SOCS 325 Week 7 Discussion, The Precautionary Principle

SOCS 325 Week 7 Discussion, The Precautionary Principle Examine the precautionary principle & assess the advantages & disadvantages of applying it to environmental problems. When examining precau tionary principles, I’d first hope to find a form of topic with which a rational discussion can be debated concerning any risks or benefits of a chosen topic, as the precautionary principle measure effects each debating party differently. The book discusses GMO’s for their topic & how too many contradicting views created disagreement & uncertainty among interested parties. Situations where there’s doubt about the facts, each party essentially ignores the other, & when it’s discussed between them, they’re shouting until they can’t hear each other’s point of view anymore. This resulting debate contributed a responseof the precautionary principle, assessing cause & effect before trying to pioneer something new. The drawback of course would be the time needed to initiate all the research into whether or not it’s safe for the public & environment. Critics of the precautionary principle can easily argue that anyone impatient on the issues could have their mind made up already, or possibly investors only worried about deferring returns on their investment. Those same investors could argue the other side is just using it as a delaying tactic to gather more support against whatever debated topic. In my opinion on topics like GMO’s, I guess the research is mostly biased & unreliable & written to promote the reader to form only an opinion of what the research writer wants. In reality it’s possible a thing like genetically modified organics could take a life time or two before seeing any negative effects to human health or more likely the environments. If the possibility or chance something could take that long before showing any adverse side effects, taking generations before it manifests into some unseen form, is a scary thought & shouldn’t be messed with. Respond Collapse this Author Mark as Read RE: Documentation & Reinbursement 2/4/2015 11:31:11 AM Patricia Butts Email Modified:2/4/2015 11:33 AM Multiple times a day we hear "If you didn't document it, it didn't happen." Hebda & Czar states "the burden of medical necessity falls on the performer of the service" (p. 390). Failure to document correctly will lead to denial in reimbursement. Proper documentation is needed for HCAHPS, which is a survey of patient satisfaction of hospital care. HCAHPS measures three goals: data about a patients perspective of care, public reporting of survey results create new incentives for hospitals to improve quality of care, & enhance accountability in healthcare. Reference: Hebda, T., & Czar, T. (2013). Handbook of informatics for nurses & Healthcare professionals. (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Respond Collapse Mark as Read RE: Documentation & Reinbursement Sendy Etienne Email this Author 2/4/2015 7:03:24 PM Patricia Unfortunately that is the world of Nursing for us nurses document document & more document I can't tell you how many times I heard this in my LPN & my RN program "if you didn't document you didn't do it" that is why we spend so much time doing documentation to cover ourselves & less time with our patients that is what nursing has