Olivia works as a nurse at a local hospital. She is caring f…
Olivia works as a nurse at a local hospital. She is caring for a patient who is recovering from surgery. Her patient is in a great deal of pain and Olivia feels he would benefit from prescription pain medication. The patient has requested pain medications and Olivia sees this as reasonable because she has cared for patients with similar pain issues and pain medication helped quite a bit for those patients. The patient’s surgeon is currently in the operating room with another case and cannot be reached. Olivia reached out to another physician to get a prescription for pain medicine, but that physician will not write an order for medication because the hospital does not allow a non-treating doctor to prescribe medication to a patient. Olivia is upset with situation. Which best describes what Olivia is feeling? Moral Distress Type A Moral Distress Type B
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