LAB ASSIGNMENT: ETHICAL CONCERNS As an advanced practice nurse, you will run into situations where a patient’s wishes about his or her health conflict with evidence, your own experience, or a family’s

LAB ASSIGNMENT: ETHICAL CONCERNS

As an advanced practice nurse, you will run into situations where a patient’s wishes about his or her health conflict with evidence, your own experience, or a family’s wishes. This may create an ethical dilemma. What do you do when these situations occur?

Based on the scenarios provided

• What necessary information would need to be obtained about the patient through health assessments and diagnostic tests?
• Consider how you would respond as an advanced practice nurse. Review evidence-based practice guidelines and ethical considerations applicable to the scenarios you selected.

THE LAB ASSIGNMENT

Write a detailed one-page narrative (not a formal paper) explaining the health assessment information required for a diagnosis of your selected patient.

 Explain how you would respond to the scenario as an advanced practice nurse using evidence-based practice guidelines and applying ethical considerations. Justify your response using at least three different references from current evidence-based literature.

SCENARIO #3

A 47-year-old man with Ulcerative Colitis has been admitted to the emergency room with an extreme abdominal pain.  He explains that he has not taken his medications for the last few months and does not have any medical or prescription insurance.