Examples Of Ethical Frameworks In Practice
Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice: Empirical Knowledge vs Personal Belief
Phuong T. Tran
Grand Canyon University
Author Note
A Week # 3 Assignment for “Ethical Decision Making In Health Care.”
Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice: Empirical Knowledge vs Personal Belief
Nurses encounter ethical dilemmas in the workplace quite often, and though the author for one dislikes ethical dilemmas, the author is driven to resolve the dilemma due to their desire to achieve a favorable outcome for their patient. The presented situation is a complicated one where nursing ethics and duties, religious beliefs, as well as parenting rights conflict with each other.
Ethical Dilemma
There are various conflicts in this dilemma, but the primary problem …show more content…
The reflection on the Author’s part on whether the action undertaken by the Author was effective in achieving the goal that was set in accordance to their moral judgment and their professional duties as a nurse, is the final step in ethical decision making. Educating the mother of the child, as well as making sure that the mother was making an informed decision was the most efficient and timely way to obtain resolution, if it was effective. If not, the second course of action which was to report the mother to Child Protective Services is the next best alternative since a custody hearing between the child’s parents will take too much time. The mother in this case may lose custody of her child, and may be charged for neglecting her child. Both courses of action served a single goal, which is to ensure that no harm comes to the child which is the highest priority of a …show more content…
Mrs. X: Yes he has. He told me that he may suffer damage to his brain and to his nerves.
Nurse: and you still do not want your son to receive treatment even when you know that it may harm your son?
Mrs. X: well there is a chance that it will go away by itself right? He’ll be fine.
Nurse: as I have heard the doctor explain to you, the damage to his brain and nerves may cause him to become mentally and/or physically disabled if we do not treat him as soon as possible . Are you sure you still would not agree to the treatments? I know that your religious beliefs are very important to you, but the risk to your son is just to great to ignore.
Mrs. X: I still do not want any treatment for my son.
Nurse: Then I regret to inform you Mrs. X that in cases like this when the Doctors and the Nurses think that a child is in danger, we need to notify Social Services, and we have already done so. I have Ms. Y from Social Services who is going to talk to you about your son.
References
Bandman, E. & Bandman, B. (2002). Nursing Ethics Through the Life Span. (4th
Phuong T. Tran
Grand Canyon University
Author Note
A Week # 3 Assignment for “Ethical Decision Making In Health Care.”
Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice: Empirical Knowledge vs Personal Belief
Nurses encounter ethical dilemmas in the workplace quite often, and though the author for one dislikes ethical dilemmas, the author is driven to resolve the dilemma due to their desire to achieve a favorable outcome for their patient. The presented situation is a complicated one where nursing ethics and duties, religious beliefs, as well as parenting rights conflict with each other.
Ethical Dilemma
There are various conflicts in this dilemma, but the primary problem …show more content…
The reflection on the Author’s part on whether the action undertaken by the Author was effective in achieving the goal that was set in accordance to their moral judgment and their professional duties as a nurse, is the final step in ethical decision making. Educating the mother of the child, as well as making sure that the mother was making an informed decision was the most efficient and timely way to obtain resolution, if it was effective. If not, the second course of action which was to report the mother to Child Protective Services is the next best alternative since a custody hearing between the child’s parents will take too much time. The mother in this case may lose custody of her child, and may be charged for neglecting her child. Both courses of action served a single goal, which is to ensure that no harm comes to the child which is the highest priority of a …show more content…
Mrs. X: Yes he has. He told me that he may suffer damage to his brain and to his nerves.
Nurse: and you still do not want your son to receive treatment even when you know that it may harm your son?
Mrs. X: well there is a chance that it will go away by itself right? He’ll be fine.
Nurse: as I have heard the doctor explain to you, the damage to his brain and nerves may cause him to become mentally and/or physically disabled if we do not treat him as soon as possible . Are you sure you still would not agree to the treatments? I know that your religious beliefs are very important to you, but the risk to your son is just to great to ignore.
Mrs. X: I still do not want any treatment for my son.
Nurse: Then I regret to inform you Mrs. X that in cases like this when the Doctors and the Nurses think that a child is in danger, we need to notify Social Services, and we have already done so. I have Ms. Y from Social Services who is going to talk to you about your son.
References
Bandman, E. & Bandman, B. (2002). Nursing Ethics Through the Life Span. (4th