Emergency Medicine and the Ethical Dilemmas Luisa Martin HCA 322 Instructor Thomas December 5‚ 2010 Picture this scenario: You are working in the emergency room of a public hospital where the inflow of patients is higher than the available beds. You are treating an elderly man who is breathless and cyanosed. While you assess whether he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart failure‚ he becomes drowsy and starts gasping. You quickly intubate him with some difficulty‚ prolonging
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Army Standards and Ethical Dilemmas MSG Garrison‚ John O.‚ 19Z United States Army Sergeants Major Academy Class 62 SGM Kelvin Hinkle December 8‚ 2011 Unclassified Abstract The inconsistent application of Army standards leads to unethical decisions on a daily basis. Despite an emphasis on Army values at all levels‚ military leaders open themselves up to make unethical decisions when they don’t adhere to set standards. Despite the Army having clear standards on height/weight‚ APFT‚ the tattoo
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and not fully aware of what is in their best interest. Children are dependent on their “guardians” to make responsible‚ safeguard judgements on the child’s behalf. The ethical dilemma afflicting the healthcare team is one that develops when they are faced with the challenge of parental preference or child well-being. This dilemma emerges when the “guardian” appears to not have the best interest for the child. Many issues arise due to cultural differences‚ preferences in care‚ quality of life and
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information and unlimited access to media. As a result‚ copyrighted content faces the threat of piracy and infringement. The unauthorized copying and distribution of media such as music and movies has skyrocketed over the past few years resulting in a severe loss of revenue for this industry. Internet piracy is convenient and easy for the person doing the pirating‚ but is it right? No‚ internet piracy‚ although convenient‚ is still a form of stealing which makes it morally and legally wrong. With
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Kennewick Man: An Ethical Dilemma By Vincent Pelosi Kennewick Man has started and added to an immense saga about the ethics involved in excavating and studying the remains of other that passed away long and not so long ago. Kennewick man being one of the hottest topics of the media during the mid-nineties has proved to be one of the most trying ethical dilemmas of our time. An ethical dilemma as described by Kelley Ross Ph. D is a “conflict between the rightness or wrongness of
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The Ethical Dilemma I was tasked with the following case from a charge nurse as part of an ethics consult. A 68 year old man was admitted to the medicine unit from Denver International Airport for altered mental status and aggressive behavior. The patient‚ from this point forward to be called Mr. Johnson‚ was found to be acutely infected from a septic wrist joint‚ but was also found to have frontotemporal dementia. Once the infection cleared‚ it was hoped that Mr. Johnson’s mental status would improve
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Ethics Guide: a reference guide to help you spot issues and give contact information for contacts. The implementation of secretarial order 3288 which is the federal government ethics guide. Every bureau will have a GS-14 or higher fulltime ethics employee counselor responsible for ethical concerns of the employees. Every employee is required to read the ethical guide and maintain high ethical standards. Every employee must continue to maintain high ethical standards‚ honesty‚ impartiality‚
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Ethical dilemmas for nurse leaders Sorces of ethicl delimmas for nurses include reaction to a situation‚ continuation of a distressing situation and a complex situation which causes distress in others. Also the overall personality of the nurse leader themselves such as if they have a nervous disposition. Moral distress amid nurses is describe by Jameton (1984) as two different dimenions intial dimension and rective dimension of moral distress. Initial moral distress is when a nurse is faced with
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Rhiannon Haskin Tiffany Fisher Ethics 22 July 2010 Ethical Workplace Dilemma When I think about it‚ I have encountered different ethical dilemmas in my place of work. One issue that has come up recently‚ was that of one of my employees came to me to discuss a hygiene issue she was having with one of the other workers in the office. At the time‚ I wasn’t sure about how to approach the situation‚ but thought back to some of my management training I had about 7 months ago‚ and what steps
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health field of today’s society‚ working staff should seek to promote good actions and the health of the patients and community around them. The ethical principle of beneficence promotes the health and general well being of others (Ivanov et. al‚ 2013). Ethical principles stem from morality‚ and these moral views can be applied to any field of work. Ethical principles are particularly salient to the health field‚ which upholds the care of patients. For instance‚ when a person experiencing excruciating
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