Question

what is professionalism, Identity, and Advocacy, morality, Deontoogy, Ethical Dilemma, Ethical Distress? Include examples of each. The answers must be in a nursing context.

Answer 1

Answer: Professionalism is confined to the better skills, knowledge, ability to perform the work according to the profession at the workplace. For example: Nursing is a profession while behaving and acting, taking actions and implementing them for the betterment of the patient and healthcare organization is professionalism.

Identity: Identity can be defined as the who the person is and the legal identity that can be identified by the people.For example: Our name is our identity.

Advocacy: It is a particular determination to the people for any kind of policies or the transformation that is required by the people. For example, In the healthcare setting, the nurse advocate provide information to the patients regarding the healthcare policies that can be beneficial for them.

Morality: Morality is consist of moral rules and principles which is correct for ourselves as well as for others. For example, helping the blind person to cross the road is morally correct.

Deontology: It is a kind of study of duties and obligations the person have. For example, not stealing others belongings.

Ethical dilemma: It is a situation where the person gets confused to perform the task as might be it ethically correct or not. For example, when the patient wants to end his life, the nurse gets into ethical dilemma that should be done or not.

Ethical distress: it is a condition where things are ethically correct but the rules and regulations of the organization doesn't allow the nurse or person to do that.