NSG 5000 Week 3 Discussion Ethical Dilemma
NSG 5000 Week 3 Discussion Ethical Dilemma
Faculty will lead the discussion by posting first.
After reviewing The Invisible Patients documentary,
define/describe in detail an ethical dilemma that was experienced by the NP.
Please note, there are several ethical issues, so there should be diversity in
the responses. Explain how you would
have handled the situation.
How is the NP in the documentary a Disruptive Innovator?
Discuss if there is a relationship between your personal
beliefs and values and this ethical dilemma/barrier.
Describe at least one mechanism to overcome the barrier
discussed.
Examine the potential cost and benefits to this barrier.
Remember there is no right or wrong answer for this ethical
question. Suggested reference Look at the Nuremburg Code (US Department of
Health & Human Services, 2005; Washington, 2012) as it was the major start
of ethics in research and that can carry over to nursing practice.
US Department of Health & Human Services. (2005). The
Nuremberg code.
Retrieved from
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/archive/nurcode.html
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In philosophy, ethical dilemmas, also called ethical paradoxes or moral dilemmas, are situations in which an agent stands under two (or more) conflicting moral requirements, none of which overrides the other. A closely related definition characterizes ethical dilemmas as situations in which every available choice is wrong. The term is also used in a wider sense in everyday language to refer to ethical conflicts that may be resolvable, to psychologically difficult choices or to other types of difficult ethical problems. This article is about ethical dilemmas in the strict philosophical sense, often referred to as genuine ethical dilemmas. Various examples have been proposed but there is disagreement as to whether these constitute genuine or merely apparent ethical dilemmas. The central debate around ethical dilemmas concerns the question of whether there are any.
Defenders often point to apparent examples while their opponents usually aim to show their existence contradicts very fundamental ethical principles. Ethical dilemmas come in various types. An important distinction concerns the difference between epistemic dilemmas, which give a possibly false impression to the agent of an unresolvable conflict, and actual or ontological dilemmas. There is broad agreement that there are epistemic dilemmas but the main interest in ethical dilemmas takes place on the ontological level. Traditionally, philosophers held that it is a requirement for good moral theories to be free from ethical dilemmas. But this assumption has been questioned in contemporary philosophy.