for things such as illness and injuries that require immediate attention but are usually not serious enough to require the patient to take a trip to the emergency room. Urgent is a word meaning to take immediate action‚ and was derived from the Latin word “urgentem”. The first urgent care facility was established in the 1970s when a few emergency medicine physicians came together and decided that the time had come to respond to a public need for easy and convenient access to medical care that was
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In today ’s world of nursing‚ there are efforts to improve patient care at hospitals. Severalstates across America are considering implementing nursing ratio laws. This ratio law wouldrequire hospitals to have strict nurse-to-patient ratios enforced at all times. Only California hasimplemented nursing ratios so far and it has been the subject of mixed reviews. Steps the legislation went throughThroughout the 1990 ’s‚ health care labor unions in California tried to implement nursestaffing laws through
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Ethical challenges in a professional scope are not something new. Almost every profession‚ be it that of a lawyer‚ teacher‚ medical specialist‚ organization decision maker or any other‚ grave decisions often have to be made that put them in ethical dilemma. In the field of nursing‚ ethical dilemma while rendering patient care is both unnerving and challenging. Way back in 1859‚ Florence Nightingale had noted about this in her Notes on Nursing. There are matters of duties and responsibilities‚ decorum
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Running Head: ETHICAL HEALTHCARE Ethical Healthcare Issues Paper Wanda Douglas Health Law and Ethics/HCS 545 October 17‚ 2011 Nancy Moody Ethical Healthcare Issues Paper In today’s health care industry providing quality patient care and avoiding harm are the foundations of ethical practices. However‚ many health care professionals are not meeting the guidelines or expectations of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) or obeying the organizations code of ethics policies
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Client Choice verses Client Good Ethical Dilemma Ursula Blinski 0089672 The Discipline of Professional Nursing 3 Instructor: Kim Client Choice verses Client Good Ethical Dilemma Ethical dilemmas are as common as a routine medication pass. As health care professionals‚ their goals are to promote health‚ prevent illness‚ restore health and to aid in suffering. Complex issues can arise that may conflict with one’s personal values and beliefs‚ or clients wishes may conflict
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing How personal and societal values can influence ethical decision- making process when nurses are faced with ethical issues‚ nursing has long advocated a nonjudgmental approach to care. Nurses need to able to apply ethical principle in decision- making and consider their own values and belief and the values and belief of the client. As nurses we have the responsibility to protect the right of the client by acting as client advocate. According with Blais‚ Hayes‚
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The nursing professional faces different ethical dilemmas that test knowledge and skills but also ethics‚ morals and religion‚ and although in most situations the nurse does not make the decision‚ yes it is who he executes it; Therefore‚ it is very important to know the ethical dilemmas that arise in nursing practice. An ethical dilemma is a situation where moral or religious principles and functions come into conflict and the situation of this dilemma can become morally intolerable. The legal
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• Ethical Dilemmas Patient 1: This patient is admitted to ER with Respiratory Failure and Septic Shock. The patient was transferred to LTAC for long term management of disease. Patient’s chart states that she has DNR/DNI order‚ but her son was disagreeing with that decision. One of the ethical principles that direct ethical decision making in health care is the autonomy-the ability of the individual to chose for him or herself. Patient 2: This patient was admitted with endocarditis and had a tracheostomy
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Ethical values are substantial in any workplace in cultivating increased productivity and teamwork especially in nursing profession. Nurses must scrutinize and comply with the ethical values to be able to provide proper care to clients and to secure the public. Ethical problems are inferred as a tough issues that oblige an ethical solutions; when resolving an ethical problems‚ nurses should make choices based on beliefs and understanding about what is essentially good or right for the clients
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The Use of Emergency Room as a Primary Care Provider There are Emergency rooms all over the United States that are being utilized as primary care provider.‚ by patients covered by private insurance‚ Medicaid‚ Medicare as well as the uninsured.(Baker‚ August 13‚ 2008) Some patients call their primary care provider and are told‚ they cannot be worked in for several days or weeks. The option given is to go to the Emergency room for treatment. Other reasons are people who do not have a primary
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