Ethical dilemmas in the high-risk nursery: wilderness experiences.
PubMedPublished 1 February 1994
Judith A. Erlen
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Recommendations are presented to enable nurses to address ethical dilemmas in the high-risk nursery and to become more actively involved in the decision-making process.
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Ethical dilemmas in the high-risk nursery are similar to wilderness experiences. Reinforcers of these experiences for nurses include a lack of knowledge of ethics, communication failures, and the immediacy of the situation. Recommendations are presented to enable nurses to address these ethical dilemmas and to become more actively involved in the decision-making process.
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