1. Health professional’s job is to determine needs, the likely outcome, and the course of action for patients. They must “act professional, maintain confidentiality, use evidence based practice to improve the quality and access to care, and be honest” with them (Panicola, 88). Nightingale expands on these responsibilities in nursing profession. That nursing is a “ministry” in which you sacrifice you self for the care of the other (paragraph 5). It is a selfless duty that care for the whole person (i.e. holistic care) because the health professional’s hands are Gods hands working through you. Religion in health care is the ethics boards and theological bioethics. The social engagements that correlate with “religious tradition about the use and
…show more content…
My own view comes from my nursing knowledge and how we make decisions. In this example we have a pregnant woman hemorrhaging and a man that has POSSIBLE internal bleeding from head trauma. First, the woman has a “co-illness” because pregnancy is not a ‘natural’ thing rather a medical condition that is putting the woman’s life at risk; then she is visibly hemorrhaging, therefore we would treat her first. Risk of death is more imminent if the bleeding is profuse rather than internal. To follow the classical ethical theory of virtue is “we do things because that is who we are” but they are not conclusive because they are so individualized (Panicola, 26). This relates to my decision because the nurse I have been taught to be has become part of me and this is the action I would take based on knowledge. But, my virtue to do the greatest good would naturally pull me to her because there is two lives at risk and one of those lives is most vulnerable because they have no say in anything. Consequentialist theory is the greatest good for the greatest number of people in this situation because it focus on the “ends” (Panicola, 30). Panicola uses an example of a mother at risk of losing her life and 23 week gestation fetus [not viable fetus life according to physiology], the “lesser evil” is to perform a procedure to ensure saving one life, rather than, losing both the mother and the baby [“greater evil”] (30). This refers to my own personal thought that I would attempt to save the …show more content…
Human dignity and social justice call all of us to treat all those in need with love and care. It doesn’t matter about the ability to pay but the natural calling to do the common good. Lebacqz brings in to question third world country’s needs. This was very interesting to me because we do so much here that excessive, when other places in the world don’t have access to basic needs like “housing and sewage systems” (Lebacqz, 84). It calls into question, what about their needs? We make decisions every day in health care about who needs something more, whether it’s a ventilator or a pillow; however, in other parts of the world people are deciding who gets to eat today. So are we doing the greatest good? Are we helping the most vulnerable in need? I say no we are not doing enough to help and they deserve much better. If we ask ourselves if “we are doing the right thing” shouldn’t we be asking ourselves if we are “ignoring the possibility that every possible action may embody some important values and that what may be at stake is the ‘right’ answer” (Lebacqz, 84). Do not ask who gets the incubator; rather, ask are we being responsible steward with the resources we have access too? Does Haiti need one incubator while the state of Indiana has hundreds? I believe she is calling us to think about who is the one in ‘need’. Hauerwas puts focus on the “presence” of people and healthcare members to those in need (73). He explains about a friend and the idea of pain, especially chronic
My own view comes from my nursing knowledge and how we make decisions. In this example we have a pregnant woman hemorrhaging and a man that has POSSIBLE internal bleeding from head trauma. First, the woman has a “co-illness” because pregnancy is not a ‘natural’ thing rather a medical condition that is putting the woman’s life at risk; then she is visibly hemorrhaging, therefore we would treat her first. Risk of death is more imminent if the bleeding is profuse rather than internal. To follow the classical ethical theory of virtue is “we do things because that is who we are” but they are not conclusive because they are so individualized (Panicola, 26). This relates to my decision because the nurse I have been taught to be has become part of me and this is the action I would take based on knowledge. But, my virtue to do the greatest good would naturally pull me to her because there is two lives at risk and one of those lives is most vulnerable because they have no say in anything. Consequentialist theory is the greatest good for the greatest number of people in this situation because it focus on the “ends” (Panicola, 30). Panicola uses an example of a mother at risk of losing her life and 23 week gestation fetus [not viable fetus life according to physiology], the “lesser evil” is to perform a procedure to ensure saving one life, rather than, losing both the mother and the baby [“greater evil”] (30). This refers to my own personal thought that I would attempt to save the …show more content…
Human dignity and social justice call all of us to treat all those in need with love and care. It doesn’t matter about the ability to pay but the natural calling to do the common good. Lebacqz brings in to question third world country’s needs. This was very interesting to me because we do so much here that excessive, when other places in the world don’t have access to basic needs like “housing and sewage systems” (Lebacqz, 84). It calls into question, what about their needs? We make decisions every day in health care about who needs something more, whether it’s a ventilator or a pillow; however, in other parts of the world people are deciding who gets to eat today. So are we doing the greatest good? Are we helping the most vulnerable in need? I say no we are not doing enough to help and they deserve much better. If we ask ourselves if “we are doing the right thing” shouldn’t we be asking ourselves if we are “ignoring the possibility that every possible action may embody some important values and that what may be at stake is the ‘right’ answer” (Lebacqz, 84). Do not ask who gets the incubator; rather, ask are we being responsible steward with the resources we have access too? Does Haiti need one incubator while the state of Indiana has hundreds? I believe she is calling us to think about who is the one in ‘need’. Hauerwas puts focus on the “presence” of people and healthcare members to those in need (73). He explains about a friend and the idea of pain, especially chronic