Ethics Case Study Essay

D- The patient arrived on time for her session and reports being stable on dose and haven't used any illicit drugs. This writer advised the patient that this writer was in fact in receipt of missed phone call about coming to the session at 10:30 am rather than 10 am due to her mother in the process of selling the house. This writer addressed with the patient about letter from CHR from her counselor, Jade Bray stating about the patient non-compliance with her appointment due transportation barrier. According to the patient, she is going through hardship as her mother is no longer taking her to her appointment as the patient says, " She's tired of bringing me everyone, Charlene. She complains about bringing me here and does not understand why I can't even get a bottle...:Like c'mon. What do I have to do?" This writer explained to the patient about TEAM decision, at which the patient disagree with the decision. This writer asked the patient about her "judgement." According to the patient, she feels she is making judgement by not engaging any further altercation with patient at the clinic, dosing daily, coming to her counseling session, and trying to get help from Chrysalis for

The person dispensing must also be appropriately trained, follow safe systems of work and understand the side effects of various drugs; be able to access appropriate information and understand when to access advice or further information

This writer met with the patient to address the conflicting issue with his medication. According to the patient, his PCP was prescribing him with his benzodiazepine medications; however, the patient says, " I had to seek a psychiatrist because it was only temporary." This explains the conflicting issues with the Rx Scripts on file. The patient started his treatment with his now psychatrist on 6/12/2017 and signed an ROI. Addressing picking up his medication from two different pharmacy, the patient was advise that he needs to be pick up his medication with only one pharmacy as it is required. The patient agreed to the terms and said, " I like CVS better than Walgreens. Sometimes they would my refill to Walgreens or whatever is closer to me,

3.1. Describe the roles and responsibilities of those involved in prescribing, dispensing and supporting use of medication

McCall Ethics Case Study Jerry is Dr. Williams’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and an LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium and that the provider, a friend, calls in the medication prior to any flights. This type of request happens often and in slightly different scenarios, but the outcome should remain the same to avoid ethical and legal issues. This paper will review the case study to help resolve the problem at hand, refilling a prescription without provider authorization. Qualified Medical Training Understanding the definitions of a licensed practical nurse, LPN, and a medical assistant, MA is the first step to making a factual conclusion for this case study. Support staff to the provider cannot make decisions about medication refills for patients without a direct order from the provider. This action is outside the scope of practice for an LPN or MA. Licensed Practical Nurse An LPN is a role in support of the nurse or RN, a registered Nurse usually in a skilled nursing setting such as a hospital or long-term care facility. As defined by the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, NFLPN, an LPN “means the performance for compensation of authorized acts of nursing which utilize specialized knowledge and skills and which meet the health needs of people in a variety of settings under the direction

When considering the legalities of this scenario, negligence, vicarious liability, and physician- patient relationship are a few components that affect the outcome of a lawsuit. The amount of legal torts that were violated in this case was enough to cause disputes between patients and healthcare staff. Negligence is a familiar tort that occurs much more than it needs too. Unfortunately in this case, vicarious liability and patient-physician relationship are two considerations that influence this case as well.

The case of Daniels v. Durham (2005), ruled that “any duty to inform [plaintiff] of the risks of the procedures would have been on the privately retained physician,

Physicians swear by the code primum non nocere, Latin words for, “first do no harm” (Pozar, 2014). In the video, the resident physician clearly did not follow protocol when she administered the drugs. The intent was good, however, the risk involved with administering a drug without the patient’s medication history and possibly causing death it too great. This is especially true knowing the patient already had severe reactions to other narcotics (morphine) during a previous hospitalization. Furthermore, the doctor was a resident physician, thus still in training, not the attending physician, so the resident physician lacked the experience needed to make the appropriate calls during that critical situation. The actions taken by the resident physician were unethical, of poor judgment, and violates the Hippocratic Oath.

Although Jerry is trained as a medical assistant and a licensed practical nurse (LPN), this does not give him the authority to prescribe any form of medication to any person for any reason. The scope of Jerry’s training will allow him to take

Qualification as a medical assistant and a licensed practical nurse (LPN) does not qualify Jerry to fill, or even refill, any prescription. Only pharmacists, doctors, and other certified professionals can order medications. Jerry working as medical assistant means he is responsible for both

Nursing is a high pressured and ever changing environment in hospitals and aged care which can lead to communication breakdowns and other errors. While on placement, I witnessed one of these errors which happened to be a medication error. This could have been as a result of miscommunication between nurses and not following the guidelines for identifying a patient by using the ten rights. To ensure high quality nursing care is provided, communication between fellow healthcare workers should at all times remain professional. Failure to communicate effectively will subsequently affect the safety of the patient due to misinterpretation of information, lack of critical information, unclear orders and overlooked changed in the status of the

I told the resident, the nurse must be busy and I will remind her again. I left, and nervously went up to the cranky nurse and kindly reminded her the resident still needed his Tylenol. The nurse responded, with “yeah, I’ll get to it”, and walked anyway. Another thirty minutes went by and I watched that nurse assist other patients; which started to frustrate me. Again, I kindly reminded the nurse and she responded sternly and suggested that if I am so considered then I can give the patient the Tylenol myself; I was speechless. I was working as a Certified Nursing Assistant, and I know are not allowed to administer medication. I told the nurse, I didn’t mean to bother her but the resident, is reporting he is in pain. She responded with the idea that I should hand the patient the Tylenol because she was “busy” and it “was just Tylenol”. I told the nurse that I was not comfortable with that because that’s not in my scope of practice as a nursing assistant. The nurse responded with “well, I am busy, the patient is going to have to wait a little longer.” I was in the ethical dilemma, of do I notify someone of this situation; should I tell my boss; what should I

Do you think that ACO can succeed in helping reduce healthcare cost, increase quality care and manage provider risk?

In this case study a view of ethics or social responsibility is presented. The case study addresses what some applicants are willing to do in order to obtain the job being pursued or to get ahead. A few applicants are willing to change or misrepresent a small fact on their application or resume (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2016). Some alterations are to conceal information that is protected by law such as date of birth (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2016). Other times the alterations are made to make an applicant appear more qualified in order to obtain a job being sought (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2016). Reasoning for the alterations aside, misrepresentations on resumes by applicants happens about 30% of the time (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2016).

Ethical business behavior can be defined by business leadership. “Generally speaking, an action or choice can be considered ethically correct if it’s honest, fair, supports a beneficial outcome for both parties, and generally enables the overall corporate image and vision” (Definition of Ethics, 2002). In the following we will discuss how economic pressures on China, Jamaica, and America play a role in the ethical decision-making for financial, environmental, and cultural issues.