What are the criteria for determining creditability of health information resources. Whether one is referencing print material, resources from the internet, or listening to a health expert, it is important to discern if the source is reliable.
What are the causative microorganism(s) of Hepatitis B, Measles and HIV/AIDS?
"Should Job Hunters Reveal Chronic Illness? The Pros and Cons." This article appeared in the Wall Street Journal giving examples of folks who have kept the secret and those that have revealed the nature of their illness while looking for employment. 1. What do you think in terms of potential public health impact of keepi
In community health nursing, the nurse may find herself/himself in a situation where the nurse's personal safety is compromised. What ethical principles will guide decision-making in that situation?
Prepare a "medical records" overview for the Compliance Committee. Address the following: standard items in a medical record legibility retention of medical records ownership of the medical record internal monitoring Note: I do not need to address HIPAA in this overview
Consider the costs associated with the American healthcare system, the contentions associated with managed care implementation, and the continued problems associated with macro and micro-allocation within this system. 1. What ethics do you believe should guide continuing change in the American health care delivery system?
I need to write a nursing problem statement for a research project on hypertension and how it relates to young black men. I also want it to be about educating young black men about hypertension risks.
I am required to present a proposal to an ethics committee in order for them to approve my research project. I have no background in statistics, but am required to describe my methods for analysing the data which I have accrued from self-reporting questions. I can say that I would seek the help of a statistician, or use a cert
For this project, justify your decision-making concerning the following situation: You are a paramedic arriving at an emergency scene. A group of scouts have entered a cave that is now filling with water. They were led into the cave by a rather large scoutmaster. Unfortunately, while leading them out of the cave, the scoutma
What tensions exist between protection of the public's health and protection of individual rights? How should scarce health resources be allocated and used? What should the balance be between expenditures and quality of life in the case of chronic and terminal illness? What are appropriate limits on using expensive medi
For this assignment you are being asked to consider ethical issues in public health and health services. Using course materials, the Internet, and your Library you are to answer the following questions: 1. What tensions exist between protection of the public's health and protection of individual rights? 2. How should scar
Although often used synonymously, accountability and responsibility retain different meanings and actions within the healthcare community. These differing values are also synonymous with success. Issues of responsibility and accountability are addressed daily within medical offices, outpatient facilities, ancillary services, and
As an employee of the hospital one day you noticed two nurses laughing as they were reading something off of a computer screen. You inquired as to what they were laughing at and they proceeded to show you what they were reading. The nurses had looked up information on a rather unique incident of a patient who entered the emergen
Given that rights have dominated several healthcare debates, how would you define rights as a healthcare provider and why? What are the consequences of your definition? What type of patient-provider model would best accommodate your definition of rights? If rights also produce obligations - how can both patients and p
In the following three cases, I indicate whether if it would be justified to overcome the autonomy of the patient under the principle of beneficence and why: In the intensive care unit, you are working on a patient in a very unstable state. The woman and her children (who were all killed) had been in an accident. It is clear
Why is law not an exact science? What are the implications for healthcare?
1. What are the main arguments for and against embryonic stem cell research? 2. What are President Bush's views? 3. Does the U.S. public support embryonic stem cell research or not? Include recent statistics and poll findings.
Are issues of ethical concern regulated and assessed adequately in the U.S. healthcare system? Why or why not?
Is health care a right or privilege in the United States?
Question: You are having a discussion with your co-workers about what constitutes "quality" in healthcare and why these are the essential components of quality. I am unable to find anything on this. Thank you for your assistance.
J.W. Kingdon describes the agenda setting stage of policy formulation as a function of the confluence of three "streams" of activities: problems, possible solutions to the problems, and political circumstances. According to this metaphor, all three streams must be present for the policymaking process to move to the legislation d
Identify at least two medical management committees within an HCO and explain their roles. How can medical management committees influence the process of health policymaking outside of their HCO's? List some legal and ethical dilemmas to consider when creating new policies.
Marguerite M., an eighty-nine-year-old widow, was admitted into the cardiac intensive care unit in Chicago's Memorial Hospital at 3:00 A.M. on a Sunday morning with a masÂsive heart attack (myocardial infarction). Her internist, Dr. K., who is also a close family friend, has ordered an angiogram to determine the status of Marg
Ideas offer the top ethical issues relating to health care. References also appear.
1. How do you select an appropriate public health model for a targeted intervention? 2. What is the importance of conducting a needs assessment? 3. How does one establish intervention priorities?
You have been asked to prepare a speech to deliver to an industry group about the following topic: 1. The unabated continuation of the proliferation and fragmentation of the health professions. 2. What are the desirable aspects of this fragmentation? 3. And what is the undesirable aspects of this fragmentation? 4. Should
Consider the costs associated with the American healthcare system, the contentions associated with managed care implementation, and the continued problems associated with macro and microallocation within the system. What ethics should guide continuing change in the American Health Care delivery system? Why? Please include refere
Write a position document on Decisions at the End of Life indicating what the healthcare profession's legal and moral stance should be and why.
The class is entitled The Health Care of Populations. I attend the University of Phoenix. I am having a hard time trying to select a federal, state, or local health agency that covers these points. I have also never done a grid before. 1. Description of the Agency- I can do this 2. Explanation of the agency function- I can
Why is it important for health care administrators to be politically savvy?