7. During the past several weeks, you have noticed that your closest friend, Jamie, has been erratic and making poor patient care decisions. On two separate occasions you quietly intervened and “fi xed” his errors. You have also noticed that he volunteers to give pain medications to other nurses’ patients, and you see him standing very close to other nurses when they remove controlled substances from the medication distribution system. Today, you watched him go to the center immediately after another colleague and then saw him go into the men ’ s room.

Within about 20 minutes his behavior changed completely. You suspect that he is taking controlled substances. You and Jamie have been friends for more than 20 years. You grew up together and went to nursing school together. You realize that if you approach him, you may jeopardize this close friendship that means a great deal to you. Using the MORAL ethical decision-making model, devise a plan to resolve this dilemma.