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Ethics In Nursing Research Paper

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In regards to our roles as nurses, the moral codes and values that govern our ability to effectively deliver propitious and compassionate care to our patients disregarding race, background, differing views, and age are of unconditional significance. The ultimate goal of every healthcare learning facility is to equip future caretakers with the core moral and functional principles that would ensure impeccable performance of the provider down to even the most diminutive echelon. To become caring providers not just in practice, but in who we are as individuals in society. However, with that being said, perfection is something almost ethereal in nature, but throughout our attempt to pursue it, we are able to capture greatness. The issue however…show more content…
Our actions, no matter the circumstances, dictate who we are and where we stand as human beings aimed at enhancing our society. Further dissecting the issue of ageist associated neglect, an example of our failure, it can be logically deduced that the fundamental issue regarding these misconducts arises from us and only us as health professionals. Despite the fact that society will always heavily influence every individual in every occupation, our duty as Nurses and care providers is to adapt and overcome any obstacles of bias and misconception, and remain steadfast with the ethics, morals, and standards that sculpt us into who we truly are. Ageism is a result of societal prejudice that is derived from the belief that as people grow older, they contribute less to society and due to the various complications that arise from aging, they become progressively more and more of a burden. In the year 1965 “ Congress and the President created Medicare to provide healthcare insurance for all Americans over the age of 65 and younger people with significant disabilities. While assuring access to needed health services for vulnerable populations, Medicare does not in practice guarantee that older Americans always will receive the quality of care and treatment they need”…show more content…
The problems encountered with ageism spans far, the issue with neglect of proper medical care as well as not providing the mental stimuli required for them to remain healthy via cura personalis can be utterly detrimental. According to Harry Lesser, he states that for elderly patients, be it in a hospital or a nursing home, the isolation itself is not the most determining factor in the decrease in mental health, but rather the failures of the direct health care providers in ignoring the principle of cura personalis, and not truly caring for the patient on an aggregate level (47). Nurses being primarily responsible for consistent direct care can be seen as mainly at fault, in recognition of this indiscretion, providers must learn to not only care for an individual in a corporeal manner, but also to care in a cognitive and spiritual fashion in order to maximize the beneficence for any given person. Adopting and applying the uses of autonomy (patient desire of independence), beneficence, justice, and fidelity/integrity as well as the many Jesuit values such as magis, cura personalis, and finding God in all things equips a caretaker with a mentality that allows him or her to truly provide for a patient in an empathetic and loving manner. This occurs because it
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