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Teaching Clinical Ethics Using a Case Study: Family Presence During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Ainslie T. Nibert
Crit Care Nurse 2005;25:38-44
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Because new graduate nurses often choose to specialize in critical care, nurse educators who design and teach undergraduate critical care nursing courses are obligated to address ethical decision making as part of the curriculum. In this article, I present a case study of an ethical issue in critical care and describe a method of clinical ethical analysis that nurse educators can use when teaching students about making ethical decisions in clinical practice. The presence of patients’ family members during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an …show more content…
I also thank Rosemary Pine, RN, MSN, CDE, Center for Patient Education, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex, Dorothy Kite-Powell, RN, MSN, palliative care, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Tex, and Amy Calvin, RN, PhD, College of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, for development of background material for this article and Donna Boyd for her editorial assistance in the preparation of the manuscript. 7. resuscitation room? Accid Emerg Nurs. 1995;3:58-61. Powers K, Rubenstein J. Family presence during invasive procedures in the pediatric intensive care unit. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999;153:955-958. Redley B, Hood K. Staff attitudes towards family presence during resuscitation. Accid Emerg Nurs. 1996;4:145-151. Rosenczweig C. Should relatives witness resuscitation? Ethical issues and practical considerations. CMAJ. 1998;158:617-620. van der Woning M. Should relatives be invited to witness a resuscitation attempt? A review of the literature. Accid Emerg Nurs. 1997;5:215-218. Meyers T, Eichhorn D, Guzzetta C. Do families want to be present during CPR? A retrospective survey. J Emerg Nurs. 1998;24: 400-405. Meyers T, Eichhorn D, Guzzetta C, et al. Family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitation: the experience of family members, nurses, and physicians. Am J

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