Ethical Decision Making In Nursing Case Study
Running head: MY NURSING ETHIC
Grand Canyon University
Ethical Decision Making in Health Care
NRS-437V
My Nursing Ethic
Nursing, ethics, and morals all, which are necessary for a nurse to provide, care in a diverse population of individual patients. Nurses deal with individuals with complex needs that encompass physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial issues that the average person cannot comprehend let alone that these things can happen to a man, women, child or family. As a case manager my role requires that I not only look at the illness of a patient but their overall wholeness as an individual. This is a challenge as there are some many complex issues that individuals deal with in life from domestic …show more content…
Growing up in a Marine Corp family that included members of our military family going to combat in Viet Nam some never to return shaped my moral compass and helped develop my ethical behavior. Not only was I taught to do the right thing but respect authority and to question it if it conflicted with my moral value. This provided me with a sense to do the right thing in all my endeavors though not always perfect it does provide me with a foundation in dealing with complex issues in nursing. Additionally, this author was taught to help where help is needed. A classic example is as a sixth grader stepping up to the school bully as he picks on one of my classmates. The idea that someone can pick on someone or something and ruin their day has always troubled this writer. I was drawn to the nursing profession in my mid twenties after being a stockbroker for five years and witnessed the “bug guys” taking advantage of the small investors after the 1997 October market crash. Nursing provided this writer to be engaged in a life that to me offered high standards of morally and ethical behavior in providing care to individuals during …show more content…
This motivator is ingrained in this writer through the ANA code of ethics that make the patient the core of our profession. The principles of beneficence- compassion are taking positive actions to help others, the desire to do well are the core principle of our patient advocacy (Beauchamp, 2009) is a guiding principle for this writer. This means that even in cases of terminal illness being truthful and compassionate provides the patient with the ability to make the best choice for themselves and their support system. Morally, it is wrong to lie to a patient and ethically it interferes with ability to make consistent and logical decision-making opportunities for the
Grand Canyon University
Ethical Decision Making in Health Care
NRS-437V
My Nursing Ethic
Nursing, ethics, and morals all, which are necessary for a nurse to provide, care in a diverse population of individual patients. Nurses deal with individuals with complex needs that encompass physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial issues that the average person cannot comprehend let alone that these things can happen to a man, women, child or family. As a case manager my role requires that I not only look at the illness of a patient but their overall wholeness as an individual. This is a challenge as there are some many complex issues that individuals deal with in life from domestic …show more content…
Growing up in a Marine Corp family that included members of our military family going to combat in Viet Nam some never to return shaped my moral compass and helped develop my ethical behavior. Not only was I taught to do the right thing but respect authority and to question it if it conflicted with my moral value. This provided me with a sense to do the right thing in all my endeavors though not always perfect it does provide me with a foundation in dealing with complex issues in nursing. Additionally, this author was taught to help where help is needed. A classic example is as a sixth grader stepping up to the school bully as he picks on one of my classmates. The idea that someone can pick on someone or something and ruin their day has always troubled this writer. I was drawn to the nursing profession in my mid twenties after being a stockbroker for five years and witnessed the “bug guys” taking advantage of the small investors after the 1997 October market crash. Nursing provided this writer to be engaged in a life that to me offered high standards of morally and ethical behavior in providing care to individuals during …show more content…
This motivator is ingrained in this writer through the ANA code of ethics that make the patient the core of our profession. The principles of beneficence- compassion are taking positive actions to help others, the desire to do well are the core principle of our patient advocacy (Beauchamp, 2009) is a guiding principle for this writer. This means that even in cases of terminal illness being truthful and compassionate provides the patient with the ability to make the best choice for themselves and their support system. Morally, it is wrong to lie to a patient and ethically it interferes with ability to make consistent and logical decision-making opportunities for the