HCE 430: Healthcare Ethics Regis University October 10, 2012 Introduction To die with dignity should be a given. Death will present itself to everyone eventually and presumably no one in their right mind would choose not to die with dignity. That being said why is it that so many people who would choose to die a good death are no allowed to. For some people no death is a good death, but that is silly because as everyone knows death is inevitable. No one can escape this fact. The controversy
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receives care in a different location, or when another healthcare provider is responsible of the patient (ACSQHC 2005). The American word “handoff” also signifies the same meaning. Nursing handovers are often being described as a ritual, which stemmed from the medical concept preliminarily in the 1880s, whereby the nursing sister would direct the nurses on duty after hearing reports from the night shift nurses and the doctors’ rounds (Walsh and Ford 1989). The repetitive characteristic of the traditional
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Research Critique: Continuing Education for Nurses There are many degree levels of practicing nurses such as diploma, associates, and baccalaureates. According to Altmann nursing field should engage in lifelong learning process and be primarily composed of baccalaureate degree (2012). Currently only half of the nursing field have a baccalaureate degree or higher. The research article “Nurses’ attitudes toward continuing formal education: A comparison by level of education and geography” (Altmann
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Nurses Association (ANA) recommendations of the decision-making process. According to the ANA’s article Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, “the nurse has three professional resources to inform their thinking and decision-making and guide their practice” (ANA, 2010, p. 7). These three resources are the Code of Ethics, Nursing’s Social Policy Statement, and Scope and Standards of Practice for Nursing. I would hold meetings where staff could attend and practice the skill, if needed. This would help
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Literature Review One nursing issue that I am passionate about is the shortage of nurses. This has been a long standing problem, even in the days of Ms. Florence Nightingale, when she and her nurses "used limited resources to address unlimited wants for healthcare (Cherry & Jacob, 2014)". They did the best they could and were able to improve the soldiers' condition dramatically. Agreeably, the situation is far better today. This topic is of great importance because, a shortage of nurses means
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Ethical decisions In this post I will be reviewing the Case presentation on pg 77 of the Ethics & Issues in contemporary nursing book. I will discuss which ethical principles are involved in this case, the options for the nurse involved, possible outcomes and my own personal thoughts of what I would do. In this case presentation a 17 year old female comes to the local family planning clinic seeking birth control. While performing the evaluation the nurse practitioner notices signs of physical abuse
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Professional Roles & Values Project Heather Cantrell Western Governors University Nursing has evolved over the years to entail more than just caring for another person. The nursing profession encompasses regulatory agencies, professional organizations, theories, values, traits and a code. The following outlines some of what it means to be a nurse. A. Functional Differences The Board of Registered Nurses is an entity set up to protect the public from nurses and to regulate the practice
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Physicians. (2004). Clinical practice guideline: Diagnosis and management of acute otitis media. Retrieved from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/113/5/1451.full This evidence based article is a filtered source and appropriate resource for nursing practice. It establishes comprehensive clinical guidelines to diagnose and manage acute otitis media (AOM), as well as when and how to treat signs and symptoms. It provides a review of multiple research studies and offers recommendations for practice
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Accountability of Nursing Professional GCU Accountability of Nursing Professional NRS-430 April 07, 2011 Accountability of Nursing Professional Every health care member is accountable to their Profession ,Public ,Self,Clients,and health care agency.Accountability means they are able to explain the reasons behind their actions. Accountability facilitates self assessment and assume ownership of job role. Porter-O’Grady & Malloch(2007) replaced respnsibility with accountability
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Ethical dilemmas are common issues that every businessman has to face at their working environment. It is not such an easy task for businessman to have an ethical decision making, to choose what the “right” thing to do. In this following factual scenario, John also has to face some ethical dilemmas in his working environment and have difficulty to find appropriate solution. After a brief summary of the facts, I will discuss some ethical dilemmas which John is confronting and some approaches to ethical
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