Nurses Roles After Abortion
5.0 Nursing Implication
Health workers like nurses have the responsibility to provide health services to patients. By doing so, nurses are expected to contribute to the preservation of health, and thus save the lives of their patients. Health workers like nurses are tasked to save the lives of their patients, however, as lifestyles are rapidly changing, there are instances in which health workers have to deal with cases which involve life taking like abortion. In this regards, nurses could not avoid from entering the moral and ethical dilemma of this issue when the therapeutic value of nursing brings into question. Abortion violates the traditions and values that exist in nursing (Laabs, n.d.), whereby from the perspective of nurses, protecting …show more content…
In the decision process, nurses are responsible for informing the pros, cons, and the effects of each decision taken by the patient. During this time, nurses do not act as the decision-makers, but more as the facilitator (Botes, 2000). The second task requires nurses to make a moral judgment whether or not to participate in the abortion procedure. Therefore, the nurses may require additional education or updates about the laws regarding end-of-life treatment (Saevareid & Balandin, 2011), to help them in forming their moral judgments and preparing them with the relevant information. The knowledge that emphasises on this matter should be offered in the ongoing education and continuing the professional development education because it will help nurses address the issue of abortion more effectively whether regarding a professional guideline, law, or morals (Lindström et al., …show more content…
The nurses put much concern whether or not to take part in abortion procedures. Even though the policies and law allow nurses to refuse. However, Lachman argues that the reason for declination should not be based on self-interest, discrimination, or prejudice, but must only be based on moral judgment, which is also supported by the religious and secular views (Lachman, 2014). In this regards, Islamic views on this issue give a clear-cut idea on the condition for Muslim nurses either to proceed or decline in participating in the abortion
Health workers like nurses have the responsibility to provide health services to patients. By doing so, nurses are expected to contribute to the preservation of health, and thus save the lives of their patients. Health workers like nurses are tasked to save the lives of their patients, however, as lifestyles are rapidly changing, there are instances in which health workers have to deal with cases which involve life taking like abortion. In this regards, nurses could not avoid from entering the moral and ethical dilemma of this issue when the therapeutic value of nursing brings into question. Abortion violates the traditions and values that exist in nursing (Laabs, n.d.), whereby from the perspective of nurses, protecting …show more content…
In the decision process, nurses are responsible for informing the pros, cons, and the effects of each decision taken by the patient. During this time, nurses do not act as the decision-makers, but more as the facilitator (Botes, 2000). The second task requires nurses to make a moral judgment whether or not to participate in the abortion procedure. Therefore, the nurses may require additional education or updates about the laws regarding end-of-life treatment (Saevareid & Balandin, 2011), to help them in forming their moral judgments and preparing them with the relevant information. The knowledge that emphasises on this matter should be offered in the ongoing education and continuing the professional development education because it will help nurses address the issue of abortion more effectively whether regarding a professional guideline, law, or morals (Lindström et al., …show more content…
The nurses put much concern whether or not to take part in abortion procedures. Even though the policies and law allow nurses to refuse. However, Lachman argues that the reason for declination should not be based on self-interest, discrimination, or prejudice, but must only be based on moral judgment, which is also supported by the religious and secular views (Lachman, 2014). In this regards, Islamic views on this issue give a clear-cut idea on the condition for Muslim nurses either to proceed or decline in participating in the abortion