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Nursing · Cultural humility · Advanced2
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A mother refuses a life-saving blood transfusion for her 4-year-old because of her religious beliefs. What do you do?
Autonomy and consent · Cultural humility · Patient safety
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- The child's best interests come first. Parents' right to refuse has limits when a child's life is at risk.
- Approach the mother with empathy, explore her beliefs and offer every acceptable alternative that is medically safe.
- Involve the senior physician, ethics and the hospital's legal team early. Courts can authorize treatment.
- In a true emergency, treat to save the child's life as the law allows.
- Protect the relationship: this family will still care for the child afterward.
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- It shows exactly where autonomy ends: a parent deciding for a child.
- It handles the family with compassion, not force alone.
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How would you work with an Indigenous community to design a health screening program together?
Cultural humility · Equity and access
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- Define the issue in one sentence so you and the interviewer agree on terms.
- Give the strongest arguments on both sides, with one fact you are sure of.
- Take a clear position and name its tradeoffs.
- Bring it back to patients and your future role.
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