Sample Assignment on Nursing doc
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Running head: NURSING NursingName of student:Name of university:Author note:
1NURSINGHealthcare ethics guide decision making in practice that is based on moral principles. It isnoted to be the philosophy dealing with personal principles, beliefs and morals. The presentpaper critically points out the ethical issues arising in the given case study revolving aroundAmos. The paper aims to demonstrate the application of ethical values, principles, codes andhistorical commitments which inform professional healthcare practice. The ethical disagreementsare explained in a morally plurastic and diverse society. The analysis would be based on theethical standards guiding professional practice, the professional codes, and policies governingpractice. Further, the four health care ethics principles are reflected upon in this paper.Recommendations are provided regarding how professional practice could have beendemonstrated in an appropriate manner. A conclusion provides a summary to the paper at theend. The present case scenario revolves around Amos, a high school student staying at theresidential property near the school he studies in Malawi. His peers reside in boarding facilitiesthat the school has provided to them. During a school term, the hospital at the nearby place hadreported that many students presented at the unit upon suffering severe symptoms of abdominalpain, profuse watery diarrhoea, vomiting, thirst, muscle cramps, restlessness and irritability. Itwas also reported that some students had to be hospitalized for receiving treatment. The staffeventually acknowledged that an outbreak of cholera had occurred. Amos also became a victimof the outbreak and became ill, thereby presenting to the facility. The doctor and the triage nurserealized the hospital lacked adequate resources for addressing the concerns of all the students.Thus, they provided care to only those who were residing at the boarding facility of the school.Though Amos put up the argument that he was also a student of the same school, he was sent
2NURSINGaway with no treatment being given. When Amos returned home, he suffered severe dehydrationdue to his condition and he eventually succumbed to his condition. Analysis of the case scenario on ethical ground pinpoints that the approach of the triagenurse and the doctor was unethical at its core. This is said so since the approach to enablingheath care access for the patients presenting to the facility was marked by bias and injustice. Thechildren who presented at the facility were subjected to discrimination and prejudice. Instead ofdelivering care on the basis of the care needs of the patient, the healthcare professionalsconsidered delivering care based on the boarding status of the children. Amos was a victim ofsuch discrimination and inequity. There lies another significant ethical concern in the casescenario. Amos was not delivered any primary care for addressing his presenting symptoms.After pointing out the key ethical issue arising from the study, it would be justified toanalyze the same against fundamental principles of healthcare ethics. Right of healthcareservices is one of the fundamental rights of human beings across the country (Coughlin et al.,2018). The right to health is an element of the internationally agreed human rights standards, andis indivisible from other rights. The right to health includes entitlements and freedoms.Entitlements include the right to health protection giving everyone the equal opportunity toaccess proper healthcare. Freedom includes the right to control one’s health condition and be freefrom any form of interference. The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights points out that everyindividual has the right to receive treatment as per the need. In addition, every individual has theright to comment on the form of care being given to him (safetyandquality.gov.au, 2012).Reflecting on the present scenario, the right to get proper treatment was not adhered to as Amoswas denied care by the triage nurse and the doctor at the facility. Amos had to raise his voice forbringing forward his concerns and justifying his position in the situation.
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