Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK.
J Nurs Manag. 2009 Nov;17(7):907-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00888.x.
To highlight the potential difficulties in the management of staff with a conscientious objection to abortion, in light of expanding role of nurses.
Recent years have seen changes in the provision of abortion services. Medical procedures are now gaining popularity and some areas are seeing the integration of outpatient clinics into ward settings. This may involve nurses being required to provide care to women undergoing termination of pregnancy, which may not have previously been within their remit. This has implications for staff with a conscientious objection.
A review of the academic literature.
The advent of medical abortion has led to changes in the way in which abortion services are provided which in turn has re-ignited the debate of the competing rights of nurses with a conscientious objection and those of the patient accessing abortion services.
This extended role of nurses creates challenges for staff working in clinical areas offering termination of pregnancy and these are further compounded when staff have expressed a conscientious objection to abortion.
Managers face new challenges in achieving the fine balance between the rights of staff with a conscientious objection to abortion and women accessing abortion services.
鉴于护士角色的不断扩大，强调对堕胎持良心反对意见的员工在管理方面可能遇到的困难。
近年来，堕胎服务的提供方式发生了变化。医疗程序现在越来越受欢迎，一些地区将门诊诊所纳入病房设置。这可能涉及到护士需要为接受终止妊娠的女性提供护理，而这在以前可能不在他们的职责范围内。这对持良心反对意见的员工有影响。
对学术文献的回顾。
药物流产的出现导致了堕胎服务提供方式的变化，这反过来又重新引发了关于持良心反对意见的护士和寻求堕胎服务的患者的权利之间的争论。
护士的这种扩展角色为提供终止妊娠服务的临床领域的工作人员带来了挑战，而当工作人员对堕胎表示持良心反对时，这些挑战就更加复杂了。
管理人员在实现对堕胎持良心反对意见的员工的权利和寻求堕胎服务的女性之间的微妙平衡方面面临新的挑战。
