HCS 478 ENTIRE COURSE

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HCS 478 ENTIRE COURSE
 
 
WEEK  1
 
HCS 478 Week 1 Individual Assignment Personal Ethics Statement
 
Resource: Your Personal Ethics Statement; Ethics Game; Grading Criteria: Personal Ethics Statement;
Read the guidelines for Assignment Option One in the Your Personal Ethics Statement document.
Access the Ethics Game.
Complete the Ethical Lens Inventory.
Write your personal ethics statement.
 
 
WEEK 2 
 
HCS 478 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics Game Simulation
 
 
Resources: Ethics Game; University of Phoenix Material: Ethics Game Simulation Worksheet; Grading Criteria: Ethics Game Simulation
 
Access the Ethics Game simulation.
Complete the Ethics Game.
Document the results in the Ethics Game Simulation Worksheet.
Write a 1050- to 1,400-word reflective journal in which you answer the following questions:
What were the ethical issues presented in the simulation?
What decision-making steps did you take to ethically address these issues?
What ethical perspectives, or lenses, did you use to make your decisions in the simulation?
How did these ethical perspectives, or lenses, influence your decisions?
How might concepts from this simulation relate to your workplace?
 
 
 
 
WEEK 3
HCS 478 Week 3 Individual Assignment Ethical Dilemmas
 
Resource: The Neighborhood: Season 2, Episode 9; Grading Criteria: Ethical Dilemmas
Access The Neighborhood using the link on the student website.
Read the story of each of the Allen family members up to Season 2, Episode 9.
Develop a 10- to 12- slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to present to the class at least two ethical dilemmas potentially faced by the Allen family in this simulation.
Select and discuss which of the following ethical principles are related to the case of Pamela Allen and her family:
Autonomy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Fidelity
Advocacy
Veracity
Respect
Include in your presentation the role of the nurse in caring for this family and how an ethical decision-making model could be applied in searching for a resolution.
 
 
WEEK 4
HCS 478 Week 4 Individual Assignment Negligence Paper
 
Resource: The Neighborhood: Season 3, Episode 7; Grading Criteria: Negligence Paper
Access The Neighborhood using the link on the student website.
Read the article “Amputation Mishap; Negligence”in the NBH newspaper under Season 3, Episode 7.
Write a 1050- to 1750-word paper differentiating between negligence, gross negligence, and malpractice. Based on your information, decide if you agree with the statement in the newspaper.
Provide your rationale for your decision.
Describe the importance of documentation (relating to this simulation) and its correlation to potential negligence.
If you were the nurse in this situation, what ethical principles would guide your practice?
How would you document the case to satisfy ethical and legal requirements?
Include at least three references from peer-reviewed journals.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
 
 
WEEK 5
HCS 478 Week 5  Learning Team Assignment Legal Considerations Presentation
 
Resources: University Library; Grading Criteria: Legal Considerations Presentation
Prepare a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes that discusses a current legal issue, from the news media or your own professional practice, affecting an individual or group of nurses. For confidentiality reasons, do not use real names from your own practice. Examples of legal issues include the following:
“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 your 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
At least three peer reviewed references from scholarly journals in the University Library