Healthcare Ethics in Nursing: Justice Requires Us to Increase Spending on Aged Care Services

Debate Subject: Healthcare Ethics in Nursing
Topic: Justice Requires Us to Increase Spending on Aged Care Services
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Good evening everyone. I am <<please fill>> Today we will discuss the topic "Healthcare ethics
in nursing". I, name1.name2 and name3 are leading the discussing on its affirmative side, while
name1, name2, and name3 are talking about the negative sides of the topic. I am the last speaker
of my group, and now I will be discussing my topic "justice requires us to increase spending on
aged care services." At first, I would like to introduce the meaning and principles of the term
healthcare ethics. Healthcare ethics is the application of the core principles of the healthcare
decisions. The four principles of healthcare ethics are, Autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence,
and justice. My topic will throw light on the fourth principle of healthcare ethics, and so on.
Defending Points:
1. Many older people are vulnerable with multiple health problems and need extensive care. In
our opinion they should be provided with extra care and medication for their betterment and
healthy life. Equality could be a question in medical care when different patients in the same
hospital are being given different quality of care. But it is to be remembered that vulnerable
groups are always eligible to be an exception in the matter of equality issues (Fineman et al.
2016). No question should arise where a change is being made for the betterment of people and
which is up to no harm. In my opinion, being a nursing association, the aim is to introduce the
best possible care and treatment with the patients. The older people admitted to hospitals need
extra care because of their age and condition. As per the analysis, the hospital and nursing home
employees should show extra care and dignity to older patients and not only follow medical
duties. That’s probably true that showing dignity to someone helps him to feel a mental peace
around the person showing it, which apparently helps in making a bond of trust between them.
And a relationship of trust between the patient and nursing staff is essential for better treatment
(Wiechula et al. 2016). The medication, environment and the behavioural aspects of the hospital

employees play a great role in bringing change for the treatment in this case (Converso et al.
2015). But overall these matters, the necessary changes for the betterment should be brought
without any delay to achieve the best possible treatment strategy. Undoubtedly it is true that
raising funds for bringing the necessary changes and making the hospitals a better place for the
older patients is indeed necessary.
2. Talking about ethics could be questionable if the ethics are stopping someone from doing
better. Firstly nursing ethics include a matter of trust between health care professionals and
patients (Buttset al. 2019). If any patient needs more care than the others because of his age,
he/she should be provided with the same. Secondly no ethical boundaries should be enough to
raise a question against that. A nursing institution is an institution of trust and faith. Ethics does
not guide us to break that trust to maintain the regulations made in the absence of these
situations. Maybe these matters should have been a matter of concern before than now, but it's
never too late to make changes for betterment. Being a part of nursing society, I couldn’t agree
more that bringing health care facilities at its best and providing to the patients with all the care
they need. Justice is not in giving equality to all in general. Comparatively it lies in the balance
based on their need. If a specific group of patients need a specific type of care, then they should
be given so. There is no harm in altering equality to bring justice. In case of bringing justice in
medical treatment, there should be no denial. Every human being deserves to live a healthy life
without any health issues. This fact should not change because of someone’s age. It cannot be
denied the fact that aging requires extra care and attention, so should it be given.
Summarising the Positive points: It is one of the most important factors to keep the hospital
surroundings clean and ecofriendly. No one can be expected to be comfortable in illness in a
congested area. The environment plays a vital role in the betterment of a patient besides the