The Pros And Cons Of Television Shows In The Workplace

In the Code of Ethics for Nurses provision 4 states “The nurse has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice; makes decisions; and takes action consistent with the obligation to promote health and to provide optimal care.” This was not done, there was no regard for human life. The patients in the hospital were treated as a burden. A meeting was held where the doctors agreed that

Working in the field as health care professionals, we are faced with ethical dilemmas almost always. Although each individual posses different values, there are specific codes of conduct to abide by, despite personal beliefs. Without the use of a structural code, individuals in the health care field would make decisions based on their own personal beliefs in accordance to their culture and religion. In the case of Marion and the pacemaker, we witness the desires of the patient at hand, Marion, and her family, be interrogated by the floor nurses. Although the intent behind the actions of the floor nurses can be described as morally just, thinking they are helping preserve the life of Marion, based on medical ethics, their behavior is of some degree to be questioned. This paper will focus on the boundaries we witness crossed by floor nurses and how they go against the medical ethics approved, and what effects they have on patients and their care givers.

The ethical theories that are presented in the documentary Code Black by McGarry (2013) are the ability for doctors and nurses to use their virtue values. Virtue values are “sometimes called ethic represents the idea that individual’s actions are based upon certain degree of innate moral virtue” (Burkhart, 2014, p.48). A specific event occurred when senior resident Dr. Chang and registered nurse Deb exchanged in a confrontation on fast track patients (McGarry, 2013). Fast-track chairs are allowed for doctors to assess quickly and alleviate the amount of patients that are waiting to be assisted (McGarry, 2013). However, R.N. Deb argued fast tracks are not always done quickly and the resources should be focused on assessing critical care patients.

University Hospital is a well known hospital with a level 1 trauma treatment center for the tri-county area of a northwestern state, the hospital enjoys the fact they are known for their promising reputation among healthcare professionals and the public they serve. Jan Adams is an OR supervisor that has been working there for ten years, as a professional she makes surgeons follow protocol as required and enjoys working with trauma patients. One Friday night, which is the busiest day of the week for the trauma department; the unit was notified that a helicopter was on its way with a 42 year old man who had been in a car accident. Shortly after the patient arrived to the trauma center, the resident and other medical staff noted that he was in very bad physical conditions, needed immediate surgery or otherwise he was going to die. The issue was that the on call surgeon had to be present during the surgery and had not yet arrived, but regardless of the matter and protocol they proceeded with medically treating the patient immediately. The concern is that in doing so they violated medical procedures and put the patients safety at risk, this lead to a long list of ethical issues for example, patient well-being, impaired healthcare professional, adherence to professional codes of ethical conduct, adherence to the organization’s mission statement, ethical standards, and values statements, management’s role and responsibility, failure

Also, whether there was collaboration between facility members to ensure quality care. More issues would be whether examinations were thorough and tests were analyzed before discharging the patient. The moral issue at stake in this case is if the facility believes they did the right thing or not. For example, the physician could not recall what instructions he gave Kelly’s father, but he did nothing to clarify the situation, he just gave the father a business card as if that would suffice for his inability to remember the instructions he assigned (Pozgar,

In March of 2004, a doctor at the Wyoming Medical Center had been reported by one of the nurses for leaving an operating room during a surgery. Narotzky v. Natrona County Memorial Hosp. Bd. Of Trustees, 610 F.3d 561 (10th Cir. 2010). He had left Robert Griffin, a physician’s assistant, who had authorization to assist in surgeries but only under direct supervision of a physician. Id. After receiving the filed complaint, the Medical Center launched an investigation and eventually terminated a group of physicians. Id.

This post identifies two ethical dilemmas I faced as a wound care department manager, apply ethical theories to the situation and analyze how ethical standards would apply to making decisions. A couple years ago I worked as a department manager for a small team of wound care nurses and we identified patients for the rounding surgeons to provide bedside procedures such as sharp wound debridement and replacing g-tubes. The patients identified met criteria and benefited from the treatment, however, wound debridement and replacing g-tubes are within my scope of practice as a Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN). I did not practice to the full scope of my practice in order to leave the procedures for the surgeons to generate revenue for the company.

"Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do" (1). Ethics and its subsequent practice have been a very contentious issue in American society of late. Our current economic resulted almost entirely of excessive greed and unethical actions of key financial institutions. As a result of their lack of integrity, the entire world economy has subsequently suffered in a very severe manner. Many have lost their homes; even more have lost their retirement savings, while still others have lost their livelihoods. Such is the power of ethics and how its practice can have both positive and negative consequences on society as a whole. With all the attention placed on the financial community and in particular, Wall Street, many are often neglecting the unethical practices of the health care industry. I believe a very ubiquitous and widespread issue apparent within the health care industry is that of patient dumping. Throughout this document, I will provide the ethical considerations regarding patient dumping and methods in which to prevent the spread of its practice. In particular, I aim to highlight the practices and potential ethical threats to Health South Inc.

In the novel The Adoration of Jenna Fox, by Mary E. Pearson, an important message is the value of medical ethics. The author shows us many points of view on this issue. The two that are the most prominent are 1) that medical ethics are important, and we should have laws regarding them, and 2) that while medical ethics are important, we should still be able to save those we love, even if it breaks the law.

Over the years, the healthcare industry has undergone through an exponential growth despite the tremendous market pressure. Tenet Healthcare Corporation is among the many organizations that the struggle for a position in the healthcare industry (Klaidman, 2010). However, this struggle has contributed to a series of legal and ethical scandals that have largely changed the reputation of the company. Based on theoretical and practical explanations, this paper seeks to critically analyze one of the most recent scandal involving doctors at Tenet Healthcare who carried out unnecessary heart surgeries on patients.

Ethical principals are the seed of which nursing flourishes from. Many ethical principals were involved and dishonored in this case such as, justice, autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, confidentiality and fidelity (Burkhardt et al., 2014). I believe justice was the main principal involved as the entire ethical predicament was revolved around unjust behavior and treatment of the residents. The residents were treated poorly and given unequal rights as a causation of their illnesses. Autonomy, an essential piece of human rights was also being violated in this ethical dilemma. The residents did not have any choice or independence in their care or how they were being treated. Beneficence and non-maleficence are significant dynamics of this ethical situation, as the health care providers needed to reflect on how they can have the maximum benefit while diminishing possible damage to the residents (Burkhardt et al., 2014). Our actions as nurses should always be beneficent and non maleficent, continuously being kind, compassionate and doing what is in their best interest as well a removing and preventing harm. Confidentiality is a key component of nursing and it was blatantly being violated as the health care

Many in the healthcare profession today are challenged with different ethical values; when it comes to healthcare provider and patient relationship. One of those ethical values is when to show mercy and no harm to those left in a health provider care. Most healthcare givers would, but what about those who are providing care in a government interrogation area? In this summarization; two valuable principles, beneficence and nonmaleficence will be discussed. Also, an in-depth analyzation of a case study of a military doctor whose ethics will may be tested.

The creditability of our profession is undermined when we face the temptation to ignore our ethical responsibilities. The author of “Ethics & Critical Thinking” asserts the most common ethical fallacies rely on poor judgments, enormous stress, and conflict. Patient violations are committed everyday when our thoughts maintain “it’s not unethical even if our acts have caused harm as long as the person we harmed had it coming, provoked us, deserved it, was really asking for it, or practically forced us to do it—or, failing that, has not behaved perfectly, is in some way unlikable, or is acting unreasonably.” Integrity and values guide our behaviors and ethical commitment

The general awareness among patients on their rights during a medical procedure often conflict with the morals of the healthcare industry. Many times healthcare professionals are caught between

When you ask people about their hobbies, many of them say something like, “I enjoy reading books and listening to music,” or “I like to watch movies.” Watching movies—or, rather, TV shows—has indeed become an extremely popular activity, especially in countries where there is access to Netflix or other similar services. This popularity is easy to explain: TV shows often offer products much more diverse, intriguing, and non-standard than conventional films. Shows such as “True Detective,” “Game of Thrones,” “House M.D.” and many others have proved that such format is definitely not inferior to regular movies; on the contrary, it can be superior to them at times. And, perhaps, the best example of the show that beats many other TV products in all