BASED IN THE INITIAL POST, POSTED BELLOW, YOU SHOULD ANSWER THIS QUESTIO:

  Could it have been Lena’s sister who passed the virus to this individual?  We would all hope that this young man would contact Lena’s sister. Do you have many HIV positive patients that do not follow the law?  I look forward to your response!  .

                                               Initial Post

The Code of Ethics for Nurses Act provides guidance to these professionals on how to conduct themselves and handle various topics in a professional manner when dealing with public matters (Notes, n.d.).  Some of these ethics may be conflicting as well as competing with those of their patients, place of work to their personal ethics. Milstead and Short (2017)  therefore deduce on the importance of nurses being knowledgeable on the area of clinical practice, institutional rules and procedures, the Nurses Code of Ethics and the field of ethics, as well as understanding their personal values. 

In our case, Lena is therefore a nurse who is bound by these regulations as a professional. However, there are various ways of reasoning through this ethical problem to find an ethical solution. The American Nursing Association, 2015 (ANA) endorses patient privacy and confidentiality protection for the purpose of upholding a trusting relationship between healthcare providers and patients (American Nursing Association, 2015). Confidentiality therefore means that the patient’s information and identity is kept private at all times, meaning that the patient retains the right to decide whom to share the information with. Lena’s sister’s boyfriend is therefore protected under this code. 

However, ANA 2015 annuls this protection and confidentiality code in the case that a person’s life is at risk or could endanger the public, meaning that Lena’s sister is protected here.  If I were Lena, I would inform my sister’s boyfriend of his rights as a patient and the importance of sharing the information with his girlfriend to avoid infecting her. . I would stay within my scope of practice and make sure that the patient reports the information to the required entities.

References

American Nursing Association. (June 2015). American Nursing Association Position Statement on Privacy and Confidentiality. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/~4ad4a8/globalassets/docs/ana/position-statement-privacy-and-confidentiality.pdf

Milstead, J. & Short, N. (2019). Health policy and politics : a nurse’s guide. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Notes on Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and Application

Topic: Biological Psychology

Task: Report Writing

Reference: APA

Duration: 14 Hours

Word Count: 2000 Words

Task Description

For this task, you are required to write a lab report based on the resources provided. You are required to read the iNFORMATION sheet Laboratory report to understand how you should structure and outline this lab report. Please utilize all materials provided to prevent making of small mistakes in kind. It is also a requirement that you need to have a SPSS software to open one of the file attached in SAV format to view the data collected.

Regards

The case scenario provided will be used to answer the discussion questions that follow.

Case Scenario

Ms. G., a 23-year-old diabetic, is admitted to the hospital with a cellulitis of her left lower leg. She has been applying heating pads to the leg for the last 48 hours, but the leg has become more painful and she has developed chilling.

Subjective Data

• Complains of pain and heaviness in her leg.
• States she cannot bear weight on her leg and has been in bed for 3 days.
• Lives alone and has not had anyone to help her with meals.

Objective Data

• Round, yellow-red, 2 cm diameter, 1 cm deep, open wound above medial malleolus with moderate amount of thick yellow drainage
• Left leg red from knee to ankle
• Calf measurement on left 3 in > than right
• Temperature: 38.9 degrees C
• Height: 160 cm; Weight: 83.7 kg

Laboratory Results

• WBC 18.3 x 10¹² / L; 80% neutrophils, 12% bands
• Wound culture: Staphylococcus aureus

Critical Thinking Questions

1. What clinical manifestations are present in Ms. G and what recommendations would you make for continued treatment? Provide rationale for your recommendations.
2. Identify the muscle groups likely to be affected by Ms. G’s condition by referring to “ARC: Anatomy Resource Center.”
3. What is the significance of the subjective and objective data provided with regard to follow-up diagnostic/laboratory testing, education, and future preventative care? Provide rationale for your answer.
4. What factors are present in this situation that could delay wound healing, and what precautions are required to prevent delayed wound healing? Explain.

• Create a powerpoint with the intended audience to be a community health department.
• Focus on a real or fictional disaster that has or could affect your area. (talk about a potential hurricane)
• Discuss the role of the Community Health Nurse in each stage of the disaster. You should include a few slides on each stage of the disaster: preparedness, response, recovery with specific activities and resources that the public health nurse would use in each stage.
• Identify other agencies that might be involved.   

The assignment should be submitted in PowerPoint format, with at least 10 content slides (in addition to a title slide and reference slide) and include at least two scholarly sources other than provided materials. APA format

Please review the Discussion Board Participation grading rubric under Course Resources in the Grading Rubrics section. 

This is important information that will ensure that you earn maximum points. Your postings should be qualitative and provide substantive depth that advances the discussion. 

Please see the Writing Center located in the student portal for assistance with writing, APA, and online communication. 

Topic: Advocacy and Policy Reform 

Compare and contrast three nursing advocates who have brought about change to public policy. What changes need to be made in the future to be successful as a profession of nursing advocates for healthcare policy reform?