Ethical Considerations in Nursing: From Micro to Macro Perspectives
Micro Ethics: Focuses on the individual patient. It involves the network of human relations and clinical decisions between family and professional users. This focus is on the relational and specific clinical decisions with immediate impact on the patient’s health or life, with a highly contextual and case-oriented approach. Meso Ethics: The ethics of healthcare organizations involves discerning values to guide management decisions that affect patient care. It considers the structure and functioning
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Rational Choice Perspective
What is Rationality in Decision-Making?
Rationality in decision-making implies that individuals weigh the costs and benefits of a particular behavior. When the benefits outweigh the costs, the individual is likely to engage in that behavior. This can be represented as f(U), where individuals aim to maximize utility (U) with minimal effort.
Assumptions of the Rational Choice Perspective
- Individuals possess complete information about the consequences of each choice.
- Individuals
Motivation Theories & Principles in Nursing Management
Motivation Theories Focused on Content
These theories analyze the needs, expectations, and personality characteristics that drive motivation.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
This theory presents a pyramid of needs, from bottom to top:
- Basic physiological needs
- Security needs
- Social needs
- Ego needs
- Self-actualization
Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory
This theory argues that factors contributing to job satisfaction are different from those causing dissatisfaction. It posits that people are motivated by intrinsic factors
Read MoreBehavior Modification Techniques
1. What are Behavior Modification Techniques?
Behavior modification techniques are strategies or procedures used to increase the frequency or improve the execution of desired behaviors, teach new behaviors, or reduce or eliminate undesirable behaviors. They involve the addition or removal of certain stimuli to achieve the desired behavioral change.
2. Important Behavior Modification Techniques
Techniques for Improving Existing Behaviors
- Positive Reinforcement
- Negative Reinforcement
Techniques for Acquiring
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Definitions
Employee Training
Planned efforts by organizations to help employees learn job-related knowledge and skills.
Social Learning Theory
A learning theory that emphasizes the observational learning of behavior.
Modeling
Learning that occurs through the observation and imitation of the behavior of others.
Cognitive Theories of Learning
Emphasize that humans are information processors.
Transfer of Training
A concept dealing with whether training is actually applied in the work setting.
Trainee Readiness
Refers
Read MoreTransgender Bathroom Access: A Matter of Respect and Safety
“There’s a gender in your brain and gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they’re mismatched. That is all. It’s not complicated…” (Bono) Although many people would disagree, I think the transgender community should have the right to use the restroom of the gender they identify with or have an alternate choice. Some people may argue that it would be a dangerous liability, but try walking a mile in the shoes of a person who
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