Healthcare-Related Professional Misconduct Analysis

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The story of a healthcare-related professional misconduct that I found in the New York Post was a story of two navy nurses that inappropriately handled newborns in a hospital located in Florida. One of nurses was making a newborn dance to rap music by moving its arms to music, while the other nurse was holding up her middle finger at the newborns and calling them ‘mini Satans’. All of these pictures and videos were recorded and posted on social media by the nurses.

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There were many ethical issues at play in this scenario. One of the issues was an issue of beneficence because clearly the nurses were not promoting health and well-being of these newborns and they lacked compassion. Instead, they increased the risk of the

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