Question

A nurse working in the operating room is assigned to the suite where therapeutic abortions are to be performed throughout the day. the nurse feels that participation in these procedures conflicts with personal religious beliefs. what should the nurse do after notifying the operating room supervisor?

Answer 1

The correct answer is that the nurse should remain in the operating room suite until another nurse arrives to take that assignment.

Health care workers including nurses are protected and permitted to refuse to partake in certain medical procedures due to moral or religious objections. Such procedures include, abortion, sterilization or assisted suicide..