HCS 478 Legal Considerations Microsoft PowerPoint presentation

Resources: University Library; Grading Criteria: Legal Considerations Presentation

Prepare 10- 15 slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes that discusses a current legal issue from the news media or a team member’s professional practice that affects an individual or group of nurses or other healthcare professional such as physicians, pharmacists, or physical therapists. For confidentiality reasons, please use fictitious names if the scenario is based on a team member’s professional practice experience. Some examples of legal issues include:

Angel of Mercy” cases, such as nurses during the Hurricane Katrina evacuation giving overdoses of morphine and other medications to patients to end their lives
Administration of an inaccurate medication dosage, such as pediatric patients receiving heparin overdoses as with Dennis Quaid’s twins
Disclosure to tabloids of celebrities’ personal health information, such as the patients at Cedar Sinai.

Include the following in the presentation:

Judicial process and health care laws
Professional standards of practice
Malpractice and disciplinary action issues
Ethical issues
Issues surrounding appropriate documentation
Nursing practice act requirements
7. At least three references from scholarly journals in the University Library