interactions in health & social care. (400 words) The purpose of this report is to explain how current ethical guidelines for counsellors and supervisor practitioners influence counselling interactions in health and social care. “Everyone who works within the health and social care sector has to abide by the ethical guidelines. “Ethics can be defined as a set of moral principles or rules of conduct.” (O’Farrell‚ 1999)” The three main elements of the ethics framework are values‚ principles and
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(Morrison‚ 2016). Together‚ these two concepts work to ensure that patients’ maintain their rights to safe care (Kangasniemi‚ Vaismoradi‚ Jasper & Turunen‚ 2013). This code of ethics has great implications for the healthcare leader‚ as their role is to apply this code of ethics to both the patient and the healthcare professionals. To ensure the healthcare workers are providing safe care to the patients‚
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well diverse and educated nurses. They may perform an array of duties that a hospital will have 5 or 6 nurses performing. Most of the patients need extensive care with chronic conditions. Nurses perform several duties in the LTC facility such as‚ Liaison between patient and doctor‚ family and any additional care such as rehab or psychiatric care. Although nurses with company longevity and stable family homes are easily retained many others are not. To successfully retain LTC facility nurses‚ organizations
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Kantian Ethics and Ethics of Care in Feminism Moral Reasoning I would choose to use a feeding tube on Rosemary if I am her doctor since her Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) order is not really applicable in her current situation. Usually people sign DNAR to deny intensive life-extending medical treatments and to avoid suffering from unnecessary pain at the end of his/her own life‚ however Rosemary is not dying but “listless and non-communicative” in this case and the feeding tube here
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CU4177 End of Life & Dementia Care 1.1 Dementia is a progressive disease where an individual’s brain functions deteriorate and affects their mental capabilities. This disease is incurable which is similar to another terminal illness such as cancer. Symptoms of dementia will affect an individual’s memory leading to loss and confusing‚ language/ communication‚ understanding and judgement. Medication can be prescribed to help slow down the progression of symptoms. Within the more advanced stages the
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End of Life: Peace without Pain Jacqueline R. Reviel Loyola University New Orleans End of Life Peace without Pain Pain management during end of life care is crucial to the comfort and peace of the patient and their family. “With better pain control‚ dying patients live longer and better. Pain shortens life. Relief of pain extends life” (Zerwekh et al.‚ 2006‚ p.317). The nurse must educate about (a) disease pathology‚ (b) signs & symptoms‚ (c) interventions‚ (d) medications‚ (e) alternative
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Introduction I have lived in Durham County forty 42 ½ years of my life and 2 ½ years in Granville County and has had the same thought for all that time. I’ve never thought of any theory to be right besides Religious Ethics. None of my life I paid attention to any other theory besides Divine Command Theory until I took this course. I was satisfied with just believing there was no way possibly another theory could come close to Divine theory. I researched and read other people opinions and I have
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Late Adulthood and End of Life Paper Late Adulthood and End of Life Paper Throughout a human beings lifespan‚ an individual experiences many pivotal changes both physically and mentally. Of all of these life stages‚ none is more difficult a reality as late adulthood. Individuals are given a taste of youth and vitality‚ and must watch as it is slowly taken away. In some cultures‚ the elderly are treated with respect and care‚ and in others‚ the elderly are considered a burden and receive little respect
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UNGS 2050 Sections 40 / 41 “Ethics & Fiqh for Everyday Life” Time t-th 11.30 am 1.00pm 2.00-3.30 pm Venue LT 3 Consultation Hours: Mon. – Fr. 9. 00am – 12.00 pm References are any reliable and scientific books that deal with the topics discussed in the class. Final exam 50 % Participation‚ presentation‚ attendance 10 % Mid-term exam 20 %: to be determined 20 % Collective assignment: Collective article review (ANY of the following articles available on-line):
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What is Morality. James Rachels is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama and author of several books dating back to his first book End of Life: Euthanasia and Morality(1986). In Rachels essay “What is Morality- The Elements of Moral Philosophy”‚ Rachels believes that “minimum conception”(14) of morality is‚ at the very least‚ the effort to guide one’s conduct by reason while considering others who will be affected by it as well. This “minimum conception”(Rachels‚1) he urges‚ is a
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