To discuss:
How and why would the student nurse respond to this situation?
Case summary:
The nursing student is facing an ethical dilemma and her lack of confidence preventing her to act as a patient advocate, while caring for 44-year-old patient Mrs. S who is recently undergone extensive surgery for uterine cancer. The nursing student finds that nor does the patient or her family get explanations about the treatment. The surgeon who is attending the patient does not address her fears and fails to comfort her distress and give answers to the family’s questions.
Explanation of Solution
The nursing student must act as a patient’s advocate and try to confront the surgeon that it is important to explain about the treatment and also to address the patient’s anxiety.
To discuss:
The adequacy of the skills for professional practice and what that is tell about the student nurse?
Case summary:
The nursing student is facing an ethical dilemma and her lack of confidence preventing her to act as a patient advocate, while caring for 44-year-old patient Mrs. S who is recently undergone extensive surgery for uterine cancer. The nursing student finds that nor does the patient or her family get explanations about the treatment. The surgeon who is attending the patient does not address her fears and fails to comfort her distress and give answers to the family’s questions.
Explanation of Solution
The student nurse is still not an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) to become a nurse advocate, who can advocate patient’s right and demands on behalf of them. The nursing student needs to overcome her lack of confidence in communicating with her co-workers.
To discuss:
Explain how was the nursing student action ethical? And legal?
Case summary:
The nursing student is facing an ethical dilemma and her lack of confidence preventing her to act as a patient advocate, while caring for 44-year-old patient Mrs. S who is recently undergone extensive surgery for uterine cancer. The nursing student finds that nor does the patient or her family get explanations about the treatment. The surgeon who is attending the patient does not address her fears and fails to comfort her distress and give answers to the family’s questions.
Explanation of Solution
The nursing student saw that the patient’s anxiety and her family’s questions regarding the treatment are not addressed. The nursing student finds it has unethical and decided to act as a nurse advocate for the patient. The nursing student acts in an ethical and legal way of approaching the surgeon and confronting him that it is unethical to not answering the patient’s query.
To discuss:
The knowledge, skills, and attitudes do you need to develop to continuously improve quality and safety when caring for patients like Mrs. S?
Case summary:
The nursing student is facing an ethical dilemma and her lack of confidence preventing her to act as a patient advocate, while caring for 44-year-old patient Mrs. S who is recently undergone extensive surgery for uterine cancer. The nursing student finds that nor does the patient or her family get explanations about the treatment. The surgeon who is attending the patient does not address her fears and fails to comfort her distress and give answers to the family’s questions.
Explanation of Solution
- The nursing student must have ethical and legal issues that concerned with nursing ethics.
- The nursing student should have good communication skills to interact with the patient.
- The nursing student should have interpersonal skills to establish good relationship with her co-workers.
- The nursing student should have advocacy skills to advocate for her patients.
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