Ethical issues are challenging circumstances that most people will encounter at least once in the work place. As a health care professional, you may encounter three different types of ethical issues known as an ethical violation, ethical dilemma, or an ethical distress. An ethical violation occurs when a professional neglects ethical responsibilities, whereas an ethical distress is when there are limitations placed upon the health professional. Ethical dilemmas are when there are conflicting principles present in the workplace. However, this is not as common in a health care setting.
In our scenario, Susan could possibly face an ethical violation depending on the course of action she decides to take. The first course of action Susan could take regarding Talulah’s activity on social media, is to pull Talulah aside and have a conversation with her and discuss the different options moving forward. When pulling Talulah aside, Susan could politely mention the photos she has been seeing on social media and voice her concern for Talulah as a person and the clients under her care. This option is favorable because it gives Susan to the ability to acquire all other missing information, such as the date and time Talulah was consuming illegal drugs. This is important because they may not correlate to the time that she was working on …show more content…
Reporting incidents such as drug and alcohol abuse while practicing to the CRDHA is imperative because we want to stop any behavior which may reflect poorly on dental hygiene as a profession. As dental hygienists, we want to ensure we are upholding the highest level of professionalism which include maintaining quality of services.1 In
In our scenario, Susan could possibly face an ethical violation depending on the course of action she decides to take. The first course of action Susan could take regarding Talulah’s activity on social media, is to pull Talulah aside and have a conversation with her and discuss the different options moving forward. When pulling Talulah aside, Susan could politely mention the photos she has been seeing on social media and voice her concern for Talulah as a person and the clients under her care. This option is favorable because it gives Susan to the ability to acquire all other missing information, such as the date and time Talulah was consuming illegal drugs. This is important because they may not correlate to the time that she was working on …show more content…
Reporting incidents such as drug and alcohol abuse while practicing to the CRDHA is imperative because we want to stop any behavior which may reflect poorly on dental hygiene as a profession. As dental hygienists, we want to ensure we are upholding the highest level of professionalism which include maintaining quality of services.1 In