In regards to the above scenario, to guide the nursing care, I have considered the following ethical principles.
The first one is autonomy, the right of the patient to receive pertinent information and determine the path of their own medical care. In this scenario, the patient lacks insight to her illness and therefor the capacity to make informed health decisions. As such, that means her husband has become the next of kin and the primary decision maker in regards to his wife’s health. As the nurse, my role is to respect the husband’s decision making role, as he is the next of kin.
This leads to beneficence, the principle of doing good, providing care for the patient’s wellbeing. The patient, had a nursing care plan, for her fluid and sodium