workplace. Reference Henderson‚ M.‚ & Dahnke‚ M. D. (2015). The Ethical Use of Social Media in Nursing Practice. MEDSURG Nursing‚ 24(1)‚ 62-64. Retrieved from Ebscohost.com Griffith‚ R. (2017). Professionalism in practice: the Coroner’s Court. British Journal Of Community Nursing‚ 22(1)‚ 685-687. Retrieved from Ebscohost.com Potter‚ P.‚ Perry‚ A.‚ Stockert‚ P.‚ and Hall‚ A.‚ (2015). Essential for Nursing Practice (8th edition)‚ St Louis MO: Elsevier
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such as this one are a common occurrence that‚ unfortunately‚ forensic nurses face in their everyday work. Although there are a vast number of nurses in the world‚ only a fraction of them are forensic nurses. Forensic nursing is a nursing field with subspecialties that focus on nursing practices that care for victims of violent crimes‚ such as sexual assault‚ at the clinical and legal level. Forensic nurses bring together medical practices and the justice system in making sure that clinicians or medical
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Nursing Shortages are Critical in the Healthcare Field Sharoder Bonhomme American Public University System Abstract The nursing shortage is nothing new to the United States of America. In this issue analysis essay‚ the causes that are compounding the nursing shortage are examined as well as the actions taken to prevent the shortage from becoming worse. Past nursing shortage causes and the current causes are studied. Most importantly‚ patient safety is at risk resulting in medical errors
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standards. The nurse’s education license and nursing standard establish the ground work in which nurses are to meet. If their practice drops below acceptable standards of care and competence will ultimately open the nurse up to litigation (2011). It is important for the health care profession to obey all laws that have been put in place to avoid un- wanted legal and ethical issues. Ethical and Legal Issues (2017) explain how the legal implications of nursing practices are linked to licensure‚ state
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Project 3 Faisal M. Ghaffar Ethical and Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice November 6‚ 2015 Professor Ovidio Viera Florida National University Ethical Nursing Issues with End of Life Care and Quality of Life. There are many issue that are ethically challenging to nurses‚ one of the main ethical challenge that nurses working in critical care‚ emergency rooms‚ and hospice regarding End of Life Care. With today’s advancements in healthcare technology‚ prolonging of life can arise questions
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Ethical and Legal Issues in nursing The nursing regulatory body‚ the Nursing and Midwifery Council requires all registered nurses to have an understanding of the ethical and legal principles which underpin all aspects of nursing practice(NMC‚2010). A comprehensive understanding of current legal and ethical frameworks facilitates the delivery of appropriate skilled nursing care. The purpose of this assignment will be to critically discuss an episode of care encountered whilst on clinical placement
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It is important that nursing ethical decision should be based on ethical principles. Nurse’s ethical decisions should be beneficial with less harm for a patient. The core task for practicing nurses when confronted with ethical dilemmas is to maintain moral integrity‚ defined as living up to personal and professional ethical beliefs by acting honestly‚ being trustworthy‚ and consistently supporting and doing what is right (Davis‚ Schrader‚ & Belcheir‚ 2012) The nursing goal in dealing with the
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A t it’s very core‚ nursing practice “deals with issues and situations that have elements of ethical or moral uncertainty” (Burkhardt‚ Nathaniel‚ & Walton 2014‚ p. 21). In my limited experience‚ this has proved very true. I have encountered numerous situations that‚ in reflection‚ could be considered ethical dilemmas. As I was not necessarily able to recognize this in the moment‚ I feel that there is significant room for growth in my ability to confront these issues. In this paper‚ I will discuss
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Social media in nursing should be used carefully as there are risks associated with its use. The following risk may occur in a health profession which will lead to lawful issues. Firstly‚ information available online for nurses and community members is unreliable sometimes as anyone can post it (Gorea‚ R.K.‚ Gorea‚ A.‚ & Gorea‚ A.‚ 2016). Peate‚ I (2013) suggest that information found on social media can be wrong‚ invaluable or even risky to use and nurses find it to be a challenge to offer patients
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that they are providing the utmost safe and ethical care (CNA‚ 2017). By following the guidelines in the Code of Ethics‚ nurses are more likely to provide better care and decrease the chance of potential errors. In current times‚ many nurses face issues that inhibit them from providing the best care to their patients. Examples of such hindering factors are long hours‚ time constraints‚ staff shortages‚ and high work demands
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