Addressing Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing Practice

Applying ethical principles

Nena Brock

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Addressing Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing Practice

The number of major ethical dilemmas faced by nurses in practice nowadays is plenty. This is prominent when it comes to dealing with patients who are at the end-of-life stage. The case study discussed here discusses an ethical dilemma faced by a nursing staff who was treating Mr. John, an end-stage aggressive prostate cancer patient who is years old from Australia. The patient expressed his suicidal thoughts to the nurse and requested the nurse not inform his family at any cost. The ethical dilemma identified here is whether the nurse should inform the rest of the healthcare team and his family regarding his suicidal thoughts without his…