COVID-19 Pandemisi ve Hemşireler için Etik Sorunlar

Yıl 2020, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 2, 139 - 142, 30.06.2020

Esra Akın Palandöken

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Özet

Dünya’nın hiç beklemediği bir anda yüz yüze geldiği COVID-19 pandemisi, Aralık 2019’da Çin’in Hubei eyaleti Wuhan kentinde bildirilen ilk vakalar ile yaşamımıza girmiştir. Ortalama olarak beş aydır her gün artan hasta ve ölüm sayıları ile bireylerin, toplumların hayatlarında ciddi değişimlere neden olmuştur. Sağlık sistemini ve sağlık bakım profesyonellerini de derinden etkileyen bu süreçte hemşireler de etik sorunlarla sıklıkla karşılaşmaktadırlar. Bu etik sorunlar; “hemşirelerin, hastaların, meslektaşlarının ve ailelerin güvenliği”, “kısıtlı kaynakların dağıtımı” ve “hemşirelerin hastalar ve aileleri olan ilişkilerinin değişen doğası” kapsamında ele alınabilir. Hastanın doğrudan bakım vericisi olan hemşirelerin yaşadığı/yaşayabileceği etik ikilemleri nedenleri ile özetleyen bu makalenin COVID-19’un var olma sürecinin önümüzdeki günlerde de devam edeceği düşünüldüğünde konuya ilişkin bir bakış açısı geliştireceği düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, hemşire, etik sorun.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, which the world faced at a very unexpected moment, entered our lives with the first cases Wuhan, China’s Hubei province in December 2019. It has caused serious changes in the lives of individuals and communities with the increasing number of patients and deaths every day for an average of five months. In this process which deeply affects the health system and health care professionals, nurses frequently encounter ethical problems. These ethical issues can be addressed within the context of “safety of nurses, patients, colleagues and families”, “distribution of limited resources”, and “changing nature of nurses’ relationships with patients and their families”. It is believed that the present article, summarizes the ethical dilemmas experienced by the nurses, will provide a perspective on the issue considering that the presence of COVID-19 will continue in the coming days.

Keywords: COVID-19, nurse, ethical issue.

Anahtar Kelimeler

hemşire, etik sorun, COVID-19

COVID-19 Pandemia and Ethical Problems for Nurses

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Anahtar Kelimeler

nurse, ethical problem, COVID-19

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