Aspen N520 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care Module Discussions

 

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

Describe an example of how you as a professional nurse have used ethical theories or ethical principles in a clinical practice setting.

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In your clinical setting, consider the many times and various ways in which you acted as a patient or family advocate. Which model did you follow in advocating for the patient: rights protection model, values-based model, or respect for persons model? Would having used a different model have changed the outcome? Were there also instances when you chose not to be an advocate for a particular patient? What circumstances or events prevented you from serving in this role?

 

N520 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Module 2 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

Do you agree that individual states should be able to place reasonable restrictions or waiting periods for abortions? Who should determine what is reasonable?

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Examine this statement: “The inherent risk is that society’s faith in doctors as healers would become subverted if doctors participate in physician-assisted suicide.”

 

N520 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Module 3 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

Provide an illustrative example of a negligence suit that meets all of the required elements (using a hypothetical situation)

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Which classifications of law are more commonly applied to professional nursing? From a current media source (e.g. Internet, newspaper article) describe a health-care related incident that depicts one of the classifications of law.

 

 

N520 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Module 4 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

How can a staff member ensure confidentiality in clinical settings? What strategies might be implemented by the nurse manager or nurse educator to promote confidentiality? What safeguards can be used to ensure confidentiality when sending medical information by fax or by e-mail?

OR

Debate both the pros and cons of having individual professional liability insurance.

 

N520 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Module 5 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

Are there areas in which advanced nursing practice is making more of an impact than others? Do these correspond with the primary purposes of advanced nursing practice?

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What are the most common potential legal liabilities for nurse administration and nurse managers in health care settings? How can these areas of potential liability be minimized or avoided?

 

N520 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Module 6 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

What type of role should nurses have securing informed consent? In assisting with research studies? In assisting with genetic testing?

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When a nurse reports abuse, should the accused be able to know the identity of his or her accuser? Should a nurse be sanctioned for reporting abuse if it proves to be false?

 

N520 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Module 7 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

Debate why nurse should and should not donate their services.

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What advice should be given to nurses seeking employment as occupational health nurses or school nurses about their potential legal liability?

 

N520 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care

Module 8 Discussion

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

What questions on employment questionnaires or during employment interviews is the nurse allowed not to answer and should never have been asked?

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How does the doctrine of indemnification further the concept that individuals are ultimately responsible for their own actions?