Ethical Case Study Discussion

Read the scenario in the Case Study below. Discuss using the questions below, and analyze using the ETHICAL model presented in Chapter 5.

CASE STUDY: Post your original response to the topic by day 4; post responses to two (2) peers no later than day 7

Scenario:

Sue T. is the nurse manager for medical-surgical units at a community hospital.  She is currently enrolled in a nursing master’s degree program at the local university.  As part of the requirements for a Nursing Management course, Sue proposes to conduct a study linking nursing interventions and nursing outcomes.  She returns to her place of employment at night for two weeks to audit patient charts and collect the data she needs for her assignment.  She makes copies of the patient records that are particularly helpful and takes them home to write the final paper.  

As Sue is developing her paper, she realizes that the information she has collected may be helpful in completing her nursing staff performance evaluations due next month.   She decides to collect further patient outcome data for individual nurses to monitor their performance.

Consider the following 

  1. Has Sue violated ethical principles by collecting data for a college assignment? Why or Why not? 
  2. Has Sue violated ethical principles by collecting patient data for employee performance evaluations? Why or Why not? 
  3. What, if anything, should Sue have done differently in completing her college assignment? 
  4. What, if anything, should Sue have done differently in completing her employee performance evaluations? 

Minimum 350 words and 3 references.

callista roy

  

A 23-year-old male patient is admitted with a fracture of C6 and C7 that has resulted in quadriplegia. He was injured during a football game at the university where he is currently a senior. His career as a quarterback had been very promising. At the time of the injury, contract negotiations were in progress with a leading professional football team.

1. Use Roy’s criteria to identify focal and contextual stimuli for each of the four adaptive modes.

2. Consider what adaptations would be necessary in each of the following four adaptive modes: (1) physiological, (2) self-concept, (3) interdependence, and (4) role function.

3. Create a nursing intervention for each of the adaptive modes to promote adaptation.

Sexism Reflection Essay

 

Read the article, “When Men Experience Sexism.”

“Women have been fighting against sexism for a long time. If men can learn from them, it will be to everyone’s benefit.”

— Noah Berlatsky, The Atlantic, 2013.

  • What is meant by this statement?
  • Cite specific examples from the article to support your conclusions.

assignment

 

Watch the following videos and then discuss what strikes you the most. 

Video 1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fPYyWhtTDmQ

2: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a5GbNEKsIrk

Caps Discussion W5

Peer Review for Cultural and Ethical Perspective Inquiry Draft

Post a draft of your cultural and ethical inquiry paper for peer review. You should also post your level 1 and level 2 research questions. Identify any questions or challenges you faced with the assignment, or mention something new you learned about the research question and inquiry paper process. Pose specific questions you would like your peers to address.

Ethica and Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice DQ 12 week 7 Damian Vega

 

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References APA

This is another student post to which i have to react adding some extra information related this post. 

short answers.

 

– Registered nurses (RNs) play an integral role in the healthcare system by providing care to patients. Based on their experiences in care provision, RNs should be vital stakeholders in formulating healthcare policies. Some factors, such as technological advancement and political factors, are responsible for the rapid changes being experienced in the healthcare system. Therefore, new policies are essential to improve health care delivery to the public. However, RNs do not have an understanding of the policy process or are uninterested in engaging in political issues (Burke, 2016). Registered nurses should be aware of the emerging policy issues that affect them and become more active in the policy process to improve the provision of care to the public.

Several issues are affecting nurses in the modern environment, which requires the intervention of all stakeholders by formulating the necessary policies. Some of these issues are workplace safety, training and educational requirements, violence, and quality of health care (Huston, 2020). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA, 2017), staffing shortage is one of the main concerns that is currently being discussed in the policy arena. The shortage in RNs is attributed to the aging population, the cost-cutting decisions, the increase in patients’ needs as well as the complexity of health issues, and the rise in the aging workforce (ANA, 2017). The challenge of having a few nursing profession is that it leads to burnout affecting the performance and the health of nurses. Therefore, healthcare policy-makers should develop and implement policies that address the shortage to improve healthcare services.

2.- Nursing practitioners have numerous opportunities to participate in the policy-making process. According to Burke (2016), nurses must acknowledge that they are professionals in their field who are responsible for promoting the current and future care delivery system. The author asserts that nurses should ensure that policies that define and ingrain practice standards, that improve care provision and harness conditions necessary to provide quality care. Therefore, individual registered nurses should make recommendations that would improve the working conditions of nurses to policymakers and other stakeholders. Besides, registered nurses should advocate for more resource allocation to boost healthcare service delivery. Nurses can also join professional associations that represent them and serve as a means of making their voices and will heard. They should stay informed about who their elected officials are and actively participate in social media to support their policies and political campaigns (Huston, 2020). Therefore, registered nurses in the contemporary world should be more involved in the policy-making process to ensure their concerns are addressed. As a result, the healthcare delivery system would become more efficient, resulting in more positive public health outcomes.

3.- Since the demand for care continues to rise, the next policy issue that would largely be discussed affecting nurses is their development and growth. According to Annemarie (2016), the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended an increase in the number of BSN-prepared nurses to approximately 80 percent by 2020. Individual nurses should focus on their professional development and growth to become BSN-prepared to meet the demand. By developing appropriate policies, nurses would become motivated to advance their qualifications to fill in the positions. Therefore, the next policy discussion affecting nursing is redefining nursing education to align with emerging healthcare needs.

Registered nurses have numerous opportunities to participate and contribute to the formulation of healthcare policies. Therefore, they should be central to the policy process. Their input would ensure that appropriate policies are developed and implemented, promoting the delivery system of care. The changing dynamics in the healthcare system have necessitated the involvement of nurses in the policy process. Conventionally, nurses’ involvement in the policy process has been limited to implementation.

References

American Nursing Association. (2017). Nursing staffing. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/nurse-staffing/.

Annemarie, P. (2016). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health…how are we doing? Nursing Critical Care, 11(3), 4. doi: 10.1097/01.CCN.0000482518.50906.58

Burke, S.A. (2016). Influence through policy: Nurses have a unique role. Reflection on Nursing Leadership. Retrieved from https://nursingcentered.sigmanursing.org/commentary/more-commentary/Vol42_2_nurses-have-a-unique-role.

Huston, C. (2020). Professional issues in nursing: Challenges and opportunities (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

Capstone Change Project Outcomes

 After working with your preceptor to assess organizational policies, create a list of measurable outcomes for your capstone project intervention. Write a list of three to five outcomes for your proposed intervention. Below each outcome, provide a one or two sentence rationale.  

Change Implementation and Management Plan

As a professional, you will be called upon to share expertise, inform, educate, and advocate. Your efforts in these areas can help lead others through change. In this Assignment, you will propose a change within your organization and present a comprehensive plan to implement the change you propose.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and identify one change that you believe is called for in your organization/workplace.
    • This may be a change necessary to effectively address one or more of the issues you addressed in the Workplace Environment Assessment you submitted in Module 4. It may also be a change in response to something not addressed in your previous efforts. It may be beneficial to discuss your ideas with your organizational leadership and/or colleagues to help identify and vet these ideas.
  • Reflect on how you might implement this change and how you might communicate this change to organizational leadership.

The Assignment (5-6-minute narrated PowerPoint presentation):

Change Implementation and Management Plan

Create a narrated PowerPoint presentation of 5 or 6 slides with video that presents a comprehensive plan to implement the change you propose.

Your narrated presentation should be 5–6 minutes in length.

Your Change Implementation and Management Plan should include the following:

  • An executive summary of the issues that are currently affecting your organization/workplace (This can include the work you completed in your Workplace Environment Assessment previously submitted, if relevant.)
  • A description of the change being proposed
  • Justifications for the change, including why addressing it will have a positive impact on your organization/workplace
  • Details about the type and scope of the proposed change
  • Identification of the stakeholders impacted by the change
  • Identification of a change management team (by title/role)
  • A plan for communicating the change you propose
  • A description of risk mitigation plans you would recommend to address the risks anticipated by the change you propose

 Marshall, E., & Broome, M. (2017). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
Chapter 8, “Practice Model Design, Implementation, and Evaluation” (pp. 195–246)

Cullen, L., & Adams, S. L. (2012). Planning for implementation of evidence-based practice. Journal of Nursing Administration, 42(4), 222–230. Retrieved from https://medcom.uiowa.edu/annsblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/JONA-FINAL-Cullen-2012.pdf

Pollack, J., & Pollack, R. (2015). Using Kotter’s eight stage process to manage an organizational change program: Presentation and practice. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 28(1), 51-66.

Seijts, G. H., & Gandz, J. (2016). Transformational change and leader character. Business Horizons, 61(2), 239-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2017.11.005

Tistad, M., Palmcrantz, S., Wallin, L., Ehrenberg, A., Olsson, C. B., Tomson, G., …Eldh, A. C. (2016). Developing leadership in managers to facilitate the implementation of national guideline recommendations: A process evaluation of feasibility and usefulness. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5(8), 477–486. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.35. Retrieved from http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3183_5015382bcf9183a74ef7e79b0a941f65.pdf