Situation
T.H., a transplant nurse coordinator, is considering her feelings about two patients who are being evaluated for placement on the deceased (cadaveric) kidney transplant waiting list. One patient is a 40-yr-old African American schoolteacher. She is married and has two children. The other patient is a 22-yr-old unemployed white man. He misses three or four dialysis treatments per month and does not take his antihypertensive medications consistently.
Ethical/Legal Points for Consideration
• The foundation of this conflict resides in the Constitution where the founders made education a free public resource and ignored health care as a right. Health care then became a privilege, a resource to be obtained by persons with the funds to pay for it.
• It took almost 200 yr for health entitlement programs to be developed. Medicare is a federally administrated program. Individuals covered by Medicare are protected by Constitutional laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, gender, religion, and ethnic background.
• Medicaid is a federally sponsored program jointly administered by the various states. The states have the right to set coverage eligibility and limits, but may not violate an individual’s constitutionally protected rights against discrimination.
• It is highly unlikely that the standard prohibitions against discrimination will change, but it is possible that definitions of unhealthy behavior such as substance abuse, alcoholism, smoking, and obesity might be used to screen out candidates.
• Nurses are concerned about social justice because of their health advocacy role. Today the situation is immensely more complex because of the cost and availability of care.
1. What does the 2001 American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics say about how you as a nurse should view patients
2. What are your thoughts about which of the patients should receive the next available kidney transplant
A hypothesis is a tentative explanation for some specific event involving the relationship among variables that carries clear implications for
A hypothesis is a tentative explanation for some specific event involving the relationship among variables that carries clear implications for testing the relationship.
The style of inquiry in the U.S. legal system is _____, whereas in psychology it is _____.
The style of inquiry in the U.S. legal system is _____, whereas in psychology it is _____.
A) advocacy; objectivity
B) objectivity; empiricism
C) empiricism; advocacy
D) objectivity; authority
In one test before product launch, customers try a sample product and are then surveyed to understand whether or not
In one test before product launch, customers try a sample product and are then surveyed to understand whether or not they would buy/use the product again. This is known as
A) premarket testing.
B) market testing.
C) alpha testing.
D) concept testing.
E) prelaunch testing.
_____ tells us how people actually behave, whereas _____ tells us how people are supposed to behave.
_____ tells us how people actually behave, whereas _____ tells us how people are supposed to behave.
A) Law; psychology
B) Psychology; law
C) Science; inquiry
D) Inquiry; science
Guitar Centre hypothesized that because of changing music trends, acoustic guitars would no longer be a best-selling item. This represents
Guitar Centre hypothesized that because of changing music trends, acoustic guitars would no longer be a best-selling item. This represents the first stage of the exploratory investigation process.
The Eiger Labs MPMan was the first mass-produced MP3 player sold in the United States. Eiger Labs was a(n) ________
The Eiger Labs MPMan was the first mass-produced MP3 player sold in the United States. Eiger Labs was a(n) ________ in the MP3 player market.
A) blockbuster
B) early adopter
C) pioneer
D) market tester
E) concept tester