In this case, a resident called for Glenda Adams (patient) to be resuscitated and the resuscitation was successful. However, Ms. Adams did not want to be resuscitated and so she is now very angry with the medical staff and refuses any further treatment. She has stated to the resident that she wanted to see her grand daughter born and wanted to see the Grand Canyon before she died. The resident just wanted to help her meet those goals. However, there could have been a couple ways for the resident to find out what Ms. Adams wanted. The resident should have got a nurse or some other healthcare provider in the facility to check if Ms. Adam’s has a living will, which states instructions on: The use of dialysis and breathing machines, if you want to be resuscitated if your breathing or heartbeat stops, tube feeding, and…show more content… Like I mentioned before, the resident should have checked Ms. Adams code status whether or not to resuscitate her. If her code status said DNR, then the resident was completely in the wrong. If he checked and it said to resuscitate her, then he wasn’t in the wrong. Or, if there wasn’t any information in her chart about it, then it was morally and ethically right for the resident to resuscitate Ms. Adams. It is the healthcare providers job to help patients and to think of what is best for them, and so that is what they were doing. To be virtuous means to show or have high moral standards. It makes a lot of sense to me as to why the resident believed he was being a virtuous person. Ms. Adams had told the resident she wanted to be able to see her grand daughter born and to see the Grand Canyon before she died. The resident felt that since she stated this that he was being a good person by giving her a chance to meet these goals. He gave her six more months to live, and she was very angry with him, but he thought she would want this and be happy about
