allow him to take vitals‚ treat wounds‚ administer some injections under the supervision of physicians‚ and in a hospital setting monitor patients on catheters and oxygen provisions. Additionally‚ Jerry is a medical assistant and is a multi-skilled health care professional who assists with administrative‚ clerical‚ and technical support in relation to helping the physician. The scope of Jerry’s training is limited to all of the above mentioned duties and none of them mention that he can administer medications
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Nurses make legal and ethical decisions when caring for patients; decisions that need to be made carefully because the decisions could possibly change a patients ’ life. There are theories to explain how to problem solve ethically and the theories are not based on emotion (Guido‚ 2006). This paper will discuss the relationship between legal and ethical issues and ethical theories‚ examples will be provided. Ethics can be described as principles and standards that are a guide to conduct used to elevate
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the health care insurance industry. A group of 20 doctors are considering forming a new medical group and have asked you to prepare a report on whether they should build a facility in an area within 30 miles of the downtown center of your 500‚000 population city for $100 million dollars. Prepare a report for the management team of the doctor’s group on your proposed $100 million expenditure plan reflecting on the key course objectives including the financial‚ legal‚ alternative health care models
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The fundamental legal aspects of each case study Nevertheless of any situation that may get up‚ every nurse has a set standard in place that must be followed. These are nonnegotiable‚ ethical standards‚ obligations and duties that every individual swears to when entering the nursing profession. These standards are all found within the American Nurses Association’s code of Nursing Ethics and Conduct. Whether dealing with patients and families during end of life decision making or dealing with nursing
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Ethical and Regulatory Issues Paper President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 into law in February 1996. The law modified earlier legislation‚ primarily the Communications Act of 1934. The legislation regulates broadcasting by over-the-air television and radio stations‚ cable television operators‚ satellite broadcasters‚ wireline telephone companies (local and long distance) and wireless telephone companies. The general intention of the Act was deregulation and competition. The
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The article I read was about the ethical issues of importance to nurses regarding genetic and genomic health care. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA)‚ genetics‚ the study of genes and its effects‚ has been of great significance to understand rare diseases such as muscular dystrophy. However‚ a new field of study‚ genomics‚ has emerged bringing hope for a more specialized approach to treat disease. Genomics‚ refers to the “study of all the genes in the human genome together‚ including
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Ethical Issues in the Workplace By Jonathan Dough Excelsior College Abstract Problem Employee and Office Ethics: Most companies have at least one problem employee or “bad apple” in the bunch. These bad apples are labeled as problem children‚ the 2 percent‚ or other choice names. The bad apple normally doesn’t fall far from the tree. Meaning‚ the employee is only as good as the office ethics and rules of conduct allow him or her to be. These are issues that Supervisors have to deal with
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Regulatory Issue in Health Care Rannya Abdul-hadi June 8th‚ 2015 Jeanette Fetter Regulatory Issue in Health Care The importance of the healthcare sector cannot be understated as far as the overall wellbeing of any society or country is concerned. Indeed‚ almost every other aspect of any country is dependent on the healthcare sector‚ particularly considering that only individuals that are sufficiently healthy would be capable of undertaking wealth creating activities. Essentially‚ governments
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Ethical Environmental Issues SOC 120: Introduction To Ethics & Social Responsibility 01/18/10 “Ethics is the study of the choices people make regarding right and wrong” (Ruggiero‚ 2008). Environmental ethics‚ it is more of a study about moral relationships of human beings to‚ and also the value and moral status of‚ the environment and its nonhuman contents. Humans have been sharing our lives with nature for many of years; we have to make many ethical decisions with respect to the environment
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Ethical issues in the retail pharmaceutical industry: An analysis of the ethical dilemmas faced within Chaguanas Drug Mart Limited Abstract: The ethical duty of a pharmacy is to promote a patient’s best interest. However‚ certain obvious ethical issues will arise. Within any business involved in bulk purchasing the issue of unconscious theft will also occur. The following paper focuses on the application of ethical theories that supports as well as argues the behavior within Chaguanas Drug Mart
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