To my future colleagues‚ Psychiatric nursing is a challenging career laden with ethical‚ moral‚ and judicial dilemmas. In this letter I hope to equip you with tools to adequately face these inevitable challenges. I will particularly focus on the consideration of ethical principles‚ as I believe they are critical to maintaining your integrity as nurses. This letter will discuss the application of ethical principles in reference to three morally distressing situations outlined in the research Mental
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Legal‚ ethical and operational issues. The NHS is the biggest publicly fundnstedividual with the persons records. Email policies also request that the form of communication should not replace face to face contact as it is still important to maintain personal relationships with colleagues. Ethical issuesed health service in the world and prcompany email addresses as well as their access to the internet whilst in work‚ for example emails mustn’t be used i It is important for the NHS to comply
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Ethical Issues in Health Care Finance Extra Credit Peter Burrows 4-17-14 The topic of ethical issues in every industry is usually interesting because it attracts a significant number of scholars and professionals to argue. This topic becomes even more interesting when it comes to health care financing. Ethical issues in health care financing begin‚ when defining human health. Human health is a basic need (Maharaj and Paul‚ 2011). It does not matter what type of health challenges a person
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Mental health legislation is complex and how this relates to ethical practice is open to critical debate. This essay will focus on some of the key ethical issues when implementing the Mental Health Act 1983 and the amendments to it‚ now called the Mental Health Act 2007. The Human Rights Act 1998 gives right to freedom and liberty (Human Rights Act 1998). Limitations to the right of liberty essentially revolve around three key legal principles in mental health: 1) If you are deemed to have a mental
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Ethical and Legal Issues NUR/391 March 23. 2011 Ethical and Legal Issues Laws are to protect the innocent. Our patients are the innocents when the nurse is to be caring for them. The nurse is expected to care for the patient not only with respect but also with skill and knowledge to perform the job properly and effectively. Two cases affected by the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics are very clear. In the case of the nurse witness‚ her code of ethics clearly states she is to be
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Issue in the Nursing Literature Keeping people alive and functioning physiologically via artificial means of technology leads to much discussion of the terms life and living. Beliefs are that biological functioning is being alive‚ no matter if the person is aware of one’s self or others. This leads to the question of what is quality of life (Burkhardt & Nathaniel‚ 2014). “Quality of life‚ a subjective appraisal of factors that make life worth living and contribute to a positive experience of living
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On April 5‚ on her way home to Otto‚ NC from visiting a friend in Augusta‚ Denise was in a car accident‚ suffering multiple fractures‚ broken bones‚ and a pneumothorax. Three days later‚ while still in hospital‚ she had a stroke. After 18 days in the ICU at AUMC‚ she was discharged and transferred to Select Specialty Hospital in Augusta. Background: My problem began in the ICU with Denise’s estranged grown children‚ Zoe Carlin‚ age 48‚ and Eric Carlin‚ age 46. Denise and I have been happily living
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Ethical Issues Termination of viable fetus for non life-threatening conditions or abortion has become the subject of many debates even up to these days. It is a universal belief that life is sacred and nobody should be deprived of life‚ even the little ones. The fetus is a human form and from the moment of conception‚ it achieves humanity. Therefore‚ it is entitled to live. When one patient decided to undergo abortion‚ I do not know what exactly I should feel. Considering that she is not having
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The friend-or-foe debate over Wal-Mart Is Wal-Mart good or bad? Wal-Mart is bad for our local economy‚ yet we still choose to shop there. As a result the hope of this research is to better frame the friend-or-foe debate over Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is one of the largest retail chains in the world. When Wal-Mart comes to a community‚ it brings along with it a number of significant changes. My research will demonstrate some changes are good and others are not so good.
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Offense Issues The two crimes I have chosen to write about are Homicide and Rape. Technically speaking‚ the offense of Homicide is the unlawful yet unpremeditated voluntary killing of another. This might earn the convicted person of this offense a sentence greater than that of manslaughter (involuntary killing of another)‚ yet lesser than that of murder (voluntary killing of another including premeditation). On the other hand‚ when a crime of Rape has been committed
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