Ethical, Moral, and Legal Leadership
Ethical, Moral and legal dilemmas are part of the mind-boggling challenges confronting healthcare providers in their practice. Nurses and healthcare providers experience numerous episodes where they should settle on final moral choices which may affect them or their patients. According to Zolnierek 2012), there is never a set in stone answer for a moral quandary. Nursing ethics is a systematic review of what a person's behavior and actions ought to be about self, other individuals, and their surroundings. The purpose of this assignment is to describe an ethical, moral or legal dilemma encountered, describe the nurse’s role as a moral agent or advocate for this dilemma, and compare the nurses' leadership styles identified by the self-assessment and determine if they act as a barrier or facilitation during the difficulty. Ethical, Moral and Legal Dilemma
A 32-year-old male presented to the psychiatric emergency room with his family for suicidal ideation inability to care for self …show more content…
The nurse knew inside her that she had a moral commitment to record what is correct concerning the patient’s mental state. Despite the fact that it may be against the family's desires, the nurse generally should stand for the rights of her patients dependably. Also, as a healthcare provider, as indicated by the American Nurses Association, Code of Ethics, the nurse is ethically required to report the truth and assist her patients to the best of my capacity and information (2001). While from a legal point of view, nurses cannot disclose patient's medical information to outsiders unless if approved by the patient. For instance, the patient signed a Release of Information (ROI) for the nurse to call his friend and in a psychiatric facility, a patient cannot be held involuntarily without a substantial authoritative
Ethical, Moral and legal dilemmas are part of the mind-boggling challenges confronting healthcare providers in their practice. Nurses and healthcare providers experience numerous episodes where they should settle on final moral choices which may affect them or their patients. According to Zolnierek 2012), there is never a set in stone answer for a moral quandary. Nursing ethics is a systematic review of what a person's behavior and actions ought to be about self, other individuals, and their surroundings. The purpose of this assignment is to describe an ethical, moral or legal dilemma encountered, describe the nurse’s role as a moral agent or advocate for this dilemma, and compare the nurses' leadership styles identified by the self-assessment and determine if they act as a barrier or facilitation during the difficulty. Ethical, Moral and Legal Dilemma
A 32-year-old male presented to the psychiatric emergency room with his family for suicidal ideation inability to care for self …show more content…
The nurse knew inside her that she had a moral commitment to record what is correct concerning the patient’s mental state. Despite the fact that it may be against the family's desires, the nurse generally should stand for the rights of her patients dependably. Also, as a healthcare provider, as indicated by the American Nurses Association, Code of Ethics, the nurse is ethically required to report the truth and assist her patients to the best of my capacity and information (2001). While from a legal point of view, nurses cannot disclose patient's medical information to outsiders unless if approved by the patient. For instance, the patient signed a Release of Information (ROI) for the nurse to call his friend and in a psychiatric facility, a patient cannot be held involuntarily without a substantial authoritative