An ethical dilemma is a disagreement between two moral decisions and it does not have satisfactory solution. Both the decisions are right and it is very hard to make a decision(Fant, 2012). Nurses always deal with ethical dilemmas in their workplace due to the unique personal and ethical values than another nurses, physicians, patients, family and other health care team.
What is ethical dilemma here?
An ethical dilemma is a decision about the treatment of a child suffering from meningitis because, the custodial mother doesn’t want her child to get a medical treatment due to her religious beliefs. By contrast, a biological father wants his child to get a medical treatment and both the parents have same right to make a decision about their child’s treatment but they have opposite beliefs and values.
Describe the decision making model
Uustal decision making model has used in the study and it has nine steps which has explained the way of …show more content…
Also, according to the faith of mother , other herbal remedies can be applied.
Step 3: Alternative would be medical treatment along with herbal remedies such as garlic, cat’s claw which have aniti-Inflamatory properties, Reishi mushroom which stimulates immune system to fight against infection, olive leaf which has anti-oxidant properties and prevents the growth of viruses and bacteria in the body( Chandler, 2015).
Step 4: First priority would be medical treatment and then herbal remedies ( garlic, olive leaf, cat’s claw and others)can be used to minimize the symptoms of meningitis because herbal remedies may not be fast acting to prevent complications. Also, some herbal remedies contain additives and contaminants without listing on label (University of Maryland Medical Center,