Non-maleficence:
When word is spread by mouth, more people have access to that information, and sometimes instead of doing harm, it might help her in finding methods of treatment for condition and gaining extra care and concern from her colleagues when working. However, through this process of gaining information, it breaches her confidentiality and damages her pride, bringing her emotional and self-esteem harm.
Fidelity:
One of the oath in the nurse’s pledge states that nurses should always ensure to uphold the confidence of all personal information entrusted to us and to uphold the integrity of the nursing profession (SNB, n.d.). Healthcare professionals are to keep their commitments and promises to the patients when they care for them but the confidence and integrity of the patient was breached when the information was leaked. Unless the worker herself confirmed that she herself was the one who told the other workers of her own diagnosis, then it is highly likely that the healthcare professionals have breached the oath. However, because the staff wants to do good for the patient, that’s possibly why there’s a need to insist on reporting to the physician to maximise good and minimise harm for the patient. On the other hand, to do good for the patient, it’s also our responsibility as staff to uphold the patient’s personal information and respect their wishes of not wanting to inform the physician if this happens. This collides with the value of autonomy. …show more content…
This promotes good for the worker as well, since there might be some resources that can be found through the other workers and there might even be a suitable treatment for her condition. In fact, disclosing her
When word is spread by mouth, more people have access to that information, and sometimes instead of doing harm, it might help her in finding methods of treatment for condition and gaining extra care and concern from her colleagues when working. However, through this process of gaining information, it breaches her confidentiality and damages her pride, bringing her emotional and self-esteem harm.
Fidelity:
One of the oath in the nurse’s pledge states that nurses should always ensure to uphold the confidence of all personal information entrusted to us and to uphold the integrity of the nursing profession (SNB, n.d.). Healthcare professionals are to keep their commitments and promises to the patients when they care for them but the confidence and integrity of the patient was breached when the information was leaked. Unless the worker herself confirmed that she herself was the one who told the other workers of her own diagnosis, then it is highly likely that the healthcare professionals have breached the oath. However, because the staff wants to do good for the patient, that’s possibly why there’s a need to insist on reporting to the physician to maximise good and minimise harm for the patient. On the other hand, to do good for the patient, it’s also our responsibility as staff to uphold the patient’s personal information and respect their wishes of not wanting to inform the physician if this happens. This collides with the value of autonomy. …show more content…
This promotes good for the worker as well, since there might be some resources that can be found through the other workers and there might even be a suitable treatment for her condition. In fact, disclosing her