...(Dalcher, 2013, pg. 2). It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us, by First Lady Hillary Clinton, greatly encompasses this ideal of changing our philosophies, regarding children and their development. In the novel, Clinton empowers us with her vision of better developmental resources for children and encourages society to follow suite. The theme, or moral, of Hillary's book is that children are raised...
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...standard than the average nine to five office job. Nurses must be proficient in a background of anatomy, physiology, and the way drugs and diseases work. Nurses must also combine that knowledge with sharp critical thinking skills and an unconditional compassion for humankind. While every nurse is unique in their own way, I hope the values that I have in my daily living can affect the way I conduct myself while on duty as a practicing nurse. The same theme seems evident in most nursing philosophies; caring, health and wellbeing, environment, and clinical excellence through education. As I contemplate what my philosophy of nursing is I have discovered that I also incorporate these aspects of nursing into my own personal values of what I believe it is to be a nurse. My personal belief system has always been that a nurse should possess strong ethical and moral values, a passion for caring, and a commitment to lifelong education. Ethical and Moral values One of the greatest challenges in nursing is how to integrate appropriately one’s own values and beliefs into the professional practice. The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient and the patient’s family. Patient respect, advocacy, honesty, and privacy are four qualities that any human deserves and are especially important in the healthcare setting. The American Nurses Association states, the nurse promotes for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient (Association, 2001). Although it...
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... cultural, and academic background. When you think of a person with good character, you might think of someone with integrity. Integrity means that you have a set of certain values that you live by day to day, which one creates due to their experiences. With this integrity, you make positive choices, hold specific morals in the overall situation, and are constructive and encouraging for others despite of there being wrongs or rights; because these ideals are what make a good character. A character that sums up these qualities, actions and tendencies distinguishes them from others due to their knowledge, and makes them who they are, which is admirable. A prime example to a “good character” in my life that helps me distinguish this ideal would have to be my mother. She has a good heart, benevolent feelings, and a balanced mind. She knows how to reduce stress level for anyone even if she’s the one filled with nerves. She continues to portray trustworthy actions, respectful manners, responsible decisions, fair performances, caring deeds, and good citizenship. And even though many do not display such significant traits, she knows how to pass them down to others like me. When I was younger, she revealed to me that there is evil and good. Generally, there are two sides to every coin. For example, without evil, there can be no good to begin with. However, we hardly think of good and evil, and go what we were influence to do. There are many key factors which facilitate...
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...Confucius was one of the greatest Chinese philosopher, teacher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental ethics, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. Confucius was born in 551 BC and his birthplace was in Zou, Lu State - near Shang Dong Province. He was born into the class of 士, Shi, between the aristocracy and the common people. Throughout his early life, he has built a considerable reputation through his teaching, and he came to be appointed to the minor position of governor of a town. Eventually, he rose to the position of Minister of Crime. The Confucius theory of ethics as demonstrated in 礼 Li, which refer to all actions devoted by a person to build the ideal society. 义 Yi, which means doing the right things for the right reason. 仁 Ren, comprises seriousness, generosity, sincerity, diligence and kindness. Ren is the virtue of completely fulfilling one’s responsibilities toward others. One of his most famous teachings was a variant of the Golden Rule, 己所不欲，勿施于人 what you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others. This Golden Rule is considered a Chinese example of humanism, it is teaching us to be a good person, do right things for right reason and be responsible to others. I watched a movie last night called The Butler, the story was about this butler – Cecil has served 8 American Presidents and the deeper side of this movie was about the African – American...
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...system takes over, where people in disdain look in retrospect, saying, how could something like that have happened? Enron case is a testament to human nature, of the frail nature of human morale. According to Hamalainen and Saarinen (2007) it seemed that in the early years of Enron Kenneth Lay genuinely believed in Christian values, acted altruistic and represented age-old virtues of good life that are supposed to bring good to the whole system. Most virtue ethics theories take their inspiration from Aristotle who declared that a virtuous person is someone who has ideal character traits. For example, a virtuous person is someone who is kind across many situations over a lifetime because that is his/her character and not because he/she wants to maximise utility or gain favours or simply do his/her duty. Kenneth Lay in this respect was building an extensive network of relationships and making him powerful rather than caring about others. Moral theories are concerned with right and wrong behaviour. Deontology and Consequentialism concern themselves with the right action, virtue ethics is concerned with the good life and what kinds of person we should be. Deontology and Consequentialism are based on rules that try to give us the right action, virtue ethics makes central use of the concept of character. The answer to `How should one live?` could be that one should live virtuously, that is, have a virtuous character. Distinguishing feature of virtue ethics is the character trait of kindness...
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...Describe the definition of nursing as put forward by the American Nurses Association. How does it address the metaparadigm theories of nursing? The ANA defines nursing as “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” The above ANA definition of Nursing focuses on the holistic health care of individual, families , communities and population which is achieved through many therapies and techniques, that protects, promotes and optimizes health and abilities. With the wide availability of health care services, through proper diagnosis and treatment we can make a person fully perfect, functional or effective as possible. Health advocacy encompasses direct service to the individual or family as well as activities that promote health and access to health care in communities and the larger public. Advocates support and promote the rights of the patient in the health care arena, help build capacity to improve community health and enhance health policy initiatives focused on available, safe and quality care. Health Advocates are suited best to address challenge of patient-centered care in our complex healthcare system. This definition of nursing includes the four components of the other metaparadigm theories. A metaparadigm is a concept that is extremely...
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...Though The Kite Runner is consistently focused on the relationships between male characters, there are some women who play important roles and that allow the reader to view differences between the Afghan and American societies as they pertain to women. Perhaps the most obvious differences in societal behavior are shown in Sanaubar, Hassan’s mother; Soraya, Amir’s wife; and Jamila, General Taheri’s wife and Soraya’s mother. Sanaubar was Hassan’s mother and Ali’s wife for a time. Though Sanaubar was infamously immoral in her youth and abandoned Hassan just after he was born, she proved herself a caring grandmother to Sohrab when she reappeared later in the novel. Sanaubar’s character provides a parallel between Afghan and American society. Sanaubar’s leaving shows that even in Afghan culture there are women who abandon their families out of selfishness or fear. From what is said about Sanaubar, too, shows that infidelity and seduction are also not foreign to places such as Afghanistan. It was said once of Sanaubar that, "I have heard that Sanaubar's stride and oscillating hips sent men into reveries of infidelity." This quote suggests that Sanaubar was very beautiful and, like many American women, used her looks as a tool to use men. Amir’s wife, Soraya is perhaps the most important woman in the novel. She is steady, intelligent, and always there for Amir when he needs her. She can be strong-willed like her father, General Taheri, and deplores the way women are often treated...
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...Caring for Inmate-Patients: A Review of the Literature Caring for Inmate-Patients In 2010, approximately one in every 27 adults (2.8 million) in the United States was behind bars according to a report from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), 2012. Maintaining a safe and secure environment is the most important mission of correctional facilities - not healthcare. Correctional nurses are challenged to provide inmate healthcare services in a caring relationship that promotes wellness, restores health, and facilitates healing. A great deal has been written by nursing theorists regarding a caring attitude, and that it is fundamental to the nurse’s role. No other health care setting presents such limitations to nurses’ free expression of caring. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a review of the literature on how nurses balance the culture of security and the culture of care while delivering health care to inmate-patients in a correctional setting. Analysis It is well documented in the nursing literature that nursing care for prisoners is both complicated and conflicting. These findings clearly stated that the experiences of caring for inmate-patients vary greatly from that of any other health care setting. Both the infrastructure of a prison coupled with its restrictive security element, directly affects how the health care of inmate-patients is delivered. This is in direct correlation with the findings of Mathis & Schoenly, 2008; Muse...
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...Dreams are shaped by ideals and families shape the beliefs we believe so strongly. I seek the capability to improve my life as well as the lives of those around me through an education career because my family has enlightened me that change can be positive and radical in altering lives; I hope to hold that ability someday. And most of all because of those who have raised me I dedicate a path of personal improvement and the formation of dedication individual who promotes good character. When my father was forced out of his country and immigrated to the United States, he left his passion behind because he was a teacher in Mexico and his chance to pursue that career in the U.S. was in reluctant by his limited ability to speak the English language. My greatest motivation is to keep my father’s dreams alive and to become an educator shaping and leading the youth. I watched my father’s future fall apart, I watched his devotion and ambition be burned down, and as I watched, I was unable to do help. Because of my father, I am determined and confident that I will revive those dreams he once dreamt. With the fire that fuels me, I want to become as great and as inspiring as my father is to me. I pursue to building a brighter future for my family, as well as myself, because when I was lost and confused I was clay and theirs were the artist’s hands. My...
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...as being a little four-year-old girl skipping to church on Sunday mornings with my maternal grandmother Ingrid, to the day of my serious conformation ceremony as a gangly 14-year-old teenager. Many ideals were formed growing up around my beloved grandparents and they are still present in my everyday life be it personal or professional. I strive to be honest, live with integrity, be non judgmental and respect my fellow man. To quote my grandmother “ Always try to do the best you can or don’t do it at all”. My choice of career was greatly influenced by my paternal grandmother Johanna a midwife of 35 years (she delivered me and was also present at my daughters birth). Along my winding road of nursing the love and compassion she felt for her occupation always inspired me to pursue my goal to eventually become a labor and delivery nurse. All nurses’ practice under a universal standard of care and each nurse define his or her own ethics and responsibilities within their scope of practice. (Ulrich CM, Soeken KL, 2005). Values are considered a fundamental part of the nursing profession because they influence the way people react and conduct themselves. However, this does not automatically mean that every person in my circle of friends, coworkers or patients shares the same personal ideals. In my experience as a nurse, it is frequently family members who define the values and feelings for the patient rather than the patient herself. This poses a considerable problem for the nurse who...
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...capitalization of those consumer niches that can be filled by a new or modified innovation. Passion is a key characteristic of the entrepreneur and his/her employees. Believing in what the company is doing is a key to success. This leaves resilience. Entrepreneurship is a risky undertaking. Drucker has said that for every entrepreneur who succeeds, many more fail. (California Management Review, Winter 85). A successful entrepreneur cannot allow failure to squash his/her passions and dreams; he/she must persevere and be resilient to the failures. According to the new definition of entrepreneurial leadership the entrepreneur is enterprising and transformational and has great skills in the characteristics of clarity, communication, consistency, caring, creating opportunities, self-confidence, power need and its use, and...
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...social, psychological, and spiritual. Health was “to be well” but also have control of any power we possess. Both of these concepts as well as environment and nursing are part of her defined paradigm and are elaborated on in her theory. Nightingale’s (1859/1992) Notes on Nursing presents the first nursing theory that focuses on the manipulation of the environment for the benefit of the patient (George, 2011). After witnessing unsanitary conditions caring for soldiers during the Crimean War, Nightingale gained knowledge on the role that environment plays in the healing process. According to Johnson & Webber (2005), Nightingale’s environmental model focuses on the manipulation of physical and social factors that affect health illness. Nightingale focused on concepts such as cleanliness of the environment, ventilation, light, noise, personal cleanliness, nutrition, and variety of the environment. She believed that these elements had an effect on the healing process. Nightingale’s hope was that nurses would place patients in ideal situations that would promote a positive healing process. Another major contribution that Florence Nightingale made to the world of nursing was the emphasis of education. She believed that nurses were required to have specific training along with education. The Nightingale training school was established in St. Thomas Hospital in 1860. Future nurses were educated through lecture and work experience. Once these nurses...
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...Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring Jessamie Garvin University of Phoenix NUR/403 Theories and Models of Nursing Practice July 1, 2014 Instructor: Mega Deol Watson's Theory of Human Caring In today’s fast-paced and technology centered health care environment, nurses remain at the cornerstone of care by providing care, practicing the core concepts of nursing, and maintaining the caring models. To assist us in providing quality care we have theorists like Jean Watson whose theories influence and guide us in providing exceptional patient care. In this paper I will discuss Jean Watson’s theory of human caring including the background and the major concepts of her theory. In addition, I will discuss her theory and views of the nursing metaparadigms of person, health, nursing and environment as they relate to a personal experience in which I utilized Watson’s theory to cultivate a caring moment with a patient. Describe the background and major concepts of Watson’s theory of human caring. According to Jean Watson her philosophy and science of caring in nursing emerged from her quest to bring new meaning and dignity to the work and the world of nursing and patient care (Watson, 2008). Beginning with the question of the relationship between human caring and nursing, she developed The Theory of Human Caring and the Philosophy and science of caring. Watson defines caring as the ethical and moral ideal of nursing that has interpersonal...
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...Purpose for Graduate School. | I want to pursue a Master’s degree in Adult Nurse Practitioner. That is why I went to nursing school and achieved my BSN, because it has been my dream of using the computer to enhance health care. I feel strongly that I am now ready to pursue graduate study and work towards the Adult Nurse Practitioner Master's Degree Program. I am motivated to continue to achieve in this area because of the profound sense of spiritual fulfillment that I receive as a result of laboring to make health care services better for us all, especially in the area of nursing. For a woman that is completely immersed on the cutting-edge of informatics technology, the xxx College Adult Nurse Practitioner Master's Degree Program is ideal for my long-term career interests, with its state-of-the-art facilities and well deserved reputation for creative excellence in this field. I look forward to developing advanced skills in physical assessment and diagnostic reasoning, clinical decision-making, and assessment; it is my sincere and humble hope to someday provide valuable leadership for management in the area of informatics. I especially look forward to practicing in a broad array of challenging settings such as home care, hospitals, nursing homes, and schools. It is my intention to complete a Master’s degree in an approved Nurse Informatics Program and from my research into the programs; xxx University seems to have distinguished itself well in this area. I also firmly believe...
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...Andre Trocme and Le Chambon Reflection The story of Andre Trocme and the peoples of Le Chambon is a truly an inspiring given the fact that they helped harbor many Jews from being persecuted. They are truly inspiring because from a religious perspective they have lived a part of the Christian faith that many people never will and as result their story will probably be read to future generations of those who are seeking to live a more fulfilled Christian life. From this amazing yet dangerous story, I can regrettably say that I have never heard of these people or the actions they took to help harbor the dozens of lives of Jews. I think this is so because of several reasons including the very idea of religion not wanting to be taught by the public school systems, the information that was provided in the textbooks that the teachers were required to teach did not deal with religion, and learning about people whom had a greater impact on the way history was made. I can remember that as I started to make my way through high school, I had a history teacher named Mrs. Martin and the material that she used was directly from the book. Very little to hardly any information would come from her own books or past years of study. The one thing about her that was interesting was that she was a very devout Christian. Breathing the news of the gospel was almost second nature and she would often talk to anyone whom needed spiritual assistance. As the years progressed, she slowly stopped giving...
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