Medical Law and Ethics : Assignment
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1Running head: MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICSMedical Law and Ethics Name of student:Name of university:Author note:
2MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICSCase 1The present issues faced by the hospital are multifaceted and for improving the healthand wellbeing of all the employees it is imperitive to set up a committe. The members of thecommitte for this purpose are as follows-Harry Thomas - Director of the health care settingMark Clinton - Chief Medical Officer Martha Harris- Chief Nursing OfficerThe opinion of the three committe members was directed towards the same goal;bringing changes in the manner health and wellbeing of the employees are addressed. WhileHarry belived that much improvement have been made in the recent past, Mark and Marthaargued that there is much left to be done that is potentially of more concern. The chiefconcern of Martha was that the nurses are subjected to more adverse conditions, the mostimportant being increased risk of patient harm. Nurses work with patients who have physicaland mental instability. Under such conditions, the safety of the nurses is a chief concern.Mark had the viewpoint that the pathologists and radiologists are being continually exposedto hazards and infectious agents that are to be addresse immediately. Mark and Martha agreedthat apart from creating a better and safe working environment, it would be beneficialapproach to provide medical services to the employees at a subsidised rate. Martha- High rate of absenteeism of nurses is the reflection that this employee population ismore subjected to poor health conditions. Mark- Agreeing to this fact, I would like to add in that the probable cause of such high rate ofabseetiesm is increased stress and burnout in comparison to the phsycial exhaustionexperienced by other employees of the organisation.
3MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICSHarry- Well, then I think we should be looking forward to implement strategies throughwhich nursing burnout and stress can be reduced. Mark- I have accumulated reports from pathologists who have mentioned that their workinghours are of long duration, leading to phsycial burnout. Martha- Strategies for addressing concerns of nurses can be applied for the radiologists too. Harry- This would require proper allocation of resources. Funding would be the focus undersuch circumstances. Martha- Increased recruitment of professionals might solve the issue to some extent.Mark- Reduction in the working hours of the professionals would be the best suited strategyat present,Harry- An accurate cost benefit analysis would be imperitive therefore. Support andsugeestions from all speheres are welcomed.Table 1. IS/SHOULD comparison IsShouldLonger duration of working hours of nurses Shorter duration of working hours Longer duration of working hours ofpathologists Shorter duration of working hoursAbscence of health checkup for professionalsat subsidised rate Regular health checkups conducted foremployeesAbscence of provision for counselling foremployees A conselling cell for employees to combatemotional stress The team came to the consenus that mental stress and physical exhaustion are to beaddressed immediately for promoting health and wellbeing of the employees. As stated by
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