Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 8 of the textbook and the articles Ethical Nursing Care Versus Cost Containment: Considerations to Enhance RN Practice; Probing Our Moral Values in Health Care: The Pricing of Specialty Drugs (Links to an external site.); and Unpredictable Drug Shortages: An Ethical Framework for Short-Term Rationing in Hospitals.
Work through the simulation titled Resource Allocation from the end of Chapter 8 of your course text. Review the various options in the simulation, then create a solution to the scenario to meet the requirements.
You will need to provide your accounting of each area you will be keeping with the total at the end at the beginning of your post before you provide your discussion. Here is a brief synopsis of the simulation regarding the hospital’s budget and dilemma:
For this discussion, address the following: