Analyzing an Ethical Decision.
In your role, as an advanced practice nurse, you will encounter several situations that will require your ability to make sound judgments and practice decisions for the safety and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. There may not be a clear cut answer of how to address the issue, but your ethical decision making must be based on evidenced based practice, and what is good, right, and beneficial for patients. You will encounter patients who do not hold your values, but you must remain professional and unbiased in the care you provide to all patients regardless of their sociodemographic and ethnic/racial background. You must be prepared to critically analyze ethical situations, and develop an appropriate plan of action. For this Assignment, you will review the literature and discover the various ethical dilemmas advanced practice nurses encounter and how these issues are typically addressed in your state.
To Prepare:
Review literature for moral/ethical issues encountered by advanced practice nurses in clinical practice.
Select an article that was published within the last five years.
Write a two page paper that answers the following questions:
Summarize the moral/ethical issue in the article (no more than 1 paragraph)
Describe the moral and ethical dilemmas surrounding the issue
Analyze the ethical issue and compare them to the State Health Laws and Regulations in your state
Outline the process of ethical decision making you would use to address this ethical dilemma
Submit the Analyzing an Ethical Decision Assignment by Day 7 of Week 2.
Buppert, C. (2015). Resolving ethical dilemmas. In Nurse practitioners business practice and legal guide (5th ed.) (479 487). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
This chapter provides examples of ethical dilemmas in NP practice and enables you to analyze the ethical choices inherent in these situations. Ethical analyses are provided in this chapter.
Hamric, A. B., Hanson, C. M., Tracy, M. F., & OGrady, E. T. (2014). Ethical decision making. In Advanced practice nursing: An integrative approach (5th ed.) (328 354). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders.
This chapter covers characteristics of ethical dilemmas in nursing, ethical issues affecting advanced practice nurses, ethical decision making competency of advanced practice nurses, evaluation of the ethical decision making competency, and barriers to ethical practice and potential solutions.
Kaplan, C. (2008). Ethical dilemmas. Advance Healthcare Network.
Retrieved from https://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Article/Ethical-Dilemmas-2.aspx
MidlevelU: The Online Hub for Midlevels. (2013, January 14). Should providers treat their friends and family?
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Thomas, A. C., Crabtree, M. K., Delaney, K. R., Dumas, M. A., Kleinpell, R., Logsdon, C.,…Nativio, D. G. (2012). Nurse practitioner core competencies.
Retrieved from https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/npcorecompetenciesfinal2012.pdf
Media
HEAT Inc., Health Education & Training. (2010, May 12). Ethical issues in nursing — commitment: Patients, professionalism, and boundaries.
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtuanLybaZs
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes.
Optional Resources
Buppert, C. (2004). Can NPs prescribe for family members or themselves? Medscape.
Retrieved from https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/478418
Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine, & Institute of Medicine (2011). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health.
Retrieved from https://www.nap.edu/catalog/12956/the-future-of-nursing-leading-change-advancing-health
Wood, D. (2015). Everyday ethics for nurses: Addressing ethical challenges Turning the Nurses Week theme into year-round ethical practice.
Retrieved from https://www.nursezone.com/Nursing-News-Events/more-news/Everyday-Ethics-for-Nurses-Addressing-Ethical-Challenges_42485.aspx
