My Experience at Nursing Home Where I Displayed Moral/Ethical Value

My Experience at Nursing Home Where I Displayed Moral/Ethical Value
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My Experience at Nursing Home Where I Displayed Moral/Ethical Value
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Working in a nursing home has exposed a person to situations in which ethical or moral values had to be displayed. In particular, the incident happened at work when a resident refused to eat and take medication, saying that she wanted to die. The other two nurses were there and witnessed the patient pushing the food and medications away.
At that moment, as a nurse who understood the patient well, an individual demanded the food and medication be taken away. Other caregivers insisted that the resident should eat and take her medications. Besides, nurses are expected to behave professionally and ethically by treating all patients equally regardless of their gender, cognitive, race, gender, and physical ability (Wright, Jaggard, & Holahan, 2019). The principles of non-maleficence and beneficence should always hold. The outcome of the situation was to convince my patient of the significance of eating and taking medications.
Feelings
Before the incident happened, one was motivated to take care of all patients. Notably, working in a nursing home has enabled an individual to know how to handle all kinds of patients, including those in their last stages of life (Thompson & McClement, 2019). When the situation occurred, a person felt bad, but it was my duty to take care of my patient. Other nurses present pitied me since they knew that one had to ensure that the patient ate and took her medications.
After the situation, an individual was tired of taking more time to convince the patient to eat and take her medicines. In reality, I think nurses play significant roles, and what I did for my patient was the best thing for her. My colleagues perceive such situations as learning moments on how to handle different patients.
Evaluation
The positive thing about the situation is that it further gave me the confidence to handle patients in the nursing home who are willing to die. However, the negative thing about it is that an individual sometimes feels bad for not having a proper relationship with the patient (Schweighart et al., 2022). The situation went well since my patient accepted to eat and take her medications in the end.
The thing that did not go well was the perception that others had of me when the incident occurred. Specifically, person-centered communication played a significant role in helping me to respond to my patient’s needs, preferences, and feelings (Williams et al., 2018). That is why...