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Ethical Situations In Nursing Care

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Ethical situations, also known as moral situation occurs when a decision is made

regarding what one believes to be right course of action. In relation to this particular topic my

recent experience as follows: I have been working at Delray Medical Center for over twelve years as a

nursing assistant. Where protocol and ethics have been observed. However I recently experience an

unethical occurrence. I was taking care of a patient that was involved in a motor vehicle accident that left

him with a tracheotomy.

I was giving care to the patient and he started to complain that he is having difficulty breathing. I

called the nurse to the room who was assigned to take care of the patient, when the nurse arrived she was

standing looking at the

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