Question

1. The nurse is completing the pre-operative checklist. Mrs. Jones asks whether she will be awake during her surgery. What is the next step for this nurse?

2. What is nursing’s role in death and dying?

3. If a patient works with a nurse to formulate his/her plan of care, which ethical principle has been upheld?

4. What is the strength of using virtue ethics theory in ethical decision making?

5. A nurse was not happy with the outcome of a moral dilemma she witnessed and worries constantly about the consequences for the patient. What may the nurse be experiencing?

Answer 1

1. When Mrs. Johnes asks whether she will be awake during her surgery ,the nurse should make her understand that surgery is done under anesthesia so, she be won't be awake during the surgery . Also ask the physician to make her understand once again about the whole procedure before consent is taken from her for the procedure.

2. Nurses role in death and dying are :-

The role of the nurse during the active dying phase is to support the patient and family by educating them on what they might expect to happen during this time, addressing their questions and concerns honestly, being an active listener, and providing emotional support and guidance.

End-of-life nursing encompasses many aspects of care: pain and symptom management, culturally sensitive practices, assisting patients and their families through the death and dying process, and ethical decision making.

3. If a patient works with a nurse to formulate his/her plan of care, the ethical principles upheld is autonomy ( decision making )

4. Strength of using virtue ethics theory in ethical decision making is it deals with a person's virtues and how he or she uses them in making the lives of other people better. If a person has virtues, he or she can act morally and will be able to treat others with respect, compassion and love.