Ethical and Legal Complexities in Nursing
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ETHICAL AND LEGAL COMPLEXITIES 1ETHICAL AND LEGAL COMPLEXITIESNameCourseProfessorUniversity Date
ETHICAL AND LEGAL COMPLEXITIES 2Solving Nursing Ethical and Legal Complexities using Driscoll’s ReflectiveFrameworkWhat?In this reflective essay on how to find out the ethical and legal complexities in mycase scenario, I will describe my nursing experience at my practice placement and myencounter with a critical nurse who is nerve wrecking when things are not done her way asshe has ordered. Using the Driscoll’s reflective model, I will demonstrate myunderstanding and familiarity with the fundamental concepts of ethical practice in thenursing field. The key ethical practice in nursing which is a medical field requires thinkingand incorporation of ethics to handle ethical dilemmas like the one I was confronted within during practice placement. First, as a medic practitioner, I should have had these severalkey ethical concepts of medical thinking such as self- determination which is the ability toact and decide for oneself (Quinn, 2013, p. 33). Therefore, in my scenario at the hospitalward when the confrontation with the registered nurse rose, I was able to stand my groundand refused to recap the needle.According to Driscoll’s reflective model, the ethical and legal complexities takethree processes that I should reflect on my practice as a nursing student in practice(Engelbrekt & Nergelius, 2013, p. 78). It helps me tackle the first bit of the complex natureof what? Here is where I get to explain what happened that is when the registered nurserequested me to give an insulin injection to a patient. When I went to the patient, Iadministered her injection and realised that I had not brought the kidney dish with meTherefore, stranded beside the patient, I see the registered nurse looking at me I panickedfor I could not trace the sharps container in the room.
ETHICAL AND LEGAL COMPLEXITIES 3The registered nurse having noticed my panic instructs me to recap the needlewhich I refused knowing very well the dangers associated with recapping of a needle. Sherepeated the order which I ignored, and for a third time, she shouts at me causing me to bedistressed and become anxious hence I obey her command. When trying to recap theneedle, the needle pierces me on my left thumb, and the nurse jubilantly tells the patientthat she wants to take a blood sample from her to know the disease I had contracted fromthe patient (Driscoll, 2016, p. 90). So What?The second part Driscoll's model seeks to answer so what? It explains what I wasfeeling which is I was feeling anxious and distressed, what was right or wrong about theexperience in which there was nothing good about the experience but bad as there was ahigher risk of contracting a serious blood borne disease from the patient. The other key concept that I should be able to demonstrate is competence in myfield of speciality which is nursing. I was able to show that I have the capacity to what ittakes to be a nurse since I had been trained fully as a nurse and well equipped with thenursing skills and knowledge. Therefore, I was be able to show that am competent, I knewwhat I was doing, and it was the right thing to be done. Confidentiality is the other conceptas a nurse I was be able to demonstrate. Being ethically confidential means that patientscan trust you with their medical condition.. As a medic, I should maintain privacy and alsohave confidence in what I am doing for my patients. My nursing practice should not bebased on trial and errors.Benefit or harm is also another of the key concepts a medic practitioner should beable to demonstrate and I being a nurse in practice; I should have the skills to know thatwhatever I am doing will either harm or benefit the patient. The beneficence indicates that
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