Malpractice By Nurses And The Ethical Dilemmas They Face Lisa Hayes ITT Technical Institute Composition I GE 117 Ju1y 1‚ 2014 Outline 1. Thesis Statement 2. Introduction 3. Data on the malpractice lawsuits against nurses 4. Reasons for increase in lawsuits against nurses 5. Factors proving breach of law by the nurses 6. Healthcare Ethics 7. Ethical dilemmas faced by the nurses 8. The other side of the argument: Nurses make far less errors than other medical practitioners 9. Conclusion
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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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It is demanded of nurses to show commitments to persons with health-care needs and individuals receiving care. However‚ nurses are expected to be professional‚ transparent‚ therapeutic and ethical with their clients. Similarly‚ nurses are expected to work ethically and working through ethical challenges that arise in their practice with individuals‚ clients and within public health systems (Canada Nurses Association‚ 2008). The dilemma deals with both ethical and legal issues‚ it involves a professional
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outcome. An important adverse trend that is addressed in this paper is medication errors. MEDMARX is a nationally recognized‚ web-based‚ anonymous‚ and voluntary medication error reporting system (Rashidee‚ Hart‚ Chen‚ & Kumar‚ 2009). Healthcare facilities use this reporting system to report medication error data. Within a three
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Ethical dilemma as a Nurse Practitioner A potential ethical dilemma that I may face when I become a Nurse Practitioner (NP) would be the impact of the insurance reimbursement on the healthcare delivery. As a registered nurse (RN) working in an acute care hospital‚ the main objective would be to deliver the best bedside care possible to the patients‚ insurance reimbursement is not a main issue a RN has to worry about on the floor . However‚ as a NP‚ I have to think about issues like the patient’s
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What is presented in this statement is the fact that Nurse Rivers did not endorse the questioning of the physicians in charge. Although she took orders and did what she was told by the doctors she failed to carry out the responsibility that she was given as both an intelligent human being and as a nurse. Whatever Rivers did to be considered to be immoral and unethical because of her inaction during this study‚ it must be taken into account the era in which she was practicing. This was taking place
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Introduction The Black Nurses Association was founded in Tuskegee‚ Alabama at the Nursing School of Tuskegee University under the great leadership of Dr. Lauranne Sams‚ which was the former Dean and Professor of Nursing. This organization was organized and began establishment in the year of 1971. However‚ the Black Nurses Association did not get founded officially until September 2‚ 1972 in the State of Ohio and became a non-profit organization. This illustrious association represents over 150‚000
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Healthcare Research and Quality (2000)‚ “medical errors are responsible for injury in as many as 1 out of every 25 hospital patients; an estimated 48‚000-98‚000 patients die from medical errors each year. Errors in health care have been estimated to cost more than $5 million per year in a large teaching hospital‚ and preventable health care-related errors cost the economy from $17 to $29 billion each year”. In addition to the monetary cost of errors‚ the physical and psychological costs such as pain
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Audience- Parents Psychologist ii) Ethos builder – growing up in an pharmaceutical era b) Preview iii) Emphasis on Medication iv) Focus on Therapy v) Positives of medication c) Central idea vi) Move away from the heavily medicated society we are becoming. 2) Main Point #1 emphasis on over medication d) 61% of adults use at least one drug to treat a chronic health problems‚ 15% rise since 2001 e) Gretchen LeFever ‚PhD‚ Eastern
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Medication Reconciliation Kimberly McElroy Excelsior College Medication reconciliation in my opinion is the process by which a member of the healthcare team‚ the nurse or physician‚ thoroughly examines a patient medications‚ making sure the medications do not interfere with another medication‚ making sure that there are not duplicate medications‚ even though medications have different names‚ medications may be used for the same things‚ and making sure that patient has the correct understanding
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