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This 9 page paper delves into ethical issues in medical science. Several aspects of nursing care are discussed inclusive of the DNR order and medication errors. Several ideologies are included and discussed as they relate to the field of nursing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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shoes of the modern nurse, he or she will not be able to comprehend the magnitude of the responsibility with which nurses are endowed. More than taking away bed pans,
pushing ice chips and taking pulses, the nurse often has to make life and death decisions as well as decisions that will change ordinary and sometimes extraordinary lives. A nurse
may miss an important symptom when taking a medical history, something that can be potentially life-threatening. Even though a great deal of life and death decisions reside with physicians, the
nurse and especially the advanced practice nurse has an overwhelming responsibility with which ethics plays a role. In respect to meta-ethics, many questions loom large. First, as far as
normative ethics are concerned, there are instances where it is difficult to tell what is right and what is wrong. Where does the patients rights begin and end? While many
hospitals have a Patients Bill of Rights, it is sometimes the case that physicians and nurses will do what they think is best. The Bill of Rights generally gives a
patient the right to refuse treatment and to receive the best of care. Yet, normative ethics comes into play because the right course of action is often jumbled. Is
the patient cognizant enough to make the correct choices? Many issues come into play when a patient cannot speak for example. Families tend to want treatment to be minimally
invasive, but they also want heroic life-saving measures to be taken. Many professionals feel that the family does not always know best, but this attitude conflicts with the law and
with the Patients Bill of Rights. There is somewhat of a disparity between normative and descriptive ethics. It seems that what should be the right thing for the patient is
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