Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Diane Eckert, Christen Rosa, Gary Pagdilao, Melissa Mendoza Nurs 391 April 20, 2015 Willie Goodwin Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing The nurse plays an important role in the safety and well-being of the sick and vulnerable. In two different cases, one involving the care of the unresponsive patient without advanced directives and the second involves the nurse observing negligent behavior by another nurse. The nurse is responsible not only ethically but legally for the care of the patient. The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics serves to protect the welfare of the sick, injured and helpless. Nurses are relied upon to advocate for our patients dignity, privacy, confidentiality, improper and incompetent care.
On the other hand, Susie Monahan, Vivian’s nurse, served as her advocate from the beginning of her treatments to Vivian’s death. Nursing Role In the film, Susie not only represented the nursing community but exemplified what it means to be human. Vivian frequently highlighted the irony of having to physically and emotionally decline and lose all of her dignity to receive necessary medical attention. “I [Vivian Bearing] am learning to suffer.” However, Susie consistently rectifies the lack of compassion and recognizes how vulnerable Vivian is in this stage of her life. She continuously nurtured Vivian physically and emotionally.
Hospitals all over the nation are challenged with ethical issues every day that effect physician, nurses and other hospital staff. It is the responsibility of the healthcare professional to be honest and ethical. Below discusses several ethical issues that may exist in the South Florida region of the United States. Safety South Florida is home to over four million residents that require high quality and ethical medical care (Office of Economic & Demographic Research, 2015). When servicing a large amount of residents it is extremely important for hospitals and clinics to monitor staff to ensure safe care is taking place.
The importance goes further to the core of the problem focusing on the nurse and evaluating what is needed to be done in order to educate this patient group. The research problem involves nurses who are not comfortable discussing end-of-life issues with their patients and is identified in the first few paragraphs of the article. This is a significant problem nurses and doctors can educate, manage and monitor for these chronic patients. The purpose is not clearly stated in the study, but is inferred within the abstract of the article as well. Patients and families dealing with potential end-of-life issues is a very common problem in health care today.
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.
Another skill a successful Nurse should have is empathy, many patients are confused and scared about their conditions and it’s the Nurses job to show that they understand and try to further explain the condition using words that will not frighten or confuse the patient. You must have emotional stability, throughout a Nurse’s career there are many situations that cause emotional stress. It is the nurse’s job to provide support and sympathy to the patient and their family through the hard times and also to be the back bone of the group and to always be optimistic. Hospitals experience death every day and it is the Nurse’s responsibility to hold professionalism when this occurs. Nurses must be able to retain information.
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.
“Nursing is not for everyone. It takes an intelligent, strong, and compassionate person to take on the illness of the world with the passion and purpose and work to maintain the health and well-being of the planet. No wonder we're exhausted at the end of the day!” (“Nurse Quotes”). Home Health care nurses are trained to provide nursing care for patients in the comfort of their own home. Being a home health nurse is a demanding job and it requires going through an intensive series of training, and having good monitoring and communication skills, as well as knowledge of medical terminology.
Personal goals is something everyone in the health care relationship is going to have; like the physician saving time, or the patient needing reassurance. Personal goals can be very important when trying to understand a patient and their needs. I feel that knowing one’s personal goals, you can get a better understanding of that person. Interdependence is also very important because it looks at things leading up to the health care conversation, like the receptionist that is very cold and not friendly. That one receptionist can change the whole mood of the patient, which continuing on into the visit with the physician.
Retention of Nurse Managers in Healthcare Vina Mealey Thomas Edison State College Dr. Jenna Hatcher-Keller June 10, 2012 Abstract Nurse Managers have vast knowledge and experiences not only in managerial work but also in care giving which enables them to effectively accomplish their duties contributing to the overall success of health care organizations. However, in the course of their duties, nurse manager’s performance and work output are affected by various factors such as burnout, poor management systems or policies and inadequate compensation among other factors. Studies show that in order to retain qualified nursing in management roles, health systems must learn to utilize strategies which promote a positive work environment. Creating a good work environment that fosters and enhances the quality of administrative and leadership systems as well as relationships while enabling maintenance of quality of work/life balance, contributes to nurse manager retention (Parsons & Stonestreet, 2003). This paper critiques research studies on several factors such as burnout, job satisfaction, and leadership behavior that may influence the successful performance and retention