HCS 335 ENTIRE COURSE (2018)

HCS 335 ENTIRE COURSE (2018)
 

WEEK  1

 
HCS 335  Week 1 Individual Assignment Health Care Ethics Matching Exercise

 
Instructions:

Complete the Health Care Ethics Matching Exercise.

Match keywords commonly used in health care ethics to the definitions

on the page.

Discuss the exercise in class.

Click Print Screen at the end of the exercise.

Save your answer sheet to your desktop.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

SupportingMaterial:Health Care Ethics Matching Exercise

HCS 335  Week 1 Individual Assignment  Ethical Decision

Instructions:

Write a 350- to 700-word summary.

Include the following in your summary:

• Discuss an event in which you had to make an ethical decision.
• Identify at least two ethical theories that support your decision.
• Discuss the problem-solving methodologies you used to resolve the

issue.

• Identify what impact ethical theories have on professional or

personal decision-making.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

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WEEK 2

HCS 335 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Code of Ethics Paper

 
Instructions:

Research and select a health care organization in which you locate the

mission statement, its code of ethics, and core values.

Possible health care organizations:

• American Red Cross
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• American Heart Association
• A nonprofit health care organization
• UnitedHealthcare
• Johnson & Johnson
• Stryker Corp.
• Verizon Health
• GE Healthcare

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you discuss ethics in a

health care organization. Include the following:

• Describe the organization selected.
• What are the organization's goals? How are they tied to its ethical

principles? Describe the role and importance of the organization's

ethical values.

• Is there a social responsibility for the organization in the community?

Explain and provide examples.

• Is it important that the organization's ethical values support your

ethical values? Explain.

Include at least 3 sources in your paper.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

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WEEK 3

 
HCS 335 Week 3 Individual Assignment Ethical Health Care Scenarios

 
Instructions:

Review the following scenarios.

Scenario 1: Medical coding in a physician's practice

Imagine you work in a high-pressure cardiology physician's office and

you are one of two medical coders. Your supervisor is very focused on

the greatest reimbursement to satisfy revenue projections for the

practice. As a result, you are asked to "up-code" billing. How can the

pressure of acquiring the maximum repayment for services lead to

manipulating or falsifying documentation?

Scenario 2: Administration of patient medications in the hospital setting

Imagine you are a new graduate nurse working nights on a busy

medical unit. You just received a new patient who needs to be admitted

to your unit and you just finished medicating a patient with a narcotic

injection with a dose greater than ordered. Clearly understanding

medication errors may lead to patient injury and even death, explain

why a clinician may choose not to report the incident.

Scenario 3: Not hiring a qualified individual because of discrimination

Imagine you are a new human resources director in a nonprofit

organization and have been pressured not to hire Middle Eastern

candidates by the organization's CEO. In the United States,

discrimination against people based on their ethnicity, race, or cultural

orientation is strictly forbidden under federal and state laws. Ethical

discrimination may result in the breeding of ill feelings at work, as well

as reduced productivity. To eliminate these ramifications, organizations

need to put forth increased effort in curbing ethical discrimination in the

employment sector. What are some interventions organizations can put

in place to prevent discrimination?

Write a 150- to 350-word response for each ethical scenario. Include a

title page with your name and your responses.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

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HCS 335 Week 4 Individual Assignment  Week Administrative Interview

Instructions:

Review the code of ethics or ethics code of conduct, mission, vision,

and values of the organization you work for.

Select someone in a leadership position at your workplace or at a local

health care facility (e.g., pharmacy, medical office, nursing home, or

health and wellness office) to interview. It could be a supervisor,

manager, director, etc.

Write a 350- to 700-word summary that discusses the following:

• Identify the person you interviewed and their position within the

company.

• Discuss what impact the organizational expectations (i.e., code of

ethics or ethics code of conduct, mission, vision, and values) have on

their decision-making.

• Discuss what impact their decision has on their colleagues and work

environment.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

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SupportingMaterial:Week Three: Administrative Interview

WEEK 4

 
HCS 335 Week 4 Individual Assignment Biomedical Example

Instructions:

Resource: Ch. 1 of Health Care Ethics (6th ed.)

Mickey Mantle received a liver transplant in 1995. He was a Baseball

Hall of Fame center fielder for the New York Yankees whose liver was

failing because of cirrhosis and hepatitis. Although the waiting period for

a liver transplant in the United States is about 130 days, it took only two

days for the Baylor Medical Center's transplant team to find an organ

donor for the 63-year-old former baseball hero.

According to the director of the Southwest Organ Bank, Mantle was

moved ahead of others on the list because of his deteriorating medical

condition; however, there were mixed feelings about speeding up the

process for a celebrity. Mantle was known for overcoming immense

obstacles, and many argued that the medical system should provide

exceptions for heroes. He was also a recovering alcoholic, which further

complicated the ethical implications of the case. Because of Mantle's

medical problems, doctors estimated that he had only a 60 percent

chance for a three-year survival; whereas, liver transplant patients

typically have about a 78 percent chance for a three-year survival rate.

As in the case of the liver transplant for Mickey Mantle, should the

system make exceptions for anyone? Why or why not?

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you analyze the Mickey

Mantle case using the Seven-Step Decision Model.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

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HCS 335 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment  Emerging Ethical Issues Presentation 

Instructions:

Your team has been assigned to give a presentation to your

organization's board of ethics. The team will discuss an ethical issue

that faces your organization and its social responsibility toward the

issue.

Prepare a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that

discusses the ethical issue. Include the following:

• Describe an ethical issue, such as in vitro fertilization, surrogate

motherhood, sterilization, abortion, genetic counseling, euthanasia, or

medical marijuana.

• What is the historical and current impact of the issue?
• What is the team's position on this issue? Do you support it? Oppose

it? Explain why.

Include at least 3 sources in your presentation.

Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.

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