Assignment on Ethical Guidelines

   

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Running head: ETHICAL GUIDELINESETHICAL GUIDELINESName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
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1ETHICAL GUIDELINESQuestion 1:After my colleague revealed the situation, the first concern that I had was the health of thepatient at that moment. Although, my colleague stated that the low dose of medication did notaffect him, I was concerned whether he would develop any health issues later. This is becausemany medications do not pose immediate side effects but may affect the patient later.Question 2:The ethical dilemma was that the patient’s health was at risk due to wrong medication of thedrug by the colleague who had thereby conducted an unsafe practicing. This had exposed thepatient’s life to risks. Therefore, this needs to be reported as a nursing professional should reportany unethical and unsafe practice (Kangasniemi, Pakkanen & Korhonen, 2015). On the otherhand, the colleague had trusted him and had told him about the mistake he had conducted. Hehad requested not to open it up to anyone. Therefore, he should also keep the faith of thecolleague by not disclosing it. This was the ethical dilemma as I could not understand whichoption I should go for.Question 3:In the scenario, the client’s cultural context is not known. However, cultural diversity can haveimplications in medication safety. In this scenario, the patient is taking medication as she has thehigh expectation that her health issues will be cured. However, due to nurse’s mistake, theeffectiveness of medication might have been hampered which might change client’s culturaevalues and beliefs towards medication safety. Therefore, nurse should have informed clientregarding her mistake to maintain their expectation towards health care system. The patient
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