Values and Ethics in Social Care and Health Sector

Running head: values and ethics in social care and health sector
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VALUES AND ETHICS IN SOCIAL CARE AND HEALTH
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Running head: values and ethics in social care and health sector
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Task 1: Core ethics and values in the nursing home care units.............................................3
Task 2: Discussion of the factors that influenced those individuals’ personal values and
ethics......................................................................................................................................5
Task 3: Recommendations.....................................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

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Running head: values and ethics in social care and health sector
Introduction
The healthcare units often follow distinct values as well as ethics, in order to cater the
patients’ needs. For instance, the setting chosen for this paper is of a nursing home. As per
the team meetings, several issues have been pinpointed by the members. Firstly, a staff
member refused to work and clean in a gay man’s room, due to his religious belief system.
Secondly, an elderly patient oftentimes abuses the Asian and Black staff members of the
nursing home. However, it can be understood how he was influenced by the discrimination
and racism, during the eras of the 1980s and 1950s. Even a manager belonging to the head
office complained about the unhygienic environment of the nursing home. It was also
overheard that the two co-workers of the nursing home were arguing whether the dementia
patients should be left alone or cared for seriously. Ultimately, they will die because of their
disease. Thus, it is better to save money instead of wasting it on them.
Discussion
Task 1: Core ethics and values in the nursing home care units
There are a handful of values, which the nursing home’s staffs must learn, vividly. The staffs
should know how to remain empathetic towards their clients. Empathy is the ability of a
nurse to be sensitive and understanding towards a patient’s mental and physical well-being.
At times, the patients’ family members may have to be faced by these staffs, as well. Another
important aspect is communication. Both the patient and nurses or nursing-homes’ staff
members should interact with one another, continuously (Holloway and Galvin, 2016). The
staff members must be thoughtful about their learnings so that they can utilise the same. For
instance, the nurses provide information which is complete and accurate in nature. However,
this thought is extracted from the fact that they consider the patients’ rights to make informed
decisions. Thirdly, it is critical thinking that the nurses must be considered every single time