Module 01 Discussion – Professional Ethics: What Would You Do?

Today’s health care environment gives nurses many reasons to beconflicted. Genetic testing, abortion, and end of life care are justsome of the areas in which nurses may face ethical dilemmas. Considerhow you feel about the following issues:

• Respecting the wishes of a suffering client that he is permitted to die with dignity,
• Respecting the health surrogate’s wishes regarding termination of life support,
• Or even observing another nurse take two tablets of oxycodone as ordered but keeping one for herself.