Nursing Paper Essay

1. Read page 115 Discriminating between truth and nontruth . After you live record this destine an example that you have experienced that fits both truth and nontruth. An example of a truthful situation would be when I was lost on the dash to visit an old friend of mine and I stopped at a business and asked directions, The cashier gave me helpful direction and even showed me on a map which way to go, this truth was from the best of her knowledge of the city I was traveling through. A nontruthful experience of mine was when I had to be at a doctors appointment at a certain time. I asked a friend of mine if she could take me and she agreed, well, I was left without a labour to the appointment and had to cancel when I found out that she had al commemoratey made previously plans and never had the intention of helping me. 2. Read page 117 White Lies. work you ever told a washrag lie? Been told a white lie? Please share at least one example and whether you feel that the white lie w as okay.-I believe everyone has told a white lie sometime in their life and also that everyone is a victim of a white lie. An example of mine would be that for my birthday this past year my sister got me a new shirt, Well, me and my sister do not have the same taste in tog and when I opened the gift I just had to smile and tell her I loved it and would wear it somewhere that next weekend. To answer the following questions read the Discussion Exercises7-1 3. Do you believe there are any issues with truth-telling or deception in this case? Explain. * I do believe there is a bit of deception in this patients case. The hospital not disclosing this personal information to her is wrong. I believe she has a right to know anything that is cognize about her condition as soon as it is known to the physicians.4. What should you do or say if the patient comments, I am a little disturbed . I just realized that i missed my period. Do you think it is just because of my being so sick? What actio n should the entertain take to be a patient advocate? * I believe that in my position I should not disclose the news about the pregnancy. In this case I would tell the patient that I will have the doctor come and discuss with her about her questions as soon as possible.Later, the patient.-I believe the nurse should keep the separation of a working environment, not a personal one. A Nurse should never give a patient a propel unless it is a relative or someone they know in another way other than her job field, giving this patient a ride would hybridizing a lot of professional work environment values and also the like between nurse and a caretaker which shouldnt be crossed.When saying bye.-Any caring nurse would feel obligated to go check on the patient whenever he/she could. When in this situation a nursing student would have to think about what this would mean for her career. She would be crossing a professional standpoint of keeping a caretaker relationship of the patient. Perso nally, I believe she should politely dusk to visit her. The nursing student .* The nursing student would no longer be in her working environment at this point and she should not give any medical advice. She would again be crossing the professional/personal boundary. The nursing student should tell the patient to return to the hospital to be go over on.