In the late 1800s Florence Nightingale established the foundation of nursing ethics (?????). Making care of the patient the foremost important ethical duty of the patient (??????). As health care today has become more complex and challenging the fundamental principles of Florence Nightingale’s ethical principles are still in use today (??????). Over the years the adoption of more formal codes of ethics, the American Nurses Association and the International Council of Nurses, were established to guide
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Running Head: EITHICAL FRAMEWORK Ethical Framework Grand Canyon University: NRS437V June 14, 2010 Ethical Framework As a professional health care worker, the implication confidentiality breach regarding ethical dilemmas are significant to nurse and patient. The information disclosed can cause problems on a personal and professional level. Breach of confidentiality occurs when the heath care work discloses the patient's medical or personal information without the patient's informed written
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create ethical dilemmas. Disclosure of information can cause problems on a personal, legal and professional level. The ethical need for confidentiality in nursing is vital, due to the need to establish mutual trust between the nurse and the patient. When this relationship is established the patient would be more comfortable in discussing personal matters such as their sex life and other things considered taboo if they know that their information would remain confidential. Several ethical implications
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profession of nursing. "A single initial degree cannot provide a nurse with all he or she will need to know over an entire career. Creating an expectation and culture of lifelong learning for nurses is therefore essential." (Institute of Medicine, 2011). Not only is lifelong learning essential in our career, it is our own responsibility, as nurses, to acquire and participate in lifelong learning. Standards of care, scope of practice, and codes of ethics, among many other aspects in nursing, are constantly
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Proposal to: Mayor and Chief Medical Officer Proposal Title: Nursing Care Center By: Nightingale Nurse Recruit, Nursing Director: Anesta Parris; Medical Information Technology Directors: Dawn Froemel & Ernestina Ayon; Laboratory Services Director: Andrea Dabney April 12, 2013 Introduction Please accept this proposal for the new Riverview Hospital Nursing Care Center. Key health care directors have contributed to this plan. Each director’s perspective is shared as related to his/her
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researching both entities, a Professional Nursing Mission Statement outlines the valuable characteristics of both establishments with specific roles that are entailed in each one and how they interpret the meaning of quality of care. A: Functional Differences A regulatory agency such as the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services assists with the regulation and upholding of licensure requirements for delivery of competent care within the nursing profession. Laws that are written and
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There are many issues that arise when the patient privacy is concerned. In August of 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) were passed into law (Van der Aa, 2000). The law is intended to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system by standardizing how to exchange data for specific administrative and financial transactions, while protecting the security and confidentiality of that information (Van der Aa, 2000). The areas addressed for HIPPA are:
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-l.' Nursing Trends: That I foresee in the year 2020 In the last thirty five years, nursing care has branched out from strictly clinical, hospital and nursing home setting to other areas. Due to strict health insurance payment guidelines, patients today are being sent home from the hospitals faster and sicker. This in turn increases the demand for more nursing care in the home. A lot of today's nurses are filling this need between the patient’s home and the
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Voluntary /Physician-Assisted-Suicide (Euthanasia) has been one of the most debated and controversial issues in the healthcare system for decades now. Its practice was not widely supported by healthcare providers because of the need to retain trust in society and their patients at large. It was banned as a practice two thousand years ago, as it was viewed as a murder. Nevertheless, some modern societies no longer see it as a crime, but rather as an individual choice regarding how to end one’s life
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exception, the Carter decision represents a profound change to Canadian law. Nurses may now expect to receive more questions from patients and their families related to end-of-life care. It is important for nurses to understand the law and professional nursing standards relating to end-of-life care as they currently exist and as they may develop. The Carter ruling will take effect on Feb. 6, 2016. The Supreme Court suspended the operation of its ruling to allow the federal government time to consider its
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