given to men (Biomedical Ethics p. 95-102).This was basically a form of sexism, where men would receive higher paying roles that required more dominance over their women counterparts, whose pay was much lower. Today, such sexism is not as evident. This is shown mainly in the increase of education that nurses now receive in their training, which as a result has caused them to be more outspoken figures within their field (Biomedical Ethics p. 97). This increase of medical knowledge has also led to higher paying jobs for nurses, whose autonomy has increased as a result. This change is better known as the change from the traditional nurse to the contemporary nurse. The only problem with this shift is that the role of the physician has not changed over time and according to Kulse, this has led to an overlap in the functions of the contemporary nurse (Biomedical Ethics p.95).
Based on the information of this case, Nurse L would be considered a contemporary nurse since she was knowledgeable about the alternative natural therapies for Michael G’s leukemia. With this knowledge, Nurse L does have a right to share it unless she would have never learned it during her training process to become a registered nurse. Given the fact that she does have this information that needs to be shared and that she is a contemporary nurse, whose goal is to be a patient advocate, she felt that it was her duty to share such information with Michael G who is her patient. Also, in agreeing with Kulse, Nurse L should at least be a part of deciding the treatment plan for Michael G even though he ...