The Importance Of Autonomy In Healthcare

Promoting patient’s autonomy is showing a sense of respect the patients. This can be violated very easy, it is the nurse responsibility to provide some sort of safety to prevent this from occurring. By educating the patients is recommended in all healthcare environment. When these patients understand that they have the right to their medical information, and also they have right to make any decision, they will be able to advocate themselves and prevent it. Educating the patient as a preventive measure that will also prevent any ethical dilemma advanced practice nurses’ moral distress. As a result, this can be done by explaining to the patient all the legal aspect while they are in the hospital. Another recommendation that could be made to prevent the violation of patient veracity and autonomy which may resolve advanced practice nurses’ moral distress in the dilemma, the healthcare providers should always encourage patients to seek care that promotes the individual patient’s medical interests. It might be thought that this approach fails to respect patient autonomy.