The heart was about to be airlifted to the hospital. The committee members
had to make their decision very soon. Questions to be considered at this
session could include: What should the committee do? How would you vote
if you were on the committee? In some cases, transplant operations are
not successful, and a second operation is needed. Should someone be allowed
two transplant procedures? Three? Why or why not? In some hospitals, alcoholics
are not allowed to receive liver transplants. In other hospitals, they
are. Those who see alcoholism as a genetically determined condition argue
that these people cannot help their addiction. Others feel that these
people are responsible and should just stop. Should hospitals deny transplant
livers to alcoholics?
A free lunch will be served to those who register no later than Tuesday,
April 20, 2010 by calling Spiritual Care at 828/326-3365.
Catawba Valley Medical Center’s Department of Organizational Learning
is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the North Carolina
Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Completion of this activity
provides 1.0 contact hour.
Catawba Valley Medical Center is a not-for-profit, public healthcare system
providing and promoting the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
well-being of the public in addition to serving as a center for health
education, wellness services, preventative medicine and acute care. CVMC,
three times recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as
a Magnet facility, was recently named as a “Distinguished Hospital
for An Outstanding InPatient Experience” by J.D. Power and Associates
as well as a Hospital of Choice by the American Alliance of Healthcare
Providers.