Introduction:
In last week’s lecture, we were taught that all healthcare professionals possess virtues, which are dispositions or qualities of character of human beings. They include feelings and motivation, as well as perception and reason.
• Good medical care – from nurses, doctors, porters, administrators, etc. – involves more than technical capability and competence.
• It should also involve the right caring attitude, which is developed through emphasizing virtues
With Respect to Nurses Specifically, Megan-Jane Johnstone, stated that “The agreed end or telos of the profession and practice of nursing is the promotion of health, healing, and wellbeing, together with the alleviation of suffering, …show more content…
Green (Non-maleficence)
- Health care providers has a moral obligation to respect the principle of nonmaleficence.
- Respect the principle of nonmaleficence, by not acting in a manner that will cause harm to another person (especially their patients).
- Do not cause harm by violating a patient’s right to autonomy.
- Do not violate the patient’s autonomy by overriding or preventing his right to decide how to die, given that he is going to die very soon anyhow.
- Also, do not override the patient’s autonomy by providing interventions, that goes against the patient’s decisions, which would be the result of disclosing their secrets.
- Do not cause harm by violating a patient’s right to confidentiality.
- Do not violate the patient’s right to confidentiality by disclosing his secrete, which is that he wants to commit suicide.
- Furthermore, do not disclose what is requested to remain confidential, without the patient’s consent.
• Nursing Staff (Non-maleficence)
- Health care providers has a moral obligation to respect the principle of nonmaleficence.
- Respect the principle of nonmaleficence, by not acting in a manner that will cause harm to another person (the patient)
- Nursing staff are required to act to ensure that patient’s not harm themselves in keeping with …show more content…
- Respecting the principle of autonomy by respecting the right of a nurse to make a professional judgement, means respecting her personal and professional belief that it is not in the best interest of a patient, to withhold a secret that may knowingly compromise or disadvantage the safety or health of that patient.
- Respecting the principle of autonomy by respecting the right of a nurse to make a professional judgement, means respecting her personal and professional belief that it is not in the best interest of a patient, to withhold a secret that may knowingly compromise or disadvantage the safety or health of that patient. This also means respecting the nurses’ decision to disclose the patients’ secret and her refusal to ignore a potential suicide that will jeopardize his health and safety.
The Ethical Decision making
“In healthcare, one of the most important obligations of Nursing Staff is to take positive action to promote health and wellbeing of patients. It also entails considering which actions would be better for the patient. Taking positive action and making the best ethical decision meant disclosing Mr. Green secret to prevent his potential suicide” (Jie,