nurses retain a legal and ethical obligation to affirm the patient’s autonomy regarding the decision for no resuscitation and allowance of a natural death (Emergency Nurses Association‚ 2014). There is excellent support in our ED when encountering the difficult situation of patient and family conflict
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Three Ethical or Systems of Morality” We have discussed three major ethical or systems of morality; Ethical Egoism‚ utilitarianism‚ and Kantianism. The three systems go to different degrees in respect to the two ethical principles of autonomy and beneficence. Although quite different from each other in many ways some of them do share some common principles between them. In this paper I will discuss the similarities and differences of the three systems. We also watched the video case study “The
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health field of today’s society‚ working staff should seek to promote good actions and the health of the patients and community around them. The ethical principle of beneficence promotes the health and general well being of others (Ivanov et. al‚ 2013). Ethical principles stem from morality‚ and these moral views can be applied to any field of work. Ethical principles are particularly salient to the health field‚ which upholds the care of patients. For instance‚ when a person experiencing excruciating
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Dana‚ who has been practicing for twenty years. Without revealing any identifying information‚ Winston discusses his ethical dilemma with Dana and asks for suggestions on possible courses of action. Dana informs Winston that in her experience‚ she has rarely divulged information that students told her to their teachers unless it was absolutely necessary. In the majority of those cases‚ she first discussed it with the parent(s) and often the students themselves. She suggests that Winston follow a similar
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com) This is an ongoing ethical dilemma in our world today. With many states starting to recognize gay unions‚ and those who oppose it‚ the issues have raised many ethical questions like my opening statement. There are basically two sides to this debate: The Liberals (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal) and the Conservatives (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conservative?s=t). Liberals are open to change and new ideas. Conservatives believe in upholding traditional values. Which
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Ethical Leadership Ethical leadership promotes social responsibility as part of its corporate culture. It treats all it stakeholders with fairness‚ honesty‚ and respect at all times. Ethical leaders consider the consequences of their decisions to others‚ and look for ways to minimize harm. By incorporating social responsibility into the corporate culture‚ an organization should enjoy continued economic success. Its products and services should be well received and its reputation will promote good
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Red Lobster’s Ethical Dilemma - Term Paper Gerry Mullen‚ CEO of Red Lobster restaurants‚ has been faced with a dilemma. He recently received an email from Terry Modotti‚ Vice President for Public Relations concerning the lobster retrieval in La Mosquitia‚ also known as the Mosquito Coast. The article states that many of the young working men are being killed and maimed to make lobsters available at cheap process to consumers in the United States. The men‚ known as buzos‚ must dive up to 130
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Case Study 3: To suspend or Not to Suspend Montoya Williams BSHS/335 August 11‚ 2012 Eileen Redmond Case Study Approaches to Ethical Dilemmas Case Study 3: To Suspend or Not to Suspend? Maya works at Community Medical Center as Assistant Director of the Health Information Department. She has worked in Health Information Management for the past 15 years‚ although she is new to Community Medical Center‚ within the past two weeks. Maya is aware of many statistics that are maintained for the joint commission
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and Clare Ethical Dilemma Case Discuss the ethical dilemma presented in this case. Ethics are values‚ norms belief and expectations that determine how people within a culture live and act. An ethical dilemma is a situation that will often involve an apparent conflict between moral imperatives‚ in which to obey one would result in transgressing another. This is also called an ethical paradox. The ethical dilemma in this case is confidentiality and release of information issue. Ethical problem of
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The Ethical Dilemma I was tasked with the following case from a charge nurse as part of an ethics consult. A 68 year old man was admitted to the medicine unit from Denver International Airport for altered mental status and aggressive behavior. The patient‚ from this point forward to be called Mr. Johnson‚ was found to be acutely infected from a septic wrist joint‚ but was also found to have frontotemporal dementia. Once the infection cleared‚ it was hoped that Mr. Johnson’s mental status would improve
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