Problem
Topic: Children Caught in Abusive Homes
Answer the following questions. Each response should be 3-5 complete sentences in length.
• Is this an ethical dilemma or a moral dilemma?
• What ethical principles are in contention? How?
• Are there any virtues at risk? Whose? Why?
• What justifies overriding an individual's autonomy to make his own choices?
• How does the Code of Ethics for Nurses guide the nurse in invoking conscientious objection?
• What lessons can be learned from this nurse's dilemma?