Intro 350 Case Study In Nursing
Intro 350
In this assignment, I selected a case study (refer to appendix) in which I will be linking my Sam to the legal, ethical, professional and personal factors that are raised in the scenario. My essay will relate back to my Sam throughout while linking to relevant legislations and guidance stated by the nursing and midwifery council. In my chosen scenario, this issues of consent and mental capacity and a potential safeguarding concern are raised. I have decided to use the issue of consent and mental capacity as the focus of my essay.
Values and rights…..
Duty of care…..
The ethical principles are the criteria for right conduct, as identified in The Code (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2016) the idea of prioritising people is one …show more content…
While promoting beneficence, nurses should also consider their patients wants and needs, though something may be in the best interest of the patient it may not be what the patient wants. People have different values and perceive things in different ways which is why nurses and all other health care professionals should consider these while planning individualised care plans.
Although It is arguable of who should be deciding of Sam’s best interests, as generally it would be the patient that has these choices. Due to Sam’s dementia and recent head injury, he may not be able to decide what is best for himself at the moment in time, this then brings into question of whom should be deciding Sam’s best interests (Hope 2004). Sam’s next of kin will be his closest relative, this is likely to be Sam’s daughter who will be kept involved with his care …show more content…
This is also a principle which focuses on protecting vulnerable patients who lack the ability to protect themselves. Sam would be considered a vulnerable adult as he struggles with dementia. Individuals like Sam must be treated with respect, nurses can do this by ensuring that the patients best interests are the focus.
The final ethic principle is justice. This principle is strongly associated with the word “fairness”. Beauchamp and Childress (2008) define justice as the fair and equal treatment of patients in care, this belief values people as equals and therefore should be treated alike. Justice in nursing is what is fair, this means that when caring for individuals that judgement is based on their care needs rather than every patient getting the exact same treatment (Lamke, 1996, p.
In this assignment, I selected a case study (refer to appendix) in which I will be linking my Sam to the legal, ethical, professional and personal factors that are raised in the scenario. My essay will relate back to my Sam throughout while linking to relevant legislations and guidance stated by the nursing and midwifery council. In my chosen scenario, this issues of consent and mental capacity and a potential safeguarding concern are raised. I have decided to use the issue of consent and mental capacity as the focus of my essay.
Values and rights…..
Duty of care…..
The ethical principles are the criteria for right conduct, as identified in The Code (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2016) the idea of prioritising people is one …show more content…
While promoting beneficence, nurses should also consider their patients wants and needs, though something may be in the best interest of the patient it may not be what the patient wants. People have different values and perceive things in different ways which is why nurses and all other health care professionals should consider these while planning individualised care plans.
Although It is arguable of who should be deciding of Sam’s best interests, as generally it would be the patient that has these choices. Due to Sam’s dementia and recent head injury, he may not be able to decide what is best for himself at the moment in time, this then brings into question of whom should be deciding Sam’s best interests (Hope 2004). Sam’s next of kin will be his closest relative, this is likely to be Sam’s daughter who will be kept involved with his care …show more content…
This is also a principle which focuses on protecting vulnerable patients who lack the ability to protect themselves. Sam would be considered a vulnerable adult as he struggles with dementia. Individuals like Sam must be treated with respect, nurses can do this by ensuring that the patients best interests are the focus.
The final ethic principle is justice. This principle is strongly associated with the word “fairness”. Beauchamp and Childress (2008) define justice as the fair and equal treatment of patients in care, this belief values people as equals and therefore should be treated alike. Justice in nursing is what is fair, this means that when caring for individuals that judgement is based on their care needs rather than every patient getting the exact same treatment (Lamke, 1996, p.