DISCUSSION 1 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care – SHMK8 – 01-16-24 – Sect2

DISCUSSION 1 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care – SHMK8 – 01-16-24 – Sect2 (450 words 3 sources included the provided material)
Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.
Debate why nurses should and should not donate their services.
OR
What advice should be given to nurses seeking employment as occupational health nurses or school nurses about their potential legal liability?
Guido, G. W. (2020). Legal and ethical issues in nursing (7th ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN: 9780134701233. Read Chapters 18, 19, 20, & 21.
DISCUSSION 2 Diverse Populations & Health Care – THKN8 – 01-16-24 – Sect2 (450 words 3 sources included the provided material)
Review the Case Example on page 260 in Chapter 12 in your text. Using the skills you have already gained from previous courses, what would you say to the nurse who told Mrs. L, “I am sure that delaying your lunch until we get you settled won’t hurt you a bit?” How can the nurse who made these statements improve her biases: “Isn’t it sad that all she can seem to focus on is her lunch? She needs to be on a strict diet.”Select one of the articles found under Additional Resources and examine how the information presented may impact your nursing practice and help you understand the stigma associated with obesity.
Kersey-Matusiak, G. (2018). Delivering culturally competent nursing care: Working with diverse and vulnerable populations (2nd ed.). Springer. ISBN: 9780826137272. Read Chapters 12 & 13.
Your textbook provides AACN Cultural Competencies that may have been learned while obtaining your BSN. Please be sure to test your knowledge at the end of the chapter to assess where you are currently with your cultural competency.
Go to Think Cultural Health located on the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Minority Health website. You may access it from the following URL: https://ccnm.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/. Continue to work on your Think Cultural Health program which is due this module.
Additional Resources:
Elnitsky, C., Fisher, M., & Blevins, C. (2017, March 14). Military service member and veteran reintegration: A conceptual analysis, unified definition, and key domains. Frontiers in Psychology.
Fulton, M. (2020, May 5). Obesity, Stigma And Discrimination – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf. National Society for Biotechnology Information.
Stepanikova, I., Baker, E., Simoni, Z., Zhu, A., Rutland, S., Sims, M., & Wilkinson, L. (2017, January). The Role of Perceived Discrimination in Obesity Among African Americans. American Journal of Preventative Medicine.
Tomiyama, A. J., Carr, D., Granberg, E. M., Major, B., Robinson, E., Sutin, A. R., & Brewis, A. (2018). How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health. Biomedical Central, 16(123).
Westphal, R. J., Convoy, S. P. (2015). Military Culture Implications for Mental Health and Nursing Care. Online Journal of Nursing, 20(1).