Nursing Ethical Issue and Decision Making Process The end-of- life is the most crucial time where conflicts can occur between heath care professionals such as doctors‚ nurses and other specialists‚ between family and the patient‚ and between nurses themselves. These conflicts can be created because of different values and beliefs among different people. Although patients and their families are living together‚ there are still chances that values can be different amongst them. The end- of- life in
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otherwise. Fidelity‚ or duties of keeping promises‚ is only one of the prima facie duties (Waluchow and Gedge‚ xxx). By implementing the unqualified confidentiality rule‚ other prima facie duties such as non-maleficence or non-injury to others and beneficence would be violated in his scenario. Another argument of Kipnis is that the current laws that were implemented under consequentialist theories do not actually minimize the negative outcomes (56). Kipnis related a scenario where people who feared
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Stance on Ashley treatment Ashley’s treatment’s main purpose is to improve patient’s quality life‚ in other words‚ it makes it easier for the caregivers to take care of the patient. The methods under this treatment include breast bud removal‚ removing uterus to avoid menstruation cramps and limiting final height using estrogen therapy. (Ashley’s Blog‚ 2009) In my opinion‚ Ashley treatment is beneficial for both the patient and the caregivers because it minimizes pain for the patient and also makes
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For most of us when thinking about bioterror attacks our minds immediately assume the worst possible apocalyptic outcome. Our thoughts carry not just dilemmas‚ but calamities of death and chaos. Before destruction there are quieter times when a multitude of smaller dilemmas can occur. From the start‚ one of the most important dilemma battles will be crisis management. Some others are medical (triage‚ quarantine‚ medication)‚ communication (phones‚ news outlets‚ social media‚ radio‚ etc.)‚ personal
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Ethical Issues in Health Abortion Abortion is one of the most polarising moral issues in today’s society. It presents an ethical dilemma for many people and especially all healthcare professionals involved. Firstly‚ this essay will begin by briefly outlining the highly controversial issue of abortion‚ discuss why this topic draws fierce debate‚ for and against‚ and explain the current legal standing in the UK today. It will then move on to explain how different ethical models can be used in relation
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Jovanna Rios 11/25/13 Pharmacology is the study of the physical‚ biological and chemical actions of drugs (Bryant & Knights‚ 2011). In the practice of medicine‚ drugs are used to diagnose‚ treat or prevent disease so for the registered nurse in a clinical setting‚ the knowledge of pharmacology plays a huge importance in their role of medication
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Ethics and its impact on nursing “Ethics is not definable‚ is not implementable‚ because it is not conscious; it involves not only our thinking‚ but also our feeling‚” Valdemar W. Setzer. According to Fundamentals of Nursing‚ The Art and Science of Nursing Care‚ (4th edition)” ethics is a systematic inquiry into principles of right and wrong conduct‚ of virtue and vice‚ and of good and evil
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Nurses face ethical dilemmas on a daily basis regardless of where they practice. No matter where nurses function in their varied roles‚ they are faced with ethical decisions that can impact them and their patients. There is no “right” solution to an ethical dilemma. So what is an ethical dilemma? It is a problem without a satisfactory resolution. The significance of ethical decision-making lays in the fact that very different ethical choices regarding the same ethical dilemma can be made resulting
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1. What is Professional Counseling? The application of mental health‚ psychological or human development principles‚ through cognitive‚ affective‚ behavioral or systemic interventions‚ strategies that address wellness‚ personal growth or career development as well as pathology. 2. Counseling vs. Psychotherapy Psychotherapy is more internal‚ and deep. It is more focused on the past‚ whereas counseling is more focused on the present. In psychotherapy‚ insight is more important than change
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Confucius Teachings: Pillars in the Nursing Care Sandra Joy T. Dela Vega Wagner College Abstract “Thus‚ nurses serve beyond theories… that beyond the dosage of medicine they give‚ an ounce of humanistic touch must be extended to their patients.” Nurses serve the patient beyond theories. There must be a combination of heart and brain among the health care practitioners‚ particularly nurses. Caring people is human welfare and human welfare is no joke. It is a profession
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