Assignment task:
Nurses face ethical dilemmas on a daily basis regardless of where they practice.
How does the nurse support a patient deciding between a therapy that will prolong life but the quality of life will be compromised?
Truth telling versus deception. This is another issue that nurses may have to deal with, especially when families want to deny telling the patient the truth about the medical condition. What should a nurse do when a family insists telling the patient the prognosis will cause harm? How can a nurse know if this is true? Does the patient have the right to know?