You are an RN(Registered Nurse), and driving on a parkway. You see an automobile collision with serious injury. Should you stop and perfrom first aid? Write in a favour of this .

You are an RN (Registered Nurse , and driving on a parkway . You see an automobile collision with serious injury . Should you stop and perform first aid

Yes , as a registered nurse and as a human being , I am obliged to stop and perform first aid should I see an automobile collision with serious injury . According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , registered nurses (RNs , regardless of specialty or work setting , perform basic duties that include treating patients , educating patients and the public about various medical conditions , and providing advice and emotional support

to patients ' family members . This definition shows that there is also the public included among the responsibilities of registered nurses Nurses have for many years been awarded the top ranking in opinion polls about which occupations are most trusted by the general public

Some people might opine that nursing duties only relate to clinical settings and they tend to focus only nurse-patient relationship . Duties of the nurse exist only within the parameters of the hospital . Some might even argue that such intervention in roadside emergencies can get a nurse into legal complications . But then , nursing is a profession that the public depend on for support and care especially in emergency situations

Historically , nurses have been associated with emergency responses . In early times , even though nurses were not as much educated and trained as the nurses of today , they offered their nursing services with great dedication and motivation . They were known for their self-sacrificing nature and offering a human touch that says "I care " Nursing history is replete with examples of nurses who have knowingly incurred great risk in to care for those in need of nursing or to contribute to the advancement of health science . In the United States , the Civil War is cited regularly for the role of volunteer nurses and for the stimulus it gave Clara Barton to organize the American Red Cross , which she eventually accomplished in 1881 (Williams , 2003 . That humane touch has been characteristic of the nursing profession

The first plank of the Code for Nurses states "The nurse provides services with respect for human dignity and the uniqueness of the client , unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status personal attributes , or the nature of health problems " This central axiom of respect for persons directs the profession (ANA , 1994 . The nurse is not at liberty to abandon those in need of nursing care According to Gebbie and Qureshi (2006 , The fundamental goal of nursing , to assist individuals to their highest possible level of functioning in the face of health and illness challenges , is never more needed than under emergency conditions . This means , a registered nurse is obligated to attend to the wounded person in a roadside emergency

According to the Code for Nurses , nurses may morally refuse to participate in care , but only on the grounds of either client advocacy or moral objection to a specific type of intervention . As applied to nursing , a moral obligation exists for the nurse if...