Workplace Discrimination in Healthcare: Understanding Legal and Ethical Requirements

Imagine you are a nurse executive preparing for a workgroup meeting that will focus on the topic of workplace discrimination. You are creating a PowerPoint presentation for fellow nurse executives that explains legal and ethical issues in understanding and reporting workplace discrimination in a healthcare setting as well as responding to immediate problems and avoiding them in the future. Follow these steps to research the topic of workplace discrimination and develop your presentation.

To prepare:

• Draw on resources that explain employment law, ethics, and discrimination.
• In particular, review the EEOC website for the following:
  • Trends on reporting of discrimination in organizations (for example, browse the “Newsroom” and “Laws, Regulations, Guidance & MOUs” sections to spot trends)
  • Information on the types of discrimination reported to the EEOC
  • Data on discrimination charges by type (e.g., age, disability, pregnancy, etc.) and the basis of the charge (e.g., race, religion, retaliation, disability) 
  • Process for filing a complaint and protections against retaliation
• Consider implications for healthcare organizations in the EEOC findings.
• Consider the legal and ethical role of nurse executives in responding to cases of discrimination and in setting and enforcing policies to avoid discriminatory behavior.
• Also consider related issues and threats that might be addressed in your presentation.

Assignment:

Based on your research, in 8–10 slides, plus title and reference slides, include the following:

1. Explain basic legal and ethical terms and guidelines that pertain to the topic of workplace discrimination.
2. Summarize your findings from the EEOC website, including types of discrimination and those most frequently charged, trends in reporting of discrimination, and implications for healthcare organizations in statistics and trends.
3. Explain legal protections for employees with regard to discrimination in the workplace.
4. Explain the role of nurse executives in reporting potential violations of employment law.
5. Analyze potential ethical conflicts nurse executives may face in discrimination lawsuits.
6. Explain recommendations for negotiating those ethical conflicts. Be specific and provide examples.
7. Explain the role of nurse executives in preventing discriminatory practices in a healthcare setting and ways discrimination may be managed.
8. Explain the role of nurse executives in setting or advocating for policies that protect healthcare employees from other types of threats in the healthcare workplace.

SPEAKER NOTES ALSO, USE THE TEMPLATE ATTACHED

 

The purpose of this assignment is for you to become familiar with the components of medical charts in order to understand how they are used in providing good health care.

Download and complete this Medical Chart Template for a patient who has alcohol poisoning. The patient demographics and chief complaint have been provided. Please invent the details for any components which do not require specific/accurate facts.

1. Include all the components of a medical chart.
2. Use accurate information for the symptoms the patient would be experiencing.
3. Answer the discussion questions at the end of the chart using correct grammar and accurate information. Write a 1-2 paragraph response for each question.
4. Use references; remember to use APA format and cite your information.

Instructions

Head-to-Toe Assessment

For this assignment, perform a complete head-to-toe assessment on someone of your choice or a hypothetical person who has at least two (2) systems issues. Use the head-to-toe template here to document your assessment (add more lines as needed). In a Microsoft Word document of 4-5 pages (in addition to the template) formatted in APA style, discuss the remaining criteria for the assignment. Please note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper.

In your paper, address each of the following criteria:

Use the template and include:

System being assessed.

Detailed review of each system with normal and abnormal findings.

For any system for which you do not have equipment, explain how you would do the assessment.

Normal laboratory findings for client age.

An analysis of age-specific risk reduction health screening and immunizations.

Two differential diagnoses (diseases) associated with possible abnormal findings.

A plan of care (including two priority-nursing diagnoses, interventions, evaluation).

Pharmacological treatments that can be used to address health issues for this client.

Client and age appropriate evidenced-based practice strategies for health promotion.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format.

Use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.

This handout will provide you the details of formatting your essay using APA style.

You may create your essay in this APA-formatted template.

APA format. Scholar authors only. I have provided references. Please read all instructions before started. Total of 3 pages and the title and reference page does not count. 

In preparation of filling this role, develop a 2- to 3-page role description for a graduate-level nurse to guide his/her participation on the implementation team. The role description should be based on the SDLC stages and tasks and should clearly define how this individual will participate in and impact each of the following steps:

Planning and requirements definition

Analysis

Design of the new system

Implementation

Post-implementation support

References:

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2017). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Chapter 9, “Systems Development Life Cycle: Nursing Informatics and Organizational Decision Making” (pp. 175–187)
Chapter 12, “Electronic Security” (pp. 229–242)
Chapter 13, “Workflow and Beyond Meaningful Use” (pp. 245–261)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.a). Health IT evaluation toolkit and evaluation measures quick reference guide. Retrieved September 27, 2018, from https://healthit.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/health-it-evaluation-toolkit-and-evaluation-measures-quick-reference

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.b). Workflow assessment for health IT toolkit. Retrieved September 27, 2018, from https://healthit.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 5: Professional Development

In this week’s Discussion you were introduced to the concept of an academic portfolio to begin building your own brand. Portfolios have value that go beyond brand-building however. An academic and professional portfolio can also help you to build your own vision and mission and establish your development goals. In this regard, a portfolio becomes yet another tool in your toolbox as you build your success.

In this Assignment you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by developing the fifth component: a portfolio for your academic and professional efforts.

To Prepare:

• Consider your goals for academic accomplishments while a student of the MSN program.

The Assignment:

• Using the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template in which you began to work on in Week 1, and have continued working on through this course, in Part 5, you will create a fully developed and accurate curriculum vitae (CV) based on your current education and professional background.
• Clearly identify and accurately state in detail your professional development goals.
• Clearly and accurately state in detail how to accurately and appropriately align one or more of your professional development goals with the University’s emphasis on social change.

Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Week 1 Assignment, which was built off of the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

By Day 7

Submit Part 5.

Remember to include an introduction paragraph which contains a clear and comprehensive purpose statement which delineates all required criteria, and end the assignment Part with a conclusion paragraph.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

• Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK1Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
• Click the Week 5 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
• Click the Week 5 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
• Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK5Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
• If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
• Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Discussion: Strategies for Academic Portfolios

In the realm of marketing, a successful branding strategy is one of the most important contributors to organizational success. A solid branding strategy can help add visibility and credibility to a company’s products.

Similarly, nurse-scholars can build a personal brand to add visibility and credibility to their work. You can begin building your brand by developing and maintaining an academic portfolio. Such an activity can help share the results of your efforts and contribute to your success. This week’s Discussion asks you to consider and share strategies for building your portfolio.

To Prepare:

• Reflect on strategies that you can pursue in developing portfolios or portfolio elements that focus on academic achievements.
• Review one or more samples from your own research of resources focused on portfolio development.

By Day 3

Post an explanation of at least two strategies for including academic activities and accomplishments into your professional portfolio.

Support main post with 3 of more current, credible sources and cite source within content of posting and on a reference list in proper APA.

By Day 6

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days, by offering additional ideas regarding academic achievements to include or offering alternative ways of presenting the current achievements.

Be sure to offer support from at least 2 current, credible sources in each required response to classmates’ main post and cite per APA.

Submission and Grading Information

Grading Criteria