Ethical Dilemma Paper

Workplace dilemmas and issues occur frequently ranges from a simple disagreement to complicated issues. Most of healthcare professionals have encounter ethical dilemmas during their practice. Ethical dilemmas affect almost every individual regardless of their class or status in the society. In the clinical setting, an ethical dilemma such family member insisting on CPR patient who have DNR orders but has not be signed, because the patient can no longer speak for themselves and his family is now in charge. I have a patient who is 90 years, this patient was a cancer patient. When this patient finally stop breathing the daughter insisted that I should do CPR or she will sue the facility. The Uustal’s decision making model can be applied by encompassing …show more content…
In case I believed in respect for individual patient even though the patient is now a vegetable, his wish should be respected. Step three, “take into consideration factors that relate to the situation and generate alternative for resolving the dilemma” The factor is that the daughter loved her father very much and want him to live longer. The daughter will be made to understand to respect her father wish, and doing CPR on him will cause more harm than good. The fourth step, “examine and categorize the alternatives. Identify those that are consistent and inconsistent with your personal values” I believe that when an individual is very old and sick with terminal disease, that individual should be allow to die a peaceful death instead of suffering him/her with life support or doing CPR. Step five, “predict all possible outcomes for those acceptable alternatives. The outcome I predict is that the daughter will respect the wish of her father and let him die comfortably. The sixth step, “prioritize acceptable alternative” Educating the daughter to respect wish of her dying father. The seventh step, “develop a plan of action utilizing the list of acceptable alternatives. Determine what you are going to do about this dilemma” I will get this to the attention of the ethical committee in the facility including family members. In step eight, “Implement the plan”. Step nine, “evaluate the action taken” I feel so sad

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