Question

Choose one of this and discuss, also provide ethical provision you believe would address the issue and remember your citation.

Dilemma #1: The student nurse is completing the preceptorship at the local hospital and cares for a young adult patient for the three nights she and her preceptor are on duty. On the last night for the week, while she is talking to the patient about a planned discharge, the patient asks the student to be friends on face book. What should the student nurse do?

Dilemma #2: A group of senior students have been attending nursing school together since the beginning and are friends with one another on social media. After a particularly tough day at clinical, one of the students begins to rant about the instructor, the clinical site, and the dreadful patient assignment the student had. The student even names the nurse assigned to the patient and the name of the hospital. What should the fellow students do who are classmates and on this social media site with this student?

Answer 1

Solution :

Dilemma 1 :

The nursing student has a dilemma of whether to be friend on Facebook with patient. This explains about therapeutic impasses. Having personal or social relationship with patient come under boundary violation. To overcome this the student nurse must have a knowledge of the impasses and recognize behavior that indicates their existence. Student nurse must examine their strength, weakness, prejudice, and value before they can interact more appropriately with patient. Student nurse must be open and clear about their genuine reaction when patient misperceive behavior. And the nurse is obliged to practice within the framework of ethical, professional and legal boundaries. The nurse state action that they cannot take to meet patient need.