What is an impaired nurse? What would you do if you encounter an impaired nurse while on-duty?

BOOK: Essential of Nursing Law and Ethics

by Susan J. Westrick and Katherine Dempski

Chapter 37 to 39

· Choose only 1 Topic to write about:

ü Americans with Disability Acts

or

ü Employees with AIDS/HIV infections and Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogen

or

ü Impaired Nurses

Please answer ONE of the following Discussion Questions.

Please be certain to include the number of the DQ being answered and provide a well-developed and complete answer to receive credit.

· DQ-1 How does the ADA affect nurse’s as employees?

or

· DQ-2 Should an HIV+ nurse or healthcare worker reveal to their employee their status? Please explain.

or

· DQ-3 What is an impaired nurse? What would you do if you encounter an impaired nurse while on-duty?

1. Write a summary (700 words minimum) about the topic answering the question.

2. You must write two replies to 2 class peers in different paper that the assignment # 1 (250-300words ) sustained with the proper references and make sure that the references that you use in your assignment are properly quoted in it.

DIRECTION:

1. The assignment in an APA format word document, Time New Roman 12 font

2. It will be checked by Turnitin to verify originality.

3. The references used in the assignment must be quoted in the assignment. If it is not in quoted it will be considered plagiarism.

4. A minimum of 3 evidence-based references besides the class textbook must be used and one of them must be from a gerontological nursing magazine.

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