Video on ethics

I have been looking for videos related to ethics. This video dated from 2010 states something I tell my students regarding the trust that the population has for the nursing profession. It is something we would want to protect. The Gallop pole indicating that nursing is considered an honest and ethical profession is of great value.

How we are affected at work

Often when we talk about ethics we are talking about the activity surrounding a patient. The following thoughts eventaully impact a patinet but start with the staff. Floating a nurse, it is a means to a staffing need for the institution but it is not often favored by the staff member. I have been present when staff have refused a float assignment and they feel justified. The agency feels justified in requesting the nurse to fill a need elsewhere in the organization.
In one case the nurse claims she was told to go to the float, find someone else or go home. She went home and later was disciplined as her supervisor said the last was never an option. The nurse had complained that she was not quailifed to go the the area in question and would endanger the patients and her license. The organization did have a policy in place requiring nurses to float. For not following policy she was terminated.
She sued and the board upheld the hospital rule even in the face of her concern for patinet safety. She again sued through public policy protecting patients and a jury found in her favor as she was not offered additional education in the area she was to be sent to.
In this case the state board of nursing did not support the nurse but public law did.
This case is mentioned because as nurses we may be asked to step into an area we are not experts in, the decision to persue an ethical course can be involved, costly and may not turn out the way we believe to be correct. Etichal issues are determined by people applying principles of right and wrong through their own perceptions and morals.
                                                                 Reference

Westrick, S.J. & Dempski, K.,(2009). Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics, Sudbury, MA. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Ethics and Media

When I was a girl the television had three channels and went off at midnight. When major events occurred the only show was the news. Couples had seperate beds and children listened to their parents. I am not sure how much I learned from televsion but this generation gets so many imputs. The internet, tweets, facebook, television, music and then life all have impact. I see movies offering ethical issues and some solutions involve breaking rules.
It is noted that ethics are ethics and should not harm another, should not embarass you if published in a prominent newspaper, should be transparent (something you would admit to), and should be what you believe in (Chen, 2009).

Chen, G. M. (2009). A journalist’s guide to the ethics of social media. Retrieved from http://savethemedia.com/2009/10/19/a-journalists-guide-to-the-ethics-of-social-media/

Avatar

I attempted to post an avatar but I have a title and nothing to look at.
I cannot seem to get it to load here but I do have the link. I would love to know what others have done.
I selected publish and blogger and filled in the form but it stated failed.

http://www.voki.com/mywebsite.php

As I consider avatars it is a method of communicating audio and some form or representation of self to others. I wonder if the representation affects preception of validity of conversation?

I went searching for a video on ethics that I might embed here. This is one of a series but it speaks to how complicated ethics are and what we seem to want in the difficult area. This links to other discussions she has about ethics and types. What made this one interesting is that we want to do the "right" thing for our patients and we do but ethics are not an issue when they are not colliding.

Additional Thoughts on Ethics

Additional Thoughts on Ethics

Additional Thoughts on Ethics
Ethics are different for different people; a way of determining right and wrong. Morals are a specific beliefs or behaviors. Morals impact an individuals ethics. There are types of ethics including those considered normal by society and those assessed by scientific inquiry. Western ethics are influenced by virtue ethics; what kind of person one wants to be.
The first day of class we discuss "work ethics" which focus on items influenced by western ethics. Words reviewed are accountability, punctualily, honesty, good communicator, professional, neat, even tempered and many others.
We need to consider interactions with patients who may have alternate ethical considerations. We also need to consider our own ethics when others do not match.

                                                       References

Butts, J. B., & Rich, K. L. (2008). Nursing ethics: Across the curriculum and into practice (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Additional Thoughts on Ethics

Additional Thoughts on Ethics
Ethics are different for different people; a way of determining right and wrong. Morals are a specific beliefs or behaviors. Morals impact an individuals ethics. There are types of ethics including those considered normal by society and those assessed by scientific inquiry. Western ethics are influenced by virtue ethics; what kind of person one wants to be.
The first day of class we discuss "work ethics" which focus on items influenced by western ethics. Words reviewed are accountability, punctualily, honesty, good communicator, professional, neat, even tempered and many others.
We need to consider interactions with patients who may have alternate ethical considerations. We also need to consider our own ethics when others do not match.

                                                       References

Butts, J. B., & Rich, K. L. (2008). Nursing ethics: Across the curriculum and into practice (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.