Tag: Patients
Nursing Practice in Pakistan: Holding aloft Professional Ideals through Thick and Thin
There is quite a bit of literature that critiques the profession of Nursing as a discipline essentially tied up with many other fields of study. [more…]
Spirituality and Religiosity in Mental Health Patients: A Major Roadblock in Healthcare
“Spirituality is a quest for the meaning in life.” It is something that connects you with something bigger than yourself (Verghese 2008,). Too much of [more…]
Use of Restraints in Psychiatric Patients: An Ethical Dilemma
In general terms, to restrain is to limit someone’s liberty. According to Gaten (2007), restraint in medical practice can be anything or any method which [more…]
Medical Ethics 101- How to Fill in the Gaps and Avoid Failing Humanity
“There isn’t any other option available … we have to go for surgery …” These words of a well-known Neurosurgeon, practicing in a recognized [more…]
The Principle of Respect and Ethics: A Pillar of Psychiatric Nursing
The nursing profession works on a set of ethical guidelines in order to maintain a standard of holistic care for patients. Similarly, in psychiatric settings, [more…]
