Wellness Case Scenarios

Case Scenario 1: It has become necessary to ration a vaccine for a contagious disease. There is only enough vaccine available to cover 75% of the U.S. population. It is necessary to determine an appropriate method for doing this. Analyze this case by applying each of the theories of Utilitarianism, Rights-based, Justice-based and Virtue-based ethics as discussed in Module 2. (20 points)

Within the case study, Louise struggles with the unwanted responsibility of caring for her partner's nephew, Peter. Louise has feelings of ambivalence towards him and worried that her own children are being overlooked. Her partner Robert is uncommunicative and persecutory towards Louise whenever she tries to speak congruently to him. Louise is using avoidance behaviours as a coping method for the situation, such as online gambling and working longer hours despite house duties being neglected. Robert reacts with anger towards her behaviour whilst she is left feeling vexed and suffocated.

Century Health is a faith based healthcare organization formed in 1996 by sponsors Adventist Health System and Catholic Health Initiatives. Centura alone currently employs 21,000 people and 6,000 physician partners across Colorado and Western Kansas. The network is made up of 17 hospitals, hundreds of of clinics, urgent cares, physician practices, senior living etc, with Net Operating Revenue of 3,443,658,000. This non-profit healthcare organization specializes in cardiac, trauma, oncology, neuroscience, pediatric, and senior service network (Centura Health, 2017). In 2009 Centura started its journey to transform the future of today’s health care for not only patients, but the communities as well. They created the foundation based on their

On Friday October 28, 2016 Wellness Coach Teresa Cain went to knock on Richard Bellamy apartment door but there was no answer from Mr. Bellamy. It has been over three weeks since staff has seen Mr. Bellamy. The next step was to do a missing person’s report. Wellness Coach called 911 at 2:45pm and informed the dispatcher that he was not seen by staff since October 4, 2016. Wellness Coach provided his name, age, and mental health diagnoses. The dispatcher informed me that the police officers will be at the apartment as soon as possible. Hours had passed and no authorities had shown up on the premises. Wellness Coach called the police officers again at 4:15pm informing the dispatcher that the police officer has not yet came to file a missing person’s

Most patients who come into hospitals have either one or more illnesses that need caring and treating. These are the people who have complex health care needs. The Department of health (DH) (2015) defines complex health care needs as physical or mental health impairment that has a potential or affects an individual to conduct their daily activities. This assignment will critically analyse the care given to a patient with complex health care needs. The aspects to be focused on are pain and breathlessness due to swollen neck. The approach to the patient care will be analysed and the effectiveness of the care pathway to deliver care to the patient will be critically analysed. The roles of the Multidisciplinary team (MDT) involved in the care will

Connie Davis and Liz McNett Crowl have informally discussed over time how SRH could increase and encourage our employees’ adoption of healthy lifestyle activities, especially physical activity. The annual Mayor’s Wellness Challenge seemed like an opportunity where we could encourage SRH participation in the Mayor’s Challenge which would be a good way for us to organizationally demonstrate our support of the Mayor’s effort to increase physical activity for health among our employees

In early 2013, an employee of UnityPoint Health-Trinity Wellness departmnet developed a program titled HEART- Helping Everyone Access heaRt Treatment in an effort to combat the above average mortality rates from cardiovascular disease in Rock Island County in Illinois. Deaths from cardiovascular disease were 21% higher in this county compared to the national average at that point in time. After the Trinity employee developed the program, Trinity applied for funding from the AstraZeneca Healthcare Foundation (AZHF) to support the implementation of this program. In October of 2013, AZHF announced that they were awarding Trinity a one year grant for $187,270 to support the implementation of HEART. After Trinity received the grant, the

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Kappa Kappa Gamma believes that mental health is a key part of your overall health. A brief screening is the quickest way to determine if you or someone you care about should connect with a mental health professional. This program is completely anonymous and confidential. You will see your results, recommendations and key resources immediately following the brief

One in every four Canadians will be affected by lung disease over the age of 35 and the rate is predicted to increase (Gershon, 2013). These statistics demonstrate that every Ontarian, if not affected themselves, knows someone who is. North East Ontario (NEO) is a vast area and has a significant population with CRD (LELHIN,2014). Access to a northern PRP requires significant travel for patients (OLA, 2017;Crighton, Ragetlie, Luo, To, & Gershon, 2015). The geographical distance creates barriers to accessing PRPs.

Laurie Welch, Vice President of HR for Doctors Hospital had a discussion this afternoon. This is what we discussed. Doctors Hospital currently employ 70 part-time positions. Laurie, stated she wants to provide as many working hours as possible to these employees. Also she would not want to offer Job Pool as solutions for her employees needed more hours. She is open the on-call staffing option and setting up introductions for the internal vendors the hospital utilized. We would like to set-up a follow-up face to face meeting that will occur the first full week of October.

The Total Support System will provide comprehensive support through the patient’s process of choosing bariatric surgery as a choice for weight loss and a healthier lifestyle. The goal is successful support starting with the first consultation and following the patient through the process.

Reviewing current medication use is imperative at each visit. D.E. could have added or discontinued medications with or without her health care providers’ instruction. Asking whether or not D.E. needed to refill current medications could promote medication adherence. D.E. took Simvastatin for hyperlipidemia and Ventolin for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). While reviewing the medications and diagnoses, checking labs were also imperative to ensure D.E.’s lipid level was under control. Food, drug, and environmental allergies were reviewed for accuracy.

In my department our organizational structure has evolved over the past years. My career has evolved from me and one other employee simply dividing up task to eight different people creating a team. My department is made up of nurses and health educators. Each person on staff has a variety of different task/projects and areas that we are considered to be experts in. As an employee of the Employee Wellness department, work specialization has been common for the last five years.

Having an already limited number of doctors, there is slim competition between these practices causing a decrease in motivation to persuade customers, increase facilities, or give patients superior care. In comparison of Canada and the United States, Bazuik claimed that what she likes about the United States health care is the competition between doctors. “They are consistently advertising and promoting that they have better business and better facilities. Everything is basically full in Canada, so they are not worried about winning over patients” (Bazuik). This competition in the United States forces doctors’ offices, hospitals, and other health care providers to give each and every patient the best care possible. This makes citizens feel