Ethical Issue Clinical Judgment

  Nurse leaders and managers are responsible for the unit’s ethical and legal decisions. Consider the examples provided below and describe how you would handle the experiences. • A manager is not granting pay to someone who worked overtime. • A nurse manager tolerating verbal abuse of another nurse. • Constantly short staffing the unit when there is high census. • A nurse not providing all of the patients information during shift report. • Favoring one staff over others. • Making a hiring or firing decision based on friendship.