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Leadership Assessment Having an awareness of your leadership characteristics, style and skills are a very important part in the process of becoming an effective leader. Authentic leadership, path-goal theory, and skills approach are the three areas that can help me grow as a leader. The assessment tools used provides various areas of measurements that include self-awareness, internalized moral perspective, balanced processing, relational transparency, style, and skills. The assessments can…

1. What are the primary ethical issues to consider in this case? (1pt.) The primary ethical issues to consider in this case are to keep the patient alive or to remove them from life-support. This is a more difficult case, then it sounds as the health care professionals have to choose between what the patient, who may have brain damage says, which is no, I want to be on life support. Or going by the words of two close friends and a doctor that has known the patient for 7 years, who both say the…

US Attorney General John Ashcroft attempted to block the Oregon Death with Dignity Act by issuing his Ashcroft Directive, which authorized Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents to investigate and prosecute doctors who prescribed federally controlled drugs to help terminally ill patients die (“Oregon Death with Dignity Act…”). A year later, arguments regarding the Ashcroft Directive were heard in a US District Court and Judge Robert Jones ruled that the US Justice Department lacks the…

The way in which families interact and contribute to social inequality can be viewed from the symbolic interactionist theory, “Which emphasizes the role of symbols and language as core elements of all human interaction” (Giddens et al, p. 18, 2006). When you look at how relationships develop, much of dating and marriage relies on symbols, such as giving your significant other flowers, or proposing with a ring, these are all symbols. There have been major changes in patterns of family life in the…

This answers some questions proposed in introduction part. The consenting party, has the right to give or refuse the consent, and it must be voluntary, consequences and items asked to consent must be explained to the consenting party. Back to the second condition, what does it mean by having the authority to give the consent? My friend’s USB key is on my computer, do I have the authority? R. v. Duarte (1987) states that “an authorized occupant of a residence may give consent to a search.”…

Mary ~ I believe the use of a state vehicle, and compensable travel time, to attend the class comes down to the nature and purpose of the class itself. Is the class job related or is it for personal benefit? SEIU CBA Article 121.3 (Education Training, and Development) Section 1 states in part, “Employees may request or be directed to participate in job-related training, career development or educational programs for the purposes of enhancing job functionality or career development.”…

Identification of Controversial Health-Related Issue Affecting a Vulnerable Population Across the United States, thousands of patients are diagnosed with a terminal illness and given a prognosis of less than six months to live. In 2015, it is projected by the American Cancer Society, that about 600,000 people will die from cancer (ACS, 2015). The term terminal illness refers to a disease, infection, or illness that is incurable resulting in death. Residents of California who are facing terminal…

Analysis and Application of Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Theory Introduction Leadership can be defined as a process of interaction between leaders and the staff members. A leadership which is effective is based on some variables which include communication, leadership choices and styles, resolution of conflict and possessing the ability to motivate the staff members. For this essay, I have chosen situational leadership theory first published by Ken Blanchard and Paul Heresy in 1972.…

How can the nurse help Jackie and Sean come to terms with the inevitable outcome for Kristina? When discussing devastating outcomes, such as Kristina’s prognosis, it is critical for all healthcare providers to frequently and sensitively present the information using honest and simple terminology. The nurses should assist in facilitating multiple multidisciplinary collaborations to promote understanding and acceptance. Due to Sean and Jackie’s difficulty understanding Kristina’s poor prognosis,…

Recommendations Negativity Bias: Adopt a policy of actively seeking positive information It is recommended the COO adopt a policy of actively seeking out positive information about each employee then starting and ending conversations with employees by praising them in accordance with this information. The COO had a terrible habit of being hyper-critical about even the lightest of suggestions from his team and would stifle creative thought and open dialogue by immediately shooting down and…