Ethical Rules Used in the Clinical Practice

Running head: ETHICAL RULE
ETHICAL RULE
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Discussion:
The purpose of the discussion is to reflect on four ethical rules used in the clinical
practice such as veracity, confidentiality, privacy and fidelity.
Veracity:
In the nursing ethics, veracity suggested that is defined as the truthfulness or being
honest which restore the autonomy of the patient. It is considered as the basis of a therapeutic
relationship between patients and nursing professionals that further facilitate mutual treatment
goal. In the clinical setting, one of the prominent instances of the veracity is informing the life-
threatening disease of the patient to the family members (Fowler, 2017). In this case, nursing
professionals often experience dilemma because while the life-threatening disease may subject
family members to high psychological distress, saying the truth about the life-threatening disease
to the family members of the patient restore the autonomy and empower patients to receive
comforting care. Hence, it is first crucial ethical rules used by nurses. In the clinical setting, I
complied with the ethical principle veracity by providing patient education.
Confidentiality:
Confidentiality is considered as the fundamental ethical principle in health care that
promote the basic rights of the patients by protecting the personal information of the patients and
respecting the dignity of the patient. Confidentiality allows health care professionals to build
trust in the patient and professional relation by limiting the sharing of the sensitive information
of the patients to the third party (Hoskins, Grady & Ulrich, 2018). One such example of
confidentiality is limiting the sharing the information like a communicable disease of the patients
without the informed consent of the patients. It further prevents the patient from experiencing
stigma and discrimination. In the clinical setting, I complied with ethical principle confidentiality