Ethical and Legal Issues Impacting Professional Practice Angela Dunbar Arizona State University Ethical and Legal Issues Impacting Professional Practice According to Code of Ethics for Nurses‚ the nurse in all professional relationships‚ practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity‚ worth of uniqueness of every individual‚ unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status‚ personal attributes‚ or the nature of health problems ("Code of Ethics for Nurses‚" 2001‚ p
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Involuntary civil commitment is related to competency in terms of hospitalization for individuals with psychological or psychiatric issues against their will. All states in U.S allow such commitment on emergency and extended situations. In general‚ the statute allows an emergency commitment of 3 to 10 days and an extensive commitment for 3 to 6 months depending on recommitment events. With some variations throughout the states‚ the party striving for the commitment has to probe by clear and substantial
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UNIT 1: Legal‚ Ethical‚ and Digital Environment Chapter 1: Legal Heritage and the Information Age US law is primarily based on English common law‚ and other legal systems‚ such as Spanish and French civil law. ← Sources of law are the US Constitution‚ state constitutions‚ federal and state statutes‚ ordinances‚ administrative agency rules and regulations‚ executive orders‚ and judicial decisions by federal and state courts. ← Businesses organized in the US are subject to its laws and the
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International Legal and Ethical Issues Simulation Summary Robert A. Nelson LAW/421 May‚ 14 2012 International Legal and Ethical Issues Simulation Summary Any company entering into agreement that may involve international business activities should be fully aware of any changes to international legislations and laws that pertain to their business (Melvin‚ 2011). Above all other aspects of conducting a successful business abroad understanding the laws of the country one are operating
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS A1. The stability and predictability of the law is essential to business activities. ANSWER: T PAGE: NAT: AACSB Analytic B1. 2 TYPE: AICPA Critical Thinking = An important function of the law is to provide jurisprudence. ANSWER: F PAGE: NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking 2 TYPE: AICPA N Critical A2. Law is a body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society. ANSWER: T
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nurses to provide safe quality of care. Should nurses fail to uphold certain standards and by doing so cause harm or injury to the client‚ they would be held liable in the tort of negligence. Description of a practical situation which raised ethical issues: Mr Lim 70 years old has been hospitalised for medical treatment with the diagnosis of chronic heart failure. He was ordered intravenous therapy by Dr Peter the medical resident. Nurse Su questions the order because it is for an infusion of Dextrose
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Capstone CheckPoint PSY/265 Friday‚ August 24‚ 2012 Axia College I will be discussing the media’s portrayal of sexuality in various ways which are as follows; I the positive and negative effects that the media involvement has played in adolescent’s lives as well as how all this has affected my own personal life also. The effects of media portrayal of sexuality on adolescent’s sexual lives are enormous because‚ media in our society today portrays acts of sexuality as routine
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ETHICAL/LEGAL ISSUES IN COUNSELING PRCATICE ETHICAL STANDARDS The importance of knowing the contents of professional codes of conduct and the purposes and limitations of such codes is essential to the understanding of ethical and legal issues in counseling. school counselors should have at least a basic understanding of their ethical responsibilities ‚ necessarily provide answers to the many specific dilemmas that practitioners will face. When the standards do not
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“People obey authority out of respect‚ while they obey power out of fear.” Power and authority are interpreted in many different ways. Authority is respected and recognized‚ where as power is used to exploit and manipulate situations simply to gain control or sway judgments. In some scenarios‚ power and authority are essentially indistinguishable‚ in others; one is taken advantage of by the other to dominate. E.g. Power may use authority to gain control and respect. I do not agree with this
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Addressing International Legal and Ethical Issues Simulation Disagreements are very common in international trade. Whenever a company enters into a contract with an international entity‚ it must ensure that the contract is legally enforceable in order to protect the company’s interest. This paper deals with such international problems faced by a hypothetical company‚ CadMex Pharma based in Tampa Florida‚ which teams-up with another hypothetical company‚ Gentura based in a small developing country
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