Ethical Nursing

Moreover, an emphasis is imposed on the rights of a single patient to commit an act or decision even though it is in contrast with the views of the others. In regards to the ethical dilemma, a nurse could not justify the morality of the two possible choices based on their results and consequences. The Deontological approach would encourage the health care staff as well as the patient to ask themselves the most righteous choice for their situation. With this in mind, a combination of ethical theories can also be employed to give light to the dilemma. In view of this, another ethical approach could be applied to solve the issue, and this is the Right-based approach. This theory also aim to promote the rights of every person, and that, they are indispensable just to make ends meet. However, not all ethical theories can be incorporated in every dilemma in a health care setting because their foundations would contradict one another. In order to provide an effective and efficient solution, nurses should be knowledgeable of the principles enveloping each of the ethical theories and should be wise to apply them in appropriate issues and

Ethical issues can cause a lot of tension and emotional turmoil. Before starting a career in the healthcare profession, nurses must know the code of, the importance of the Nurse Practice Acts and other types of laws, as well as the nurse’s liability when working with patients. Nursing is an ever-evolving profession that has gone through drastic changes in the last few decades, but ethics is still as important as ever. Ethical concepts, nurse practice acts, laws and commitment admissions will be further discussed.

Ethics are a set of moral principles that serve as a guiding philosophy for behavior. Consequently it is not a surprise that ethical dilemmas occur daily in the health care setting. Any nurse who refuses to provide care for a patient faces an ethical dilemma (Kuhn, 2012, pp. 412-418). The reasons given for refusal range anywhere from a conflict of personal values to fear of personal risk of injury. Nurses do have the right, at times, to refuse patient care assignments. The decision to accept or reject an assignment must be based upon a judgment by the nurse of the nurse 's ability to provide competent patient care. This paper aims to show both sides of the argument when it comes to nurses refusing a patient assignment. One side believes that nurses has the right to refuse patient assignment, as they must be true to themselves if they want to perform their best on the job. On the other hand, the other side believes that it is the nurse’s responsibility to care for all patients and, therefore nurses cannot simply refuse a patient.

It can be a very difficult task to put aside your own feelings regarding choices of a patient, especially when it feels that their choice is harming or not allowing us as health care providers to prevent further harm. What we must always remind ourselves is that attempting to force our personal morals, values, or convictions on a patient can cause harm as well. It is the duty of a nurse to always protect patients’ rights even when they conflict with our own.

Nurses are constantly challenged by changes which occur in their practice environment and are under the influence of internal or external factors. Due to the increased complexity of the health system, nowadays nurses are faced with ethical and legal decisions and often come across dilemmas regarding patient care. From this perspective a good question to be raised would be whether or not nurses have the necessary background, knowledge and skills to make appropriate legal and ethical decisions. Even though most nursing programs cover the ethical and moral issues in health care, it is questionable if new nurses have the depth of knowledge and understanding of these issues and apply them in their practice

This is in line with my moral obligation as a nurse. In my pursuit of arriving at an ethical resolution, I will reference the bioethical principles of justice and beneficence/nonmaleficence to analyze this predicament.

Nurses are the front line health care providers and are daily challenged with ethical dilemmas at a growing rate in their field of work. Thus, they are bound by rules and regulation in order to perform at the best of their abilities for any organisation to work smoothly. Therefore, dealing with each situation requires the nurse to set their own values and beliefs in order to provide effective care. Thus these situations are diverse and dynamic, whereby many conflicts arose concerning the best choice for the client in ethical decision making.

Another principle that is applicable here is the non-maleficence. It refers to the act of doing no harm to the patient and is central to the nursing ethics (Corvol et al., 2012). Non-maleficence in bioethics supports that the primary purpose of the healthcare workers is to not create further distress or harm (Butts & Rich, 2015). In this case scenario, the act of restraining and holding the Tim caused distress to him. On top of that, the breaking of the needle caused injury to the patient resulting in additional surgery and extended stay at the hospital. This action clearly violated the principle of non-maleficence. Another applicable theory here is Deontology. This theory is based on the duties or actions, rather than the consequences of those actions (Edwards, 2011). The actions of the nursing staff supports the theory of Deontology as they carried out their duty to administer medication; although, the consequences of the actions were detrimental to the patients. Apart from supporting the theory of Deontology, the medical staff were also following the principle of Beneficence. The moral principle of beneficence supports the actions that promote good and nurses are obligated to carry out the actions that would benefit the patient (Berman et al., 2014). Nonetheless, Berman and team warned that such actions can also pose a risk of doing harm, unintentionally.

All APRN’s are nurses with advance education and skills. There are many different clinical practice nursing roles namely: Nurse Practitioners (NPs), nurse-midwives (CNMs), nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) (Wisur, Glasberg, Mäkelä, & Fagerström, 2015).

In practice, I have encounter a few ethical dilemmas in the delivery of care. However, I feel that we should carry on the care according to the patient wish, regardless of our personal belief. I’m able to do nursing care without discriminating any patients. I recognize and respect personal beliefs and decision of the patients.

Ethical issues will always arise during a pandemic illness. At least one of the four principles of medical ethics that guide nurses will have to be put into play when confronted with ethical issues. The outbreaks of the HIV/AIDS virus can be seen as an example for ethical issues posed by epidemic emergencies. According to Chiappelli et al. (2015), ethical dilemmas observed during this outbreak includes isolation and quarantine; privacy and confidentiality; and the interpretation of ethical norms across different ethno cultural settings. In such cases, ethical guidance for pandemic planning is generally concerned with procedural notions of justice (Njozing, Edin, San Sebastian, & Hurtig, 2011). Furthermore, patients often times know that they

The Hospital Ethics Committee can provide assistance with ethical questions such as in this scenario, but my knowledge in ethical principle can be utilized in this scenario. Mr. Newcomb request to see his mistress should not be taken lightly. In palliative care as nurse I have the obligation to address Mr. Newcomb holistic care. Holistic nursing care by definition means is nursing practice that focus on the whole person as its objective. Thus, is a “mind-body-spirit-emotion-environment” approach to the nursing care. However, my response to Mr. Newcomb would be has a licensed health professional that I cannot in good judgment make a false statement to your wife about your care. I empathize with your dilemma and have no preconceive judgment in

The ethical issues identified in this case are beneficence which means the quality of doing good, taking positive steps to help others or the notion that one ought to promote action that benefits others. Secondly, non-maleficence, where health care professionals has to make sure their actions would not cause harm to patient. And lastly, autonomy means respecting competent patient’s right to make their own decisions.

The purpose of this essay is to provide an outline of the four principles of biomedical ethics autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. It will then specifically concentrate on Autonomy in relation to adult nursing practicing and the way in which patient’s autonomy can be respected. The essay will explore limitations and conflicts of autonomy that may impact its implantation in health care settings and then go on to discuss legal and professional obligations of nurses in relation to autonomy.

Ethics are involved in every aspect of life. As humans’ ethics is the decision to do right or wrong as we go through life. It is based on how a person is brought up by their parents and the values and beliefs that have been instill in them. Das & Sil (2017) define ethics as the moral values of human behavior and the principles which govern these values.