Analyze the effect ethics has on day-to-day operations as well as long-term policy and procedure in a healthcare environment.
Assignment Details
Unit outcomes addressed in this
Assignment:
- Understand the process of clinical reasoning in the
healthcare profession.
- Evaluate moral action and its relevance to ethical
decision-making in the healthcare Environment.
- Analyze several perspectives of an ethical dilemma in a
healthcare environment.
Course outcomes addressed in this
Assignment:
HA570-4: Analyze the effect ethics has on day-to-day operations as
well as long-term policy and procedure in a healthcare environment.
Instructions:
As you have learned, the population
segment aged 65 and older is rapidly aging in the United States. As a result,
new ethical challenges are emerging in the field, specifically in long-term
care (i.e. skilled nursing facilities including those with post-surgical
short-term rehabilitation services).
One area of concern is the challenge
of providing adequate healthcare services to a growing (and aging) population
with limited resources. This dilemma is expected to increase as the population
continues to increase. As a result, the demand for medical services increases;
however, with finite healthcare resources, providing services to everyone who
requires care is not possible.
This will present a unique challenge
for nursing home administrators because they are responsible to ensure that
resident needs (including receiving healthcare services) are being met.
Determining who should receive the necessary care that is available will
be an interdisciplinary challenge indeed.
Scholars have posited a variety of
allocation methods; however, these principles have not been without
controversy. One of the most recent principles introduced is the Complete Lives
System. This method is unique, because unlike its predecessors that relied on a
unilateral perspective, the Complete Lives Systems takes a multi-allocation
system approach.
In this unit, you will combine your
previous knowledge obtained throughout the course and apply clinical reasoning
to evaluate moral action and its relevance to ethical-decision making in long-term
care. Using ethical decision-making, you will determine the best method of
allocating limited medical resources to a growing and aging population. By the
end of this unit, you will be able to analyze the effect ethics has on
day-to-day operations as well as long-term policy and procedure in a healthcare
environment.
Read the following articles from our
library:
- Krütli, P., Rosemann, T., Törnblom, K. Y., &
Smieszek, T. (2016). How to fairly allocate scarce medical resources:
Ethical argumentation under scrutiny by health professionals and lay
people. Plos ONE, 11(7), 1-18. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159086
- Persad, G., Wertheimer, A., & Emanuel, E. J.
(2009). Department of Ethics: Principles for allocation of scarce medical
interventions. The Lancet, 373, 423-431.
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60137-9
Please review the following
resources and using specific information from these resources, your course
materials, and additional research, address the tasks posed below.
Three individuals in town require a
hip surgery, followed by extensive rehabilitative therapy. Physical and
occupational therapy will be provided at the skilled nursing facility where the
individual will reside until able to return home. Below are details of each
individual.
- Donna Mueller is a 58-year old disabled widow with no
children. She spent her career as a homemaker and taking care of her
husband. Donna requires surgery after falling at home while washing
windows. Prior to the accident, Donna was relatively independent, although
a stroke a few years prior left her partially paralyzed. She lives alone
and has minimal company over.
- Steve McDonald is 40-year old unemployed musician. He
has a teenage son who lives with the son’s mother in a neighboring town.
At the age of 19, Steve left college to pursue a career as a drummer. For
the past two decades, Steve has worked odd jobs while pursuing his dream.
Although his perseverance has not landed him national attention, he has
performed with a few, known bands in the area. Recently, while exiting stage
left from a nightclub performance, Steve tripped over the dark stairs and
fractured his hip, ultimately leaving him unemployed as he is currently
unable to perform.
- Chris Snider is a 73-year old entrepreneur and business
owner. Never married, Chris spent his career in the fast-pace, produce
or perish industry of nanotechnology where he employs over 5,000
workers ranging from maintenance technicians to senior research engineers.
Chris requires surgery after being innocently hit with a runaway golf cart
on the back 9 with his visiting, foreign affiliates. Chris was completely
independent prior to the accident. He lives alone; however, his business
requires travel.
In a 6-8 page paper (excluding title
page and reference list), address the following:
- Considering the aging population and existing
challenges, discuss the potential role of allocation principles in the
American healthcare system.
- Discuss the potential implications these principles
have on the aging population (consider potential violations of federal
antidiscrimination laws and ethical principles about fair treatment).
- Based on the Complete Lives System, discuss which
individual would most likely receive the surgery.
- Based on your moral compass, ethical standards,
and healthcare laws, discuss which individual you would recommend
for surgery.
- Recommend the one allocation principle you would
prefer as the primary medical intervention for a growing (and aging)
population.
Report your findings noting the
following standards:
- Current APA formatting (e.g. title page, citations,
conclusion, reference page, etc.) should be used.
- Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation are expected.
- Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, unoriginal work, and
unattributed content is not permitted and will result in action pursuant
to the University’s Plagiarism Policy and Procedures.
Submitting your work:
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Assignments.
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