Do Not Resuscitate Requests/Issues
Running Head: DNR 1
Do not Resuscitate Requests/Issues
Tamiki Jackson HCA322: Health Care Ethics & Medical Law
Instructor: Linda Hoppe
September 16, 2013
Running Head: DNR 2
Do not Resuscitate Requests/Issues Do not resuscitate is a hot topic among families, health care professionals, and government agencies. It comes with complex issues ranging from a patients right to die to controversial law suits.
One might ask what does DNR mean, and what is its purpose? DNR stands for do not resuscitate and it is a …show more content…
Once a resident has completed medical school and is on his or her way to become a physician they must pledge the Hippocratic Oath at graduation. This tradition started before Christ and it continues today. They have pledge to protect life by all means which includes artificial devices. How can a piece of paper change something that has been sworn since the beginning of time? Over time the oath has been revised to incorporate the new centuries and modern medicine. In spite of the oath DNR orders were introduced into medical facilities. The orders came into play for many reasons but the one that sticks out is terminally ill …show more content…
Has the DNR been updated? Can they make changes? Confidentiality protects the patient and keeps the health care professional from divulging any patient information. Violating this principal can be grounds for termination and it guarantees any health care professional/facility a trip to court. Nurses have taken a confidentiality pledge called the Nightingale Pledge. “I promised to do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling” (McGowan, Claire, 2012). All three principals must be applied when caring for patients in order to maintain confidence, trust, and an open relationship with the provider. Patients give very sensitive information to facilities and they need to be assured that it will not get into the wrong
Do not Resuscitate Requests/Issues
Tamiki Jackson HCA322: Health Care Ethics & Medical Law
Instructor: Linda Hoppe
September 16, 2013
Running Head: DNR 2
Do not Resuscitate Requests/Issues Do not resuscitate is a hot topic among families, health care professionals, and government agencies. It comes with complex issues ranging from a patients right to die to controversial law suits.
One might ask what does DNR mean, and what is its purpose? DNR stands for do not resuscitate and it is a …show more content…
Once a resident has completed medical school and is on his or her way to become a physician they must pledge the Hippocratic Oath at graduation. This tradition started before Christ and it continues today. They have pledge to protect life by all means which includes artificial devices. How can a piece of paper change something that has been sworn since the beginning of time? Over time the oath has been revised to incorporate the new centuries and modern medicine. In spite of the oath DNR orders were introduced into medical facilities. The orders came into play for many reasons but the one that sticks out is terminally ill …show more content…
Has the DNR been updated? Can they make changes? Confidentiality protects the patient and keeps the health care professional from divulging any patient information. Violating this principal can be grounds for termination and it guarantees any health care professional/facility a trip to court. Nurses have taken a confidentiality pledge called the Nightingale Pledge. “I promised to do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling” (McGowan, Claire, 2012). All three principals must be applied when caring for patients in order to maintain confidence, trust, and an open relationship with the provider. Patients give very sensitive information to facilities and they need to be assured that it will not get into the wrong