Yaba is a family planning counselor at a Planned Parenthood clinic. She helps clients choose contraceptive methodology and make reproductive decisions. Gretchen is a new worker who just transferred in from a small satellite clinic that had to be closed because of budget cuts. Yaba has several opportunities to talk with Gretchen about the clinic's services. Gretchen makes several comments to Yaba where her facts are blatantly in error. Yaba wonders what kind of information Gretchen is giving clients. Yaba asks Gretchen to lunch so that she might informally talk to Gretchen about her concerns. During this meeting Yaba identifies some reading materials and a series of in-services Gretchen might pursue to improve her effectiveness. This is the ethical thing to do.

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Yaba is a family planning counselor at a Planned Parenthood clinic. She helps clients choose contraceptive methodology and make reproductive decisions. Gretchen is a new worker who just transferred in from a small satellite clinic that had to be closed because of budget cuts. Yaba has several opportunities to talk with Gretchen about the clinic's services. Gretchen makes several comments to Yaba where her facts are blatantly in error. Yaba wonders what kind of information Gretchen is giving clients. Yaba asks Gretchen to lunch so that she might informally talk to Gretchen about her concerns.  During this meeting Yaba identifies some reading materials and a series of in-services Gretchen might pursue to improve her effectiveness. This is the ethical thing to do.

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Yaba's approach to address Gretchen's misinformation through a private, informal meeting and suggesting educational resources is ethical as it aims to improve Gretchen's effectiveness and ensure accurate information is provided to clients, aligning with the responsibility to maintain professional competence and integrity.

Yaba Is a Family Planning Counselor at a Planned Parenthood