[Kate!]

Mary is a nurse on the Intensive Care Ward. A young man visiting his father confides in Mary that his father is very ill. The doctors believe that he has a week to live at most. He explains further that his father has a substantial life insurance policy that expires at midnight.

If his father dies before midnight, this young man will receive a very large sum of money. He says that the money would mean a great deal to him and his family, and that no good will come from his father’s living a few more days. After talking with him, Mary can tell this man is in desperate need of the money to feed his family. The man tells Mary he is going to smother his father with a pillow if she will turn a blind eye.

What would you do in Mary's position?