HSA 545
A Legal and Ethical Dilemmas
HSA 545—Long-Term Care Management
Abstract
It is important that the nurses and doctors have a cherishing, securing and helpful
relationship with patients and cohabitants of their long-term facility. It is the job of the medical
staff to assure that they are serving to their obligations of tending to, caring for, watching,
recording, and hindering neglect, using, and abuse of the patients in an ethical and humane
manner. Medical staff must demonstrate the example when they are taking care of patients. It is
their responsibility to establish a rapport so that the patient feels comfortable while being taken
care of. In nursing homes, nurses are necessary to work according the standards of laws and
morals. Nurses must abide by specific and precise policies and methods when fulfilling their
daily activities with the patients. Medical staff must have the patients’ best interest at the
forefront. Law and moral standards play a major part in the blueprints of the care of the
patients for the establishment of a relationship with the patients. There must be a commitment
of guaranteeing that the patient gets the best care as possible.
Legal and Ethical Dilemmas
The case study shows that the nurses at the facility are placed in a jeopardizing
circumstance when asked to stop feeding the patient so she would die faster. This kind of
appeal is contrary to legal and ethical obligations of caring, protecting, and performing their
jobs with the patient’s best interest. If the facility follows the appeal to stop feeding Mrs.
Greene; the facility can be charged with negligence. It is the nurse’s job to make sure the
patient receives care that is required daily. Because David is a lawyer, she should be
knowledgeable with the legal policies and rules regarding the right to die. It is not ethically
right to accept orders that are
A Legal and Ethical Dilemmas
HSA 545—Long-Term Care Management
Abstract
It is important that the nurses and doctors have a cherishing, securing and helpful
relationship with patients and cohabitants of their long-term facility. It is the job of the medical
staff to assure that they are serving to their obligations of tending to, caring for, watching,
recording, and hindering neglect, using, and abuse of the patients in an ethical and humane
manner. Medical staff must demonstrate the example when they are taking care of patients. It is
their responsibility to establish a rapport so that the patient feels comfortable while being taken
care of. In nursing homes, nurses are necessary to work according the standards of laws and
morals. Nurses must abide by specific and precise policies and methods when fulfilling their
daily activities with the patients. Medical staff must have the patients’ best interest at the
forefront. Law and moral standards play a major part in the blueprints of the care of the
patients for the establishment of a relationship with the patients. There must be a commitment
of guaranteeing that the patient gets the best care as possible.
Legal and Ethical Dilemmas
The case study shows that the nurses at the facility are placed in a jeopardizing
circumstance when asked to stop feeding the patient so she would die faster. This kind of
appeal is contrary to legal and ethical obligations of caring, protecting, and performing their
jobs with the patient’s best interest. If the facility follows the appeal to stop feeding Mrs.
Greene; the facility can be charged with negligence. It is the nurse’s job to make sure the
patient receives care that is required daily. Because David is a lawyer, she should be
knowledgeable with the legal policies and rules regarding the right to die. It is not ethically
right to accept orders that are
