Assignment: Professional Development Assignments: (60 points) There is considerable evidence that many of the new medical technologies are used inappropriately, to generate income. What patient...

Assignment:

Professional Development Assignments: (60 points)

1. There is considerable evidence that many of the new medical technologies are used inappropriately, to generate income. What patient protections against inappropriate diagnostic and other procedures should be considered?


2. In spite of nursing's vital importance to hospitals, nurses face excessive paperwork, managerial responsibilities, and supervision of lesser-trained aides -- tasks that require an inordinate amount of time spent in functions other than direct patient care. These frustrations, combined with long work hours, stagnant salaries, and other difficulties, have resulted in fewer entrants to schools of nursing and increasing numbers of nurses leaving the profession. Discuss possible solutions to this growing problem.


3. Do providers in the health care system recognize a broader social mission than addressing the needs of only those individuals who achieve access to their services? Elaborate.