Legal Issues in Nursing Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing This paper explores the legal and ethical nursing issues surrounding two different health care case studies. The first case study is regarding the decision-making process of a family for aggressive vs. palliative measures for a patient without advanced directives. The second case study is regarding a nurse’s obligation to report witnessed negligent actions of another nurse being sued in a malpractice case. This paper describes
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Ballance Street Wellington (09) 489 6339 ext 679 jkwintle@gmail.com 26 August 2013 Les Dewitt Chief Executive Officer EarthPrime Incorporated Wellington Dear Mr Dewitt: RE: EarthPrime Communications Report Following the request from Les Dewitt for analysis regarding the issues of communication present within the EarthPrime organisation‚ this report has been created to identify areas of concern‚ and to suggest possible courses of action to improve the current situation. If there is anything
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------------------------------------------------- CAPE Communication Studies Programme ------------------------------------------------- This blog is for students of the Community College of St Vincent & the Grenadines who are to be entered for CAPE Communication Studies examination in May 2008. The blog contains information about the course syllabus‚ administration and assignments as well as the course content. Wednesday‚ March 05‚ 2008 The expository presentation for CAPE Communication Studies Internal Assessmblies
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Effective Communication Case Study - Tylenol In the fall of 1982‚ after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol laced with cyanide‚ seven people were pronounced dead. Mary Kellerman 12 years old from Elk Grove‚ Illinois‚ Adam Janus 27 years old from Arlington Heights‚ Illinois‚ Adam’s brother Stanley‚ 25‚ and his wife Theresa‚ 19‚ Mary Reiner‚ 27‚ from Winfield‚ Paula Prince‚ 35‚ found dead in her Chicago apartment‚ and Mary McFarland‚ 31‚ from Elmhurst‚ Illinois were all killed after taking the cyanide-laced
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Jobi M. Troumbly Case study 17 Pages 85-89 1. Given the diagnosis of acute MI‚ what other lab results are you going to look at? CKMB‚ Troponin I‚ Myoglobin- which are all cardiac injury markers. ECGs done at an outside hospital or en route‚ noting the context in which notable ECGs were printed. 2. You find the following laboratory results in the patient’s chart. For each‚ interpret the result‚ and evaluate the meaning for C.B. a. Creatinine phosphokinase (CK) levels drawn on
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Hi Khadejah‚ I decided to answer your question because I’m quite familiar with this issue and feel strongly about it. I think it’s important to keep in mind that the patient is the one experiencing the health issue not the doctor. If a patient truly believes something is wrong with them then they should pursue this concern and find someone who will listen. I know several people who have had to press further and found out they had a serious illness but their doctors originally said it was nothing
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Communication Studies Internal Assessm ent How lack of attention and necessary love of parents affects children throughout their life Introduction Theme for School Based Assessment The theme for my School Based Assessment is “How lack of attention and necessary love of parents affects children throughout their life”. The purpose for choosing this topic is because of the way children act in society especially children with unstable family backgrounds. Also because of the interests it brings
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Today‚ community hospital becomes a fast-paced environment. The growing number of consumers‚ including the median age from 40 to 41 years old in the American health care system; the community hospital strategic management is a fender-bender with the country economy and politic. In the same vein‚ the Patient protection and Affordable Care Act expansion of health care of many New Jersey’s people have allowed some things that were limited. People with a pre-existing condition and the children who remain
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Appraising the Relationship Between Nursing Leadership and Patient Outcomes Wong‚ Cummins and Ducharme (2013) conducted a systematic review of studies in 2013 to examine the relationship between “nursing leadership practices and patient outcomes” (p.710). With an intent to improve patient outcomes‚ the authors had conducted a similar review in the past; however‚ limited results of studies warranted additional research on this topic. Their study involved extracting and analyzing a variety of leadership
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their license to practice nursing? List and comment on at least 3 types of judgments. Did you agree or disagree with the judgments/settlements that were handed down during the meeting? Include ethical principles that directly or indirectly surfaced during the cases that were presented. (10 pts) The Indiana State Board of Nursing (ISBN) was a highly informative and eye-opening experience for me as a student nurse. The judgments reached at the Indiana State Board of Nursing were majorly either accepted
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