As long as patient understand the decision she makes, a nurse should respect the patient's decision even knowing that it can affect the patients’ health. However, a nurse should try to convince the patient otherwise.
Beneficent is an action that is done to benefit other. The goal of nursing is to promote the welfare of patients. Therefore, nurses have knowledge and skills that enable them to assist and help patients. They also have an obligation to prevent and remove the harm and weight and balance possible benefits and risks of an action. In the situation with N., my nurse’s actions were taken to prevent or remove harm of smoking and to improve the health of COPD patient.
First, I gathered information necessary to make an ethical judgment.
Beneficent is an action that is done to benefit other. The goal of nursing is to promote the welfare of patients. Therefore, nurses have knowledge and skills that enable them to assist and help patients. They also have an obligation to prevent and remove the harm and weight and balance possible benefits and risks of an action. In the situation with N., my nurse’s actions were taken to prevent or remove harm of smoking and to improve the health of COPD patient.
First, I gathered information necessary to make an ethical judgment.