Evaluate a case study based on a hypothetical scenario involving health care management, patient care, and end-of-life considerations. You will utilize a formal decision-making process to evaluate this scenario based on the concepts and principles you have studied in this course and perhaps your own personal and career experiences.
Preparation
Read the Case Study Scenario [PDF] to complete this assignment.
Review the Ethical Case Study Evaluation Scoring Guide prior to beginning your work.
Use the Using the Scoring Guide to Enhance Learning [PDF] to better understand the scoring guide.
Use the Ethical Case Study Evaluation Template [DOC] for this assignment.
Scenario and Challenges
Jenny Abrams, the health care administrator at Brookside Hospital, is faced with a serious managerial challenge in the Case Study Scenario:
Ms. Abrams must initially use excellent communication, investigative, critical thinking, and decision-making skills to immediately assess and deal with the
situation she is facing in her office when she arrives.
She will then need to investigate and evaluate the validity of the claims related to medical procedures performed and ethical behavior of staff to
appropriately address them with the family and within her facility.
Finally, as an ethically minded manager and individual, Ms. Abrams must be sure that Brookside Hospital provides Mr. Nichols and his family the discharge
and end-of-life support they require.
Imagine yourself in Ms. Abrams’s position, and work through the process outlined below.
Steps
For your evaluation of this case study, use tools and knowledge gained in your studies to gather and evaluate relevant facts, and recommend actions for Ms.
Abrams to take to address the situation in an ethical manner.
Refer directly to Step 1: Gather the Facts, on pages 111–113 in the Ethics and Professionalism for Healthcare Managers text to perform and discuss the factgathering tasks for this section of the case study.
Clearly define the problem.
Determine whether the decision involves an ethical conflict.
Ascertain boundaries or ownership of the situation or problem.
Determine the internal and external stakeholders.
Identify the person who should be the decision-maker.
Gather data.
Identify and list the ethical principles and the non-moral concerns of the situation or problem.
Identify several possible options.
Helpful Resources and Tips
Please refer to the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Program Library GuideLinks to an external site. and the Capella Writing CenterLinks to an external site. for valuable resource material on writing, referencing, and researching on the Internet and in the Capella library.
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Health care management, patient care, and end-of-life considerations
Evaluate a case study based on a hypothetical scenario involving health care management, patient care, and end-of-life considerations. You will utilize a formal decision-making process to evaluate this scenario based on the concepts and principles you have studied in this course and perhaps your own personal and career experiences.
Preparation
Read the Case Study Scenario [PDF] to complete this assignment.
Review the Ethical Case Study Evaluation Scoring Guide prior to beginning your work.
Use the Using the Scoring Guide to Enhance Learning [PDF] to better understand the scoring guide.
Use the Ethical Case Study Evaluation Template [DOC] for this assignment.
Scenario and Challenges
Jenny Abrams, the health care administrator at Brookside Hospital, is faced with a serious managerial challenge in the Case Study Scenario:
Ms. Abrams must initially use excellent communication, investigative, critical thinking, and decision-making skills to immediately assess and deal with the
situation she is facing in her office when she arrives.
She will then need to investigate and evaluate the validity of the claims related to medical procedures performed and ethical behavior of staff to
appropriately address them with the family and within her facility.
Finally, as an ethically minded manager and individual, Ms. Abrams must be sure that Brookside Hospital provides Mr. Nichols and his family the discharge
and end-of-life support they require.
Imagine yourself in Ms. Abrams’s position, and work through the process outlined below.
Steps
For your evaluation of this case study, use tools and knowledge gained in your studies to gather and evaluate relevant facts, and recommend actions for Ms.
Abrams to take to address the situation in an ethical manner.
Refer directly to Step 1: Gather the Facts, on pages 111–113 in the Ethics and Professionalism for Healthcare Managers text to perform and discuss the factgathering tasks for this section of the case study.
Clearly define the problem.
Determine whether the decision involves an ethical conflict.
Ascertain boundaries or ownership of the situation or problem.
Determine the internal and external stakeholders.
Identify the person who should be the decision-maker.
Gather data.
Identify and list the ethical principles and the non-moral concerns of the situation or problem.
Identify several possible options.
Helpful Resources and Tips
Please refer to the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Program Library GuideLinks to an external site. and the Capella Writing CenterLinks to an external site. for valuable resource material on writing, referencing, and researching on the Internet and in the Capella library.
Patient Care
The unlawful restraint of a patient can be a legal pitfall for the PMHNP. K.W. was found eating hamburgers out of a Mcdonald’s dumpster and drinking water from an old water hose. She had not taken a bath in weeks. She refused to live in an apartment because she wants to “live off the fat of the land.”
Cite the Baker Act law to defend your position.
Find one newspaper article written in the last 5 years that supports your position. Summarize the details of the case and the laws cited
Patient care.
As a professional nurse, you are expected to apply your expertise to patient care. On occasion, you will also be expected to share that expertise.
With evolving technology and continuous changes to regulations designed to keep up these changes, there is usually a need to share information and expertise to inform colleagues, leadership, patients, and other stakeholders.
Patient Care
Patient Description
Patient Care
Analysis
Include age, ethnic background (if relevant to the topic), gender, acuity level within hospital (step down, floor, ICU), or if in a nursing home (assisted living facility, rehabilitation, or skilled nursing), relevant medical history, diagnosis, reasons for admission, length of stay, etc.
Read and insert literature relevant to the topic:
• What kind of care is the patient receiving?
• How is the nursing staff currently addressing the patient’s health concerns?
• Why are the current nursing interventions important for the patient’s overall health?
• How do these interventions contribute to improving the patient’s health?
Read and insert literature which is relevant to the topic:
• How does the care the patient is currently receiving compare/contrast to evidence-
based practice?
• If the care provided differs from suggested practice, why did the nurse or student
nurse choose to deviate?
• If there is limited information available on patient care, what kind of care MIGHT the
patient receive for their current ailment(s) according to evidence-based practice?
Summary
Summarize most important points from paper. Draw any final conclusions about topic.
Reflection
In this section, you may now begin to write in first person (I, me, my). Address these questions in this section in a narrative fashion:
• What did you learn from the assignment?
• How does this new information compare to your prior knowledge?
• How do you feel about it?
• How did it change you?
• What new skills can you now apply?
• How it will impact your practice in the future?
• Did you experience any “a-ha” moment(s)?
• What new connections did you make from your class, textbook, research, and
experience?
Patient Care
Patient Description
Patient Care
Analysis
Include age, ethnic background (if relevant to the topic), gender, acuity level within hospital (step down, floor, ICU), or if in a nursing home (assisted living facility, rehabilitation, or skilled nursing), relevant medical history, diagnosis, reasons for admission, length of stay, etc.
Read and insert literature relevant to the topic:
• What kind of care is the patient receiving?
• How is the nursing staff currently addressing the patient’s health concerns?
• Why are the current nursing interventions important for the patient’s overall health?
• How do these interventions contribute to improving the patient’s health?
Read and insert literature which is relevant to the topic:
• How does the care the patient is currently receiving compare/contrast to evidence-
based practice?
• If the care provided differs from suggested practice, why did the nurse or student
nurse choose to deviate?
• If there is limited information available on patient care, what kind of care MIGHT the
patient receive for their current ailment(s) according to evidence-based practice?
Summary
Summarize most important points from paper. Draw any final conclusions about topic.
Reflection
In this section, you may now begin to write in first person (I, me, my). Address these questions in this section in a narrative fashion:
• What did you learn from the assignment?
• How does this new information compare to your prior knowledge?
• How do you feel about it?
• How did it change you?
• What new skills can you now apply?
• How it will impact your practice in the future?
• Did you experience any “a-ha” moment(s)?
• What new connections did you make from your class, textbook, research, and
experience?