Ethical-Legal Considerations Identify the ethical/legal violation(s) involved in each of the following scenarios. Provide a rationale for your answer. Scenario 1 A nursing home resident continues to wander into the rooms of other residents. The nursing assistant yells “I’m gonna hit you if you go into one more room today!” Both ethical and legal violation. Scenario 2 A female patient refuses to eat the food that has been served on her breakfast tray. The nursing assistant
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As a registered nurse and a civilian‚ she did not follow the ethical standards of her profession‚ nor as a civilian by not allowing bystanders the opportunity to help and assist if they could. You are ethically accountable for what happens on your watch‚ as were the producers in the case above‚ and just because the law does not require you or may prohibit you to act‚ that does not excuse you ethically. As a nurse it is your ethical responsibility to maintain the standards set forth by the profession
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REFLECTION on Nursing Handover I have decided to reflect upon the first time I did a nursing handover. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2004) Code of professional conduct‚ confidentiality shall be maintained and the patient’s name is changed to protect indentity. Reflective writing is considered a key component of portfolio assessment because it provides evidence of skills development and increasing clinical competence (Smith 2005). What is reflection? Reflection is defined
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Nursing Practice Review Mentoring Keywords: Mentoring/Continuing professional development/Portfolio ●This article has been double-blind peer reviewed CPD for mentors: creating a portfolio Mentors can use a portfolio of evidence to show continuing professional development In this article... Why mentors need a CPD portfolio How to create a portfolio of evidence Using a SWOT analysis to identify strengths and weaknesses Author Louise Lawson is senior lecturer‚ School of Nursing
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Running head: WORKPLACE ETHICAL DILEMMA Workplace Ethical Dilemma University of Phoenix Professional‚ Ethical and Legal Issues in Human Service BSHS/332 July 05‚ 2010 Workplace Ethical Dilemma Most large organizations have implemented policies that dictate how they will conduct employee relations. One area of employee relations is the giving performance evaluations. In this paper‚ the moral and ethical issues faced by managers giving performance evaluations will be addressed.
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learning through continuing education is considered essential for all nurses. Nursing services is essential to the well-being of people and to society as a whole. Nursing promotes the maintenance‚ and restoration of health to the consumer. Assisting to attain the highest level of wellness of which they are capable is the goal of nursing. Caring‚ nurturing and helping others is a basic component of nursing. Lifelong learning plays a big role in your ethics and values‚ what is learned
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Nurses make legal and ethical decisions when caring for patients; decisions that need to be made carefully because the decisions could possibly change a patients ’ life. There are theories to explain how to problem solve ethically and the theories are not based on emotion (Guido‚ 2006). This paper will discuss the relationship between legal and ethical issues and ethical theories‚ examples will be provided. Ethics can be described as principles and standards that are a guide to conduct used to elevate
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not receiving blood transfusions (Ethics‚ 2009). For the medical community this is a difficult issue to deal with and relate to. Saving lives is what healthcare is about and blood transfusions assist in that. For some‚ however‚ blood transfusions are not an option. Although denial of life saving measures such as blood transfusions may not be ideal for members of healthcare‚ it is an important ethical issue and belief for some. With that being said‚ it is important as a leader in healthcare to have
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In this paper I will discuss my self –reflection in nursing 417/418 classes‚ which is my senior graduating semester. Overall‚ I felt that this semester help me mold me into a great nurse. I feel that I will be well prepared starting out as a new graduate on a nursing unit. During this semester I learned the different skills that I was having trouble with‚ such as strengthening my prioritization skills and organization skills while working during my preceptorship. In this semester I strengthen my
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Ethical Issues in Critical Care I want to do this! What’s This? Ethics plays a big role in critical care patients. The job of the director is to create ethical guidelines for the staff to follow when caring for patients. The role of the staff is to make sure that the decisions they make for their patients fall within these ethical guidelines while informing and supporting the family in any critical care decisions that must be made. End-of-Life Issues 1. One of the most common topics in
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