By: career ideas

career ideas — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:41:00 +0000

yes Wengarcia, we should encourage nurses to be ethical

By: Ricardo Espindola

Ricardo Espindola — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 04:09:00 +0000

It is a natural tendency to relate ethical issues with those we consider the cherished essence of our being human, beyond bodies, emotions and thought. Our main feature as a species is to be aware of things above and beyond our time, space, awareness and experience. Coming from another culture, it has been difficult to understand the Canadian attachment to agnostics and the general detachment from religion -generally imposed by the mainstream who defines religion as the source of conflict, ignoring the fact that their rigid mentality regarding these issues, and the entitlement to dictate the rules of “multiculturalism”, and “tolerance”; might be the reason for much unhappiness in Canadian society. This philosophy encompass the way nursing ethics is taught, not inviting the intimate compromise of the students, but the objective ‘dis-embodiment’ of this sensitive personal facts . I propose that Ethic Boards should include members of all religions and the general analysis of the unnoticed commonalities of them all: Altruism, generosity, compassion and self-sacrifice. That may lay a bridge nurse-to-nurse and nurse-to-patient -by the way presenting a real alternative to the mainstream philosophy and challenging Canada to real tolerance and diversity. These last are born of the values of democracy and universal human rights, yet thrive and grow once they come in touch with ingrained, familiar principles of ‘goodness’ in which we personally (and sincerely) believe.

By: Wengarcia

Wengarcia — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:25:30 +0000

Excellent… we need to continue to encourage all nurses to utilize ethical principles in decision making…this challenges us to think.. how does ethics applies.

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