Nursing Ethics and Social Media Nurses face many decisions each day that do not have simple black or white answers. These ethical dilemmas are not limited to the decisions we make when directly interacting with patients or other medical professionals. With the use and accessibility of social media growing every day‚ the internet is becoming a more and more popular forum for fun‚ education‚ politics‚ and even retrieving medical information. I chose the article The Ethical Use of Social Media in Nursing
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The clients social workers provide services for are faced with various issues that may cause challenges for both the client and social worker. These issues includes social injustice‚ economic hardship‚ inadequate health coverage‚ lack of transportation and limited family support. Although social workers are held accountable for adhering to the code of ethics‚ depending on the client’s lifestyle or personal choice the social worker personal and professional beliefs may be challenged. Levenson states
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5. Should it be illegal for a pregnant woman to consume alcohol? Consider the legal and health ramifications of your answer. They say one glass of red a wine is good for your health; however is it also healthy for women that are pregnant? Doctors surprisingly agree with the fact that woman can take a moderate amount of alcohol while being pregnant. Their recommendation of moderation is for the expecting mother to only consume 1-2 alcoholic beverages a day. They have done many test studies to
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There are many ethical dilemmas that are being faced in the school of social work that reflects on the role of schools in uncertain economic and political environments both within and external to their universities. In the article‚ it “examines three examples that suggest the need for an engaged practice and professional community to institute ethics-based gatekeeping in regard to educational rigor and student enrollment‚ school collaboration with community service programs‚ and workforce development
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The Legal System Imagine you are the director of health information services for a medium-sized health care facility. Like many of your peers‚ you have contracted with an outside copying service to handle all requests for release of patient health information at your facility. You have learned that a lobbying organization for trial attorneys in your state is promoting legislation to place a cap on photocopying costs‚ which is significantly below the actual costs incurred as part of the contract
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Patient confidentiality In a television episode of ER which aired on NBC in 2000‚ Carol Hathaway became aware of risky sexual behaviors that had led to a 14 year old girl having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and cervical cancer. Prior to finding this information out‚ Carol Hathaway had promised the patient that she would not tell anyone about whatever the patient discussed with her. But upon realizing the high risk of the girl’s behavior‚ Carol Hathaway came to find herself in a dilemma of
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The improper use of restraint‚ as explained by a study conducted by HCPro (2015)‚ is a patient safety concern. The sense of urgency in changing the behavior‚ attitude‚ and the practice of the health care providers of restraint use is necessary to be able to address the compliance issue as mandated by the certifying bodies‚ such as The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and in addressing the patient’s safety as well (Springer‚ 2015). Restraints are supposed
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previously‚ the practice of physician aid-in-dying is illegal in majority of the United States‚ but it likely is it still happening behind closed doors. If this practices was legalized in more states or the United States as whole‚ it could potentially advance and expand end-of-life care and treatment options and it would allow for physicians to discuss this practice openly. Although there are valid reasons to believe the practice of physician aid-in-dying is ethical‚ it is justified as unethical because
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Self Disclosure After reading the article “Can we talk? Researcher talks about the role of communication in happy marriages”‚ I believe that I can somewhat relate to it. Based on what I got from the article it says that self-disclosure is very important in a happy marriage or relationship. Being able to share your deepest feelings and desires‚ I believe‚ helps to avoid assumptions and misunderstandings. “Research consistently has shown a link between happy marriages and “self-disclosure”‚ or
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