Questions – Answer all of the following questions:
1. Take a position on the ethical dilemma you have selected from the list provided above. Provide the reasons, ethical principles and values and laws that support your position. Describe why the position you take makes sense and has evidence to support it other than your feelings, personal preference, your opinion or what you were brought up to believe.
2. How could your emotional response affect your nursing care?
3. If you feel a patient, the family, or other health care providers are making an unwise decision, what are some ways you can address this? Is addressing it ever appropriate?
4. How might you have approached this situation 5 years ago? What has changed for you and why has this change happened?
5. If you were to encounter this issue/situation in your practice, do you feel comfortable dealing with it? If not, what do you think might make it more comfortable for you?