Essays on Lundy

Introduction, Background, and Purpose

Power is more relational than absolute. Power relates to the degree of control that one exercises over outcomes, resources, actions, and process. The power can either be formal or informal. The formal power is the leeway that one is given through the rules of the organization in which he works to influence the course of certain elements in that organization. This is legitimate power afforded to a worker to enable them to deliver their mandate. Illegitimate power is different from the legitimate authority because unlike in the former case, the illegitimate power lacks authority. Nonetheless, it can be significantly ...

Uustal (1993) Decision-making Model Registered nurses face many confusing scenarios that lead to an ethical dilemma. I was given the responsibility of caring for the elderly woman, 75 years old, in his home by my supervisor. The relationship between the woman, her family members, and I grew stronger each day, and they would term me as part of their family. After three months of continuous therapy and checkup, the condition of the women improved. The family was very happy and decided to offer me a gift in the form of cash as a reward for the excellent job I ...

Introduction

Domestic violence has adverse impacts on the development of a child. In fact, the emotional turmoil created by growing up in such an environment heightens the chances of the infant engaging in rebellious activities such as drug abuse and other denial behaviors in their youth. With this in mind, it is worth appreciating the fact that Susie’s exposure to childhood molestation at an early age contributed to her drug problems and overall response to his abusive marriage. Since she witnessed her mother withstand the abuse she received from his father, she felt obliged to keep up with his ...

Ethical dilemma or moral dilemma is simply a complex situation in which a choice has to be made between two options neither of which solve the complexity of the situation in an ethically acceptable form. In cases like this, personal and societal ethical guidelines should provide guidelines which can at least provide satisfactory results to the chooser. The assumption of ethical dilemma is that the chooser will have to abide by acceptable societal norms, such as codes of law or teaching of a religious manner to make a choice that is otherwise ethically impossible (Lundy, p 13). My personal ...

Homelessness

The key definition of the homelessness has been quite skeptical, with a lot of discrepancies and varied number of ideologies, ascribed to categories used in classifying the homeless, and aspects that contribute to homelessness. According to Ravenhill (2008), homelessness can be defined as the settling of families in precarious housing or temporary accommodation, with an exception of single men who are depicted as rough sleepers. In tandem to this, there a plethora facets that cause homelessness, and they comprise of; personal factors, natural disaster, social factors and downturn of the economy (Larkin, 2009). The homeless population is composed of different people, ...