Magnet Status In the world today, health care is probably one of the most important rights a human being should be able to expect. In fact, the quality of health care offered at any given time can mean the difference not only between illness and hea Continue Reading...
The issue could still be argued in terms of the ethics of withholding care, but it is not discriminatory. Age Discrimination vs. Race Discrimination In principle, age discrimination is like race discrimination in that it results in different right Continue Reading...
Training Education Over the last several years, the issues of training and education in health care have been increasingly brought to the forefront. This is because there is soaring demand for improved services and quality. At the same time, rising Continue Reading...
Healthcare Practices in Nursing Today Over the last 50 years, health care systems all over the world have experienced rapid and significant changes. Some of these changes have been the result of innovative developments in medical science and techno Continue Reading...
Patient Rights The major objective of informed consent is to give the patient an opportunity play a role in his health care decision. The law requires physicians to get an informed consent of their patients before any medical procedure. The patient Continue Reading...
Professional Roles and Values A good number of patients visiting emergency departments are in a position to make independent decision concerning their care. Nevertheless, a significant proportion of them are extremely incapacitated either mentally o Continue Reading...
Ethical Principles in Biomedical Research Biomedical research is a field of medical research which is used to assist and support the body of knowledge that is available in the field of medicine. It is divided into two major categories. The first is Continue Reading...
It is exactly this mitigation for which bio and medical ethics have their prime purpose and directive. Certainly, the genie is out of the bottle. However, the technology can be tamed if the moral issues can be properly defined, discussed and profes Continue Reading...
A recently enacted policy, however, enforces the use of a dogmatic and uncompromising ideological speech as a standard replacement of informed consent (Minkoff & Marshall, 2009). The policy requires a list of statements, considered "facts," whi Continue Reading...
Minor Consent to Medical Treatment In order to understand the issue of minors and medical practice, it is necessary to understand the position of minors in general law, and why the minor has been accorded special status and is handicapped in so far Continue Reading...
Ethical dilemmas surrounding DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders Ethical dilemmas surrounding Do Not Resuscitate orders In carrying out their duties, health care givers face many ethical issues that sometimes affect their personal lives. These require Continue Reading...
Ethical Perspectives Ethical decision making is a method that is utilized by most of the health care professionals all over the world. The principles of beneficence and autonomy are very crucial when it comes to carefully guiding the decision making Continue Reading...
, plots a strategy of growth. While the case study shows blue-sky levels of growth, in reality the consortium of companies must carefully navigate the many stipulations of the Chinese government, while at the same time staying focused on the most at Continue Reading...
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Decreasing the health care-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) is a goal that most hospitals and doctors are trying to do. The purpose of this project was to create a gathering count starting Continue Reading...
Perodic Performance Review Periodic Performance Review Discuss the current compliance status of the healthcare facility The Hospital works towards ensuring safety of the patients through the development of values and principles guiding professiona Continue Reading...
Physicians must possess proper licensing and go through a myriad of processes in order to qualify to practice medicine. The state of California as it pertains to physicians does not have a specific language within its state statute, neither its admin Continue Reading...
True Are Claims that the Medical Profession Exercises Undue Dominance Over Health Professionals and Patients? The objective of this study is to answer the question of how true the claims are that the Medical Profession exercises undue dominance ove Continue Reading...
Nursing Assessment Taking the history of a patient is a crucial aspect of patient assessment and treatment. A good history can mean the difference between a successful patient outcome and unsatisfactory outcomes. However, taking a complete and usefu Continue Reading...
This is because individuals, especially those with families, view a health plan as an essential hedge against risk of catastrophic illness or injury. The public option will cap the price of insurance, so that buyers are no longer price takers above Continue Reading...
The relatives in this case state that they know the woman's wishes, and they have her regular health care provider to back their statement. Thus, it seems in the case that the on-call physician would not be in error, should he remove the support of Continue Reading...
Mrs. E (Kluge 2005, pp. 191). This does not apply to this situation, however, as Jack's competency for decision making is only temporarily impaired, and he will still be caring for himself by and large for the foreseeable future. Thus, a considerat Continue Reading...
Nursing Concept Theoretical Background One of the complexities of 21st century medicine is the evolution of nursing care theories in combination with a changing need and expectation of the stakeholder population. Nurses must be advocates and commun Continue Reading...
Consider the case of Mr. a, the irrational quadriplegic who has little movement from the neck down, and lives in a nursing home. He is irrational in his behavior, and often demands very explicit forms of treatment, and then rejects or refuses these Continue Reading...
At the same time, optimized care is mandated by the medical code of ethics. If older people are therefore sufficiently able to function independently, access to care should be available to them, because this is their preference, and professionals ha Continue Reading...
Freedom and Moral Responsibility in Hospice and Palliative Services The different ethical theories Decision making within the medical field and provision of palliative services is influenced by three ethical theories. The theories are respect for a Continue Reading...
Risk Management A Vital Component in the Governance of Health Care Institutions Risk exists in any endeavor. Many people drive every day risking a traffic collision, others live in areas where the risk of spring tornados is extreme, and still other Continue Reading...
Applying "Ethical conflicts for new financial planners" to nursing The healthcare industry is increasingly faced with demands that it operate more like a for-profit business with a careful eye upon cutting costs. Reviewing managerial concepts intend Continue Reading...
Medication Error Medical errors cost lives, and they cost health care organizations valuable resources. Nurses are often confused about their ethical as well as legal obligations, especially with a complex, constantly changing, global healthcare mar Continue Reading...
Jody Smith: Application of the Moral Model… Applying Ethical Decision Making Model "Jody Smith Case Study: Application of Thiroux's Moral Model" The decision making model that will be applied in this work is the Moral Model (Thiroux 1977) an Continue Reading...
b. The nurse must ascertain the status of a health care proxy and other mandates by the patients request such as DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders, etc. c. The mental stability of the patient may need to be reviewed to ascertain whether such decisio Continue Reading...
Hospital Case Study In any case study, it is important to gather information concerning the topic, or "case," and then ask three questions. The questions are, "What's going on right now?," "What can we do about it?," and "What can we do about it?" Continue Reading...
Assisted Suicide When we think of assisted suicide, most of us immediately think of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist who was sentenced to two terms of imprisonment in 1999 for helping a man suffering from a terminal disease to die (Humphr Continue Reading...
Ethical-Legal Dillema in Advanced Nursing Practice Ethical-Legal Dilemma involving a Patient in Emergency Department (ED) The case study discussed in this paper presents ethical-legal principles in nursing which protects patient's privacy, confiden Continue Reading...
Samson is herself a minority and half of the nursing staff in the office are non-white. One of the senior doctors is Latino. Samson helped staff trace some of the office miscommunications to a lack of cultural sensitivity. Diversity issues are on th Continue Reading...
Critical Thinking Case Study Faith Community Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital and has a mission statement which is interpreted by everyone the way the want to interpret it. Their mission statement compels them to provide health care services an Continue Reading...
Multicultural Supervision CROSSING COLOR BARRIERS Ethical and Legal Concerns Section I of the ACA (2014) Code of Ethics on Resolving Ethical Issues mandates professional counselors to behave ethically and to obey the law. They are fully aware that Continue Reading...
Nurse Patient Ratios and Quality of Care This study reviews the broad level of issues that surround the nurse/patient ratio: a critical shortage of trained and experienced nurses; increased political and fiscal demands from all sectors of society; r Continue Reading...
Pressure Ulcers/Case Study Bedsores are also known as pressure ulcers. They are lesions that are primarily caused when soft tissues are pressed against bone for a long period of time, restricting blood flow to the area. These often occur when a pati Continue Reading...
Karen Ignagni, AHIP's president asserts that 77% of all Americans are satisfied with their health insurance coverage. However, the same June survey by the New York Times and CBS News cited by Ignagni also found that 72% of all Americans support the Continue Reading...
Organ Transplantation Denying Mrs. Burgone the organ transplant could be ethically justified under certain conditions and circumstances. However, denying her organ transplantation surgery under these circumstances is not one of those instances and c Continue Reading...
