Ethical decision-making in nursing.

Ethical decision-making in nursing.

Wk 3 – Applying an Ethical Decision-Making Model

Assignment Content1.

This assignment reinforces the importance of ethical decision-making in nursing. You will apply an ethical decision-making model from this week\’s readings to an ethical issue.

Review PARK \”An Integrated Ethical-Decision-Making Model for Nurses\” from this week\’s University Library Readings. (See summary below.)Apply the ethical decision-making model in the Park article. This is not a review of the article, but an application of the model developed by Park to a CLINICAL ethical decision a nurse may be involved with.

Note: If you have questions about your chosen topic, contact your faculty member to ensure it is appropriate.

USE THE PARK MODEL AND identify the steps provided in the model; additionally, reflect on the following:

o State the ethical issue and its relevance for nursing practice.

o What is the ethical principle(s) involved? (Use Westrick Chapter 45 page 297 for the list of principles…be specific.)

o Collect and analyze additional information:

o What populations does this serve?

o Who are the key stakeholders?

o What information is needed to overcome the problem?

o Develop alternatives and compare them:

o What alternative strategies could be used to address the issues?

o Justify the decision:

o Explain why this is important, needed, or beneficial for the patient and family’s Find strategies to implement the plan:

o What ethical arguments could you use to dissuade someone who disagrees with the program?

I have included a summary of the Park Model below. Many students successfully organize this assignment by using the steps identified.

Format your assignment as one of the following:875-word paper

Cite at least 3 evidence-based, peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years to support your position(s).

Park, E. J. (2012). An integrated ethical decision-making model for nurses. Nursing Ethics, 19(1), 139-159.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.