Nurses are the largest group (in numbers) in health care.  However, many of us are Baby-Boomers and are headed toward retirement.  How will this issue affect nursing in the future? 

 

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Part 1:   

Explain what obligations the U.S. government has towards its citizens and how these obligations impact individual and group rights.

Provide real-world examples to support your explanation, including one personal example from your own experiences.

Using your personal example, explain the position of the Democratic, Republican and a third party, regarding the example you presented

Post must be at least 300 words. 

 
 

Part 2: 

· Thinking about the Affordable Care Act 2010; 

how do the Democratic, Republican and a third party politics impact the Affordable Care Act 2010?

What position do Republican, and Democrat and a third party take on your topic? Expand on this idea

 

Post must be at least 300 words.  

Due 5/15/19

11pm Eastern Time

 

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                                                     Initial Post

The Code of Ethics for Nurses Act provides guidance to these professionals on how to conduct themselves and handle various topics in a professional manner when dealing with public matters (Notes, n.d.).  Some of these ethics may be conflicting as well as competing with those of their patients, place of work to their personal ethics. Milstead and Short (2017)  therefore deduce on the importance of nurses being knowledgeable on the area of clinical practice, institutional rules and procedures, the Nurses Code of Ethics and the field of ethics, as well as understanding their personal values. 

In our case, Lena is therefore a nurse who is bound by these regulations as a professional. However, there are various ways of reasoning through this ethical problem to find an ethical solution. The American Nursing Association, 2015 (ANA) endorses patient privacy and confidentiality protection for the purpose of upholding a trusting relationship between healthcare providers and patients (American Nursing Association, 2015). Confidentiality therefore means that the patient’s information and identity is kept private at all times, meaning that the patient retains the right to decide whom to share the information with. Lena’s sister’s boyfriend is therefore protected under this code. 

However, ANA 2015 annuls this protection and confidentiality code in the case that a person’s life is at risk or could endanger the public, meaning that Lena’s sister is protected here.  If I were Lena, I would inform my sister’s boyfriend of his rights as a patient and the importance of sharing the information with his girlfriend to avoid infecting her. . I would stay within my scope of practice and make sure that the patient reports the information to the required entities.

References

American Nursing Association. (June 2015). American Nursing Association Position Statement on Privacy and Confidentiality. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/~4ad4a8/globalassets/docs/ana/position-statement-privacy-and-confidentiality.pdf

Milstead, J. & Short, N. (2019). Health policy and politics : a nurse’s guide. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Notes on Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and Application

Based in this Post posted above,  answer the following question 

My state is : Florida

In researching for this discussion post, I ran across a law from the state of Maryland that reads, “It is the responsibility of the physician to ensure that partner notification occurs, either by the patient or by the physician.  Assistance can be requested from the health department.” (“Maryland Partner Notification,” n.d.).  The law does not state how and within what time period the partner should be notified.  Are there any laws such as this where you are from?  What regulating agencies certify that physicians are upheld to this standard for reporting?

References

HIV/AIDS reporting and partner notification. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://healthymaryland.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/10-HIVAIDS-Reporting-and-Partner-Notification.pdf

 

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How do you think you could lobby the pharmaceutical companies to participate in a comprehensive healthcare program that includes prescriptions, with or without a co-pay tier? . Currently, the pharmaceutical industry is largely based on volume, and pharmaceutical companies are incentivized to sell as many pills as possible, at the highest price.  This is primarily due to the cost associated with research and development.  Once a drug is FDA approved, the patent lasts for approximately 13 years.  This means the pharmaceutical company only has a short time to recover research and development expenses and turn a profit before anyone in the industry can manufacture the same drug in generic form. It just seems to me there is no incentive for the pharmaceutical industry to participate in any healthcare program that will have a negative fiscal impact on their bottom line.

References

Drug Patents and Generic Pharmaceutical Drugs. Retrieved from www.news-medical.net/health/Drug-Patents-and-Generics.aspx

 

Milstead,  J. A. & Short, N. M.  (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.).  Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

 

Thorton, Grant. (2017). Health Care and Life Sciences; Affordable Care Act – Pharmaceuticals. Retrieved from /www.grantthornton.com/library/articles/health-care/2017/affordable-care-act-impact-pharmaceuticals.aspx

Please cite references in the answer of the question

 

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   BASED IN THE INITIAL POST, POSTED BELLOW, YOU SHOULD ANSWER THIS QUESTIO:

  Could it have been Lena’s sister who passed the virus to this individual?  We would all hope that this young man would contact Lena’s sister. Do you have many HIV positive patients that do not follow the law?  I look forward to your response!  .

                                            

                                               Initial Post

The Code of Ethics for Nurses Act provides guidance to these professionals on how to conduct themselves and handle various topics in a professional manner when dealing with public matters (Notes, n.d.).  Some of these ethics may be conflicting as well as competing with those of their patients, place of work to their personal ethics. Milstead and Short (2017)  therefore deduce on the importance of nurses being knowledgeable on the area of clinical practice, institutional rules and procedures, the Nurses Code of Ethics and the field of ethics, as well as understanding their personal values. 

In our case, Lena is therefore a nurse who is bound by these regulations as a professional. However, there are various ways of reasoning through this ethical problem to find an ethical solution. The American Nursing Association, 2015 (ANA) endorses patient privacy and confidentiality protection for the purpose of upholding a trusting relationship between healthcare providers and patients (American Nursing Association, 2015). Confidentiality therefore means that the patient’s information and identity is kept private at all times, meaning that the patient retains the right to decide whom to share the information with. Lena’s sister’s boyfriend is therefore protected under this code. 

However, ANA 2015 annuls this protection and confidentiality code in the case that a person’s life is at risk or could endanger the public, meaning that Lena’s sister is protected here.  If I were Lena, I would inform my sister’s boyfriend of his rights as a patient and the importance of sharing the information with his girlfriend to avoid infecting her. . I would stay within my scope of practice and make sure that the patient reports the information to the required entities.

References

American Nursing Association. (June 2015). American Nursing Association Position Statement on Privacy and Confidentiality. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/~4ad4a8/globalassets/docs/ana/position-statement-privacy-and-confidentiality.pdf

Milstead, J. & Short, N. (2019). Health policy and politics : a nurse’s guide. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Notes on Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and Application

 

 

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