To my future colleagues‚ Psychiatric nursing is a challenging career laden with ethical‚ moral‚ and judicial dilemmas. In this letter I hope to equip you with tools to adequately face these inevitable challenges. I will particularly focus on the consideration of ethical principles‚ as I believe they are critical to maintaining your integrity as nurses. This letter will discuss the application of ethical principles in reference to three morally distressing situations outlined in the research Mental
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There is a myriad of ethical issues involved in an acute hospital setting where multiple issues may need to be addressed before‚ during‚ and after an admission to an intensive care unit. An Intensive Care Unit lends itself to an environment that is often chaotic with health care professionals busily caring for patients with critical medical needs and family members who are often not prepared for the worst-case scenario‚ especially end-of-life issues. Ethical issues are further complicated when
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with ethical problems they must maintain moral integrity‚ living up to their ethical beliefs by being honest‚ trustworthy and consistently standing up for what is right (2012). Pozgar (2016) the contents of ethics vary depending on the risks associated with a particular profession (p. 300). The National Commission on Correctional Health care (2011) talks about nurses in a traditional medical setting. How ethical decisions happens periodically and sometimes nurses are pulled into ethical situations
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Providing safe‚ compassionate‚ competent‚ and ethical care is one of the important principles outlined in the Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses‚ written by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). This principle requires nurses to create a therapeutic and trustworthy relationship with their patient while also remaining aware that they are providing the utmost safe and ethical care (CNA‚ 2017). By following the guidelines in the Code of Ethics‚ nurses are more likely to provide better care and decrease
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Issue in the Nursing Literature Keeping people alive and functioning physiologically via artificial means of technology leads to much discussion of the terms life and living. Beliefs are that biological functioning is being alive‚ no matter if the person is aware of one’s self or others. This leads to the question of what is quality of life (Burkhardt & Nathaniel‚ 2014). “Quality of life‚ a subjective appraisal of factors that make life worth living and contribute to a positive experience of living
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scientific benefits against ethical costs in psychology Psychologists have an obligation to two sets of people‚ one to the participants; they must ensure that the participant does not come to any harm as a result of the study and leave in the state that they entered (otherwise known as the ethical cost) and secondly the researcher has an obligation to seek and share knowledge which will better the human race (known as the scientific benefit). Ethical costs arise when ethical issues are breached in research
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health research and health policy‚ and to provide guidance for action when these values conflict. It is distinguishable from the narrower medical ethics‚ which is concerned with ethical issues that arise in the clinical context related to the care of specific patients‚ as well as the broader bioethics‚ which refers to ethical issues arising from the creation and maintenance of the health of all living things [1‚2].
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The clients social workers provide services for are faced with various issues that may cause challenges for both the client and social worker. These issues includes social injustice‚ economic hardship‚ inadequate health coverage‚ lack of transportation and limited family support. Although social workers are held accountable for adhering to the code of ethics‚ depending on the client’s lifestyle or personal choice the social worker personal and professional beliefs may be challenged. Levenson states
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Current Ethical Issue in Business The organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have been in the news for recent issues regarding animal cruelty. The same activists that had to fight to preserve the habitat of animals‚ the cruelty in the clothing industry and in medical experiments have been the focus of attention for the way they have handled disposing of dead dogs and cats. This paper will establish the ethical issues‚ theories‚ ground rules‚ and how all apply to the PETA
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hand‚ it has also been argued that technology has created or exacerbated bioethical connundra. o What is wrong with thinking about health information technology as merely material objects? o What are some of the ethical issues attendant to health informatics? What kinds of moral/ethical dilemmas arise in this field? o What are/should be the requisite standards of moral character for health informaticians‚ and do current professional guidelines and codes adequately address them? The role that technology
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