In today’s medical setting nurse practitioner are often challenged by ethical dilemmas that appear to have equally valid answers‚ Often these dilemmas are resolved by an effective therapeutic relationship with the patient and family. Nurse practitioners care for very diverse patient populations that have many chronic health problems. The discussion and solutions must recognize the viewpoints of all parties involved; this ensures the full participation by the patient (Jezewski‚ 1994). Physicians
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about some ethical dilemmas that face managers in today’s work place. Some of the topics I will be talking about today are whistle blowing‚ hiring employees‚ firing employees and at the office gossip. I hope that you may get some tips on how to handle these situations within your company. A dilemma we may face as managers is whether or not to blow the whistle on an individual within the organization‚ especially when it is someone in a higher position than you. This becomes an ethical dilemma since
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Case study: an ethical dilemma involving a dying patient. Abstract Nursing often deals with ethical dilemmas in the clinical arena. A case study demonstrates an ethical dilemma faced by healthcare providers who care for and treat Jehovah ’s Witnesses who are placed in a critical situation due to medical life-threatening situations. A 20-year-old‚ pregnant‚ Black Hispanic female presented to the Emergency Department (ED) in critical condition following a single-vehicle car accident. She exhibited
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ethics but also in the constitution. Hence‚ nurses and for that matter‚ all health care professional have a legal‚ moral and ethical responsibility to protect patient’s privacy. Moral and ethics are all about doing good and not causing harm to individuals and society. Thus standing in Lena shoes is not an easy responsibility at all. Lina certainly faced an ethical dilemma of balancing the safety of her sister health and the privacy of her patient. Erickson and Millar (2005) sated “As nurses‚ we
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“Ethical Dilemma at Northlake” Week 3 – Case Study # 1 Synopsis: The case begins with Jim McIntoch the vice president of finance of Amalgamated Forest Products having a conversation with Frank the manager of corporate reporting. Jim is upset with Frank and is confronting him about the decision he’s made about going public about a financial analysis report that Amalgamated Forest Products will present to the legislation. Frank is stating that the report is falsifying information about the how
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Introduction – What is an ethical dilemma? Ethics is the term we give to our concern for good behavior. It is human nature to not only be concerned with our own personal well being‚ but also that of others and of human society as a whole. The difference between moral dilemmas and ethical ones‚ philosophers say‚ is that in moral issues the choice is between right and wrong. In ethical ones‚ the choice is between two rights. Everyday I’m faced with decisions of right and wrong‚ most of which
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Ethical challenges in a professional scope are not something new. Almost every profession‚ be it that of a lawyer‚ teacher‚ medical specialist‚ organization decision maker or any other‚ grave decisions often have to be made that put them in ethical dilemma. In the field of nursing‚ ethical dilemma while rendering patient care is both unnerving and challenging. Way back in 1859‚ Florence Nightingale had noted about this in her Notes on Nursing. There are matters of duties and responsibilities‚ decorum
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The purpose of this memo is to identify the ethical dilemma Helen is trapped into and her responsibilities towards making the correct decision. Helen Kanell is a final year student with a 4.0 average grade point at the Empire State University. She is also the president of Beta Alpha Psi‚ the accounting student honor society. Being a president of such honorable society requires a great deal of responsibility and time commitment. Helen is already appointed a position at the Big & Apple LLC. Yet‚ Helen
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Looking back on my eleven years of being a Memphis police officer‚ there has been several times in which I have been faced with an ethical dilemma. A police officer can encounter these types dilemmas on a daily basis. I remember one of the first ethical issues I faced‚ was during my probationary phase. We had been dispatched to a one car accident. The dispatcher advised the complaint was a motorist who observed a vehicle severe off the road hit a guardrail and split a pole. My partner who had relinquished
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Ethical Dilemma Paper . The content of this paper will address an ethical dilemma from a recent news story. It will identify the nature of the dilemma and the ethical issue that was made concerning the matter. Next‚ it will identify alternative courses of action and the outcome of the situation. In addition‚ it will identify the themes of peacemaking. Then‚ compare and contrast between utilitarianism and deontology. Ethics is defined as what is considered to be right or wrong behavior. This behavior
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