an uninsured homeless patient. The uninsured homeless patient may need medication to relieve a symptom from an STD disease in order to mitigate an undesirable symptom. The Nurse may cause discomfort. While providing care to the homeless patient‚ Nonmaleficence must be balanced by beneficence. The Nurses intent is to provide a treatment to the homeless patient which benefits the patient must outweigh the discomfort caused. The Nurses intent must be to help the homeless patient‚ not
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My name is Marcus Molyneux‚ I am a Physical Therapist at Ascend Rehabilitation writing with much concern of Max who is a 21 year old patient of mine. Max has recently suffered from an incomplete T12 spinal cord injury due to a motor vehicle accident. Before the accident Max was involved in school and was pursuing a B.S. in Finance while also being a star quarterback‚ and an excellent cross country runner at Hill Valley University. Max had also participated in clubs that dealt with the methods and
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effects. The research assistance approach the patient and request his signature on an informed consent document to participate in the research protocol. Due to the brevity of the conversation‚ the research assistance was unaware of the patient illiteracy and did not use any translator to notify the potential risk and benefit of the participation. Patient though that it was the part of his treatment process and he willingly signed the document. When the patient came for follow up after two week‚ it was
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That is what two elementary students asked for from their city council‚ an ordinance enforcing the use of Bicycle Safety helmets for children under 12. So on April 25‚ 2002‚ in Richardson‚ Texas‚ the city council had decided against an ordinance requiring bicycle helmets for children under 12. Of course they had their reasons for not passing the request made by two young girls. If they would have taken a serious look at the issue‚ they may have viewed it differently. Assistant City Manager Mike
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Two patients asked the nurse if she could help them change their brief and the nurse was busy in a med pass and told the patient that she would get their aid. We spent the first hour of the shift going over the diabetic patients and finding out what their sugar levels were to be able to properly prioritize the most critical patient before dinner. The LPN that I shadowed did not fill the expectation of cleanliness however. She did not wash her hands once during the shift or between patients (including
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autonomy - not requiring any aspect of religion to govern our moral values. He holds the deontological view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong‚ regardless of whether they beget positive or negative consequences. Such absolute rules are described in his 1785 text Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals as categorical imperatives: unconditional moral obligations which we must follow and are bound to as a result of our rationality. His proposal contrasts “hypothetical imperatives”‚ in
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Hypothetical Working Agreement Paper Freydia is a 27 year old mother of 2 children ages 6 and 9. She has been using crack cocaine for the last four years. Her children have been removed from her care by Child Protective Services and placed with her mother. Freydia has entered a drug program‚ stating she wants to get her kids back. Achieving this goal will require much work on Freydia’s part. As a clinician‚ I design a working agreement outlining a plan of action and defining each of our roles
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Aerobic Treatment In the biological process‚ if the micro organisms (aerobes) use free or dissolved oxygen for the degradation of organic wastes‚ it is named as aerobic treatment. The availability of the oxygen for the working of aerobes as an electron acceptor accelerates the biodegradation significantly and maximized the treatment system capacity. Factors influence on treatment process The microorganisms and their growth are the driving force for the degradation process. To achieve a high rate
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CYMH 5331 Treatment Plan: Diagnosis of Client by Physician/Psychiatrist. Clinical impression by therapist Client Diagnosis (Gary): Gary’s diagnosis is insufficient sleep resulting in a circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder. In addition‚ Gary’s situation means that he is suffering from other factors that may need clinical attention. Certain environment and psychology events because he living in a single-parent family where the sole parent works night shift and is absent for the majority of Gary’s
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Patient Confidentiality The confidentiality of a patient’s medical records has been an ongoing dilemma for healthcare professionals. To put it another way‚ there is a difficulty in discerning the boundaries of one’s duty and his/ her concern with the patients. Be that as it may‚ health care staff should maintain professionalism towards their work through respecting the privacy of the patients. As a matter of fact‚ this promotes the establishment of mutual trust between the health care staff and
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