Assignment: Ethical Principles
Nurses are required to make responsible judgments, decisions, and actions. Consequently, they have to uphold the ethics governing the profession, and guarantee quality and safety when making decisions related to patients. In addition, nurses should respect patients and remain free of prejudice due to their social or economic status, individual attributes, or medical conditions (Winland-Brown, Lachman, & Swanson, 2015a). Nurses should promote health and care, preserve wholeness of character and honesty, and observe professionalism (Winland-Brown, Lachman, & Swanson, 2015b). In addition, they have to be accountable for every single decision that they make. While nurses are always required to uphold ethics, they might have to bend the rules to serve patients for effectively and compassionately.
As a nurse practitioner student, I witnessed difficult situations that generated decision-making dilemmas; of these one stands out in particular. I was allocated a day shift duty with a nurse practitioner in a hematology-oncology clinic at C.S Mott Children’s Hospital. On that …show more content…
might have been unaware of the consequences of incomplete follow-through with the treatment process and would benefit from more effective education and health-status monitoring. We empathized with L.A because of the pain and stigma that is associated with the treatment of osteosarcoma. We expressed the commitment of our team to ensure that she could swiftly return to normal life. In particular, I noted that it was important that she keeps being informed more effectively at each step of the treatment process, with an emphasis in this case on reassurance and respect. Some teenagers may withdraw and become quiet due to the trauma associated with the treatment of the disease. According to Chen et.al. (2016), the personalization of care is critical in gaining the support and cooperation of patients in the treatment
Nurses are required to make responsible judgments, decisions, and actions. Consequently, they have to uphold the ethics governing the profession, and guarantee quality and safety when making decisions related to patients. In addition, nurses should respect patients and remain free of prejudice due to their social or economic status, individual attributes, or medical conditions (Winland-Brown, Lachman, & Swanson, 2015a). Nurses should promote health and care, preserve wholeness of character and honesty, and observe professionalism (Winland-Brown, Lachman, & Swanson, 2015b). In addition, they have to be accountable for every single decision that they make. While nurses are always required to uphold ethics, they might have to bend the rules to serve patients for effectively and compassionately.
As a nurse practitioner student, I witnessed difficult situations that generated decision-making dilemmas; of these one stands out in particular. I was allocated a day shift duty with a nurse practitioner in a hematology-oncology clinic at C.S Mott Children’s Hospital. On that …show more content…
might have been unaware of the consequences of incomplete follow-through with the treatment process and would benefit from more effective education and health-status monitoring. We empathized with L.A because of the pain and stigma that is associated with the treatment of osteosarcoma. We expressed the commitment of our team to ensure that she could swiftly return to normal life. In particular, I noted that it was important that she keeps being informed more effectively at each step of the treatment process, with an emphasis in this case on reassurance and respect. Some teenagers may withdraw and become quiet due to the trauma associated with the treatment of the disease. According to Chen et.al. (2016), the personalization of care is critical in gaining the support and cooperation of patients in the treatment