It should further consider ethical consultation‚ a valid second or third opinion‚ and best-for-the-patient policy. He has to evaluate and examine the potential and probable best future for the patient. Brock (1991) stated that this condition relies upon ethical judgments and moral values. As the patient is unable to decide for himself‚ it is the substitute decision maker’s duty to determine what’s
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Ethical Practice in Nursing S.Z‚ a 65 year old Hispanic male‚ is being discharged from hospital after being admitted with a blood sugar of 589. He has been seeing a curandero to manage his diabetes mellitus type II‚ hyperlipidemia‚ and osteoarthritis. He has not taken his prescription medications for these chronic conditions‚ but instead takes traditional medicines the curandero tells him to take. His daughter approaches the nurse with her concerns over her father’s heath and asks the nurse if
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The past eight weeks has been a crash course in the ethical decision making in nursing. It has been an opportunity to reflect upon experiences in my own career as well as stories shared by other nursing professionals. The nursing process is a set of steps used by nurses to collect data‚ make assessments and a plan of care to meet the health care needs of the patient. (The 5 Steps of the Nursing Process‚ 2016). During this process there are a number of conclusions which are made. It is the nurse’s
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The ethical dilemma This case presents an ethical dilemma‚ a situation which arises when one must choose between mutually exclusive alternatives (Beauchamp& Walters‚ 2003). Decisions may have results that are desirable in some respects and undesirable in others. In Juana ’s case‚ her decision to refuse the blood transfusion had the desired outcome of allowing her to remain true to her religious beliefs. However‚ her choice also resulted in her death. If she had followed the recommendation of
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Ethical decision making model Ethical decision making model has three components namely knowledge‚ skill‚ and attitude. When an ethical dilemma is presented to nurse both nursing and ethical knowledge are activated . The initial primary concern of the nurse is to understand the nature of the nursing problem. When the nursing problem is clarified‚ the nurse proceeds to consider the ethical aspects of the case( Harasym ‚2013). . Figure (3) Harasym
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Forms of breach of contract and the remedies that can be used. Table of contents: Introduction Contracts as a whole Forms of breach of contracts Remedies Introduction: As long as human kind can remember contracts has been in the existence. Goods were exchanged in order to survive. Therefore a contract can be described as an agreement between two (or more) people where one person offers to do something and another person accepts that offer. So when someone agrees to sell and
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HITECH ACT is the Breach Notification Rule. A HIPPA rule that requires HIPAA covered entities (CE) and their business associates (BA) to provide notification following a breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI) (HHSwebsite). CE and BA must notify U.S department of Health and Human Services (HHS)‚ some situations the media‚ and all individuals whose PHI has been breached (hhswebsite). Plus‚ all notifications must be made no later than 60 days after the discovery of the breach (bok). So‚ what
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ThConfidentiality is a key ethical and legal principle governing health care practice. Confidentiality is recognised as a requirement of practice for all health professions in: 1. Health Services Act 1988 (Vic); 2. Contracts of employment; 3. Professional Codes of Conduct; Rationale for confidentiality 1. Respect for patient autonomy An important principle in health care ethics is respect for patient autonomy. This principle emphasises a person’s right to have control over their own life. This
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1. A nursing facility is a long-term care option for those needing care. The services offered are multidisciplinary and is not limited to nursing homes‚ which only includes housing‚ medical care‚ food‚ and daily assistance. A nursing facility includes medical and social care because it encourages rehabilitation and autonomy. A nursing home relates to a nursing facility because primary care is provided by nurses and services offered in a nursing home is similar to facilities but are limited. Nursing
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The first chapter that I highly enjoyed reading about was chapter six‚ Ethical and Legal Issues. Nurses should be aware of the Ethics and Legal issues when dealing with patients at the hospital because if a certain scenario comes up‚ then the nurse will have to address and figure out the solution. The issue that stood out the most was Confidentiality. Every patient’s information‚ like medical records‚ needs to be kept confident within team members. Patients have the option to communicate to the
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