Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Issues The ethical dilemma is that the children of the woman with cancer are not being cared for adequately. The nurse must decide if it is ethically and morally sound to tell the school nurse about the daughters’ situation at home. Since the nurse is the caretaker of the mother and knows that she needs to keep her information about her health confidential. However‚ it is affecting the mental stability of her daughters because they are afraid of their mother’s declining
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punching the person that raped him? Is this man a victim of abuse or a suspect of serious assault? Ethical dilemmas such as this one are a common occurrence that‚ unfortunately‚ forensic nurses face in their everyday work. Although there are a vast number of nurses in the world‚ only a fraction of them are forensic nurses. Forensic nursing is a nursing field with subspecialties that focus on nursing practices that care for victims of violent crimes‚ such as sexual assault‚ at the clinical and legal
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Beginning of Nursing Educations Medical equipment technology has drastically changed the face of college educations throughout the years. As an aspiring nurse practitioner‚ I am aware that these ameliorations in technology will one day enhance my further education. There have been many milestones conquered in the field of nursing education‚ and the advancement to the Smart Hospital is one of the most distinguished in nursing’s history. Nursing education began with Florence Nightingale’s Principles for Nurses
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This essay will consider ethics in nursing‚ discuss values and morals and how dignity and respect in patient care is influenced; considering the importance of reflection and the implications it has on effective practice from the perspective of a student nurse. The scenario “Call Me Joe” provided by Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2010a) highlights concerning issues and bad practice that are happening in modern day nursing practice‚ and using the Driscoll and Teh (2001) reflective model: What
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The ethical dilemma This case presents an ethical dilemma‚ a situation which arises when one must choose between mutually exclusive alternatives (Beauchamp& Walters‚ 2003). Decisions may have results that are desirable in some respects and undesirable in others. In Juana ’s case‚ her decision to refuse the blood transfusion had the desired outcome of allowing her to remain true to her religious beliefs. However‚ her choice also resulted in her death. If she had followed the recommendation of
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healthcare there are three key ethical principles. Autonomy‚ this applies to the freedom to one’s choice and for this reason the right to self-determination; Nonmaleficence means no harm is to be made to patients intentionally or unintentionally and; Beneficence‚ this implies doing good for patients. In case of an emergency‚ treatments may have to started without consent‚ e.g.‚ in a traffic incident when the patient had a cardiac arrest‚ this complies with the ethical principle of beneficence. Obtaining
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study that deals with what is good and bad behavior. According to the textbook of “Leading and Managing in Nursing”‚ Yoder-Wise states‚ “In ethics‚ there are no right or wrong answers‚ just better or worse answers‚ and nurses seek mentorships and counseling from nurse managers when they encounter difficult situation.” (P. 89) Nurses face directly to patient so that we deal with variety of ethical issues. I was frustrated when I received a new couple last month about the issues of hearing aids and denture
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problem the three foundational ethical principles of utility‚ justice‚ and respect for persons. These principles create a framework for the equitable allocation of scarce organs for transplantation. To solve the ethical challenges Ms. New shall apply the eight key steps before taking any action. Multistep decision-making Step One: Clarify the conflict Step Two: Identify all stakeholders and values Step Three: Understand the circumstances surrounding the ethical conflict • Takes utility into account
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Professional Accountability Analysis of a dilemma in practice “Sally and the Health Visitor” Dip HE Mental Health Nursing Word count: 1‚957. Contents page Introduction | 1 | Autonomy | 1 | Beneficence | 3 | Nonmaleficence | 4 | Justice | 4 | Conclusion | 5 | Bibliography | 6 | Introduction This discussion paper will look at the ethical issues surrounding decision making as nurses‚ in a given scenario (Sally and the health visitor). Ethics is defined by Johnstone (2008) as “A
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The Concept of Nursing Ethics and Social Media Nurses face many decisions each day that do not have simple black or white answers. These ethical dilemmas are not limited to the decisions we make when directly interacting with patients or other medical professionals. With the use and accessibility of social media growing every day‚ the internet is becoming a more and more popular forum for fun‚ education‚ politics‚ and even retrieving medical information. I chose the article The Ethical Use of Social
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