Health Care Ethics - Assignment PDF
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Running head: HEALTH CARE ETHICSHealth care ethicsName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
1HEALTH CARE ETHICSIntroduction: In the nursing profession, there are various ethical constraints that can represent itself andcan have a significant impact on the care delivery and the safety and wellbeing of the patient.Hence there is a multitude of different ethical standards and practice protocols that have beenincorporated with an emphasis on the different ethical principles to optimize the use of theethical practice in nursing care (Runciman, Merry & Walton, 2017). This essay discusses a casescenario with ethical issues that arose from the care practice by paramedics and health careprofessionals taking the assistance of case study of Jack and Sophie. The essay attempts toanalyze the ethical issues with respect to the professional code of ethics or conduct, principles ofhealth care ethics, human dignity and human rights along with future recommendations based onthe analysis of ethical issues.Identified ethical issues: The case study chosen for the assignment focuses on the case of two paramedics, Jackand Sophie who had been called to a home at 10 pm and on arrival to the house they heardshouting coming out from the house. The issue that was reported to the paramedics had been thatMilly the child of the house had sustained a fall, the paramedics found the subject on the floorcrying and clutching her arm. Upon examination, the paramedics discovered that Milly, the childcould have a humerus fracture and they informed the mother, Sandra that the child will need tobe transported to the hospital at the earliest. However, soon they encountered the partneremerging from inside the house being completely intoxicated, verbally abusing and restrictingthe child from being taken away to the hospital. However the paramedics still removed the childfrom the house and while taking her to the hospital they noticed evidence of physical abuse on
2HEALTH CARE ETHICSthe child and reported to Beth, the triage nurse in the healthcare facility. Later the agency nursewhile prescribing the medication to the child performs narcotic abuse with the prescribedmedication and offers the triage nurse to take half of the narcotic. There are various ethical issues that have been represented in the healthcare of the casesstudy. First and foremost, the paramedics have threatened the family by calling the police whenthe intoxicated partner had refused to let the child be taken away to the hospital. Although, it hasto be mentioned in this context that the paramedics had taken that step to ensure that the childcan get the health care that she needed yet the paramedics must have taken a compassionate andempathetic approach to the scenario rather than threatening the family with the police case(Competency Standards for Paramedics, 2018). Another very important ethical issue that can bementioned in this context is that the child Milly had clear signs of burn marks on her leg andabdomen which was discovered by the paramedic Sophie which she reported to the triage nurse,Beth. However, Beth did not confront with the mother of the child regarding the physical abuseof her two-year-old daughter and stated that she would report the issue to the doctor. This can beloosely considered as a breach of confidentiality as the nurse did not conform with the motherbefore disclosing the information to the other parties. Lastly, the most important ethical issuepresent in the case study which is also a great violation of the professional code of conduct andethics is the narcotic abuse intended by the agency nurse. It has to be mentioned in this contextthat mis-utilization of hospital resources by the staff is a huge violation of the professional codeof conduct for the nursing professionals. Along with that, it has to be mentioned that the agencynurse was not mindful of the pain that the patient had been under and instead of administeringthe medication at the earliest, she engaged in narcotic abuse with the triage nurse. This can be
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