ETHICAL DILEMMA BY HEALTHCARE

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Develop a solution to a specific ethical dilemma faced by a health care professional by applying ethical principles. Describe the issues and a possible solution in a 3-5-page paper.

Introduction

Whether you are a nurse, a public health professional, a health care administrator, or in another role in the health care field, you must base your decisions on a set of ethical principles and values. Your decisions must be fair, equitable, and defensible. Each discipline has established a professional code of ethics to guide ethical behavior. In this assessment, you will practice working through an ethical dilemma as described in a case study. Your practice will help you develop a method for formulating ethical decisions.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research skills to obtain scholarly information in the field of health care.
    • Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case.
  • Competency 3: Apply ethical principles and academic standards to the study of health care.
    • Summarize the facts in a case study and use the three components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it.
    • Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.
    • Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study.
    • Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study.
  • Competency 4: Write for a specific audience, in appropriate tone and style, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.
    • Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
    • Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.

Instructions

Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

For this assessment, develop a solution to a specific ethical dilemma faced by a health care professional. In your assessment:

  1. Access the Ethical Case Studies media piece to review the case studies you will be using for this assessment.
    • Select the case most closely related to your area of interest and use it to complete the assessment.
      • Note: The case study may not supply all of the information you need. In such cases, you should consider a variety of possibilities and infer potential conclusions. However, please be sure to identify any assumptions or speculations you make.
    • Include the selected case study in your reference list, using proper APA Style and Format.
  2. Summarize the facts in a case study and use the three components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it.
    • Identify which case study you selected and briefly summarize the facts surrounding it. Identify the problem or issue that presents an ethical dilemma or challenge and describe that dilemma or challenge.
    • Identify who is involved or affected by the ethical problem or issue.
    • Access the Ethical Decision-Making Model media piece and use the three components of the ethical decision-making model (moral awareness, moral judgment, and ethical behavior) to analyze the ethical issues.
      • Apply the three components outlined in the Ethical Decision-Making Model media.
    • Analyze the factors that contributed to the ethical problem or issue identified in the case study.
      • Describe the factors that contributed to the problem or issue and explain how they contributed.
  3. Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case.
    • In addition to the readings provided, use the Capella library to locate at least one academic peer-reviewed journal article relevant to the problem or issue that you can use to support your analysis of the situation. The How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed Articles? library guide will help you locate appropriate references.
      • Cite and apply key principles from the journal article as evidence to support your critical thinking and analysis of the ethical problem or issue.
      • Review the Think Critically About Source Quality resource.
        • Assess the credibility of the information source.
        • Assess the relevance of the information source.
  4. Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.
    • Describe how the health care professional in the case study communicated with others.
    • Assess instances where the professional communicated effectively or ineffectively.
    • Explain which communication approaches should be used and which ones should be avoided.

Vision for the Future of Nursing

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4 replies 1 for each

 

 

 

1. Claudia

Vision for the Future of Nursing

When exploring the vision for the future of nursing, pause to reflect on your ‘why.’ Doing so will allow an opportunity to revisit your purpose. It is important to think of which aspects of nursing we are passionate about in order to discuss how to make an impact on specific patient populations. The art of Nursing is the way in which the profession becomes manifest in the pragmatic care. Nurses need to attend to the patients’ needs in a manner that depicts a good level of academic excellence.

In 2010 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF) published a report indicating recommendations that could help better nursing as a profession. Some of these primary issues addressed in the IOM report state that the nurse should practice to full potentiality and to the level of their training and education. It is important for nurses to attain higher levels of training and various education via the upgraded education forums that tends to promote academic advancement. Therefore, improving the education system is imperative in ensuring that the delivery of health care will be safe, quality, patient-oriented, and touched in all areas more so on the issue of primary care and overall public health. The main purpose is to make sure that all Americans can access much-needed health care services. To ensure that these objectives have been met, nurses need to be at the forefront in contributing and ensuring the maximization of all opportunities that can guarantee better health care to the citizens (Dobbins, 2016), Nurses are required to fully partner with physicians and other health professionals that reside in the United States. It is clear that not all nurses start their profession with the intention of being a leader (Dobbins, 2016). However, the strongest leaders are needed to transform the US health care system. The transformation will ensure that the nurses can adapt and take new roles in the new setting hence the need to incorporate leaders with indispensable characteristics.

community health nursing intervention strategies

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Discussion about what community health nursing intervention strategies will best be suited to address your selected health concern (for your project).  Explain how you would integrate your methods.  Be sure to meet the word count of at least 400. Note that all assignments and discussion posts in this course are permitted to use first person, such as “I, we, me, us”, etc., due to the nature of the assignments.

the ethical distress that occurs when working with the underserved population in a small community hospital

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REPLY1

Hi MariaL,

I can relate to the ethical distress that occurs when working with the underserved population in a small community hospital. I work in a small community hospital where we lack many resources and equipment that the larger hospitals have. We have doctors that order medications or treatments needing certain supplies and sometimes I have to tell the doctors that we don’t carry what they ordered and offer an alternative. The doctors get very frustrated because the patient’s health gets compromised due to lack of resources.

REPLY2

Aspects of medically underserved communities face more ethical and moral dilemmas than adequately served populations. These communities face problems such as lack of resources, low budgets, lack of medical training opportunities, and lack of medical providers. On top of these issues, some communities are forced to become untrusting of their healthcare providers due to their inability to fully treat the necessities of the population which, as stated before, stems from the inability to procure appropriate resources most of the time (Lo & Brody, 2007).

Some communities that are underserved are actually part of major cities. For example, the homeless population in San Diego, or even the lower-class community who doesn’t quite make enough money for insurance. They all live in a large area with healthcare nearby but that doesn’t mean they necessarily have access to it.  We did an assignment on the Health Resources and Service Administration a couple of weeks ago. They are a great example of resources for this population and those who don’t have access to high quality healthcare (HRSA, 2020).

FRAGMENTATION OF THE US HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

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Our lecture discussed the fragmentation of the US health care. What difference does this fragmentation make to patient care?

To answer this question:

–Provide a clear example of how the US system is fragmented.

–Analyze the potential impact of this fragmentation on actual patient care.

Exhibiting poor quality in performance and apathy in goal attainment

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Reply1

My topic of choice is “Not speaking up when unethical practices become evident”. One of the strategies I used is typing “not speaking up and unethical practices”. This search yielded specific articles and books that I can use in both the web and West Coast library. In the West Coast library, to further narrow my results, I simply clicked on the filters such as if I want articles or books or if I want it peer-reviewed, which is one of the most important search features because it gives me articles that have been evaluated by members of our profession. This gives articles more credibility.

Reply2

The topic I chose to discuss is: Exhibiting poor quality in performance and apathy in goal attainment. This sounds like a very interesting topic which I would like to explore more. In the West Coast Library search field, I used Boolean operators and entered “and” as the specific terms so that I am able to decrease results to ensure I narrow down my choices. I searched “Exhibiting poor quality performance and goal attainment”, I could also have used “or “to find alternative terms if needed to increase my choices.  It was more difficult when entering “or”, for this specific topic.

I will choose a peer reviewed article as these articles are scientific journals and have meaningful research. I am interested in exploring accurate conclusions.

 U.N. warns of global mental health crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic

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Please read the below links and respond to

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/health/coronavirus-ptsd-medical-workers.html

U.N. warns of global mental health crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic
A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty and anxiety by the pandemic of COVID-19, United Nations health experts said on Thursday.

:https://apple.news/A686URfNyT1uUSivWzFUDOQ

1. What ways do you think healthcare workers can gain support for themselves during this pandemic?

2. As a nurse, what resources would you provide to support the population for mental health issues during a pandemic?

the Christian perspective of the nature of spirituality and ethics in contrast to the perspective of postmodern relativism within health care.

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Based on the required topic study materials, write a reflection about worldview and respond to following:

  1. In 250-300 words, explain the Christian perspective of the nature of spirituality and ethics in contrast to the perspective of postmodern relativism within health care.
  2. In 250-300 words, explain what scientism is and describe two of the main arguments against it.
  3. In 750-1,000 words, answer each of the worldview questions according to your own personal perspective and worldview:
    1. What is ultimate reality?
    2. What is the nature of the universe?
    3. What is a human being?
    4. What is knowledge?
    5. What is your basis of ethics?
    6. What is the purpose of your existence?

Remember to support your reflection with the topic study materials.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

AQUIFER FAMILY MEDICINE

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Using the attached Aquifer Case Study, answer the following questions using the latest evidenced based guidelines:

• Discuss the questions that would be important to include when interviewing a patient with this issue.
• Describe the clinical findings that may be present in a patient with this issue.
• Are there any diagnostic studies that should be ordered on this patient? Why?
• List the primary diagnosis and three differential diagnoses for this patient. Explain your reasoning for each.
• Discuss your management plan for this patient, including pharmacologic therapies, tests, patient education, referrals, and follow-ups.

Complete 2 pages

Provide references

IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONS OF POLICIES

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Please answer the following questions regarding the implementation and operations of policies:

Question 1: What is the essence of policy implementation? Discuss the effect of implementing organizations on policy implementation.

Question 2: Describe in general terms the policy evaluation process.

Response for each question should be at least 100 words long and no more than 200 words long.

Please ensure you cite your references in APA format with a minimum of 3 references