beneficence and justice
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Question 1
A. The question of whether abortion is is ethical or not primarily pertains to how a person views abortion according to their own believes. Abortion clinics are not illegal as long as they comply with standards set forth by the state such as providing the necessary area and equipment for interventions, to have these performed by a licensed physician and to be able to transfer a patient to a hospital facility should they need emergency services following an abortion or complications (The Florida Statutes, 2019).
b. Patients must be allowed to exercise autonomy whenever possible. This is legal and ethical. Many patients have advance directives stating what interventions they want for their health. It is the nurse’s duty to respect these wishes regardless of their own views. This is ethical because you are respecting the patient’s autonomy and legal because there may be a document that states such decisions (Weiss, Tappen & Grimley, 2019).
c. A health surrogate is legally appointed to make decisions for the patient. However, the issue of ethics may arise when some people think it’s too soon to remove life support or when the possibility of recovery has not been ruled out. As nurses we provide care to maintain a patient’s optimal level of functioning and to allow for dignified death when there is no other option. The concept of end of life however poses many ethical dilemmas in some nurses as they become more knowledgeable in this area (Weiss et al., 2019).
d. Diverting drugs is both unethical and illegal. The nurse that participates in this is incurring in medication error by administering less than the prescribed dose and stealing. These are both reportable issues because they put both the nurse and the patient’s life at risk. Impaired coworkers need to be reported and explore the possibility of rehabilitation (Weiss et al., 2019).
Question 2
Deontological theory is based on the idea that a person is performing an action based on good intentions and what they believe is ethical based on their rules. However, the breaking of these rules even if with justifiable motives is considered wrong (Weiss et al., 2019). Utilitarianism argues that the most correct approach is the one that will generate the best outcome for the most amount of people. It takes into account the interests of others and not solely that of one person (Driver, 2014). Principlism is a relatively newer approach that combines other principles in order to address dilemmas while making emphasis on autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice (Weiss et al., 2019).
