Care During Short Staffing

The Medicine program in your hospital has been struggling with high volumes of acutely ill patients, and short staffing due...

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Choosing Wisely

Pneumonia season is in full swing in your facility. Recently in the ICU there have been a string of patients...

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Conflict resolution at the end of life and the role of the ethics consultant

Ms. Bearchild is a 64-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease and moderate dementia. She often experiences paranoia and agitation as...

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Difficult Discharge

It is Thursday afternoon.  You receive a call from one of the hospital Discharge Planners, Zahra.  Zahra requests your assistance...

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Harm Reduction in the Hospital

Dora is a patient in her thirties. She is an inpatient on a regular medical/surgical unit at the University hospital....

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Help me, please!

A mental health therapist, Cathy, working in a rural clinic, receives a phone call from a 42-year-old client, Emma. Cathy...

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Living at Risk

Marta is a 73 year-old woman, living in her own apartment. She has early-stage dementia with non-insulin-dependent diabetes (requiring oral...

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Money, Money, Money

The ethics committee has received a request to review a donation proposed by a local oil company. The proposed donation...

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Now and Then

Mr. Hendricks is a 58 year old with early-onset dementia that has progressed rapidly in the last three years. He...

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Public Health Crisis

Your organization includes several pediatric and neonatal intensive care units, located in different hospitals. The facilities were built at different...

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Should we enact a slow code for this neonate?

Malik was born at 32 weeks gestation after an otherwise unremarkable pregnancy to parents of Iranian descent who identify as...

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The Road Less Traveled

Daniel is a 22 year old with cerebral palsy. He has recently transitioned from care in a pediatric setting, and...

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Who Decides at the End-of-Life?

Near the end of the workday, you get a call from a nurse in the ICU. He’s been asked to...

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Winds of Winter

The health care organization you work for serves a rural population and most staff members commute to work, some for...

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