(Answered) NR-506NP Week 5 Discussion: Ethical and Legal Implications


Course 

NR-506NP: Healthcare Policy & Leadership


Requirements: 

You are a family nurse practitioner working in an outpatient primary care office of a large hospital system. The practice has been operating for over 15 years, and many of the administrative and clinical staff were hired when the practice opened. You have been in the practice for less than 3 months. In that short amount of time, you have witnessed several of the clinical staff engaging in heated arguments with each other, sometimes in patient areas. You overhear an argument occurring today between two staff. You pick up a patient’s chart and notice a very low blood pressure that the medical assistant failed to notify you about. When you confront the MA, she states that she was going to report the vital signs to you when she became engaged in the heated argument you overheard and forgot to notify you.

Unfortunately, this pattern of behavior is not unusual in this practice. Working with staff who cannot cooperate effectively can negatively influence your ability to spend time with patients, can impede the flow of patients through the office, and could impact patient safety.

Case Study Responses: 

1. Analyze the case study for potential issues for members of the healthcare team from office conflict. Contrast the potential effects for each member of the healthcare team based upon the required readings from the week. Discuss the potential ethical and legal implications for each of the following practice members:

  • Medical assistant
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Medical Director
  • Practice

2. What strategies would you implement to prevent further episodes of potentially dangerous patient outcomes? CULTURE OF SAFETY, quality improvement

3. What leadership qualities would you apply to effect positive change in the practice? Focus on the culture of the

4. A scholarly resource must be used for EACH discussion question each

 

ANSWER 

1.  Analyze the case study for potential issues for members of the healthcare team from office conflict. Contrast the potential effects for each member of the healthcare team based upon the required readings from the week. Discuss the potential ethical and legal implications for each of the following practice members:

 All jobs have some form of office conflict amongst the staff. There are different personalities within these jobs and different opinions. According to Clark, “Harm from disrespect has been identified as the next frontier in patient safety efforts. Disrespectful and uncivil behaviors in healthcare settings can have detrimental effects on individuals, teams, organizations, and patient safety—including life-threatening mistakes, preventable complications, or harm to a patient (Clark, 2019).”….please click the icon below to purchase the answer at $10