Scenario: You are a recently graduated sonographer working with a physician and supervisor who do not want to take the time to adequately inform your patient about the risks, benefits, and expected outcome of amniocentesis. A Discuss the potential legal risks to yourself, your supervisor, and the physician (include the difference between an intentional tort and unintentional tort). What are your responsibilities as a sonographer ethically?

Your client is 6'3" and weighs approximately 178 pounds.  He is extremely demented and ambulates safely without any assistive devices.   He is incontinent of loose stool which has seeped through his pants and when you advise him that you would like to change him he says "no" .... and he means it!  Please describe how you would safely and ethically change him and provide perineal care.  Please provide your rationale for your interventions.

1. The Medical Assistant has to assist with a therapeutic abortion and does not want to participate. Is this a personal or professional ethical conflict? Provide possible ways the Medical Assistant could reconcile this conflict. What impact would this have?

Should the money used to care for this woman be considered when she is being helped? Do you think that legalizing euthanasia could create conflicts of interest for the patient/ or the doctor? Will people feel that they need to end their lives earlier to save money?   If you were the physician, what would you do? Note: if you would pass her off to another doctor knowing he or she would do it, does this free you from you ethical obligations?

Tasks that should be completed prior to claim submission include: A Manually sending the claim B Coding the visit C Provider signing the claim D Using the UB-20 form

scenario speaker 1: hello speaker 2: hi speaker 1: My name is laura, and i will be your nurse today. could you please tell me your full name and date of birth? speaker 2: Tony Rivera.November 8th, 1937 speaker 1: Great.and take a peek at your armband.Now mr rivera,I understand that you have a hip fracture,and that you'll be having surgery tommorrow.How are you felling? speaker 2: My left hip really hurts,but otherwise i'm ok. Speaker 1: ok. May i ask you some question about your pain.So that we can treat it and make you more comfortable?with your pain under control , you'll be better able to perform activities like coughing and breathing deeply. It will also help to avoid complications for after surgery? Question Identify the elements included in a pain assessment. How would you incorporate the client's preferences and needs when you implement a plan for pain management?

Carmen worked as an education coordinator for a nation-wide health care consulting organization. She had a horribly busy schedule, started work before 8:00 a.m. every day, and rarely finished working until at least 7:00 p.m. every evening. Her husband, Alan, worked at a local factory, and it was difficult for him to get time away as well. Their son was five years old and starting kindergarten the next month. One of the requirements for kindergarten was documentation of immunization records. Carmen, who provided education on PHIPA-related issues and assisted facilities with form design as part of her job, called Dr. Stallone, her son’s paediatrician’s office. Carmen asked Jessica, who answered the phone at Dr. Stallone’s office, if she would be able to fax a release of information form to the paediatrician’s office and have the office fax the information to her because she was unable to get there during office hours. Jessica responded by saying, “I’m sorry, honey, but medical records…

A nurse is caring for a 65- years old Japanese patient in the terminal stages of bone cancer. Many family members are in the room around the clock performing their ethnic rituals and bringing ethnic foods. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Inform the physician to report about the visitors B. Restrict the Visiting hours and ask the family to limit visitors to one at a time C. If possible, keep the other bed in the room unassigned to provide concealment and comfort to the family. D. Restrict the visitors, who carrying the solid food for the patient.

A pregnant woman is discussing positioning and the use of leg stirrups for delivery with a labor nurse. Which of the following client responses indicates that the client understood the information? Select all that apply. 1. When the client states, “I am glad that deliveries can take place in a variety of places, including a Jacuzzi bathtub.” 2. When the client says, “I heard that for doctors to deliver babies safely, it is essential to have the mother’s legs up in stirrups.” 3. When the client states, “l understand that if the fetus needs to turn during labor, | may end up delivering the baby on my hands and knees.” 4. When the client says, “During difficult deliveries it is sometimes necessary to put a woman'’s legs up in stirrups.” 5. When the client states, “I heard that midwives often deliver their patients either in the side-lying or squatting position.”

List three situations involving a client’s physical health that would be beyond the scope of your own role in aged care and what you would do in each of those situations.