unusual for nurses to face at least one ethical dilemma per shift. Some of the hardest ethical dilemmas that a nurse will face during their nursing career are situations that go against the personal values of the nurse. The following essay will discuss such a dilemma and how the nurse uses a decision-making model to assist in resolving the ethical dilemma. In the case presented a six-year-old girl contracts meningitis and requires medical treatment. The ethical dilemma becomes apparent when permission
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INTRODUCTION The first article ‘hundreds of economists agree Marijuana legalization could save taxpayers $13 billion per year’ by Jonathan Benson underlines a sensible ethical issue which legalizing a plant regarded as drug – though non-narcotic – in other to save and to make more money. In second article‚ “Pepsi’s ’Next’ generation - Less sugar!”‚ Scott Morefield highlights Pepsi’s procedures of making soft-drink –thereby making money – which harmful for the customers. On one hand‚ Pepsi gets
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Title: Ethical and Legal issues in Nursing paper Student Name: Aleyamma John‚ RN Course Name/Number: NUR/391 Due Date: Mar 21‚ 2011 Instructor Name: Dolores Martinez Nurses are facing many legal or ethical dilemmas in their career. Nurses should combine knowledge of ethical and legal aspects of health care and professional values into nursing practice. It is very essential to know what kind of dilemmas nurses may face during their profession and how they have been dealt with in the
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The nursing professional faces different ethical dilemmas that test knowledge and skills but also ethics‚ morals and religion‚ and although in most situations the nurse does not make the decision‚ yes it is who he executes it; Therefore‚ it is very important to know the ethical dilemmas that arise in nursing practice. An ethical dilemma is a situation where moral or religious principles and functions come into conflict and the situation of this dilemma can become morally intolerable. The legal
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Virtue ethics is a theory used to make moral decisions. It does not rely on religion‚ society or culture; it only depends on the individuals themselves. Aristotle is the main philosopher of Virtue Ethic. Aristotle’s writings have been read more or less continuously since ancient times‚ and his ethical treatises continue to influence philosophers working today. Virtue‚ according to Aristotle‚ is equivalent to excellence (Hutchinson‚ 41). A man has virtue as a guitarist‚ for instance‚ if he plays
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Responsibility has been defined as a nursing ethical value. It is defined with traits of commitment‚ feeling responsible for the duties forward patients‚ and respecting the patients’ rights for decision making. Based on this definition‚ nurses are responsible for giving evidence-based care‚ best clinical function‚ and applicable and valid research‚ and are accountable for their actions and duties. Verpeet (2005) argues that nurses are responsible for the promotion of patients’ well-being‚ having
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One of the most challenging moral/ethical dilemmas to resolve occurs when the patient’s autonomous choices conflict with the nurse’s duty to look out for the patient’s best interests. The scenario presented to me describes a conflict between a patient who refuses to bathe and a nurse whose duty is to provide the patient’s care. Because of the patient’s physical condition and inability to get out of bed‚ they require a two-person bath involving lifts. The patient refuses to bathe at the time scheduled
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Every nurse holds her own personal views and beliefs about nursing. These views and beliefs encompass the nurse’s personal nursing philosophy. The nurse may find that her philosophy changes as her practice continues to grow over time. My philosophy as a new graduate nurse twelve years ago is much different from my philosophy today. I attribute this life experiences and to the growth I have experienced as both a person and a nurse. My personal definition of nursing is based on the nurse being
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Arellano University Florentino Cayco Memorial School of Graduate Studies Masters of Arts in Nursing METHODS OF RESEARCH IN NURSING Jennylyn C. Cabanto‚ RN Gen. Marlene Padua‚ RN‚ MAN June 29‚ 2013 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN NURSING RESEARCH HISTORICAL BACKGROUND As modern‚ civilized people: systematic violations of moral principles within a research context occurred centuries ago rather than in recent times – FALSE The Nazi Medical Experiments (1930s & 1940s) The Tuskegee Syphillis Study
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studied different types of theories. Ethical theory examines the different philosophies or systems used to explain and make judgments regarding right/wrong/good/bad. Each ethical theory attempts to follow to the ethical principles that lead to success when trying to reach the best decision. We’re approached with choices in our everyday lives. Whether the decisions we make are correct or not depends on us and our own personal ethical theories we live by. The ethical theories that we’ve covered in this
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