- Autonomy
- Beneficence
- Non-maleficence
- Justice
Category: Nursing Ethics
- Autonomy
- Professional boundaries
- Veracity
- Confidentiality
- Beneficence
- Non-maleficence
- Autonomy
- Justice
- Disclose the information immediately to the patient.
- Refer the patient to official public health announcements and advise on general preventative measures.
- Deny any knowledge of an outbreak.
- Tell the patient to check social media.
- Follow the verbal order.
- Follow the written order.
- Clarify the discrepancy with the prescribing physician to ensure patient safety and correct documentation.
- Ask another nurse for their opinion.
- Autonomy
- Beneficence
- Non-maleficence
- Justice
- Use the erratic reading and administer insulin.
- Use a different, reliable monitor, or perform a manual blood glucose check to ensure an accurate reading before administering insulin.
- Guess the patient's glucose level.
- Wait for the monitor to fix itself.
- Hang up the phone immediately.
- Engage in a verbal argument with the family member.
- Listen calmly, acknowledge their concerns, and offer to facilitate communication with the appropriate healthcare team member or supervisor.
- Threaten to report the family member.
- Tolerate the behavior to ensure patient care.
- Confront the patient angrily.
- Set clear professional boundaries, inform the patient that such behavior is unacceptable, and report the harassment to the charge nurse or supervisor.
- Avoid the patient's room.
- Autonomy
- Beneficence
- Non-maleficence
- Veracity
- Administer a sedative to reduce anxiety.
- Ignore the patient's anxiety and proceed with preparation.
- Provide clear, factual, and empathetic education about the procedure, addressing misconceptions and offering emotional support.
- Tell the patient to trust the doctors.
- Assent of the child
- Informed consent of parents
- Confidentiality of data
- Beneficence of the research
- Refuse to participate.
- Participate half-heartedly.
- Understand the importance of preparedness, participate professionally, and provide constructive feedback on improving efficiency without compromising patient care.
- Only watch the drill.
- Guess the settings to save time.
- Administer the medication via a different route.
- Consult with a more experienced nurse or a pharmacist, or refer to the pump's manual, to ensure accurate programming and patient safety.
- Administer half the dose to be safe.
- Autonomy
- Beneficence
- Non-maleficence (to the community)
- Justice
- Continue and hope for no infection.
- Remove the catheter and insert a new one using proper sterile technique.
- Document the break in technique and monitor the patient for infection.
- Tell the patient it's a normal procedure.
- Join the colleague in social media use.
- Ignore the behavior, as it's not directly harming patients.
- Report the colleague's unprofessional conduct to the charge nurse or supervisor, as it impacts productivity and patient safety.
- Text the colleague to stop.
- Autonomy
- Beneficence
- Non-maleficence
- Justice
