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The question of nursing ethic is one of the most important when we reflect on the role of this profession in our lives. The behavior of nurses, their observance of professional and moral principles, and the display of their ethics in practice has an obvious influence on other people’s lives. Any nurse regardless of area of practice can face various ethical dilemmas every day. In this essay I would like to show why I decided to dedicate myself to this profession, and share my opinion on why it is necessary for me to have a clear understanding of ...

Many nurses are placed in situations where their moral beliefs are in total or partial conflict with the policy of the facility that employs them. One such situation arose when a young woman received head trauma resulting in cessation of significant brain activity. She did not leave advance directives and her family’s religion prevented discontinuation of life support. All health care professionals involved agreed that there was no hope for recovery and did not want to be forced to attempt revival measures in the case of cardiac arrest. Meetings with the staff, religious consult, the family, and hospital ...

Vaccination is the process by which the immunity of an individual is stimulated to develop protection against pathogens by the use of antigens called vaccines. Vaccination has been in use for a long period and has seen prevention and reduction of communicable and infectious diseases. The use of vaccines to prevent diseases was commonly used in children aged between 0 and 6 years; however, after scientific developments and discoveries it gained traction among adults (Habakus & Holland 2011). To protect the weak, elderly and the immune compromised individuals versus an individual’s right to say no to a vaccine is ...