Ethical Responsibilities: Avoid Putting Organization at Risk
The 1996 HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) helps millions of U.S. employees and family members transfer and carry on with the same healthcare insurance coverage even if they jump jobs or get fired; decreases abuse and fraud in the health sector; mandates confidential use and protection of sensitive patient health details; and mandates sector-wide healthcare data standards when it comes to processes like electronic billing (California Department of Health Care Services, 2015). HIPAA's enactment made healthcare practitioners who can view and… Continue Reading...
health, and nursing, Susie again and again demonstrates that she regards the patient as central in the ethical responsibilities of the nurse (Nikfarid, et al., 2018). Other characters, particularly the physicians and researchers handling Vivian’s case, place their own research needs above the needs of the patient. Vivian, although highly educated, admits she knows little of cancer research and does not fully understand she is being used as a test subject for research from which she is unlikely to benefit. For Susie, the patient is always first and foremost the focus of nursing care. Because Vivian is critically ill and has no family members to act as… Continue Reading...
rates. Hospitals like this, which do not have fall preventing strategies in place, risk malpractice suits and fail to fulfill their ethical responsibilities to patients. Therefore, the organizational problem is related to insufficient—even nonexistent--fall prevention strategies.
Description of Problem
Falls occur at a rate of three to five per every 1000 bed stays, and are more prevalent in long-term care facilities (Patient Safety Network, 2018). The most significant consequences of falls include head trauma, bone fractures, and even death (Patient Safety Network, 2018). Even when a fall does not result directly in injury, it can seriously undermine patient trust in the healthcare team and perceptions of institutional quality of care (Patient… Continue Reading...
