Ethical Issues in Nursing

As healthcare professionals, nurses encounter a range of ethical issues in their day-to-day practice. Here are some of the common ethical issues in nursing: Confidentiality and Privacy: Nurses have a duty to maintain patient confidentiality and privacy. This means that they should not disclose any information about the patient’s health status, medical history or treatment…

Nursing Laws paper

When nurses exceed their scope of practice, they violate their nursing license and may be performing tasks that are reserved by statute for another healthcare professional, such as a physician (Fremgen, 2012). Due to the shortage of nurses, their responsibilities are ever increasing, which may lead to actions that result in malpractice. However, nurses have…

Nursing research and theory

Differentiate among the theory-based teaching strategies (dialectic learning, problem-based learning, operational instruction, and logistic teaching). Choose one theory and discuss its application to nursing research and management.  Locate one scholarly article that applies the theory to nursing research or management. Choose one theory and discuss its application to nursing practice and education.  Locate one scholarly…

The Origin of Species presentation

Create a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation about your chosen species. Include the following in your presentation: How may your species have evolved? Describe the mechanism of speciation, in general, and apply the mechanism to the species you researched. Include evidence that supports your speciation hypothesis. What role does natural selection play with this species? What role does…

Healthcare Ethics and Healthcare Reform

According to the American College of Emergency Physicians. (ACEP) (n.d.), “the enacted Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 has fueled ethical debate of several important controversial topics. Ethical issues of health care reform include moral foundations, cost containment, public health, access to care, ED crowding, and end-of-life issues.” Review the following article: ACEP. (n.d). The…

Course Project Presentation

To inform colleagues or clients and gain support for your project, you may find it useful to have a succinct summary of your workflow redesign plan. For this Assignment, you develop such a summary by creating a PowerPoint presentation of your redesigned workflow. To complete the Course Project Presentation: Create a PowerPoint presentation to communicate…