A client has advance directives for a DNR code (do not resuscitate). When the nurse is caring for this client, the client's wife asks him to "do everything in your power to keep my husband alive."
This nurse is most likely to experience which of the following moral challenges?
A) Values clarification
B) Ethical dilemma
C) Values conflict
D) Nonmaleficence
Ans: B
An ethical dilemma is any situation in which guiding moral principles cannot
determine which course of action is right or wrong. In this case, there is a conflict between the
client's wishes and that of his wife, a situation that causes duress for the nurse. Values
clarification, values conflict, and nonmaleficence are not at the root of the situation the nurse
faces.
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