Category: Ethics

Table of Contents Reflection on ethical and legal issues Ethical issues Potential liabilities of the ethical issues References Reflection on ethical and legal issues The use of health information technology (HIT) in health care organizations has transformed patients’ care in many positive ways. Nurses use HIT to provide quality care to patients through proper interpretation…

Ethics in Shared Governance Shared governance is a system that allows nurses to participate in operations and activities connected not only to individual patients’ well-being but also to the hospital’s structure. In this type of governing structure, nurses have a chance to obtain more information to care for their patients, make decisions connected to the…

In the article Formation and everyday ethical comportment, the authors describe and discuss the essential shifts in nursing education (teaching and learning) and point out that nursing professionals need to approach teaching in new ways (Benner, Sutphen, Leonard-Kahn, & Day, 2008). The concept of formation used by Benner et al. (2008) in this article refers…

Table of Contents Medicaid Eligibility Fairness Using Hospital Compare Health Care as a Right in the US Distributive Justice in Health Care References Medicaid Eligibility Fairness Every state has its conditions for people who want to receive coverage under Medicaid. In Florida, these criteria are established by multiple entities: the Social Security Administration (SSA) and…

Introduction The health care system of the United States of America is considered to be one of the most effective around the world, but this system also has its drawbacks and problems that serve as obstacles on the way of its development. First of all, the health care system is currently characterized by the labor…

The nursing profession is an ever-changing profession that has a responsibility of responding to complex and many different issues concerning protecting a patient by ensuring they are safe, human rights, as well as maintaining their dignity. Professional nurses should work as advocates of the patients without regard of the setting the nurses are working in.…

Working in emergencies poses not only professional but also ethical challenges for healthcare employees, and the notorious Hurricane Katrina is an example of such a situation. While imagining myself as a direct participant in those events, I realize that I would have to face severe pressure caused by the dire consequences of the disaster and…

Spiritual beliefs affecting the health policy reform process Spiritual beliefs and political ideologies are inextricably linked to each other since the former impact the latter. In particular, the majority of people associate certain beliefs with social benefits, prosperity, and other positive phenomena (Ernecoff, Curlin, Buddadhumaruk, & White, 2015). It is possible to note that spiritual…

The code of ethics, which regulates the relations between clinical nurses and general practitioners, can be correlated with Peter Drucker’s theory of management. Specifically, according to the author of the insightful book about entrepreneurship, the structure, and effectiveness of working processes are damaged by the general practice of subordinate-directed relations between the workers. Thus, Peter…

The story of Henrietta Lacks is the foundation of modern medical ethics and humanistic treatment of patients worldwide, especially among minorities. After undergoing dangerous procedures during segregation at Johns Hopkins, Henrietta Lacks lost her cells and died a few months after the medical operation. The cells obtained by George Gay subsequently became a global medical…