It is with great belief that I deem university education as an experience that provides one with an excellent opportunity to further learning procedures. Apart from taking one’s educational status to another level, university education presents one with more challenging environments that perfectly deepens understanding of the already developed skills and knowledge. I am very keen on all aspects that concern financial operations and particularly interested in finance. To further my knowledge in finance I choose Carey business school. At Carey business School, lectures are integrated with all other business units including all business students and I believe that such an environment provides an individual with an extremely valuable stage to not only test their knowledge in business, but also to improve in application of financial principles. Therefore every project at Carey Business School is an exceptional opportunity to not only learns but also to test practical skills and abilities.

I enjoy engaging in financial discussions especially now that the world is in a state of financial crisis, I like practicing my financial skills by engaging in discussions that provide solutions to the financial crisis of the present. Furthermore, apart from academics, is also like to socialize with friends and family during free times. I enjoy reading financial novels and all other interesting novels of my favorite author Terry Pratchet. Listening to music of different styles is also among activities that I engaged in during my free time. Particularly, I have also developed enormous interest in learning how information technology works and how IT can be integrated into financial and management systems. From my ambition and personal experiences, I am confident that I am in possession of the necessary requirements of self-motivation and commitment to succeed in all financial aspects and therefore I look forward to utilize this opportunity that is offered by the University.

Nature of difficulties

In a statement by the Tesco’s former chief executive, Tesco betrayed the trust of millions of its customers. During this time, Tesco lost reputation for having low prices and the public thought that the Company experienced failure under the leadership of Philip Clarke (Ruddick, 2014). Pushing out too many executives was the main reason why the business suffered culture change which did not lead to any situation that was better. Stock performance of Tesco is also hit by the recent turn of events that saw them lose millions of customers to Aldi and Lidl (Davidson, 2015).

Causes of difficulties

A major cause to this situation can be linked to the surprising reason of Tesco of failed leadership and ineffective cultural change. Thus the cause of their failure could be said to be inherent. Fallout of its biggest suppliers such as L’Oreal was also a major cause in failure of Tesco (Ahmed, 2016). Additionally, errors in customer service and brand values also brought down the company in tremendous ways. A similar significant cause of Tesco’s failure was linked to lose of Tesco’s market position to Aldi (Butler 2015)

Conclusion

Aaker’s brand equity model was the application made on Tesco. Aaker was the biggest retailer in U.K and was popularly known for its best prices and high quality products and service. Tesco’s loss of market share to Aaker brand reduced its shared drastically. Tesco’s brand value and position also fell from better to worse levels due to rising market competition.

The problem

Parking has been an issue in the present in populated and large colleges and is a challenge faced by many higher institutions (Burr 2011). It is clear that Milwaukee Area Technical College lacks ample parking space to accommodate all its students and staff.

Solution to the problem

I believe in order to provide adequate parking space in the facility, there should be a four story building built in the form of garage in a serene parking lot to accommodate everyone commuting to Milwaukee Area Technical College (Meyer 2014).

The Need

General knowledge reports to us that it is vital for students to be comfortable in order to study well and record high grades. Many times, students waste a lot of valuable time in the school compound scouting for a place they can find parking for their cars and this interferes with their performance as they at times get late to class, missing on vital class notes.

What are the benefits of on-campus parking for students?

If MATC gives out one of its four story building or builds a new parking garage for its students, they will be providing a stress free commuting pattern to everyone in campus. The parking space in school should be free for students because of the high cost of books, tuition fee, food among other aspects needed for college life. Free parking space will improve campus life and student experience in campus. It will also present students with more time in the classroom thus allowing MATC reach the top 10 status they are out to look for.

Statement and analysis of the problem

MATC is an institution of higher learning that strives to provide its students with quality, comfortable and easy campus life to all its members. Because of the increase in member population however, the management must explore new options that could solve the parking problem. Because of the increase in population, very many students record on missing out on parking space and in attempts to secure parking space outside, they miss of vital course notes and instructions (Patel 2014). At the same time, the parking space available within the school compound is not pocket friendly for students and many times they opt to find cheap parking space outside the school. Therefore, the goal of the faculty’s management is to build ample parking space and make it free for students.

MATC is a growing institution. And because of the high amount of money spent on book, tuition fees and food, parking should be provided for free for students. Apart from providing free parking to students, the faculty should realize the increasing amounts of people needing parking space and should make ample parking spaces for every member of the faculty. When parking is not made for free, students will be affected because they will be forced to leave their cars at home and use public transport which is much stressing. The high cost of parking coupled with the high cost of tuition fee, high cost of books and high cost of food will cause students to strain financially and therefore most of them might not be comfortable while studying (Meyer 2014).

What is the significance of this problem?

Most students park outside campus because of the cost of parking within campus and most times there are few spots outside campus that could be afforded by students. This makes students take more time driving around to find a cheaper spot which wastes more gas needed to locate a spot. At the same time, it also takes longer periods for students to leave parking spots to get to class which causes abscesses and tardiness. I think it would help MATC if they offer free and ample parking spaces to students to help them further success in their careers in comfortable environments.

It is very hard to find a perfect answer to such a question; which is better? Living in the country or living in the city. What one might prefer might not be good as what the other might prefer. Most people might enjoy a hyper environment and a hyper active life of the cosmopolitan city and places where they can use modern social amenities and have unlimited practical resources both for leisure and work. On this other side, other people could prefer to be close to nature where they live in peaceful and come environments of the country side and have their leisure time spent on hiking, fishing and picking fruits in the forest. It is certain that modern city life and rural area life are connected with an array of great differences. According to me, how rural and urban lives are lived and their effects on the lives of people have significance on the same individuals.

It is expected that those who live in rural areas are more calm, live conservative and friendly lives and are family oriented compared to those living in urban areas. Those in rural areas are used to moving at very slow paces unlike in modern and metropolitan cities where movement is dynamic and fast. Generally, those who live in modern areas are not family oriented but career oriented, have more focus and are more concerned about their lives unlike those in the village. Those living in metropolitan areas are more broad minded and direct. It is true to the stereotype fact that there is a critical mass in the city but this factor is beneficial to those living in the city because of the vast opportunities in career development, education and living a life that is socially advances. It would be better in this nature to live in the city especially if one wants to live an improved live and have vast opportunities.

It is also a known fact that most of sport and entertainment facilities, education establishments, culture, social amenities, big shopping malls and hotels can only be found in urban area and therefore those living in the country side will have less and limited access to such amenities. The country side is normally considered less crowded and therefore those living in rural areas know and understand each other better, support each other, would visit each other frequently and develop exceptional relationships with each other unlike in towns. Contrasting to this, those in big cities are usually involved in very active social interactions and have a great deal of social activities and you might find many of them getting tired of communicating and staying open to their friends.

Comparison of country and social life is not complete before mentioning the cost of day to day living in big cities and small towns. Even with the wide range of opportunities and a better job, the cost of living in the city is relatively high compared to the cost of living in rural areas. Generally, life in the city is very expensive and it could be very difficult for one to afford everything they might need. People in the city might be forced to get another source of income to make extra income. In rural areas, life is generally cheap from housing to food to other expenses and families in rural areas have their gardens where they can farm and feed from fresh fruits and vegetables they grow. Rural areas are traffic free, congestion free, pollution free, affordable, relaxed and less stress free making it preferable to live in the country side than in the city.

My patient is Mrs. Tardios, female aged 87 years old. She was recently diagnosed with hypernatremia (a condition that results from low sodium levels and some form of body weakness. She has been in the unit for about three days now, prior to this dialogue. When she came, she reported that she has not been diagnosed with any form of medical condition in the past. While conducting my morning shifts, I report to my assigned client Mrs Tardios and realize that she has been lying awake on her bed. While bonding with her, I take this opportunity to conduct an introduction of myself to her and asked whether it was okay for us to have a dialogue and she nodded with a smile to mean it was okay by her.

Dialogue-Mrs Tardios is sited by her bed side, next to the window having a view through the window.

Nurse: (pointing at the nice view coming from the window), Nice view Mrs Tardios. How is your morning? (as I stand beside her bed side that is close to the window).

Mrs. Tardios: I am feeling much better today as compared to yesterday where I was challenged moving from my bed to the chair because of the feeling of exhaustion and body weakness. However, I get scared because this room is a bit enormous, I would prefer to get to a different room filled with people.

Nurse: (As I listen attentively), Hmmmm, when did the feelings of exhaustion first occur?

Mrs. Tardios: I was attending a family function in the U.S and while I was going through my bible, I found it hard to even lift my hands and continue perusing through the scriptures. I became weaker and my son suggested that I should go and get checked. I assumed the weakness as I wanted to ensure that the ceremony ends in my presence.

Nurse: I nod to show I am attentive

Mrs Tadios: travelling from the function back home was a bit hard as I became weaker. My knees could not hold me anymore. I became fearful and anxious and was immediately brought to hospital.

Nurse: so I can say you have a caring family:

Mrs Tardios: (Smiling). Yes, I am privileged to have seen my great grandchildren.

Nurse: (smile Back).can I talk to one of them about your condition?, (A knock at the door is head, one of her relatively enters the room and so I have to live). Your people are here now, I will check on you later, okay?

Mrs Tardios: so long nurse.

Critical reflection

Throughout this paper, I will provide a critical reflection on the dialogue I developed with Mrs. Tardios, a patient admitted at the hospital for hypernatremia. In my paper I will also developed identification to the building blocks of patient-nurse conversations while at the same time maintaining focus on integrating dialogue principles in the client-centered care fundamental procedures.

Before I began my dialogues, I had an intention of knowing Mrs.Tardios better and at the same time listen to any concerns that she may have during her treatment. Borrowing from Spee, Chua and Nose (2001), building a relationship based on trust is essential in getting patients to voice out their needs and concerns. I began the discussion with an open ended question by asking the patient how she is doing. As a consequence, she became liberated to decide on whether she should reveal her well-being or not. However I tried to maintain using open ended questions throughout the dialogue. This was to make the patient feel that my intention was to know about her and her health concerns and other major issues that affected her health

I am confident I maintained the flow of the dialogue as I did not prompt any interruptions. From Mesner;’s article which is line with the theory of becoming human, I was critical to maintain the flow of the discussion which was very crucial to decide what challenges she face. While centering the client in mind most of the time I managed to make her comfortable to express her true concerns.  To validate major blocks that should be present in dialogues, I maintained proper eye contact with the patients and maintained a state of not being judgmental.  As she explained how her journey was tough from the U.S, I did not validate her experience to show that I understood how it felt but instead I kept on listening. This is not in full similarity to the valued honesty in client centered therapy Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, 2015).

However, I feel that when she complained about feeling weak, she I should have ask her to provide in depth clarity on the exact feelings of weakness. Since it was my very first experience of developing a reflective dialogue, I can say the experience was educating and provided good learning. I got to understand the significance of developing dialogues in every assessment especially in nursing concerns for the purpose of openness. In future, if I have to develop similar dialogues, I will heavily focus on being present genuinely with patients. I further understood the vitality of developing open ended questions for getting in depth about client’s concerns, which should enable me understanding patient’s concerns from their perspective. I will ensure no validation of client’s emotions and experience occurs but instead listens and be open with the patient (Beitel 1998).

A monomyth is basically a Hero’s journey. Such kind of a story describes the various stages a hero goes through throughout their journey (WiseGeek.com 1). The very first man to introduce a narrative description of this kind was Joseph Campbell. In his description, he explains all the three stages coupled with the steps in each stage in which the hero must go through. In the first stage, departure of the hero occurs. In every heroic Greek Mythology, we realize that every hero posses some form of courage that is brought out by using the strength of an enemy against the enemy as it is evident in the case of Theseus.

The first stage includes the call to adventure, call refusal, supernatural help, first threshold cross and the belly of the whale. Onto the second stage, Campbell discusses the number of trials the hero goes through. The steps in the second stage involve road to trials, an encounter with the goddess, the temptation (being a woman), amends with the father, apostasies, the final boom and rejection to fight. The third stage, the hero returns. The hero’s return involves rescue from without, magic fight, crossing the return threshold, being a master in two worlds and finally obtaining the freedom to live. These steps of a heroic journey can be found in numerous Greek Mythology books as well as modern day stories.

Perseus and Theseus Greek stories are classic instances of Greek Mythology stories that narrate to the audience about the journey of hero’s and the challenges they face in order to earn the title ‘hero’. In the heroic story of Theseus, (Morford, Lenardon and Sham 1) begin by narrating to the audience how the hero’s mother Aethra and the father Aegeus who is the king of Athens made a decision before the hero was born that in the event they give birth to a boy then the mother should bring up the child without having to tell him who his father is. When the boy would grow to be older, he should be sent to Athens and charged to lift up a rock by himself and beneath the rock, there would be a pair of sandals and a swords hidden for Theseus. To help the king recognize his son, these items were kept as a means to reveal Aegeus real son in the future (Morford, Lenardon and Sham 2). When the boy continues to grow older, he would eventually be stronger and therefore he should not be withheld from proceeding to lift the rock and acquire the hidden items.

It is at this point that the first step of the hero’s journey comes into play that is; the call to adventure. The call for Theseus now happens in reality when he is asked to meet the talking gull who happens to be a messenger from his father. The messenger would tell him ‘do not fear the size of your enemy but instead use it against him’. These were the exact words from Aegeus. Because Theseus was still young and always being beaten, when this message was delivered to him, he ran immediately to the bully and to his face, he slapped him. The bully later threw a punch to Theseus making him swing out of balance, landing on the ground on his head. The quote above that acts as the message from the king to his son is significant because as we see it gave Theseus great courage and confidence to face the enemy. So the gull later tells Theseus that he would be receiving an unexpected gift that would make him take a dangerous route to Athens (the threshold).

Upon interacting with the gull, Theseus decides that he would go out in the search for his father. He chooses to go through the journey by land and refuses to do so by ship and this brings us to the second step; acceptance to the call/the refusal. The supernatural aid he end up receiving from Ariadne on his search for his father brings us to the third step. Ariadne was not discussed by (Morford, Lenardon and Sham 3) but she is seen to provide help to Theseus when he needs to escape the Minotaur Monstrous. Another helper for Theseus in his third step is Aegeus who is seen giving Theseus the sandals and the sword. Aegeus also gives help to Theseus by providing him with a challenge that would at the end change his life and transform him into a real hero. The cross of threshold brings us to the fourth step where Theseus accepts the challenge of finding his father and later proceeds with his journey to Athen not knowing what awaits him ahead of his journey considering he is going to a place he has never been before.

From his hometown (Troezen) to Athens, Theseus is faced with numerous obstacles which are a series of trials and temptations. In this part of Theseus journey, we learn that a hero in the making must be tough regardless of the challenges thrown at him during his journey. As he keeps going, each challenge gets difficult and we see how he builds skills, maturity and confidence to keep going. Theseus realizes he must face this alone in the absence of a mentor. It is from these challenges that Theseus was transformed. He was transformed into a courageous and brave young compared to how he was in the beginning where he could not beat the village bully. It is at this juncture that he indeed ‘used his enemy’s strength against them’ and by so doing he defeated the Corynetes, Sciron, Procrustes, Pityocamptes and Minatour. After his transformation, Theseus returns home with two beautiful princesses and took back the crown he once received after his call. For some reason, on his way back, Theseus abandons he become a jerk by abandoning the princess. Unlike many other heroes, Theseus at this juncture does not become a better person as expected.

This section is followed by a resurrection where Theseus is preoccupied with thoughts of how awesome he is and I think these thoughts at this time makes his forget to change his sail to white. As the black-sailed ship approaches, Aegeus sees it black colored and thinks Theseus is dead and kills himself too. At this point, Theseus becomes a hero because he does not face any challenge and he emerges alive but instead causes the demise of his own father. His return is a famous one because he is considered a hero for defeating minotaur. He is also a hero after being made king of Athens after the death of his father. His final reward is bittersweet because he manages to accomplish everything but at the sight of his father’s dead body. Theseus manages to use his wisdom as Athens hero to restore order of the land.

Introduction

In very many developed nations that have indigenous communities, sound health was achieved from the balance of the mind, the body and the spirit. The discussion below which takes the form of an annotated bibliography designs a collection of academic literature with high amount of respect to indigenous communities though outlining the causes of suicide in local communities.

Summary

Indigenous communities have high rates of suicide compared to foreign communities. However, suicidal behaviour is said to be from lots of causes as quoted in the reading materials that have been used to design this annotated bibliography. Suicidal behaviour is believed to an act of forcing death to oneself.

Roland, E. (2002). Bullying, depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts. Educational research, 44(1), 55-67.

Over the past decade, an increased attention to the relationship between bullying and suicide has been recorded both from the victim and the perpetrator’s side. Roland (2002) in his study performed a meta- analysis to design a reliable estimation between suicidal behaviour and bullying. In his study, he summarizes that indigenous communities have been great victims of mental illness as a result of depression which has led individuals from these communities to opt for suicide. For Roland, it is the factor of depression that has escalated the rates of suicide in local communities. I chose this article for my research because it addresses one point of suicide which many people fail to look at-Bullying and depression. It also includes very helpful statistics which might be used to bring the aspect of bullying and depression to the public’s attention.

Blaauw, E., Arensman, E., Kraaij, V., Winkel, F. W., & Bout, R. (2002). Traumatic life events  and suicide risk among jail inmates: the influence of types of events, time period and  significant others. Journal of traumatic stress, 15(1), 9-16.

In this article, the authors studied the connection between suicide risk and traumatic life events in samples of jail inmates of those with low and high risks of being suicidal. In their research, non-suicidal inmates recorded relatively high prevalence to events of trauma; suicidal inmates had exceptionally high prevalence. Suicidal inmates recorded instances of maltreatment, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and suicide attempts. This research concluded that traumatic life events and suicide had a causal relationship and that this relationship is high in local communities. I chose this research because it is in depth and it is a good resource for addressing suicide in prison and other correctional facilities.

Chino, M., & DeBruyn, L. (2006). Building true capacity: Indigenous models for indigenous communities. American journal of public health, 96(4), 596-599.

Apart from addressing the issue of suicide, Chino and DeBruyn (2006) claim that is now time for local people to develop tribal programs which is not an enough strategy but also define how to integrate these programs into public health. This article points to suicide as one of the leading cause of death in local communities. And while people think people in local communities are having fun and excitement, suicide victims are not considered in this case. This research is an important section in creating awareness particularly when it comes to pointing the warning signs from a suicidal person. From reading this article, one can tell the warning signs of an individual who is suicidal and talk to an educator within the community before it is too late. This article is a good resource because it narrows down its study to how addressing suicide at community level is significant and explains certain situations which can help assist a suicidal individual.

Wexler, L. M., & Gone, J. P. (2012). Culturally responsive suicide prevention in indigenous  communities:             Unexamined assumptions and new possibilities. American Journal of Public Health, 102(5), 800-            806.

Native communities have recorded significantly higher suicide rates that non-local communities. This is what this article summarises. In this study, authors explore the existence of cultural misalignment with the contrasting of 4 normative assumptions that make it hard to exercise standard measures of suicide prevention in North America. Drawing evidence from more than 3 decades of administrative, clinical and research findings in suicidal communities, the authors also examine the significance meanings of suicidal models and their performance in local communities. The comparison used in this research is useful in my study because of its emphasis in the promotion of cultural appropriate behaviours in maintaining proper health and intervening in tribal communities.

Elias, B., Mignone, J., Hall, M., Hong, S. P., Hart, L., & Sareen, J. (2012). Trauma and suicide  behaviour histories among a Canadian indigenous population: an empirical exploration of  the potential role of Canada’s residential school system. Social science & medicine, 74(10), 1560-1569.

There have been lots of theories that the rate of suicide and suicidal behaviours in local communities could be as a result of traumatic life experiences particularly those experienced during colonization. This is true particularly in Canada where survivors of abuse, torture and mistreatment during times of colonization reported suicidal behaviours. This study looks into the residential school system with an aim of investigating whether survivors had transmitted traumatic life experiences to their children and if this transfer was associated with suicidal rates. This research concluded that individuals who had first-hand history with abuse would impact the record high rates of suicide on their children, an area of research which was not well investigate. To conclude this research, these authors demonstrated at the population level that traumatic events survivors’ children would have higher rates of suicidal behaviour in local communities. I chose this article because it shows how suicidal thoughts can be potentially transferred from one generation to another and explains how children end up committing suicide with the experience of their parents.

Chang, A. B., Grimwood, K., Mulholland, E. K., & Torzillo, P. J. (2002). Bronchiectasis in indigenous children in remote Australian communities. Medical Journal of Australia, 177(4), 200-204.

Bronchiectasis has remained a significant leader in morbidity in local populations, this article concludes. A higher percentage of patients who record suffering from bronchiectasis has also recorded an increase in suicidal thoughts. Because local communities have little access to medical facilities and improved medical attention, there are likely to fall sick. Because most of the local communities have low education and civilization, they are highly exposed to drug abuse and instances of death which is enough evidence for increased suicide in indigenous communities. These researches claim that the low nature of education and civilization has become an increasing contribution to why so many youths are losing hope in life and decide to end their lives. This article is significant because of its factual and emotional nature of how local communities are striving to prevent the rates of suicide among youths. I chose this article because it helps us see the need for therapy in suicidal cases.

Conclusion

Higher rates of suicide are as a result of many factors as pointed out above with more rates represented in local communities compared to foreign communities. However, there is a deeper understanding on the occurrence and the causes of suicide rates coupled with an understanding of how to prevent and reduce the cases of suicide to save the lives of individuals in local communities.

I am xxxxxxx  mother to six year old xxxx, born in November 22, 1988 in New York Bronx. Ever since I was born, my family knew that I was going to be a special person because I was born on a special day. I have a big family where I come second at the mention of attending college. Currently I reside in XXXXXXX and went to school in a public school system of the same area. I am a caring individual with a mind, heart and soul of caring for young children. While attending school, I learnt how to associate with people and learnt different socialization theories, how to work in groups, how to deal with diverse personalities among other social aspects. After getting a good grasp of how to mingle with people, I taught myself how to control myself when engaging with others. It is for this reason that I have always had great connection not with children alone but with everybody.

It was in my early teenage years that I practiced my first experience for babysitting for some family friends. I loved being around children very much and this was my first ‘real world’ experience not only because I was earning some money but for exposure and building of my passion. During summer, I have also been volunteering in churches and Bible school vacation where I built a greater connection with children which has helped me make a great difference in their lives and it is what I seek to do in future more passionately. I have tried building other interests away from CDA, but I have always found myself returning back to working in a school setting or childcare. I have just completed college where I have managed to score 53 credits and I only need 7 more credits to acquire my associates.

It is for my passion of working with children that I decided to pursue a career in a child care field. However, I still owe the school an enormous amount of money that I need to pay in order to finish my entire degree in Childhood education. The love for working with children was not only for my family friends. I have been privileged to work at a Head Start called Sharon Baptist. I have been fulfilling my passion there as a worker for 2 years and two months as a teacher aide on a part time basis from 2pm-6pm. I also got another recent opportunity where I got hired to work at sheltering arms children learning center on a part time basis of morning shift from 2pm-6pm. All these have been an honor to me especially because I have not received my degree yet.

Children are my focus as they provide me with the perfect environment away from home which is my main goal. I always thought and prayed really hard about this and my desire door was opened for me to fulfill my passion. Now I am willing to continue taking my classes to obtain my final CDA degree and words cannot just explain how excited I am with a great willing feeling of ability to complete what I started. Upon completing my CDA, I have plans to get my certification of working with aged children even though I have little experience with them. I have great desire for this certificate too and I am confident I am fulfilling what I was created to do. I know I was born to do exploits and what I am doing now is exciting. I can do both young and aged child care which would make my opportunity more rewarding.

Summary

Basically, Savage establishes an argument against mercy killing as a solution on the issues of emotional burden and chronic sorrow. Her argument is established as a different solution as opposed to the killer solution presented by Dr. Catlin. As opposed to the concerns of Dr. Catlin for the difficult lives faced by children with disabilities, Savage refuses to accept the solution of killing as a way to end suffering of patients. In her discussion, she presents a question on what basis do humans have to on another person’s life. However, even in presenting her discussion in opposition to the points developed by Catlin, Savage confirms an agreement that the society has not played its role in caring for individuals with disabilities and those with chronic illness. She maintains this argument by discussing the societal stigma that is associated with people with disabilities and those with chronic illness.

Dr. Catlin suggests that children people with disabilities are not worth living and it is for this reason that Savage takes the same issue as a center of her argument. However much Dr. Catlin discusses how parents should opt for killing of children with disabilities, Savage comes to an understanding of why some parents would opt for killing disabled children. In her view, Savage believes that it is the society’s responsibility to relieve patient’s pain. According to her, the society should not resort to killing as a way to relieve pain; therefore the society is called upon to understand the difference between removing impediments of pain and causing actual death. Ultimately¸ Savage’s response to Dr. Catlin’s supporting argument on mercy killing maintains a stand that mercy killing is demoralizing and much more demoralizing to be reminded how people with disabilities are mistreated and unwelcomed in our society.

Critical Reflection

A number of themes have emerged from history. Mercy killing and the issues behind it have turned the society into a troubled environment. With many people suggesting that mercy killing should be legalized to relieve patients from pain and suffering, a different group which beliefs in morality opposes the fact that mercy killing should be legalized. The response presented by Savage against the discussion that mercy killing should be legalized is a perfect explanation of how immoral the society has become. Her discussion shows the forms of violence faced by people living with disabilities and the absence of morals in the present society. Furthermore, her discussion provides an exceptional interface between ethics and the issues of morality in the nursing practice. She does not only focus on disabled patients and how they are repeatedly mishandled, she also dwells on the issue of morality that should be upheld in the nursing practice.

Her argument plays a role of a constant reminder of how the society has taken a different direction away from morality. However much she discusses the demoralizing aspect of mercy killing, she also agrees mercy killing could be necessary in situations that are less helpful. It is evident that she revisits the past while clearly providing ideas and directions for a balanced society in the future. She manages to bring out the issue of physician assisted suicide to be the most publicized and controversial topic that has evidently led to a broader visibility and discussion of ethics and morality. She refuses to offer a plea bargaining discussion, instead she critically points out mercy killing as a crime with reference to involvement of people with disabilities.

Just like the camera works, the eye and the whole vision process uses the principles of the camera. During vision, an object’s light rays are passed through the cornea, conjunctiva, lens, aqueous humour and vitreous humour in a particular order. These five structures refract the light from the object making it possible for light to fall on the retina and this ability is referred to as focusing. The more function of focusing is done by the eye lens and the cornea and later the light lands on the retina. The light that lands on the retina are receives by rods, cones and other photoreceptors.

The light that is already absorbed causes the activation of the pigments on the photoreceptors with the pigments later made present on the vesicle membrane. The light is later to the membrane action potentials on the vesicles. From the action vesicle potential, the nervous impulses generated are forced to travel through the photoreceptors to reach the synaptic knobs. From this point, the impulses are later transported to bipolar nerves, later to the ganglion and lastly to optic nerves. It is in the retina that the nervous impulses are generated and transmitted to the brain in millions of neurons from the optic nerve.

At the back of the brain is the control centre of the vision termed the occipital lobe. The data received travels to the back of the brain and we can see the image which is formed on the retina but in an inverted form. Although with the brain, we see the image that is standing erect. Therefore, through the eyes we have essential visioning and any damage to the optic nerves cause lead to vision impairment.