What term describes a situation where a nurse is faced with two or more conflicting ethical principles, requiring a choice that may involve a compromise of some ethical values?
Ethical uncertainty
Ethical distress
Ethical dilemma
Value conflict
An ethical dilemma occurs when a nurse encounters a situation in which there are two or more conflicting ethical principles or values, and choosing one course of action may result in transgressing another. This term is specific to the scenario where no solution will be completely free from ethical compromise. An ethical distress is when one knows the correct action to take but is constrained from doing so; a value conflict involves a difference in personal values, beliefs, or opinions; and an ethical uncertainty arises when there is doubt about the moral principles or values that should apply.
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