Explain the effect of health care policies, legislation, and legal issues on health care delivery and patient outcomes.
Overview
Create a 15-minute oral presentation (3–4 pages) that examines the moral and ethical issues related to triaging patients in an emergency room.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:SHOW LESS
- Competency 1: Explain the effect of health care policies, legislation, and legal issues on health care delivery and patient outcomes.
- Explain the health care policies that can affect emergency care.
- Recommend evidence-based decision-making strategies nurses can use during triage.
- Competency 3: Apply professional nursing ethical standards and principles to the decision-making process.
- Describe the moral and ethical challenges nurses can face when following hospital policies and protocols.
- Explain how health care disparities impact treatment decisions.
- Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with expectations of nursing professionals.
- Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
- Correctly format citations and references using APA style.
- SUGGESTED RESOURCES
- Internet ResourcesAccess the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have been either granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.
- American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of ethics for nurses. Retrieved from http://www.nursingworld.org/codeofethics
- American Nurses Association. (n.d.). ANA position statements on ethics and human rights. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/~4adf1c/globalassets/…
- Vigil, J. M., Alcock, J., Coulombe, P., McPherson, L., Parshall, M., Murata, A., & Brislen, H. (2015). Ethnic disparities in emergency severity index scores among U.S. veteran’s affairs emergency department patients. PLoS One, 10(5). Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26024515
- One is a 32-year-old firefighter, Frank Jeffers, who is presenting with respiratory difficulties that he obtained while evacuating victims of an industrial accident. He is a married homeowner and father of two young boys. He has lived in the community all his life. He has full and comprehensive health insurance through his employer.
- The other is Brent Damascus, a 58-year-old man. Brent is presenting with respiratory difficulties with the same intensity as Mr. Jeffers above. He is well known at the hospital emergency room, as he is a frequent visitor with various complaints, including asthma, headaches, and tremors. He is homeless, unemployed, and uninsured. He stays many nights at the YMCA and eats lunch at the soup kitchen. He has lived in the community for over 10 years and has been arrested several times for petty theft.
- Explain the health care policies and protocols that are in place that direct triage care in an emergency situation.
- Explain how health care disparities impact treatment decisions.
- Identify the health care policies that are in place that direct care for uninsured individuals. Is there a difference in how these individuals are triaged?
- Describe the moral and ethical challenges nurses can face when following hospital policies and protocols. Is there a conflict when a severely injured person is also uninsured?
- Recommend evidence-based strategies that should be applied for managing the care of uninsured and indigent population.
- Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- References: Include a reference section with a minimum of three references; a majority of these should be peer-reviewed sources. All resources should have been published within the last 5 years.
- APA format: Resources and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
- Length: 3–4 typed, double-spaced pages, excluding title page and reference page. Use Microsoft Word to complete the assessment.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.
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