CLO 5 - You must answer these
three sub-questions
5.1 Safety and
Quality in healthcare should be “driven by information”.
Discuss this statement in the context of
Antibiotic Stewardship and increasing patient safety in the
healthcare environment. (250 words, 20 marks)
5.2 The
Victorian Government has recently mandated COVID vaccination for
anyone working in healthcare services.
Discuss this mandate from two different
ethical perspectives. (125 words, 10 marks)
5.3
Anna is a 76-year-old widow who is
receiving care in your rehabilitation ward after suffering a stroke
that has left her paralysed down her right side. With some speech
pathology support, Anna is able to answer simple “yes” and “no”
questions and can write some words with her left hand.
Her family believes that Anna must
be protected from any emotional or psychological distress.
According to Anna’s family, this belief is part of their cultural
and religious background. Her family is expressing their love and
respect by shielding her from the true news about her poor
prognosis. At the family’s insistence, Anna’s doctor requests a
physiotherapy assessment to determine her ability to participate in
rehabilitation therapy, with the goal of helping her to walk
again.
During her assessment of Anna, the
physiotherapist realizes that Anna has little or no understanding
of the true state of her health. Anna says that she is only
resting after the stroke and says that she is looking forward to
going home, sleeping in her own bed and working in the garden. The
physiotherapist does not believe that this will be possible, and
Anna will probably need to be admitted to an Aged Care Facility or
live with one of her children in a modified house. The
physiotherapist feels very distressed that this patient has little
or no understanding of the gravity of her condition and the
implications this has for her future health challenges and
appropriate care options.
The physiotherapist approaches you
as the Nursing Unit Manager. You realise that you have an ethical
issue to think about.
State
the decision you would make in this case and
justify your decision using two of the
following five approaches to ethical decision making. (125 words,
10 marks)