While providing care to a patient, an ethical issue is discovered. The nurse, recalling a similar situation from attending ethical grand rounds, provides an intervention that resolves the dilemma without further action required
Which of the following types of ethical committee structure helped the nurse and patient resolve the ethical dilemma? 1. Social justice model
2. Blend of autonomy and patient benefit models
3. Autonomy model
4. Patient benefit model
Social justice model
Rationale: The social justice model considers broad social issues, and many ethics committees hold ethical grand rounds based on this structure. In ethical grand rounds, broad issues are reviewed and discussed, which helps nurses make quick and competent decisions about the same issue in the future. There is no evidence to suggest that the patient was incapable of making a decision, which the patient benefit model would support. The autonomy model facilitates decision making for a competent patient; however, in this situation, the nurse used information gained from an ethical grand rounds program.
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