Ethics Case Study Tina Marie Gaddie HCS 335 Edna Wilkerson June 20,2011 Ethics Case Study It is important to understand that in this case, valium is not an anti-depressant because it can actually cause or worsen the patient’s depression. Another issue to understand is that Jerry does not have any authority to provide medical prescriptions. According to medical law and ethics, the doctors or other authorizing people such as PA or LNP must approve all medication refills. What Jerry could do is
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Ethics plays a vital role within the healthcare field by providing a shared framework in which the healthcare professional functions. There are many different health disciplines, each one with a separate and specific code of ethics. To better understand how ethics guides the behavior of the different health disciplines, the Codes of Ethics for the Travel Allied Healthcare Professional, Health Education Professional, and the Healthcare Ethics Consultant were compared to AHIMA’s Code of Ethics.
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Sally was a competent 62-year-old, who called paramedics because she was becoming more short of breath. The paramedics brought Sally to emergency room because she wanted to be “less short breath.” (Section 6 of the Hippocratic Oath, right base ethics: Sally should be treated as an individual person and not as a cancer patient.) People get scared and panic when they cannot breathe. Sally has the right to informed consent in treatment decisions. The attending physician should not sign the DNR
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healthcare providers. The minute a patient walks into a health care setting they feel a trusting bond with the providers and expect reciprocation. The U.S. department of health and human services has the office of civil rights which imposes the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act” (HIPAA) which protects patient information. Breaches of confidentiality are taken seriously by the office of civil rights and any breach of unsecured health information will be analyzed, and the person responsible
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Reporting Practices and Ethics Nicole Anderson HCS/405 March 16, 2015 Joe Gazdik Reporting Practices and Ethics According to The Chron, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are accounting standards used in the United States that allow the recording and reporting of financial information in a uniform manner (2015). As a benefit Companies can ease the burden of comparing financial statements by using GAAP. GAAP also aids in health care to establish creditworthiness of the business
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Professional Values and Ethics GEN 200 Professional Values and Ethics What is Ethics? Ethics can be defined as a branch of Philosophy that questions about morality, concepts of good and evil, right or wrong and justice. Then what is Professional Values? Professional Values can be the guide or beliefs that influence a person in a work behavior. Personal values are also related to your professional value because this is the person’s core belief. Professional values may change but the
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ensure the welfare and health of the public are protected. The board of nursing is an example of a regulatory agency. They outline standards for safe nursing care. They also issue licenses to practice nursing. They monitor all nurses who possess a license to make sure compliance is being met with the laws that are put in place by the state. This agency will take action against a nurse who is found to be non compliant with these laws. They protect the public’s health and welfare, making sure
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In nursing, many legal and ethical decisions must be made as part of the profession. There are many tools that nurses can use including the America Nursing Association (ANA) Code of Ethics. Nursing staff should listen to patient’s personal and societal values, and know the legal aspects and responsibilities that relate to this profession. In the first case study, a family has had a tragedy where the mother has had a hemorrhagic stroke, and her outcome looks bleak. As a nurse, first the first responsibility
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profession is very complex. Every day nurses deal with patients and medical care. There are some days when ethics and legal issues play a role. We were given examples of the legal complexities of nursing through two case studies we were to evaluate. For this paper we will discuss the legal responsibilities of nursing, how personal and societal values can influence ethical decision-making and how the ANA’s Code of Nursing Ethics would influence the final decisions.
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Health Care System Evolutions Paper University of Phoenix History and Overview of the U.S. Health Care System HCS 310 Karen Solorio February 16, 2009 Introduction on Code of Ethics In today’s current business environment, many challenges are in demand for the professional conduct of special healthcare specialty. I will review Manitoba Chiropractors’ Association Code of Ethics. I will review and discuss certain guidelines such as their clarity of goals
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