ethical delimma
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M is 76 years old who suffered stroke several weeks ago. Now her condition is quite stable and her doctor ordered she had to sit three hours a day to prevent pneumonia. One day when I transferred her from bed to chair, she said she didn't sleep well last night and she didn't want to sit. I tried my best to persuade her and finally she agreed, but ten minutes later she told me she had bowel movement and she wanted to lie down. I transferred her to bed. About one hour, nothing happened. I transferred her to chair again. After 5 minutes, she told everyone she had bowel movement and she wanted to have it on bed. I reported it to my buddy nurse. She said, "I knew her very well, she always finds excuse to refuse treatment...