Behavioral Nursing Mock Interview
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Question 24 of 35
Your patient’s family brought too many boxes of candy, and the patient wants you to take the unopened one. How do you handle this scenario?
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Dianne Barnard is a Registered Nurse and former nursing instructor. She is also board certified in Psychiatric Nursing and Holistic Nursing Critical Care.
Nurses are highly respected as ethical professionals and have been voted the most ethical profession for 15 years in a row. It's not an ethical practice to accept gifts from patients, no matter how small or tasty. Nurses have to uphold ethical boundaries and maintain that trust. The patient is vulnerable and in the nurses' care, so the nurse should not accept personal gifts. The best way to handle the situation is to have the ethical standard to thank the patient for the thought, and to decline the offer, with the explanation that it would not be ethical to accept. The family or patient could offer it to the nursing manager of the floor for all the nurses to enjoy, but that would be a management decision on the nurse manager's part.
Dianne Barnard is a Registered Nurse and former nursing instructor. She is also board certified in Psychiatric Nursing and Holistic Nursing Critical Care.
"I would politely decline any offers of gifts, no matter how small, as I feel that nurses should have solid, ethical standards. Patients are vulnerable and in our care, and to take something from them could be seen as taking advantage of them. They could be medicated, stressed, or afraid. I think it's best to have a policy that nurses do not accept gifts from patients. I would be sure to thank them for the offer and explain the reason why I could not accept, but further express how grateful I was for their appreciation of my service and work."
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