Patient-Centered Care in Culturally-Diverse Populations
Scenario: Watch the movie trailer from “The Farewell.”
Instructions:
Imagine you are the nurse of the elderly woman in the movie with a terminal diagnosis, surrounded by family who asks you not to share this diagnosis with her.
- What are your initial reactions to the trailer? Who do you personally side with? If you’ve seen the movie in its entirety, base your posts and replies on the trailer only.
- As the nurse in this scenario, what are the ethical considerations? Be sure to include a discussion of life meaning, moral agency, and quality of life, among other concepts you determine to be relevant.
- Which provision(s) of the ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements would you use to guide culturally-sensitive care?
- What would your nursing care look like in this situation?
- Support your position with scholarly resource(s) outside of those assigned for readings in this course.
- Have you experienced a situation similar to this before?
- Respond to others’ positions by constructively arguing while discussing the ethical issues outlined in the positions.