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I find this very helpful. Thank You all for your replies. To be honest, this is my very first thread and post on "all nurses". As a new user, I feel that having comments and replies from RN's and students such as myself equally broadens my perspectives and horizons. Once again, thank you all very much :)

Sounds like a plan ! That suggestion does sound great .. Yes she does have the gene. Also, like you mentioned there is no true timeline at the play and the situation that I provided. The situation that I came up with does not even mention if she has the gene. In an instant, the young woman changes her mind to not have her mastectomy.. which she is scheduled to have implying that her husband won't love her no more. Then we as the nurse, how could we change her mind ? Also keeping in mind that we are supposed to act ethically here following clients values, ethics and beliefs ? We can only do so much as a nurse. But how would this be considered something ethical ? Aren't we as nurses supposed to advocate?

Hi all, I am a first semester fresh off the boat nursing student. I am stuck at home due to hurricane sandy so I was enjoying me some Grey's Anatomy episode. In light of this recent episode of Season 2 Episode 8 Let it Be - two of closest friends of Derek and Addison -- married couple Savannah and Weiss -- visit them in Seattle. Savannah is determined not to receive breast and ovarian cancer that are hereditary in her family and seeks a radical, preemptive operation (a total mastectomy and hysterectomy). As conflicted, reluctant and disappointed as Weiss is, he decides to support Savannah in her request to have the surgery after a talk with Derek. Now say for instance if as a nurse, I were to deal with a situation similar as this i.e.I have an ethical issue at hand. say for instance. A young woman scheduled for a mastectomy decides not to have the operation after her husband visits her. She tells you that she is afraid he will not love her anymore after her surgery. we as nurse are advocating based on our clients values and ethics. Well the episode in grey's anatomy is kinda from a surgical perspective but we still have a bit of ethical and moral obligations here and there. so as a nurse, how are we ought to handle this situation such as this with competency. what would are actions be ? how would we advocate based on ethics, morals of a client if a situation such as this were to present itself ? any legal implications of nursing ? as a nurse leader and manager, how would we impart and make use of the health care delivery system? Thanks all for your time.