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Ethical Dilemmas for Nurses in the Times of COVID-19

Smriti Arora

Abstract


COVID-19 has taken us all by surprise. We are in lockdown. This time is very crucial for health care workers especially nurses. They are taking care of all the patients but the question is whether they obligated to take care. One can agree that they are obligated to take care, the nurses take the Nightingale’s pledge, but they are humans too. They have emotions like all normal human beings and can have emotional reactions especially when there is scarcity of PPE at hospitals and high risk to their own health and well-being. Administrators and general public are expected to applaud these angels, ensure that their mental and physical well-being is maintained, and avoid blaming and shaming them

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijnspr.v6i1.1495

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