Ethical Dilemmas For Nurses
In the United States, privacy and confidentiality are the basic rights of the society enshrined not only in professional practice codes of ethics but also in the constitution. Hence, nurses and for that matter, all health care professional have a legal, moral and ethical responsibility to protect patient's privacy.
Moral and ethics are all about doing good and not causing harm to individuals and society. Thus standing in Lena shoes is not an easy responsibility at all. Lina certainly faced an ethical dilemma of balancing the safety of her sister health and the privacy of her patient.
Erickson and Millar (2005) sated “As nurses, we need to balance patient safety and treatment with respect for privacy. If you must choose, always choose patient
Moral and ethics are all about doing good and not causing harm to individuals and society. Thus standing in Lena shoes is not an easy responsibility at all. Lina certainly faced an ethical dilemma of balancing the safety of her sister health and the privacy of her patient.
Erickson and Millar (2005) sated “As nurses, we need to balance patient safety and treatment with respect for privacy. If you must choose, always choose patient