Question

Anwers the following questions ,basing your answers on indetified ethical priciples: a:when is it acceptable to refuse an assignment. b. What is the nurse 's duty when a patient confides the desire to self-harm c.Is Health care a right? D.What should the nurse do when his or her personal values are in conflict with those of the patient?

Answer 1

(a) Answer:- a nurse may legally refuse to care for a patient who has threatened to harm her physically/legally.
- nurse may refuse an assignment on a basis that she is not cross trained to work in, this may lead to punative measures.
- a nurse may not refuse to give standard nursing care in an emergency situation, even if the situation is not familiar to her.

(b) Tarasoff law:-The legal duty of a psychiatrist or psychotherapist to warn an identifiable victim of a patient's serious threat of harm.
-whenever possible, decision confidential patient communications should be discussed with the clinical team, including the patient's psychiatrist.
- It is appropriate to notify the police.
- make a talk to the patient.

(d)when there is conflicts between nurse and patients, the study of conduct and character, determines what is good and valuable in individuals.
-ethical code may be used to resolve conflicts between the patient and nurse.
-Its a personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object that sets standards and influences behavior.
- Nursing value is to maintain human dignity, integrity, autonomy, altruism etc.