Ethical Dilemma Case Study
ABSTRACT
Nurses are faced with ethical dilemmas every day. There are a lot of different beliefs surrounding ethics and the code of ethics. Ethics and ethical issues have always existed, that is why they have put in place the code of ethics. The American Nursing Association (ANA) Code of Ethics isa guideline to help nurses determine which course of action to pursue. Every minute many ethical decisions are made, some may not comply with guidelines and others the patient’s will never understand. In this case study the nurse is put in an uncomfortable position and has two find a way to comply with the family, the patient, and the doctor’s orders.How can she report to the doctor the information the daughter has told her? How she approached handling the situation and not let the patient know his daughter does not want to care for him? How does she break the news to the patient that he will not be going home with his daughter? These are just several of the questions the nurse will have to answer to provide the best possible care for her patient. All ethical decisions should comply with the code of ethics and always be for the patient’s health.
Ethics should be recognized from the patient, the family, nurse, and doctor’s point of view or scope of practice. The purpose of this paper is to find ethical issues within the case study.The paper will highlight the definition of ethics, the dilemma the nurse faces in the case study, and the possible solution. The case study involves a 65-year-old Hispanic male admitted in hospitalwith hyperglycemia. The ethical issues beganwhen the nurse is told by the daughter of the patient she cannot care for him. The nurse is put in a position of finding a place for her noncompliant patient.The nurse is also informed the patient has sought help from a curandero. A curandero is ann Hispanic folk medicine practitioner. “Curandero use a range of procedures from messages, herbal supplement, prayer, magic, and talk therapy to treat
Nurses are faced with ethical dilemmas every day. There are a lot of different beliefs surrounding ethics and the code of ethics. Ethics and ethical issues have always existed, that is why they have put in place the code of ethics. The American Nursing Association (ANA) Code of Ethics isa guideline to help nurses determine which course of action to pursue. Every minute many ethical decisions are made, some may not comply with guidelines and others the patient’s will never understand. In this case study the nurse is put in an uncomfortable position and has two find a way to comply with the family, the patient, and the doctor’s orders.How can she report to the doctor the information the daughter has told her? How she approached handling the situation and not let the patient know his daughter does not want to care for him? How does she break the news to the patient that he will not be going home with his daughter? These are just several of the questions the nurse will have to answer to provide the best possible care for her patient. All ethical decisions should comply with the code of ethics and always be for the patient’s health.
Ethics should be recognized from the patient, the family, nurse, and doctor’s point of view or scope of practice. The purpose of this paper is to find ethical issues within the case study.The paper will highlight the definition of ethics, the dilemma the nurse faces in the case study, and the possible solution. The case study involves a 65-year-old Hispanic male admitted in hospitalwith hyperglycemia. The ethical issues beganwhen the nurse is told by the daughter of the patient she cannot care for him. The nurse is put in a position of finding a place for her noncompliant patient.The nurse is also informed the patient has sought help from a curandero. A curandero is ann Hispanic folk medicine practitioner. “Curandero use a range of procedures from messages, herbal supplement, prayer, magic, and talk therapy to treat