Ethics of Emergencies “The Ethics of Emergencies” explains Ayn Rand’s radical and unique view of altruism. She believes that there are 4 consequences of altruism‚ all of which are negative. These‚ simply put‚ are lack of self-esteem‚ lack of respect for others‚ a pessimistic view of life‚ and an indifference to ethics. She says that altruism hinders acts of true benevolence‚ and instead people act out of an obligation to others that has been internalized over time. Rand then argues that one should
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JHT2 Task 3 The Healthcare Industry A1. Economic Features One dominant economic feature of the healthcare industry is the growing need for both basic and specialized healthcare due to the continued aging of the “Baby Boomer” generation. This generation consists of over 79‚000‚000 individuals born in the US between 1946 and 1964. As this generation has aged‚ the need for healthcare has increased dramatically. Let us take a look at some statistics: As of 2012‚ there were 65.2 million Baby Boomers
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Medical Sociology • Medical sociology focuses on the social causes and consequences of health and illness. • Medical sociology brings sociological perspectives‚ theories and methods to the study of health illness and medical practice. • Social conditions and situations not only promote and‚ in some cases‚ cause the possibility of illness and disability but also enhance prospects for disease prevention and health maintenance. Development of Medical Sociology • • • • Earliest works undertaken
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Understand how to plan and prioritise work and be accountable to others Explain the purpose and benefits of planning work‚ and being accountable to others for own work. When you plan your work beforehand‚ you can get a rough idea of how long it will take to do each task so that you don’t fall behind. It allows you manage your time effectively so that you can meet any deadlines that you have been set. This enables you to manage your own performance and complete tasks to a high standard. Explain the
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EMERGENCY NURSING Your guide in becoming an Emergency Nurse INTRODUCTION According to Emergency Nurses association‚ Emergency nursing is a specialty area of the nursing profession like no other. To provide quality patient care for people o all ages‚ emergency nurses must possess both general and specific knowledge about health care to provide quality patient care for people of all ages. Emergency nurses must be ready to treat a wide variety of illnesses or injury situations‚ ranging from
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Unit 1Promote communication in Health‚ Social Care or Childrens and Young Peoples Settings Identify the different reasons people communicate To express needs; to share ideas and information; to reassure; to express feelings; to build relationships; socialise; to ask questions; to share experiences. People communicate in order to establish and maintain relationships with others‚ to give and receive information and instructions‚ to understand and be understood‚ to share opinions‚ knowledge‚ feelings
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Critical Incident Plan Toolkit for Childcare Providers Acknowledgements Critical Incident Plan – A Toolkit for Childcare Services The Critical Incident Plan Toolkit was created in collaboration with twelve partners in the childcare sector. Funding was granted through the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) Central Fund and administered by Pobal. The project steering group is greatly indebted to Margaret McHugh‚ who was contracted to research and develop the Critical Incident Plan:
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free‚ so we must find cost effective ways to minimize destructive events to the best of our ability. This paper will lay out a rudimentary training plan that will assist Emergency Managers in planning for events. This will not detail the event‚ but lay a framework that can be used in any form. 1. Discussion All emergency management must contain some basic principles. The most basic‚ is a chain of command. There must be one designated person that is overall in charge of each and every event
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KA YEUNG LAU GROUP 1 Introduction Marks and Spencer（also know as M&S）is the UK’s largest transnational retail group. It is also one of the British representative enterprise‚ it has highest profitability in UK. Marks and Spencer also ranks first in the number of export goods retailers in UK. Their products include: food‚ clothes‚ furniture‚ electrical and appliances. Marks and Spencer opened 600 stores in the British‚ and across the UK each city and area‚ the 40 countries in the world were opened
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Emergency response activities are conducted during the time period that begins with the detection of the event and ends with the stabilization of the situation following impact. FEMA (1998b‚ p. 12) indicates the goal of emergency response is “to save lives and property by positioning emergency equipment and supplies; evacuating potential victims; providing food‚ water‚ shelter and medical care to those in need; and restoring critical public services”. In many cases‚ hazard monitoring systems ensure
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