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Question

Jimmy is a 20-year-old college student, who has had issues with drug addiction and is admitted to your unit for additional chemotherapy. Jimmy was diagnosed with leukemia 5 years earlier and has had several courses of chemo. He is currently in an acute active phase of the disease though he had enjoyed an 18-month remission phase prior to this admission. His parents, who accompany him to the hospital, are divided as to the benefits of additional chemotherapy. His mother is adamant that she will sign the informed consent form for this course of therapy and his father is equally adamant that he will refuse to sign the informed consent form because "Jimmy has suffered enough". No one wants Jimmy to know how poor his prognosis is. You are his primary nurse and must assist in somehow resolving this impasse.

1. Identify what you do about the informed consent form?

2. Discuss the legalities of who signs it and why?

3. Discuss the ethical principles that will need to be considered in this case and explain your role as the nurse, in ensuring that each specific principle is respected.

4. Using the Ethical Decision-Making Model as outlined in the following pages, go through each step and summarize your thoughts and reasoning when solving the case study.