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The Purpose Of Barbara Huttman's Life As A Nurse

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Regardless of the nation, language, religion, location ethnic origin or any other status, all human being have rights in many life's aspects. Despite that but we all ,as a human, do we actually have the right to die?. The majority of people believes that people should help a dying person and preventing him of dying till the last minutes. For sure there are lows and religions in which the person is forbidden to ask for die, but there are some certain situation that dith consider as a human right. The purpose of Barbara’s writing her essay is to feel justification for what she did. She informs us as a readers with the experience of her career at the hospital as a nurse, and that she have to deal with a very hard decision that will actually affect her, her life, and her career. Barbara showed how the disease alters the human personality, when she described her patient from being a powerful officer to a body that was receiving food as a liquid poured to his body. When we think about a nurse life, we may think about the opportunities and the excitement in helping and making a difference in someone’s life. Both of those advantages can be true about nurses. But in reality, nursing is not like what we see on media. Almost all the time there is a tension moment, it is not exciting, and every patient has a different situation. However, in nursing …show more content…

She had to decide whether to call the code blue or not, whether to let the man rest in peace or let him keep suffering. Whether ‘Legally” she was right or wrong, but she had chosen not to press that bottom because the man was suffering and his condition became worse every day. So what Barbara did was brave that she broke the lows to help a man who was sick of delaying the inevitable. and it’s an act of compassion. On the other hand, She did not actually helped him, she succeed that she stopped the pain that he or his family was

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