Ethical and 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
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Rory Parata-13448932 Roper v Simmons (2005) Facts When 17 years old Christopher Simmons admitted to commiting murder‚ 9 months later he was trial as an adult and was sentenced to death. Simmons party argued that he was ‘’very immature’’ and ‘’very susceptible to being manipulated’’ while he was away from home a lot with other teenagers. Simmons filed a new petition for state postconviction relief‚ arguing that the reasoning of Atkins established that the Constitution prohibits the execution
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What consequences might there be if a will’s custodian fails to turn the will over to the probate court after the decedent’s death? If a will’s custodian fails to turn the will over to the probate court after the decedent’s death‚ the court may compel the custodian to produce the will this is if requested by the potential beneficiaries of the will‚ and if the custodian fails to produce the will‚ he or she may be subject to criminal charges (Herskowitz‚ 2014). When would a personal representative
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One day I was just sitting in a dark gray shelter crowded with over a million different cats and dogs.Then I saw this little girl with brown hair and brown eyes and she looked like she was four or five years old. The little girl was just walking around the animal shelter then she stopped at me and said‚ “Mommy mommy ‚ can I please have this kitty he is so cute?” Then her mom looked at me and said‚ “No Tina that cat has no tail and I don’t want to have a cat in my house that doesn’t have a tail it
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Legal Maxim 91: “A person is bound by his own admission” The meaning of this maxim is that a person who makes an admission is indicted pursuant to his acknowledgement and what he has acknowledge shall be claimed from him as long as the acknowledgement conforms to its conditions of validity. This statement can be simplified by saying that the person is responsible for what he say as long as it follows the condition of validity. The condition of validity is for the person making the admission and
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Shelters let almost three million cats and dogs die a year. Almost everyone should know what animal rights are‚ why animals rights are important‚ and why does our country have animal rights. Many people care about animals so let’s protect them together. Animals die in shelters because of lack of space stress full or unclean conditions. Animal rights‚ why are they important. Having animal rights are important‚ A Maltese beagle mix has lived in the University of Florida since he was about two months
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of 20 full-time administrative staffs supported by another 50 part-time volunteers. HEM plans to provide supports and services annually to approximately 2‚000 homeless people around Kuala Lumpur‚ the central city of Malaysia under Anjung Singgah shelter. HEM supports and services to the homeless include job placement and support‚ residential services and support‚ social activities‚ and vocational training. HEM also offers information and referral services‚ and works to educate the community about
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There is a significant amount of court cases that show the system is corrupt when it comes to civil forfeiture‚ but is it a procedural issue or is it “policing for profit?” In 2014‚ Tan Nguyen left the casino with $50‚000 in winnings. He was pulled over by a Nevada Deputy Lee Dove for speeding‚ and after a search of his vehicle his money was confiscated for no drug related reason‚ except for the amount of cash. Nguyen had to file an “innocent owner” claim to get his winning back from the county.
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Mr. Jones’ testimony revealed that the Lien Unit requested him to complete and return paperwork that they mailed to him. He stated that he knows that he owed back child support‚ but some of the money in his bank account is not his money. He stated that he sent the required information verifying who deposit in the account. Mr. Jones stated he had his wife to provide verification of her tax refund and the amount that she deposited in the account. He stated he has had custody of the two oldest children
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One Punch-Meeting society’s needs One punch laws have rapidly changed since the beginning of this year. The one punch is often referred to as coward punch or Assault causing death if it took the victim’s life. The law is under Crimes and Other legislation Amendment (Assault and Intoxication) Bill 2014 and futher changes are to be passed down to an extent this questions the effectiveness the law has in addressing society’s needs. Earlier this year in January‚t here has been a few punch incidents
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