Category: Ethics

Table of Contents Ethical Principles Application of Principles Incorporation of Principles in my Career Conclusion References Ethics and leadership are indivisible. For an individual to be an active leader, they must be ethical. Ralston and Schroeder (2015) define ethics as the values that dictate individual’s behaviors or way of doing things. Ethics influences the decisions…

Table of Contents Introduction Medical Malpractice Ethical Component Recommendations References Introduction The case of medical malpractice under examination describes the inappropriate actions of health care professionals that resulted in the patient’s death. In 2001, Arturo Iturralde went to HMC, a Hawaiian state-owned hospital. He was diagnosed with degenerative spondylolisthesis and scheduled for surgery after several…

Table of Contents Introduction Ethical Considerations and Plan to Protect Human Rights Limitation of Proposed Study Implications for Practice Conclusion References Introduction Nowadays, black people in the United States of America face the problem of obesity. Approximately forty percent of Afro-American citizens (between sixty and ninety years old) have significant overweight issues. The following paper…

Table of Contents Introduction Christianity and Buddhism: Comparing Major Canons and Beliefs Disease Interpretation in the Context of Christian Worldview Malady Perception in the Context of Buddhist Worldview Personal Judgments Conclusion References Introduction The present study investigates the case of an attorney from Oregon named George who is in his fifties and has been recently…

The scenario in which the doctor does not allow the patient to ask questions about the treatment or procedures performed on his body concerns autonomy and justice. The first principle of nurses’ ethics involves that all patients have rights to know about the possible risks and consequences of the procedure since it is they who…

Table of Contents Introduction Function and purpose Ethical benefits Limitations of the pledge Arguments in support of the pledge Arguments against the pledge Conclusion References Introduction The Nightingale pledge was developed as an oath students graduating from the Farrand Training School for Nurses (Veatch, 2000). The pledge was created in 1893 and revised in 1935…

Changing Reality of an Older Population The United States has recorded unprecedented demographic changes within the past three decades. The number of elderly people in the country is on the rise. Within the next 30 years, the number might double to over 80 million. The aging population will definitely change the country’s demographics. Unfortunately, the…

Table of Contents Introduction Ethical implications of a breach of confidentiality Ethical principles of confidentiality Reasonable alternative to the dilemma The ethics committee’s Approach to the dilemma References Introduction Confidentiality is receiving information that is personal and confidential from an individual and not passing it to another person without the consent of the person you…

Recently, there has been an increasing need for expanding patient autonomy within the care process in order to make it more efficient and less time-consuming. Patient autonomy refers to the right of patients to make sound decisions regarding their medical care without involving care providers in influencing the decision. The debate about patient autonomy has…

Even though drawing a clear line between ethical and unethical behaviors is barely a possibility because of the nuanced nature of the subject matter, there is a set of rigid ethical standards in contemporary nursing practice. With the advance of IT in every conceivable domain of people’s lives, including healthcare and nursing, the dilemmas associated…