Ethical Challenge

Type: Assignments

Subject: Ethics and Law

Subject area: Nursing

Education Level: Undergraduate/College

Length: 1 pages

Referencing style: APA

Preferred English: US English

Spacing Option: Double

Instructions: - An undocumented, uninsured migrant worker is brought into the emergency room of a local community hospital with shortness of breath and chest pain. He was admitted to the hospital for evaluation and testing which revealed congestive heart disease and severe regurgitation requiring a valve replacement. Without being eligible for Medicaid because of his immigration status, and no way to pay for this expensive operation, what is your responsibility as a chief nursing officer? What is the hospital's responsibility? Are there justifiable limits to the amount of care provided? What about allocation of scarce resources? There is no ethical committee at this hospital to help you in the decision making process. Support your response with no less than 3 peer reviewed references