Applying Ethical Principles

Applying Ethical Principles

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

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.

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

In your assessment:

1. Access theEthical 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.

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.

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.

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.

• Describe the consequences of using effective and non-effective communication approaches.

5. Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study.
   • Describe the actions taken in response to the ethical dilemma or issue presented in the case study.

• Summarize how well the professional managed professional responsibilities and priorities to resolve the problem or issue in the case.

• Discuss the key lessons this case provides for health care professionals.

6. Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study.
   • Describe the proposed solution.

• Discuss how the approach makes this professional more effective or less effective in building relationships across disciplines within his or her organization.

• Discuss how likely it is the proposed solution will foster professional collaboration.

7. Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

• Apply the principles of effective composition.

• Determine the proper application of the rules of grammar and mechanics.