Reference no: EM133807570

Question

Enactment of the ADA Johnny Jones completed his nursing program 20 years ago and has been actively employed as a registered nurse in a busy cardiovascular intensive care unit since early 2006. As an active blood donor, he recently was informed by the community blood center that they were unable to use the unit of blood collected because he had tested positive for HIV. Since first being informed of this fact, Johnny has been retested and is now being treated for HIV by his personal physician. Johnny is now uncertain about informing the institution of his positive status, fearful that he will be transferred from working in the unit with open-heart surgery patients, will incur negative comments from his peer group because of his positive HIV status, or be assigned to work in an area where he cannot use his current nursing skills. He understands that he is legally protected under the ADA in his employment with the institution, but also knows that the administrative staff could elect to transfer him to an alternate assignment. He is at an ethical impasse. Outline the various ethical principles that underlie this situation and decide what Johnny should do. Include in the discussion.