The legal aspects of nursing will directly affect how the patients are cared for by the nurse’s. As a licensed nurse, it is very important that you know the legal concepts of your chosen profession. Since the nursing profession was the one decided on then you are held accountable for your actions. Accountability is extremely important in the nursing practice as well as the law. (Berman, 2012) Currently there are two reasons that knowledge of laws is important in the nursing practice. The reasons
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From Nightingale to Now: The Evolution of Nursing and Nursing Theory Student Name Professor Name Course Name and Number School Name Date The profession of nursing has come a long way in the past century.
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Laura Dittmer Marie Peckman Tracy Taylor Melissa Jacoby NUR/391 2/17/2014 University of Phoenix The America Nurses Association Code of Ethics provides a guideline to follow in a case that involves ethical dilemmas. In the case of Marianne, the ethical issues that arise is providing enough information for the family so they can make a decision on Marianne’s care. According to the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, a nurse must practice with
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more than fifty latent and active failures that occurred throughout the series of events that lead to the infant’s death that began with the pharmacists and ended with the nursing staff. The laws that were broken in this case weren’t in the hands of a single individual or component however; there were liable parties: nursing staff, pharmacist, manufacturer, physician, health department, and hospital administration. Laws Broken The administration of a medication act is when a single dose of a
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confidential; some examples include: domestic violence, child abuse, rape, psychiatric evaluations, and communicable diseases. These situations if not taken care of could cause more harm to the patient. Knowing your ethical principles and nursing code of ethics allows for the nurse to make a moral and ethical decision based on the five basic principles without breaching confidentiality and doing what is morally and ethically right for the patient. A patient’s trust is sacred and breaching that
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The nursing profession is one that is based on ethics and morality. The portrayal of the profession in the media elicits an atmosphere of unethical and immoral behaviors being demonstrated by actors. The depiction of nursing in a negative manner began in early literature. Sairy Gamp, a midwife created by Charles Dickens in "Martin Chuzzlewit," was depicted as unclean, uneducated, untrained and unreliable. Beginning in the 1960’s, nurses began to be portrayed as sexual, romantic, and cast
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Nursing Education Program Funding Health Policy Capella University MBA 6275 May 24, 2015 Nursing Education Program Funding Health Policy Health Policy Topic & Problem There is a need to support education programs such as Title VIII funding in FYs 2015 and 2016 (AANP, 2015). It is vital that Congress preserve funding for nurse practitioners educational programs, traineeships, and Nurse Managed Clinics. Congress must reduce federal spending through the Division of Nursing in the Bureau
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but rather as an individual choice regarding how to end one’s life. Although, euthanasia remains banned in many countries worldwide. The act of euthanasia has adverse ethical implications in nursing, as nurses are prohibited from participating in assisted suicide because it violates the code of ethics for nursing practice (ANA, 2001) which states that a nurse’s ethical goal and obligation is to provide humane and compassionate care to patients and respect their rights. This includes the provision of
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Running head: ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS IN PRACTICE Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice Grand Canyon University May 9, 2012 Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice Patient confidentiality is part of the Nursing Code of Ethics and it is a nurses’ duty to uphold confidentiality of patient information (American Nurses Association, 2012). However, there are certain situations in which a confidentiality breach is acceptable, such as when a patient voices harm to themselves or others
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focuses on the obligation or duty in motivating the decision or the actions of the consequences. This depends on the respect, rights, and fairness. This approach brings up issues related to duty, rights, moral standards, and the principles. Virtue ethics approach focus on the integrity of the individuals and the moral of the community. In order to identify the issues of the ethical actions this act centers instead of agent centered. With this professional community will help to identify ethical issues
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