Ethics Case Study HCS/335 July 15‚ 2013 Ethics Case Study Ethics are an important aspect of an individual’s personal and professional life‚ as ethics help people determine whether their actions are right or wrong‚ good or bad‚ just or unjust‚ and fair or unfair (Fremen‚ 2009). In any career‚ strong workplace ethics and interpersonal ethics are essential. One situation is the case study involving Dr. William’s office assistant‚ Jerry McCall. Jerry received a call while sitting in for the receptionist
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Ethics Team Case: The Auditor TEAM 4 Jaclyn Cancelliere Nicole Contu Linda DellaPia John McCool Introduction As presented by a young auditor working for a large public accounting firm‚ a Fortune 500 company has been exposed to some sizeable inconsistencies to their compensation procedures regarding a specific senior manager. The auditor discovers that the manager in question‚ referred to as Charles‚ is exclusively responsible for setting
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Ethics Case Study February 28‚ 2011 NAME HERE Jerry’s medical training does not qualify him to issue the refill order. The patient’s physician is the one who needs to determine whether or not the patient should have a prescription of Valium issued for his flight or not. Jerry’s medical training does not qualify him to issue any prescription to any patient regardless of what it is and who it is for. If a patient’s prescription request was for control of high blood pressure that the patient
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Ethics Case Study HCS/335 November 26‚ 2012 Terry Matherne Ethics Case Study In the scenario Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams office assistant. Jerry has received training for a medical assistant and licensed practical Nurse. Although Jerry is handling the incoming calls while the receptionist is at lunch a patient of Dr. Williams had called in the office and stated that he needed two refill an antidepressant and Valium right away because he is leaving the airport within 30 minutes.
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Ethics Case Study Catherine Bumgarner HCS/335 July 24‚ 2011 James Dockins Abstract Jerry McCall is a Licensed Practical Nurse in Dr William’s office. In addition to being an LPN‚ he is also trained as a medical assistant. Jerry is handling the phone calls for the receptionist while she is at lunch. One of Dr. William’s patients calls and asks for a refill on his prescription of valium. No one is in the office but Jerry. This paper will determine if Jerry’s medical training qualifies him
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Introduction This paper is a based on a case study of Nike. The paper will be discussing legal and ethical analysis and how the impact the operational/ ethical issues of the organization‚ the paper shall also be discussing the contribution factors and how the company’s corporate culture may have helped to minimize the unethical behavior or actually contributed to/caused the unethical behavior. The paper is also going to provide ethical decision factors‚ which are going to address or going to be
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Ethics case study Eron Carter HCS/ 335 September 17‚ 2014 Sherry Williams Dr. Williams assistant Jerry does have the training but does not have the ability to make a call for a patient because if he prescribed the wrong dosage amount then there will be in trouble with the patient and also with HIPAA. It will not be in the best interest of Jerry to make this call for Dr. Williams without making a call to Dr. Williams first. In order for this to happen without breaking any laws‚ Jerry needs to have
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Case Study of Ethics This case study of Ethics scenario comprised a medical occupational‚ Jerry McCall‚ who has been taught and trained as a licensed practical nurse (LPN) and a medical assistant who is in the office along because the switchboard operator is at lunch. Therefore‚ he is taking the calls and later discovered he is in a situation. A few minutes pass and Jerry received a call from one of his patient requesting for a refilled of medications such as‚ antidepressant‚ and Valium to be call
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Case 2 – The Drinking Problem Mr. Collins has dysphasia and enjoys a beer with his son each day in his private room on ward B. Roma (RN assigned to care for Mr. Collins) reads a note in the case notes‚ that Doctor Rich and the speech therapist have ordered thickened fluids for Mr. Collins. That note was written 5 days ago. The current nursing care plan also states ‘thickened fluids’. Mr. Collins tells Roma that he has discussed the matter with the doctor and the speech therapist and is aware of
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Ethics Case Study Ronda Butman University of Phoenix Health Care Ethics and Social Responsibility HCS 335 Nicovich November 26‚ 2010 Ethics Case Study In today’s health care culture some individuals are presented to undertake unlawful medical actions based on personal guidance; however‚ ethical and legal issues effect one’s actions if he or she is not qualified to make such decisions. The case of Jerry McCall is an example of such a scenario in today’s health care environment.
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