Assignment Task:
1. Research the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. Who and what do they regulate? What topics do they cover when it comes to drugs and medications?
2. It has been reported that because providers fear litigation, they often order testing on clients that is not actually necessary just to be certain that no "stone is left unturned." Assess the implications of this practice for the provider, the client, and health care in general.
3. Identify steps to be taken if you make an error while attending to a client's needs.
4. Your supervisor makes lewd remarks and obvious sexual advances. Describe what you will do. Assess what you would do if you witnessed such behavior but it was not aimed at you.
Outcomes
1. Synthesize the foundations in ethical decision-making to contribute to resolutions of ethical dilemmas.
2. Analyze complex ethical situations facing the professional nurse and nurse manager and describe role responsibilities for addressing ethical dilemmas.