...Suffering and Compassion No one anticipates whether something good or something bad will happen to them. People hope to find the answers to these questions and to relinquish their heart ache that has been given to them, so people look for answers where they cannot be found. Some believe that it is a simple act of nature, luck, and even the power of God that causes pain even though the reason of these occurrences that happen to us cannot be known. When Bad Things Happen to Good People is a book in which the author Harold S. Kushner asks the question: why God? When his son is diagnosed with a degenerative disease Kushner cannot understand why such an act of pain is happening to him and his family: “People try to make sense of the world suffering by assuming that we deserve what we get. That our misfortunes come as punishment for our sins” (Kushner, 1995, 12) can this statement make sense? How can it? Kusher is a rabbi, and helps others through their difficult times, listening to people confess the pain that they are feeling. Kusher is one of God's holy followers, so how can this statement explain the loss of his son and the feeling of emptiness in his heart that may never be filled. Spiritually, one would like to believe that religion can be a form of comfort in a situation of suffering, but questions emerge, such as how can there be a kind and loving God who is responsible for the bad things that happen to people. This forces us to question the power of God. (Kushner 1995, 34)...
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...“Go on, please. Please, go on.” “Well, like I said. It was autumn, and we were all in the ninth grade together. Of course, we had all heard of the stories about Abellona Abbott and the curse that she had put on the village way-back-when. Everybody had, but at the time none of us believed in that shit. I’m mean, who would? “Then that fall about half the school had acutely come down with a mysterious illness that doctors couldn’t diagnose. It had swept through the whole student body in less than a week. I mean it hit like lightning, sending kids to the E.R. in less than a day. So, naturally everyone became worried about just how bad and for how long this particular sickness was going to last for. You might or might not have heard, but this village has had a long, dark history of having a plethora of different exotic illnesses passing through it. Each one taking out a number of kids before it’s finished. Not just stuff like influenza or a case of the runs either. I mean, like weird shit that people just don’t get anymore—Measles, Dysentery, Typhoid, and Scarlet Fever are just a few off the top of my head that I can remember having paid a visit to Mt. Harrison that I’ve been alive...
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...definition and its use as a diagnosis model. Then, I will evaluate Kaiser Permanente as a system and identify a problem or challenge. Finally, I will offer recommendations on how to overcome this problem. Systems Thinking Systems thinking is used to analyze how all departments within an organization function and can affect each other. When we analyze an organization as a system, we learn how it can work in an efficient manner and how to fix it when it’s not working properly. An organization functions effectively if all its parts or departments are well-integrated. In systems thinking we look at the organization as a whole and how all its parts work together (Ackoff, 1999). The open systems model presents the organization as a system, but expands it to include external components, such as the materials needed to function and the environment, and more internal factors such as culture and behavior (Harrison, 2004). However, the basic concept is still that we need to know the system as a whole and all its parts in order to identify problems and fix them. Ackoff states that there are four ways to treat problems in...
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...murder of his wife (Nora Allen) which he did not commit. Barry is determined to solve this case and free his dad by becoming a forensic investigator. One day while Barry was working at his office he was struck by a lightning bolt, that was produced by S.T.A.R. labs, when the particle accelerator exploded and created a giant thundercloud. When waking up from a coma after nine months, he discovers that he can run really really fast and had developed other super abilities. Shortly after this he starts acting like a vigilante and super hero known as the “Red Streak” or “The Streak” but soon the public recognize him as The Flash. Barry teams up with a group from S.T.A.R. Labs and becomes friends with Doctor Caitlin Snow and the brilliant Cisco Ramon who are mentored by Dr. Harrison Wells. The team helps Barry fight a bunch of villains during season one, they call them metahumans such as Weather Wizard, Captain cold, Blackout, Heath Wave, The Mist, Golden Glider, Trickster,...
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...Wow! What a big hit on the receiver. I don’t think he’s getting up anytime soon.” This statement is made by many TV announcers during NFL (National Football League) games. Hard hits are a major part of football, but they also come with their consequences. All kinds of injuries can occur from devastating hits, but the most destructive injury is the concussion. According to a video done by Sports Science, “100,000 concussions occur in all levels of football, and 60% of these are from head-to-head collisions.” According to an article on NFL.com, “154 concussions were reported in 2010, while there were 127 in 2009. Statistics show a 21% increase in head injuries.” In order to reduce the amount of concussions suffered by players, not only should the NFL put in new rules to protect the players and improve equipment, but the NFL players also need to do their part during and after their careers in order to keep their bodies healthy. When the offensive player is catching the football, he is in a defenseless position. He not only has to catch the football, but he also has to watch out for the defender. Many times, the defender tries to prevent the offensive player from catching the football. As a result, he unleashed a hard hit on the other player. Because of these hits, both the offensive and defensive players are put in a position where they are highly susceptible to a head injury. Basically, this situation is caused because of the defensive player; therefore, the NFL should take action...
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...infant-feeding practices in 1970 and 1972, Bogota and Paris, where a resolution was made: “The report concluded that breast milk was the best food for infants and, if in sufficient supply, would satisfy the need of a child up to 4-6 months. In cases where breastfeeding was insufficient or impossible, the use of nutritional substitutes was encouraged”. The debate created some years before these meetings and the years after seemed to be an ethical issue, of whether if babies must be fed with the infant formula or with the breast milk. The objective of infant formula was misunderstood as a way of replacing the breast milk, most companies including Nestlé, published some policies about is as the one showed in the exhibit 4 of the article {Harrison, N. (1990). Nestlé Alimentana S.A. - Infant Formula (Abridged). Harvard Business School Publishing } where Nestlé...
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...out of the same medications that when used properly, provided the relief sought to provide pain maintenance and therefore relief of such pain. I firmly believe that without some form of spiritual maintenance, recovery- both physical and mentally- is an endless merry go-round of medical doctors and drug dealers. As a recovering addict/alcoholic myself, my daily walk exposes me to the ever increasing ideology, of not only addicts, but the public at large, to the thought process of finding relief for every day undesirable thought and undesirable actions (according to some), to be the quick fix, which historically has been called the “magic pill” or “magical elixir” cure. In the near future, I plan to be a recovery counselor and placement specialist. I hope to be able to provide some experience based direction, on the path of recovery, to those whom still suffer. I felt the need to understand not only the options being provided for said addictions, but the history that brought those available possible solutions into existence. I personally believe that although methadone may be the necessary cure for some, it has become a cheap and legal death sentence for not only the user and their spiritual well-being, but for the families of those whom now use it as their drug of choice, legally. May empathy and compassion be given to all....
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...Negligence In today’s busy health care industry nurses and doctors are pushed to the limit. We are asked to make life and death decisions in mere seconds. Society is also more aware of what they should expect from health care providers. This awareness demands health care providers not only provide excellent care, but also document the care they provide to ensure they are not subject to accusations of negligence, or gross negligence that can lead to malpractice suits. This paper will differentiate between negligence, gross negligence, and malpractice. In order to further examine these issues an article titled “Amputation mishap, negligence cited” from The Neighborhood News in which “Earlier this week, 62-year-old Joseph Benson underwent an amputation of his leg just below the left knee and only suffered one complication- the wrong leg was amputated” (Lowell, n.d.) will be discussed. This will include the determination of whether or not this example is a case for negligence, gross negligence, or malpractice. This discussion will also include the importance of documentation and its correlation to potential negligence, the ethical principles I would use to guide my practice in this situation, and how I would document to satisfy ethical and legal requirements. Most people do not understand the distinction between negligence, gross negligence, and malpractice. According to Guido (2010), a plaintiff must prove that there was a duty to the patient, that a breach of the duty owed to...
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...C200 Task 1-Harrison Medical Center and its President Student: with passing grade & originality Western Governors University Managing Organizations and Leading People - C200 12 January, 2016 Table of Contents Organization Purpose 3 Organization Objectives 3 Leadership Practices 4 Leadership effects on Organizational Culture 6 SWOT Analysis 7 Organizational Strength 7 Organizational Weaknesses 8 Organizational Opportunities 8 Organizational Threats 9 Leadership Evaluation 10 Leadership Strengths 10 Leadership Weaknesses 12 Recommendations for Leadership Development 13 Works Cited 15 Organization Purpose The following paper will focus on an organization that plays a key role within its community. I will highlight its background, its purpose, its vision as well as its overall mission. Harrison Medical Center is a non-profit, community based hospital that serves four counties west of Seattle, Washington. The hospital was founded in 1918 as a small community hospital it has grown into the primary care facility for nearly the entire northwestern quadrant of the state. The concept of a non-profit, community based hospital is that if a local resident needs a procedure or treatment, the funding will be located or donated so that the needed medical intervention is provided, better known as Charity Care. Their mission statement is “We make a positive difference in people's lives through exceptional healthcare.” While the organizational mission statement...
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...Harry Harrison once said, “The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.” My most valued principle to live by is that if I enjoy my work then I will never work a day in my life and is the reason I am pursing a nephrology fellowship. Nephrology offers many challenges involving the complexities of both acid/base and fluid/ electrolyte disorders requiring a comprehensive knowledge for diagnosis and management. As a future nephrologist I will be able to blend pathophysiology with direct patient care as well as providing primary are to those in need of immediate acute care. This is a facet of nephrology I admire most. After completing medical school in Saba, I have continued my training Chambert Hospital, treating a low income community. Kidney disease is a hard progressive condition difficult to detect until the problem is too late in most cases. Every day...
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...Neuroenhancement; Stimulants in the Classroom In the current economy, people are competing to earn a decent living; meanwhile, only certain individuals receive a prescription for neuroenhancing medication. An individual receiving Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) treatment is at an advantage compared to an individual with ADHD and no prescription. Neuroenhancing drugs, categorized as stimulants, are most often prescribed to people who’ve been diagnosed with ADHD. Students are the main focus of this research paper because data supports the claim that neuroenhancers are often used to improve performance in the classroom. There are positive and negative results that come from the use of neuroenhancing medication. A qualitative study by Margaret Talbot examines a Harvard student and includes personal insight from an Adderall user that earned a college degree. If a student doesn’t have access to prescribed neuroenhancers, and has a hard time focusing on schoolwork, is the student similar to someone with bad vision and no access glasses? The current situation in our information based economy with a growing need for higher education puts prescribed users of neuroenhancement at an academic advantage over people with similar neurological characteristics and no prescription. Defining the Drug ADHD medication has an intended purpose to improve the ability for the user to focus on a given task. More specifically, “stimulants increase the activity of the sympathetic nervous...
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...The first national law against opium usage was not passed until 1909. The Smoking Opium Exclusion Act targeted the Chinese, which was the main demographic used opium. This was considered very deviant because opium use was only supported for medical purposes. Following the legislation, crackdowns on opium use by law enforcement made opium smoking financially out of reach and lead users to the cheaper derivative: heroine. More legislation was passed in 1914 to combat this new problem. The Harrison Act regulated the acquisition of opiates and stated that opiates that were not medicines containing less then a certain opium concentration could only be obtained legally with a prescription from a doctor. Despite the law doctors prescribed opiates to addicted patients on a maintenance basis despite federal attempts for prosecutors to convict them. In 1916 Jun Fuey Mody versus the United States upheld the right of physicians to prescribe to maintain an...
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...The purpose of this essay is to look at barriers of compassion and what nurses could do overcome these barriers. Three sub topics will be looked at over the course of this essay and a conclusion will be made to evaluate these essays findings and to provide some input into battling these barriers so that patients can receive high standards of patient care. The definition of compassion in the oxford dictionary is ''sympathetic pity and concern for the suffering or misfortunes of others''. Oxford dictionary (2013) However senior lecturer Penny Harrison says there is no accurate definition for compassion as it is a word that can be understood in different ways. Harrison, P. (2009) The importance of compassion is vital in any care setting where there are vulnerable people. The nurses, doctors and any other healthcare professional that is part of the team who deliver the care need to understand how important it is to understand this concept. Delivering compassion care can be something as small as holding somebody’s hand when they are in the later stages of their life, if they feel scared or another thing is as simple as listening to the patient and to hear their problems. The patient will feel better and the nurse should feel good about themselves too knowing that something as small as holding somebody’s hand or listening has benefited that patient. The nursing standard had a report on how student nurses are eager to deliver good and professional compassionate care to their patients...
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...are always growing and learning new things increasing our knowledge in different ways to help us advance and develop our brains more which will then help us mature and develop ourselves. We also learn from books, and television or music created by other people but the only way to understand and process this new information and knowledge from them we would have to already know how to understand and interpret information. No matter what we do in life we always need to look for new ways to expand our knowledge and increase it by making it better with the new things that we learn. As an example increasing our knowledge in a certain area such as science we can learn new things about the brain and body so we can advance in a career and become a doctor or therapist, or maybe become a nurse. By advancing our knowledge we learn a better understanding of particular ideas and things, and we gain a better skill and a greater intelligence in that particular area. Knowledge is gained by direct experience, knowledge claims, and skills. The basics of knowledge are instinct, reason, cultural differences, and education from elders and friends. (Alchin) As a toddler learning how to walk, being told no and how to poop are all parts of knowledge learning. Life continues to shape us during each stage of growing up. At this stage your parents are the ones teaching you...
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...Heath Care Communication Methods Brittney Harrison HCS/320 07/01/15 Mrs. Coakley Heath Care Communication Methods Millions of patients with tumor, growth, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diseases, heart disease, central nervous system conditions use drug administration to reduce their pain. That is the job of a drug manufacturer. As the Communications Coordinator for this national drug manufacturer, I will be using health care communication tools and resources to turn negative public opinion into positive ones. The purpose of this paper is to use healthcare communication strategies to market a better company image and make them aware of our product line. Good health care communication is important because it gives the public with the tools and information to react correctly to health crises such as flu outbreaks, malaria, HIV, etc. Sound medical communication changes the behavioral perspective on what is happening positively and negatively. Healthcare communication strategies are a process that will give the receiver valid about the situation based on facts and not interpretation, or biased judgment. My duties and responsibility as a national drug manufacturer director overseeing staff and personnel, financial matters, along with promoting us through the media. The company has been communication methods like which allow real -time communication between the sender and receiver. Busy telephone lines can be a hindrance however we inform our personnel that1 out...
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