Hlt 305 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

=== Topic 2 Assignment: Standards of Care and Medical Practice === --- Principles for Physicians Taking Care of Patients --- Legal Responsibility --- Negligence --- Malpractice --- Litigation --- Minimizing Mistakes & Errors --- Communication is key --- How it can all improve the quality of healthcare --- Conclusion --- References

Values and morals are considered to be an individual’s personal beliefs about different things. A person’s beliefs can decipher whether or not they would consider something right or wrong. Although the two terms sound similar, they have slightly different meanings. Values are an individual’s personal beliefs that can motivate their actions, attitudes, and the way they behave (Mintz, 2018). Furthermore, they show what is and what isn’t important to a person. While morals are also an indi...

=== Topic 5: Approaches to Moral Reasoning and Ethical Decision-Making === === Assignment: Ethical Decisions in Health Care === --------- Description: ------------- Your health care team is presented with the following case: A 6-year-old develops a high fever accompanied by violent vomiting and convulsions while at school. The child is rushed to a nearby hospital. The attending physician makes a diagnosis of meningitis and requests permission from the parents to initiate treatment. Both paren...

Wellness in Health Care Name Professor Date: ……… An important part of health care is the wellness of health care providers. Negligence in these areas can result in a tangible reduction in effective care for patients. It can also affect the work environment and pour over into other areas in the life of a provider. However, there are tools available and ways to aid in the mental, physical, and spiritual wellness of practitioners. For this assignment, review the scenario and respond to...

Description: Throughout this course, we will look at many different scenarios, viewpoints, and medically legal requirements that at times may differ from your own value system. For this first assignment, examine your personal value system in relation to the professional values described in the assigned readings. Together, these influence your worldview and approach to ethical decision-making. In a reflective paper of 1,000-1,200 words, answer the following questions: 1. How do you personally d...

Topic 6 DQ 3 Description: We continue to see suicide rates rise in medical professionals. What are some ideas of different interventions, techniques, services, or opportunities we could use to positively reach them sooner and reduce stress?

Topic 5 DQ 3 Description: Kidder's ethical checkpoints is a decision-making model that is often used in health care. Provide an example of how this model could be used to make an ethical decision. What do you like and dislike about this model?

Topic 4 DQ 3 Description: In health care there are often different backgrounds and beliefs present between medical staff and patients. What challenges and benefits do you see when working in a group setting? What are some suggestions of how conflict could be reduced while embracing the team approach between medical staff and patients?

Description: Your health care team is presented with the following case: A 6-year-old develops a high fever accompanied by violent vomiting and convulsions while at school. The child is rushed to a nearby hospital. The attending physician makes a diagnosis of meningitis and requests permission from the parents to initiate treatment. Both parents are Christian Scientists, and they insist that no medical treatment be given to the child. The physician initiates treatment anyway, and the parents l...