07 Jul Addressing ethical decisions related to a specific case study
The Code of Ethics Assignment is a 3-7-pagewritten submission addressing ethical decisions related to a specific casestudy.
Objectives:
1. Demonstrate professional ethical decisionmaking while integrating honesty, fairness, civility and confidentiality.
2. Analyze personal and professional values
3. Recognize and define ethical issues related tonursing
4. Integrate information from the practicesetting and professional literature in ethical decision making
5. Identify guiding ethical and legal principlesincluding standards of practice, code of ethics, and laws related to the rightsand obligations
6. Analyze ethical arguments as well as theirpossible outcomes
7. Review alternatives and tradeoffs in ethicaldecision making
8. Create an action plan related to an ethicaldecision making case study
Instructions:
Review the casestudies following these instructions.
Choose one casestudies to analyze and include in the written submission.
Utilize theFramework for Ethical Decision Making tool to breakdown and explain yourthought process in implementing critical thinking and ethical decision makingfor the case study. (You will not needto complete step 8 in the tool since it addresses outcomes, but be aware thatassessing effectiveness and outcomes is a component of ethical decisionmaking).
Answer thequestions listed from the case study and include rationale in the writtensubmission.
Analyze your personaland professional values, and the values of others as they relate to thesituation.
Determine thebest course of action based on your professional assessment as a nurse.
The written assignment will contain thefollowing:
Introduction:
Providesfoundational information on ethical decision making, a clear, conciseexplanation of the purpose and content of the paper including relevance thatethical decision making has on the profession of nursing. Contains thesis statement. (After a brief introduction of your topic,you state your point of view on the topic directly and often in one sentence.This sentence is the thesis statement, and it serves as a summary of the pointsyoull make in the rest of your paper).
Body:
The content ofthe paper includes details of the case study that was analyzed.
Discussionregarding the use and components of the Framework for Ethical Decision Makingtool for the case study, including:
o Personal andProfessional value analysis,
o Identification ofinfluencing factors and barriers,
o Inclusion ofStandards of Practice, Code of Ethics and Legal guidelines and principles
o Analysis ofalternatives for and against each action
o Identifyingconsensus or compromise
o Decision andrationale with creation of an action plan
Conclusion:
Review the main points of the paper and clearly and effectivelysummarize significant conclusions.
Reflect on analysis process and use of decision making tool.
Thoughtfully relate conclusions drawn from decision analysis to thethesis statement.
