Problem
The nurse is often a moral spectator observing decisions made by others and dealing with the patient's response to those decisions.
Analyze a scholarly article about a situation where a decision by a physician, insurance company, government agency or health institution adversely affected a patient or countermanded a patient's wishes.
Write a mini-paper of three pages that addresses the following points:
a) The nurse's role in affirming the patient's wishes and risks involved
b) The social and economic consequences of reversing this decision
c) Guidance from the Code of Ethics that sheds light on this situation
d) Guidance from the Spirituality in Nursing which affects the situation
e) The lessons to be learned for similar future situations
f) The moral residue that haunts the nurse
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.