Other issues to consider in regards to a legal and ethical aspects of surgery are, patient dignity and confidentiality. When performing an invasive procedure such as this you need to remember to provide dignity and respect, while following patient’s wishes and supporting their decisions in regards to the procedure. Dignity should be provides by draping the body correctly and only exposing needed areas. In signing the consents they are accepting that you are knowledgeable and will provide confidentiality of their procedure. When a patient walks into the OR they are entrusting everyone to be competent in their abilities and possess adequate skills to do no harm. That is why it is so important to do universal time outs and equipment counts, to …show more content…
Some such complications that could occur with a hip revision are infection, bleeding, respiratory depression, fractures and osteolysis in the surrounding bone. Less common complications can include not waking from anesthesia and accidental retention of equipment used (WebMD, 2016) . During this surgery the patient actually did experience a minor complication of excess blood loss. The nurse anesthetist noted a drop in the blood pressure (BP) so they had a stat hemoglobin drawn to access his blood loss, it had dropped from the tens prior to surgery to the sevens. The circulating nurse also monitored blood loss through the collection chamber during suctioning. She said she also listened for excessive suctioning as a sign of greater blood loss. Since he had a blood type and cross done prior to surgery they were able to quickly call the blood bank for blood. Within minutes they had blood hanging infusing into the patient, his overall loss was 1600ml and he received two units of packed RBC with albumin. Because of the diligence of the team and close monitoring they were able to quickly replace blood lost and avoid any further
robotic surgery between facilities at different ends of the globe. The temptation for informatics professionals and health care providers alike is to follow the technological imperative and to see the implementation of telehealth as merely a technical problem where any and all issues can be solved by developing technical fixes. Although this technology provides cost-effective and efficient services, there lies a danger that focusing mainly on pragmatic considerations will ignore profound ethical and
process can occur at three levels namely, personal, corporate and diplomatic level. In the corporate level, negotiation skills are important in both informal everyday dealings and formal transactions such as negotiating conditions of sale, mergers, legal contracts and other contracts (Maiese). Negotiations usually take place because the interested parties that wish to create something new that neither could do on their own or to resolve a challenge or dispute between them. In this essay, I will compare
There are several ethical frameworks to can be used to examine medical error reporting. For example, Stanwick & Stanwick (2016) suggests that members of a society believe that certain responsibilities and duties are required as part of belonging to that society the social contract, known as contractarianism or social theory. In this framework, healthcare professionals have a duty and a responsibility to advocate and protect their patients from harm. Another ethical framework that can be used to explain
patient must have the legal authority to give consent, second, they must be competent, they must be willing to give consent of their own free will, and they must be informed about the risks and benefits by someone knowledgeable to respond to questions prior to consent" (Benak L., 2006, p. 48). In the case of Mrs. Sparza, her English skills were limited, and she depended upon her son to be her initial interpreter. However, in the operating room where the consent for the surgery was to be signed, her
field there are a quite bit things that you will need to learn and the proper ways to handle situations that relates to a medical administrative assistant in a medical field. You will need to learn how to complete documentations and legal aspects, how to handle legal and medical issues in a medical practice, you will need to know how to handle different languages and communication barriers, how to handle office procedures with billing and reimbursements, how to handle conflicts that happens in a
This essay explains a classical example of an ethical dilemma that can be encountered when practicing as an occupational and physical therapist. It involves an 85 year old female covered by Medicare who was receiving treatment at home. The ethical dilemma was triggered due to several factors such as the expectations of the client (client/ consumer rights), organisational expectations (employer, governmental and payer-source regulations) and my own personal values (one's moral principles, social responsibilities
sex reassignment surgery. There are many critiques and objections to this surgery that have roots in society, medicine, and the ethics of performing surgery on a physically healthy body. The ethical theory of hedonism supports the will of transsexuals to undergo the sex reassignment surgery in order to change their physical sex and decrease the pain and suffering felt by transgendered people as well as increase their pleasure and improve their lives in the long run. The ethical dilemma of transgender
of autonomy, beneficence, non- maleficence, and justice apply in terms of Beauchamp’s article The Four Principle Approach. I will also argue the relevancy of these principles in the case of Mrs. Francois and her refusal of potentially life saving surgery, and allow these principles to guide my decision as to how the surgeon should proceed. I will further consider how Clouser and Gert’s A Critique of Principlism may challenge or improve my considerations, and conclude with the significance of such
LEGAL ISSUES Collaboration with Others, a key principle of the NMBI Code, applies to the standards of medicines management. Nurses and midwives share responsibility with colleagues from other health care disciplines for providing safe quality health care. Additionally, collaborating and working together helps to achieve safe and effective management of the patient’s medication. Any authorised person administering a medicine to a patient or checking the administration must be satisfied that she
Knowledge has always been a parameter through which human progress has been measured, Knowledge could be an aspect gained from a fact or a situation present. The production of knowledge relies on different ways of knowing, sense perception, emotion, reason and language. The production of knowledge differs from each human being leading to acquiring of personal knowledge and contributing to the shared knowledge. Society also plays a role in influencing the production of knowledge through various judgments
The technology of Australian time The bionic Ear Introduction Advancements in Information Technology have now made it possible to restore hearing to the profoundly deaf by inserting a prosthetic device called the Bionic Ear (also known as the Cochlear Implant) in an individual’s inner ear. The Bionic Ear technology is an example of design and innovation combined with information processing, software design and development. Since it was first invented, technology advancements proceeded on a parallel
“pro-life.” This group argues that aborting a fetus is equivalent to murdering a person. On the other end, there is another group that argue against the pro-lifers, claiming that it is a woman’s freedom and right to abort her child. Because of its ethical, religious and political implications, abortion laws have taken on many different forms around the world. While some countries completely ban abortion altogether, some states in America allow it under certain circumstances, and some other states openly
Utilization of the medical field implicitly condones personal safety and well being into the hands of professionals. Diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease is an aspect of medicine that requires a variety of solutions, therefore patient’s are exposed to a greater likelihood of unintentional medical error (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/medicine/). However, with any extreme and intensive field, the risks of error are elevated due to the very nature and purpose of the science. Reporting
defined, there is much confusion between RN's and LPN's and their scope of practice, and often their roles are blurred. LPN's work under the direction of an RN, they are delegated stable patients, and provide input into several aspects of patient care. An RN coordinates all aspects of patient care and is responsible for educating and assessing the patient. The requirements of becoming an LPN begin with completing a state-approved program; this includes community colleges, technical school and hospitals
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to examine the ethical theories and values that exist in the healthcare industry and to analyze those theories into a medical malpractice aspect. To argue why medical malpractice goes against these ethical theories and values. As well as to determine if medical malpractice is an unethical act of behavior by healthcare professionals. When a healthcare professional performs an act medical malpractice is it considered an unethical act or innocent mistake