important for nurses to study ethics? Take a mental walk around your ward/department and watch the nurses at work. Do the nurses in your workplace apply ethical theories and/or ethical principles in clinical practice setting? What kind of values do they portray? What do you think of the current values in nursing ethics in comparison to the expected ethical behaviours for nurses? Write your thoughts in the Note book. I strongly agree we as a nurse must learn ethics especially in ability to make a
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 past few centuries, the topic of abortion has been controversial and discussed to great lengths in both the media and politics. Because abortion is primarily seen negatively in the eyes of the public, this has caused quite a predicament from an ethical standpoint for both those that support abortion (pro-choice) and those that do not support abortion (pro-life). For those that argue on the pro-choice side believe that ultimately the decision of what happens to the woman’s body is theirs to make
use incontinent sheath or Nightingale to take delivery which is much better. CURRENT RESEARCH: Nursing research builds a scientific foundation for clinical practice. Nurses need to intervene for their patient’s in other to improve their practice. According
is in a vegetative state for a long time or would they allocate the limited resources instead to other patients who are also in need of medical care? Thirdly, there is a dilemma between things like religious beliefs and the empirical knowledge in nursing practice. For example, what should nurse and other healthcare professionals do when a critically ill patient is admitted to the hospital that really needs a blood transfusion in order to live but the patient’s religious beliefs about blood transfusions
8. ETHICAL REASONING Ethical reasoning is an act that integrates ethical question into intellectual work required. It is the ability to identify, assess, and develop ethical arguments from different ethical positions. It pertains to the rights and wrongs of human conduct. TYPES OF ETHICAL REASONING • Utilitarian: this type of reasoning believes that morally right course of action in any situation produces the greatest balance of benefits over harms for everyone affected. It believes in action producing
There is an array of housing options available to seniors, from staying in their home to specialized facilities that provide twenty-four hour nursing care. Each option has pros and cons when making a decision of where the client should live when discharged. Ethically, all of these issues need to be discussed with the family members involved with care so they know all the options. Each family is different, for this client he wanted his wife and his three children to be involved in this decision process
Background Statement: Pleasant Valley Memorial hospital is experiencing unethical behavior among its nursing staff. Nursing manager Susan is the nursing manager for the intensive care unit (NICU). Repeatedly, Susan has witnessed NICU nurses allowing their personal beliefs to influence behavioral work norms and patient care. Dedicated nurses such as Nurse Pamela refuse to handle certain patients with disagreeing lifestyle than hers. Other nurses have mistreated a 16-year-old father of a baby under
We can apply virtue ethics to analyze the situation. This approach focuses on what is morally correct from the patient's viewpoint and centers on the patient's autonomy. Actions and character are intertwined, and the ability to act morally is contingent on one's moral character and integrity (Pasci, 2015). Virtue ethics focuses on the context of the situation (Volbrecht, 2002). Ethical analysis of virtue ethics entails: identifying the problem, analyzing context,
courses, rounds, in-service programs and the like in clinical ethics. The aims of these educational efforts will be to provide participants with access to the language, concepts, principles and body of knowledge about ethics that they need in order to address the complex ethical dimensions of contemporary hospital practice. 6.7.1 Case Review An important function of the committee will be its role as a forum for analysis of ethical questions which arise in the care of individual patients. In most