In the labor and delivery department there was a 28-year-old woman, D.H., gravida 2, para 1, aborta 0. She arrived due to abdominal and pelvic pain for two days, she is pregnant with a son 38 weeks gestational. While in our care she started her contractions and made her way to 3 centimeters with 60% effacement; this was putting D.H. in early stages of labor. When reviewing her files it came to the healthcare staff’s attention that she was a Jehovah Witness. This is an important factor she has expressed
In the nursing profession, frequently nurses encounter ethical issues in day-to-day practice. Appropriately managing theses ethical issues are crucial to nurses in order to provide beneficence for their patients. This paper will present an ethical issue encountered by a nursing student at clinical placement. An ethical issue is communicated as “a situation that requires a choice between two mutually exclusive choices of action” (Oberle & Raffin-Bouchal, 2009, p. 21). Furthermore, this paper will
innovation of technology comes the new era of how nursing is practiced. Hence, the likelihood of ethical and/or legal issues pertaining to nursing informatics (NI) and its practice. The code of ethics can help nurses to respect each patient’s beliefs and values (Duran & McNutt, 2010). Duran and McNutt (2010) stated that the code of ethics is the cornerstone for any profession which provides a social contract within which the society serves, as well as ethical and legal guidance to all members of the profession
available to nursing supervisors to aid in resolution of ethical issues or dilemmas regarding this scenario. My role as a supervisor, I would have asked the physician questions regarding the order and his reasoning pertaining to the restraints. Evidence based practice does not support the use of restraints on a patient that is able to respond appropriately and able to reposition themselves in bed. Education to staff members should be supported by evidence based practice. Myself as the nursing supervisor
Nursing is a highly regulated profession that cn be characterized by the quality of nursing documentation. Legal and ethical issues can arise from improper documentation. Documentation is important because it describes how professional nurses are meeting legal and ethical requirements. Two legal and ethical problems that can arise from improper documentation are charges of malpractice and breach of duty. Advanced directives can affect the quality of care given since it is an expression of the patient’s
Concept 05: Ethical Principles: This concept is taken from the Ethical Issues in Nursing Practices Block 1, module 03 entitles as “Ethical principles”. Ethical principles are integrated goals that every individual tries to follow all these principles to attain a successful existence in life. These goals include autonomy, confidentiality, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, veracity, fidelity and justice. The principle of beneficence guides the ethical theory to do what is good. The ethical principles
7. Ethical concepts (M8) Ethics can be said to simply mean a system of morally just ideologies. Individual’s ethical conception has a significant influence on their style of decision making and the manner they lead their personal lives. Ethics is concerned with what is good for individuals and society and is also described as moral philosophy. Some basic ethical concepts include individual’s rights, autonomy, Justice, Fidelity, Veracity and acting in the best interest of individuals/ clients. CRITICAL
the knowledge to be able to perform their own self-care successfully at home. The ANA Code of Ethics is the nurse’s version of the Bible. It provides a succinct statement of the ethical values, obligations, and duties of every individual who enters the nursing profession, it serves as the profession’s non-negotiable, ethical standard and it expresses nursing’s own understanding of its commitment to society (About The Code, 2018). ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements is the promise
Abortion: An Ethical Dilemma in Nursing If you were to ask any man or women whether murder should be legal, almost all would strongly say no. However, if asked about abortion there would be a mixed response. Abortion is a sensitive subject with a variety of strong opinions and concerns. Abortion is also an ethical dilemma in nursing. As a nursing student it is important for me to understand the ethics of abortion and establish my stance on the issue. This is necessary in order to determine the best
Ethical Issue We face decisions every day. Some are easy choices to make and some are more difficult to make. “Ethical dilemma is a situation in which an individual is compelled to make a choice between two actions that will affect the well-being of a sentient being and both actions can be reasonably justified as being good, neither action is readily justifiable as good, or the goodness of the action is uncertain. One action must be chosen, thereby generating a quandary for the person or group who