Imagine that someone has buried your family alive. You have the suspect in custody, but the only way to get the location of your family and save them, is if you torture the suspect. What do you do? By not torturing the suspect, your family dies, but is torture justified? I believe that in extreme circumstances torture is justifiable, when the lives of innocents outweigh the comfort of the guilty. In recent years torture has become a highly debated topic. After 9/11, President Bush authorized the…
Evaluating the Ethics of Sweatshops through Catholic Social Thought Prompt 2 The rise and fall of sweat shop labor in the United States has had major effects on the global garment industry. The effects of sweat shop labor are still debated today; we still struggle over the morality of sweatshops and these arguments echo the concerns of a century ago (Ross, 50). It is problematic to think that “Sweatshops aren’t that bad. You can live like a king on those wages in other counties because…
“Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” (Bill Hicks) We are always told that that marijuana is a dangerous substance that could have a vastly negative impact on our lives, thus the reason for its illegality. But is it actually substantially more dangerous than alcohol, a substance that you could buy at almost any store around the corner? Both substances could have negative impacts…
With this model the HMO “…contracts with multi-specialty medical group practice and provide all physician services to the HMO’s members. The physicians in the group are employed by the group practice and not by the HMO” (Kongstvedt, 2013). The physicians in the group model HMO also share facilities, equipment, medical records and support staff. The HMO is in charge of paying the group…
had, the intentions of the Taft Hartley Act was to readjust the regulations of labor management and basically give everyone involved a fair playing field if you will. Another big thing the Taft Hartley Act did was to establish 6 unfair union labor practices. It stopped excessive fees for joining unions as a condition of memberships. The Taft Hartley Act also prevented the influences in a employers representation they choose if collective bargaining is needed and protects the employer from paying…
Toddler or Preprimary Development As I was observing and recording this child, I noticed that something wasn 't quite right when it came to the communication aspect of the ASQ. When asked if the child was able to say four or more words I noticed that he didn 't say any words at all. He would babble and laugh but no words were used to communicate. When I asked my cooperating teacher how he verbally communicates they said that he does very good at signing. Due to my prior knowledge of child…
Electromation, Inc V. NLRB (1992) In 1988 the Electromation organization was experiencing financial hardship. The Electromation organization was a small company with 200 employees. Due to the financial hardship, Electromation management decided to do away with the employee attendance bonus policy as well as the wage increase for 1989. Instead of giving a wage increase, Electromation decided to give a lump sum payment to employees based on their individual length of service. Shortly after…
Advanced Practice Nurse Development The development of a plan for an advanced practice nurse will allow the newly graduated family nurse practitioner to find a job. The newly graduated nurse practitioner must know their roles and scope of practice. The graduate advanced practice nurse must be competent, knowledgeable, and demonstrate critical thinking, self-awareness, and effective interpersonal and leadership skills to make a successful transition into the work environment. The advanced…
Advanced Practice Nurse Leader Interview Project Health care restructuring in many countries has led to substantial increases in the different types and number of APN roles, and the demand is increasing rapidly. According to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Nurse Practitioners (NPs) have become the chosen health care provider of choice for millions of Americans, these including specialty populations (Quallich, 2015). According to the national organization of Nurse…
triage model between midwives, nurses, and physicians allows for more efficient use of individual providers’ expertise. This model frees up the physician for higher acuity patients and allows the CNM/CM the opportunity to practice to the full extent of her/his scope of practice.”(Paul et al., pp 180, 2013). By adequately staffing and using a diverse team with differing skills provides hospitals a unique opportunity to provide better care by using qualified staff’s capabilities and talents to…