Legal & Ethical Issues in Nursing Michelle R. Stelly Term I: Writing Project 2010 Mrs. VanIwaarden 10/11/2010 Nurses are subject to a plethora of legal‚ ethical‚ and professional duties which can be very challenging. These duties are generally considered to be to respect a patient ’s confidentiality and autonomy and to recognize the duty of care that is owed to all patients. As nurses our duties are always professional‚ however there are legal implications if these duties are
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There is a myriad of ethical issues involved in an acute hospital setting where multiple issues may need to be addressed before‚ during‚ and after an admission to an intensive care unit. An Intensive Care Unit lends itself to an environment that is often chaotic with health care professionals busily caring for patients with critical medical needs and family members who are often not prepared for the worst-case scenario‚ especially end-of-life issues. Ethical issues are further complicated when
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Egan (2007) describes counselling as an act of explicit offer of time and expertise‚ involving effective communication skills‚ genuineness and joint problem solving. Beside the application of core counselling skills‚ such as active listening‚ openness and problem solving‚ there are other areas which the counsellor must be aware of for the achievement of a rapport with his/her client. Professional ethical standards serve as a pillar that forms and strengthens a therapeutic relationship if facilitated
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Ethical Issues in Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich is in a car accident that is not her fault and hires attorney Ed Masry to defend her. He gave her the impression that she would be getting a good settlement‚ but she lost the case. She is a single mom of three‚ has no money and is unable to find a job. She blames him for losing the case (due to lack of preparation) and forces her way in to a job at his law firm. Because of the way she dresses and acts‚ nobody takes her seriously and treats her
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based on the true story of a single mother of two‚ played by Charlize Theron struggling to get by after leaving her abusive husband; little did she know that the abuse would continue in her workplace. The beginning of the movie set the tone of the ethical issues that would arise in the Mine. On Josie’s first day on the job‚ her supervisor made a comment about how the doctor that gave her a physical said she looked good without clothes and made his comment to the need for a sense of humor on the job
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What is wrong with thinking about health information technology as merely material objects? o What are some of the ethical issues attendant to health informatics? What kinds of moral/ethical dilemmas arise in this field? o What are/should be the requisite standards of moral character for health informaticians‚ and do current professional guidelines and codes adequately address them? The role that technology plays changes as much as the technology itself. This is because technology and the users interact
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ETHICAL ISSUES WITH ABORTION Abortion is defined as the termination of a pregnancy and the expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival [4]. This definition seems to be blunt and to the point‚ yet the subject of abortion is quite the complex one. There are many people who feel strongly about it and fall on either side of the issue. The problem is it is not as simple as right or wrong‚ black and white‚ good and bad. There is a massive gray area when you talk about life
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What’s so wrong about the word “retard”? Joseph Franklin would say‚“ it means that the rest of you are excluding us from your group. We are something that is not like you and something that none of you would ever want to be. We are something outside the "in" group. We are someone that is not your kind. I want you to know that it hurts to be left out here‚ alone.” Franklin has Down syndrome. The 30 year old who serves as a Global Messenger for the Special Olympics‚ has struggled with the public’s
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other financial services. An unfortunate series of scandals had put its good reputation in a downward spiral. Goldman engaged in a series of scandals from the collapsed of AIG‚ ABACUS-AC1 synthetic CDO‚ and Facebook private investment. What ethical issues had Goldman Sachs disregarded which led to its loss of reputation dilemma? Goldman was accused
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has evaluated her options‚ but she has decided that her only logical option is to have an abortion. She considered giving the baby up for adoption‚ but because of her experience as an adoptee given back to the foster system‚ she does not want to put her child through an abusive childhood. She also considered keeping the child‚ but she is a senior in highschool who works thirty hours per week and is on her way to a prestigious university on a full-ride scholarship. At this point in her life‚ she has
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