This education is important so the nurse is able to keep Jack’s family informed and educated on his current and possibly changing health status. Finally, communication is a professional standard crucial to ethical decision making in Jack’s case because in order for the family to cope with the stress from Jack’s hospitalization they must be able to convey information to the family in “communication formats that promote accuracy” (D. Hatteberg, Class Notes, October 27, 2015).
The American Nursing Code of Ethics found in Butts & Rich is another helpful literary resource in the exploration of ethical decision making in the field of nursing. With the use of this code a nurse is able to have guidelines in providing help with relationships, patient interests, and human rights. The nurse will develop a relationship with the family, and put Jack’s interests first and foremost in regards to his human rights while being able to use the Code of …show more content…
Consequences that are in regards to the first proposed solution wherein we would explain to the family that it is not legal to pull the plug on the ventilator without a physician’s approval, but continue to provide support to the family during their difficult time include placing the family in a continual financially and emotionally stressful situation and compromising their time availability for their other four children. Another consequence affecting the family includes the potential to provide them with false hope for Jack’s recovery. If the family begins to feed into the physician’s hope for Jack they may end up being severely disappointed if Jack does not wake from his vegetative state. Consequences for the second proposed solution regarding unplugging the respirator include risking one’s nursing career and licensure because of working against the physician’s order, and also causing the family to experience extreme grief from the loss of a child and
The American Nursing Code of Ethics found in Butts & Rich is another helpful literary resource in the exploration of ethical decision making in the field of nursing. With the use of this code a nurse is able to have guidelines in providing help with relationships, patient interests, and human rights. The nurse will develop a relationship with the family, and put Jack’s interests first and foremost in regards to his human rights while being able to use the Code of …show more content…
Consequences that are in regards to the first proposed solution wherein we would explain to the family that it is not legal to pull the plug on the ventilator without a physician’s approval, but continue to provide support to the family during their difficult time include placing the family in a continual financially and emotionally stressful situation and compromising their time availability for their other four children. Another consequence affecting the family includes the potential to provide them with false hope for Jack’s recovery. If the family begins to feed into the physician’s hope for Jack they may end up being severely disappointed if Jack does not wake from his vegetative state. Consequences for the second proposed solution regarding unplugging the respirator include risking one’s nursing career and licensure because of working against the physician’s order, and also causing the family to experience extreme grief from the loss of a child and