title: Ethical dilemmas in the high-risk nursery: wilderness experiences.
abstract: Ethical dilemmas in the high-risk nursery are similar to wilderness experiences. Reinforcers of these experiences for nurses include a lack of knowledge of ethics, communication failures, and the immediacy of the situation. Recommendations are presented to enable nurses to address these ethical dilemmas and to become more actively involved in the decision-making process.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Erlen
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003657:Decision Making; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D026822:Ethicists; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012380:Role; D012945:Social Values; D035501:Uncertainty