This customizable document, Resolution of Potential Conflict with Staff Members' Cultural/Ethical/ Religious Belief System, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Home Infusion Therapy Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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	POLICY: It is the policy of the Agency to respect its staff members' cultural values, ethical and religious beliefs and the impact these may have on client care. Conflicting cultural values, ethical or religious beliefs may be sufficient grounds for granting requests for revisions in daily assignments and/or requests not to participate in the provision of care. The agency supports its staff in this area and provides for a mechanism allowing those staff members experiencing such a conflict to request revision or nonparticipation in client care. PROCEDURE: The staff member experiencing a...
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	...issues related to replacement staff will be carefully considered to provide a smooth continuum of client care and services. In the event there are no replacement staff available within the facility, the supervisor will observe the routine policy for obtaining additional staff in accordance with client saturation i.e., registry staff, per diem staff, on-call staff. In those instances where the staff member experiencing cultural, ethical or religious belief system conflict cannot...