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As the newly appointed assistant to the In-service Coordinator, your responsibilities include ensuring all newly hired nurses and physicians are familiar with the legal and ethical guidelines of the facility.
Discuss the following information in 700-1000 words. You are expected to use a minimum of two references and utilize APA style:
- Define corporate negligence. Your textbook (page 274) discusses the benchmark case of Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial Hospital as an example of a corporate negligence. Describe the legal issues in the case and describe how the hospital failed its ethical duty to the patient.
- Define respondeat superior, and provide an example for two of the professions listed below, of how unethical behaviors could lead to an organization being held vicariously liable under the legal principle of respondeat superior:
- Physician
- Nurse
- Chiropractor
- Respiratory Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Physical Therapist
- Discuss corporate duties and corporate responsibilities and explain the role the healthcare organization has in ensuring the compliance of corporate duties and responsibilities
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE
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Corporate Negligence
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CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE
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Corporate negligence can be defined as the legal teaching that takes any healthcare
facility responsible for the well-being of the patient. This ensures that a healthcare facility has
qualified practitioners and ensures that patients receive proper treatment from the healthcare
organization. A healthcare facility should also ensure that they put in place the right rule and
policies to ensure that quality services are provided to the patient. When any of the above is not
done by the facility, it is termed as corporate negligence (Agich, 2012). The legal issue in the
case includes the nurses failing to fulfill their duties when treating the patient. Even after
realizing Doreence health problem after treatment, the practitioner did not handle her
accordingly. She failed to perform the necessary checks to ensure that she gets the right
treatments. Another legal issue was that the hospital administration neglected ...
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