CARE PLAN Patient details: Jean is 86 year old female with heart problems‚ chronic back pain‚ Alzheimer’s‚ suicide attempts and continual thoughts of suicide and depression. Activities of daily living | Assessed needs | Support and care provided | Outcome of plan | Maintaining a safe environment | Jean has had three overdoses of painkillers and been going out and forgetting where she lives and is no longer able to live on her own. | To ensure Jean’s safety she has been referred for psychiatric
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ACS Code of Ethics Case Studies & Related Clauses to the Code of Conduct Australian Computer Society July 2012 Title ACS Code of Ethics Case Studies & Related Clauses to the Code of Conduct Authors Committee on Computer Ethics Mike Bowern Version History Date Document Version Revision History (reason for change) Author /Reviser July 2012 2.0 ACS Branding Sarah Li Approvals Date approved Version Approved By Date in force Date of Next Review To be confirmed 17 July 2012
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ETHICS DEFINITION The branch of philosophy that deals with the distinction between right and wrong‚ with the moral consequences of human action ( Stedman’s Dictionary) Principles in Medical Ethics Informed Consent Common Law Confidentiality PRINCIPLES IN MEDICAL ETHICS 1. 2. 3. 4. Autonomy Beneficence Non-maleficence Justice RESPECT FOR AUTONOMY Respect for the individual and their ability to make decisions with regard to their own health and future. Eg. Patient has the right to refuse/choose
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Hospice Care Florence SC is looking for a qualified Administrative Assistant. The job description is to assist administrative functions of the office. This may include analytical duties such as creating spreadsheets and presentations and working closely to the supply list. Interpersonal duties such as making telephone calls and receiving visitors. Managerial duties using Intranet and using computer software. Two years of college or business school is required. McLeod Health is looking for a qualified
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BSB111 – Business Law and Ethics Semester 1 2010 ETHICS CASE STUDY QBank offered Jen a substantial amount of money for the premises of her florist shop. However‚ this will all come at the cost of her two employees Diane and Helen losing their jobs in the shop. Therefore‚ it seems Jen faces an ethical dilemma‚ particularly because she promised her employees that she would keep them on. By looking at key relevant ethical theories a decision can be made that best suits Jens situation. Egoism
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The primary focus of hospice care is to promote comfort and dignity at the end of life (Torphy‚ Burke‚ & Golub‚ 2012). In hospice care‚ it is one of the nurse’s job to ensure that the patient gets adequate pain relief. However‚ this can be difficult to implement in an outpatient setting. In the scenario provided‚ the patient’s family is preventing the patient from being medicated properly. This issue of family control over the patient’s medication can lead to a couple of possible negative situations
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From the ward you are practicing in choose an operation that was done to patient for whom you have given nursing care. From your experience describe the indications and purpose for this operation and the salient post-operative nursing care. Arthritis is one of the leading causes of femoral fractures especially in the elderly. It may also be caused by trauma or injury‚ starting from simple falls to more extensive such as a fall from height. Indeed‚ a femoral fracture affects hip movement as it
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The buyers entered this market at a right time and maybe to late but based on the technology jump they are making it was perfect time. Inly problem being is health care plan act passed by Obama is hurting profits due to not getting the insurance money that they get from the past but are getting the minimum pay from the act. This has hurt hospitals‚ ER‚ and even private doctors. The act is great for the patience but for the business it hurt you lose money when you are saving lives and can’t pay for
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Final Paper: Moral Theory and Ethics in Human Stem Cell Research Stem cells give the field of medicine amazing possibilities in research and development. These special cells have the capability to possibly correct and prevent Alzheimer ’s‚ Parkinson ’s‚ multiple sclerosis‚ spinal cord injuries (Reaves‚ 2001). Stem cell research is based on two areas; the adult stem cell and the human embryonic stem cell. The ethical and legal issues arise on the area of human embryonic stem cell. This topic
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Utilitarianism‚ Kantian Ethics‚ Natural Rights Theories‚ and Religious Ethics A “utilitarian” argument‚ in the strict sense‚ is one what alleges that we ought to do something because it will produce more total happiness than doing anything else would. Act utilitarianism (AU) is the moral theory that holds that the morally right action‚ the act that we have a moral duty to do‚ is the one that will (probably) maximize “utility” (happiness‚ welfare‚ well-being). AU is not to be confused with egoism
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