Position Paper HEM1-HEM1 Task 3 Western Governors University

Position Paper Ethical Challenges and Legal Implications Nurses are faced with many ethical challenges every day. Along with those ethical challenges there are legal implications that encompass these challenges. The two ethical challenges, as well as the legal implications of these challenges, I chose to discuss are end of life care and incompetent staff. End of life care is an ethical challenge nurses in my organization have to deal with from time to time. Autonomy of the patient at the end of life is a very important part of the patients care. Allowing the patient to make their own choice of what is best for them in their care is their right (Denisco & Barker, 2016). Being an advocate for the patient right to...