Nurses face many ethical issues on a daily basis. Consider the following scenario:Your unit has team nursing. As luck would have it you and your best friend Jill are paired as a team this shift.
Jill is a new nurse so you feel this is a great
opportunity to take her under your wing a bit and show her the ropes. It is a busy shift and you administered Mr. Smith his insulin dose based on the sliding scale
before lunch. You chart your medication administration and continuing caring for your patients. An hour later Jill comes to you terrified because she forgot to chart
the insulin she gave Mr. Smith and realized that you also gave the medication. She rushed to take his blood sugar and it was 115. Mr. Smith felt fine and was eating a
candy bar his family had snuck in for him. No harm done in fact he probably needed the extra insulin to compensate for the candy bar he wasnt supposed to have Jill
explained. Jill begs you not to report this since she is still on probation. She says that she has learned her lesson and since nothing bad happened why does anyone
need to know?
What would you do in this situation? Apply ethical principles to explain the rationale for your decision making process.
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