Navy Nurse: A Case Study Of Ethical Dilemmas

Dunn wanted to die on the operating table instead of being executed. He met a little boy in the hospital and expressed interest in donating his organs to help the boy. Meredith Grey knew that serial killer William Dunn was a donor match for the boy and that he wanted her to allow him die. The ethical dilemma is whether Dunn’s surgical team should preform the surgery to the best of their abilities, or take these death row inmate’s organs to save a child. The surgical team performs a successful surgery. Meredith strategically tells Dunn that his head is extremely fragile. Dunn bashes his head against a metal railing and dies, and his organs are donated to the boy. This is an ethical dilemma because the surgical team could have risked one person’s life to save another. It is easier to have preconceptions about a criminal and value their life less than a child’s.

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As a Navy nurse, I will never be put in the position to care for a terrorist who has tried to harm himself and this country. I am glad that I will work in a place that aligns with my personal values. Even so, when I go back into the civilian world of nursing, I will not let my personal values interfere with providing care. As a nurse, it is my job obligation to carry out physician’s orders with respect for patient autonomy. Care should be respectful, no matter who the patient; it is not political. It is the job of other professionals to judge this person before court and decide his fate. It is my job to provide treatment – no matter who the patient is. It is shaped by the patient’s preferences, needs, values, and choices. As a nurse, I will respect these patient wishes and execute them to the best of my