Ethical decision-making in nursing
This assignment helps you understand how integral ethical decision-making is in nursing. Ethics is the foundation of nursing practice and is especially important to health care policy.
Use the ethical framework identified in the article by Eun-Jun Park from this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings as the basis for this assignment.
Apply the ethical decision-making model in the article to the subject of access to care. Follow the steps provided in the model:
State the ethical problem the policy aims to correct.
Collect and analyze additional
information:
What populations does this serve?
Who are the key stakeholders?
What information is needed to overcome the problem?
After looking at additional information, decide whether the initial problem was correctly stated.
Develop alternatives and compare them:
What alternative programs address the issues?
Justify the decision:
Explain why this is important, needed, or beneficial for vulnerable populations.
Find strategies to implement the plan:
What ethical arguments could you use to dissuade someone who disagrees with the program?
t least three evidence-based, peer-reviewed sources published within the last five years to support your position(s).
Include an APA-formatted reference list.
This assignment helps you understand how integral ethical decision-making is in nursing. Ethics is the foundation of nursing practice and is especially important to health care policy.
Use the ethical framework identified in the article by Eun-Jun Park from this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings as the basis for this assignment.
Apply the ethical decision-making model in the article to the subject of access to care. Follow the steps provided in the model:
State the ethical problem the policy aims to correct.
Collect and analyze additional
information:
What populations does this serve?
Who are the key stakeholders?
What information is needed to overcome the problem?
After looking at additional information, decide whether the initial problem was correctly stated.
Develop alternatives and compare them:
What alternative programs address the issues?
Justify the decision:
Explain why this is important, needed, or beneficial for vulnerable populations.
Find strategies to implement the plan:
What ethical arguments could you use to dissuade someone who disagrees with the program?
t least three evidence-based, peer-reviewed sources published within the last five years to support your position(s).
Include an APA-formatted reference list.
