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a nurse has completed 4 hours of an 8-hour shift on a medical-surgical unit when the nursing supervisor calls. the nursing supervisor directs the nurse to give a report to the other two nurses on the medical-surgical unit and immediately report to the telemetry unit to assist with staff needs on that unit. the nurse informs the supervisor that the nurse has been busy with client assignments and feels this will overwhelm the nurses on the medical-surgical unit. the supervisor informs the nurse that the need is greater on the telemetry unit. this is an example of which type of ethical problem?

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This given example suggests ethical problem related to proper Allocation of scarce nursing resources.

Since the nurse has to look after two jobs which carry equal importance according to her, her confrontation to the supervisor is valid. However, supervisor on the other hand is unaware of the actual medical conditions of the patient and finds that the requirement of staff in telemetry unit carries greater importance so he directs the nurse to report in the telemetry unit. In healthcare system though electronic facilities have made things easier to do, yet when the nurses themselves are not properly trained to operate the machines, they might find it difficult to complete their duties. Telemetry units in hospitals are the facilitative units where patients are under constant electronic monitoring.    

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