Ethical Dilemma

Type: Assignments

Subject: Ethics and Law

Subject area: Nursing

Education Level: Undergraduate/College

Length: 1 pages

Referencing style: APA

Preferred English: US English

Spacing Option: Double

Instructions: a terminally ill, nursing home resident in his late 80s, suffered weight loss, increased tissue load, and wound deterioration related to inadequate staffing, lack of staff education, insufficient help with meals, infrequent or improper skin assessment, overall poor care planning and absent palliative care services. the patient, family and staff expressed wishes went unheard. patient dignity and hope was lost during the last 40 days of his life. many organizational and clinical deficits led to stage iv pressure ulcer progression, leaving the resident in unrelieved pain, with an exposed coccyx upon his eventual death. 1. what are some ethical dilemmas noted in this case? 2. what ana code of ethics statements come to mind? 3. what did staff do well or poorly? 4. how would you respond?

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