How should school nurses balance the needs of students with complex health problems and the needs of all the other students under their care? School nurses experience this and many other stressful ethical problems. The ethical decision-making model, “Value, Be, Do: Guidelines for Resolving Ethical Conflict,” provides a philosophical tool for effective resolutions and ethical nursing practice.
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