Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care

    1. Describe how the roles of a nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, and nurse midwife differ. 2. Describe the various medication errors that can occur in the administration of medications. 3. If a nurse disagrees with a...

Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care

  Assume Nancy was hired 15 years ago as a Special Procedures RN in Radiology by a non-union hospital. Over time the environment and regulations changed, and patients treated in Radiology became more complex. Now new and existing staff must be certified as...

Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care

You are a patient in an acute-care hospital and have been given an incorrect medication. You experienced no adverse effects, and an incident report documented the error (as well as the required documentation in your medical record). Your physician prescribed the...

Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care

  1. Describe the major functions of each branch of government. 2. Archaeologists have discovered hospitals dating back to 460 BC, and we have seen continued evolution of hospitals, and medicine, to this day. Which country or countries contributed the most to the...

Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care

Description: Watch the movie, Patch Adams, and examine the ethical and legal issues that confronted the health care providers in the film. There are a number of different healthcare providers depicted in the film, such as physicians, nurses, technicians, and...