ou are assigned to one of the clinics at the hospital where you are assigned. A 45-year-old man has been coming to the clinic for several years, for the treatment and support of his acquired immunodeficiency disease (AIDS). He has lost his long-term companion recently, to AIDS. Now he has no social support since his parents died years ago. His health status has been deteriorating- failing vision, difficulty in maintaining nutritional health status, and has been hospitalized for pneumonia, thrice in the last three months. You have been asked to assist him in planning his suicide. You became attached to him, over the years of his visits and he has become like a family to you. You know him 'intimately', an excellent nurse-patient relationship, beyond a therapeutic relationship. Instruction: Discuss your response to his request. Start by doing a values clarification or your feelings about suicide. Include: Who gets AIDS and why? As you respond, keep in mind the ethical principles of fidelity, autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence. Since each principle plays an important role in this example, identify each and show personal responses to the role each plays in this exercise. For the sake of this exercise, be reminded that it is illegal for you to prescribe medications. What are your possible courses of action and the likely legal implications?
You are assigned to one of the clinics at the hospital where you are assigned. A 45-year-old man has been coming to the clinic for several years, for the treatment and support of his acquired immunodeficiency disease (AIDS). He has lost his long-term companion recently, to AIDS. Now he has no social support since his parents died years ago.
His health status has been deteriorating- failing vision, difficulty in maintaining nutritional health status, and has been hospitalized for pneumonia, thrice in the last three months. You have been asked to assist him in planning his suicide.
You became attached to him, over the years of his visits and he has become like a family to you. You know him 'intimately', an excellent nurse-patient relationship, beyond a therapeutic relationship.
Instruction:
Discuss your response to his request. Start by doing a values clarification or your feelings about suicide. Include:
- Who gets AIDS and why?
As you respond, keep in mind the ethical principles of fidelity, autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence. Since each principle plays an important role in this example, identify each and show personal responses to the role each plays in this exercise. For the sake of this exercise, be reminded that it is illegal for you to prescribe medications.
What are your possible courses of action and the likely legal implications?
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