Instruction-You will be assigned 3 case studies based on a real health care ethical situation in which you need to decide how you would handle the ethical problem in the situation. The case study is not per se related to the ethical content of the week it is assigned. To complete this assignment, you need to use the resolvedd method and do the following: Step (1) In 35 words or more, describe at least two possible solutions to the ethical case study. Step (2) In 50 words or more, describe the consequences and outcomes that would result from the solutions you selected. Step (3) In 75 words or more identify the ethical principles/values that affirm or violate each of the solutions you selected and explain how they affirm or violate your solutions. Step (4) In 75 words or more select and justify one of the solutions you think is the best solution to the question posed in the case study.
Case Study 1
“A patient is admitted to a unit on a hospital floor after being beaten at a bar. While at the bar, he was involved in a fight with guys of another racial group (racial group X). It turns out that Nurse Janet Smith (also a member of racial group X) is caring for him. The patient takes out his frustration on Janet and directs various racial slurs at her as she cares for him. This makes Janet angry for several reasons. After he is medicated, she decides to take photos of the patient’s beaten face and she then downloads the pics on Facebook for all to see. You are a nurse at the hospital where Janet works and you are one of Janet’s Facebook friends and discover the pics. In light of this information about the pics of the pt, decide how you will respond to Janet using the Resolvedd Method.”
Case Study 2
“You work on a medical/surgical floor at a county medical center. There is a patient on your floor who had a stroke, and his wife is his power of attorney. The patient’s stroke was mild and his cognitive functions were not affected by the stroke (he is oriented times 3). He has been on the unit for 3 weeks. Early in his hospitalization his hemoglobin was found to be 6.0g. The patient’s wife is a Jehovah’s Witness; however, the patient is not. The patient’s wife is the strong hand in their relationship. She insisted that the patient should not receive blood products. The patient is on the fence with the decision to receive blood products. His wife would not allow the doctors to speak with him without her being present. The patient is not opposed to his wife being continuously present. The patient’s well-being is in danger because his hemoglobin continues to drop, and the iron tablets and other treatments are not much of a benefit. Use the resolvedd method to decide how the medical staff should treat this patient.”
Case Study 3
“You work on a unit that focuses on pre liver transplants. The patients on your unit are either being evaluated for the organ transplant list or have been on the list for months or even years and are in the last stages of this disease. Patients in the latter category are in frequent need of blood transfusions and platelets. They would often become very ill and some would die before receiving a new liver.
Liver failure is not per se caused like, say, cancer. Often there is a culpability component attached to it. For example, hepatitis is a major cause of liver failure and hepatitis can result from heavy drinking and drug use.
One evening you are scheduled to work, you are assigned to a 35 year old patient named Paul. He is being evaluated for a liver transplant. His liver failure was related to hepatitis due to heavy drinking. It was also stated on his kardex that he is a prison inmate. He was assigned 3 guards at all times, 2 in the room, and one at the door. After looking at public record, it turns out he is facing life in prison because he was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend.
The cost of the evaluation and liver surgery is generally around $120,000.00. In addition to the cost of surgery, a patient that receives an organ will be on lifelong antirejection medications that are costly also. It turns out that Paul is a match for a liver that has just come in, but another patient is also a match. This other patient is a 67-year-old retired nurse named Nancy. She has no criminal past or history of health problems. She was being evaluated at the same time as Paul for a liver transplant. So both she and Paul were evaluated and found to be a match the same time. Of course, given the law and medical polices, it is not up to you to make the decision which patient gets the liver. With that said, use the resolvedd method to decide who you think should receive the liver based only on the ethical principles we discussed in class.”
In each case study follw the description use the exact amount of words assigned in the disription please.
For instaces i will upload an example case study for how each one should look.
