The last way of knowing we will use to examine this situation through will be the ethical side of nursing. White (1995) states in her article, “The fundamental pattern of knowing identified here as the ethical component of nursing is focused on matters of obligation or what ought to be done” (p.76). While nursing is a profession that encompasses many things, patient centered-care should always be a top priority and obligation when caring for patients. From the start of nursing school, the Canadian Nurses Association Code of ethics (2017) was a guideline to follow that explained expectations that a reasonable nurse would respect in particular situations. The code additionally discusses the term non-maleficence to describe the act of doing no
