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Richard Mudd, an employee of
Compuserve, is called for jury duty in Wayne County, Michigan. His immediate
supervisor, Harvey Lorie, lets him know that he “must” avoid jury
duty at all costs. Mudd tells the judge of his circumstances and his need to be
at work, but the judge refuses to let Mudd avoid jury duty. Mudd spends the
next two weeks at trial. He sends regular e-mails and texts to Lorie during
this time, but on the fourth day, gets a text message from Lorie that says,
“Don’t bother to come back.” When he does return, Lorie tells him he
is fired. Does Mudd have a cause of action for the tort of wrongful discharge?

Yes, because he was
discriminated against under Title VII.

No, because his employer has
the right to fire him for any reason.

Yes, because he was exercising
a legal duty.

No, because he didn’t do enough
to satsify his boss that he wasn’t lying about jury duty.

 
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You are the head nurse of an intensive care unit and are interviewing Sam, a prospective charge nurse for your evening shift. Sam is currently the unit supervisor at Memorial Hospital, which is the other local hospital and your organization’s primary competitor. He is leaving Memorial Hospital for personal reasons. Sam, well qualified for the position, has strong management and clinical skills. Your evening shift needs a strong manager with the excellent clinical skills, which Sam also has. You feel fortunate that Sam is applying for the position. Just before the close of the interview, however, Sam shuts the door, lowers his voice secretively, and tells you that he has vital information regarding Memorial’s plans to expand and reorganize its critical care unit. He states that he will share this information with you if you hire him. ASSIGNMENT: How would you respond to Sam? Should you hire him? Identify the major issues in this situation. Support your hiring decision with rationale from this chapter and other readings.

 

 
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You have been working in a home health agency for 3 years. During that time, the acuity of your caseload has increased dramatically, and you find that teaching home health aides has become more difficult, as the equipment they need to use has become more complex. The home health aides seem motivated to learn, but you believe that part of the difficulty lies with how you are presenting the material. Many of them have a limited knowledge of nursing procedures. One of your clients is Mr. Jones, who has no family. His insurance company has approved a visit from a home health aide every other day to bathe him and help him ambulate with a walker. Because of his chronic severe respiratory disease, he must be ambulated with oxygen but does not need it when resting. Today, you have scheduled a session with Mr. Jones’ home health aide for a demonstration and return demonstration on how to connect and disconnect the oxygen and how to use the walker. The aide is very competent in basic hygiene skills but has not always used good body mechanics when providing patient care, and she seems intimidated by new equipment. ASSIGNMENT: Using your knowledge of the learning theories presented in this chapter, construct a teaching plan for this aide. Support your plan with appropriate rationale.

 

 
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You are the evening charge nurse for a large surgical unit. Recently, your long-time and extremely capable unit clerk retired, and the manager of the unit replaced the clerk with 23-year-old Nan, who does not have a healthcare background and is a recent immigrant. She speaks English with an accent but can be easily understood. She appears highly intelligent but is shy and unassertive. Nan received a 2-week unit clerk orientation that consisted of actual classroom time and working directly with the retiring clerk. She has been functioning on her own for 2 weeks, and you realize that her orientation was insufficient. Last evening, after her 10th mistake, you became rather sharp with her, and she broke down in tears. You are frustrated by this situation. Your unit is very busy in the evening with returning surgeries and surgeons making rounds and leaving a multitude of orders. On the other hand, you believe that Nan has great potential. You realize that there is much to learn in this job and, for a person without a healthcare background, that learning the terminology, physicians’ names, and unit routine is difficult. You spend the morning devising a training plan for Nan. ASSIGNMENT: Using your knowledge of learning theories, explain your teaching plan, and support your plan with appropriate rationale. How might Nan’s lack of an American education and socialization influence her learning?

 

 
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