Effects of Changes in Population Demographics: Obesity HCS/490 February 24, 2013 Obesity Did you know that 30 years ago, only one in ten people were overweight? Those numbers are long gone. Today, a staggering 65% of American adults, 78 million people, are overweight and 31% of these are obese (Healy, 2012). Americans are even fatter than they think they are, especially women. Over one-third of women are obese and the majority of these women are African American or Mexican American. Over the
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Ethics Case Study XXXXXXXXXX HCS/335 May 2, 2011 Beryl Keegan, RN, BSN, MSN/HCE, CCRN, CLNC Ethics Case Study "Jerry McCall is Dr. William's office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant medication, called in right away to his pharmacy, since he is leaving for the airport in thirty
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Ethics Case Study March 26, 2012 HCS 335 Ethics Case Study: Jerry McCall Introduction Ethics are an important aspect of an individual’s personal and professional life, as ethics help people determine whether their actions are right or wrong, good or bad, just or unjust, and fair or unfair (Fremgen, 2009). Strong workplace and interpersonal ethics are essential to any career, but especially so in health care wherein professionals encounter people from all lifestyles, life and death situations
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Is there a social responsibility for the organization in the community? Explain and provide examples. “If there are no contributions to society, there is nothing to distribute; that is, no society produces anything without the effort of its people” (Garrett, Bailey, & Barrett, 2009, p. 91, para 5). Social responsibility is an ethical theory in which organizations, entities, and individuals carry a responsibility to do greater good that benefits the society. Organizations and entities need support
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Weekly Overview Week One Overview Selecting a degree program is an important step in guiding your career. This week, you will look at the focus of the bachelor’s degree and how all the pieces fit together for your learning experience. A bachelor’s degree is comprised of 120 credits that include general education courses that provide a general foundation of learning. Courses in this area can include English, mathematics, history, and science. The remaining credits focus on coursework
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Code of Ethics Jessica Collins, Kelly Woodall, Anita Torrealba, Gerardo Figueroa HCS/335 April 6, 2015 Jodie Ausloos Code of Ethics The goals of the American red cross is to help people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world by offering assistance without discrimination to the wounded on the battlefield, endeavors, in its international and national capacity to prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever it may be
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Ethics Case Study Name HCS/335 Date Professor Ethics Case Study Today’s healthcare professionals are immersed in an ever-changing environment. The advent of managed care, a variety of medical practice arrangements, and a multitude of healthcare specialty areas have resulted in the continual need to understand healthcare law. Unfortunately, due to the rise of malpractice suits, many physicians are protecting themselves by ordering multiple testing procedures, some of which might not be needed
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Code of Ethics Paper Sarah Moore HCS//335 March 23, 2015 Claudia Unrien Code of Ethics Paper Is it important that the organization’s ethical values support your ethical values? Explain. It is very important to make sure that the organization’s ethical values are in line with your ethical values. Knowing the organization and what they stand for helps an individual decide if they would be putting themselves in a position in which they would be confronted with ethical dilemmas on a daily basis
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Ethics Case Study 1 Lynette A. Volk HCS/335 March 31st, 2-14 Beryl Keegan Abstract Jerry McCall is an employee in a medical office for a Dr. Williams and is professionally trained as both a medical assistant and as a licensed practical purse. While Jerry is alone in the office and the receptionist is at lunch, a patient calls and is requesting a refill for an antidepressant medication, Valium, and states he needs the refill right away, as he is leaving for the airport in 30 minutes. The patient
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Ethics Case Study Ethics Case Study Nikki Gabel HCS/335 12-9-2013 Ethics Case Study The case study of Jerry McCall is a an example of a situation where someone is faced with stretching the legal and ethical limits of their medical training and making decisions that they are not qualified to make. Jerry is a medical assistant and is an LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) but he has no authority to prescribe medications to anyone for any reason. The training he received allows him to
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