Trobec, Herbst and Zvanut’s “Differentiating Between Rights-Based and Relationship Ethical Approaches” outlines that coerced treatment can be justified if failing to act will lead to significant harm in mental health patients even if their autonomy is violated in certain circumstances (2009). Both the rights-based ethical approach and relational ethical approach guides professionals when this forced treatment is being deliberated. The rights-based ethical approach incorporates the law as a vital background and follows the assumptions that; people are self-governing, humanity has primary value and everyone’s humanity should be equally respected. The relational ethical approach, however, honours moral intuition and encourages, “clinicians to
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Trobec et al. (2009) concluded that nurses working in the community and psychiatric nurses recognizes the utmost importance of the code of ethics as well (Trobec et al., 2009). MacDonald (2006) also supports this finding as it was stated, “professional codes of ethics describe the ought or fundamental obligations for nurses’ moral conduct in practice.” Moreover, CLPNBC’s professional standards outlines the importance of the nurse respecting their client’s vulnerability and always acting in a professional manner insuring the maintenance of the client’s dignity. This is particularly important for those who have mental health needs and are subject to forced treatment as they are particularly vulnerable. Nurses must be open-minded and continuously assess all situational influences when carrying out doctor’s orders pertaining to coerced treatment to maintain the promotion of the client’s dignity. Due to these findings, it was suggested that educational institutions should be guiding students to develop ethical sensitivity. Currently at Sprott Shaw College their Practical Nursing Philosophy Statement emphasizes that the practical nurse should utilize the code of ethics as a guidance in their practice and it most be upheld to the highest standard that CLPNBC set forth …show more content…
(2009) were able to show the importance of needing to differentiate between the rights-based ethical approach and relational ethical approach, I do not support their findings that those with a degree could better differentiate the approaches. Trobec et al. (2009) expressed that for nurses without degrees who successfully differentiated between approaches “their lack of formal education represented a barrier to their assessment in everyday clinical practice”. This is a concerning statement to me as the method used to test the hypothesis was an anonymous survey so I do not believe this statement is evidence-based. Although LPNs do not have a degree, it is outlined by their regulatory body that they must, “complete comprehensive health assessments of clients throughout a lifespan” (CLPNBC, 2016). Regardless of whether they had a degree 55.4% of nurses could not actually distinguish between these approaches meaning their study should instead be focusing on why more than half of the participants failed to do so. Additionally, for the researches to state, “a bachelor’s degree in nursing should be considered as a necessity for nurses who work in the mental health field” they are not being resonable. The college of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of BC, CRPNBC, recognizes that programs like the regional online diploma in psychiatric nursing offered by Stenberg College still meet the educational requirement in order to register as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Trobec et al. (2009) concluded that nurses working in the community and psychiatric nurses recognizes the utmost importance of the code of ethics as well (Trobec et al., 2009). MacDonald (2006) also supports this finding as it was stated, “professional codes of ethics describe the ought or fundamental obligations for nurses’ moral conduct in practice.” Moreover, CLPNBC’s professional standards outlines the importance of the nurse respecting their client’s vulnerability and always acting in a professional manner insuring the maintenance of the client’s dignity. This is particularly important for those who have mental health needs and are subject to forced treatment as they are particularly vulnerable. Nurses must be open-minded and continuously assess all situational influences when carrying out doctor’s orders pertaining to coerced treatment to maintain the promotion of the client’s dignity. Due to these findings, it was suggested that educational institutions should be guiding students to develop ethical sensitivity. Currently at Sprott Shaw College their Practical Nursing Philosophy Statement emphasizes that the practical nurse should utilize the code of ethics as a guidance in their practice and it most be upheld to the highest standard that CLPNBC set forth …show more content…
(2009) were able to show the importance of needing to differentiate between the rights-based ethical approach and relational ethical approach, I do not support their findings that those with a degree could better differentiate the approaches. Trobec et al. (2009) expressed that for nurses without degrees who successfully differentiated between approaches “their lack of formal education represented a barrier to their assessment in everyday clinical practice”. This is a concerning statement to me as the method used to test the hypothesis was an anonymous survey so I do not believe this statement is evidence-based. Although LPNs do not have a degree, it is outlined by their regulatory body that they must, “complete comprehensive health assessments of clients throughout a lifespan” (CLPNBC, 2016). Regardless of whether they had a degree 55.4% of nurses could not actually distinguish between these approaches meaning their study should instead be focusing on why more than half of the participants failed to do so. Additionally, for the researches to state, “a bachelor’s degree in nursing should be considered as a necessity for nurses who work in the mental health field” they are not being resonable. The college of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of BC, CRPNBC, recognizes that programs like the regional online diploma in psychiatric nursing offered by Stenberg College still meet the educational requirement in order to register as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse