1. What do we mean when we say the word ethics? What are some sensitive ethical issues nurses are faced with today?
According to Butts & Rich (2016), “Ethics is a branch of philosophy used to study ideal human behavior and ideal ways of being” (p. 4). Ethics is concerned with distinguishing between good and evil, and between right and wrong human actions.
Some of sensitive ethical issues nurses are faced with today are breaking of bad news in a hospital setting, particularly to patients in terminal conditions; oppression and power tussle between nurses and doctors (nurses feel that they are looked down by doctors who feel that they are more experienced than nurses); frustration at inability to help patients due to delayed response from doctors , powerlessness (e.g., In Chinese culture, family’s decision about patient’s care supersedes those of the patient. As a result, nurses are powerless …show more content…
9). Moral reasoning is a process of determining right or wrong in a given situation. Moral reasoning for nurses occur during relationship with patients and between nurses and coworkers. During one of my clinical days, a 90 year old male weak patient who lacks the appropriate level of home care services was about to be discharged later in the evening. I asked the RN I was working with the reason for discharge because it could endanger the patient’s safety and wellbeing. I was informed that the patient’s insurance has expired and that the family members have sold all their assets to pay for his hospital bills. In addition, the family members requested for discharge due to lack of funds for hospital bills.
5. Compare Plato’s famous allegory of the cave to critical thinking in nursing. What are some examples of when you felt that you were “chained in the cave?” What were the circumstances? What were the outcomes? What made a difference in your
According to Butts & Rich (2016), “Ethics is a branch of philosophy used to study ideal human behavior and ideal ways of being” (p. 4). Ethics is concerned with distinguishing between good and evil, and between right and wrong human actions.
Some of sensitive ethical issues nurses are faced with today are breaking of bad news in a hospital setting, particularly to patients in terminal conditions; oppression and power tussle between nurses and doctors (nurses feel that they are looked down by doctors who feel that they are more experienced than nurses); frustration at inability to help patients due to delayed response from doctors , powerlessness (e.g., In Chinese culture, family’s decision about patient’s care supersedes those of the patient. As a result, nurses are powerless …show more content…
9). Moral reasoning is a process of determining right or wrong in a given situation. Moral reasoning for nurses occur during relationship with patients and between nurses and coworkers. During one of my clinical days, a 90 year old male weak patient who lacks the appropriate level of home care services was about to be discharged later in the evening. I asked the RN I was working with the reason for discharge because it could endanger the patient’s safety and wellbeing. I was informed that the patient’s insurance has expired and that the family members have sold all their assets to pay for his hospital bills. In addition, the family members requested for discharge due to lack of funds for hospital bills.
5. Compare Plato’s famous allegory of the cave to critical thinking in nursing. What are some examples of when you felt that you were “chained in the cave?” What were the circumstances? What were the outcomes? What made a difference in your