Question: Case Study: Moral Courage With A Family Disruption Step 2: Identify Cross Relationships Among The Ethical Issues Type Your Text Here Tom Has Been A Clinical Nurse On The Unit For 3 Years And Tonight Is Charge Nurse For A Fully Occupied 30-bed Unit. Even Though Two Staff Members Called In Sick, The Supervisor Was Able To Pull A RN And A Nurse’s Aid From …

Case Study: Moral Courage with a Family Disruption Step 2: Identify cross relationships among the ethical issues type your text here Tom has been a clinical nurse on the unit for 3 years and tonight is charge nurse for a fully occupied 30-bed unit. Even though two staff members called in sick, the supervisor was able to pull a RN and a nurse’s aid from another unit. In shift report, Tom had heard again in detail about the Host family. This family has been problematic for the last week, and the staff has complained constantly about their continuous, frequent requests; rudeness; and unwillingness to leave the room when the patient in the other bed requests privacy. The 79-year-old patient in the Host family has COPD and mild dementia, and currently is hospitalized because of diagnosis of cerebrovascular accident (CVA). The CVA has left her with partial paralysis of the left side and inability to speak. The family expects the nurses to do everything for the patient, even though the patient is able and willing to do a number of basic care functions. The crisis occurs when the son comes to the nurses’ station, screaming at the unit secretary about the staff’s incompetence and demanding to see the nursing supervisor. The charge nurse is in the nurses’ station and is able to address the hostile situation. What actions should the charge nurse take? (Lachman, 2007)