HCS/335 Ethics Case Study UOP JASON ZERWEKH May 14‚ 2012 “Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium‚ an antidepressant medication‚ called in right away to his pharmacy‚ since he is leaving for the airport in thirty minutes. He says that Dr. Williams is a personal friend
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the incident that would shake an entire town and bring it to its knees. To summarize‚ the Buffalo Creek disaster was when a Buffalo mining company’s reckless actions and lack of precautions caused an outburst of water and sludge to flood over 17 miles. This flood led to the death of 125 people‚ 1200 to be injured and around 4000 people left to be homeless survivors of the disaster. This disaster was caused because Pittston never paid attention to previous incidents and were negligent. Prior to the
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Reflective essay on a case scenario - Rolfe reflective model Reflective Essay This reflective essay will adopt Rolfe ’s model of reflection‚ (Rolfe‚ G et al. 2001) which was derived from Borton ’s developmental model. (Boyd E et al. 1983) The scenario is presented as Appendix 1 and the patient has been anonymised as ‘Lee ’ in accordance with the NMC guidelines (NMC 2008) What? When analysed in overview‚ one can note that the main issues contained in this scenario are that a schizophrenic patient
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nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials. According to the International Business Times (Australia) "Fukushima is not the worst nuclear accident ever but it is the most complicated and the most dramatic disaster.” (IBT‚ 01) On April 2011 The Nuclear Institute rated the disaster a Level 7 “Major Accident” on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The International Nuclear Event Scale How the reactors were damaged An earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on a Richter Scale initially damaged
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Case study 1 – Ralf Pierson (12495986) 1. Question: What HR issues and challenges would need to be addressed by Natural Knibbles? Answer: In order to successfully complete the transition Natural Knibbles is going to make‚ HR managers have to ensure that the stuff is supported during the whole process of transition. It is crucial to maintain the familiar atmosphere and inform the employees formal about the new strategy before rumors are created. This point is essential in order to make sure
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A disaster is a sudden‚ calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human‚ material‚ and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources. Though often caused by nature‚ disasters can have human origins. There can be two kinds of disasters Natural Disaster –naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by onset events which can be geophysical (earthquakes‚ landslides‚ tsunamis
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University of Phoenix Material Ethical Decision Scenario Worksheet Read the following scenario: Shannon is a juvenile probation officer with the Department of Juvenile Justice. Recently‚ she covered her coworker‚ Janet’s client load‚ while Janet was on vacation. Shannon met with several of Janet’s clients. After meeting with clients‚ she discovered a pattern in which the clients would report that they have not seen Janet in 2 to 3 months. However‚ the case files reflected face-to-face contact with
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Case Study on Natural Designs Inc. Jim McMaster is faced with the everyday dilemma of keeping his business running smoothly by conducting presentations to students to capture their enthusiasm on birds and wildlife. Within the few years Mr. McMaster became extremely busy in doing school presentations at various schools as well as running nature camps at his home. This led him to quit his job as a fourth-grade teacher and concentrate on the expansion of his business‚ Natural Designs Inc. On the long-term
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According to the given scenario Mr. Jones is an 82 y/o patient who has been bought to the hospital by his daughter. He is suffering from respiratory distress and several medical conditions. While doctors evaluate Mr. Jones they found he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and that he has gangrene on his right foot. Prompt intervention was needed since Mr. Jones is a diabetic patient. Doctors agree that Mr. Jones must undergo to a below the knee amputation procedure to save his live. Mr. Jones
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Tort Scenarios BUS/415 Introduction In week three we were provided with two scenarios and were asked to analyze the tort actions found in both. The first scenario involves fans and participants at a football game; including a father and son‚ and angry fan‚ stadium workers‚ and other spectators. Actions that transpire include the spilling of beer on one fan by another‚ a shove of one fan of anther‚ a fall‚ injury‚ yelling‚ and repercussions of the stated actions. The second scenario we analyzed
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