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Nursing Assignment Patient Care

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Nursing Assignment Patient Care

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PATIENT CARE2One of the most fundamental human rights and moral obligation is human dignity. Allhuman beings deserve a dignified life. This is something that has been emphasized over and overin the nursing profession. Nevertheless, there are still other issues that still need to be addressed.The nature of the patient’s human dignity is still a challenge within the clinical setting [ CITATIONJou17 \l 1033 ]. One of the most striking issues in the nursing profession has to do with patientcare. How patients are taken care of is very important. The rights need to be observed eventhough they may be helpless as patients. The main issue in this area has been a violation ofpatients' rights. This violation of the health care has more to do with how patients are treated.Issues to do with disrespect towards patients have been rampant. This has been a serious factorthat has contributed to the lowering the dignity of the patients within the society. Patients’ rightshave been heavily violated [ CITATION Rut15 \l 1033 ]. If patients’ rights can properly beaddressed, then this will help in bringing a common good both for the nurses as well as for thepatients and above all the society at large. Patient’s care deserves more attention. This calls for efficiency, competence, andmorality on the part of the nurses. Nurses must be morally upright persons if they are to serveproperly in bringing the common good to the entire society[ CITATION Wes15 \l 1033 ]. It is aserious human rights issue. Human dignity is pegged on this aspect and as such, it is a seriousissue. Human dignity is often seen to be trampled upon going by the manner in which patientcare is approached and handled in various sectors within this profession. A violation of patient'sright is widespread as it includes up to civil and political rights of the patients in various sectorsof the healthcare system. In order to address these abuses that undermine human dignity, it is important that aframework is put in place to monitor, to document and to analyze these abuses within the setting
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