Advances in genetic screening provide information with high levels of certainty about genetic disorders a fetus might have. Which is an ethical implication of these advances?
1. The nurse must participate in actions that are completely contradictory to his personal ethics.
2. The nurse must be aware of his own personal feelings about the actions taken after the screening tests are completed.
3. The nurse must be aware of parent feelings regarding the information available to them.
4. The parents must be aware of the nurse's feelings regarding the information available about the fetus.
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Rationale 1: The nurse does not have to participate in any action contradictory to personal ethics.
Rationale 2: The nurse must be aware of his own personal feelings about possible actions following genetic screening information.
Rationale 3: There are no ethical implications for the nurse to be aware of parent feelings about genetic screening information. In fact, the nurse does not have to know the parent feelings.
Rationale 4: There are no ethical implications of the parents being aware of the nurse's feelings unless the nurse forces those feelings and the subsequent actions on the parents.
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