Analysis of a Case Study Community Health Nursing - NUR 311 November 01, 2015 Abstract This paper examines the role of a home care nurse in the case of a patient who is non-compliant with care and lacks knowledge about his medical condition. Nurses have numerous legal, professional and ethical duties. The three main duties are to respect all patients’ confidentiality and autonomy and to recognize duty of care owed to all patients. This paper will explore the ethical dilemma involved with
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University: Professional Dynamics NRS-430V November 15, 2014 The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) rolled out and became the largest healthcare transformation the United States had since the development of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965. Under this system all Americans would have access to health care. Because of this legislation there are now more than 32 million more people that have access to health care. In our ever evolving healthcare, Nurses, who are the largest group in our nation’s
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Ethics & Credibility in Business Communications Anya K Taylor COM/295 August 20, 2015 When conducting research on the unethical practices of doctors, research was found that physician leaders in hospitals were very concerned about the unethical violations and the business practices that was effecting U.S health services. “Ultimately the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE), conducted a survey and found high percentages of physician leaders are either "very concerned" or "moderately
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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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Health Care System in Turmoil Alice Felton MHA 622 Healthcare Ethics & Law Dr. Teresita Gonzalez August 5, 2012 Health Care System in Turmoil The current health care system in the United States is in turmoil for many years because of two major problems which continues to be: patient access to care and the cost of care. There are well over 50 million Americans who continue to be uninsured today and a national health care tax called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
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Business Research Ethics By: xx Class: RES/351 Due Date: 16 December 2013 Instructor: xx In July 2012, GlaxoSmithKline agreed to plead guilty and to pay $3 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion of certain prescription drugs. GlaxoSmithKline committed unethical behavior by neglecting to turn in all research on their pharmaceuticals. By them not turning in all the research it hid some information that was critical to rather or not
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One can argue that the changing landscape of Health Care can be attributed to the variety of factors, depending on how it impacts the industry in its delivery, administration, systems development, education, consumer’s responses, business competitive environment, and so on. These influencing forces range from technology advances, consumer behavior, political pressures, and globalization, to name a few. Comprehensive quantitative and qualitative evaluation is needed to determine the affects of these
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Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) became health care law on March 23, 2010, with the most major provisions to be phased in by January 2014. One significant feature of this legislation is a new provision for preventive care services. Cogan (2011) notes “By requiring … health plans to provide evidence-based preventive services with no out-of-pocket costs, and the PPACA transforms the U.S. public and private health care financing systems into vehicles for promoting public health” (p.355). This report
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Accountability inside the health care industry Accountability by definition can best be described as “the perception of being held answerable for one’s actions or decisions” (Gelfand, Lim, and Raver, 2004, pg. 138). Unfortunately, for some Americans the terms “accountability” or “accountability standards” appear to be nothing more than cleverly marketed buzzwords that are used to fool imprudent consumers into a believing that there is a system of proper checks and balances within American businesses
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Doe v Medlantic Health Care Group Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on May 07, 2014, for Ann Nevers M230 Medical Law and Ethics Course. Doe v Medlantic Health Care Group When a patient comes into the doctors’ office or hospital, they trust the employees to handle their medical records professionally. When a patient’s personal medical information gets released to people who should not know about that information, it can lead to very serious consequences and even
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