The nurse believes that abortion is wrong, but applies the MORAL model and decides that caring for patients following an abortion is her ethical duty
When evaluating the effectiveness of the nurse's decision process, what finding would indicate the nurse made the best choice?
a. The patient is discharged without experiencing complications from the procedure.
b. The nurse believes quality care was delivered and feels satisfied with the decision.
c. The nurse manager commends the nurse for providing excellent patient care.
d. The patient thanks the nurse for being supportive during a difficult time.
B
The fact that the nurse believes the right thing was done and has a sense of satisfaction with the decision is the important focus of an evaluation of a decision process. A positive patient outcome (i.e., discharge without complications) reflects good nursing care but is not a good criterion for evaluating an ethical decision process. No matter how carefully a process is applied, and no matter how well a moral decision is justified, you can never be certain of obtaining a good outcome for the patient because there are many variables other than moral variables that affect an outcome. The same is true for the quality of the nurse's patient care. The fact that the nurse thanks the nurse has no bearing on how well the decision process worked.
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