Why Cesar Chavez’s leadership is important to study Studying Cesar Chavez leadership style is important because the findings reinforce the value of the servant leadership works that were demonstrated by other celebrated leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. Cesar sought to find the best way to make a permanent change for migrating farm workers, which was the use of nonviolent means to voice […]

Watching “The Sea of Truth” elicits a wave of emotion in me. Emotions of fury with the human race and remorse for marine life. The documentary does not shy from facing the truth head on, and does not evade the responsibility of informing the world the damage it is causing, a fact that has been reinforced by Poloczanska et al. (2013). It is surprising to […]

Introduction Operating in a healthcare setting while under the influence of drugs and other substance is a violation against the nursing practice act and hence considered as a legal/regulatory issue. It poses a risk to both the patient and the nurses. Chemically impaired nurses expose the healthcare facility to possible litigations due to an occurrence of medical errors. A study established that in 2009, the […]

What Reasonable Marketing Entails Marketing is an important business function, which has the potential to improve sales and revenues desirably even in saturated markets. To achieve its goals, the performance of marketing needs to be measured to improve decision-making. Marketing metrics such as return on investment, likeability, and others if properly used can enable business leaders to select, which marketing tools are effective in improving […]

Part I: Interview Transcript The interview will be carried out using HOPE Questions Spirituality Assessment Tool. This assessment tool is comprised of questions focused on assisting the healthcare practitioner to apply the general concept and narrow down to specific applications. The tool is appropriate for conducting spirituality assessment since it comprises of open-ended questions covering a person’s general spiritual position and enables the follow-up using […]

This course is of particular importance to me as illustrated by the gap analysis. I have come to learn important concepts in personal leadership assessment, goal-setting, implementation, and strategic decision making. In goal setting, I have found that I need more training and development in the formulation of good career goals besides excelling at personal knowledge proficiency and formulating goals that are SMART. Other areas […]

Introduction Health Information Technology (HIT) is designed  to facilitate the storage of patient’s records in a safe and care manner, minimize the input error and missing records, and improve the process of communication (Sun, 2016). Over the last few years, there have been several health care policies and incetives that have sought to add weigh to the adoption of and effective application of health IT […]

The notion that, “Nursing should not ‘borrow’ theories from other disciplines” is a misguided perspective. Among the most noticeable areas where nursing has borrowed heavily from other disciplines is on leadership. The leadership theory that is commonly adopted in nursing is the transformational leadership theory. The theory entails the adoption of leadership that creates a positive change among the followers and where the leaders and […]

Ken Keasey, the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, got inspired to write the novel from his experience while working as a volunteer in a veteran’s hospital. He was introduced to a drug which he experimented before he became an addict. He also experimented with other drugs as he observed their effect on his body. The novel/movie setting is in a psychiatric ward […]

Introduction Although human beings have mistakenly continued to separate religion and medicine, they should be aware of other important factors that matter, which demand better approaches to deal with ethical issues in medicine. A case study on “Healing and Autonomy” has been considered in this paper to illustrate how the four principles- respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice can be applied to limit religious […]