Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing NUR/391 Sharon Little-Stoetzel February 17‚ 2013 Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Within the profession of Nursing there are many decisions and clinical vignettes that will play out. This paper will depict an end of life case study‚ which will be explored. When reviewing each case study there are two nursing actions for how end of life care is viewed and carried out‚ according to the American Association Code of Nursing Ethics. Throughout
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Marissa Meyer NUR/391 Nov. 24‚ 2014 Sharon Berry Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Throughout a nurse’s professional career‚ many difficult ethical and legal situations will arise. Since nurses are given the unique privilege of caring for patients and their families‚ it is important to uphold certain professional standards. The American Nursing Association (ANA) Code of Nursing Ethics provides a foundation on which a nurse should conduct her professional life
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Assessment Tool Analysis NUR/440 Week 3 January 1‚ 2014 Assessment is a vital aspect of nursing care. Assessment is the first phase of the nursing process. A thorough assessment involves gathering information and data about and related to the patient. The data that is collected includes physiological‚ psychological‚ environmental‚ sociocultural‚ economical‚ spiritual‚ and developmental history of the patient. Data may be objective or subjective. Objective data refers to the measurable
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Why is epidemiology important in the study of health and disease in communities? Provide an example from current literature or a news article noting an epidemiologic study. Epidemiology is a health activity that is aimed at protecting and improving the health of a population or community. Epidemiological gather information for studies that can help community decision makers utilize community‚ local‚ state‚ and national level resources to prevent‚ control disease outbreaks‚ and analyze prevention
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mass media‚ better referred to as philosophies of the mass media are the tenets that regulate the affairs of the mass media in any particular country. The democratic-participant theory and development media theory are of special important to us here because they are theories tailored to suit developing nations. Democratic-participant theory is a type of theory that emphasizes and supports the media multiplicity‚ local nature of the media‚ horizontal media involvement and interaction. Propounded by
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Module 2 Assignment: Read-Only Participants: A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes Article Summary Grand Canyon University: UNV-501: Introduction to Graduate Studies in the College of Education 9/9/2013 Read-Only Participants: A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes Article Summary INTRODUCTION In the article titled "Read-only participants; a case for student communication in online classes" discusses how important community and communication is
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Amy Santus RN BSN HCS/571 October 3‚ 2011 Debra Vaughn Increasing pressures of cutting costs and improving the quality of care in health care services influences the management of the health care organization to implement the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) within their daily routines. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are a set of uniform accounting guidelines health care organizations follow
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University of Phoenix Material Personal and Professional Challenges Matrix Worksheet Use the following matrix to describe three personal and three professional challenges. For each challenge‚ describe time and stress management techniques along with personal development resources that may help a nurse overcome these challenges. Personal Challenge Time Management Technique Stress Management Technique Personal Development Resources Example: Balancing work and family responsibilities Use a calendar
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Educational Mission Statement Christopher Chow Nurs/588 January 19‚ 2015 Mary Martin Educational Mission Statement Mission statements are used to symbolize the goals that an organization is trying to reach or obtain. The mission statement will help guide the way on how the organization should practice and also provide a complete structure of their practice. The Entrepreneur website defines a mission statement as “A sentence describing a company’s function‚ markets and competitive advantages; a
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CASE BRIEF Communications Law & Ethics 1. Title and Citation Denver Area Educational Consortium v. FCC ‚ 518 U.S. 727 2. Facts of the Case Various regulations implementing the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act‚ which regulated indecent and obscene programming on cable television‚ violated the free speech rights of cable access programmers and cable television viewers under the First Amendment. 3. Issues It involves three sections of the Cable Television Consumer
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