Truth value

People often state that one of the most precious gifts in the world is life itself. A vast majority of the people on this planet go above and beyond to protect this universally cherished concept. The glorious and lofty value life is taught from a young age. Most legendary authors, artist, and playwrights have touched upon the importance that life has in this world. However, after an analysis of the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller the validity of Reverend Hale’s statement “Life is God’s most…

As we continue to read The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman we continue to learn more about how cultural sensitivity is of the utmost importance when relating to those of different cultures. Cultural sensitivity is a set of skills that enable an individual to learn and interact with cultures other than their own. With diversity being our country's foundation, most have had some degree of personal interactions with individuals different from us. Individuals that reside in…

In addition, understanding that the nurse’s role is to advocate for patients/families even when their values differ from one’s own. Per QSEN, nurse should examine common barriers to active involvement of patients in their own health care processes (2014). In the case above, the charge nurse should assess the patient conflict of not wanting a male nurse…

Makayla Lux Cagley ERWC 11 November 2014 Value of Life The outlook on life can be viewed in so many different ways. Some see it as a beautiful way to say their last goodbye and others see it as a way to escape life. Throughout the past week we were asked what the real “Value of Life” was. Looking at so many different articles it was clear to me that different people value their lives differently. In Hamlet’s soliloquy, Roger Ebert’s biographical narrative, Kenneth Feinberg’s narrative,…

Throughout the trajectory of a person’s life course, many changes occur given the different developmental stages that take place in the process of growing, maturing, and adapting to the physical and emotional demands of aging. As a person ages, transitions into different roles, and the complicated adaptations required by those roles; many times bring feelings of integrity or despair depending on the coping abilities of the individual. So what exactly is integrity? For the most part, integrity…

A quote from the textbook this week I have selected is: Values are the deeply held convictions that influence your thinking when you are faced with choices. (Sukiennik 37)I choose this quote because, I believe that people deal with this on a daily bases. Like advertising, its set up by a corporation and their values to influence the person to buy their product. For example a beauty product can alter a person's opinion about themselves give the people a choice over a cheap imitation product or a…

1. What is cultural safety? Cultural safety was devised by Irihapeti Ramsden, a Maori student nurse, during the 1980’s in New Zealand for Maori nurses and patients who were experiencing culturally inappropriate health services. Today, the concept of cultural safety is an evolving term which refers to a holistically safe environment whereby the professional worker delivers personal care in diverse communities by acknowledging the uniqueness of each service user’s personal, social, and cultural…

What comes to mind for the word integrity? Well with this word in mind integrity can actually stretch to a lot of places with different meanings. Yet I want you to see how I feel in depth with this word. To begin what the word integrity means to me is the act of “being honest, strong, and self-confident.” The actions of the three words I had used for my definition I believe can go through everyone if used in the right way. Now what I mean by use in the right way is actually using the word to…

How do our life experiences shape our values? Values and beliefs are something most people hold dear to heart. We can begin to form the values from experiences as children or adults. The ideology that happiness in life will come from finding your own home, or even making your own. Struggles and past experiences can give us different values as people. Some people have a distaste for the land they were born in, or the situation they were handed in life, but found a home and found happiness.…

We value honesty, because we would rather have truthful people in our life who would not hesitate to tell us what is wrong to our faces, rather than talk behind our backs. Education is also valued, because my family wants the next generation to achieve a better…