“Sally and the Health Visitor” Dip HE Mental Health Nursing Word count: 1‚957. Contents page Introduction | 1 | Autonomy | 1 | Beneficence | 3 | Nonmaleficence | 4 | Justice | 4 | Conclusion | 5 | Bibliography | 6 | Introduction This discussion paper will look at the ethical issues surrounding decision making as nurses‚ in a given scenario (Sally and the health visitor). Ethics is defined by Johnstone (2008) as “A way to think about‚ judge and examine how to tackle moral life. It should
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How might you apply ethical philosophies and principles that summarize what you perceive to be the top five ethical issues challenging health care delivery today? The healthcare industry is constantly facing challenges and pressures to deliver adequate care while making minimal mistakes. Healthcare systems general follow guidelines on the basis of; the prevention of disease outbreak‚ providing equal treatment for all patients‚ balancing profits with quality of care‚ patient confidentiality
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Ethical Principles Within the healthcare field‚ a worker will have to make some ethical decisions. These decisions may be easy‚ but most will be hard to make. There are certain code of ethics a healthcare worker needs to follow in order to create the best work environment for them and for the patients. These are set so that everyone has an equal understanding of the ethics. One example from the code of ethics is‚ “the health care worker provides adequate and continuous care for all patients regardless
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one of the most diverse country today racially and ethnically. There are six races identify: white‚ American Indian‚ and Alaska Native‚ Asian‚ Black or African American‚ Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander. And due to the different ethnic background of people‚ the emergency health care workers of hospitals faced lots communication challenges during encountered the patient. Emergency Department (ED) is the most sensitive area‚ where critical patient arriving to take the immediate care. Hence‚ the
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limited access to health care. There has been many strategies proposed to keep the cost of health care low and reduce spending. Based on the video‚ Dr. Jeffery Brenner discovers a model that may solve America’s problem of lowering the cost of health care‚ this strategy is to lower crime rates. In Camen‚ New York‚ it is one of the poorest cities in the country as well as being one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Based on Frontline‚ it states that “It ‘s just recently laid off half of its
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Issue in the Nursing Literature Keeping people alive and functioning physiologically via artificial means of technology leads to much discussion of the terms life and living. Beliefs are that biological functioning is being alive‚ no matter if the person is aware of one’s self or others. This leads to the question of what is quality of life (Burkhardt & Nathaniel‚ 2014). “Quality of life‚ a subjective appraisal of factors that make life worth living and contribute to a positive experience of living
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Current Health Care Issues HCS/545 Camille Fuller University of Phoenix The health care industry exist to provide preventative measures‚ diagnose health conditions‚ repair‚ and provide services to improve the quality of life. The cost of health care continues to rise each year. Health care fraud is a factor that continues to plague the health care industry. The affect health care fraud has on hospitals‚ is the increasing cost of medical services. The following research will examine and evaluate
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Ethical concerns were respected in every phase of development and implementation of this study. For example‚ the principles of the Belmont Report (U.S. DHEW‚ 1979)—which include respect‚ justice‚ and beneficence—were adhered in all phases of this study. Moreover‚ the investigator received permission to perform research in compliance with federal regulations (Hall‚ Prochazka‚ & Fink‚ 2012; Stoljar‚ 2011). Also‚ the investigator submitted the application form requesting an expedited review for this
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infections‚ and other health issues that these people had never encountered before. Health has been a major issue for the Aboriginal people since this time and still has not been solved. Because of this‚ many Australian Indigenous people face shorter life expectancies‚ mental illnesses‚ pregnancy
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for people who are suffering from a debilitating disease like house cleaning and meal prep for the patient and their family. Many clients are unable to tend to the daily chores like house work due to the treatments received for their disease. This issue causes the patient to be stressed and feeling depressed because they are unable to attend to the needs of the home. The children also feel that their environment has changed lack of normalcy. This has caused problem for the family’s well-being. This
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