Nursing Model And Ethical Concerns

Ethical Concerns Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date Submitted: Nursing ethics There are several nursing ethics and principles that have been adopted by the nursing council so as to guide the nurses I their profession. According to (Rees and etl,2015),this is very important owing to the fact that they need to act with a lot of competence and professionalism in delivering the services to patient’s .These ethical frameworks are essential and need to be observed so as to control the unwarranted behavior from nurses in their practice. Some of these ethical principles for nursing council include confidentiality, autonomy, justice, non- maleficence and beneficence (Curtis and et al., 2012). In the case of Alison and his patient, she went against the ethical principles of the nursing council. Even if Alison had sought for consent to take pictures from the patient, she did not explain to the patient the real use of the photographs she intended to take. According to Casey and Wallis (2011) instead of taking photos from the patient for the purpose of the memory of the past experiences she went ahead to post in face book and further discussing the condition of the patient to the public in complete violation of the ethical principles. According to Snelling (2013), Alison went against the ethical principle of justice, beneficence and confidentiality and privacy in this scenario. Justice- According to Bradbury-Jones and Alcock (2010) the patient need to get treated fairly and equitably from nurses who attend then at all times, Alison had just gone against the provisions of the nursing council by sharing the photos and the condition of the patient under treatment without the permission of the patient. The patient needed to be treated in the same way as the nurse would have needed to be treated in the normal circumstances. It is no justice when the photos of the patient were shared without consent, something that may lead to the ridicule and stigmatization of the patient (Ion et al., 2015). Beneficence- According to Leufer and Cleary-Hold forth (2013), this is the nursing ethic that creates a provision that the nurses would act in the best interest of patients and ensure that they are benefiting from the services. In the scenario of Alison, he went against the principle requirement when he took pictures of the patient and shared with the public without the consent of the patient (Snelling, 2016). This principle requires that the nurse should act diligently and help patients and protects their rights and get them away from getting harmed something that Alison did not do but instead did the opposite. The nurse should at the same time ensure that the patient has been helped to do what he cannot manage (Gillen & Graffin, 2010). Confidentiality and privacy- According to Gerrish and Lacey (2010), confidentiality and privacy was violated on the patient because the medical record of any patient need to be highly private and confidential .Exposing it to the general public is a violation of the ethical principles that has been put in place by nursing council. Therefore Alison went against the provisions and ethics of nursing by sharing photographs and health condition of a patient the face book account (Darby& Cardwell, 2011). The...