Title: Ethical and Risk Management Strategies in Healthcare: The Role of Advance Directives and Preventing “Never Events”

ANSWER QUESTIONS SEPREATELY AND EACH HAS 1 REFRENCE. EACH QUETION MUST BE 130 WORDS.
The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was implemented to allow patients to state “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) or to assign a surrogate decision-maker in the event that the individual is unable to make the decision. What relationship does an ethics committee have in enforcing the advance directives of the patients in their care? What cultural and religious beliefs affect the administration of providing care to the patient?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes a list of health care-acquired conditions (HACs) that reasonably could have been prevented through the application of risk management strategies. What actions has your health care organization (or have health care organizations in general) implemented to manage or prevent these “never events” from happening within their health care facilities?