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Medical-Surgical Nursing

Reflection Questions

Medical-Surgical NursingReflection Questions

Reflection Questions

1 .
Describe an ethical dilemma you have experienced in your clinical practice or personal life. How could you use the “Recognize and Analyze Cues” and “Prioritize Hypotheses and Generate Solutions” steps of the Clinical Judgement Measurement Model to weigh the ethical dilemma?
2 .
Why do you think nursing is considered the most trusted profession?
3 .
How might maintaining an ethical approach to patient education affect the nurse-patient relationship?
4 .
List some ways an ethics committee supports and guides ethical decision-making.
5 .
The spouse of your patient shares information with you about the patient that has not been revealed by the patient. How would you determine whether you should communicate this information to the patient’s primary nurse?
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