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