Ethical Dilemma Assignment In the profession of nursing, nurses are frequently confronted with ethical dilemmas. In the area of pediatrics a nurse should mentally prepare herself for numerous potential scenarios. One such scenario includes the parents of a child refusing blood transfusions that are necessary to save the child’s life. This paper will examine the ethical dilemma in pediatric nursing of a parent’s refusal of blood products for their child; apply relevant principles from the ANA
This paper is designed to provide insight on the ethical dilemma related to right to die or right to live. This paper is aimed at providing insight on the case along with conducting analysis on the case study with reference to right to die and right to protect. Further the potential consequences that can occur if the wish of the patient is not fulfilled will also be discussed in this paper. Overview of the Case Mary Evelyn Greene is an 89 years old lady who has memory impairment. She lives in private
of limited time frame. These things looks simple in everyday life for ordinary people, there is one profession which is based on caring science ‘NURSING’. The heart of nursing is caring. In this reflective paper I am going to present my view on caring I nursing on the basis of Jean Watson’s article in “Caring Science: Belonging Before Being as Ethical Cosmology” followed by my own view and my experience regarding the care. Dr. Jean Watson is a nurse theorist
Personal Views on the Five Ways of Knowing in Nursing Knowledge is an important fundamental base for practice in all areas of health care. Many nursing theorists have tried to define and identify nursing knowledge since the time of Florence Nightingale. Carper’s seminal article in 1978 highlighted four ways of knowing; this delineated knowledge beyond just empirical (Bonis, 2009). The inclusion of White’s sociopolitical knowing rounded out nursing knowledge more completely. While the different
Twenty year ago when I started my career as a nurse, there were no smartphones. There were paper charting and phone calls for communication. But two decades later, most of us could not imagine a day without our smartphones. Smartphone allow us to use multiple ways to communicate. Not just making a phone call, but texting and instant messaging (IM). You also have access to your email, video conferencing and video calling. And let’s not forget Twitter and Facebook. Medical devices and apps are
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
Portfolio project Throughout the years of studying for the nursing program, a lot of information have been read, revise and analyzing with the intention of developing a better understanding of the nursing role on the medical field. By being able to look back to a variety of prior papers created as part of the program, the understanding of the intention of those projects become clearer as development of researching, analyzing, critical thinking and understanding of evidence base practice. The rationalization
A health care system involves people, education system and all the resources that give health care services to reach the health needs of specific or target population. It is an infinity system. Year by year, the health care system is changing with adding a new techniques to improve health. According to World Health Organization (WHO), health is a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. So, the health is like a dynamic condition