Category: Ethics

Behavioral health (BH) presents several specific issues in the field of information technology ethics (Rinehart-Thompson & Randolph, 2015), the importance of which is highlighted by the fact that people with BH issues can be regarded as a vulnerable population (Joy, Clement, & Sisti, 2016). Because of this factor, the ethical dilemmas that are related to…

Conscription of organs consists of removing all viable organs for tranplants from recently deceased. Spital & Erin (2002) argue that consent is neither required nor requested, with the exception of people with religious objections. Beliefs will be the primary grounds on which it can be argued that consent is necessary, and it will likely go…

The question of confidentiality in nursing is considered to be one of the most controversial and open-to-discussion points. In our case, a nurse, Hathaway, promised to maintain patient’s confidentiality to gain necessary trust and clarifications; however, with some period, patient’s problem is regarded as a disease the outcomes of which may threaten other people’s lives,…

Centralized Staffing in Nursing Health institutions can use centralized staffing to deliver quality care to their clients. This approach is advantageous because it ensures every unit has the right number of nurses. Challenges can be addressed directly by the top department. The method can also be used to promote evidence-based care delivery. On the other…

Code of Ethics Provision 4 is concerned with the principle of responsibility for nurses’ activities and treatment. It is the professional and ethical duty of a nurse to provide, to the extent of their competence, emergency medical care to anyone in need of it. In addition, nurses are personally responsible for the quality of nursing…

Centralized Staffing in Nursing Health institutions can use centralized staffing to deliver quality care to their clients. This approach is advantageous because it ensures every unit has the right number of nurses. Challenges can be addressed directly by the top department. The method can also be used to promote evidence-based care delivery. On the other…

The American Red Cross was founded on May 21, 1881, by Clara Barton, who was a hospital nurse during the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. Despite the lack of formal nursing education, she managed to perform perfectly under various conditions and was determined to create a US affiliate of the International Red Cross.…

The nursing philosophy, in general, can be referred to as the conceptual mold or framework; which nurses utilize in making a guide to their practice, interpretation of phenomena, observation making, and in general thinking. In general terms, the philosophy of nursing views both the client and the profession as a systematically balanced collection of information…

In the article Formation and everyday ethical comportment, the authors describe and discuss the essential shifts in nursing education (teaching and learning) and point out that nursing professionals need to approach teaching in new ways (Benner, Sutphen, Leonard-Kahn, & Day, 2008). The concept of formation used by Benner et al. (2008) in this article refers…

Mr. Lilly needed to receive an increased dose of morphine, but his condition made health care professionals doubt whether he was looking for painkillers just to overcome his pain or he wanted to satisfy his addiction. It was also important not to harm his health in this way. The nurse decided to support him and…