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ethical principle Reply 1 to Rylee:

Hello Class & Professor Urmala,

For this week’s discussion we were asked to discuss our views on ethical principles when it comes providing patient care and facility outcomes. Ethical values are essential in healthcare and provide universal rules of conduct for healthcare workers when it comes to actions, intentions, motives and values. Each person has their own set of personal ethics and morals, however, ethics within healthcare are extremely important because medical professionals must recognize healthcare dilemmas, make good judgements and decisions based on their values while staying within in laws that govern them. To practice competently with integrity, all healthcare professionals must have regulation and guidance (Haddad, 2020).

Can a facility have excellent outcomes if it operates outside of ethical principles.Short answer is no, I do not believe a facility can facilitate excellent outcomes if operating outside of ethical principles. Having an ethical facility and medical staff is more important than making money or seeing as many patients as possible. There is not concrete ethical reason I can think that would allow a facility to operate unethically. Medical ethics are put in place to protect the patients, privacy, allow for good communication, ethical decision making, ethical standards, trust, and accountability.

Is operating outside ethical principles sometimes necessary in providing patient care?No, I do not believe that operating outside ethical principles when providing care is necessary, however, I am aware that some doctors my make unethical decisions due to the conflict that arises when ethics and personal views collide. Physicians personal values should not sway their decisions around patient care. Conscience and religious beliefs should not automatically overrule patients’ ethical needs. Patients’ needs should come before doctor’s principles and caregivers are expected to set their beliefs aside and focus on the interestof the patient and if a medical professional cannot bring themselves to ethically treat a patient then another professional who will, mustbe found. Although operating outside ethical principles is not necessary, it does not mean that complications and dilemmas do not arise. However, when faced with an ethical dilemma it is still important to choose a resolution that is most ethically sound. Healthcare and patient care is not black and white, and there is no absolutism in healthcare. Patient safety is closely related to the concept of human dignity and all patient safety measures taken must insure the protection of human’s dignity (Kadivar et al., 2017).

References:

Haddad, L. (2020, September 01). Nursing Ethical Considerations. Retrieved October 20, 2020, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526054/

Kadivar, M., Manookian, A., Asghari, F., Niknafs, N., Okazi, A., & Zarvani, A. (2017, December 30). Ethical and legal aspects of patient’s safety: A clinical case report. Retrieved October 20, 2020, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC61509…

ethical principle Reply to Teacher( she posed this question to my post):

you mentioned: The healthcare provider can operate outside the ethical principle and still have excellent outcomes. Patients are treated according to their will, and their decision is final. In such a dilemma, a healthcare provider should respect the patient’s decision and appreciate patients’ ability to learn about their healthcare.

Can you provide an example this statement or situation?

Thank you,

Professor U