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imanialler

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A public health nurse is examining several issues within daily practice. Which of the following issues would be considered an ethical dilemma?
 
  a. Whether or not to establish a community health center in a rural area
  b. Allocating resources in a natural disaster
  c. Deciding to withdraw care on a hospice patient
  d. Applying the principles of Florence Nightingale in Bangladesh

Question 2

A nurse who was working in the 1960s used the code of ethics to guide making an ethical deci-sion. Which code of ethics would have been used?
 
  a. Nightingale Pledge
  b. Code for Professional Nurses
  c. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpre-tive Statements
  d. International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics for Nurses


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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
When resources are scarce, a dilemma may exist as to how to allocate them. Considering estab-lishing a community health center may be a dilemma, but it probably does not involve ethics. Withdrawing care from a hospice patient would most likely not be an issue encountered by a public health nurse, as this represents community health nursing practice, not public health nurs-ing practice. Applying the principles of Florence Nightingale would not be ethical issue.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Florence Nightingale lived in the 1800s. The Code for Professional Nurses was adopted in 1950, the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements was adopted in 2001, and the ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses was adopted in 2000.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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