ethical practices

ETHICS/PROFESSIONAL VALUES PAPER

(10% OF FINAL GRADE)

100 Points

INTRODUCTION

There is a growing concern over ethical issues in health care related to patient rights, euthanasia, end of life care, reproductive technology, advances in medical technology, and allocation of scarce resources. The growing cost of health care, limited access to insurance and health care providers, and the national nursing shortage further impact accessibility of care. These issues present a multitude of ethical con:licts to nursing practice on a daily basis when caring for clients and their families.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this Practicum assignment is to assist the graduating nurse in formulating approaches to decision making in ethical dilemmas. The student, through the clinical practice setting, will be able to identify an ethical dilemma and follow a stepwise approach to problem solving the issue at hand. This essay should be well organized, referenced using a minimum of three sources and follow APA format, (title page, body, and reference page. Paper length should be a minimum of 650 words and a maximum of 1,000 words. The Critical Requirements are as follows:

CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. Identify an ethical dilemma involving a client/family during your clinical experience. An ethical dilemma is a dif:icult moral problem that involves two or more mutually exclusive, yet morally correct courses of action. Differing values often make agreement on solutions very dif:icult. Ethical dilemmas may involve peer/professional, client or institutional issues.*

2. Identify and explore the ethical principles in con:lict in the situation, (autonomy, bene:icence, justice, non- male:icence, veracity, :idelity).

3. Identify and discuss the ethical concepts in question according to at least one of the following documents: • The ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses • International Council of Nurses Code for Nurses • Patient’s Bill of Rights

Example: Code of Ethics for Nursing – Provision 1.1 Respect for human dignity.

1. Explore the possible courses of action and their related outcomes by identifying potential options and ethical principles that support each option.

2. Discuss how this ethical issue has impacted your care for this patient, and how you believe it may affect your care of patients in the future.

3. Construction of paper: This essay should be well organized with correct usage of spelling and grammar, referenced using a minimum of three sources and follow APA format, (title page, body, and reference page.) Paper length should be a minimum of 650 words and a maximum of 1,000 words.

*Information obtained from:

Hogan, M.A. & Nickitas, D. M. (2009). Nursing leadership and management.

Resources:

• Textbooks • ANA Code of Ethics. (2015). Retrieved from Nursing World Code of Ethics • Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. (n.d.). Retrieved from

The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity • Patient’s Bill of Rights. (2016). Retrieved from American Cancer Society Treatment & Support • International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics for Nurses. (2012) Retrieved from • International Council of Nurses - The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses

Ethics Paper Rubric

Possible Points in each

Category

IdentiRication of Ethical Dilemma

IdentiRication of Ethical

Principles and Concepts

Possible Courses of Action

Impact on patient care

Construction of paper

20 Correctly identi:ies ethical dilemma that student has encountered during clinical experience; involving peer/ professional, client or institutional issues.

Correctly identi:ies the ethical principles in con:lict in the situation.

Correctly identi:ies and discusses the ethical concepts in question according to at least one of the following:

The ANA Code of Ethics for Nursing; International Council of Nurses Code for Nurses; Patient’s Bill of Rights.

Identi:ies possible courses of action and related outcomes.

Identi:ies ethical principles that support each option.

Discusses the impact of the ethical issues on the care of the referenced patient.

Discusses the impact of these issues on the care of future patients.

Uses APA format correctly, including title page, page setup, text citations and works cited page. No grammatical or spelling errors.

Minimum of three resources used.

15 Correctly identi:ies an ethical dilemma, but it is not one encountered during clinical experience. Dilemma does involve peer/ professional, client or institutional issues.

Correctly identi:ies the ethical principles in con:lict.

Correctly identi:ies and discusses the ethical concepts in question.

Does not reference any of required resources listed above.

Identi:ies possible courses of action and related outcomes. Does not identify principles that support each option.

Discusses the impact of the ethical issues on the care of the referenced patient. Does not discuss the impact of these issues on the care of future patients.

Uses APA format correctly including all sections required above. Few grammatical or spelling errors that do not impact the quality of the paper. Minimum of 3 resources cited.

10 Correctly identi:ies an ethical dilemma, but it is not one encountered during clinical experience, nor does it involve peer/ professional, client or institutional issues.

Correctly identi:ies the ethical principles in con:lict. Does not correctly identify ethical concepts.

Identi:ies possible courses of action, but does not identify related outcomes or supportive ethical principles.

Inadequate discussion of impact of ethical issues on care of patient and care of future patients.

Errors in APA formatting. Multiple spelling and grammatical errors. Less than 3 resources cited.

5 Does not correctly identify ethical dilemma.

Does not correctly identify any of the ethical principles in con:lict in the situation. Does not correctly identify the ethical concepts in question. Does not reference any of the required resources listed above.

Does not identify any possible courses of action

Does not discuss the impact of ethical issues on

Doesn’t use APA format. Lacks more than one section of