Applying Ethical Principles (ATTACHED ETHICAL CASE)AND EXAMPLE ASSESMENT 

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 4-6 pages

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.

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:

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.

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.

oIdentify 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.

• oIdentify who is involved or affected by the ethical problem or issue.

§Apply the three components outlined in the Ethical Decision-Making Model media.

oAnalyze 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.

Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case.

§Cite and apply key principles from the journal article as evidence to support your critical thinking and analysis of the ethical problem or issue.

§Assess the credibility of the information source.

§Assess the relevance of the information source.

Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.

oDescribe how the health care professional in the case study communicated with others.

oAssess instances where the professional communicated effectively or ineffectively.

oExplain which communication approaches should be used and which ones should be avoided.

oDescribe the consequences of using effective and non-effective communication approaches.

Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study.

oDescribe the actions taken in response to the ethical dilemma or issue presented in the case study.

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

oDiscuss the key lessons this case provides for health care professionals.

Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study.

oDescribe the proposed solution.

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

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