Dr. Seuss 'Lessons In The Book Hortons Hatches The Egg'

Dr. Seuss has influenced everyone’s lives in a certain way with his charming books that teach life lessons in a way that captures everyone’s heart. He has allowed everyone to have a nice laugh and learn that reading can be fun, even when you’re learning a valuable lesson. In one of his books, Hortons Hatches The Egg, it teaches us to have a caring heart. In the book Horton comes across a bird named Mayzie that is hatching an egg. Mayzie wants to go on vacation, so she asks Horton if he will sit on her egg until she get back from her trip. Horton was hesitant on saying yes because he was so big and he did not understand how he would not break the egg. Mayzie reassured Horton to be gentle and kind and he would not hurt the egg. Horton sat on the egg every day and night, through the rain and the snow and he never got up. He got bullied by his friends for sating on the tree, but Horton did not move off the tree because he knew he gave Mayzie his word that he would take care of the egg. He eventually got lonely and wanted to play with his friends, but he never got off the tree because he …show more content…
Horton showed this respect to the hatching egg by not letting anything harm the egg. He also made sure to reinforce the tree before he sat down carefully because he did not want the tree to break when he sat down on the egg. The nursing code of ethics that goes along with non-maleficence is Provision 6. As nursing we ensure that the quality of health care is held to a high standard and that the environment is consider safe. (CITE) Just like Horton made sure that the tree was strong enough to hold him, nurses make sure that the environment is safe for the patient and that the quality of care is held to a high standard, so the patient has the best chance of a high success rate. As nurse’s safety is always in the back of our mind, and we always want to ensure that we are providing our patients with the highest quality of