Ethical Principles in Nursing
Video links to watch: Watch the video links above and respond to the following: 1) Research some of the reasons parents refuse to vaccinate their children. Imagine that you are a public health nurse working at a county health department. A mother brings her newborn in for a well-baby checkup. The mother tells you that she has a philosophical objection to childhood vaccinations. a) How would you respond to this mother? b) List your references in APA format. 2) Imagine that you are the nurse providing care to the infant in the video. The parents have decided to take him home and have no further aggressive treatments. One of your co-workers says, “I think the mother and father are being selfish because they don’t want to be bothered with having a disabled child. They are just going to kill him.” a) How would you provide care to the infant? Support your statements using some of the ethical principles that you have learned so far. b) How would you provide care to the parents? Support your statements using some of the ethical principles that you have learned so far. c) How would you address the nurse colleague’s comments? Support your statements using some of the ethical principles that you have learned so far. d) List your references in APA format.
