Topic 2: Legal and Ethical Issues
Consider a situation from your previous clinical experience that involves a legal and/or ethical issue described in your assigned readings. Provide a brief synopsis of the situation and answer the following questions. (Note: Please ensure patient privacy by only using patient initials.)
What legal or ethical issue was involved in this scenario?
How was your role as the nurse influenced? (Consider the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics)
How was this dilemma resolved?
How was care of the patient impacted?
1. The legal and ethical issue observed is about the consent form,the consent form is concluded as a permission granted and and informed consent for the treatment to be legal.in thise scenario the parents of a 15 year old child are not informed about the care and counselling to be given for patient.
2.The nurse role is to act as a patient advocate and ensure that the patients receive quality care by explaining medical and nursing procedures.The patients and their family members ahould be informed about the medical and nursing treatments planned for them.
3.As the patient is minor,the staff should inform about the treatment given to the patients parents,recall of the situation can be done and rectified by again explaining to them in detail and not to forget to the signatures of parents on the consent forms.
4.Care of the patient will not be affected much in this process.
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