Laws on the other hand are binding rules of conduct. When laws are broken, it is punishable by an authority figure. An example of this would be a nurse making a medication error and not reporting it. The legal system and ethical system overlap in most situations, and every patient contact has the potential to produce a legal or ethical situation. “Knowledge of legal issues are essential because nurses are required to practice in accordance with legislation affecting nursing practice and health care failure to respect the legal rights of clients may result in legal or disciplinary actions.” (Makely, Austin, & Kester, 2013, p.64).
Preventive education is an important part of the interaction that NYM has with the community. Nursing image throughout the hospital is respected the only problem is the nursing image among nurses themselves. The shortage also comes into play here. Nurses become burned out and frustrated and tend to be negative with each other due to the stress. Interdisciplinary relationships throughout the hospital are strong.
It is that form of practice which seeks to problematise many situations of professional performance so that they can become potential learning situations and so the practitioners can continue to learn, grow and develop in and through their practice” Jarvis P. (1992) pp174 -181. Johns, C (2000a) pg 34, describes reflection as a window through which the practitioner can view and focus self within the context of his own lived experience in ways that enable him to confront, understand and work towards 1 resolving the contradictions within his practice
Ethics committees can be useful in this situation, because they can help explain the patient’s situation and provide possible answers to those hard questions. The nurse who neglected care towards the patients, in my opinion, should lose their job. Nurses who neglect care are putting their patients at danger. According to the Code of Nursing Ethics, “The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to preserve integrity and safety, to maintain competence, and to continue personal and professional growth” (ANA Code of Nursing Ethics). This nurse neglected the patient, therefore, neglected the responsibility in preserving the safety and integrity of the patient.
“ What we see and report are filtered through a set of values, biases, attitudes and expectations. We tend to see or hear what we wish to see or hear, selecting and remembering those aspects of an experience that are most consistent with our prior experience or background” (Browne & Keeley). When making personal observations a checklist of questions should concerning the topic should be made. Personal observation is important to discuss because it is the basis for many everyday decisions we make. The next approach I chose was evaluation of the evidence.
Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing NUR391/Professional Nursing Zachary Medler January 9, 2015 Dr. Susan Johnson Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Two issues that Nurse’s face in Healthcare are Malpractice and End-of-Life considerations. Malpractice is professional negligence by the facility or staff whose actions have caused emotional, physical and financial damage to a client under care. In order for negligence to be considered, four elements must be fulfilled, and they are a duty, breach of duty, damages, and causation (Morales, 2012). End-of-Life considerations are prominent in the field of nursing as everyone eventually passes away. It becomes burdensome when the terminal client, has no advanced directive and the loved ones that are to make decisions are in disagreement with each other.
In this paper, I will discuss the range of problems facing these client’s and what skills the helper can use in order to help their client. When problems exist that causes a client to experience trouble or discomfort, it is essential that human service professionals can identify
Nurses are relied upon to advocate for our patients dignity, privacy, confidentiality, improper and incompetent care. The case of Marianne is a good example of how the ANA code of nursing ethics could help a patient that can't make convey their needs the healthcare team. The stroke has left Marianne unresponsive and without an advanced directive the healthcare team has no way of knowing what her desires would be for the plan of care. Her husband and children are in disagreement with which direction to go in regards to her care. The ANA code of ethics has provisions in place to assist in a decision for this case.
The nurse should ensure that when they delegate the person they are delegating to is competent enough for the task. The nurse should ensure that they have provided the right directions and communication as well as the right supervision. The nurse should delegate the patient education to the nurse with a BSN in community health. The LVN nurse should ensure that the patient understands completely all of the instructions that she has received (ie: medications). The LVN nurse could make sure that the patient understands why she has to go to the bathroom frequently and has pain during urination.
68) To repeat, the observations that we make daily affect our use of words. This in turn, shapes how we perceive others, their behaviors, events, and ourselves. Luckily for us, perception is an ongoing active mental process. To illustrate the point, “Perception is the active process of creating meaning by selecting, organizing, and interpreting, objects, events, situations, and other phenomena”. (Interpersonal Communications, 2010, pg.