Legal Obligations

Legal Obligations: This weeks discussion you will read about the Ethical and Legal obligations of the profession of nursing. In this discussion your original posting should include the following:
• Overview of health insurance and system of “unequals” (example that you or someone you know experienced would be useful)
• Overview ethics principles of nursing
• Definition of principle of justice
• Discussion on principle of justice and health insurance inequities (what is equal and fair, relate this to health insurance)
• State your opinion: should health insurance in this country be a right or privilege (support your statement)
• State your opinion: does the type of insurance a person has creates a system of “unequals” (support your statement)

Legal Obligations