Essay On Patient Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is the ethical and moral philosophy that has a tendency to grant people the full benefit. In this case; it is not only advantage for the facility, but also the patient who is affected. The act seeks to maximize utility of an action rather than on its fundamental of the basis Utilitarianism is built on the theory that promotes happiness and satisfaction through the eyes of majority. This concept is stated as, "the greatest good of the greatest number" (pg.36). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the code of ethics and how it affects the patients if not followed and personal reaction on the Bayless and the nurse situation.

I believe the nurse was concerned about the facility rules and regulation more than the patient's suffering. She did not care about the dying 87-year-old lady that really needed her help. After all, the purpose of nursing is to help take care of patient at critical moments like this. I was actually shocked to see the nurse refuse to care for the suffocating patient. I do not think her reasoning has to do with respects patient autonomy at the moment.

Some of the ethical issues I have noticed

were the nurse was very hesitant to get someone else to help Miss Bayless. I do not really understand the reason as to why the nurse was on the phone to begin with since she was no help at all. Even if the facility rules restricts her from helping this patient, why did she not clearly state what apart of the facility protocols kept her from helping the operator and the dying patient. It is horrible representation of a nurse to standing there and refuse to permit anyone else to get emergency training from the 911 operator is very disturbing. I wish the nurse was not present on the incident that happened to Miss Bayless.

I understand that she did not want to get in trouble, but in addition to that, she was also hesitant to give the phone to someone else, a Good Samaritan who was willing to help this patient. She would not be responsible for the stranger's action once she hands the phone over to someone else.
I felt like the nurse did not know what she was doing. She sort of overlooked her authority, but decided to follow her boss. I believe the there should be some exceptions to the facility rules when things like this happen. It’s permissible for none employee to get involved in situation like this. I believe the nurse should have had clear expectation of the facility policy so that would come handy in terms of emergency. I also think that it would have been better if the nurse became familiar with the company guidelines. I feel like there was miscommunication between the 911 emergency operators and the nurse. If the nurse was referring to the DNR when she state she cannot performs the CPR on the patient, per facility regulation, then why was the facility have had clear statement on that.
I can understand the patient on DNR wish, but there was no clear evidence that states that there was DNR present on the patient document.

The facility should have written statement to refer to in case of emergency to help and protect the health care workers that are onsite. So that it would minimize the confusion. We all know that in the case of cardiac arrest time is very critical. The nurse wasted the patient greatest opportunity of survival by standing there and refusing care. It’s the policy of this facility to not make care for cardiac arrest patient difficult. I understand at 87 years of age the end result is most likely not going to be a promising, but I would help to know that there are some people who are willing to help. I hope the nurse learned her lesson and stand clear of confusion for future patient that reside the

facility.