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Question 

The Winkler County Nurses Case Lessons to be learned from the case include that nurses have a duty to protect patients from unethical and negligent practice by health care providers, regardless of the possible consequences that may occur. Such consequences, as this case illustrates, include national attention, potential criminal prosecution, termination from employment, and inability to find alternate employment related to the negative publicity generated by the media. Consider the ethical principles both violated and upheld by the multiple individuals affected by this case. Remember to include the patients who received their medical care from Dr. Arafiles as well as other nurses working in the Winkler County Hospital. How might the negative and sensational nature of the publicity in this case affect future whistleblowers who find themselves in similar circumstances? What ethical principles and theories should these future whistleblowers remember and uphold?