Question

Please write 1 paragraph for each question (total 3 paragraphs) and each paragraph shall be no less than 4 sentences and no more than 10 sentences.

• Answer ALL PARTS of each question to earn full point.
• Support your response with the appropriate citation from your textbook.

Discussion Topic:

1. How does the ANA’s Code of Ethics address a nurse’s responsibility to health care quality?
2. Describe why the nursing shortage is a major national issue in the United States. How could a nursing shortage in other countries around the world affect the nursing shortage in the United States?
3. Did California take the right approach in passing the law that mandated minimum nurse staffing ratios? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

1) • ANA code of ethics helps the nurse to understand professional commitment to society.

•ANA code of ethics helps the nurse to provide quality care to all patient without any discrimination.

• prevent the nurse to do any maleficence during care.

• Nurse respects all individual's right to self determination, respect for individual liberty.

• Equitable distribution of potential risk and benefits.

• Nurse maintains confidentiality about patients information.

• Nurse should be truthful about her action.

2)Nursing shortage is a major national issues .

• Nursing shortage decreases the quality care in the United States.

• Increases mortality rate.

•Increases workload on the nurses.

•unavailability of nursing teacher for future training.

Nursing shortage of other countries affect the nursing shortage in United state because.

• It prevents the migration of nurses from other countries.

• unavailability of the migrating nurse.

3)Yes,California take the right approach in passing the law that mandated minimum nurse staffing ratios. Because-

• California enacted that one nurse for every five patients in general ward and in intensive care unit one nurse for every two patients.

It improves quality care.

• Nurse can get more time to provide care effectively to all patients.

• There is the less chance of mistake by the nurse.

•Improvement of patient safety.

• Decrease work load of nurse.

• Increase job opportunity of nurse.