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TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction .......................................................................................................................3The nature of morale dilemmas ........................................................................................3Evaluate the strengths and limitations of a range of moral theories ...............................5influence of one’s moral values and beliefs on healthcare practice..................................6Critically analyse the value of moral decision-making tools in relation to their practicalapplication..........................................................................................................................8Conclusion ........................................................................................................................9References.......................................................................................................................102
INTRODUCTION In the present scenario, morale dilemmas plays very important role in growth anddevelopment of an individual. In simpler terms, it is defined as a situation in which individualsmakes morally right decision and it results in wrong outcomes. On the other side, it can bestated that sometimes people makes decision which are morally wrong and it produces the mostfavourable outcomes (Zuzelo, 2007). Furthermore, it can be better understood by example ofShipwreck in which the captain of ship experienced a situation where he was required to makedecision regrading whether he should throw weak passenger or should let the all the peopledrown. The present research depicts the nature of morale dilemmas along with the strengthsand limitations of different moral theories.THE NATURE OF MORALE DILEMMAS In the modern era, professional accountability and litigations in healthcare organizationsare increasing with a very good pace. This means that it has become very common for nursesto encounter a situations in which they face legal and ethical conflicts at the time of providingcare to patients. Further, Nurse can be termed as the one of the most important member ofhealthcare organizations. The rationale behind this is that they are the one which comes indirect contact with the patients (Hamric and Blackhall, 2007). During situations of moraleconflicts, it becomes almost impossible to react in effective manner. Morale dilemmas are thedefined as an argument or conflict which results in opponent between two or more choices oralternatives. It can be stated that sometimes nurses are not able to determine the difference betweenright and wrong because of their personal convictions and professional duties. This can beunderstood by example that there is a nurse who has been asked to terminate pregnancy byhealth care organization. Such situations result in conflict between professional duties andperson convictions of a nurse. It can be expressed that in such situation morale dilemmas playsa very crucial role in providing guidance to nurse in terms of how she/he is required to react. Asper the view of, Cohen, and Erickson, (2006) the job and role played by nurse can beconsidered as one of the most crucial one in healthcare organization. This is because at thetime of dealing with patients, nurse are required to act according to situations and instructionsprovided by their employer. This means that they need to completely neglect their personal norms and values. Theresults of this is that quality of care provided by nurse is affected in negative sense. Along with3
this, it also leads to increase in the level of frustration, anger and sadness among them.Nowadays, the operations and activities of healthcare has become very complex because ofenhancement in technology of medical (Schluter and et.al. 2008). Further, laws and legislationsrelated to nursing practises has also become very complex. In such situations, morale dilemmasare important as they result in providing support and guidelines to nurses in terms of how theycan carry out their practises and duties in the best possible manner. However, Sporrong,Höglund and Arnetz, 2006) has argued that irrespective of location and nature of organization,nurses face morale dilemmas which has a direct of impact on nurse as well as to their patients(Sporrong, Höglund and Arnetz, 2006). People are not able to determine what is right and whatis wrong and this results in creating high level of confusion. Sometimes, nurses needs to dealwith highly critical situations where they are required to demonstrate their effectiveness andquality of care. They need to make sure that they can save life of people by making the best utilizationof the available resources. Morale dilemmas are also linked with situations when nurses arerequired to make choices between control and freedom (Esterhuizen, 2006). This can bejustified by an example when a nurse encounter a situation in which the patient is required toconsume a lot of fruits and juices in order to overcome weakness but he refused to do thesame. Now the dilemma here is that the nurse is not able to decide whether he/she shouldprovide freedom to patient or to take control over the same. It can be also expressed that thenurse also get confused to defining whether he/she has authority or right to force the patient ornot. Kain, (2007) has explained that as per the nature of morale dilemmas, people or individualsare required to make choices between two or more available alternatives (Kain, 2007). Another example of morale dilemmas is that without signing or providing any kind ofacceptances, nurses are bound with confidentiality because of their profession. Furthermore, itcan be stated that irrespective of whatever the situation is, the profession of nurse do not allowhim/ her to disclose confidential information or the existing condition of clients (patients) toperson which are not associated with the same (Virtue ethics: an approach to moral dilemmasin nursing, 2005). The concept of morale dilemmas revolve around the situation wheresometimes nurses do not go beyond their professional obligations at the time of providing careservices. On the other hand, the dilemmas are also associated with situations in which theirmorale belief allows them to provide care to patients by breaking all obligations. 4
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