Legal And Ethical Issues Of Nursing - 1993 Words

Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing NSG 4070 Week 5 Assignment 2 South University Clark, S. Introduction Judie has been a faithful employee for the past ten years of the hospital she is employed at. For several months, Judie has been experiencing feelings of frustration and dissatisfaction in her position as nurse manager. Her concerns are both for her professional career as well as how it directly impacts her personal life. Judie feels that the organization is demanding more of her time and consuming more of the time she could be spending with her two children. In addition, she feels that the organization has cut back on their budget for staffing and she feels this has affected patient care in a negative way. This†¦show more content†¦Her desire is to provide for them a loving and supportive home, while maintaining a long and valued career as a nurse at the hospital. She takes her role as a nurse and patient advocate very seriously. Judie is ethically driven to provide a safe and nurturing environment for both her children at home and her patients at work. Nurturing is an in nate characteristic that a parent and mother possess, and also a good nurse. Judie and I certainly share that value, and its reflected both in our feelings regarding our career and our parenting. Fidelity is a value that I hold steadfast to both as a mother and a nurse. We as nurses are called upon to care for individuals when they are ill and vulnerable, and our role is to promote beneficence. Conflicts Judie has been experiencing cut backs at work in regards to the hospitals budget, and these cuts have impacted the quality of patient care. She is feeling conflicted because she feels that she is unable to adequately fulfill her duty of nonmalficence. Budgets are a necessary part of running a successful company or business, however, if these budget cuts negatively impact a nurses ability to deliver adequate patient care than that poses an ethical dilemma for the nurse manager (Judie). According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in 1999, the nations healthcare system seems to be fractured, error prone, and harmful to the point that it jeopardizes patient safety. (Kizer Stegun, 2005) Recognizing this as