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Decision Making And Confidentiality

¶ … Ethical Decision Nursing professionals have to make routine decisions bearing ethical principles and regulations in mind. Proper decision-making necessitates a grasp of the interface between nursing, laws, and ethics (Furlong, 2007, p. 29). But nursing professionals across the world face increasing difficulty when attempting to work with integrity amid the complicated ethical decisions and pressure they encounter. "Notes on Nursing" by Florence Nightingale describes the ethical obligations of communication, confidentiality, and the importance of fulfilling patient requirements (Ulrich et al., 2010)

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Karen, a nurse practitioner (NP) fresh out of college, working in a little town, is visited by a first-time expectant mother (previous menstrual period -- 5 weeks ago), Susan Ruttley, aged 29 years. Karen wishes to begin prenatal care for the patient, who, although married, visits alone and claims she hasn't informed her husband of her condition, as he wished to postpone starting a

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analysis of previous cases having identical competing claims. Tarasoff v. California University Regents is a famous case involving confidentiality against an obligation to warn. Here, the…

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Corbin, J. R. (2007). Confidentiality & the Duty to Warn: Ethical and Legal Implications for the Therapeutic Relationship. The New Social Worker, 14(4). Retrieved 5 September 2016 from http://www.socialworker.com/feature-articles/ethics-articles/Confidentiality_%26_the_Duty_to_Warn%3A_Ethical_and_Legal_Implications_for_the_Therapeutic_Relationship/

Furlong, E. (2007). Right or Wrong: Legal and Ethical Issues and Decision-Making. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Retrieved 5 September 2016 from http://www.jblearning.com/samples/0763744352/44352_ch03_pass1.pdf

Kaplan, C. (2016). Ethical Dilemmas. Advance Healthcare Network for NPs & PAs. Retrieved 5 September 2016 from http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/article/ethical-dilemmas-2.aspx

Ulrich, C. M., Taylor, C., Soeken, K., O'Donnell, P., Farrar, A., Danis, M. & Grady, C. (2010). Everyday Ethics: Ethical Issues and Stress in Nursing practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(11), doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05425.x. Retrieved 5 September 2016 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3865804/
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