Assignment task:
Reflect upon an ethical dilemma in a clinical setting that requires a difficult decision. The dilemma could be a situation you had either experienced, or are interested in. IMPORTANT: you are NOT solving or providing a solution to dilemma. With ethical dilemma in mind, review the "Ethical Practice" and "Ethical Decision-Making in Nursing" sections on pages 45-46 of the ATI Leadership and Management textbook and any ethics-related content in Yoder-Wise and Sportsman to answer the following:
Describe your ethical dilemma as briefly as possible.
Examples:
- A terminally ill patient is expected to expire soon. The family asks not to disclose to the patient their prognosis to spare their emotions.
- A patient tests positive for an infectious disease, but refuses to disclose who they may have spread it to.
- An adolescent patient in the doctor's clinic suspects she is pregnant but asks that the nurse keeps it a secret from her parents.
Explain why your problem is an ethical dilemma (your answer must be correct).
Explain what specific information you should in gather in this situation to develop a solution.
Describe which ethical principles (e.g., autonomy, beneficence, fidelity) are relevant in this situation (i.e., what ethical principles should be demonstrated, protected, or considered), and explain why you think so.
Properly citing the Yoder-Wise and Sportsman textbook (Leading and Managing in NursingPatricia S. Yoder-Wise; Susan Sportsman) (at least once) AND the ATI Nursing Leadership and Management (8th Ed.) (at least once)
REFERENCES:
Leading and Managing in NursingPatricia S. Yoder-Wise; Susan Sportsman)
AND
The ATI Nursing Leadership and Management (8th Ed.) (at least once)