A staff nurse is facing a dilemma between upholding personal care standards and meeting organizational goals. The nurse manager understands that the best way to assist staff members in resolving ethical dilemmas effectively is to ____
a. Avoid applying any pressure to compromise personal values
b. Change their work assignment until the dilemma is resolved
c. Continually remind staff of consequences related to ignoring organizational goals
d. Refer indecisive staff members for additional training
A
An important way in which those in health care facilities and their managers can assist nursing professionals in resolving ethical dilemmas effectively is by neither explicitly nor implicitly pressuring them to go against their own ethical values (Cooper et al., 2003).
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