Patient advocacy in very important. Disputes can arise between family member, and nurse about the treatment. A nurses primary role is to protect the patient’s autonomy. Oftentimes, a nurse has to initiate ethic consult to protect the patient’s autonomy. An ethic consultant can offer an unbiased opinion because they come from different career fields, and completed additional education in ethics. Initiating a ethics consultation can protect the patients autonomy because an individual or committee can offer a different perceptive. Nurses and family members can have attachments to the patient, which can cloud their judgement. A nurse may feel that the patients wants one treatment, while a family member thinks otherwise. An ethic consultant or
