One of the most challenging moral/ethical dilemmas to resolve occurs when the patient’s autonomous choices conflict with the nurse’s duty to look out for the patient’s best interests. The scenario presented to me describes a conflict between a patient who refuses to bathe and a nurse whose duty is to provide the patient’s care. Because of the patient’s physical condition and inability to get out of bed‚ they require a two-person bath involving lifts. The patient refuses to bathe at the time scheduled
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discuss an ethical dilemma which arose during a placement within a community setting. To assist the reflection process‚ the Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle which encompasses 6 stages; description‚ thoughts and feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and action plan will be used which will improve and strengthen my nursing skills by continuously learning from both good and bad experiences‚ and develop my self confidence in relation to caring for others (Siviter 2008). To comply with the Nursing and Midwifery
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Ethical frameworks revolve around being a morally good person and therefore guides the way healthcare professionals treat and care for their patients. Referring to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (2013) and the Public Sector Ethics Act (2014)‚ nurses and paramedics are bound by similar ethical frameworks. These revolve around being kind and respectful to all patients‚ no discriminating or judgments for any reason‚ all patients having the right to truthful information and the right to
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• Ethical Dilemmas Patient 1: This patient is admitted to ER with Respiratory Failure and Septic Shock. The patient was transferred to LTAC for long term management of disease. Patient’s chart states that she has DNR/DNI order‚ but her son was disagreeing with that decision. One of the ethical principles that direct ethical decision making in health care is the autonomy-the ability of the individual to chose for him or herself. Patient 2: This patient was admitted with endocarditis and had a tracheostomy
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essential for nurses to participate in order to focus on ethical and moral issues and note situations that appears to be dilemmas with the help of professional and ethical competence (Tschudin‚ 2002). Moreover unprofessional ethical practice may result to litigations if care was deemed not to be professionally sound. LEGAL ISSUES In conjunction to professional and ethical issues‚ legal issues is an emerging contemporary issues in nursing. Several studies and literatures have been written in relation
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I’ve encountered an ethical dilemma situation in my recent capstone clinical. My clinical preceptor and I caught in the concepts of the principles of autonomy‚ veracity‚ and nonmalifecence. This occurred when we provided nursing service to a 30-years-old male patient who was taken to the ED as a post-code patient. The EMS team arrived in the scene and initiated CPR and defibrillated a client (on the floor of his room). The client ended up in the ICU with a diagnosis of hypoxic- anoxic injury (HAI)
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Nursing Shortages in Texas Require New Legislature Mary Sanc G C U Ethics‚ Policy and Finance in Health Care System NUR-508 Dr. April 1‚ 2015 Nursing Shortages in Texas Require New Legislature There is a shortage of nurses nationwide‚ and there is an increase in the number of people in the United States over 65. This group has many medical needs. Nursing shortages can lead to stressful conditions which can result in injury‚ fatigue and job dissatisfaction ("American Nurses Association‚" n.d.)
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Metaethical Concepts Ethics‚ also termed moral philosophy‚ is a subdivision of philosophy that studies morality through the examination of right and wrong. One focus of ethics‚ metaethics‚ is concerned with the character of right and wrong‚ where and how ethical judgments start‚ and what they mean in relation to human nature and behavior. Metaethics seeks the answer to questions regarding what morality is and what is ‘bad’ and ‘good’ (DeLapp‚ 2014). There are many concepts within metaethics philosophy‚
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Hess‚ P.‚ Touhy‚ T.‚ & Jett‚ K. (2005). Gerontological nursing & healthy aging (2nd ed.). St. Louis‚ Missouri: Elsevier Mosby‚ Inc.. Higgins‚ I.‚ Madjar‚ I.‚ & Walton‚ J. (2004). Chronic pain in elderly nursing home residents: the need for nursing leadership. Journal of Nursing Management‚ 12‚ 167-173. Jakobsson‚ U. (2004‚ December). Pain management among older people in need of help with activities of daily living. Pain Management Nursing‚ 5(4)‚ 137-143. Minner‚ D. M.‚ & Marek‚ K. D. (2005‚ June)
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coordinate the delivery of numerous patient services‚ and administer high costly healthcare programmes (Weld and Garmon Bibb 2009). Due to the rapid expansion in the scope of nursing care and knowledge‚ nursing staff face greater responsibilities and require increasingly more skills; such is the importance of nursing law and ethics. The pace of change of law in this area is considerable as the role of the nurse is becoming more diverse. The pressure to keep up to date not
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