Educational Assessment Portfolio Sharon Collins Dumont Technical Institute Practical Nursing Program NURS 243 The reason I have chosen the topic about “Nurse’s Attitudes towards Patients with a History of Illicit Drug Use”, is because we as nurses have an ethical right to become advocates for our clients. We cannot have bias opinions when it comes to helping a mentally ill client dealing with a substance abuse. It is our moral ethical duty to advocate for the client dealing with substance abuse, and not to judge them. Nurses have a moral human duty to promote health and well-being to everyone, no matter what their health issues may be. Discrimination is attached to the mentally ill and because of this they are denied the same equalities that others in society have.
ETHICAL AND LEGAL BASIS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING (Jan. 2, 2012) ETHICAL AND LEGAL BASIS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING I. Introduction Nurses are constantly faced with the challenge of making difficult decisions regarding good and evil or life and death. Nursing competency and client care accountability are compromised when the nurse has inadequate knowledge about the laws and regulate the practice of nursing. Knowledge of the legal and ethical concepts presented will enhance the quality of care the nurse provides in his/her legal psychiatric-mental health nursing practice and also protect the nurse within the parameters of legal accountability. The relationship between psychiatry and the law reflects the tension between individual rights and social needs.
Rounding and close observation is relied upon to ensure the safety of staff and patients alike. Interventions require a greater investment on the part of staff yield better outcomes. Assessment and Prevention of Aggression/Violence on Inpatient Psychiatric Units INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH The overriding goal of nurses is, at all times, to keep our patients safe. This is never more true than on psychiatric units. However, inpatient psychiatric units can often be a place of unpredictable emotional and behavioral episodes in which patients act out.
High levels of work place stress and professional burnout continually affects nurses and other health care workers globally. This paper will explore this nursing issue by articulating the concepts of stress and professional burnout relative to the nursing profession. The term stress is defined as “a particular relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised by the person as taxing or as exceeding his or her resources and is endangering his or her well-being” (Wlodarczyk, & Lazarewicz, 2011 p.848). This definition focuses on how stress is connected to an individual’s awareness of their resources and environment. The term professional burnout is described as “physical, emotional and mental exhaustion that results from long-term involvement in work situations that are emotionally demanding” (Wlodarczyk, & Lazarewicz, 2011 p.848), highlighting how the work place environment is directly affecting an individual’s health and well-being.
In the second case study regarding the malpractice and negligence of a nurse, the primary obligation according to the ANA code of ethics is to the patient. Provisions II and IV of the ANA code of ethics states that the nurse is responsible to provide optimum patient care and the primary commitments are to the patient. “Business priorities may be pressing in the organization, and powerful enough to cause conflict of interests.” (Lachman, 2009). Therefore, it is important for the RN to maintain integrity as a professional and act in
Registered nurses are in a position to advocate for the rights of their patients and are often involved in ethical decision-making processes. Ethical decisions arise when the nurse is faced with a choice, in which he or she believes there is the potential for a bad or good outcome. In the case of Marianne the ethics committee will have to weigh the physician’s recommendation of surgery to remove the clot, her husband’s desire to “try everything” and her children’s belief that she would not want to have surgery only to live with a poor quality of life. In a malpractice case it is essential to remember the ANA Code of Ethics. According to “Code of Ethics” (2007), the second provision states, “The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, or community” (ANA, 2001, p. 18).
To understand the link between health and illness, the physiological,psychological and social aspects of an individual's life must be taken into account. This project will be based on specific issued relating to nursing practice which I identified during placement. While (2002) states that effective communication is fundamental to effective consultation and appropriate environment which support privacy and confidentiality. Bate (1999) observing patients, allowed me to notice the distressing situation that the patients was which make them feel uncomfortable which have effects on their social, physical and psychological among older adult with mental health illness. During my observation in placement I found it to be more applicable to older adult complaining to the nurses how constipated the feel.
a pilot study by the National Nursing research unit, at King’s College london, has shown that interruptions are contextually dependent on ward layout, patient care, trust or ward protocols and the seniority of the nurses undertaking the tasks involved. interruptions affect staff cognitively by interfering with working memory, causing lack of focus (Potter et al 2005) and invoking feelings of frustration and stress. however, it must be noted that interruptions in healthcare settings may sometimes be essential to good staff communication so that harm and error can be minimised or eradicated. 22 February 2010 | Volume 16 | Number 9 The evidence of the contribution to medication administration errors of interruptions to nurses’ work examined by the authors included systematic
Amputation Mishap; Negligence Medical professionals face many challenges when dealing with the current flux in healthcare and direct patient care. Circumstances can occur even to the best providers; incidents occur and cause patients undue harm. To differentiate between negligence, gross negligence, and malpractice will be addressed in detail. The article “Amputation Mishap; Negligence” from the Neighborhood newspaper will be examined. The importance of documentation and the ethical principles that will guide any nurse’s practice will be reviewed.
| Patient Confidentiality | Introduction to Nursing | | Patient Confidentiality This essay will define confidentiality, when patient confidentiality applies, the importance of patient confidentiality and how to promote confidentiality. It will further look at the main legislation governing patient confidentiality (HIPAA) and when the patient confidentiality can be breached. Patient Confidentiality is very important for a number of reasons and what I feel is the most important of them all is that it improves the nurse – patient relationship. If a patient is aware of how well his or her nurse is committed to protecting their privacy, it builds trust and respect. The trust and respect between the patient and nurse will increase.