Nursing Research And Ethical Dilemmas
Nursing research provides healthcare practitioners with evidence-based care that enhances quality outcomes in the health of the communities, families, individuals as well as health care systems. As such, research is used to shape health policies in direct care and thus solve the dilemma or problems in nursing. Medical practitioners face ethical dilemma on a daily basis because what one person may consider ethical may be different from what is needed to approach a particular situation. Additionally, to deliver patient care, nurses are tasked with using ethical concepts, which involve, justice, maleficence, the duty to act with beneficence, and respect for patient autonomy.
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Studies show that one in every 12 young people engages in self-harm. However, individuals with developmental disabilities are more vulnerable compared to children without these disabilities. Healthcare practitioners agree that studying self-harm among children with disabilities would provide the much-needed changes in care approaches for patients.
Moreover, the study of this problem would provide a healthcare practitioner with an understanding of the reasons for self-injury among youth and children to come up with the best treatment interventions. Nurses are presented with the dilemma of facilitating healing through careful comprehension and creation of learning outcomes from the patients’ experiences.
Patients would want to walk without supervision but since a healthcare practitioner wishes to promote independence, the risk of self-harm due to mental disabilities may be great. Therefore, a nurse is faced with the dilemma of preserving and balancing these two contrasting issues. As such, research on self-harm amongst youth and children may provide nurses with the right technologies to survive mental illnesses while averting self-injuries in addition to implementing clinical and educational practices addressing the issues. Moreover, it may provide diverse opinions of what is ethical by studying patients with different personal experiences and cultural
The ethical concepts require nurse to give rational, correct, and good …show more content…
Studies show that one in every 12 young people engages in self-harm. However, individuals with developmental disabilities are more vulnerable compared to children without these disabilities. Healthcare practitioners agree that studying self-harm among children with disabilities would provide the much-needed changes in care approaches for patients.
Moreover, the study of this problem would provide a healthcare practitioner with an understanding of the reasons for self-injury among youth and children to come up with the best treatment interventions. Nurses are presented with the dilemma of facilitating healing through careful comprehension and creation of learning outcomes from the patients’ experiences.
Patients would want to walk without supervision but since a healthcare practitioner wishes to promote independence, the risk of self-harm due to mental disabilities may be great. Therefore, a nurse is faced with the dilemma of preserving and balancing these two contrasting issues. As such, research on self-harm amongst youth and children may provide nurses with the right technologies to survive mental illnesses while averting self-injuries in addition to implementing clinical and educational practices addressing the issues. Moreover, it may provide diverse opinions of what is ethical by studying patients with different personal experiences and cultural