Yirlem:
Nurses and other healthcare professionals must become aware of the variations in hemoglobin levels among the Mediterranean population to make accurate anemia diagnoses and medications. This awareness will also equip them with the knowledge about thalassemia anemia, a hereditary disease for ethnic groups in the Mediterranean, including North Americans and Greeks.
Armed with this knowledge, nurses can make informed decisions and tests to independently verify the Mediterranean strain and rule out other causes of low blood cells in the body. This awareness will also help nurses effectively classify the various causes of anemia, such as inherited anemia like sickle cell, nutritional anemia and anemic conditions caused by lead pollution (Al-alimi et al., 2018). A proper diagnosis of the type of anemia will lead to selecting an appropriate treatment plan.
Hemoglobin is an integral component of the human body as it is the top transporter of oxygen in the blood. This oxygen is used to nourish significant organs like the heart and lungs. Also, other respiring tissues depend on hemoglobin in the red blood cells to get the oxygen to power respiration. Low hemoglobin levels lead to anemia, and the disease is characterized by a low red blood cell count (Chaparro & Suchdev, 2019). Higher than normal hemoglobin levels cause thickening of the blood, predisposing a person to stroke and blood clot. Low levels of hemoglobin may cause anemia, slowing down muscular action due to lack of energy.
Flor:
The intrinsic value of anything is the value that the thing has in itself or for its own sake. On the other hand, extrinsic value is one that people assign to it (Rønnow-Rasmussen, 2019). For example, looking at a hospital, we find that the intrinsic value that it would have would be that of a healing place. However, the extrinsic value of the hospital would be based on such aspects as how much it is worth as well as the value that other people place on it based on its safety ratings, etc.
There can be several types of belief systems. A belief system is basically what a person believes in and follows (Brandt, 2022). One example of a belief system is religion. When people follow a religion, they have certain beliefs, such as believing in a supernatural entity, believing in rituals and rites, and other aspects. This is a very commonly accepted belief system, even though different people can follow different religions.
An example of an ethical issue that I have been involved in my workplace was with regards to a patient who did not want to get a procedure done even though it would have saved his life. The patient had gangrene in his left foot because of an infection and the surgeon recommended amputating the foot to save the man’s life. However, the man’s religious beliefs did not allow for amputation. This is where there was an ethical dilemma of whether to uphold the patient’s autonomy or to treat him with beneficence (Iserson, 2020).
Flor:
Empowerment in nursing refers to the ability of the nurses to motivate and mobilize themselves as well as others so that they can accomplish positive outcomes in nursing practice as well as the nursing environment (Friend & Sieloff, 2018). In this regard, nurses must be able to become empowered and also empower others around them.
There can be several types of power in nursing. These can include personal power, positional power, reward power, coercive power, legitimate power, referent power, as well as expert power. Personal power is when the nurse uses personal aspects for power. Positional power is based on the hierarchy that the nurse is in the practice. Reward power is when a nurse can motivate others through incentives. Coercive power is when punishment is used to motivate people to work. Expert power is when nurses use their expertise to convince patients to do something, such as take their medications on time (Zhang, 2020).
Good leader uses their power in a legitimate manner. They do not abuse their power. This means that even though they know that they have a lot of power, they only use it to achieve the organizational goals. They do not use their power for personal gains. Moreover, they do not use their power to coerce people into doing the work or to force people to do something that they do not want to do (Sherman, 2018).
