Nursing Discussion Board Response Assignment
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Topic | Nursing Discussion Board Response Assignment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language | English(U.S.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description / paper instructions
Please respond to this post using two in-text cited sources. Please use proper APA format and correct grammar. I paid for the upgraded grading factor, but my last two papers have not been in APA format especially my reference page.
Ethics Top of Form How can nurses influence the costs and delivery of health care services? Nurses can influence the cost of health care services in many ways. They can prevent hospital acquired infections by using proper precautions, using sterile technique, and preventing central line infections. Nurses also have a big impact on educating patients to care for themselves once they are discharged and manage their disease. Working as a nurse we all see patient come back to the hospital for the same issues because they do not manage their disease well at home. According to (Hines & Randall, 2010) “Unplanned readmissions cost Medicare $17.4 billion a year, reducing readmission rates has the potential to lead to significant cost savings” (p. 74). Hospital inquired infections costs the hospital lots of money because insurance will not pay for treatment and the hospital has to use supplies, and resources to eliminate the infection. How are basic legal issues relevant to community/public health nursing practice? A nurse is obligated to report abuse or suspected abuse. The nurse could be forced to testify in cases against the hospital or for the hospital. I work on behavioral health and a lot of times the patient does not want to voluntarily check in. The doctor can force them to come to my floor if he/she feels they are a danger to themselves or others. Eventually if the doctor and designated examiner do not drop the hold the patient will go to court and be committed by a judge. What factors contributed to the vulnerability of the Tuskegee study participants? The study targeted only black males and they were not informed of what the study was for. In order to give informed consent the person needs to be informed. The men were also never given treatment for their disease. The men were vulnerable because they were not educated on what the study was and they should have been told that they had syphilis and provided adequate treatment when it was available. Are there populations in the United States currently at risk for similar unethical activities? Yes elderly, mental health patients, developmental delay and children, poor people, and people that are in prison. According to (Parton, 2015) “Health professionals often don’t see people with learning disabilities as ‘real’ patients – they just see them as people with learning disabilities” (p. 8). For example, if a mental health patient was treated bad and complained to administration it would not be taken as seriously as a patient on med/surg. On the other hand some patient with mental health issues believe staff has done things that they have not really happened. I loved a book I read about Henrietta Lacks it was similar to the Tuskegee study. She never knew her cells were being used for research without permission for over 60 years after she died. What regulations are in place to protect vulnerable populations from similar studies? Who is responsible for enforcing these regulations? The FDA is responsible for protecting the vulnerable population from research. They set up regulations and policies to protect these people. What are some ethical issues community health nurses would need to be aware of in providing care to the community? One issue I have seen in mental health is the rights of the patient to decline treatment. I had a patient that was brought to our unit on a hold because he was suicidal and no longer wanted to do dialysis. He had end stage kidney disease and just wanted to die. His suicide plan was to stop dialysis. He was forced by the police to come to the hospital and was forced to do mental health treatment. Why this guy was denied the right to refuse treatment? Reference: Hines PA, Yu K, & Randall M. (2010). Preventing heart failure readmissions: is your organization prepared? Nursing Economic$, 28(2), 74–86. Parton, D. (2015). Unequal fight. Learning Disability Today, 15(5), 8–9. Nursing Discussion Board Response Assignment
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