Nursing Ethics

Running Head : ETHICS CASE STUDY

Ethics Case Study

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Ethics Case Study

The case at hand presents the dilemma as to whether the nurse will accede to the emergency physician 's decision that an eight-month old child was not abused by his mother given that the conditions set within the case shows a high probability that the child 's bilateral femur

fracture was caused by the mother 's child . Within the case , it is important to note that after initially questioning the child 's mother the case implicitly states that the mother stated that she was unaware of the cause of her child 's physical condition

Within this context , it is important to note the information that may be implicitly derived from the content of the aforementioned case study These are as follows (1 ) The child 's mother did not specify whether the edematous condition of her child 's thigh was present after she took the child from the day care center and (2 ) The child 's mother did not express concern on filing a child abuse case or a negligence case against the day care center wherein she left her child . These information may be interpreted in two different ways as it may affirm or refute the emergency room physician 's conclusion that the case of the eight-month old child with a...