ethical. Nurses must always show empathy and prioritize the needs and safety of their patients first. Patients must always be able to maintain autonomy by being able to make decisions for them and health care workers must respect their decision despite their personal convictions. It can be very difficult when the patient’s beliefs and values are in conflict with our own personal values and opinions as nurses. Patients now and then may make decisions that are risky. For example, refusing treatment for their baby, or may refuse medication or life saving procedures. These types of real life circumstances will make nurses to find themselves in ethical dilemma. Withholding treatment due to a nurse’s own personal values or opinions goes against beneficence and ignoring their wishes takes away their autonomy. Irrespective of the situation, nurses must always ask questions; seek help from colleagues, superiors and even their ethics committees if applicable. Often time’s nurses don’t always have an answer...
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...Jackson’s physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, who stands accused of involuntary manslaughter in relation to the death of Michael Jackson. Dr. Conrad Murray was hired by concert promoters to serve as Michael Jackson’s personal physician. He was paid $150,000 a month to ensure that Mr. Jackson was well enough to withstand the strenuous rehearsals and grueling schedule of his sold out comeback concerts. The doctor was with the pop star six nights a week, helping him sleep. Mr. Jackson died June 25, 2009 of an apparent overdose. The prosecutors in the case, David Walgren and Deborah Brazil, both Los Angeles deputy district attorneys who, in their opening argument, told jurors that "misplaced trust in the hands of Conrad Murray cost Michael Jackson his life."The Los Angeles County coroner’s office determined that Michael Jackson died of acute propofol poisoning. Propofol is a drug that reduces anxiety and tension, and promotes relaxation and sleep or loss of consciousness. Propofol provides loss of awareness for short diagnostic tests and surgical procedures, sleep at the beginning of surgery, and supplement other types of general anesthetics. "Propofol is an agent that requires very close monitoring and is often limited only to use by anesthesiologists," said Dr. Richard Page, head of cardiology at the University of Washington medical center. "The main issue with this agent is respiratory depression, which in turn could cause cardiac arrest," (Moisse and Childs, 2011). Why would a doctor...
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...When prescribed the correct medicine and being able to obtain the medicine sexual offenders are less likely to reoffend. Options are made for the mentally ill patients to seek medicine. Sex offenders can speak with someone one on and work on specific goals that the therapist has worked out with the probation officer. When on probation it is the probation officers job to make sure that the client has all their needs met to make sure they do not reoffend. Therapists need external information about the offender's life to supplement what the offender says in treatment, as well as to corroborate the veracity of what the offender discusses in sessions. (Jenuwine, Simmons, Sweis 2003) Meeting not just with a therapist but a psychiatrist to prescribe medication is crucial for these offenders. Most of these offenders suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder and ADHD and with proper care and medication their deviance can be maintained. Large amount of these sexual offenders are victims themselves and never got the help that they needed to cope with the stress of the offense. Now that times are different and medical attention is much easier to access offenders have a better chance of not reoffending. (Jenuwine, Simmons, Sweis 2003)....
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