Nursing Week 1 Assignment Ethics

Respond to ONE of the following three “news clippings” related to virtue ethics from your Pozgar text. Write a 1-2 page essay addressing the discussion questions posed for the one you selected. Be sure to clearly identify the news clipping you selected.

Adhere to current APA Style and cite all sources. Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Choose one of the following videos to address for your assignment.

#1. Wrong-Operation Doctor – Attached you will find the transcripts for each video.

Find Out More: You may use these and other outside sources to frame your discussion.

• The Pain of Wrong Site SurgeryLinks to an external site.
• Judgment Upheld in Arkansas Brain Surgery LawsuitLinks to an external site.
• National Quality ForumLinks to an external site.

Assignment Discussion Questions

1. Discuss the issues of integrity in this case.
2. Should criminal charges be considered in this case, if accurately reported? Discuss your answer.
3. Why did you choose to respond to this story?
4. How is integrity displayed in your clinical setting? Nursing Week 1 Assignment Ethics

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#2. Cheney’s Staff Cuts Testimony on Warming  

Find Out More: You may use these and other outside sources to frame your discussion.

• The full story Cheney’s Staff Cut Testimony On WarmingLinks to an external site.
• CDC on Air QualityLinks to an external site.

Assignment Discussion Questions

1. Discuss how headlines such as this affect your opinion of politicians.
2. At the end of our days, the most basic principles of life–trust and survival–are on trial. What is your verdict, if you believe there was a cover-up?.
3. Why did you choose to respond to this story?
4. How are government and political trust displayed in your clinical setting?

#3. Surgeon Uses Ministry in Medical Practice

Find Out More: You may use these and other outside sources to frame your discussion.

• The full story: Praying with patients: A Dallas surgeon finds a way to put ministry into practiceLinks to an external site.
• Should Your Doctor Pray With You?Links to an external site.
• South Korean Hospitals Shut Over MERS Fears; 11th Person DiesLinks to an external site.
  • Note the picture in this article

Assignment Discussion Questions

1. Discuss the pressure, if any, placed on the patient to responding to the suggestion of prayer prior to surgery.
2. Describe how you, as the surgeon, or nurse, would address a patient’s religious or spiritual needs if the risks of a complex surgical procedure appear to be threatening.
3. Why did you choose to respond to this story?
4. How is religion or faith displayed in your clinical setting? Nursing Week 1 Assignment Ethics

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#3 Surgeon Uses Ministry in Medical Practice
(Health care and religion)
DALLAS–At 83, Carl Smith faced quadruple bypass surgery and the
real possibility that he might not survive.
Within hours on this spring morning, Dr. Daniel Pool would
temporarily bring Smith’s heart to a stop in an attempt to circumvent
its blocked passages.
And to help his patient confront the uncertainty, Pool did something
unusual in his profession: He prayed with him.
The power of healing: Medicine and religion have had their day, and
they haven’t always been able to coexist. But as today’s medical
treatment becomes more holistic, doctors are increasingly taking
spirituality into account.

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#2 Cheney’s Staff Cuts Testimony on Warming
(Health care, Politics, and Trust)
The players and the politicians: Dick Cheney former Vice President
of the United States, Jason K. Burnett former EPA deputy associate
administrator, and Julie L. Gerberding, former director of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Jason K. Burnett, former EPA deputy associate administrator, said In
a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), that last October an official
from Cheney’s office ordered six pages to be edited out of the
testimony of Julie L. Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
Gerberding had planned to say that the “CDC considers climate
change a serious public health concern.”

#1 Wrong Operation Doctor (ethics and integrity)
Hospitals find it hard to protect patients from wrong-site surgery.
Last year a jury returned a $20 million negligence verdict against
Arkansas Children’s Hospital for surgery performed on the wrong side
of the brain of a 15-year-old boy who was left psychotic and severely
brain damaged. Testimony showed that the error was not disclosed to
his parents for more than a year. The hospital issued a statement
saying it deeply regretted the error and had “redoubled our efforts to
prevent” a recurrence. Nursing Week 1 Assignment Ethics
So, what happened? “Health care has far too little accountability for
results … . All the pressures are on the side of production; that’s how
you get paid,” said Peter Pronovost, a prominent safety expert and
medical director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Innovation in Quality
Patient Care. He added that increased pressure to quickly turn over
operating rooms has trumped patient safety, increasing the chance of
error.
Kenneth W. Kizer, who coined the term “never event” nearly a
decade ago when he headed the National Quality Forum, a leading
patient safety organization, said he believes reducing the number of
errors will require tougher reporting rules and increased
transparency. Nursing Week 1 Assignment Ethics
Source: Boodman, S.G. (2011). Kaiser H