The Story “ Making The Best Choice” (Burckhardt, A. & Nathaniel, A. 2008) is a clear example of one of the many ethical and legal challenges facing our nurses today, as the nurse requirement to report suspicion of child abuse and obligation to respect the patient right to privacy, maintain confidentiality has been to put to the test in the story. The purpose of this post is to discuss to the ethical principles involved in this case, when to override these principles and the consequences that may resulted from the nurse’s decision in the stated above case study. As my arguments will clearly demonstrate in this discussion, dispatch many options that the nurse may have in this case, only one is ethically, morally and legally correct and there
